Xenos species

## The Alfen

### Ljósálfar/Eidnálfar

Created by the Alfen Gods from the energies of the Void, the Ljósálfar would prosper on their Homeworld, and would grow to rule the Western Borealis Proximate. Becoming a galactic power, often enslaving minor races, eg(The Nidiri, The Shasair, and Humans).

* Álfheimr: The original Homeworld of the Alfen race, settled by the Alfen Gods millenia after the 1st Empire's collapse.

> “Our armies grow stronger, our psychic energy is boundless, our ships prevail against the tide of man, the Mon Keigh and their constant breeding, Those must be exterminated, our enemies wish to see us wiped from the galaxy, we will not accept that fate, we were once the greatest life in the universe, hear me now, you will see that day happen. We have accomplished such great things, there is hope for us.”
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> “Those far enough from the eye of terror, safe on our rcraftworlds, we survived that dark time. The Fall, Our species was broken, scattered throughout the darkness, the few of us left to drift through the stars. preserving our true way of life. Our legacy is ingrained in our ships. We lost our future, we lost our immortality, the beast slaanesh always thirst”
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> “We were once the greatest empire to ever grace the galaxy, the beauty we once created. The Apex of creation, Immortal, reborn into the collective, never truly dieing, we represented limitless beauty, intelligence, gratitude, ambition, arrogance, greed, sin.”
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> “A group of us did not recognise our once great species, Our former glory was already buried, forgotten amongst the stars, Our core beliefs were still held by us few. The gods predicted our fall. The Seers saw the dark future, we escaped. Creating the society, The starships that spanned a planet, craft worlds. With what was left of our knowledge, we left our species behind.” -Lament of an Alfen Scholar
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### Alfen Gods

Once Created by The Old God Minera, The Goddess of Life, Creation, and Birth.

* Eidnár- Chief Alfen God, The God of Light, and Lightning. Lord of the Alfen, and Father of the Ljósálfar
* Bierrán m- Twin of Eidnar and God of Darkness, and Chaos
* Rávdná f- Goddess of Love and the Forge, Wife of Eidnár
	+ Eiven m- Dual God of Lightning, and Metalworking
	+ Áidná f- Goddess of War
	+ Florá f- Goddess of Beauty and the moon

* Volbmar m- The God of Death and the Void
	+ Dárbmu m- God of Fear
	+ Jovnnás m- God of the Void and Witches

* Áidnu f and Mávnos m, The Twin Gods of the Hunt and Harvest simultaneously
* Merjá f- Goddess of Vegetation, Wine, and Ecstasy
* Eret m- God of Wisdom and Knowledge
* Ruhte f- Goddess of Travelers and Merchants
* Áillon m, The God of Dreams, Trickery, and Prophecy
	+ Mortu m- God of Nightmares

### Dökkálfar, Volb’narii, Dark Alfar

* Svartálfar: 9 worlds that were dragged into the Void during the Great schism. Where the Dark Alfar would hide and enact wars and raids onto the Universe

> “Our technology cradled us, allowed us to live without struggle, it was not that which destroyed us. It was our own arrogance, our twisted perversions, how quickly it all fell apart, I remember the first of the cults. Those who accepted our desires, for pain and pleasure, knew our destiny.”
> “You heard of the individuals back then, its sickness spread and the acts of my kin became more violent, more degenerate. The bloodlust was unquenchable, it would only satisfy one so long, before more was needed, more pain, more slaughtering, every one of us were guilty.”
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> Murker, Underscum, Filth-Skin, Chimney Sweep, Cavemen, Ash-Face, tall dwarfs, dirt elves, moss licker, Spider Kisser, and Dwarven imposter
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## The Destroyers

Created during the Reign of the First Empire, The Destroyers are a Machine race created by the Death Goddess Thiztris.

### Invictus Destroyers

* Formed during Humanities Golden Age of Technology, when pervasive AI singularities would override the control protocols of The Destroyers. These Invictus Destroyers would become the main driving force behind the fall of The human Empire in M60.

### Mortus Destroyers

* Born when a group of Destroyer drones gained sentient thought after consuming the divine essence of the Alfen God Mortu. These newly sentient beings would become the folly of the Alfen Empire.

## Minor Races

### The Swarm

> 'With your birth comes a sacred debt.
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> You will be nothing, but what is determined.
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> Your purpose is the part you play.
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> Your rights, your endless struggle.
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> The price you pay me, the life I gave you.
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> And that life you must return.
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> All you will have is the Swarm.
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> And the order it provides in an universe without meaning or light.'
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## Khaos,Daemons,Void

> “The Warp, You can never understand it, The things I have seen. What it has done to the strongest of men. What can happen to us all, the count-down begins. The Rift begins to crack, the gates into the darkness, the force beyond the stars the ocean of madness, the void which binds, time stops, the door into the chaos, something that can never be tamed”
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> “Known by many as the immaterium, the sea of souls, the realm of chaos, know of its power. For You do not understand, it is a place that denies the laws of our universe, it is a space between the blackness, it is made of psychic energies that echoe the four dimensions of our material  galaxy, it is the birthplace of chaos.”
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> “Our Energy was tainted, made of millions of years of pure hate, manifesting into the physical world, The fabric of the galaxy ruptured, trillions, and trillions, of our Kin were instantly ripped from life. Brutally losing all that we had ever cultivated, the entirety of our species, dead in an instant, our own actions had birthed this evil into the world. Slaanesh,”
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### The Blood Twin Gods

> “With blood and skulls wreathed in crimson red, Ripped from your corpse made freshly dead,
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> Together with our hellish hate, We'll kill you all, that is your fate!”
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> The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. -Verbal Kint, The Usual Suspects
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> "... and he that went before now came last, and that which was white and black and all direction was thrown against itself. Grown mightily indignant at the words of the Gods, Malal did turn his heart against them and flee into the chambers of space... And no man looked to Malal then, save those that serve that which they hate, who smile upon their misfortune, and who bear no love save for the damned. At such times as a warrior's heart turns to Malal, all Gods of Chaos grow fearful, and the laughter of the Outcast God fills the tomb of space..."
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> "There is no greater evil than anarchy."
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#### Dirges of Esyn, The Unseen Goddess

> Take the rot, to forge it flesh.
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> Take the skull, for soulless rest.
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> Take their mind and give them peace.
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> Take their will, Sensations cease.
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> "We shall deny the Hive their flesh to fester and rot"
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> "We shall deny the Bloody Twins their blood and skulls"
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> "We shall deny the Midnight their destinies and fates"
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> "We shall deny the Dark Cabals their pleasure and pain"
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> "Death to the Old Gods"
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> "For the Renegade Goddess"
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> "Let the galaxy burn!"
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> To the Skin, we bring Burning Ice
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> To the Rot, we bring Insidious Flame
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> To the Skull, we bring Cruel Iron
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> To the Mind, we bring Endless Night
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> "We are the flames that scorch the gardens clean."
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> "We are the waves that erode the corpse mountains."
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> "We are the quakes that shatter the lying labyrinth."
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> "We are the storms that rend the palace of perfection."
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> "We are Her Malice to the Universe."
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> The Blackest Night falls from your skies,
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> The darkness grows as all light dies.
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> We crave your hearts and forge your demise,
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> By Her Dark Hand, the unseen shall rise!
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