The Advanced Vision of Organized Coalescence (AVOC)

## About

While fighting *The Rebellion* within the first few months of the war, Councilist leaders spark an idea that changes the course of Lunaby’s history forever. The idea is thought to be brilliant; a plan to not only aid their defenses – but also dwindle the amount of enemy soldiers by a milestone. Due to Councilists’ advanced technology and understanding of darker magic, a series of experiments are created. Experiments that involve the capture of many, many enemy soldiers, and *Borydium*. These tests develop into a project labeled *The Advanced Vision of Organized Coalescence*, or *“AVOC”*. AVOC’s goal is to extract the powers or abilities of enemy warriors, and transfer them to Councilist soldiers. This creates a form of “super-soldiers” that are much more powerful than common soldiers. The use of Borydium is vital in this concept — once the subject’s powers are temporarily subdued, they can then be safely drained. The first trials of AVOC include using seers to drain powers and/or magic from the subject, and then transferring the power and/or magic to the new host. However, this experiment is later shut down after many seers are not able to perform such advanced magic without perishing. And those who can, have a very slow rate of completion. This leads AVOC staff members to move on to trial number two. This time, the subject’s blood is drained and transfused into the new host. This test is much more effective, and has a better outcome rate than the previous trial. Though the rate of completion is still excruciatingly slow, as the blood type of the subject not only has to match that of the new host – but also, the blood can only be transfused to the new host by small dosages at a time. This makes for a painfully long process due to the amount of blood needed to successfully drain and transfer the powers. Despite the minor setbacks, this trial is not a complete waste. It is still used as the default way of the transfusion. The third and final trial, however, proves to be more than promising. The third process includes something deeper than blood, and something that would take only half of the amount of time and quantity. *Bone marrow* becomes the key to AVOC’s prosperity. The bone marrow transfusions are done using a drill and syringe, extracting the marrow from various places among the subject's body. This often includes but is not limited to the pelvis, ribs, vertebrae, or collarbones. The success rate of the bone marrow trials are beyond satisfying to the AVOC committee. The only setback they face within this trial is the fatality rate of the subjects. While the seer and blood trials often cause the subject to die, it takes a lengthy amount of time for such an outcome — and is usually at the will of AVOC’s committee. With the marrow trials, the subject usually perishes within half an hour of the first drill and extraction. This means all transfusions have to be done in a hastily manner, which isn’t pleasant for the victim. The sensation of multiple drills, syringes, no anesthetic, and no break make for the worst way a subject can die. Only few within the war ever survive the marrow trials. As the war goes on, and *Nazarya* as well as other sides come to be, AVOC’s targets become the soldiers of other clans as well. The project of AVOC costs the lives of nearly every subject that goes under its knife.

## Demise

AVOC goes down with The Council at the end of the war, although the lives of those it claims will stain the pages of Lunaby’s history forever.