Zhorion

The Zhorions live in System A0, the oldest system where Aether is the only thing that isn't lacking.

Their race was being punished because of a mistake the Ancient Designer had made long before :

The Zhorions could not receive Oracle Devices for this reason. Nevertheless, by accepting to provide the Soul Stones, the Oracle had agreed to give this people a way out. The second Ordeal represented that chance. Anyone who managed to reach the Ancient Designer could ask for a unique reward that only he could bestow. In addition to answering the questions these participants asked, successful Zhorions would receive their own Oracle Device, their past sins being forgiven.

The Silver Zhorions on the other hand were not allowed to participate in these Ordeals. For the Oracle, these elite Zhorions represented too great a danger. Regrettably, even with an Oracle Device, these Silver Zhorions were not treated like other Players. Their first Ordeal had a lethality rate of almost 100%. The immortality of the first four Ordeals was a privilege they did not have.

## Three Tribes

They live in the Sanctuary Bubble on the Asteroid Elinor VXIII.

They have bracelet similar to the Oracle Device, but their bracelets were not like the participants' Oracle Devices. They couldn't make wishes like the Players, just locate them. These bracelets had other useful abilities, such as the power to disrupt the Oracle's predictions, but for this kind of situation the device was too limited.

During the Ordeal, they harvest the metal from the Oracle Device on their altar.

### Chaos Tribe

They live in cave under a volcano and look like primitive beings. They are associated with the Red Soul Stone, Flintium.

### Harmony Tribe

They seem civilized and are associated with the Green Soul Stone, Naequat.

The green plain where the Harmony tribe was located was calm and peaceful. A gigantic temple had been built on this plain and a whole city had been hidden inside. The wide and flat platform on the roof of this gigantic monument was strangely reminiscent of a heliport, but on a drastically different scale. The overall standard of this temple's architecture and the materials it was made of seemed highly advanced technologically, light years away from the primitive settlements of the other two tribes. At each corner of the temple, high towers topped with a gigantic emerald crystal loomed over the plain with the tireless vigilance that only artificial intelligence could provide.

### Dream Tribe

They live in the glacier surrounded by snow-covered mountain range and are associated with the Blue Soul Stone, Orxanium.

## Silver Zhorion

They are the aristocratic class from which Xion Zolvhur originated as well as the Instructor Aslael.

Silver aristocrats are not allowed to interfere with the running of the Ordeal, nor to enter the Phantom Sanctuary. They are also not allowed to have an Oracle Device. To compensate, the Silver Zhorions had developed their own version of the bracelet using the knowledge left by Xion Zolvhur in their archives.

Description of a Kali(female Silver Zhorion) by Jake:

This Zhorion had silver eyes, skin as dark as the darkness inside the temple, four membranous wings, and long silver hair veined with a vague blue light. The alien had a delicate, harmonious hourglass figure and a grace that no male Zhorion had ever shown so far.

### Silver Zhorion's conditions

Kali's soliloquy about the conditions of her people :

On the surface, those like me who were born in System A0 should have exceptional abilities from birth, but we are actually exiled from the Mirror Universe. That incredible Aether density that you perceived on the asteroid's surface, it \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*, that's why anyone with the ability to leave this dying world will agree to sign a Servant Contract, even if it means giving up their full freedom.
Most of the ordinary Zhorions from the three tribes would even accept a Slave or Pet contract if it could allow them to escape from this \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*. Anyway, if we do nothing we \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*. Considering the time flow difference between B842 and my world, this represents only 5 to 10 years on B842.
System A0 has long since fallen and is so ancient that most stars and solar systems have already gone extinct. Apart from black holes and a few rare white or brown dwarfs at the end of their lives, there is nothing left. You surely didn't believe that this asteroid was just an asteroid, did you? This lump of rock is currently ten times more massive than B842... Without the support of the Oracle and its Guardians, such a technological miracle could not possibly exist. This is one of our 7 \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* in System A0.

(Certain words were censored by the Oracle, and Jake couldn't understand them)