Races

In the Squad Universe, there are a lot of different alien races. Everything not human is actually an alien, including demons and beings of heaven. They are simply creatures that came to this solar system before humanity and took control of different planes of reality located on the planets. All creatures in the galaxy look humanoid because they were created to look the same by The World Enders.

## **The Great Races**

The Great Races are perhaps the most important races in the Squad Universe. The Great Race is a title given to the first five races, the Xenos, Halorocs, Ryezures, Geodines, and Vamadis. They were some of the oldest and most powerful races, given different powers from a different World Ender. The True God gave his overwhelming strength and intelligence to the Geodines, who were considered pure and untainted by evil, along with the unstoppable regenerative abilities. The Devil gave his manipulation of elements to the Halorocs, allowing them to be unmatched in magic and their love for the hunt. The Void Overseer gave her abilities of psychokinesis and telepathy to the Ryezures, who would end up being one of the most dangerous races. The Lord of Everything gave the Vamadis the power to steal lifeforce from targets. Although weren't known to be one, as considered by the others that knew of their existence as the strongest Great Race. Most of the Great Races are almost extinct, while the Vamadis is essentially extinct, with only one pure Vamadis alive. The Xenos would have no world ender to actually give them power, as the Wandering Goddess is not a World Ender yet. Instead, their powers were developed from mutations. They became physically stronger, and their eyes could see both the flow and collection of aura, making it impossible to sneak up on them. They all have traits that tell them apart, particularly their eye colors. They cannot change it, but can wear contacts to temporarily hide them. Hiding their eyes are considered taboo, along with the fact that contacts cause their eyes to sting and eventually burn within a few hours. All of the World Enders also agreed to give each Great Race the power of changing their appearance, but there are differences.

#### **Ryezures (Wry-Zur-Es) (The Telekinetics)**

The Ryezures worship the Void Overseer, and some might call them crazy for that. However the Ryezures are good in heart, and like helping other races. They protected majority of the galaxy from unknown threats until their battle with the Xenos, nearly killing all of them. Even after, they attempted to rebuild while aiding Heaven in it's war against demons. Eventually however, the survivors would be attacked by E.N.D, and once again almost the Ryezures' extinction. The survivors scattered through the galaxy, with most of them landing in the Milky Way and joining the squads. They have the Quikin eyes, which grant them the power of the wandering immortal. With it, they can use telekinesis, telepathy, and the powerful ability to convert other races into Ryezures by using their aura to rewrite their DNA and mix their own aura in, creating a imperfect Ryezures. Most Ryezures are born this way, as natural born Ryezures are incredibly powerful, and very few exist. They also have traits, special powers that increase their quikin's capabilities if that trait is followed. Ryezures can always be spotted with their unnatural amber eyes. They also the reincarnation ability. When they die, so long as their hearts (what anchors one's aura to the body) isn't destroyed, the aura of the Ryezures will leave the body, find someone who's DNA and Aura match similarly with theirs, take over their bodies, and convert it into their own. However the host's personality will be integrated with the Ryezures, causing drastic changes to personality sometimes. They have one of the stronger shapeshifting powers, being able to change everything about them except their eyes and gender. However compared to the Halorocs, it's actually quite painful to change their bodies, resulting in wounds. Their biggest weakness is sound, as their bodies work different than humans and process sound different. Something as small as a snap directly next to the eardrum is capable of disorienting the Ryezures, however repeated exposure causes the Ryezures to gain a resistance. Their real appearance has horns (number varies depending on the person, and color varies on age), and fish like gills on their necks. Their original forms cannot breath oxygen.

#### **Geodine (Gee-o-dine) (The Pureblooded Angels)**

The Geodine are the ancestors of Heaven, and the first creation of the True God. Naturally, they worship him, but are not under his command. During the war against the Xenos, the Geodines were attacked and nearly wiped out. Because they don't have the ability to convert others nor the ability of reincarnation, the Geodine were very slow in their reproduction, and remained endangered through the entire series. The Geodines are considered one of the strongest races alive, possibly second to only the Xenos and Vamadis. They are physically strong and mentally intelligent, but actually prefer to stay out of wars unless it's a direct threat to them. They also have the strongest regeneration, being able to regenerate fatal wounds so long as they have the aura to do so. They were called Purebloods because of their inability to be cursed and their blood curing all illnesses, however they aren't completely good, as a Geodine known as Lydia was manipulated into evil and the villain Liu sought to destroy the world and turned his own blood into a poison that causes the target's aura to destroy it's own body. Geodines are noticed by their pale eyes, which could often be mistaken for blindness. Although they have a shapeshifting ability, they can only change their hair color and length, and skin tone. Their biggest weakness is that they have naturally low aura reserves, so using to much magic could be dangerous for one.

#### **Haloroc (Hal-o-rock) (The Carnivorous Hunters)**

Despite their name, the Haloroc are actually quite calm. Or at least, when they aren't hunting. During the war with the Xenos, they were the only race that the Xenos could not actively wipe out due to their ability to reproduce asexually and actually being born faster than they can be killed. Instead, they cursed the race into insanity, lashing out and killing all those around them. Some were immune to this curse, and the sane Halorocs became endangered. The crazy ones would be hunted down and culled every so often. This would become a trial for the Hasinashi, who were tasked in their culling. The Halorocs don't worship a god at all, instead they worship the hunt. They take every aspect into account. It is nigh impossible to hide from a Haloroc, since they have a unrivaled sense of smell and hearing, but they are very nearsighted. One of the sane Halorocs, Moonlight, wears glasses when not fighting to negate this weakness. The Geodine have one of the stronger shapeshifting powers, as they are capable of changing their height, age, hair length and color, skin tone, and even voice. Unlike the Ryezures, changing their appearance is quite easy, and they do it often to stay hidden. They also can use magic without the use of guardian spirits, as they were given power directly from the devil himself. Their skill with magic is even said to be better than the Gods. They are spotted by their icy blue eyes, however because they are easily mistaken for natural blue, the smart and sane Halorocs are extremely hard to find as the only way to find them is if the Haloroc reveals themselves. Their weaknesses is their bad eyesight and fear of fire.

#### **Xenos (The Unknown)**

Little is known as the Xenos. Their motives, traditions, culture, even their tech is unknown to the other Great Races. The Xenos worship no god, for they see themselves as gods. The Xenos in truth are ruthless, powerful, and extremely dangerous. They love battle, and agreed to help defend only to face the powerful threats that followed. When the threats stopped showing and the Races were in peace, the Xenos grew agitated and started a war with the other Great Races, driving the Ryezures and Geodine close to extinction, cursing the Halorocs, and wiping out the Vamadis. They were eventually defeated when one of their own betrayed them and gave out their weaknesses to the other Great Races. Xenos are extremely powerful, being able to match even some Geodines in terms of physical capabilities. They have advanced tech compared to the others, and have the Eyes of Unknown. Silver eyes that are capable of seeing and sensing aura through ANY material within a certain radius, making sneak attacks impossible. However their pride and arrogance has gotten many Xenos killed. Xenos have the strongest reincarnation powers, being able to fix any wounds, even death by creating a completely new body that the soul possesses afterwards. However by destroying the heart, the Xenos will die instantly. Everything about the Xenos changes after a reincarnation. They have the memories of the previous, but are not compelled to claim those memories as their own. The appearance and personality is completely random, and may come out as a completely different person. By the end of the series, only 2 original Xenos are alive.

#### **Vamadis (Va-mee-dis) (The Vampiric Beasts)**

The original ancestors of Vampires, and currently only one lives. The Vamadis are considered the most dangerous of the Great Races, so much so that even the Xenos avoided direct combat with them. They were given power from the Lord of Everything, the power to steal life force. Although similar to stealing Aura, the Vamadis are able to directly steal souls, similar to the reapers. People who have their life forces stolen cannot have it replenished, eventually dying if it is not returned. The Vamadis steal life force through touch, though biting their targets makes the process faster. Their traditions, culture, and tech are unknown. The only things known about them is that they cursed their powers. The Vamadis hated Mijuk and his power, but they could not say it wasn't useful. They were also forced to steal life, as the Vamadis major weakness is that their bodies are unable to sustain their powers, constantly destroying itself. To prevent this, they had to take the life out of others. The Xenos exploited this weakness in the Great Race War by killing all life around the Vamadis and trapping them, eventually starving them to death until they went extinct. They are also able to change their entire appearance, so long as their gender, weight, and height remained the same. The only living Vamadis is Dawn, who was on a journey away from her people when they were killed. Vamadis don't have a specific eye color, but their eyes glow when they activate their powers.

## **Immortals**

The word immortals is very broad. Most races are put into the immortal category. A immortal is simply the name of creatures that are capable of living for a very long time. Immortality is split into three categories. Natural, Mutational, and special immortality. Note that immortality simply means one cannot die from aging. They can still be killed. Although they can't die of aging, it is not uncommon for people to go crazy after living long enough, and if they don't they change in personality. Even the World Enders have changed from living so long.

### **Humans**

Humans are perhaps the most common immortal. They gain immortality typically through Mutational. It can happen to anyone. Humans are looked down upon as the weakest of the immortals. They are kind of true, as they have no special powers and break easily. However, they make it up for their ability to adapt, push through, and conquer. Humans are extremely weak, and can be killed easily. Their biggest weakness is perhaps their physical abilities.

### **Nekos**

Nekos are the second most common immortal. They look like humans with cat features, but they are not actually human, just looking similar due to the True God creating them so similar. Nekos have much more sensitive hearing and smell. As Sayako herself said, her line of work has caused her to slowly go deaf and her smell is partially ruined due to the constant smell of iron, and gunpowder. Nekos have good balance, and are extremely flexible. They gain immortality through mutational. Nekos biggest weakness is how you can turn their advantages against them. Overwhelming their smell, or deafening their hearing.

### **Kitsune**

Kitsune are a extremely powerful yet rare race. They gain immortality through natural. Kitsune were once powerful beings, but their already small numbers were hunted down for their tails and magic. Only a few kitsune are ever really mentioned. They are great at hiding, and their fire magic is second to none. They also have great hearing and smell. Kitsune's power are actually scaled depending on their tails. Kitsune always start with one tail, and uses aura to form other tails. The maximum is nine tails, while Hikari, the only Kitsune in the squads, has only reached six, and is still capable of going toe to toe with Yuko. Although Kitsune are masters of magic and actually use their sharp claws, they were easily hunted because they were against violence. Their culture has long since changed, and they are willing to kill everyone should they be endangered. Their biggest weakness is their tendency to not attack unless provoked and typically do not focus on their surroundings often, allowing for easy sneak attacks.

### **Celestials**

Agents of Heaven, officially called Celestials, are the creatures of heaven. They are all gathered into one group as they are typically the same thing. Angels, Archangels, and Gods. Although their strength is different, they share the same aura patterns (typically, as there are some outliers). Celestials gain immortality through natural. Celestials have wings, allowing them to fly, manipulation of magic, and all sorts of other tricks depending on their unique powers. Their biggest weakness is cursed weapons, which corrupt their auras at a even faster rate than others. Their ancestors are the Geodines.

### **Demons**

Demons are the creatures of hell. Like celestials, they are all gathered in the same group. Demons are powerful physically, though their intelligence doesn't quite make up for it. They were led by one of the World Enders, Satan, through few of his many avatars. Demons are overly aggressive and brash, often getting into conflict. Despite this however, there are a bunch of demons who are quite collected, making them extremely dangerous. The Bloodwalkers are perhaps the most powerful of the demons, being able to manipulate their blood by infusing it with aura. Unfortunately, the royal family has since been almost wiped out. Their ancestors are the Halorocs, and they gain immortality through natural.

### **Vampires**

Vampires are by far one of the most dangerous immortals out there. Their ancestors are the Vamadis, and have special immortality. Vampires have the best pain tolerance in the series, and their power can be increased even further should they drink blood. It's also extremely hard to kill a Vampire. So long as a Vampire is not starving, and more than half of their body is still intact, the Vampire will revive itself. This costs lots of aura and blood, and they do not regenerate limbs. Killing a vampire enough times in a row will kill it eventually. Vampires are immune to being converted (unless they willingly give themselves up). All vampires eventually need blood. The longest was North, who lasted a year without drinking, though it weakened him greatly and he had a constant lingering pain. There are two types of Vampires. Old and new generation. Hyseria is the only old generation vampire, and her power is much greater than the newer generation. The newer generation however make up for it with better endurance and defense. Their biggest weakness is their hunger. Although it is possible to starve a vampire to death, this takes a long time. However even if it's for a short time, a vampire gets severely weakened when it's hungry and refused blood.

### **Lycanthropes**

Lycanthropes are a very aggressive race of shapeshifters. They are extremely durable and powerful, capable of taking lethal attacks and fighting with no problem. Lycanthropes have three different forms that they can switch between. The human form lets them pass as normal humans, hiding everything except their scent and eyes. While in their werewolf form, all their advantages are increased even further, taking the appearance of a half man, half wolf. Their wolf form lets them transform fully into a wolf, allowing them to easily track and catch prey. They share a old rivalry with vampires due to the latter destroying lots of Lycanthrope nests. Their only major weakness is their aura is extremely weak to silver, as well as plurium. A single bullet in a lethal area with one is enough to bypass all of a lycanthrope's durability.

## **Void Creatures**

Void Creatures are the creatures that inhabit the void, otherwise known as the space of nothingness. The Void is full of creatures, though most are undead. The ruler of the Void is the strongest World Ender Yuna, the Void Overseer.

### **Lost Souls**

Lost Souls are the most common creature of the void. Like the name suggests, they are the souls that Reapers have captured and reaped for the Goddess Yuna. The lost souls are collected and fed painlessly to the Void. To outside eyes, Lost Souls appear to be in pain and suffering, but if the souls do escape then the Void could collapse. Only those that have committed sins appear in the Void as Lost Souls, regardless of what their motives are. They are simply dead souls that possess no physical body.

### **Reapers**

Reapers are the the strongest creatures of the Void, besides Yuna herself. They are a group of people gathered from different universes. Reapers are created by taking the heart of a person (the source of the User's Aura) and offering it to the void. The Void then feeds off that heart, and in exchange gives power to the person, turning them into a reaper. Reapers do not have hearts because of this. Reapers have insane regeneration speed, nearly unmatched power and agility, cannot be killed permanently, create multiple copies of themselves to be in several places at once, and can transcend space and time. Reapers wear special cloaks that nullify the reaper's pain, and their emotions when they wear the hood. Reapers are not allowed to take the hood off unless they are claiming one's soul, though this does not stop them from showing their faces from under the hood, but most do not do that. Reapers tend to appear in one's dreams or subconscious, as appearing physically can be dangerous. Reapers can be killed, but it's extremely difficult as when they suffer to much damage they are forcefully dragged back into the void. However a special project was created to trap reapers to this universe, and this was used to trap Yukine in the Reaper Arc. This project and all data around it was destroyed after the arc, leaving no known way to trap and kill a reaper. Not all reapers survive the mental pressure, eventually going insane. Yuna treasure's her reapers much, and it pains her when she is forced to kill one to end their suffering. Men typically dissolve faster, so male reapers are extremely rare.

Currently, there are only six named reapers..

**Shinikou:** The twin sister of Renikou and the insane one of the Reapers. While Shinikou appears to be happy and joking, she's actually insane and obsessed with watching people's suffering. Shinikou is a half human/half xenos reaper.

**Renikou:** The twin sister of Shinikou and the tomboy of the Reapers. Renikou is quiet and bitter, though she does have a good heart. Her idol is the Void Hunter, so she attempts to mimic her tomboyish style. Renikou is also extremely jealous of a lot of people, and out of all the reapers is the weakest. Renikou is a half human/half xenos reaper.

**Sam:** The only male reaper. Sam is the most unbiased of the reapers, often serving as a medium in conflicts. He's empathetic to his targets, yet he still reaps souls for his goddess. Sam is a Human Reaper.

**Yukine:** The most kindhearted of the reapers. Yukine is very energetic and happy, though in truth she's extremely sad due to how her life ended in her universe. She's extremely talented and gifted, and she has enough potential to grow into one of the strongest reapers. Yukine is a Geodine Reaper.

**Tanaka:** The most dangerous and notorious of the reapers. Tanaka is notorious for being ruthless, aggressive, and rude to everyone, sometimes even to her goddess. Because of her ruthlessness, she does not hold back in her words and in her actions, and she is easily pissed off, making her the most dangerous. Tanaka is a vampire Reaper.

**Lilith:** The leader of the reapers and the most powerful. Lilith is also the sister of Yuna, making her the only Goddess Reaper. Appearing as a strict and logical person, Lilith is always shown to be professional. However she possesses a good heart and cares deeply about Yuna and the reapers underneath her.

### **Void Jumpers**

Void Jumpers are a group of extremely powerful beings from all over the universe powered by the void, though not to the extent as reapers. Void Jumpers one job are to explore different dimensions and universes, experience emotions and memories, and then return to the void. Those memories and emotions are replicated and shown to Yuna, who takes much pleasure in them due to her being locked up. Void Jumpers are made of all sorts of races, like Reapers and are converted in a similar way. However instead of the heart, Yuna takes the heads off people and offer it to the Void, turning them into a void Jumper. Void Jumpers are not limited like reapers, and can do what they want freely so long as they do not have assignments. Void jumpers are immune to time magic, can manipulate space magic, have incredibly fast healing speeds, increased speed, strength, and durability, and are near invincible. Unlike Reapers, Void Jumpers can be killed. However when they are killed, Yuna drags their corpses back to the Void, and it is given life again through the Void's power. If the body is destroyed, then Yuna can create a copy, though this takes time and risks losing memories and causing emotional instabilities. Although Void Jumpers are mostly free to do as they wish, they must return when Yuna calls for them. Should they not, the Void Hunter is sent to destroy that universe and bring back the Void Jumper.

There are currently only six void jumpers.

**Hyseria, the Void Walker:** Hyseria is the leader and strongest of the Void Jumpers. Her job as the Void Walker is to explore the deepest of territories where normal void jumpers cannot go. Because of the fact that she's the Ryezures of Honor, Hyseria is bound by a code of Honor. She cannot intervene personally into problems that she is not apart of, and cannot lie. She grows stronger every time she follows this trait, making her the strongest by far. She prefers to act on logic, but will not hesitate to sacrifice the world for her fellow Void Jumper Anna, who is like a sister to her.

**Anna, the Void Hunter:** Anna is the tomboy of the reaper, and Renikou's idol. She's Yuna's most trusted associate besides Lilith, and is assigned the job of hunting all of the Void's enemies, and sometimes even forcefully bringing back other Void Jumpers should their path stray. Anna possesses the Dark Beast Fenrir's blood, making her cursed alongside her wife. Anna is very to the point, and likes to take her jobs as the Void Hunter seriously. However as a Void Jumper, Anna is very kind to people and loves to help. She suffers from severe PTSD due to her entire world being ravaged and killing her lover. She is recovering from this after meeting a alternate version of her lover, who became the Void Fang.

**Jennifer, the Void Fang:** Jennifer is the wife of Anna, and the most corrupted of the Void Jumpers. In her world, she possesses the Dark Beast Fenrir's blood, making her cursed alongside her wife. Jennifer's job as the Void Fang is to tear through all of the Void's enemies, and act as a support to Anna. Yuna did this to help fix Anna's PTSD and guilt. Jennifer is somewhat cold, yet caring. She's very touchy with Anna, however she doesn't voice her thoughts often. In battle, her corruption takes over and she goes partially insane, only able to come out of it by Anna's voice or once she's killed all her enemies. Her ruthlessness scares even some of the other Void Jumpers.

**Hans, the Void Assassin:** Hans is the most normal of the Void Jumpers. His job is to simply assist any of the other Void Jumpers and the occasional assassination. He's the weakest by far, as the Void's power runs through him the least. He was a thief who stole for both himself and the poor, but he made a vow to never harm children. When one day he is forced to kill a child to escape, he is racked with guilt and pleads with a god to forgive him. The Goddess Yuna responds to his prayers, and turns him into a void Jumper to atone for his mistake. He's a very ordinary person, being fairly friendly and curious.

**Ichinagi, the Void Monster:** Ichinagi is the most uncontrollable of the Void Jumpers. The Void powers inside of him match even Jennifer's, but his is untrained and unrefined, making it more raw power than anything. His goal is to be sent to worlds that are beyond saving and completely wipe them out before returning, where Yuna will then repopulate it to a lesser extent. He was a broken samurai who suffered from split personality disorder. However his two personalities eventually morphed together, creating the apathetic and powerful Ichinagi. He does care about the wellbeing of his allies, but he does not show it and tries to play it off.

**Akatsuki, the Void Knight:** Akatsuki is the chivalrous one of the Void Jumpers. His job is to be sent to worlds and act like a diplomatic figure to establish bonds with the Void. Although people are aware of the Void's existence, not many will obey it's will when the time comes. Because of this, Yuna sends Akatsuki to establish relationships and make sure people will obey her will she needs them to. He was a knight who lost his entire family, so he travels through dimensions to help people. He is a generally good person, who follows a chivalrous code. Some of the other Void Jumpers look down on him for this, as they don't believe in chivalry.