Elnox

**Elnox** are arachnid-like sapiens with five primary castes and thus five distinct body structures, each being similar to harvestmen, spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites respectively. Prior to being identified by their actual species name, lower castes were identified by the residents of Harmonara as **Pestilants** and the upper castes were known as the **Great Dark Below**. They possess a biofactor of mind alteration. Though their biofactor, the workers are subjected by their superiors to various degrees of mind control. The Elnox are cursed in a sense to be born without a soul, requiring to artificially lay their eggs within the bodies of other sapiens, which then result in their offspring to take on some traits from the host species.

Atlas-Dragoumis claims them to originate from outside the known universe, though they later took refuge on a celestial within this universe which came to be known as Noxia-Prime. Following the Eclipse Wars, they became the most prominent species throughout Razunka and thus within the territory of the Razunkan Federation. Through manipulation of the thraxari, they also hold a strong influence among Subterrestria. Their favored coloration within the anima spectrum is black. They predominantly speak the Prizmatic language.

## History

### **Era of Obsidian**

During the Era of Obsidian in 1462 AGS, the disembodied voices belonging to the upper castes of the elnox, which would come to be known as the Great Dark Below, first began to manifest throughout the minds of people throughout the world. It became most common among the zalthiri, and eventually led to their manipulation of leylines to create the thraxari in 1483 AGS. In the years since their arrival, many scientists throughout history had been driven mad attempting to unweave their origins.

### **Era of Pestilence**

During the Era of Pestilence in 1964 AGS, the lower castes of this species were first spotted on Harmonara by researchers of the Razunkan Federation. As the year progressed they began appearing more frequently, with all attempts at contact ending in violence. Eventually they launched incursions across all landmasses, in a conflict now called the Eclipse Wars. They were most successful in claiming a significant portion of Razunka. As a result, the Harmonic Accords declared a global state of emergency, with nearly every country dedicating troops or resources to contain the growing threat.

A couple years later in 1966 AGS, the Sages held a Symphony in which they coordinated the Uldarstadt Agreement with the Harmonic Accords, considered a controversial decision by members of both organizations. Although allowing the pestilants to control even more of Razunka, the agreement successfully contained the threat to mostly the single landmass. Many salaza were forced to abandon their homeland, although the Emerald Realm openly accepted them throughout the war.

The visual similarities between them and thraxari led to some distrust of the thraxari, although multiple organizations including the Black Alliance actively disputed claims of any connection. Members of the extremist faction the Broken Dawn became known to actively hunt down both species. In the year 1968 AGS, members of the Broken Dawn used the war as reasoning to decimate the thraxari population from the Skittering Isles in an event known as The Scorching.

## Related

* Deity
* Black
* Era of Obsidian
* Era of Pestilence
* Harmonara
* Thraxari