Post by Whispers of the Delirium on Mar 16, 2009 1:41:25 GMT -5
When the Neo-Vildaek came to planet Varhi, they did not care about existing lifeforms. They wanted Varhi for themselves, and they terraformed it without concern. The inhabitants were decimated. This "apocalypse" brought about change, and the lifeforms that were strong enough to survive adapted. Among these were the Scryons.
The Vildae planted their seeds and raised their livestock. Around them, the survivors hunted and gathered from the edge of their fields. They ate without concern, ravenous where once food was plentiful for them. However, this did not go without punishment.
Everything that came with the Vildae was tainted by a protein that only their home planet manufactured. It flowed through their blood, it coursed through their veins, it eased through their organs. It was in the plants, the trees, the animals, the Vildae themselves. When the Scryons ate this protein, they became addicted. The protein acted as a hallucinogenic drug, sending the Scryons into fits. They needed more, and they harvested more. Soon, the drug made them blind.
With use and time, they developed their other senses to compensate for the loss. In addition, the drug granted them strength, though not beyond their capability. They had better regenerative power, and they believed they were invincible. The Scryons became monsters.
Varhi was unhappy. The planet began to reject the reformation that had killed so many of her inhabitants. The Vildae quickly formed a barrier from what remaining power they had to secure their new found home. Years passed, and the Scryons suffered with the depleting number of Vildaek lifeforms.
Years later, the barrier began to fail them. Monsters, angry and vindictive, gathered at its edge. Scryons hid among them, waiting for the release. The barrier fell, a shroud falling from green-laced lands with laughing children and carefully tended gardens. Death rose in a cloud and covered the Vildae, and the Scryons went among their dead, tasting flesh and harvesting organs for their drug.