Type: Resonate

Physical Traits: A Obsidian is an incorporeal being that when manifesting in a way that is visible to the viewer, appears in the form of a shadow full of stars. The spoken language of the Obsidians is a rapid series of high-frequency bursts and chirps like a cricket or grasshopper. Detailed descriptions are rare, due to their ability to "cloak" themselves to visual wavelengths of light. They are thus rarely seen except as Obsidiany, mirage-like silhouettes, which can be seen by telepaths, those using visual enhancement devices, or when the entity chooses to partially or wholly reveal itself. Obsidians very rarely engage in hand-to-hand combat to accomplish their goals, relying instead on invisibility, behind-the-scenes manoeuvring and their technology.

Height: Variable

Weight: Variable

Mobility: Levitation

Sensory Organs: Energy

Communication: Vocal

Reproduction: Combustion

INT: 4D6, WIS: 4D6, STR: 3D6, DEX: 3D6, CON: 3D6, CHA: 3D6, MR: 3D6, HPs: CON +D20

Orbit/Climate: None

Atmosphere: None

Oceans: 0%

Gravity: 0%

Feeding Habits: Stellar energy

Lifespan: Unknown, possibly millions of years

Technology: 12. The Obsidians use organic technology in virtually everything. The Obsidians are also capable of tying their technologies directly into the mind and the body. They can make a person say or do what they want. All Obsidian tech can be disrupted by telepathic activity.

Culture: Malevolent, truly malicious race with no redeeming qualities at all. The Obsidians believe that for a race to evolve into their full potential, they must do so through a cycle of chaos; growth through pain and struggle, conflict and war. Weak races die. Strong races are made even stronger. With this they developed their First Principles: chaos through warfare; evolution through bloodshed; perfection through victory.

The Obsidians first achieved hyperspace capability millions of years ago. Around this time the Obsidians also became a major galactic power, exploring the universe and making contact with alien races. The Obsidians waged many wars with other ancient powers, especially the First Ones. The reasons for these wars are that this cycle of defeat and adaptation laid the basis for the Obsidians' ideology of "facilitated survival of the fittest," which they would later enforce on the younger races. Millions of years later, many younger races had begun to evolve on thousands of worlds. The Obsidians believed that races could only grow stronger through chaos and conflict and that driving the younger races to war with one another.

Government: Council

Population: Unknown

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