They are the self-proclaimed unwavering devotees of a god known as Zodiark.
In my own homeworld, tales were spoken of a divine being cursed into exile by the gods for its consumptive power. Chiefly, the threat it posed to all life. That creature was also said to be Zodiark— though I know not whether the two are one and the same.
[It bears repeating, still: coincidences that specific between worlds, after all, are rare.]
Regardless, whether the Zodiark the ascians worshipped shared in such contempt for mankind or not, its followers clearly did: they destroyed, in total sum to my knowledge, seven planets. The complete eradication of all life upon them.
As I understand it, only in a sense. They require a host to possess— a body to inhabit. If that body is destroyed, they may simply find another.
Still, the nature of the Fade changes much: he may have lost this ability in being anchored to this world. In fact I suspect it to be the most likely case, though I'll not test that theory without cause.
...and I suggest you do not, either.
[In case this interview is potentially being given for the purpose of stabbing.]
Truly the apocalypse has already begun; Tassia has been sundered, its streams and lakes and seas turned to acid and its winds silenced. They’ve enlisted the aid of races at the outermost fringes of society.
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What do you know of the ascians?
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They are the self-proclaimed unwavering devotees of a god known as Zodiark.
In my own homeworld, tales were spoken of a divine being cursed into exile by the gods for its consumptive power. Chiefly, the threat it posed to all life. That creature was also said to be Zodiark— though I know not whether the two are one and the same.
[It bears repeating, still: coincidences that specific between worlds, after all, are rare.]
Regardless, whether the Zodiark the ascians worshipped shared in such contempt for mankind or not, its followers clearly did: they destroyed, in total sum to my knowledge, seven planets. The complete eradication of all life upon them.
Nothing was spared.
And now, one of their number is here.
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Still, the nature of the Fade changes much: he may have lost this ability in being anchored to this world. In fact I suspect it to be the most likely case, though I'll not test that theory without cause.
...and I suggest you do not, either.
[In case this interview is potentially being given for the purpose of stabbing.]
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I didn't recognize the design.
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—you knew others?
Here?
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[Harsh, the set of his voice. Gritted like stone. Like gravel.]
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[But if what he says is true— and Gabranth does indeed believe it to be— then Richard’s world is....]
I am sorry.