Bringing these guys here. The Shrie-Nashek are on hold because my confidense to write them originally has dropped.
Slowly revamping these guys as well. They still would like the galaxy to be ruled by C'thulu though.
Thing is, I like the Vrin because the're more flexible. With the Core Combine you know they only have one goal: Kill/Enslave Everyone.
Eventually there will be a massive conflict that will end with either the galaxy or the Skrall all dead. (But thats a story for another time....a very... very loooong another time.)
The Vrin can go from galactic crusaders to psychos for hire in smaller RP's. With the Core I have to be a bit more picky about which wars they join, where the Vrin will join any war because they either want to help an ally, or for ****s or giggles, or because the stars told them to...
The Vrin
Inspirations: Chaos Space Marines, Mandalorians, Ing, Deadra Cults, The Covenant, The Scourge, Mordor, The Sith
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this Call us savages because we do not bow to your pathetic and weakening ideologies. For we are the Gods chosen warriors. We seek only their gifts, through blood, through victory! Why do we sack your colonies, why do we burn your worlds? - To earn the Gods magnificent glories that they may bestow upon us. To earn their favor as their chosen, to inherit our rightful reward – Despair! For your heretical world is coming to an end, such is the will of the Gods!-Ar'nagg the Blooded
The Vrin are a mysterious and hostile warrior race living outside of civilized space. Vrin life is dominated by two things: War and religion. With a doctrine stating that combat is the only way for a species to strengthen itself and faith is the only way to remain disciplined and attain the favor of the gods. The clergy and the military are basically one in the same. Vrin frown upon pacifism and coddling, believing that such things are for the weak.
Vrin territory is centralized around an area called the Oblivion sector. Here is where the most powerful Vrin warlords dwell, each ruling its own empire. Around the sector there are countless other smaller empires, each ruled by more tyrants and warlords, all who tend to compete with each other for slaves and resources. The Vrin’s habit of constant infighting tends to reduce their activities to lightning raids across border colonies at least, to rather large but localized warbands that can cause major trouble to smaller empires at best. However the inhabitants of the galaxy know not underestimate the Vrin, for every now and again, a powerful warlord can arise amongst them, gathering the normally fractious warriors together and form a powerful horde, turning the scattered warbands and raiders into an organized and formidable army.
Culture: There is only one way to describe Vrin culture: Violent. Vrin are down to their core a savage warrior race, combine this with a religious intolerance of other ideologies makes them one of the more hostile folks of the galaxy. Vrin believe that fighting, and constant conflict is what strengthens a race, while passivism and an unwillingness to fight leads to stagnation and weakness, and it shows in their culture; with countless deadly trials to adulthood and bloody sentient sacrifice rituals a daily thing.
The Vrins violent behavior goes further than simple philosophy. Parts of their religion seems to worship war its self, their culture holds their warriors in high regard.
Society: While Vrin do seem to retain a certain sense of unity, their society is generally viewed as a combination of feudalism to borderline anarchy, perhaps even a confederation of tribes or clans. Individual warlords rule bands of warriors, their influence varying from petty planetary tyrants to powerful conquerors in control of their own empires. Colonization is not pushed by any type of central governing body, but rather happens when a rather successful Vrin decides to break off from his current society, gathering a large enough host warriors to follow him and then goes out into the galaxy to look for a habitable world to conquer. In absence of a world, it is not uncommon for such individuals to become nomadic raiders, periodically returning to the Oblivion sector with the spoils of war to gain honor and godly favor.
Because Vrin are divided between many lords, chieftains and tyrants, it’s difficult to associate them with any form of supreme authority or central government, but one particular element comes close. The Vrin’s dark home world of Caraash is ruled by the most powerful warlords, who act as the disciplining hand of the Dark Council. The Dark Council is a group elderly Vrinish prophets, their position is maintained for life and their divinations and prophecies are taken very seriously by the Vrin.
Warlord: A warlord is considered a ruler of a large enough group of Vrin. Their influences ranges from one world which they rule with an iron fist to an empire which they have carved out for themselves. Warlords maintain their position by eliminating rivals and generally being the strongest one around.
Warrior: The Vrin’s warrior caste makes up the second rank in the totem pole, and is one of the most respected. Vrinish warriors are Vrin who swear their allegiance to a warlord, usually in return for shares of the spoils, slaves, machines, and fiefs.
Slaves: Vrin are a race that practices slavery. Whenever they assault worlds or raid colonies, Vrin are known to take survivors and civilians as slaves and make them work for them. Being a slave in Vrinish society is a harsh and brutal life, where you’re whipped and worked to the bone. However, one must understand the Vrin run on a meritocracy, so even a slave is not stuck in their position. A slave who rebels has equal chances of being punished for his insolence or rewarded for his bravado.
The Faithfull: The Vrin are not as racist as outsiders would lead you to believe. The Faithfull is a catchall term for the many minor nations and empires that have taken up the Vrin’s ideals and made them their own. The Faithfull are made up of many different races and come from many different origins. Some are rebels and powerful pirate lords who have decided to join the Vrin for better reward, others are slaves who have pleased their masters in some way and earned their freedom. While the Vrin do not necessarily see these defectors as equals, they view them much more highly then the weak scum and heretics they see everyone else as.
Technology: While the Vrin are indeed considered socially backwards, they are still surprisingly advanced in certain fields of technology. At first glance most of their craft looks bulky, unwieldy and primitive, but anyone who has ever held a Vrinish weapon knows that not only are they easily on par with other races technologically, but also they are built tough.
Vrin are a very psi-active race, and where they truly shine however, is the largely unknown field of psychic engineering. The Vrin possess many mysterious technologies that interact with psychic power, some so advanced that Vrin themselves hardly understand it! These particular technologies have questionable origins…