Ebons
QUOTE: “Do not be fooled by the harsh temperament of our brutal cousins, the Brain Wasters. We are not the same, we follow the teachings of Intruder. We live by our feelings and we are blessed with the power of the Ebb. This precious gift gives purpose to our lives. In the World of Progress all strive for advancement and the Ebon race is no different. We search for knowledge, and learning is the source of our advancement. In the ruthless regime of SLA Industries, the truth and all it’s enlightening secrets wait for the gifted to uncover the great knowledge written in the form of Glyphs”
INSIGHT: You have grown up in a world of inspiration and imagination. From the day of your birth, your Ebon parents have taught you to express your emotions. You are an Ebon and you have a gift, it is the power of the Ebb, the essence of your race. You are not like your aggressive and selfish kin, the Brain Wasters. It is not brutality, savagery or suppression that lead to power. To you, the course of wisdom is a spiritual and deeply symbolic path of learning, truth and understanding. On the shady back streets of Mort lie Glyph cards scattered like the remnants of a dead society. These objects of desire are alluring but illegal and to join SLA Industries is justice and advancement personified. In SLA Industries, you will be trained to your full potential at the Institute of Ebb, a Meny training facility, and receive your Science Friction DeathSuit that will slowly and lovingly become part of you, just as you will become part of SLA Industries and its Ebon family. The society within SLA Industries also accommodates the father of the Ebon race, Intruder. You are drawn to him as if he were a long lost brother to you. Intruder is your guide and one day you may have his potential but until then, you must live up to the expectations of Preceptor Teeth, a harsh and unforgiving Necanthrope. Between the two Ebon races, your breed is the most reluctant to turn and the Necanthropes watch you very closely, as if you are not the only one with thoughts to your future.
BACKGROUND: The vast
majority of the Ebon race are good natured, well mannered and polite as if it
had been born to them. They are
raised to progress and advance to their full capabilities.
An Ebon will never stop the search for knowledge and enlightenment.
It is their driving force and the reason for their existence.
The
typical Ebon is poetic, tragic and impulsive and everything that happens in
their life is symbolic, all circumstances have meaning and reason.
Most Ebons are strong believers in Fate and Destiny.
If an
Ebon, for example, sees a small boy fall over in a rainy street, they will
relate to the boy and the scene. The
street represents the Ebon’s life and the injured boy is like the Ebon, who
feels for the child’s pain and sorrow. The
Ebon is a fallen infant in the watery streets of Mort and the constant rain
signifies the intervention of the Necanthropes in the Ebon’s mind, the icy
drizzle making the wound sting. The
injury symbolises the Ebon’s vulnerable nature which the cold, salty rain of
Necanthrope Society will always find and seep into.
The emotions and often traumatic train of thought rules and controls the
Ebon’s life, they live for meaning and even social circumstances are clues to
progression, experience is a source of divine wisdom.
Ebons
live by their feelings and, as a result, they are an extremely emotional and
highly strung race. Each Ebon is a
mood incarnate. Many base their
existence around a particular emotion, some even name themselves after them.
The broad difference and variation of feelings and outlooks create vast
dividing lines between the race – yet they can all be recognised for one
thing, and that is the intensity of whatever emotion they embody.
Life
and its meaning is all just one big puzzle, one which the Ebon will devote all
their time to solving, at any cost. All
the clues in the whole of the World of Progress can be tied down to SLA
Industries.
To an
Ebon, SLA Industries is a gargantuan library of ground breaking secrets, hidden
from Operatives and the public alike. Within
these extracts of truth are power and progress, but with such benefit can come
great hazards. Extracts of truth
hold poison too and many Ebons have died before their time through nothing more
than their inquisitive nature, strangled by the hand of Internal Affairs and
Cloak Division.
Ebons
must advance through knowledge. They
must do so with caution, stealth and eternal patience.
APPEARANCE: To be standing
in the company of an Ebon should be like standing in the presence of an angel,
and even without the Illumination talent, they still seem to stand out in a
crowd and shine. Ebons are a blaze
of bright and vibrant colours with a rich impact, yet as subtle and intricate as
the delicate personalities and outlooks they personify.
It is actually very rare to see an Ebon with normal skin tones and hair
like browns or blondes. Abnormal is
normal for an Ebon, They may sport
pillar box red, sky blue and ultra violet hair together with egg white, pastel
pink and electric blue eyes devoid of irises or pupils.
An Ebon’s skin tones are about the only resemblance they bear to their
cousins, the Brain Wasters. A pale,
gaunt complexion is common with both Ebon races, although the normal Ebon’s
skin is refined rather than unhealthy. Male
Ebons have very little body hair, unlike the Brain Wasters who always seem to
have a five o’clock shadow even after they have shaved.
Female Ebons have a complexion most human females would kill for.
Their skin is soft, smooth and unblemished, even without make-up.
An
Ebon’s appearance is their emblem or insignia – their ornate and finely
detailed DeathSuit always corresponds with the wearer’s body.
Some say that the Ebon DeathSuit has a style and sophistication all of
its own. Never has mass produced
clothing been so supremely different.
Names
are very important to Ebons, whatever they are called or known as is important
to their lifestyle – hence names like Pastel, Swan, Geist, Crystal, Shine and
Chapel are common while Brain Wasters have aggressive names like Beast, Heretic,
Ministry, Spider and Rage.
INTERACTION: Ebons on
| Humans | “The humans are to be admired for their influential and inspiring nature. It is a shame that the human race chose a different path of evolution to us. Our species are so close both in mind and body.” |
| Frothers | “Like the Brain Wasters are a shameful part of our race, the Frothers are of the humans. They are loud and ignorant, a truly obnoxious breed with the foolish audacity to destroy their own bodies and minds for fun.” |
| Brain Wasters | “We grieve that we are related to the Brain Wasters. They disgrace our kind with their destructive tendencies and brutal temperaments. We take no responsibility for the Brain Waster philosophy.” |
| Stormers | “The Stormers try so hard to fit into society, to understand moral values and emotional reasoning. I act upon the kindness of my race and intend to give the Stormers all the help they need in order to become people rather than the monsters they are condemned as.” |
| Shaktars | “Although their appearance is dark and forbidding, the Shaktars are an honourable and noble race that all should take as an example.” |
| Wraith Raiders | “The Wraith Raiders are a strange and slender race that hold much mystery and so much insight. There is great cunning and instinct behind their cold, blood red eyes. They are here to be favoured and feared.” |