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  - The Lamorri - 
   
  By sholari James 
   
   
  It is not known where the lamorri came from originally. Maybe they themselves had 
  forgotten. But from the darkness of the night sky they ascended upon Sho-Caudal with 
  their partners the cleash and enslaved the shantas. The lamorri and cleash, along with their 
  machines and terrible creatures scarred Sho-Caudal forever. The planet was not only 
  physically damaged, but also the sho-sen displays disturbances that have its origins in the 
  manipulations of the lamorri. When the lamorri were defeated and fled Sho-Caudal, they 
  left behind their technology, their slaves races and abandoned their former partners, the 
  cleash. The shanta tried to restore Sho-Caudal and destroy all things of lamorri origin. 
  This proved to be harder than they imagined and today the ancestors of the slave races and 
  humans search for the powerful legacy left behind by the lamorri without knowing the 
  dangers these present. 
   
   
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  Long before the lamorri came to Sho-
  Caudal they had become masters of 
  manipulating the flesh, both their own, 
  and the flesh or structure of all things 
  around them. Nothing was holy to the 
  lamorri who with great greed exploited 
  everything around them. They broke free 
  of the organic boundaries set out by their 
  genetic code and altered themselves after 
  their slightest whims.  
  In the beginning these changes had been 
  drastic and the number of species and 
  sub-species of themselves must have 
  exploded on their homeworld. After 
  some time these changes became smaller 
  and more subtle, as they learnt their 
  lesson through years of monstrous 
  offspring. Lifespan, physical strength 
  and physical resistance to diseases and 
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  poisons were things that were rapidly altered.  
  However, the most important alteration was the imposing of psychic or empathic abilities 
  upon themselves. These abilities provided them with the final domination over their 
  creations. Great machine beings or altered sub-species were crafted to serve the lamorri 
  genetically and would answer every mental summon of their masters. Although this 
  required artificial augmentation, some of the empathic imprinting would be passed down 
  through the genes, creating loyal slaves and machine beasts. 
  The lamorri even managed to create copies of themselves in large devices referred to as 
  “essence amplifiers”. In a way, the lamorri managed to cheat death. They could make 
  copies of their very souls and induce these into newly spawned bodies, thus living nearly 
  forever. 
  The lamorri also mastered the manipulation of various geological matters, such as the 
  “hard stone” materials (certain types of hard, but slightly elastic varieties of stone that 
  slowly “grows” by itself.) that came from their homeworld.  With these they created most 
  of their more physical technological artefacts. 
   
  Although being masters of biotechnology, the lamorri never fully mastered physics and 
  never created faster than light drives. When they started exploring the stars this was done 
  with slow generational ships that were composed of several symbiotic beings. The huge 
  ships themselves were alive.  
  Time meant little to the star-faring lamorri and they gladly sacrificed their bodies and 
  preserved their essences in their essence amplifiers. When their ships reached their 
  destinations they would simply spawn new bodies for themselves.  
  If the travellers ever returned to their homeworld or simply continued to travel outward is 
  unknown. If they had returned home they would have found many things have changed, 
  most probably their own species. The star-faring lamorri therefore became separate castes 
  or sub-species of the race and bent all their will upon finding other inhabitable systems. 
  These systems they would conquer and exploit worlds as they and their ships required 
  massive amounts of food and fuel. Before moving on, the lamorri would either have 
  created a colony (which the lamorri regarded as a practical way of leaving offspring 
  behind instead of having to kill it) or destroyed the world in their search for resources.  
  As with many other things, the lamorri did not have any kind of conscience or moral 
  problems with this. Maybe the disturbing and uncontrollable instincts and ethics had been 
  removed through all their alterations of themselves? 
   
  One enclave of such star-faring lamorri had conquered and destroyed several worlds and 
  moved like devastating world-hopping locusts out towards the outskirts of the galaxy. 
  Among the conquered and consumed homeworlds were those of the thriddle, corastin and 
  croid, whom the lamorri now used as slaves along with their original ramian servants from 
  their homeworld.  
  Finally, the lamorri encountered the cleash and their servitor race, the scarmis. The cleash 
  were far more industrious than the lamorri and technologically more advanced when it 
  came to mechanical machinery. Their homeworld was one great factory and they had 
  
   
   
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  developed faster than light drives that had spread the cleash to some neighbouring star 
  systems. The cleash were however very aggressive and spent much time fighting each 
  other and devising cruel weapons of destruction.  
  Nobody still lives to tell the tale of the first encounter between the lamorri and the cleash. 
  Maybe the lamorri exploratory ships met resistance, maybe the two races found each other 
  straight away? The long-term effect of their encounter was, however, cooperation with one 
  of the cleash fractions.  
  The cleash had great problems surviving neutrino radiation from suns hotter than their 
  own red dwarf star. Hotter stars quickly destroyed their genes and prevented their 
  regeneration of exoskeletons and their reproduction. The aggressive cleash were thus 
  limited to a few star systems with red dwarf suns and could only briefly visit other 
  systems. The lamorri, on the other hand, wanted to travel between the stars at speeds 
  greater than light. So, the two species entered a partnership. The cleash would be altered 
  to survive other star systems and the lamorri would receive enhanced ships capable of 
  travelling faster than light.  
  However, none of the partners truly trusted each other, so the first test of conquest and 
  cooperation was conducted far from each other’s territories, so that no race would gain an 
  advantage over the other.  
   
  The new and faster lamorri/cleash hybrid ships travelled for more than six cleash 
  generations and reached the outskirts of the known galaxy. There they found a virgin 
  world ready for their exploits. There, the bodies of the cleash, the lamorri and all their 
  slave races were re-spawned with the aid of lamorri technology. There they would test 
  their partnership.  
   
  This place was the H21 system.  
   
  Considering H21´s close proximity to the Sol system, it was pure chance that Earth did not 
  suffer the same fate as Sho-Caudal. 
   
   
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  The first lamorri exploratory ships reached the H21 system in 1750 BC (Before Colony 
  reckoning). They quickly charted the system and its one inhabitable planet, Sho-Caudal. 
  More than fifty years later the main lamorri armada decelerated around the system’s sun 
  and made its way to Sho-Caudal. The long time of dormancy was over and the lamorri 
  spawned new bodies for themselves, their servants and their partners as their ships drew 
  closer to the life-giving star H21. 
  The fleet was composed of six huge lamorri ships, large as cities, and hundreds of smaller 
  cleash ships that had been attached to these during the majority of the voyage.  
  The lamorri fell upon Sho-Caudal as they had other worlds they had conquered. Larger 
  native settlements were destroyed by imprecise orbital bombing and masses of augmented 
  slave warriors (croid and corastin) were unleashed upon the natives.  
  
   
   
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  Despite the brutal and intensive initial onslaught, lamorri were at first surprised at the 
  resistance they met. The seemingly primitive natives used strange, harnessed energy 
  against them and moved around the planet quickly. Entire villages would evacuate within 
  minutes and reappear hundreds of miles away from danger. As many of the shantic cities 
  existed underground they were also hard to detect and hard to attack.  
  It was the cleash who would become the lamorri’s generals in combat. The cleash 
  constructed many machines and terrible weapons that bored down into the cities and 
  scattered the populations, while the lamorri sent in terrible machine beasts and unleashed 
  horrific diseases. Homeless and spread out over Sho-Caudal, the shantas found it harder to 
  resist the invaders.  
  Within 10 years most of the shantic resistance had been crushed and the shantas enslaved 
  The battles of this time are only vaguely mentioned in shantic history. It is remembered as 
  a time of great grief and destruction. Although millions of shanta died during the lamorri 
  invasion it would be nothing compared to what was to come.  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
   
   
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  As soon as an area had been cleansed of natives, the lamorri and cleash began the 
  construction of their factories that would process fuel and create more soldiers and 
  workers for them. Forts, landing pads and towns were constructed with the strange hard 
  stone materials that were brought from their homeworld and stimulated to grow. In very 
  short time great stone walls, roads and buildings popped up on several, carefully chosen 
  locations of Jorune. Some mountains were tunnelled and hollowed as strange, huge 
  machinery was constructed underground. Great mines bored down into the core of Sho-
  Caudal and entire ecosystems were destroyed or replaced with alien flora and fauna. 
  Especially forests suffered as the great machine beasts ate and processed these, stripping 
  vast areas of vegetation and leaving open dusty plain favoured by the lamorri. 
   
  While the cleash constructed cities and factories bellowing smoke, the lamorri were more 
  interested in the strange energy that seemed bound to the planet. They knew that they 
  would never be safe from attacks by the free, roaming shantas of the wilderness until they 
  had harnessed this strange energy.  
  The lamorri soon saw the energy connection between the innermost planets and sent one 
  of their great motherships to Elysium to study the phenomena more closely. The great ship 
  travelled between the innermost planets, Elysium’s rings and Sho-Caudal’s moon Tra 
  several times, mapping the isho phenomena that linked these worlds. Kaurr the Black was 
  responsible for the study of planetary isho and he built himself a great fort on the moon of 
  Tra.  
  Slowly, the lamorri scientists started to understand the mechanics of isho. The lamorri 
  found the isho energy to be a potent source of energy, which could be used by their ships 
  as fuel. Great slabs of isho rich material could be attached around their ships in orbit and 
  sucked dry of its isho over time. The skyrealms of Jorune were ideal for this, but artificial 
  skyrealms would be even better as they could be created to store vast amounts of energy. 
  These great “batteries” of rock, crystal and isho would also serve as a protective encasing 
  of the motherships, which had proved vulnerable during faster than light speeds. 
   
  The lamorri also started to understand how the isho could be neutralised and used directly 
  by them. Great constructions were created in or close to their cities that would neutralise 
  isho, preventing warps from opening and killing isho harmonics. An extensive breeding 
  program began, where the lamorri tried to create machine beings that could harness the 
  isho energy, in the same way the isho harmonics of Sho-Caudal used the isho. This project 
  was a failure, as artificially created bodies seemed totally incapable of accumulating isho. 
  Instead the lamorri started to alter the shanta into obedient slaves and isho tools. These 
  terrible beings are named with great sorrow and terror in the history of the shanta. 
  Sometimes referred to as Shan-Theel (“Twisted/Broken Shantas” or “Dark Shantas”), 
  these pitiful creatures would haunt the shanta for many generations to come. 
   
  In 1520 BC the lamorri had understood enough of the complex isho mechanics to start 
  harvesting the energy. The Isho Geography Program was begun, its goal being the 
  
   
   
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  reshaping of the isho geography to channel great amounts of energy into the artificial 
  skyrealms that could be shipped off world. A large and lush region north of the equator, 
  once heavily populated by shanta, was chosen as a prime site for isho nodes and the isho 
  funnels that would gather and vent isho. These vents were great pyramid constructions 
  that would be referred to as thooh’sa pyramids in the future.  
  A great number of smaller artificial skyrealms were created during the initial years. 
  However, these were often smaller in size and the lamorri forcefully created greater, 
  natural skyrealms by speeding up the natural skyrealm creation process. This process often 
  meant the destruction of shantic cities, as the great crystal slabs covering these were lifted 
  out of the ground.  
  In 1500 BC the first isho harvesting system was activated. As isho was drained from the 
  land the ground shook and broke. Rivers were diverted into great opened lava shafts to 
  create energy and the region quickly changed and became the Doben-al. The gathered 
  skyrealms were towed to the thooh’sa vents and charged with isho. As the program 
  seemed to be a success the lamorri began the construction of several similar sites around 
  Sho-Caudal. 
   
  The shanta had tried to revolt against the invaders on several occasions but always failed. 
  The lamorri grip upon their planets was enforced by high technology, alien machine 
  beasts, great warrior slaves and mind enslaving devices. In addition to all these hardships 
  the shanta had to fight their dark altered kinsmen who, like themselves wove the isho. 
  However, when the free shanta saw the great destruction in what was to become the 
  Doben-al they understood that Sho-Caudal was doomed.  
   
   
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  As the lamorri began to lift the first skyrealms into orbit for export offworld, the still free 
  shanta organised their enslaved brethren and in 1460 BC the first major rebellion against 
  the invaders took place. Unfortunately, the lamorri had learned enough about isho to 
  control the sho-sen around their structures or destroy it entirely. Through their great 
  constructs built across the surface of their domains, the lamorri would make the shantas 
  blind, overload their weaving, poison them with artificial isho or simply kill them as the 
  isho tore their unique isho accumulating cells apart. The lamorri preferred to show their 
  mastery of the isho during this rebellion and did not unleash their slave troops. They 
  gloated in the humiliation of the isho harmonics and in their hubris believed that their 
  control over Sho-Caudal was complete.  
  The cleash, however, did not put their trust in this new technology and continued to fortify 
  their territories with the more traditional tech and lamorri devices.  
  The rebellion was a disaster and many shantas died, both among the slaves and among the 
  free shantas. The amount of isho energy used during the rebellion could be felt all over 
  Sho-Caudal, as the lamorri constructs drained the sho-sen. 
   
  
   
   
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  After the rebellion, the last great eelshon of the shanta gathered in Delsha, but came to the 
  sad conclusion that the shantic race and Sho-Caudal would be destroyed if the lamorri’s 
  power over the sho-sen could not be broken. They toiled hard and long to find solutions 
  and ways to brake the lamorri’s power over Sho-Caudal. In the deep wilderness they 
  laboured hard to gain unity and coordination among the last broken but free shantic 
  populations and put tremendous effort into the construction of new or stronger isho tech 
  devices. It is said that many great sholari augmented their minds with so much isho to find 
  a solution that they entered shyee.  
  It was during these grim and desperate times that a saviour among the shanta stepped 
  forward. His true name was Sholari Lishu Do-Desti and he was a member of the Ca-Desti 
  sect and became referred to as The Desti or The Red Shanta. Gifted with a brilliant mind 
  and an uncanny ability to accumulate and manipulate isho, the Red Shanta made great 
  breakthroughs in the construction of the great isho reservoirs known as elip stons and 
  other offensive weapons based on isho technology. Together with other great sholari the 
  Red Shanta created the first fully functional elip ston and thosk, which were tested and 
  successfully destroyed two skyrealms housing lamorri overseers in 1450 BC. Other 
  prominent sholari created the great evids, constructs of stone, bone and crystal that could 
  withstand the isho weapons of the lamorri. 
   
  The cleash were very concerned by the reports of new and powerful shantic weapons but 
  the confident lamorri would not listen. The cleash struck hard against the shanta, but could 
  not find the main force of the subterranean shanta. 
  During this time the lamorri were struck by a terrible genetic plague. It is unknown 
  whether this was a natural plague or a result of the lamorri’s tampering with their genome. 
  Some say it was a rebellious deed of a thriddle. As most of the lamorri placed themselves 
  in healing hibernations deep within their structures, the shanta saw their chance and 
  rebelled once again. 
  Lamorri landers and large structures were targeted by the new and improved elip stons and 
  thosks. Great destruction was caused and the first to suffer were the cleash, as the lamorri 
  had withdrawn. The cleash relied more upon technological equipment and these created 
  disturbances in the sho-sen that were easily detected and destroyed by the new shantic 
  weapons. Most vulnerable were the cleash ships that transported personnel and equipment 
  between the motherships and Sho-Caudal.  
  At the end of the year even an orbiting lamorri mothership was destroyed by the combined 
  forces of three elip stons. The huge ship fell flaming among the Thodic Mountains and the 
  impact was seen over most of the continent.  
  As shantic warriors attacked the lamorri and cleash outposts the enslaved shantas joined 
  them. The great destruction, the loss of mind controlling centres and the weakness of the 
  lamorri resulted in the lost control of their machine beings and the rebellion of many of 
  the other slave races. The thriddle servants had great influence over the corastin and 
  convinced most of these to turn away from their old lords. Scarmis fled from their cleash 
  overlords into the wilderness, leaving the cleash without troops.  
  
   
   
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  During this chaos, the shanta released their evids into lamorri territory. Greatest of all 
  these was the Eelshon She-evid, created by the last eelshon. Its power was so great that its 
  making was said to have destroyed all the sholari in the eelshon that created it. The 
  Eelshon She-evid struck at the largest lamorri outpost in the Doben-al, the very centre of 
  their power. The destruction the Eelshon She-evid caused among the cleash and lamorri is 
  the stuff of legends and caused the lamorri to tremble in fear. The croid fought the shanta 
  for some time, but with the coming of the evids they fled from their old masters and 
  withdrew into the wilderness.  
  The cruel cleash had suffered the greatest onslaught of the elip stons. None of their 
  smaller ships had survived and they fled to the untouched lamorri and cleash outposts in 
  the Ice Fields of Gilthaw. Left behind were the vulnerable lamorri overlords. 
   
   
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  The shanta found that they had won the first battle but could not reach the lamorri that hid 
  deep within their fortresses. The lamorri had learnt enough about isho and the shanta, that 
  their greater constructs and fortresses were protected by machinery that would weaken or 
  immediately destroy isho harmonics (creatures with isho absorbent cells) that came too 
  close. Furthermore, isho sometimes did not exist around these structures, making shantas 
  totally blind, or worse was perverted and would poison whatever isho harmonic it was 
  absorbed by. 
  The shanta therefore guarded the lamorri carefully for more than a year so that none of 
  them could escape. Meanwhile the orbiting motherships bombarded Sho-Caudal from a 
  safer outer orbit while they waited to retrieve their masters. It seemed to be a stalemate 
  and the shanta knew that they would loose to the lamorri sooner or later, to whom time 
  meant little.  
  It was then that the thriddle came to the aid of the shanta. In return for continued freedom 
  on Sho-Caudal the thriddle rallied the slave races that had rebelled and had fled from their 
  masters. Led by the thriddle these ventured down into the fortresses of the lamorri where 
  the shanta could not go. An incredible multitude of the slave races died during this final 
  attack, but the lamorri were eventually hunted down and killed in their deadly halls.  
   
  The lamorri that still remained were all in orbit around Sho-Caudal and at a safe distance. 
  Rather than risk their ships in another invasion the surviving lamorri simply left.  
  Where they went is unknown. Whether they will ever return is something the wisest 
  shanta fears to even consider. 
   
  Although all lamorri had either perished, been imprisoned in keeper rods or fled Sho-
  Caudal, some had by arcane ways eluded destruction and capture. While the lamorri were 
  besieged in their forts and underground strongholds, they had made copies of their very 
  essences that would forever be preserved in their great essence amplifiers that spread 
  below the surface. It was the same technology the lamorri used to preserve their existence 
  
   
   
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  during long interstellar travel. In this way they cheated death and part of them were 
  preserved forever.  
  At first the lamorri remained dormant, but after a while their essences reached out and 
  touched the minds of the slave races that still lived in the area. Some of these succumbed 
  to the will of their old masters, others fled. Soon the shanta understood that some lamorri 
  had eluded death and somehow still existed. In a great effort they therefore destroyed the 
  enigmatic lamorri machinery where they could find it.  
  However, the technology and vastness of these machines were not understood by the 
  shantas and some were left untouched. Others were too dangerous to touch or still had 
  active defences against isho harmonics. These were carefully sealed and all slave races 
  were moved to a safe distance.  
  A second siege began. A siege that would last for several millennia, as the shanta waited 
  for the ghostly remains of the lamorri to die or wither away. Sacred guard duties of the 
  Ca-Du prevented any creature susceptible to the lamorri’s possessive powers to enter areas 
  with still functioning lamorri technology. This vigilant guard became known as the Eternal 
  Siege. 
    
    
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  For their participation in the liberation of 
  Sho-Caudal, the thriddle and the other slave 
  races were allowed to settle in lands not 
  used by the shanta. The croid, corastin and 
  scarmis chose parts of the wilderness where 
  the shanta were not too numerous, while the 
  thriddle remained in the cleansed outposts 
  of their former masters. The shanta were at 
  first uncomfortable with the lithe thriddle 
  living among the gargantuan ruins of their 
  former masters, but the thriddle soon 
  proved themselves harmless and ever so 
  willing to adapt and learn from the shanta, 
  whom they admired. 
   
  The ramian had been the underlings of the 
  lamorri, their favoured servants and the 
  masters of all slave races. Some thriddle 
  have hinted that the ramian might even 
  have been the lamorri’s living forefathers 
  and serving as their intact original gene 
  pool, the primitive and raw material they 
  were made of. The minds of the ramian had 
  been artificially - and maybe to some 
  
   
   
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  degree – genetically, linked to the minds of their masters. When the lamorri and their 
  organic empathic communication centres felt the full fury of the isho unleashed by the 
  shanta and were hunted and destroyed by the evids, this was experienced by the ramian as 
  well.  
  The strike towards the lamorri and their communication centres left many of the ramian 
  mentally crippled and crazed with fear. The voices of their masters had soothed, guided 
  and comforted them. Now they only experienced silence and solitude. The ramian had 
  been brutally freed to think for themselves and found themselves lost. Nightmares haunted 
  them and the loss of their masters Inner Voices made many of them take their own lives. 
  Also, the shanta continued to hunt the ramian, as they had made no attempt to rebel 
  against the lamorri. The evids hunted the numerous ramian nearly to extinction and the 
  shantic warriors pursued them with deadly dyshas. The shantic rage upon the ramian and 
  the minds of their masters at this time would forever be imprinted into the very deepest 
  instincts and race memories of most ramian to come. It is even today remembered and 
  experienced much like humanity’s instinctual fear of spiders and snakes. 
  However, the Ca-Tra and the Ca-Shal felt pity for the orphaned ramian and persuaded the 
  other sects to spare them. They saw that the ramian were fatherless without their masters 
  and poorly adapted to Sho-Caudal. The shantas refused to become executioners and 
  commit genocide upon a race that had been enslaved by the lamorri. The bodies of the 
  ramian were already wreaked with diseases and their greater bloodlines had started to fail 
  them. It would only be a matter of time before Sho-Caudal would rid itself of the ramian – 
  the natural way.  
  The ramian were therefore deported to the desolate continent to the north that would 
  become know as Voligire. There, the ramian race would live out the remainder of its 
  existence on Sho-Caudal in peace.  
   
  The cleash had been terrible fiends and tormentors of the shanta. At first the shanta tried to 
  destroy them along with their lamorri partners. All cleash landers and smaller craft had 
  been targeted and destroyed by the shanta, as the cleash did not possess the same deadly 
  isho defences as the lamorri. The only cleash that had survived the wrath of the rebelling 
  shantas, their elip stons and the evids, were besieged among the underground caverns and 
  tunnels of the Ice Fields of Gilthaw. In the tunnels of Gilthaw the evids had problems 
  reaching them and the shanta could not monitor their numbers as easily. Some of the great 
  machine beasts of the lamorri had been brought here and fought alongside the cleash to 
  survive.  
  The war against the cleash lasted for more than 50 years and was destined to be much 
  longer and more costly. However, both the cleash and shanta knew that the outcome was 
  inevitable. Sooner or later the cleash would succumb to the shanta in this hostile 
  environment. 
   
  Meanwhile, the shanta found that they could not remove the taint left in their bloodline by 
  the lamorri. Many shantic slaves (the Shan-Theel) had been altered to serve the lamorri’s 
  
   
   
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  evil perverted purposes or simply for fun. Although now freed from their oppressors, they 
  would give birth to twisted and sometimes evil children.  
  The thriddle were consulted but did not know enough about the powers of their masters to 
  help the shanta. Instead they suggested that the cleash could help the shan. 
  The shanta therefore turned to the surviving cleash, whom they had besieged in the Ice 
  Fields of Gilthaw. The shanta made a deal with the cleash that they would spare the cleash 
  and let them live in the Ice Fields of Gilthaw, if they helped them remove the lamorri taint 
  among the shan.  
  The cleash agreed and cleansed the shantic DNA from all lamorri tampering. This process 
  lasted three painful generations and the sorrow of putting tainted children to death is still 
  today remembered in songs among the shan. 
  Another condition of the agreement with the cleash was that the cleash were not allowed 
  to maintain any of their factories and that all lamorri technology had to be destroyed. The 
  cleash did so and were left to live out their days as a race in the hostile Ice Fields of 
  Gilthaw, which they seemed poorly adapted to.  
  However, the shanta did not know that the greatest and purest bloodlines of the cleash 
  possessed a racial memory that would later allow them to resurrect much of their lore and 
  the lamorri technology that had been hidden, abandoned or thought forgotten. 
    
    
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  Large areas of Sho-Caudal became forever scarred by the tampering of the lamorri. The 
  isho geography of entire regions was altered or destroyed as lamorri sought to master the 
  isho and capture it for offworld export. The sho-sen in certain areas was therefore weak or 
  strangely twisted and tra-sense only functioned erratically there. The area where the 
  lamorri concentrated their efforts and had created most of their outposts is today known as 
  the Doben-al. The once lush and fertile great riverlands are now wastelands, steadily being 
  consumed by the desert dunes. Even the sho-sen is a desert in this place, as the first isho 
  harvesting programme was activated here and still drains the lands of the little isho it 
  accumulates. 
  Pockets of stagnant isho and artificial isho (deadly to isho harmonics) can be found in the 
  Doben-al and in the ruins of the lamorri. Shanta avoid the Doben-al and sing many songs 
  about its lost beauty and the death of the land. Their tra-sense is poor in the Doben-al and 
  in some places they are totally blind. In other places there is a dangerous surge of 
  concentrated isho that causes kerning flames to consume their bodies.  
  The Doben-al and other areas once great in lamorri activity, is also home to strange 
  creatures, descendant from lamorri homeworld organisms or lamorri machine beasts. 
  These have spread to many other parts of Sho-Caudal and compete with the native flora 
  and fauna for a niche of their own in the ecosystem.  
   
  In short, the Doben-al is a barren and potentially dangerous and unstable place for any 
  isho harmonic. Other lamorri outposts are more unknown but are just as perilous. 
   
  
   
   
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  The shantic race restored itself to its former glory and even beyond this. Great isho 
  achievements were made and the race unified to prevent further threats. Sho-Caudal was 
  repopulated and the shantic race flourished under the guidance of the seven sects.  
   
  When the human explorers arrived to Sho-Caudal they caused much fear and concern 
  among the shanta. Most shanta did no longer remember the lamorri but knew the vivid 
  legends of their cruelty and origin among the stars. The eelshons had records of these dark 
  times and were very concerned for the future. Although seemingly calm in the eyes of the 
  visitors, the shantic communities where bustling with activity during this time. The shanta 
  feared that the newcomers would attempt to enslave them, as the lamorri had done, and the 
  eelshons argued about the cause of action and how to approach the new visitors from the 
  stars. Guided by the sholari of the Ca-Tra, the shanta decided to hear these newcomers and 
  determine what threat they constituted. Meanwhile, they resurrected their ancient weapons 
  once again.  
  Contrary to the lamorri, the humans seemed genuinely interested in Sho-Caudal and 
  seemed to lack much of the intelligence or cruelty of the lamorri. Although they mastered 
  vast quantities of unknown energy in their metal machinery, their minds seemed dwarfed, 
  their bodies undeveloped and they were totally unaware of the isho around them. They 
  seemed like eager children and anxious to learn from the shanta. The eelshons therefore 
  decided that the humans would be welcomed as visitors and studied more closely. 
   
  When humans finally started to act illogically and aggressively the shanta dared not take 
  any further chances. Despite the warnings of the Ca-Tra sholari, that the humans had lost 
  their home and were panicking, the shan unleashed their isho in an attempt to destroy the 
  humans.  
  This proved to be their greatest and saddest mistake.  
  When the leesh-ebeeca came the shanta dwindled and withdrew. All guardians of lamorri 
  strongholds were killed or fled with the survivors. The last knowledge of the lamorri’s 
  dormant powers was lost as the guardians died and records were abandoned. The Eternal 
  Siege was broken. 
   
   
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  Now, the lamorri essences once again stir. After millennia of isolation and solitude they 
  have turned upon themselves. They have become insane or otherwise twisted and cruel. 
  Like milk becomes sour, so have the lamorri essences devoured themselves and turned 
  from selfish and calculating entities to evil and insane demons.  
  Humans and other weaker races that have venture close to ancient lamorri machine-
  structures and foolishly activated them, have awakened the lamorri essences. Often these 
  hapless beings became possessed and turned into the tools of the lamorri essences and 
  
   
   
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  their link to this world. Through these weaker races the lamorri essences can once again 
  venture out into the world and influence it.  
  Over the centuries they have done this several times and the annals of Ros Crendor speak 
  of such dark times. The Ca-Du, who once were assigned guardianship over the lamorri 
  tombs, again try to establish a new watch over the lamorri, but do no longer possess full 
  knowledge about them. Other races and the human priestesses of Ros Crendor have 
  understood some of the dormant powers of lamorri essences and know that it does not take 
  much for it to emerge. They, like the Ca-Du, try to keep the lamorri essences dormant and 
  shun all areas where lamorri essences sleep.  
  Despite all their efforts there are rumours among the priestesses of a Realm of Darkness, 
  deep underground, that is supposedly led by fallen priestesses who have devoted 
  themselves to the lamorri (Dreamlords). 
   
  With their jailors gone or busy elsewhere, the cleash and the ramian dabble with lamorri 
  technology. The cleash still possess much knowledge of their ancestors through the race 
  memory of their leaders, but are desperate to escape the bounds of Sho-Caudal that slowly 
  degenerates their race. The adaptation of their race to the neutrino radiation of other suns 
  than red dwarves was not complete or simply left that way by the mistrusting lamorri. The 
  cleash leaders therefore seek to contact their homeworld with the use of re-activated 
  lamorri tech in order to be rescued. The only place where the cleash knows this can be 
  done is at the main interstellar communication node in the Mountain Crown on Tan-Iricid.  
  Luckily, this frantic, secret race to secure and activate lamorri interstellar communication 
  devices and their constant infighting prevents the cleash from establishing a greater realm 
  that could threaten shantas or humans. But the cleash leaders are extremely patient and 
  secretive. They know that the time has not yet come to reactivate the technology and 
  factories of their ancestors and are content at spreading slowly and hoarding knowledge, 
  while their ignorant masses fight amongst themselves. 
   
  The ramian priests dabble with lamorri technology because they see its religious 
  significance. Most of the time they do not know what it is they are doing. This ignorance 
  is now very close to activating large parts of the lamorri technological networks of 
  communication and production.  
  Some humans and shanta know now that some of the lamorri essences have been in 
  contact with the ramian for millennia and have secretly helped to preserve the ramian as a 
  race in the otherwise hostile environment of Sho-Caudal. The ramian priests know these 
  essences as the whispering voices of their dark gods and herald a return of the gods, not 
  knowing the terrible truth behind the lamorri and their destructive power. 
  The ramian have now uncovered enough lamorri technology in their religious dabbling to 
  cause activation of important sites, while the cleash started to do so more than 500 years 
  ago. While lamorri bases in Voligire were destroyed before the ramian were moved there, 
  the ramian korochka Chokulsha has discovered and excavated a fully functioning Vault 
  that awaits awakening in the Tchobyska Chorachka wilderness of south-eastern Drail. 
  
   
   
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  2094 BC 
  Lamorri armada reaches cleash star colonies and make contact with the 
  technologically advanced cleash. 
   
  1926 BC 
  The new and improved lamorri armada leaves the cleash worlds together 
  with cleash partners for a test of conquest with their combined technology. 
   
  1750 BC    Lamorri exploratory ship arrives to H21’s system. 
   
  1696 BC  
  Lamorri armada reaches Jorune. Cleash arrive as partners in the conquest 
  and bring scarmis as their slaves. Ramian arrive as servants to lamorri; 
  corastin, croid, and thriddle arrive with lamorri as slaves. Orbital 
  bombardment and invasion begins. 
   
  1686 BC 
  Last organised shantic resistance is crushed and the shanta are enslaved. 
   
  1520 BC  
  Isho Geography Program begun. The Doben-al is eventually chosen as a 
  prime site for thooh’sa construction. 
   
  1515 BC  
  Process for the artificial creation of skyrealms started by lamorri. Shanthic 
  cities are destroyed beneath harvested lamorri skyrealms.  Plan to enhance 
  natural skyrealms begins. 
   
  1500 BC    Lamorri Doben-al program begins. 
   
  1490 BC  
  Lamorri Isho Harvesting System structures completed in Doben-al, Tan- 
  Iricid, Ardoth, and eight other locations on Jorune.  Only the Doben-al 
  structure is fully activated, draining isho from surrounding land, creating the 
  Doben-al desert.  
   
  1460 BC  
  Lamorri begin preparing several skyrealms for export from Jorune.  First 
  shanthic rebellion suppressed by lamorri control of isho. The free hantas 
  retreat and labour hard to find means to brake the lamorris grip upon the 
  isho. 
   
  1450 BC 
  Two skyrealms destroyed by early elip ston. Shanta continue to harass 
  lamorri and cleash outposts with the new and powerful elip ston weapons. 
   
  1449 BC  
  Orbiting lamorri starcraft destroyed over northeast Doben-al. Crashes south 
  of present day Khodre, in the Thodic Mountains. 
   
  1448 BC  
  Successful shanthic revolt from lamorri subjugation, due to a genetic plague 
  the lamorri have brought upon themselves with their experimentation. The 
  thriddle, corastin and scarmis slave races flee from their masters or join the 
  rebellion.  
  The Eelshon She-evid (the Warp Walker) and other greater evids are 
  released into the Doben-al. The fury of the evids makes the croid warriors 
  abandon their masters and flee into the wilderness. Ardoth’s underground 
  lamorri complex prevents warps from being created, but the portion that kills 
  
   
   
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  isho harmonics is partially destroyed during the final shanthic siege of the 
  city. 
   
  1447 BC  
  Thosk cannon created by Ca-Desti shantha. Cle-eshtas brought to new levels 
  of sophistication. All cleash landers are destroyed, stranding the cleash and 
  lamorri on Jorune. Lamorri motherships begin to bombard Sho-Caudals 
  surface to enable their separated kin to escape. 
  Surviving cleash flee to the more easily defendable outposts in the Ice Fields 
  of Gilthaw. 
   
  Shantas lay siege to the lamorri who have hidden themselves in their great 
  fortresses. They cannot venture down and destroy them, as the weapons that 
  destroy isho harmonics cannot be neutralised.  
   
  1446 BC  
  The lamorri make copies of their own consciousnesses (essences) while 
  enduring the siege. The thriddle lead some of the slave races against the 
  besieged lamorri and venture down into their great underground forts. All 
  lamorri are destroyed or placed in keeper rods.  
  The remaining lamorri that have waited in high orbit leave Jorune, 
  abandoning all the subservient races (corastin, croid, scarmis, ramian, and 
  thriddle) and their partners (cleash) behind. 
   
  1396 BC 
  The shanta break off the siege of the cleash in the Gilthaws and let them live 
  in this realm in return for their help in cleansing their race of lamorri taint. 
   
  29 BC  
  First human scientific expedition reaches Jorune. The shanta are alarmed by 
  the arrival of new visitors from the stars. 
   
  Zero     
  Launch of shanthic attacks on colony sites. Official start of the Human-
  Shanthic War. Virtually every colony site attacked by massive shanthic 
  assault. Bomoveris releases a bio-tec virus into upper atmosphere, killing 
  99% of the shantha within days. The leesh-ebeeca begins (Dying Times). 
  The eternal siege is broken as Ca-Du watchers die and shantic society 
  crumbles. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
   
   
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  Although long dead and gone, the lamorri continue to plague Sho-Caudal. Many of their 
  gargantuan stone structures still stand in desolate wastelands as silent and grim reminders 
  of their oppression. Within or below these ancient structures, dark artefacts of awesome 
  powers are sometimes hidden. Their slave races wander Sho-Caudal, most of the time 
  ignorant of their past, but with the potential to once again become their pawns.  
  Most of the races that live on Sho-Caudal have forgotten or have never known the secret 
  of the haunted places and artefacts of the lamorri, but the shanta know far too many 
  legends about them. They can still feel the isho scars the lamorri have left behind and their 
  artefacts continue to cause problems upon the surroundings. Some of the structures and 
  artefacts are still functional, but dormant, and the shanta cannot venture into them to 
  destroy them. Also, the shanta have clearly underestimated the power of the lamorri and 
  their technology and cannot imagine that the minds of the lamorri aren’t dead but just 
  dormant. 
   
  Here follows a list of some creatures, places and artefacts the lamorri have left behind. 
    
    
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  The partners of the lamorri and the creators of faster than light ships. The cleash landers 
  and smaller craft were vital in the swift conquest of Sho-Caudal and the hold over its 
  population. The more tech oriented cleash mastered physics and especially metallurgy to a 
  greater degree than the lamorri. Their bodies were originally intolerant to the neutrino 
  radiation of yellow stars, but were improved by the lamorri. This was, however, not done 
  to perfection. Most probably, the lamorri wanted to make the cleash dependant upon them 
  for DNA restoration processes. Even today, with their high technology long gone, the 
  cleash master metallurgy to a degree that frightens humans and shanta alike. In the deep, 
  subterranean caves of the Ice Fields of Gilthaw the great minds of the cleash scheme and 
  preserve their ancient legacy. Their racial degeneration and their brutal and infighting 
  nature prevents them from rising to power. 
  [See Cleash Genetic Hierarchy essay for more details about the cleash.] 
   
  TTH
  HEE  SSLLAAVVEE  RRAACCEESS  
  Ramian 
  It is clear that the ramian had developed along the same evolutionary line as the lamorri, 
  although they were inferior in size, strength and mental capacity. If the ramian had once 
  been a separate competing race on the lamorri homeworld or simply a sub-species created 
  by the lamorri is unknown. However, it is clear that the lamorri reserved a special place 
  for the ramian and kept their genes relatively unaltered. Some have speculated that they 
  might be the remnants of the original lamorri race, before genetic alterations commenced 
  
   
   
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  on their homeworld. The preservation of these lifeforms could therefore be a way to keep 
  a clean original gene pool or simply for obscure sentimental value. 
  Because of their biological and mental likeness, the ramian were the perfect servants of 
  the lamorri. According to ancient ramian religious texts, the lamorri would sometimes 
  “enter the flesh” of their servants. If this possession was done for leisure, subterfuge or 
  simply as a brief visit between re-spawnings of their own bodies is unknown.  
  The ramian were always psychically linked to the great lamorri minds or AI’s. One 
  lamorri would normally have an entire clan of ramian servants that could be summoned 
  with a thought and the ramian joined their masters in all kinds of unearthly pleasures.  
  Today, the ramian suffer many degenerative diseases and have adapted poorly to Sho-
  Caudal. They live in a strict caste system that somewhat resembles the greatest bloodlines 
  that served the lamorri. They worship the vague legends of their masters and some of their 
  priests listen to the fragmented whispers of the lamorri essences. 
  [See Ramian Caste System and Religions of Jorune essays for more information about the 
  ramian.] 
   
  Thriddle 
  The thiddle as a race have an uncanny ability to memorise complex instructions and 
  procedures and have a strong arithmetical tradition. They therefore served the lamorri as 
  operators of machinery, lore masters, servants, messengers and living computers of sorts. 
  Sometimes several thriddle would be linked in a great organic system or otherwise 
  artificially enhanced to improve their mental capabilities. But, horribly enough, this was 
  not all. The thriddle were also bred by the lamorri as food.  
  Most of the wisest thriddle were permanently linked to their master’s machinery and died 
  with these when the shanta unleashed the isho and the evids upon the lamorri. The thriddle 
  that had rebelled against the lamorri and survived the final destruction of the lamorri 
  returned to the ruins of their masters to live. There they gathered as much information as 
  they were allowed by the shanta and preserved it forever. Since that day the thriddle have 
  hoarded knowledge and sought to explain all mysteries. It is in their nature and a racial 
  calling of sorts. 
   
  Corastin 
  The soldiers and workers of the lamorri. They were probably from the same homeworld as 
  croid, but it is doubtful whether this was the lamorri homeworld. The corastin soldiers 
  were often physically augmented, but not often genetically altered. It seems that the very 
  ancient and complex corastin genome had an uncanny ability to regenerate itself from any 
  tampering and might even have been hard to alter. Few corastin finds from the age of 
  lamorri show signs of genetic alteration. Another theory is that the corastin simply were 
  perfect as organisms for the lamorri’s purposes. Corastin are known to be delicate 
  creatures that find it hard to attack and kill mercilessly. Without doubt, many of the 
  warriors were controlled mentally by the lamorri. 
   
  
   
   
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  Croid 
  From the same homeworld as the corastin, the croid also have a complex and strong 
  genome. Like the corastin, the croid also served as soldiers and workers of the lamorri. 
  The more brutal nature and somewhat lower intelligence of the croid made them perfect 
  warriors that could be augmented with cruel weapons and armour. Unlike the corastin, the 
  croid understood the power of brute force well. It was something they were very adept at. 
  Therefore they were willing warriors and servants in war. Because of their lack of higher 
  intelligence, the croid were often commanded by ramian or even corastin. 
   
  Scarmis 
  The gentle scarmis were the servants of the cleash and came from the same homeworld. 
  Scarmis are genetically linked to the cleash and must obey all cleash they encounter (only 
  the queen and her drones can resist the will of the cleash). Canther sparks, pheromones 
  and the cleash appearance trigger a state of servitude, suppressed will and loss of hive 
  conscience. Despite this, the scarmis and cleash physiognomy are quite different and it is 
  unknown whether the genetic link has always been this way or if the sinister relationship 
  was the result of genetic tampering on their homeworld. It is known that, when the lamorri 
  encountered the cleash, they had already enslaved the scarmis. Still today, scarmis 
  workers and soldiers become willes in the presence of cleash. 
  Scarmis were used as servants, workers, loyal bodyguards and soldiers. In the presence of 
  cleash, the otherwise gentle scarmis turned into deadly weapons of war. No traces of 
  genetically altered scarmis have been found. It was the cleash who primarily used the 
  scarmis as servants and they did not master the foul art of tampering with life.  
  While the cleash degenerated in the presence of yellow sun neutrino radiation, the scarmis 
  quickly adapted and flourished. Today, the scarmis can be found in many locations of 
  Jorune, but always far from cleash settlements. 
  [See Scarmis Society essay for more details about the scarmis.] 
   
   
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  The lamorri left behind many other foul and often mindless creatures. Among these were 
  practical creatures of natural evolution that had been taken from their own world or other 
  conquered worlds. Other creatures were so called “machine-creatures” that had been bred 
  for a single purpose. Some of the most complex and complete machine-creatures survived 
  on their own accord and can now be found in desolate areas of the world. However, most 
  of the machine-creatures were not organically “complete” and could not reproduce or fill 
  any other function than that for which they had been created. Thus, many of them lacked 
  important instincts and natural abilities necessary for survival.  
  Lamorri Vaults have the genetic blueprints to re-spawn these creatures, which is another 
  reason they should never be fully awakened. 
  Here follows a list of some “complete” and “incomplete” machine creatures that could 
  potentially be encountered on Jorune today.  
  
   
   
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  (NOTE that greater creatures like the Kelenn, Tree Harvester and Garachkatta have not 
  been seen for millennia. It would be a great and terrible event indeed if they ever walked 
  the surface of Jorune again.) 
   
  Kelenn [Incomplete] 
  A great and terrible flying lizard with a huge skull-like head 
  and red glaring eyes. Equipped with a sharp, barbed tail, 
  powerful hind legs, clawed forearms and clawed wings (6 
  appendages). Capable of inflicting great damage, these 
  beasts were controlled by neural transceivers or the lamorri 
  brain enhancers. Last seen in Thantier during the 1000 year 
  cleash war. 
   
  Perann 
  Spider shaped beasts with humanoid hands and skull-like 
  heads. Can mask their signatures and stalk efficiently. 
  Excellent climbers and haunters of Doben-al ruins. 
   
  Swordbearer [Incomplete] 
  Magnificent humanoid fighting machine. Grown from 
  S’abazi plants planted by S’ror beasts. Used as bodyguards 
  and willess elite soldiers. Not seen since the days of the 
  lamorri, but propechys hearld their return as the advent of 
  the return of the lamorri. Rumours persist of swordbearers 
  having been seen recently in Gauss Valley and Ros Crendor. 
   
  S’ror beasts 
  Insectoid and armour plated. These low-slung beasts are 
  slow, but aggressive. Used mainly to plant Nurrich. Have the 
  potential to plant many other beasts, such as swordbearers, if 
  genetically “programmed”. 
   
  Nurrich 
  Sinister, thin humanoids resembling wizened, dry old men. 
  With huge black eyes and small sharp teeth. Used for many 
  strange work tasks in advanced environments, such as 
  forges, factories or Vaults. Seem to be of very little 
  intelligence, but are genetically adept at cleaning, working 
  and repairing. Cannot speak, but can hiss loudly at intruders. 
   
  Uvarat 
  Monkey-shaped relative of the Nurrich with a skull-like 
  head. Chitters loudly and has nimble, long fingers. A vital 
  component of the ramian Varrka chambers of healing. 
  Capable of maintaining and operating the Varrka Chamber, 
  but nothing else. 
   
  Trinnu Beagre Trap 
   
  Simple, predatory roving plant creature of small size. 
   
  
   
   
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  Bochigon 
  Lamorri favourite beast of burden and combat. Used still 
  today by humans in most tropical or temperate realms and by 
  the ramian in Ponteer and Drail. 
   
  Blood Boiler [Incomplete] 
  Turtle shaped beast with hard shell, two long insectoid legs 
  (often amputated to make it easier to handle) and feeding 
  tentacles reaching out from the belly. Capable of creating 
  very strong ultrasonic sound waves that harm its foes. A 
  direct blast will snap bones, boil blood and split flesh in wet 
  eruptions. 
   
  Samuut Flower 
  Beautiful, but blood sucking flower found in the Brynkwood 
  forest of Ros Crendor and other places of ancient lamorri 
  activity. Mainly a harmless carpet of flowers growing over 
  trees or ruin walls until an animal passes by. Any flowers 
  that are brushed past attach themselves and start melting into 
  the skin with a painful acid. This will make the animal 
  haemorrhage heavily from the wounds and any other wounds 
  it may have. The blood is then collected by the vast network 
  of ground-covering roots. The main plant can grow to an 
  immense size and can hold much blood. The main plant is 
  even known to have entangled or strangled those creatures 
  unfortunate to come to close. 
   
  Wild Klavic 
  Large, blue insects that travel in great swarms emptying 
  smaller areas of all life and most things edible. Found mainly 
  in jungles and in some forests. Klavic are known to take 
  large chunks out of unprotected human skin, or even lay 
  eggs under the skin during their swift attacks. Unknown 
  when or why they swarm and what becomes of them after 
  their initial “larval” stage. 
   
  Planter Klavic [Incomplete]  Insects used for planting machine beast embryos and eggs in 
  wildlife for it to gestate. Was also used to transmit diseases 
  or degenerative viruses and parasites in war. 
   
   
   
  Tree Harvester [Incomplete] Huge beasts with smoking innards that bellow out fumes 
  while digesting trees and shrubs. Used for the clearing space 
  for roads or cities. A huge, carapaced head stands atop six 
  towering legs holding a massive body. Swarms of these 
  would devastate the lands in the ancient days of lamorri 
  rulership of Sho-Caudal. Not seen since the shantic rebellion 
  against the lamorri. 
  
   
   
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  Garachkatta [Incomplete] 
  Known as the juggernaut destroyer, these gargantuan war 
  beasts could level shantic cities. Resembling giant, 
  carapaced beetles with six strong legs and mighty ramming 
  horns, these beasts could attack foes with their spiked 
  appendages as well as level houses with their sheer brute 
  force. The Garachkatta could also spew out acidic venom. 
  Some varieties are said to have spewed out chemicals that 
  ignited in fire. Nightmare visions of these beasts walking 
  through a devastated, burning city is said to haunt all who 
  sleep in the shantic ruins of the Valley of Curses in northern 
  Doben-al. The beasts were always linked to the minds of 
  lamorri warlords. 
   
  Pit Beast [Incomplete] 
  Large beasts that burrow down early in their life cycle to 
  become stationary monsters at bottoms of great pits. A few 
  tentacles help them draw food to their great maws. The pit 
  beasts are semi-empathic and attracts simpler lifeforms by 
  soothing images/impressions and pheromones. Even humans 
  are affected by this lure if they stay too long. Only one pit 
  beast is known to exist today, which is referred to as the 
  Navel of the Godess in the Doben-al. It has a rag-tag band of 
  followers or worshippers that feed it suitable sacrifices. 
   
  S’lark [Incomplete] 
  Fist-sized slugs that are used by the minions of the Realm of 
  Darkness to see in total darkness. The slugs are sewn into 
  cloth and bound over the eyes. Small tubes attach around the 
  eyes to suck blood, while the slug itself attaches over the 
  eye-ball - a very unsettling feeling. In total absence of light a 
  black and white image will show the surroundings. Light 
  sources create a white disturbance. Great sources of light 
  disturb the night vision, causing only a white blur. Prolonged 
  use makes the S’lark hard to remove and may even cause 
  blindness. 
   
  Vat Meat [Incomplete] 
  Living meat grown in vats. Complete with veins an all. 
  Slices can be cut directly from the trembling, shuddering 
  vats of meat. 
   
  Gate-Beast [Incomplete] 
  Large beast that grows until it blocks off a passage. It has 
  two humanoid bodies with fanged heads and long arms with 
  claws. Between them lies a mass of organic muscular matter 
  that opens like an orifice when its master wishes to enter. 
  
   
   
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  Lying dormant under two thick shells on either side of the 
  orifice opening, the beast will emerge to wail and attack 
  trespassers. 
   
  Chor-Tarcive 
  Aquatic cleash-like crustaceans or insectoids that can be 
  found in some tropical seas. They are known to harass 
  sailors or fishermen along reefs where they prefer to nest. 
  They have poisonous stingers and can spray inky black 
  liquid around them.  
   
  Giggit 
  Insects known for their ferocious swarming and destruction 
  when awakening from their hibernation. Their first, larval 
  stage is prized by the thriddle for smoking, while their egg-
  laying third stage is prized by the cleash for food. Found 
  mainly in jungles. 
   
  Prinji 
  Relative of the giggit found in more temperate woodland 
  areas. Equipped with great, stinging antennas that are used 
  for musical instruments in Glounda. 
   
  Rek-lakla 
  Also known as the boat killer. This beast can be found in 
  tropical or temperate waters and normally grows no larger 
  than a fist. But, if a metal nail is driven through its central 
  cortex it will grow to an enormous size. Used by the ramian 
  to attach to ships. Its wailing can be heard far under water 
  and its size will start slowing the ship. When the Rek-lakla 
  has grown large enough (appprox. 20 days) it will try to 
  crush the hull or bore into it with its beak to get to the prey 
  inside. 
   
  Tremla Bloodseeker [Incomplete] Extremely poisonous winged serpents with fanged, 
  dragon heads. A Tremla swarm can be sent to search for a 
  certain genetic setup (individual). When they find their prey 
  they will attack it as a swarm, clawing at it with its claws and 
  fangs, sending the potent poison deep into its flesh. When 
  their task is done they will die and quickly wither (within a 
  day). A powerful tool of korochka Chokulsha of the 
  Southsea gire. Controlled with ultrasonic wave patterns. 
   
  Tremla Cleaner [Incomplete] Relatives of the Tremla whose purpose it is to clean lamorri 
  tech (especially hard stone structures and devices) that has 
  lain dormant. Extremely efficient and will attack anybody 
  
   
   
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  interfering with their task with their long, sharp claws. Not 
  poisonous. Controlled with ultrasonic wave patterns. 
   
   
   
  Mengelin 
  Large beasts resembling great bushes or shrubs. Predators 
  snaring fish in wetlands and sometimes lunging at larger 
  prey. Luckily slow, but with fast, ensnaring roots that can 
  encircle prey in wet soil, or wetlands. Of unknown purpose 
  and most probably natural fauna from a conquered lamorri 
  world. 
   
  Mandare Tree 
  Tree parasites that resemble large, fanged snakes. Some have 
  likened them to mandares. Camouflaged as trees, these plant 
  creatures rest among the branches of trees until they 
  suddenly swoop down upon their prey with lightning speed. 
  Ros Crendorian forest tribes of the Brynkwood Forest have 
  learned to recognise trees infested with these horrors. Others 
  are not so fortunate. 
   
   
  Hagroo 
  Strange, small winged creatures that only seem preoccupied 
  with building the gigantic, sprawling Hagra Cluster of 
  central Ros Crendor. The true purpose of this great land 
  coral is unknown. A dead cluster also exists in the Obiss 
  ruins. The hagroo are harmless creatures that are said to 
  bring luck to all who hear their strange singing. Needless to 
  say, it brings bad luck to kill one of the small harmless 
  creatures. 
    
  Wailers 
  Sinister, humanoids with large heads and mouths. Mostly 
  harmless, but can generate ultrasonic blasts that can stun its 
  foes or even split eardrums and flesh. Used mainly to 
  monitor and maintain the lamorri communication nodes and 
  to the restart/maintain the Vibrostones with their wailings. 
   
  NOTE: See Jorune Beastiary essay for game statistics and additional details of these 
  creatures.  
   
  
   
   
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  LLAAM
  MO
  ORRRRII//CCLLEEAASSH
  H  O
  OUUTTPPO
  OSSTTSS  
   
  The lamorri and cleash created many outposts on Jorune during the dark years of their 
  terrible reign. Their artificially grown hardstone walls and roads spread over the lands and 
  have proven extremely resilient to the grinding natural forces of Jorune. Sometimes their 
  structures have destroyed or marked the lands around them. Shanta shun these places that 
  sometimes might even be deadly to them. Many places are nothing but windswept, 
  mystical ruins (such as the lamorri remains at Lanna, Ku’rashell, Falanna), while others 
  are dormant or worse, still active today. 
  Below are some places scarred by the lamorri. 
   
  M+ = Major outpost/city 
  M- 
  = Minor outpost/town/fort 
  V+ 
  = Operational Vault 
  V-   = Non-Operational Vault 
  V* 
  = Destroyed, Non-Functional Vault 
  C 
  = Empathic Communications Hub 
  I 
  = Isho Harvesting Plant 
  I+ 
  = Operational Isho Harvesting Plant 
  H+ 
  = Operational Anti-Isho Harmonic Defence System 
  H- 
  = Non-Operational (low activity) Anti-Isho Harmonic Defence System 
  S 
  = Starport (for heavier transports) 
  F 
  = Factory Outpost 
  L 
  = Functional (active or dormant) Essence Amplifier 
   
   
  The Doben-al 
   
   
   
   
   
  Ros Crendor 
  The Great Pyramid 
   
  [S I+] 
   
  Obiss Ruins 
   
  [M+ FCH+ S V* L] 
  City of Green Fire 
   
  [M+ H-] 
   
  Dark Lands  
   
  [M- L] 
  Chog’Kra Massive 
   
  [M- C L H+] 
  Mountains of the HW [M- L H-] 
  Chatur 
   
   
   
  [I] 
   
   
  Prison Mountain  
  [M- H-] 
  The Scorched Plains 
   
  [M+ L V+ H-] 
  Grave Mountain  
  [M- L H+] 
  Valley of Curses  
   
  [F] 
   
   
  Darkwater Swamp 
  [F L H-] 
  Lake Meijic 
   
   
  [L H-] 
   
  Firewater Swamp  
  [F] 
  Mt Rugontoin (S Doben-al) [M- L H- I]  
  Brynkwood Thoo’sah [C I] 
  Valley of a Thousand Hills [F]   
   
  Pagra Valley 
   
  [M- L H-] 
  Deep Holes  (Dowtrough Mts) [M- I L H-] 
  Ro-Obiss  
   
  [M+ S I H-] 
  The Ring of Skyrealms  
  [F] 
   
   
  Dagorin 
   
   
  [M- L I] 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Groschraurr’s Skyrealm [M- L H+] 
  Burdoth 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Sydran Thoo´sah  
   
  [I] 
   
   
  Ponteer 
  Ardoth  
   
   
   
  [M- I H-]  
  The Hell Above  
  [C V* L H+] 
  N’ar (Sobayid)  
   
  [M- H+ C]  
  Cerin  
   
   
  [M+ F S H-] 
   
  
   
   
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  Chotire Cracklands 
  [M- I H-] 
  Thantier  
   
   
   
   
   
  Whisper Well 
   
  [L] 
  Lanna 
   
   
   
  [M+ C V- H-] 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Ku’rashell  
   
   
  [F S]  
   
  Tan-Iricid 
  Rondobarry 
   
   
  [F H-] 
   
  The Mountain Crown [M+ V*] 
  Falanna 
   
   
   
  [M- F] 
   
  Golo-Alor  
   
  [F H-] 
  Drakswell  
   
   
  [H-]  
   
  Roth-Alor   
   
  [F I S] 
   
  Dra-eeli 
   
   
   
  [F H-] 
   
  Hotro-Alor  
   
  [C L H+]  
  City of Sand (See’iss)  
  [M- F S L I H-] Hollow Hill 
   
  [M- I] 
   
   
  Ice Fields of Gilthaw   
   
   
   
  Drail 
  Crri’racks  
   
   
  [C H-]  
   
  Tchobyschka Chorachka[M+ V+ H+CS]  
  Ko’rickol  
   
   
  [M- V+ H+ L] 
  Ro-Shoschka 
   
  [M+ F V+ H+ S L] 
  Kam’c’rricks 
   
   
  [F H- S] 
   
  Great Inland Desert 
  [F I] 
  Mairicks Caves  
   
  [M+ F L]  
  Nertivee 
   
   
  [I] 
   
  Voligire   
   
   
   
   
   
  Crendor 
  Vinteer 
   
   
   
  [M+ H-] 
   
  Crendor Thoo’sah 
  [I] 
  Roch-Degraloch   
   
  [L C H+]  
  Boohr Gug  
   
  [M+ H+ C L] 
  Roch-Chorko 
   
   
  [M- H- V*]  
  Bahar Kum  
   
  [M- I H- S] 
  Voligire Thoo’sah 
   
  [I] 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Other Places  
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Gire Temples (Sillipus) 
   
   
  [L] 
   
   
   
  Ghost Island (South of Sillipus) 
   
  [M- F H-]  
   
   
  Rugontoin (W Thodic Mts.)  
   
  [M+ L F H+] 
   
   
    
  Tchobyschka Keglish (western ocean) 
  [M+ L H+]  
   
   
  Kaurr (Base on Tra) 
   
   
   
  [M- C L I S V-] 
   
   
  LLAAM
  MO
  ORRRRII  AARRTTEEFFAACCTTSS  
  These are but a few of the artefacts that can be 
  found in the deep and forgotten places of the world 
  or otherwise hoarded by the insidious cleash or 
  proud ramian. Most artefacts are foul or evil 
  looking 
  with 
  barbs, 
  orifice 
  connectors 
  or 
  attachment hooks. Many of them are semi-
  biological and require fuel in the form of tissue, 
  blood or other liquids. Other artefacts require some 
  kind of empathic abilities to be used and may cause 
  damage to the nervous system or brain of the non-
  lamorri/ramian user. Meddling with lamorri 
  technology is never safe for the body or mind. 
  
   
   
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  Empathic Communication Network 
  The telepathic communication network used by the lamorri. Through intensive breeding 
  and genetic manipulation the lamorri had given themselves telepathic abilities. They had 
  also linked some of their devices, servants and their machine beasts to their minds so that 
  the lamorri could mentally trigger favoured reactions. The Empathic Network enhanced 
  these neural “vibrations” and transmitted it over the globe and to their motherships. In this 
  way the lamorri could control and monitor their minions globally as well as communicate 
  among themselves and their cleash partners. The network is dependant upon great 
  vibrostones that in turn use hard materials, such as mountains as resonators. After the fall 
  of the lamorri most communications nodes were either destroyed or stopped vibrating 
  after neglected maintenance. However, some smaller nodes have remained active and 
  allow minor communications between empathic creatures (such as ramian or cleash 
  attached to communication devices). If the network would ever be reactivated (enough 
  vibrostone nodes set in motion), this could trigger an awakening of the last lamorri 
  esscences and would allow them to communicate with each other again. Only the Ros 
  Crendorian priestesses have fully understood the existence of this system and its threat.  
   
  Lamorri transmitters 
  Very large structures. Often placed within mountains. The device uses mountainsides for 
  resonance and have a planet wide range. Most of them are shut down, along with the rest 
  of the lamorri communication network. 
   
  Vibrostones 
  The central part of a lamorri transmitter. A large crystalline dish or orb created out of a 
  milky white hard substance. Will “resonate” with the empathic communications, creating 
  links to other Vibrostones and the Empathic Communication Network. 
   
  Bio-welder, bio-mixer. 
  A terrible chamber where flesh can be moulded, regrown, reshaped or twisted beyond 
  recognition. Requires a Vault, a genius or a lamorri or someone possessed by a lamorri to 
  operate it. A terrible and horrid device, never used for good.  
   
  Demon Throne 
  Large hardstone thrones used to accommodate lamorri. These large thrones resemble 
  gruesome torture devices. Anyone activating these will find gruesome spikes and tubes 
  entering their body, often killing any non-lamorri user. The lamorri used them to 
  manipulate their genetically receptive machine beings, coordinate armies and enhance 
  their brain activity. It was these devices that channelled the lamorri power more than 
  anything and they serve as symbols for their oppression. The device can also regenerate 
  lamorri and sustain them for months. A demon throne is nearly always found at the centre 
  of an essence amplifier. Only ramian rochka of Tchobyska Chorachka are rumoured to 
  have used these thrones successfully.  
  
   
   
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  Essence Amplifier 
  A large stone construct often housed in a mountain or deep underground. It consists of 
  several hardstone technological devices and encompasses large areas. Most essence 
  amplifiers were mistaken for temples or forts, as the machinery was large enough to house 
  the lamorri itself and its minions. The essence amplifier has two purposes. Firstly, it 
  focuses and enhances a connected lamorri’s mind. In this way a lamorri can perform 
  advanced calculations and focus all its thoughts and memories. Secondly, the essence 
  amplifier can make a copy of the neural patterns of the lamorri’s mind. Some would call 
  this a copy of the lamorri’s soul and memories. The captured essence can then be 
  “inscribed” upon the flesh of a respawned lamorri body. A captured essence can live on 
  within the essence amplifier and influence its surroundings through the essence amplifier, 
  which often is attached to other lamorri devices, such as communication nodes, demon 
  thrones and neural transceivers. The activity of the essence will however be much slower 
  or unfocused and will easily lapse into hibernations or periods of inactivity if not 
  stimulated. Longer periods of solitude and inactivity have clearly altered the lamorri 
  essences captured in these devices. Minds have turned upon themselves and devoured 
  many of their last organic traits, making them twisted and evil. Furthermore, a copy is 
  never perfect and some memory gaps or altered behavioural patterns may appear. All still 
  existing essence amplifiers were designed for lamorri essences and cannot be used by 
  other species without disastrous results. Neither can a captured lamorri essence be housed 
  in another species.  
   
  Neural Transceiver 
  A large device, often connected to a vibrostone. The neural transceiver allows a lamorri 
  (or a lamorri entity connected to it through its essence amplifier) to connect to the 
  Empathic Network. It aligns a lamorri essence to the greater network. With the neural 
  transceiver, a lamorri can impose its will upon its servants by force. Even unaltered 
  species can be manipulated. It is simply a manipulation of the electric neural activity of 
  the brain, causing a takeover of the creature’s bodily functions. The hapless victim is 
  referred to as possessed, as it may loose all control over its body. Especially humans 
  (human males) are easily manipulated. Prolonged possession leads to a withdrawal of the 
  original consciousness and decaying primary neural functions (breathing, cardial activity 
  etc). Thus, a creature that has been possessed by a lamorri essence for a prolonged period 
  of time will first loose his “soul” permanently and then his body will start to malfunction 
  as the nervous system begins to fail. Without a fully functioning Empathic 
  Communication Network, the range of a neural transceiver is normally limited to a few 
  kilometres, forcing the possessed to remain within close proximity of the essence 
  amplifier, which is the source of the possessive entity. 
   
  Stonerunner 
  
   
   
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  Wagons or transport cages suspended on steel or wooden rods ending in energized 
  sokroch stones. The round, wheel-like sokroch stones draw energy from the subterranean 
  stonerunner tunnels to propel the craft along the tunnel at tremendous speeds. 
   
  Hard stone 
  The common name used for certain types of stone or rock that is very dense and slightly 
  elastic. Originally brought from the lamorri homeworld it is often grafted into swords or 
  other tools by the ramian. Although it feels like stone it won’t break easily when used. 
  Hard stone materials can be found in Voligire, Ponteer and Ros Crendor. It seems to 
  “grow” slowly as if it in reality is some kind of alien organism. Certain types of lamorri 
  tech can accelerate this growth tremendously, but once stopped the hard stone material is 
  “killed” and will not grow anymore. The great lamorri structures on Jorune were created 
  with this technology. Great vats used for Hard Stone cultivation can still be found in Obiss 
  and Cerin. 
   
  V’rag’sha (Mind probe) 
  A glove-like device with cruel, thin, metal tentacles that slip in under the skin of the scalp 
  of an intelligent creature. Will search the brain patterns and stimulate memories and 
  thoughts, so that the user can rummage through the victims memory and even implant 
  thoughts or memories. None of the V’rag’sha function well on humans (who were 
  unknown to the lamorri) and most often cause brain haemorrhages or insanity. 
   
  Bloodstones 
  Milky white stones, orbs or lenses used for communication. Fuelled by blood or other 
  liquid organic remains that seep/are sucked into the hard stone to fill veins of its interior. 
  Relies upon the remains of the lamorri Empathic Communications Network and 
  functioning vibrostones. Will align with the vibrations of the Empathic Communication 
  Network to link the minds of users. Requires some kind of empathic ability of the user 
  (lamorri, ramians or other creatures augmented by empathic devices) and often powerful 
  empathic receiving devices. Other creatures might feel or dream of the other user as it tries 
  to communicate through the bloodstone.  
   
  Wormgun 
  Terrible weapon that fires a swarm of flightless worms that bore into the victim. These 
  will send electric charges that make the victim spasm for up to a minute. For smaller 
  creatures, these spasms are deadly. The more potent variety of worms will inevitably kill 
  humanoids after a minute or two of spasms. 
   
  Bischkrra (Lamorri Power Staff) 
  These staffs were used as personal tools and weapons of the lamorri. As a symbol and in 
  vague remembrance of their masters, metal staffs are still ceremoniously carried by 
  lamorri rochkas (priests). The staffs had several powers and weapon functions, such as 
  mind understanding/reading and controlling of creatures close to the wielder, brain 
  
   
   
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  haemorrhaging attacks, nightmare communions and interrogations with sleeping victims, 
  synaptic control creating illusions and concussion power attacks. 
   
  The Unholy Staff (Gaurroch’s staff) 
  A more powerful version of the lamorri staff said to be able to split hills and topple 
  mountains. With the staff, Groschraurr could channel his essence to other places and to 
  other creatures. Even after his demise, the staff can carry his essence away from his tomb. 
  It also attracts isho, which it converts into artificial isho. This isho is normally used to 
  power the staff, but excess isho will seep out. This artificial isho is dangerous to isho 
  harmonics and large quantities will accumulate around the staff if it is left for a long time 
  unused. 
   
  The Sign of Skelos 
  A Ros Crendorian name for an experimental lamorri system of mind controlling devices. 
  Small vibroshards were placed within the bodies of troublesome shantas or released into 
  their skin or bloodstream. Acting together as one device, the shards would receive and 
  immediately enhance all effects of Neural Transceivers. Never perfected, the system was 
  never used on a large scale. After the Unholy Treaty between a released lamorri essence 
  and the priestesses of Ros Crendor, the system was handed over to the priesthood. Those 
  subjected to it can be controlled by the priestesses but seem immune to possession from 
  other lamorri devices. Several shard-infested individuals can even force a possessed 
  essence out of a body and otherwise disturb lamorri communication devices. Rumours 
  persist however of the priestesses having found another function for the sign of Skelos – 
  as a mighty weapon against the Dreamlords. 
   
  Boschra.helm 
  A cruel, claw-like device that attaches to the skull of a creature. It will delve into the skull 
  and attach itself permanently to important synaptic centres of the brain, enabling total 
  mind and body control. A boschra helm is linked to a certain lamorri brain, demon thrones 
  or to the Empathic Communication Network in general. They were common instruments 
  to enslave the brains of potent machine beasts or unwilling, or otherwise empathically 
  unaligned creatures. Boschra helms are not adapted to human brains and will in most cases 
  cause death when attempting to attach itself. 
   
  Vorrdaurr’s Gift 
  The art of healing given to ramian by their god Vorrdaurr  - god of healing and reshaping 
  flesh. Advanced biological and anatomical mappings of the ramian along with hundreds of 
  sciptures about healing and thousand of healing formulae. A part of the ramian Volo-
  Korochka religion and a carefully guarded secret. 
   
  Varrka Chamber 
  Ramian chambers of healing filled with strange batteries, artefacts, scriptures of healing 
  methods and ancient anatomical charts and descriptions of biological functions. All 
  
   
   
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  chambers are made as exact replicas of each other and the original chambers in Voligire. 
  Their original shape, functions and artefacts are said to have been made after an 
  instruction from the god Vorrdaurr – lord of healing and reshaping of fleash. Varrka 
  chambers are rare and expensive to build and sustain. They are normally rdeserved for the 
  higher ramian castes, while the masses remain dependant upon the shirm-eh that seems 
  impossible to cultivate. 
   
  Sirruk 
  The most important artefact of a Varrka Chamber. A large machine consisting of pipes, 
  huge electric (sklarm) battery jars and metallic dishes suspended over a high pedestal 
  stone bed. Electricity, ultrasonic sounds and unholy liquids revive ramian flesh and 
  activate their dormant equivalent of white blood cells. 
   
  Vaults 
  Huge constructs found in mountains or deep underground. This sentient, great machine is 
  a temple in itself and could house several lamorri and their servants in its great halls. Its 
  main purpose was to create or remould life according to the whims of their lamorri 
  masters. A Vault holds genetic codes for all lamorri machine beasts, their slave races and 
  even the lamorri themselves. They need vast amounts of Green Fire water, organic fuel 
  (trees, dirt, flesh), water and access to rock minerals to operate. They are factories of life. 
  Many of the remaining Vaults have been separated from the minds of their masters for so 
  long that their minds have died. Some, however, have placed themselves in hibernation 
  and await the re-connection of the Empathic Communications Network, so that they can 
  do the bidding of their masters and spew forth lamorri minions. A Vault is naturally the 
  main prize or goal of a possessing lamorri essence wandering the world. With the Vault it 
  could re-spawn its body.  
  Of note is the newly awakened Vault of the Scorched Plains in the Doben-al, which has 
  chosen to separate itself from the Empathic Communication Network to obtain individual 
  freedom. It spews forth minions to explore the world who then return with their memories 
  to the Vault to be absorbed into the bio-matter again. 
   
  Green Firewater 
  Easily combustible green liquid. Clearly intended as some sort of gasoline, the Green 
  Firewater is semi-organic and can also somehow power very powerful lamorri devices and 
  the great living starships of the lamorri. Ramian use it as lighting in temples as well as a 
  weapon in naval warfare (as it will float burning on water and is very hard to extinguish). 
  Lamorri factories creating the Green Firewater out of natural minerals of Jorune can still 
  be found in Voligire, Ros Crendor, the Doben-al and in Drail. 
   
  Green Fire 
  A living entity with rudimentary instincts. It draws its power from geological resources 
  and serves only one purpose - to cleanse and protect lamorri machinery. The green, eerie 
  fire is often found burning in mid air over lamorri constructs (stone machinery) and does 
  
   
   
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  not seem to need any obvious fuel. If observing it closely one will see it very slowly 
  drifting around and burning spores and moulds off the stone machinery.  
  Once the green fires were very common in the vast underground chambers of the lamorri, 
  and they caused great destruction among the shanta and the rebelling slave races. Now 
  most of them have slowly decayed and died. But those that remain are as deadly as ever.  
  When a living creature comes too close to a protected artefact, the green fire will attack 
  with great speed, enveloping the victim with green fire. The fire does damage as a normal 
  fire, and the attack will slowly drain its power and thus its size. The green fire is, however, 
  partly organic. The alien lifeform will infect the wounds, preventing them from healing. 
  Unless treated with powerful limilates, shantic dyshas or earth-tech medical equipment, 
  the burns will remain open and pussing for years. 
   
  Artificial Isho 
  When studying the isho energy, the lamorri tried to create a refined an artificial form of 
  isho that could be harnessed by them and not by the shanta. The experimentation was 
  largely as failure, as the new isho became very volatile (carrying much greater quantities 
  of isho) and seemed to damage the isho accumulating cells of isho harmonics. Because it 
  contained much energy it was used to power some experimental lamorri technology.  
  Some of the machines that produced artificial isho (or converted normal isho into artificial 
  isho) still function today. They are a great danger to isho harmonics and to all other 
  creatures that can accumulate isho in their bodies. The artificial isho can be seen with the 
  naked eye because of its high amount of densely packed energy. It is purple in colour and 
  will soak into an isho harmonic’s body, driving out the natural isho. The longer one is 
  “immersed” in artificial isho, the more one will soak. Up to 3 times the normal amount of 
  isho will be soaked (x5 for isho harmonics) and once this level is attained the body will 
  kern violently (1-10 3D6+10F wounds), often killing the victim. The artificial isho will 
  leave the body extremely slowly (1 point per week), during which time poisoning will 
  occur. The poisoning causes a change in the signature, which disturbs and agitates animals 
  with tra-sense. It also prevents the victim from keeping his body heat and disturbs the 
  metabolism (slowly wearing him thin and pale). This poisoning is called The Curse of the 
  Earth Mother by the Ros Crendorian tribes and is symbolised by the Earth Mother turning 
  her back upon the ones that have broken taboos and entered unholy places. “The sun will 
  never warm you, but sting your eyes. Food will be tasteless and will not nourish you. Your 
  health will stricken from you and all Her Children turn upon you.” 
   
   
  
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