The Stellarborne

The Stellarbornes are conceptual beings bound to Willpower, Hope and Courage. Originally conceived as nothing more than templates by the Progenitors, they have since evolved into their own being and functions as the Sins of the Fallen Empire's primary antagonist.

Designs and Appearances
The Stellarborne manifests themselves on physical plane in the form of humanoids with pointy, elven-like ears and glowing eyes. Many fashion themselves with bright blonde, silver or blue hairs and attires.

Gameplay-wise, they use this appearances due to their portraits being based off Humanoid 5 which has similar facial features.

Lore-wise, they do not have fixed physical bodies as they appear to mostly resemble the species they interact with, albeit with shining and radiant light emanating from their beings. Their default non-conceptual appearances are human-like, lacking the pointy ears and sport much longer hairs and elaborated garments.

The ships and cities utilized by the Stellarborne are akin to the Precursor Designs (Them being the original inventor) with golden and white motif. Light-infused machines and technologies give their ships distinct golden particle effects when in motion or destroyed.

The Origin
Initially created as templates for the Progenitors, the Stellarborne started out as nothing more than husks of essences devoid of any will. The Progenitor's goal was to create an entirely new conceptual bodies that which they will transcend beyond their flawed limitations. To this end, the Stellarborne has been given the power to absorb other concept's powers and designs by defeating them, making them  the ultimate Celestial Ascension as they would effectively be able to counter every other outer beings by absorbing their powers.

To ensure the secrecy and safety of the project,  the Stellarborne was given sanctuary under the protection of The Warden, the Progenitor's own Mythical Weapon. This sanctuary would soon be known as Suriya, the Eternal Light. From this endless expanse would the Stellarborne be conjured and conceptualized over and over until perfection.

However, after the great act of betrayal that resulted in the annihilation of the Progenitors, The Assassin, now sole survivor of the Progenitors decided to weave soul and life into the Stellarborne, granting them will, and thus a new Celestial Ascendancy was born.

However, as they were meant to be mere avatars for the Progenitors, the newly emerged CA has no recollection of their creation  nor do they possess any knowledge on how to harness their powers. This new society would spend much of its time comprehending their existences and purposes within Suriya. They would continue to prosper and develop in solitude for many eons. Unfortunately, without any point of references or guidance, the Stellarborne would not realize their true powers as a CA, nor did they  have  any desires to do so for longest of times.

The Discovery
This was changed when one of their most gifted individual, known as The Explorer met the Archseeker during her journey into the great Outerverse. It was there that she learned the nature of her people's designs and powers. It was there that she comprehended the true potential of what the Stellarborne could be. The mysterious seeker refused to share any more knowledge but this did not deter the Explorer. She returned and reconnected with her people and the revelation was made known to all Stellarborne.

Infused with the new desire to understand their heritage and power, the Stellarborne pursued this "Great Question", of what they truly are and what wielding such powers mean. The Stellarborne began to embark on a great journey to explore the Outerverse at large and begins exploring their powers in much greater scale, greatly increasing the power of their ancient realm of Suriya. It is here that they created the concept of '''The Light. '''

After sometimes, the Stellarborne encountered a mysterious realm, a lone metaverse. It bears many similarities to Suriya, but it was flawed and puny, as if the powers that once held this realm together was bleeding, fading. They have discovered the Shroud's domain. They were Intrigued by this discovery. For the Shrouds would be the first beings other than the Archseeker they have ever discovered thus far. The Stellarborne spent sometimes studying this dying realm, and the nature of these peculiar creatures.

Much to their horrors, it was found that the Shroud was a group of malignant entities that engage in constant warfare against each other for power and sustenance. Even worse, the very essences that make up their existences were failing them, thus they have created a chain of suffering that preyed upon the lesser beings that were nothing more than fuels to the Shroud. These lesser beings existed only to be fed upon, they had no will, no hope and no future, for they were constantly made to suffer the cycle of death and rebirth. The beings would come to life only to be consumed after a few moments.

Being the embodiment of Hope and Willpower, the Stellarborne could not let atrocity stand. They discovered that the fading powers of the Shroud was no match for the radiant power of the Light and they effortlessly subjugated and destroyed much of the Shroud's domain. Left without any choices, the survivors surrendered to the might of the Stellarborne. The Stellarborne took pity and allowed the Shroud to exist, but they would forever be sealed, unable to no longer freely harvest the souls of the lesser beings. To save this dying metaverse, the Stellarborne decided to use their powers to bring this metaverse into the fold of Suriya, renewing its force and ensure its continued existence.

The Stellarborne then began using their powers to weave order into the metaverse. The old font of power for the Shroud was transformed into the first star, and the many conduits became the first batch of planets. Thus the first universe was born, compromising of a single system.

The lesser beings would then be uplifted, given with the power of will and hope. What was once a malformed construct, now a living organism with clear and defined shape. The Stellarborne soon discovered that these new lives were still bound to the Shroud. They would age and decay, their existences finite, still chained to the currents of fate. After some considerations, the Stellarborne accepted this imperfection to be part of what makes up this metaverse and that the Stellarborne has no places in altering it any further.

Naturally, this would mean that the surviving Shroud entities must also survive, for without them the mortals would perish. Unwilling to let the Shroud regain their insatiable hunger but also understanding the necessities of their existence, the Stellarborne allowed the Shroud to harvest the souls of mortals only if they willingly accept it, ignorant of the consequences or otherwise. Those who would break the rule do so at their own peril, for their waning powers  meant that they would barely be able to breach the fabric of reality and manifest themselves into the now protected metaverse.

Ethical Values and Relations
Being the very embodiment of willpower, hope and courage, the Stellarborne are likely the most benevolent of all the celestial beings and outer gods. They do not look down upon lesser beings nor do they harbor any malicious intents. They believe in the potentials of all creations and respect and value in one's ability to control their destinies above all.

Above all else, the Stellarborne are fanatical in their freedom to choose their own destiny. No matter the odds, no matter how powerful their enemies are, the Stellarborne will not back down. While they are not immune to hesitation or fear, they will never surrender their will. Such is their determination that death is preferable to domination or enslavement. The Stellarborne will not hesitate to destroy themselves if they believe the path to victory cannot be found.

Ironically, their embodiment of willpower, hope and courage is also their flaw. They tend to cling to ideals that may not have work for long periods of time, things may not worked as they had hoped. The greatest example is their inability to guide the Fallen Empires. They fruitlessly hope that the fallen will surpass their flaws on their own. They tend to expect too much out of the mortals, refusing to lend their guidance for fearing of manipulating destiny.

Their willpower also lends to their stubbornness to adapt. Against stronger enemies, the Stellarborne takes a great measure of time to alter their course of actions. They are somewhat slow to admit that their strategies may be totally ineffective.

Their unwilling to exercise full strengths of the Light also does much to hamper their power against foes of similar strengths. Great measures are taken to ensure that their powers do not inflict collateral damages to the realms of lesser beings (Even though they were fully capable of restoring what lesser beings they have destroyed in the process).

Other Stellarborne
The Stellarborne see each other as family, every member within the Light are brothers and sisters. Throughout their entire existence, a Stellarborne has never commit a crime against one another for deception and deceit is void to them (Owning largely to their connections, a Stellarborne can simply never lie or hide any truths from one another).

That said, conflicts and competitions do exist. Each member strive to test themselves against one another, be it through fighting prowess or wisdom. Younger members in particular strive their hardest to match the legends of their elders (Who also constantly improves themselves). Duels between Stellarborne are common in all fields of craft. Despite this, all conflicts are merely simply challenges between each other and never has their people ever suffer turmoil or betrayal from one another.

The Shroud
Sucks to be them, the Shroud are.