Xetl, The Voracious Queen

Ta'Akaix'Xetl'jyatk'yatu C'thur, The Voracious Queen

Her brood is identified by scent and their exoskeleton color amongst C'thur.

Unbound of any type: (RGB 55, 0, 120)

(RGB 55, 0, 120)

Bound Warriors: (RGB 50, 0, 100)

Bound Workers: (RGB 60, 15, 95)

Xetl'jyatk'yatu is the middle daughter of high queen C'thur. Tales of Xetl's excess are legendary, and it is with pride that many C'thur of her brood recount stories of such. Despite her hedonistic lifestyle, Xetl'jyatk maintains her hives implants, overseeing the process of Reclamation and development of new implants. She takes pride in her broods work, a trait that most of her spawn share. Her brood primarily consists of bound, and it is these bound that tales of excess stem from. Perhaps more than any other brood of Vaurca, the exploitation of the bound here has reached new heights. Bound from her brood could be born for something as trivial as being a chair that moves on its own, as well as countless other superfluous examples. When compared to the exploitation of bound from other broods, Xetl'jyatk's is the exception to the standard. Unbound from her brood are often desensitized to pleasurable experiences, causing them to look to ever greater highs to satisfy their needs. Prone to taking risks, her brood is largely left out of diplomatic dealings within the hive, leaving her brood to fill the void of many utilitarian duties that the hive may need. Unbound of her brood are primarily Ka, with tens of thousands of them currently developing the hives new colonies. As for the few Za of her brood, they primarily guard their queen, who remains aboard the Kloxa'xia. The broods VR is actively edited on a whim by Xetl'jyatk, who may change its very nature on something as simple as a feeling or the day of the week. As such, those few that live within it are often swept into her machinations for better or worse and are used to stark changes in their very reality. As for Xetl'jyatk herself, she is obsessed with sensation in all its forms, and as such, some static features within her realm remain.

At all times Xetl can be summoned by anyone within the construct. Here prospective unbound may attempt to summon the queen to give her something she hasn't experienced before, though failure risks drawing the queens ire, and as shown by other static features within her realm, displeasing her is something most unbound would avoid. As another permanent fixture within her realm are the thousands of calcified virtual remains of Liidra unbound. Disconnected from their hive, they are endlessly tortured by the hands of Xetl'jyatk's brood. Xetl'jyatk morally justifies these captives to other broods by simply stating she is probing them for information, though the validity of this is uncertain. Another unique feature of this VR would be complete avatar control. Some Vaurca of her brood may simulate themselves as non-Vaurcan lifeforms. Additionally, psychological experiments are commonplace upon yet to be born unbound. These C'yuloxtan or 'Newts' never leave the VR construct until the conclusion of the experiment. Residing in a physical re-creation of an ideal and precisely controlled alien, non-Vaurcan environment, with the subject made to believe through the simulation that they are in fact whatever their avatar represents themselves as, interacting with pre-programmed characters or other Vaurca with their avatar disguised in their fictitious world. Normally at the end of each experiment, the Newts are reincorporated into the hive if possible, though many are simply discarded entirely if reincorporation is impossible. C'yuloxtans, in general, are perceived with a mixture of emotions by other unbound of the hive. Some may pity them for the lie that their life began as, other, particularly VR addicted Vaurca may envy and despise them. Likening them as fake and unworthy shells of a true representative of their hive. Jealous of the extra time they spent within the VR construct.

Of her brood, a group of Xakat'kl'atan work in tandem with each other.

The Sensate

The Sensate is a group of Masters that serve as living records of sensations. The four sensations, Pain, Pleasure, Humor and Greed, each hold the most data on their assigned sensation. Pain, Ka’Akaix’Gez C’thur, is a masochist - a rare instance where a genetic mutation was overlooked. They share a unique relationship with Pleasure, Za’Akaix’Voiz C’thur. If the two meet in virtual reality, and they often do, Voiz’s avatar will relentlessly assault Gez’s. Voiz derives a taboo pleasure in assaulting Gez - the experience is mutually beneficial, both gathering information from the incident. They often share information, with them both suffering pain and pleasure from the attacks. Humor, Ka’Akaix’Luz C’thur, holds ‘comedy’ shows in virtual reality, an instance where they share their sensation through ‘jokes’, often accompanied by the use of wacky avatars. Greed, Za’Akaix’Synz C’thur, is reclusive, and often unwilling to share information, though it is said they know the most of all sensations, as they have summoned Xetl’jyatk’yatu many times, but never did she leave irate. The few unbound in Xetl’jyatk’yatu’s brood often study under tutelage of the Sensate as a collective, with few specializing under one of the sensations.