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 //"The last Warhead, Hoolay, has been interned and now the new Warhead is...?"\\
-"Anecdotal accounts seem to suggest that it's Angsin or Leesa. — Qingzu//
+"Anecdotal accounts seem to suggest that it's Angsin or Leesa." — Qingzu//
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 ==== Abomination Scroll: Heliobi ====
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+**__[List of Archenemies — Abomination Scroll — Contents]__**
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+...\\
+...\\
+Borisin\\
+Wingweavers\\
+Houyhnhnms\\
+Viscorpi\\
+**__Heliobi__**\\
+Cobrakinds\\
+...\\
+...
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+**__[Glossary] The Heliobi__**
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+**Category**\\
+Order: Shapeless — Family: Spirit Essence — Sub-Species: Heliobus
+**Summary**\\
+The heliobi are ancient enemies of the Alliance. They are a rare species among the Abominations of Abundance, belonging to the order of Shapeless and the race of Extraneous Demons. Their original planet remains unknown.
+As indicated by its biological classification, heliobi are pure energy entities without a set form. Records from many civilizations have named them "The Shapeless" or "Starfire Essence." The heliobi love to parasitize others and control bodies of blood and flesh (commonly a humanoid sentient race), experiencing through this the various alterations of the nervous system triggered by emotions. This behavior of "emotion consumption" satiates the shapeless heliobi. The host will uncontrollably conduct stimulating behaviors (such as binge-eating, impulsiveness, self-mutilation, or destruction...) to please the heliobi within them, in exchange for the heliobi's powerful abilities. The process of heliobi taming the host's psyche is a process of expending the host's physical body without replenishment.
+According to //History of the Xiannzhou//, our contact with the heliobi can be traced back to the Lone Voyage Era before the Xianzhou natives turned into a long-life species. At that time, the nine Xianzhou ships sailing among the stars came into contact with various outrageous and miraculous lifeforms, including the heliobi. This race penetrated the ships' vaults to appear before our ancestors, declaring themselves a shapeless and rootless race, beseeching the Xianzhou to give them a safe berth. The heliobi are adept at creating mirages and illusions to tempt humans. Thus, humans became addicted to these wondrous creatures of pure energy and indulged in frolicking with them.
+But they soon exposed their true colors. The heliobi tried to take humans' bodies, drain their emotions, and control their will. Such is the so-called "Possession Tragedy," from which the Xianzhou Zhuming suffered the greatest. Thankfully, the Xianzhou artisans ultimately bound the heliobi within shapeless prisons and sentenced them to provide energy for the Xianzhou for all eternity.
+This lasted till the end of the Flaming Catastrophe War against the Denizens of Abundance, when a hero broke the seal binding the heliobi, made an alliance with them, and relied on their power to defeat the Muldrasil*. After that campaign, the heliobi were also severely diminished. Its leaders were once again imprisoned and sealed ini the various Xianzhou ships' Shackling Prisons. It cannot be ascertained whether any remnants may have escaped from the Xianzhou, but no traces of them have been found among the stars since.
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+//*Note: A small number of academics believe in the legend that the Reignbow Arbiter is none other than this anonymous Xianzhou hero ascended, with the sign of their divinity being the Lux Arrow they fired to sever the Ambrosial Arbor. This myth must not be believed.//
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+**Physiology**\\
+When heliobi appear, electrical equipment will detect some sort of highly-intensive electromagnetic wave emission. As a creature of the Shapeless order, it can avoid the emission range of visible light and disappear from human sight. However, in order for the host to notice them, they would usually appear as a ball of heatless teal "fire." That is also why they are called "Starfire Essence."
+Like how humans push physical objects, individual heliobi can also alter the energy balance of an area, freely converting energy from one type to another. Through manipulating energy, they can create visual images, make fire or ice, and produce vibrations. This made heliobi appear as gods or demons to primitive civilizations. Based on the size of an individual's "fire," one can judge the strength of that heliobus and how much energy it can master.
+As an individual heliobus possesses more and more hosts over time, it would also slowly develop a personality and become distinctly different from its kin. Records in the Ten-Lords Commission surmise that this race learns from the hosts' brains through their parasitism.
+**Technology**\\
+The heliobi have never developed any technology. They have a certain level of repulsion against advanced technical equipment due to the race's ability to manipulate energy.
+**Politics**\\
+Though heliobi are recognized as Abominations of Abundance, they rarely appeared as part of the Denizens of Abundance's legions. On the contrary, they had once allied with the Xianzhou. (For a very short duration only. See above for the specific circumstances.)
+It has been at least six thousand years since the helioibi were subdued, making it virtually impossible to study its social organization. Some records indicate that individual heliobus can fuse with each other to create a bigger "fire."
+(A few lines of postscripts are recorded at the bottom of the dossier.)
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+//"I heard the Xianzhou Zhuming has one of these demons sealed inside?"\\
+"That's right. Folks from the Zhuming call it Flint Emperor. Actually, doesn't our Artisanship Commission still have prisons like that?" — Qingzu\\
+"That's pretty dangerous..."\\
+"Well, Zhuming residents do love to play with fire..." — Qingzu//
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 ==== Abomination Scroll: Wingweavers ====
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+**__[List of Archenemies — Abomination Scroll — Contents]__**
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+...\\
+...\\
+Borisin\\
+**__Wingweavers__**\\
+Houyhnhnms\\
+Viscorpi\\
+Heliobi\\
+Cobrakinds\\
+...\\
+...
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+**__[Glossary] Wingweavers__**
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+**Category**\\
+Species: Primates — Family: Hominids — Sub-Species: Feathered
+**Summary**\\
+The wingweavers are ancient and established foes of the Alliance, and the main branch of the Denizens of Abundance. Their original planet remains unknown. According to currently available information, wingweavers reside in a living tree-shaped world named Muldrasil. Through the outstretched branches of Muldrasil, the armies of the wingweavers warp to different worlds to plunder resources and lives.
+In the wingweavers' culture, any terrestrial sentient races that cannot fly are called "Residents of Dirt," while the wingweavers call themselves the "Cloudlords." They enslave other sentient races, making these races produce resources and maintain their world tree.
+Based on the fragmented historical records in the //History of the Xianzhou//, our first contact with the wingweavers can be traced back to the Primeval Imperium Era before the Xianzhou fleet set sail. "Winged barbarians arrived from beyond the sky, slaughtered and plundered, and conducted evils uncountable. The sovereign raised armies and annihilated the invaders, imprisoning numerous magicians of the feathered ones and obtaining their miraculous recipes..." This is the reason the Xianzhou fleet set sail. The sovereign whose name has been erased from history dispatched our ancestors to seek immortality from a god in the deep stellar seas.
+The wingweavers invaded the Xianzhou fleet for the second time during the Flaming Catastrophe War. They cast down their branches and almost annihilated the Luofu. If the Reignbow's Lux Arrow had not arrived and severed the Ambrosial Arbor, the war would have ended the Luofu.
+The Yuque's Divination Commission observed the destruction of Muldrasil at around year 5320 of the Star Calendar. The Antimatter Legion destroyed the wingweavers' home almost instantly. Since then, many wingweavers have become lost wanderers in space, reduced to mercenaries and intergalactic pirates.
+**Physiology**\\
+Compared to standard humans, the wingweavers' anatomical features are more akin to that of birds. They possess highly-developed back muscles, a pair (or multiple pairs) of feathered wings, elongated feet, and powerful toe structures that can push them off the ground.
+The wingweavers are masters of flight, with cruise speeds up to 400 kilometers per hour. Their bones and muscles contain special vacuoles that allow them to perform rapid dives and astounding bursts of acceleration. Similarly, such structures allow them to fly and move in the vacuum of outer space. (They still need to periodically leave vacuum environments to obtain air.)
+Cloud Knights need to be mindful of the following two points when fighting wingweavers: Be weary of their volleys when fighting from a distance, and suppress their flight and mobility using our advantage in weight and stamina when fighting in melee.
+**Technology**\\
+The technology that the wingweavers demonstrated in intergalactic warfare allows us to deduce that their civilization had experienced a great decline.
+On the one hand, they possess "branches" that allow them to space warp. On the other hand, their resource supplies and weapon manufacturing are completely reliant on plundering external parties, or on trade with other Denizens of Abundance. They are found to have been equipped with the weapons and armors of borisin during all three Denizens of Abundance Wars.
+**Politics**\\
+The wingweavers allot their positions in Muldrasil strictly according to their social structure.
+The one residing at the topmost branch is the master of the holy celestine nest, the Wingperor of the wingweavers. Traditionally, he (or she) is considered an Emanator of Abundance. They are responsible for guiding Muldrasil's growth and making it thrive, and for nurturing all the winged people. Under them are the Sky-Defenders (the warrior class), the Hymn-Singers (the academics and secretaries), the Infant-Nurturers (the servant class), and the Bough-Pickers (the laborers). Below Muldrasil's five major castes are the Residents of Dirt, the lowest of the low — including all sentient races from other worlds that do not possess the ability to fly.
+As Muldrasil has been destroyed, the exact political structures of the wingweavers are no longer clear. The IPC's intelligence mentioned that all wingweavers scattered throughout the universe now belong to a certain wingweaver's mercenary company.
+(A few lines of postscripts are recorded at the bottom of the dossier.)
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+//"And what of the relationship between Muldrasil and the Ambrosial Arbor...?"\\
+"There is no concrete evidence to indicate they are related. According to the speculations of the Yuque's Divination Commission, there might be more than one world like Muldrasil." — Qingzu\\
+"The wingweaver's Peacock Angel legion is on the move again. Information remains to be updated." — Qingzu//
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