Wirlomeyan

= Wirlomeyan =

The wirlomei or wirl are an species of shadow-based creatures who have been granted the ability to shapeshift. Wirl take the shape of amorphous fumes unless alive in society, where they take a rather delicate appearance mixing both Lamiathrop and Niedene features; there is currently only one wirl society known as the Civilization of Utumno.

Overview
Wirl are a practically immortal species as they cannot really be wounded by regular tools, the only way a wirlomeyan can die is if it's struck down by another wirlomeyan. Nonetheless there have been multiple records of wirl meeting their end this way, specially in ritual sacrifice like during the Curse of Céruma.

In the wild, the species does not behave in any particularly intelligent way and could be more properly described as animals; with the sole difference that, instead of praying on other animals, wirl feed on the natural resources of the area they inhabit. Wirl feed on a much more aggressive rate than any other animal, which tends to deplete the resources of the area they live in to the point of spawning famine and disease. For this very reason, many cultures have mistakenly labelled them as demons.

Nature
Unlike demons, wirl lack intelligence, personal ambition, or greed to do anything and ought to be given a purpose. This is due to their will being eternally linked to their "Artera" (literally: god) Kallistos, who has been identified to be none other than the blood god; this basically forces the wirl into upholding the perpetual desire for peace and stagnation in the void desired by the red cult, until a stronger purpose overwhelms them to act in a different manner.

In order for a wirlomeyan to accept a new purpose, it must recognise those who ought it to do so as strong, or at least to show enough condition to overpower their innate desire to do nothing and sit down at the end of the world.

Once given a purpose, however, wirl are capable of focusing their strength in a far more effective manner towards the fulfilment of that goal, achieving feats of terrible proportions. Wirl are capable of using their shape-shifting abilities to achieve god-like powers and destroy or create anything with little to no effort, being recorded to even blast mountain chains out of existence on command. This power inebriates the wirl in a power rush that ought to be controlled, otherwise they will loose focus and revert to their basal state of inactivity, loosing most of their strength but just enough to hate and punish their masters for their weakness, as demanded by the blood god.

History
Wirl are magical creatures, emerging from massive pits from where dark liquid leaks into our world. It is believed the Céruma Netherlake is the origin of said leaks. Nonetheless, when did they origin is unknown buy their purpose is clear, Wirl were born from the blood god as a desire to purge the weak; mind all life was seen as weak by proxy. Nonetheless, Rathnir life was seemingly deemed weak beyond repair and was therefore deemed unworthy of any attention whatsoever by the blood god and by extension, the wirl.

The interest of wirl, just as that of their god, can be peaked and was several times, the unstoppable tide of civilisation enticed them thrice, resulting in the emergence of three kingdoms of which none stand today, each one being torn apart by the own vices and weaknesses of a settled society in contrast to an uncivilised life. the kingdoms of the wirl slowly fell onto themselves as their population saw with increasing disinterest, and numbed minds heeding an innate call to inaction.

No wirl state remains today, though some of them did live in civilisation, being strong-armed by the second empire of Bardonia to continue fighting under their banner and that of Ardat-Mosul. With the fall of the empire, however, and the rise of Entropy, Wirl saw the world fading into darkness, and the fight against life was deemed as futile due to the hopelessness of the strong, both empires and gods falling in their quest for greatness and power. It was under this premise, that the blood god was proven right, the sun turned red.

With no sun, or moon, the wirl went extinct, assimilated back into the abyss by he who had given them light, such was kept a secret by Caliph Axyr II, even after a Certarian expedition to the Kingdom of Céruma showed it fallen and frozen in time by the curse casted so long ago. This secret was kept from the entire world not out of need but spite.

Wirl hybrids were created in Ardat-Mosul by Axyr I, the second himself being one of them, these could not be assimilated back on the blood god if not by force. As only wirl can kill wirl, only hybrids can kill hybrids, and one had to be left behind. The single wirl resides in rathnir, incapable of finding purpose in a shattered world, but incapable of leaving it either. The last wirl has thus only the will of the blood god to follow until hell burns out and the world collapses, in the meantime wandering the vast wastelands killing foe and friend, serving the red cult until his last days when the last breath is taken, and at last it can find peace.