Oblivite

Appearance
Oblivites have pure black skin that makes them nearly invisible when in the shadows, the only give away is their giant round eyes that reflect light off of them, making them almost glow. Some Oblivites have horns on their head that reach full length by adulthood. Oblivites have long, thin, appendages, making them more dexterous, but lacking in natural strength.

Oblivite Hybrids often take a pure Oblivite form in their adulthood despite looking like the other race through their childhood.

History
(This recorded history was found in the Bardonian Archives during the 3rd Empire by The Prophet)

The Oblivites were natural inhabitants of both Space and Void, allowing them to bring space into the void with ease and void into space. Chunks of mineral and other substances would often come into the void from Space, using these materials The Oblivites built their home.

Tall spires and ships were built on a giant mound of collected minerals which slowly rotated through the void, supplying the Oblivites with resources and life.

They weren’t alone though, creatures of the void would often try to destroy or devour their cities and people. The change came for the Oblivite people when they were hit by an army of Void Flies, led by a being born of the void, with a thirst for chaos. Their crops destroyed, their builds crumbling and the first Oblivite, Obliv, dead, they were fearing the worst, the extinction of their race.

Obliv’s successor Oblivias came up with an idea, by revamping the Oblivite Creation Ritual, he found a way to create objects instead of Oblivites. Using the Ritual of Creation and the 18 remaining Oblivites he was able to create a box. A box called “The Oblivion Cube” which allowed him to manage both Void and Space, but also allow him to create new realms in between them.

Oblivias created The Oblivion Realm around the Oblivite city which was hard locked between Space and Void, with only Oblivites being able to enter it by creating a portal mixed with the aspects of Space and Void, although using Void and Space manipulation inside of the Oblivion Realm one could gain access to either or.

The Oblivite prospered in their new cocoon of safety, using the Cube’s powers of manipulation they were able to create hundreds of Artifacts to help them thrive. The only limitation the cube had is that it couldn’t make duplicates. This created an issue. Oblivites were hoarding Artifacts and losing them to fleeing Void creatures. So to prevent Artifacts from being hoarded or lost forever, they created floating pedestals for each Artifact called “Holders”. Holders maintained themselves indefinitely so they couldn’t be broken and they had the ability to destroy the Artifact bound to them and have it re-emerge from the Holder. Oblivias kept all the Holders floating around his throne in his spire, and after approximately 2 weeks of no interaction, if the Artifact is broken or with Oblivias’s approval could a Holder recall an Artifact.

Oblivias started creating Artifacts that could care for themselves, have instincts, and operate just like an Oblivite. They can live and learn at rapid rates, with a lower life span than the Oblivites, but all the skills and attributes of them. Oblivias called these Artifacts, Humans.

Humans worked as intended, they fought the void creatures, gathered materials, and reproduced all by themselves. An Oblivite by the name of Death determined whether a Human’s being was disposed of or repurposed into another body, but this feature that was made to advance the Humans, advanced them too much. The Humans began adapting to their environment and their tasks. The Humans got together and demanded Oblivias let them live among the Oblivites, that they were just as qualified as they were. Oblivias said no, because they couldn’t manipulate Space and Void, but then it happened. A Human was born, able to manipulate Space and Void. Oblivias went back on his word, stating that only 1 Human able to do it doesn’t make the Humans equals. The Humans whispered, then they rebelled.

The Humans rushed Oblivias’s Spire and began wielding the Artifacts, the Oblivites were in shock and horrified as the Humans began to kill the Oblivites one by one. Oblivias decided to give the humans what they wanted. Mid-fight he used the Oblivion Cube to create a planet that was 100 times bigger than the Homeworld in the middle of Space. He then exiled all the humans to live on the planet, cursing them with the need to breathe oxygen, so they’d never be able to survive in The Oblivion Realm. When he did this he accidentally sent Oblivion Artifacts with them, forcing their holders to crash down onto the newly made planet beside the Humans.

Oblivias was suspicious, how did the human gain that power? After questioning many Oblivites, Death talked. Neth, the Oblivite in charge of disposing of empty Human bodies, reproduced with a Human. Oblivias then created another Realm filled with flame and the hardened bodies of empty Humans, he called it Nether. He then executed the Human’s being in front of Neth that he reproduced with and banished Neth to The Nether.

He didn’t trust Neth or the Humans, but he believed the Humans could be converted back to the way they were originally designed. With Oblivias’s orders Death created a permanent portal from Space, one that only being’s can enter. When bodies expired the being would be sucked through the portal and presented to Death where he’d decide to send them back, banish them to The Nether, or send them to the Twilight Realm. The Twilight Realm was created in Space for an Oblivite named Timeless to manage. Timeless’s job was to convert the being and put them into a new body to send back to the Oblivion realm.

All was going to plan and all was working to Oblivias’s design until Neth gave Oblivias 1 more “Fuck you”. Neth worked with The Humans to develop a portal between The Nether and Space, allowing Neth to grant more portal wielding children to the Humans. The Humans returned to The Oblivion realm and slaughtered every Oblivite with the exceptions of Death who was protected in Death’s Gate, Timeless who was in the Twilight Realm, and Neth who they kept alive for helping them.

After the slaughter concluded Neth turned on the Humans using the Oblivion Artifacts and The Oblivion Cube to try to destroy their planet, but The Humans prevailed, binding Neth to the Nether for eternity. Unable to live in the Oblivion Realm, the humans left it and cultivated the Human Planet. A few Oblivite were confirmed spared and lived among the Humans, continuing to gift the Humans with the Oblivite’s power of Space and Void manipulation.

Now the oblivites walk among the Humans many of them not even realizing they posses oblivite genes and their powers to control the realm around them.

Oblivite Hybrids
Oblivite hybrids of the 2nd-4th generations usually receive Primary and Secondary aspect manipulation as well as an average lifespan of 500 years. 5th - 10th generations of Hybrids usually only have a primary aspect and only live for 300 years on average. Anything beyond 10th generation is random, some can live up to 300 or 500 years, some have a single aspect or both aspects, some have a human’s lifespan and some can’t manipulate any aspects at all.

Manipulating Space and Void
Controlling Space and Void for the Oblivites were difficult and often an Oblivite would pass out from exhaustion during training their powers due to the overwhelming amount of mental and physical concentration required, but it’d be built up over time like a muscle.

Oblivites would usually start to see signs of their primary aspect around ages 13 -17, but their secondary aspect wouldn’t appear until 18-19 years of age. Oblivites would be considered an adult when they’re able to control both aspects which would often take place in their 20’s. Once both primary and secondary aspects were mastered they’d be trained for additional Oblivite creation.

Portals to the Oblivion Realm could be created by harnessing both of these aspects at the same time, there have been accounts of this ability being weaponized for war. Creating and releasing portals while people were halfway inside ended in the target getting sliced in half, losing hands, or even heads. Oblivites could create these portals in multiple different ways. Some would be required to touch a surface, while some could create them at a distance.

Reproduction
Oblivites reproduced through the Oblivite Creation Ritual. During the ritual,  multiple Oblivites, usually 4, concentrate Space and Void around each other to make intricate and complex patterns. 2 wielders of Space and 2 wielders of void could create a brand new Oblivite, but this didn’t come without risks. Oblivites were often left exhausted for months and some even died from overexertion during the ritual.