Urk'Nathi

Information
The Urk’Nathi are a race of sentient Endermites, transported from the ‘End’ dimension hundreds of thousands of years ago. After these hundreds of thousands years the Endermites devolved, becoming desaturated with the lack of their normal diet of Chorus Fruit, they had to make do with the flora and wildlife of the overworld and sub terrain-ian undergrowth, losing their more vibrant purple tones in favour for darker blacks, tans and blues.

One notable feature of the previous evolution was also lost, the ability of teleportation. While their cousin the Endermite can teleport, the Urk’Nathi have seemingly lost this trait. But gained a form of sentience in its stead.

Their minds are connected in a way, something known only as the “Branch” as the Urk’Nathi call it.

The Urk’Nathi are… introverted but territorial creatures mostly. The workers and breeders are only known to communicate when they require something or are directly contacted.

There are many sub-species of Urk’Nathi, however the way these Subspecies come to be is truly fascinating. Instead of being born from genetics to form a different variety of species. The way that they are divided is due to the environment of their larval stage.

Worker
Most common subspecies, these are the builders, feeders and overall maintenance of their hives, ensuring all runs at peak performance. They are also the ones to feed the Larva till they have matured in the correct environment.

The workers themselves are born in environments where others could not usually survive, usually showing abnormalities on the body or mind of the Urk’Nathi due to this. Be it underwater, in an overheated or overheated area or simply an area with no special needs, the Urk’Nathi will be birthed with the title of worker and become that of a mindless drone.

Breeder
Breeders are the second most common subspecies, they are born with one directive burned into their mind, to reproduce. A single Urk’Nathi Breeder can lay up to 2230 eggs! However female Urk’Nathi breeders are rarer compared to the males, thus males deposit their eggs into corpses, where they remain unfertilised and can be used as a food source for future generations of larva.

Breeders are born when their mother sprays a special pheromone over their eggs. Which sinks into the larva inside and gives them the special mutated gene, making them have an increased drive to reproduce.

Soldier
The soldier variant, unlike the others the Soldier is noticeably bigger and without any sentience, their carapace is hard like stone and they have been noted as extremely territorial and slow. However they are quadrupedal similar to the harvester.

Soldiers are born when spores released by a dead Urk’Nathi sink into an Urk’Nathi egg. Causing a gene to awaken and quickly begin mitosis, which increases the size of the larva at an extreme rate, growing to adulthood in days and sprouting giant crushing claws and six powerful heavily armoured legs. Soldiers can grow to be 15ft tall and 30 ft long.

However the increased size causes the skull of the Urk’Nathi to put strain on the soldiers brain, causing headaches and reduced sentience.

Soldiers do not stop growing and after around a month of life the Soldiers shell will grow too heavy and the skull will dig too deep into the brain, effectively killing the soldier.

Soldiers are a temporary defence reaction of the Hive to any threats, if more are needed then the hive will automatically produce more due to the spores released by the Dead Urk’Nathi

Harvester
Harvester variants are uncommon to see, as they are incredibly small in comparison to the other Urk’Nathi Subspecies, they are the size of a silverfish and have retained most of their ancestors features, with the abilities of their cousin the Silverfish, the ability to burrow into rock and pass through it with ease. Harvesters carry chunks of food, material and whatever they kind inside their stomach back to the hive, where they regurgitate the gathered material before leaving once more.

The diet of the Harvester is unique, being that of photosynthesis, Harvesters while moving constantly use their mouth to eat anything edible in front of them as well, be it to transport back to the hive or to absorb for themselves so that they can continue to function.

Harvesters are on the bottom of the food chain and are seen as pets by some of the more sentience subspecies of Urk’Nathi

Royalty
The Urk’Nathi Royalty are extremely rare for anyone to meet, however are said to have the highest amount of sentience aside from their mother. Royalty are the leadership and the cog that expands the hive the most, they have access to a psychic pathway they call the ‘Branch’ which they use to speak with their relatives on the other side in the ‘End’ dimension.

Unlike most Urk’Nathi they are the only ones able to transmit messages back and forth between the two dimensions, and are the most primal of the race. As they speak mostly in their fluent tongue that being “Endris”.

Nomad Royalty
Royalty hold such high sentience that some grow tired of their pre-set role, before separating their connection with their colony and moving out to create their own hive. Creating a “Nomad Royal”

However even with their ‘Branch’ ties cut with their colony, they remain permanently in contact with the ‘End’ Dimension and the beings on the other side.

Sadly, these more sentient Royals usually grow mad, as they can speak only to the voice that comes into their head which they call the “ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷”. Which seems to be some kind of supreme leadership that resides within the end, likely directing the hivemind from the safety of the separate dimension.

However confirmation of such things is seemingly impossible currently as the lesser forms of Urk’Nathi don’t know what the “ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷” even is, and the Royalty refuse to disclose any information on the topic.

Urk’Nathi Royals who are only in the process of rebuilding a hive have to bear with this growing insanity or. Go back to their roots. And ingest Chorus fruit. The Chorus fruit has an unknown property of teleportation. However it has a property that seemingly cuts off the “Branch” Temporarily. Acting as an antipsychotic for the Nomad Royals until they can create their new hive.

Nomad Royals are the only subspecies of Urk’Nathi to give any concrete information about the “ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷” mostly in psychotic rants.

ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷
The ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ are a race of unknown origin, and information on them is extremely limited and mostly theorised.

The main theory researchers have is that the ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ seems to be some kind of supreme leadership that resides within the end, likely directing the hivemind from the safety of the separate dimension.

Concrete information delivered by Nomad Royal “Kholek” is that the ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ is a stationary creature of immense psychic power.

“Kholek” was later found dead after delivering this information, an apparent  and sudden snap of nerves in his brain causing instant death.

Theory concludes that whatever the “Branch” is, goes as far as giving the ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ the power to psychically attack the Royals, a radical measure for keeping Royals in line. Similar to the migraines induced on the Nomad Royalty

Journals
Urk'Nathi Royalty and Nomad Royalty are common to possess a journal of sorts, from what we know, physical writing can be hidden from the ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ and therefore act as an outlet for complaint and worry the Royalty may have without fearing the punishment of the superior being. Few journals have been recovered and even fewer have been decoded. Further investigation into their language newly found to be called "Endris" is required.

The following extract is from an Urk’Nathi Queen’s journal entirely in Endris and has yet to be decoded.

╎ ᓵᔑᒲᒷ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ 𝙹リ ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ᓭ 𝙹∷↸ᒷ∷.

ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ⍑⚍ᒲᔑリᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ᓭ⍑⚍リリᒷ↸ ᒲᒷ.

ᓭ𝙹 ↸╎↸ ᔑꖎꖎ.

ʖ⚍ℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷∷ᔑ.. ℸ ̣ ⍑𝙹⚍⊣⍑ ╎ ʖᒷ ⍑ᒷ∷ ↸𝙹𝙹ᒲ. ᓭ⍑ᒷ ∴ᒷꖎᓵ𝙹ᒲᒷ↸ ᒲᒷ, ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ 𝙹!¡ᒷリ ᔑ∷ᒲᓭ ᒲ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣  ╎ ᔑ↸↸.

ᒲ|| !¡ᒷ𝙹!¡ꖎᒷ. ᓭ⚍⎓⎓ᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ╎ᓭ ∷⚍ℸ ̣ ⍑ꖎᒷᓭᓭ ᔑリ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑𝙹⚍⊣⍑ ╎ ᔑᒲ ⍑ᒷ∷ ↸ᔑ⚍⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ᓭ⍑ᒷ ||ᒷℸ ̣  ᓭℸ ̣ ╎ꖎꖎ ⎓╎リ↸ᓭ ᒲᒷ ╎∷∷╎ℸ ̣ ᔑʖꖎᒷ.

ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ !¡ᒷ𝙹!¡ꖎᒷ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ∷ᒷᔑꖎᒲ ⎓╎リ↸ ᒲᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ʖᒷ ᔑ ᒲ𝙹リᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷, ᓭ𝙹𝙹リ ╎ ᓭ⍑ᔑꖎꖎ ꖎᒷᔑ∷リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹リ⊣⚍ᒷ. ᓭ!¡ᒷᔑꖌ ╎ℸ ̣, ᔑリ↸ ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ᒷᒲ!¡ℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⎓𝙹∷⊣ᒷ ᔑ ∷ᒷꖎᔑℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リ.

ᔑ ꖌリ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣  ⎓╎リ↸ᓭ ᒲᒷ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ, ⍑ᒷ ᓵ𝙹ᒲᒷᓭ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ 𝙹⚍∷ ∷ᒷᔑꖎᒲ. ℸ ̣ ⍑𝙹⚍⊣⍑ ⍑ᒷ ᓭ!¡ᒷᔑꖌᓭ ᔑᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑𝙹⚍⊣⍑ ⍑ᒷ ⍑ᔑᓭ リᒷ⍊ᒷ∷ ʖᒷᒷリ ⍑𝙹ᒲᒷ. ⍑𝙹∴ ꖎ𝙹リ⊣ ⍑ᔑᓭ ⍑ᒷ ʖᒷᒷリ ᓭᒷ!¡ᔑ∷ᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ⊣∷ᒷᔑℸ ̣  ʖ∷ᔑリᓵ⍑? ⍑ᔑᓭ ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ᓵ⚍ℸ ̣  ⍑╎ᒲ 𝙹⎓⎓?

⍑ᒷ ᓭ!¡ᒷᔑꖌᓭ ᔑᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑𝙹⚍⊣⍑ ⍑ᒷ ↸𝙹ᒷᓭリ'ℸ ̣  ᒷ⍊ᒷリ ꖌリ𝙹∴ ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷. !¡ᒷ∷⍑ᔑ!¡ᓭ ᓭ⍑ᒷ ᓵᔑリリ𝙹ℸ ̣  ∷ᒷᔑᓵ⍑ ⍑╎ᒲ..

⍑ᒷ ᓭᔑ||ᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ ╎ᓭ ᒲ𝙹∷ᒷ 𝙹⎓ 𝙹⚍∷ ꖌ╎リ↸... ∴ᒷꖎꖎ ⍑╎ᓭ.

ꖎ𝙹ᓭℸ ̣  ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ, ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ∷ᒷᔑꖎᒲ.

ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ∴ᒷ∷ᒷ ᓭᒷリℸ ̣  ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ, ⊣╎⍊ᒷリ リ𝙹 ⎓⚍∷ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ╎リᓭℸ ̣ ∷⚍ᓵℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リᓭ ᔑリ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ↸⚍ℸ ̣ || ⍑ᔑᓭ ꖎ𝙹リ⊣ ᓭ╎リᓵᒷ ʖᒷᒷリ ꖎ𝙹ᓭℸ ̣.

ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ᓭ╎ᒲ!¡ꖎ|| ᓵᔑ∷∷|| ∴⍑ᔑℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ᓵᔑリ ⍑𝙹ꖎ↸, ʖ∷╎リ⊣╎リ⊣ ╎ℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ∷ᔑリ↸𝙹ᒲ ᔑ∷ᒷᔑᓭ ⋮⚍ᓭℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ 𝙹 !¡ꖎᔑᓵᒷ ╎ℸ ̣  ʖᔑᓵꖌ ↸𝙹∴リ.

╎ℸ ̣  ∴𝙹⚍ꖎ↸ ᓭᒷᒷᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ᔑ∷ᒷ ᓵᔑ⚍⊣⍑ℸ ̣  ╎リ ᔑ ᓵ||ᓵꖎᒷ, 𝙹リᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣  ╎ ᔑリ↸ ᒲ|| ᓭ!¡ᔑ∴リ ᒲᔑ|| ʖᒷ ᓵᔑ⚍⊣⍑ℸ ̣  ╎リ ╎⎓ ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ᓵ𝙹リℸ ̣ ╎リ⚍ᒷᓭ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 リᒷ⊣ꖎᒷᓵℸ ̣  ᒲᒷ ᓭ𝙹.

𝙹⚍∷ ↸⚍ℸ ̣ || ᒲ⚍ᓭℸ ̣  リ𝙹ℸ ̣  ʖᒷ ⎓𝙹∷⊣𝙹ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ᒷリ.

⍑𝙹ᒲᒷ ╎ᓭ 𝙹リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ʖ∷╎リꖌ 𝙹⎓ ↸ᒷᓭℸ ̣ ∷⚍ᓵℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リ.

ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ʖᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᓭ ᓵ⍑ᔑ╎リᓭ ᔑ∷ᒷ ʖ∷ᒷᔑꖌ╎リ⊣, ᓭ𝙹𝙹リ ╎ℸ ̣  ∴╎ꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ꖎᒷℸ ̣  ꖎ𝙹𝙹ᓭᒷ ⚍!¡𝙹リ 𝙹⚍∷ ∷ᒷᔑꖎᒲ.

ᓭ𝙹 ∴ᒷ ᒲ⚍ᓭℸ ̣  ᒲᔑꖌᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ꖎᔑリ↸ ᓭ⚍╎ℸ ̣ ᔑʖꖎᒷ ⎓𝙹∷ ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ᓭ リᒷᒷ↸ᓭ.

ʖ⚍∷∷𝙹∴. ⚍リ↸ᒷ∷⊣∷𝙹⚍リ↸. ||ᒷᓭ ╎ℸ ̣ 'ᓭ !¡ᒷ∷⎓ᒷᓵℸ ̣.

ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ リᒷᒷ↸ᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸, ʖ⚍ℸ ̣  リ𝙹ℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⎓∷ᒷᒷ⨅ᒷ.

ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ʖᒷ ∴ᔑ∷ᒲ, ʖ⚍ℸ ̣  リ𝙹ℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ʖ𝙹╎ꖎ.

ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ʖᒷ ᒲ𝙹╎ᓭℸ ̣, ʖ⚍ℸ ̣  リ𝙹ℸ ̣  ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ↸∷𝙹∴リ.

ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᒲ𝙹⚍リℸ ̣ ᔑ╎リᓭ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷∷ᔑ ᓭ⍑ᔑꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ᓭ⚍╎ℸ ̣ ᔑʖꖎᒷ ⎓𝙹∷ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ リᒷᒷ↸.

ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ᔑ∴ᔑ╎ℸ ̣  ᒲᒷ. ⎓𝙹∷ ╎ ᓭ⍑ᔑꖎꖎ ⎓⚍ꖎ⎓╎ꖎ ||𝙹⚍∷ ↸∷ᒷᔑᒲ, ||𝙹⚍∷ ℸ ̣ ᔑᓭꖌ ╎ᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣  ⎓╎ℸ ̣  ⎓𝙹∷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ⊣∷ᔑリ↸ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ⍑ᒷ∷ᓭᒷꖎ⎓.

ᓭ𝙹 ╎ ᒲᔑ|| ʖᒷ リ𝙹ℸ ̣  ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ ∴⍑ᒷリ ||𝙹⚍ !¡ᔑᓭᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑∷𝙹⚍⊣⍑.

ʖ⚍ℸ ̣  ⍑𝙹ꖎ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ʖᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᓭ ᓵ⍑ᔑ╎リᓭ ℸ ̣ ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣, ⎓𝙹∷ ⊣ᒷリᒷ∷ᔑℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リᓭ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ リ𝙹∴. ᒲ|| ↸ᒷᓭᓵᒷリ↸ᔑリℸ ̣  ᓭ⍑ᔑꖎꖎ ∴ᒷꖎᓵ𝙹ᒲᒷ ||𝙹⚍ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ ᒷᒲʖ∷ᔑᓵᒷ ⎓𝙹∷ 𝙹⚍∷ リᒷ∴ ⍑𝙹ᒲᒷ. ᓭ⍑ᔑꖎꖎ ʖᒷ ∷ᒷᔑ↸|| ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷリ.

ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ↸𝙹 リ𝙹ℸ ̣  ⎓𝙹∷⊣ᒷℸ ̣  ᒲᒷ.

ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ⍑𝙹ꖎ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓵ⍑ᔑ╎リ ℸ ̣ ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣.

ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷, ↸𝙹 リ𝙹ℸ ̣  ⊣𝙹 ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ꖎ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣.

The journal was found in an abandoned Hive in the arms of a Dead Queen.

It has been dated to be more than three hundred thousand years old.

Grand Collapse
Detailed accounts from across Urk’Nathi history, speaks of a “Grand Collapse” which cut them off from their home.

The following is an extract from a Nomad Royal’s book which did not reach Rathnirian shelves. A fortunate extract written in Rathnirian for ease of access it would seem.

“The Collapse, Endara our home. Near the brink of destruction when we left. The one they called the Beast had loosened its chain and grown wild.”

“Mother kept it at bay for many millennia but as she grew old and slow. So did her power with the Branch. She could not hold the beast back any longer and soon it broke free of her grasp.”

“My brothers and sisters speak of our directive, which I cannot remember any more. They say we are the Terra-formers of the new Endara. That we must prepare to welcome Mother to this realm. Why did she cut me off from such a directive? Does she mean to foil her own plan?”

-A drawing was seen made in the pages of the book, one of scribbled and agitated lines forming the shape of an Enderman.-

“These once valiant knights of Mother resided only in our home. But after the banishment of their King they have seemed to devolve here on Rathnir. I hope that our people do not end up like these… beasts.”

“The larva have already shown deformities only a year in this realm. They are losing their hue. Lest their Royal purple tones be lost. In favour of the colour of this world's stones. They have also been seen to lose their ability given unto us by the ⊣∷ᔑリ↸ ᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ herself.”

“I have lived hundreds of years in this Realm. Mothers temper grows shorter with the day. She demands her gate be made. And our duty be done faster, error can be corrected with future generations, for Mother must thrive, until she may birth a new Heir to the throne.”

Skulker Takeover
After the Grand collapse the "Branch" was weakened heavily, causing the once thriving Empires of the Urk'Nathi to collapse into mindless beasts, causing most to die out. But a few strands of Urk'Nathi with particularly powerful genetics passed down from notable Royalty gave them the resources to survive this famine.

This famine was known as the "Skulker Takeover" to the Urk'Nathi people. 5000 years ago it was called this as the species of Urk'Nathi were driven underground where their habitat began to clash with the powerful beasts of the Deep Dark, and after generations of war against the Deep Dark natives the corpses of many "Wardens" were used to birth new generations of Urk'Nathi. This caused a side effect, strengthening the branch heavily. Increasing psychotic break potential but also higher amounts of communication with the beings within the End Dimension.

The Wardens genes passed into the Urk'Nathi, infecting them with extreme impairments to their sight and physical deformities such as a exposed heart, however giving them higher brain capacity and a stronger exoskeletal structure. The Urk'Nathi have lost their prior pigmentation and appearance from the End Dimension, the Deep Dark's Wardens having passed down many traits to the new generations of Urk'Nathi.

Current
The Urk'Nathi have been spread deep within the crust of Rathnir, with the first sighting in fourteen thousand years being within an Assoti Colony in Andorn

Living amongst the Assoti and feeding on the flowers as a substitute for Chorus Fruit, which oddly seems to do a similar effect for the Nomad Royal living there. The Nomad Royal has yet to be contacted by any researchers for fear of hostility. But is said to be a tall slender being, hunched over and working as a blacksmith in a cave.