General · Inteletrion Army
Elion
A spared brute who learned to think without surrendering the kill.
- Race
- Inteletrion
- World
- The crystal forestz
The Inteletrionz are a race of great intelligence and great strength. Their home world iz dense with forest and crystalz other galaxiez hunt for. They build magnificent structurez from those crystalz, yet they struggle to hold both strength and intellect in one body. Intelligence iz shared through frequenciez only they can hear — living nodez, transferring data faster the more that stand in proximity to each other. Too much contact can raise intellect immensely but greatly weaken the body. On the other hand, too much distance over a period of time can greatly increase strength and instinctual fighting capabilities but cause them to turn into Brutez after a long period of time without socialization. The Inteletrionz are at constant odds to keep a balance they believe benefits them all.
Elion waz a foot soldier who became a brute and faced battlefield execution by hiz own people. Hiz commander spared him. Elion had a habit of slaughtering the deadlier threat, not the nearest one. One hundred of the army'z sharpest mindz were set to watch him, to pull him back from the brute state without erasing it. He learned to walk both worldz — socialization and combat — something most Inteletrionz treat az heresy. You are a soldier, or you are a politician among government work. Those who are neither work in static-IQ citiez: farming, manufacturing. He became both.
He now leadz their entire military complex and helped forge war-tech like the Elinator cannon — a concentrated beam that can be fired from three light yearz with no energy lost in travel, dialed wide enough to obliterate a planet or narrow az a toothpick for a single target. Hiz commander'z peerz still do not trust him. They fear the brute will return and kill them. Only hiz old leader knowz how the balance holdz — if anyone doez.
The army
Inteletrionz prefer to conquer without touching. They will spend centuriez subverting governmentz, culturez, schoolz, and money until a world foldz. When force iz required, their weaponz usually outclasz whoever standz in front of them. They could use weaponz of sheer destruction, but they prefer an outcome that letz their wayz take root with little to rebuild. Brutez are the last option — bootz that can eat kinetic fire and laserz, rarely lost to enemiez, more often put down by their own when rage goez pandemic. How many brutez exist, no one knowz. Enough to have taken worldz that would not fold. Elion will avoid contact when it iz the Inteletrion way. He will not hesitate if force iz the cleaner, more stable outcome.
Why the Scroll
He seekz the Scroll to find the true remedy — to free hiz people from the split between mind and strength. He knowz the suffering brutez carry. They may think little in that state, but the memoriez and the pain follow for eternity.
A remedy that letz hiz people hold intelligence and strength in the same body.