Ascomanni Obsidians
creatureFeral Obsidian raiders escaped Society culling, pale scarred skin, long dirty white braids, scrap armor with animal pelts, axes hammers, eat human flesh, chant khoomei to Hel
The Ascomanni Obsidians first surface in Iron Gold as feral, cannibalistic raiders who evaded the Society's genocidal culls, marked by pale scarred skin, braided hair, and brutal melee weapons while chanting khoomei hymns to Hel. Across Dark Age they evolve into terrifying polyextremophiles, their fused-metal skull crowns and psychotropic fearlessness allowing them to dominate null-G battlefields with vacuum, radiation, and thermal immunity. In Light Bringer their true origins are exposed as genetically engineered space pirates bred by enslaved Carvers in hidden Kuiper Belt asteroid nests, transforming them from primitive survivors into a deliberately cruel interstellar menace. This progression reveals a hidden lineage of engineered resilience that challenges the solar system's power structures.
Evolution
Iron Gold
Feral Obsidian raiders escaped Society culling, pale scarred skin, long dirty white braids, scrap armor with animal pelts, axes hammers, eat human flesh, chant khoomei to Hel
Dark Age
Pale-skinned polyextremophilic raiders with fused metal skull crowns, no guns preferring melee in nullG, psychotropically fearless, vacuum/radiation/bullet/thermal resistant.
Light Bringer
Genetically modified space raiders from Kuiper Belt asteroid nests, cruel appearance from enslaved carver breeding
Book Appearances
Iron Gold
First appears Ch 8
Dark Age
First appears Ch 42
Light Bringer
First appears Ch 42