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Unnatural, magical, and unknowably ancient, Constructs are the artificial de facto guardians of ancient sites across [[Aloria]], bound to the limits of the ruins that they have inhabited for many hundreds of years. Most lurk in the sites of lost civilizations, found most commonly in the remains of the [[Seraph]], but not unknown in the ruins of the [[Allorn Empire]] and beyond; their appearances are in turn as varied as their creators, often shaped like no living being, unable to be communicated with, possessing only the knowledge to drive off perceived threats to themselves and their ruins. Some are only tales today, rendered extinct centuries ago, yet many more live on to threaten expeditions across Aloria.

~~==Spring Bok==~~

Spring Boks are commonly perceived to be proto-[[Yanar]], or even the predecessors of the Grul-Yanar, despite their disappearance from Aloria. They were creatures that were long part of [[Altalar]] mythology, the servants of [[Estel]] in the truest sense, beings of animated nature with unknown wills. Appearing as feminine, hollowed vegetative forms grown over decades, and then animated with a green mist, Spring Boks were often found wandering the grounds around temples of Estel strewn about the Allorn Empire. When angered, they could rapidly shift their bodies into that of a monstrous, vegetation-formed stag that wielded the natural world as a weapon. Despite this threat, many were defeated by Altalar Archmages and never allowed to reform as the Altalar grew more corrupt. The [[Night of the Weeping Stars]] is thought to have rendered them completely extinct, but records of the creatures ceased in 500 BC, suggesting a death far earlier than that of the Empire. Their only remnants are supposedly fragments of unburnable wood held by ancient Altalar families that claim their origins to lie with the long-dead Constructs.

==Hehlus Sphinxae==

Little is known of the Hehlus Sphinxae as it was a creature of pre-[[Great Storm]] [[~~Farah’deen~~]]. [[~~Sariyd~~]] myths frequently spoke of these beings, wise beyond their years and often positioned at the feet of the great mountain ranges that dominated the inland of the arid continent. They were often approached by folk heroes and even [[~~Dragons~~]] for their knowledge and wisdom, always speaking in riddles and issuing challenges to others. They supposedly appeared as bright yellow creatures of living stone, with vast wings which would spread to practically envelop all the area around them and those that approached them. Their faces were often hidden by blinding light, but were said to be humanoid, while their bodies also featured four limbs like a feline or canine. The greatest of the Hehlus Sphinxae was named Khafarran, who supposedly taught knowledge to the ancient ~~Sariyd~~ leader their history named as “The First Prince.” It is often assumed that the Great Storm wiped out these Constructs, but some [[Songaskian]] tales speak of encounters with these creatures over the past four centuries. It is uncertain if these tales hold any truth or merit.

Little is known of the Hehlus Sphinxae as it was a creature of pre-Great Storm [[Farahdeen]]. [[Skyborn]] myths frequently spoke of these beings, wise beyond their years and often positioned at the feet of the great mountain ranges that dominated the inland of the arid continent. They were often approached by folk heroes and even [[Dragon]]s for their knowledge and wisdom, always speaking in riddles and issuing challenges to others. They supposedly appeared as bright yellow creatures of living stone, with vast wings which would spread to practically envelop all the area around them and those that approached them. Their faces were often hidden by blinding light, but were said to be humanoid, while their bodies also featured four limbs like a feline or canine. The greatest of the Hehlus Sphinxae was named Khafarran, who supposedly taught knowledge to the ancient Skyborn leader their history named as “The First Prince.” It is often assumed that the Great Storm wiped out these Constructs, but some [[Songaskian]] tales speak of encounters with these creatures over the past four centuries. It is uncertain if these tales hold any truth or merit.

~~==Dakkar==~~

Despite the generally villainous personalities attributed to them by [[Dwarven]] sources, the Dakkar are considered Constructs, as chroniclers of other Races found them to be almost mindless and without personality. Dwelling deep beneath the earth, the Dakkar appeared to be the deep turned living, formed of moving rock and magma, and matching their heat with an explosive temper; when the Dwarves breached their subterranean home, the Dakkar flew into an unending rage and poured into the Dwarven Holds by the thousands. Who created them is unknown, and if there was something more the Dwarves did to invoke the wrath of the Dakkar. Regardless, the Dakkar lacked a formal language, organization, or ability to reason, attacking the Dwarves relentlessly for over two centuries. Only when a strange illness began to kill the Dakkar did they retreat from the Dwarven lands in fear, and have not been seen since. When defeated, their bodies always collapsed into rapidly hardened rock and the inner fire flickered out. As a result, their bodies offer little information on their nature, though some claim aspects of these remains are immune to high heats.

==Petralyth==

Perhaps the most simple of Seraph-crafted Constructs, Petralyths are snake-shaped clouds of pale grey energy that travel along the ground of Seraph ruins. Usually found as a first layer of defense, the creature is relatively small for a Construct, only about three to six feet long, though when aggravated, bright while lines will emerge from the crown of the creature’s head. These can then lash at targeted foes as it moves in to constrict a single target in its body. This effort is ideally meant to crush a victim, while the lashes are only stinging in their capacity, but it can be fought off and “cut” into parts (though it will simply take a few moments to reconnect itself). Petralyths are best known for somehow being the inspiration for the abilities of the [[Artifact]] known as [[Callandor]], but also for being involved in the discovery of [[Seraphalo]] nearly two centuries ago.

Perhaps the most simple of Seraph-crafted Constructs, Petralyths are snake-shaped clouds of pale grey energy that travel along the ground of Seraph ruins. Usually found as a first layer of defense, the creature is relatively small for a Construct, only about three to six feet long, though when aggravated, bright while lines will emerge from the crown of the creature’s head. These can then lash at targeted foes as it moves in to constrict a single target in its body. This effort is ideally meant to crush a victim, while the lashes are only stinging in their capacity, but it can be fought off and “cut” into parts (though it will simply take a few moments to reconnect itself).

==Petratron==

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==Trivia==

*The Allorn Empire destroyed many ancient Constructs during their long reign, raiding dozens of Seraph ruins across Aloria with the Mages and Archmages who finished off these unnatural foes being highly lauded in chronicles of the nation.

*Animals such as the [[Vannhestia]] were once considered Constructs by the Altalar, but domestication by the [[Ailor]] has dispelled these beliefs.

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 Unnatural, magical, and unknowably ancient, Constructs are the artificial de facto guardians of ancient sites across [[Aloria]], bound to the limits of the ruins that they have inhabited for many hundreds of years. Most lurk in the sites of lost civilizations, found most commonly in the remains of the [[Seraph]], but not unknown in the ruins of the [[Allorn Empire]] and beyond; their appearances are in turn as varied as their creators, often shaped like no living being, unable to be communicated with, possessing only the knowledge to drive off perceived threats to themselves and their ruins. Some are only tales today, rendered extinct centuries ago, yet many more live on to threaten expeditions across Aloria.
-==Spring Bok==
-Spring Boks are commonly perceived to be proto-[[Yanar]], or  even the predecessors of the Grul-Yanar, despite their disappearance from Aloria. They were creatures that were long part of [[Altalar]] mythology, the servants of [[Estel]] in the truest sense, beings of animated nature with unknown wills. Appearing as feminine, hollowed vegetative forms grown over decades, and then animated with a green mist, Spring Boks were often found wandering the grounds around temples of Estel strewn about the Allorn Empire. When angered, they could rapidly shift their bodies into that of a monstrous, vegetation-formed stag that wielded the natural world as a weapon. Despite this threat, many were defeated by Altalar Archmages and never allowed to reform as the Altalar grew more corrupt. The [[Night of the Weeping Stars]] is thought to have rendered them completely extinct, but records of the creatures ceased in 500 BC, suggesting a death far earlier than that of the Empire. Their only remnants are supposedly fragments of unburnable wood held by ancient Altalar families that claim their origins to lie with the long-dead Constructs.
 ==Hehlus Sphinxae==
-Little is known of the Hehlus Sphinxae as it was a creature of pre-[[Great Storm]] [[Farah’deen]]. [[Sariyd]] myths frequently spoke of these beings, wise beyond their years and often positioned at the feet of the great mountain ranges that dominated the inland of the arid continent. They were often approached by folk heroes and even [[Dragons]] for their knowledge and wisdom, always speaking in riddles and issuing challenges to others. They supposedly appeared as bright yellow creatures of living stone, with vast wings which would spread to practically envelop all the area around them and those that approached them. Their faces were often hidden by blinding light, but were said to be humanoid, while their bodies also featured four limbs like a feline or canine. The greatest of the Hehlus Sphinxae was named Khafarran, who supposedly taught knowledge to the ancient Sariyd leader their history named as “The First Prince.” It is often assumed that the Great Storm wiped out these Constructs, but some [[Songaskian]] tales speak of encounters with these creatures over the past four centuries. It is uncertain if these tales hold any truth or merit.
+Little is known of the Hehlus Sphinxae as it was a creature of pre-Great Storm [[Farahdeen]]. [[Skyborn]] myths frequently spoke of these beings, wise beyond their years and often positioned at the feet of the great mountain ranges that dominated the inland of the arid continent. They were often approached by folk heroes and even [[Dragon]]s for their knowledge and wisdom, always speaking in riddles and issuing challenges to others. They supposedly appeared as bright yellow creatures of living stone, with vast wings which would spread to practically envelop all the area around them and those that approached them. Their faces were often hidden by blinding light, but were said to be humanoid, while their bodies also featured four limbs like a feline or canine. The greatest of the Hehlus Sphinxae was named Khafarran, who supposedly taught knowledge to the ancient Skyborn leader their history named as “The First Prince.” It is often assumed that the Great Storm wiped out these Constructs, but some [[Songaskian]] tales speak of encounters with these creatures over the past four centuries. It is uncertain if these tales hold any truth or merit.
-==Dakkar==
-Despite the generally villainous personalities attributed to them by [[Dwarven]] sources, the Dakkar are considered Constructs, as chroniclers of other Races found them to be almost mindless and without personality. Dwelling deep beneath the earth, the Dakkar appeared to be the deep turned living, formed of moving rock and magma, and matching their heat with an explosive temper; when the Dwarves breached their subterranean home, the Dakkar flew into an unending rage and poured into the Dwarven Holds by the thousands. Who created them is unknown, and if there was something more the Dwarves did to invoke the wrath of the Dakkar. Regardless, the Dakkar lacked a formal language, organization, or ability to reason, attacking the Dwarves relentlessly for over two centuries. Only when a strange illness began to kill the Dakkar did they retreat from the Dwarven lands in fear, and have not been seen since. When defeated, their bodies always collapsed into rapidly hardened rock and the inner fire flickered out. As a result, their bodies offer little information on their nature, though some claim aspects of these remains are immune to high heats.
 ==Petralyth==
-Perhaps the most simple of Seraph-crafted Constructs, Petralyths are snake-shaped clouds of pale grey energy that travel along the ground of Seraph ruins. Usually found as a first layer of defense, the creature is relatively small for a Construct, only about three to six feet long, though when aggravated, bright while lines will emerge from the crown of the creature’s head. These can then lash at targeted foes as it moves in to constrict a single target in its body. This effort is ideally meant to crush a victim, while the lashes are only stinging in their capacity, but it can be fought off and “cut” into parts (though it will simply take a few moments to reconnect itself). Petralyths are best known for somehow being the inspiration for the abilities of the [[Artifact]] known as [[Callandor]], but also for being involved in the discovery of [[Seraphalo]] nearly two centuries ago.
+Perhaps the most simple of Seraph-crafted Constructs, Petralyths are snake-shaped clouds of pale grey energy that travel along the ground of Seraph ruins. Usually found as a first layer of defense, the creature is relatively small for a Construct, only about three to six feet long, though when aggravated, bright while lines will emerge from the crown of the creature’s head. These can then lash at targeted foes as it moves in to constrict a single target in its body. This effort is ideally meant to crush a victim, while the lashes are only stinging in their capacity, but it can be fought off and “cut” into parts (though it will simply take a few moments to reconnect itself).
 ==Petratron==
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 ==Trivia==
 *The Allorn Empire destroyed many ancient Constructs during their long reign, raiding dozens of Seraph ruins across Aloria with the Mages and Archmages who finished off these unnatural foes being highly lauded in chronicles of the nation.
-*Animals such as the [[Vannhestia]] were once considered Constructs by the Altalar, but domestication by the [[Ailor]] has dispelled these beliefs.
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