History/Intars

The first appearances of the Awakened of Intar pre-date human memory, but they seem to have been locked in the war for etherium forever. Warrior priests clad in armor the color of mother-of-pearl, their combat abilities are matched only by their belief in the divine nature of the eggs and their spawners, the Creatures.

The Awakened of Intar are a race of elite warriors and devout believers who are born, live and die in the honor of etherium and to have the privilege of fighting on the deposit planets as Praetorians or Awakened Commanders.

The ritual of the Awakening is practiced by all the warrior priests, and allows them to enter into communion with time and space. It relies on the ability of the Intar to enter a precognitive trance when immersing their bodies in pools of etherium during ceremonial rites. This enables them to achieve the Awakening of the Praetorian, the first stage of the Awakening between reality and the world of dreams. Intari who achieve the first stage of the Awakening, the Awakening of the Praetorian, see the past and the future and all the possibilities they offer. A genuine fighting machine, the Intari are elite soldiers who live only to serve their one faith.

Some Intari are more sensitive to the effects of etherium and achieve a higher level of consciousness: the Awakening of the Commander. These chosen few can directly influence the future and determine the sequence of events; they are the supreme Awakened, leaders of the Intari army and the first believers.

Guided by their faith, sustained by the power of the Awakening, the Intari are ferocious enemies, as they fear neither death nor defeat. They are the chosen of the etherium, anointed with grace, and every millennium battle strengthens their hope to defeat the enemy and attain the final stage of their enlightenment, absolute knowledge, the true Awakening.