Whispers of Rekura
Eclipse year: Roughly 11 years before the time-travellers arrived in the current timeline
(9 years before Elemental Manifestations became afflictions)
Planet: "The Survey"
Born on the day of the Eclipse, these Whispers of Rekura were vanished away from their birth Prides exactly one week after being born. Their parents were, perhaps, given a false sense of hope in that their cubs wouldn't be whisked away by the magics of the Eclipse. Once taken they were transported by visible white magic that dug into their auras and teleported them to a world far away from their own.
The planet they were taken to was an unusual one. Comprised of tech-organic fusions and a charged atmosphere, "The Survey" was a planet that was a leftover experiment from a civilization long dead. Here organic materials, mainly plants, were mixed with cybernetics. Nothing purely organic was left on the planet, and even with their creators gone, the planet endured. Trees that were mostly technological continued to grow and spread, and smaller plantlife evolved into sensory maps. "The Survey" became a living network of tech-organic plant life.
"The Survey" had no bodies of water on it, and the tech-organic plants were instead fueled by the Charged Atmosphere of the planet. There were no weather systems present on the planet, either.
Since it was a planet devoted entirely to an experiment, there were no Raveen-made structures or outposts on the planet's surface. There were, however, large coiling metal vines that were used to store information and collect data on the experiment. These vines had a limitless pool of data storage, and would be the primary source of information for the WoRs to draw from.
The WoRs were altered by the planet's charged atmosphere. Not all of the WoRs that were deposited on "The Survey" were able to survive the first days of their new world. Elements incompatible with the atmosphere died shortly after arrival, while others had their Elemental Mutation and Aura altered by the world. Visible energy charged their own Auras, warping them into energy that sustained the WoRs and kept them from needing to eat or drink. As long as their Auras were charged, they could continue to survive on a planet that offered them no sustenance.
It was through these alterations that the WoRs also became aware of the network beneath their paws. Their Auras allowed them to tap into the information, and they were drawn to the vine coils that became their source of knowledge and learning. They learned that long ago "The Survey" was a planet with a thriving populace of Raveen-like individuals that had started the experiment. They wanted to know if a fusion of plant and cybernetic materials could exist, and evolve, or if it would be limited to what was originally made. In the beginning they watched their experiment closely, then slowly they began to leave the planet to it's own devices. Soon, the populace left the surface and it's assumed they continued to keep watch from afar - though the plant network had no way to confirm this.
Those Raveens never returned to "The Survey". And there's been no awareness of any other lifeforms in the nearby stars for millenias. It's possible the experiment was a failure, and the orginators of the fusions had abandoned it. But the the network has gaps in it's memory banks that leave a feeling of doubt.
Each of the WoRs has a high intellect, and an affinity for technology. Their understanding of how tech-fusions work is unlike those of modern Raveens (like Robotic Kats and Judicators) that are still working on a basic level compared to what "The Survey" had. They even learned how to recreate the tech of those that created the experiment, and some of them have holographic interfaces that they've had with them since cubhood. They use this tech to examine, learn, record, and build.
The WoRs remained on "The Survey" for four years before being returned to the Ice Plains.
While Judicators took a particular interest in them when they returned from "The Survey", their Auras and tech made it especially hard for the questionable organization to learn much from them. The tech from the other world could not be so easily replicated, and didn't seem to work for those who lacked charged Auras.
Their intellect, however, was something the Judicators were especially fond of. It was for this reason that many of the returning WoRs were offered research opportunity with the Judicators, and accepted into the Judicator ranks should they accept the offer. (*
I am leaving this decision up to you. Since I'm unsure if everyone would be okay with a Judicator character, and would rather people enter into that knowingly. If you do wish for your WoR to have accepted this offer, please e-mail me back and I will add additional information to your WoR's personal notes.
Otherwise, your WoR did not accept this offer, and is not a Judicator.)
They did all know one another, and lived together for four years on "The Survey".
There were five WoRs that survived all four years.
Originally sixteen WoRs were teleported to the planet, but seven died within the first few days due to incompatibility with the charged atmosphere.
Two years into their stay another died from attempting to rewrite information stored in the coiled vines (he'd been too confident in his ability to alter the tech).
One more died of mysterious causes - one day she was fine, out exploring the edges of "The Survey", when she caught a chill and didn't reawaken the next morning. Some might have heard her delirious mumblings about something "missing its face", before she fell asleep that night.
The last two to die were experimenting with their charged Auras, and attempting to fuse them together with the Aura of the other. The results were a disastrous explosion that not only killed both WoRs, but left a crater that's still burning with white fire to this day.
None of the WoRs had sinister or darkly-inclined personalities. While they may have had disagreements with one another, they never physically fought. For the most part they considered each other family, and colleagues in their studies.
They were born before Elemental Manifestations became harmful, so their mutations were not harmful to themselves or others unless they wanted them to be.
They have IriKan that are only visible to themselves - they cannot be seen by others, and their "visible" forms shift depending on their mood. They have separate personalities from the WoRs they're a part of, and can act as a secondary awareness. They can appear in the surrounding areas, and see things even the WoR might not be paying attention to, but will always remain unseen to others - they are incapable of interacting with the world on their own.
IriKan can be given names.
Due to living on a planet that is a network of stored information and databanks of information from those that started the experiment, these WoRs will be cognizant of the fact that their markings are Constellations/Star-Maps.
The Raveens that "came before" and started the experiment were not Inner Dimensionals. They lacked Elements, and didn't follow any Gods. They were part of a civilization that spanned many star systems, and had many different cultures.
They can understand the language the WoRs from X'ysahtu use, although their own ability to speak it might be questionable (they'll have terrible accents).
If you have any questions about your individual WoR, please e-mail me and I'll do my best to answer them!
If you have any general questions about these WoRs, feel free to also e-mail me or post a query on the forums/raveen_lj and I'll answer them too.