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A comprehensive look into the unique makeup, nature, and back round of the Nothings.

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A Nothing is a loosely related cousin to the Lidérc.

A Hungarian succubus-like creature that could appear as a person, animal, or shining light; its said that they did not have the ability to shape change, but rather existed in all shapes at once, choosing which form an observer might see it in. It was also believed to attack victims in the same way a Succubus might. Unlike the Lidérc, Nothing actually do change shape and form. They are only given two forms, humanoid and beast.

DIET:

Nothings are omnivores but mostly stick to a strictly meat based diet, also known by the name of Pisachas meaning "eater of raw flesh." Though they are able to digest things other than meat, the experience is fairly unpleasant for them since most foods don’t have the high levels of protein for sustaining good muscle health as well as their metabolism. A Nothing on a diet not mainly consisting of meat can look sickly and thin as well as actually becoming physically sick on a regular basis. It’s also well known that the protein found in humans is a better food source then that of animals, predators are more nutritious food and can adequately feed a nothing’s dietary needs but can cause stunted growth.
Many Nothing think of the others who eat only animals as ‘vegetarians’ while Nothing who adhere to a proper diet are the ‘Carnivores’; ‘Omnivores’ switch in between due too presence.

Nothing will also stoop to cannibal acts in the event of supreme starvation. Though this is rare because it takes a long period of time for a Nothing to digest tissue of it’s own kind, unless altered, their digestive tract is more prone to protecting the flesh rather than breaking it down. Not only that but there have been accounts of Nothing recouping their wounds within another and tearing the devourer to bits in their escape.


THE BODY:

The Lidérc being a species of vampire makes its cousin the Nothing another species of immortal, they are exceptionally regenerative and can often survive having vitals severed such as the head or spine and enormous amounts of blood loss. This is only due to the genetic makeup of the species, which includes a very high metabolic rate. On the very molecular level, the intensity of the difference between the Nothing and other organisms of known record is immediately apparent just by viewing the deoxyribonucleic acid stored within their cells.

Unlike the healthy DNA molecule in all other known creatures, a Nothings DNA will be composed with several anomalies, where the DNA molecule will split into two or more separate DNA molecules. Later down the path of genetic instructions, the molecule of DNA may re-fuse back into single linear genetic information, or perhaps divide again one or more times.



So much as one such divisions within the genetic instructions of any other creature of record would be considered adverse to the health of the creature, and the cell would become an example of auto-immunity disorders, cancers, unhealthy and even lethal mutations, and more likely than anything, cellular death. Nothing do not succumb to this, actually using such anomalies to their advantage. Advanced cell regeneration and growth allow them to recoup from any injury though at a decreased rate, a nothing whom has had their body fully destroyed in any way can take as long as 24 hours to fully recoup. The body during this state is completely unresponsive much like a coma. Smaller injuries such as loss of limb depend entirely on the surface area destroyed and the complexity of said organ. Losses of organs such as the heart or lungs are hardly detrimental to nothing health simply because adaptable tissue within nothing allows for extended periods of time without oxygen as well as blood pressure. Gifted with a complex muscles system a nothing can pump its own blood though contracting muscles when there is the lack of a heart.


Side effects of the nothing from include: a high body temperature, an eternally famished nature and a very high aversion to low temperatures.

Any climate below 50 degrees Celsius or 122 degrees Fahrenheit causes Nothing supreme discomfort. Symptoms can range from heightened agitation to mild lethargic tendencies. Instinctively Nothing shy away from cold temperatures or if forced to live in such a climate spend a great deal of time indoors. Lower temperatures have an effect on the cellular processes of a nothing, slowing down their metabolism which causes a decrees in almost every bodily process; most important of which being cellular regeneration. A nothing who experiences frost bite will not be able to regenerate said tissue till fully removed leaving only healthy flesh. Any nothing who end up completely frozen will experience full cellular death unless some small part of their body is preserved from the cold. Preserved tissue must be fresh, as discarded flesh from a nothing tends to break down quickly if not part of the majority of the body.

Nothings have no real internal organs, their bodies are made up of almost 50% muscle 20% fluid and 30% high density bone. Like cells, Nothing bone is highly compacted over time which greatly effects their weight, often making them range from 190 Ibs for healthy females and 240 Ibs and up for males. It takes about the equivalent of 8 tons of pressure to break a normal nothing bone as opposed to 2 tons for a regular human. This can increase over time due to the age and physical condition of the nothing.

The color of Nothing blood only comes from the fact that the cells within aren’t individual rather than concentrated nucleolus of tissue. This thick concentration of hemoglobin as well as other factors gives the appearance of the blood being black. This makeup has an impact on the viscosity of the blood making it run fluidly under high temperatures within the body and clot thickly when coming in contact with the colder open air. Nothing blood has often been described as having the consistency of tar when it is outside the body. This also being a plus to the biology because the body can recoup more of is internal fluids in the event of full destruction since the blood does not spread out over a large area but pool in one spot.

The only other fluids in the nothing body is the innards of their stomach. Fuelled with a high grade acid, the stomach acid of nothing is primarily designed for breaking down large amounts of tissue very fast. Nothing eat large meals usually all at once, so to make room for more nourishment a Nothing stomach must be able to process tissue at an accelerated rate to keep up with the nothings veracious feeding habits. It’s very common for a nothing to eat many times its own body weight over the course of an entire day then go without for two to three days. Nothing whom have developed control over their own musculature can actually pump stomach acid though the veins and out of orifice such as the cuticles of the claws as well as though gums to enhance attacks. This tactic being useless against their own kind due to a inbred immunity to the acid.

Teeth are made of high density bone though the enamel coating is very resistant to corrosion making them mostly unbreakable and eternally sharp. Although this wears on the root of the teeth and nothing can periodically loose teeth every few months. Much like sharks, Nothing have more than one row of teeth, so the back teeth move to the front to replace what has been lost. How many rows are based on age as well as size. The most recorded teeth was in a nothing nearly six hundred years old whom was greater than eight feet in height, the male was gifted with four rows of teeth though there was no distinction of a fifth.

MUTATIONS:

All nothings are born with the same fundamental genetic convention, such as any other race would be. However the evolution of the Nothing species has made the nothing capable of personal evolution and mutation, based on the needs of an individual nothing, instead of the entire race, increasing the chances of survival for each individual nothing, thus ultimately increasing the chances of survival for the entire race.

Eons ago Nothings had stopped passing down their personal evolutions onto their offspring, because an offspring might become initially evolved to survive and cope with one experience, but because of that same involvement, become prone to the lethal influences of a totally different experience, and for it, this is one of the reasons that the population of Nothings are a sparse low.
(Both Nothing males and females contain the capacity to reproduce but lack the responsive genes to do so with their own kind or any other spices. Females do not produce eggs although they are equipped with a uterus. Male sperm, though containing the necessary elements, do not respond when coming in contact with egg and as such, do not impregnate.)

When the multi-molecular genetic anomalies occur, it is usually to capacitie the sudden evolution and mutation that a Nothing must suddenly go through in order to survive a predicament or experience. According to the survival needs of the nothing, some genetic instructions can be activated and deactivated causing the Nothing the ability to partially reinvent its otherwise permanent genetic genealogical themes. Such physiology enables a Nothing to make additions, according to what's needed, and discard what is not necessary from it's self, until it has mutated a configuration ideal for its survival.

Once a mutation has been acquired for a Nothing's personal evolution, the genetic data for that modification is never lost, though it might later become deactivated as required for the sake of the Nothing's survival. Any deactivated gene is simply a dormant gene, until reactivated. Almost any number of genetic instructions can be activated at the same time, though no genetic instructions can be activated by the sheer desire or will of the Nothing it's self.

When the genetic information of a Nothing is altered to match the needs of its survival requisites, the cells go through a process of "self-genetic recognition". When the cell organelle discover that there has been a modification to its instructions, the cells enter a second process of "hyper-metabolism", where the cells literally modify their activities and form at a highly accelerated pace. This process along side of many other high calorie burning processes of a Nothing can make the Nothing species an insatiable, veracious feeder meaning: always famished.

Due to this, a starving nothing can lose weight, and even it's mutations near instantly if it doesn't stay fed. The body heats of a nothing, generated by its functions, are a simple thing for their biology to endure without difficulty due to the composition of their organelle, and physiology.

HYBRIDS:

Hybrid Nothing are a strange anomaly that occurs when another being ingests a symboite found in the primordial ooze that Nothing spawn from. A symboite is a developing nothing still not ready to emerge from the ooze. More developed symboites can resemble the formless mass of an infant while younger symboites are only a writhing mass. Depending on original race as well as the age of the symboiet, mutations are initially inbred within a hybrid though the aggressive nature of the Nothing symboite when introduced to a new host almost always takes the dominant role in orientation. If the symboiet is less developed Nothing traits will be less pronounced. Ingesting anything other than a symboite can be fatal as the actual amniotic mass of the ooze can cause internal bleeding due to enzymes within it made for breaking down flesh.

Hybrids have a number of benefits as well as inherent weaknesses. Unlike true nothing a hybrid cannot change form unless formerly a part of their genetic traits. However, they can don enhancements to their current form such as an external carapace or the possibly for flight adaptations. True Nothing cannot fly because of the heavy density of their bones even given the accoutrements to do so.

Hybrid nothing share many similarities with true Nothing in basic ways such as: Strength, regeneration, instincts and the need to feed constantly but unlike true Nothing, Hybrids can reproduce with others of different races or other hybrids. Though the Nothing traits can diminish greatly within the next generation or become more dominant than any other feature depending on the coupling.

Being stronger and less powerful than true Nothing, Hybrids are looked down by the original members of the race for their lack of inner beast as well as the culture gap of one from another society. As a result, true Nothing generally don’t get along with hybrid and do their best to ignore them and or eradicate them because their thought to be only cheep imitations.

Though mostly Hybrids are resented because they are not subsequent to the curse as true nothing are.

BEHAVIOR:

Extremely predatory and brutal creatures, Nothing are known for fighting amongst themselves and having an unusual amount of contempt for their own kind. Prideful and malevolent, a nothing temper is to be feared and as such it is a rule of thumb, that it is not wise to anger one. Nothings have no real source of morals being as they originate from an animalistic culture.

Nothings mostly live in giant packs that normally stay stationary in one area and only travel to the outer area in search of food. Though when separated into individuals, very self sufficient hunters.

The passage of time is directly linked to the strength and mental potential of a Nothing only when named. Usually oldest and largest of the kind often known as Alpha, but a younger Nothing can take the title if they best the current leader in a fight to the death, or as close to death as possible. This is possibly their only real tradition within the group due to a strange aversion to any kind of ceremony. The Alpha title is their only real link to an actual formal kind of society rather than just being categorized as a pack of hungry animals. Other then that, they simply coexist as best they can, until they get at one another’s throats.

In addition to their lack of tradition, they are reluctant to take on the customs of other cultures. For example, Nothing have a tendency not to shake hands with someone they have just met, nor do they see the point in birthdays, rites of passage and marriage.

Nothing thinking patterns are translated into their own form of speech known simply as the Nothing tongue. Nothings being a very selective group, unknown to most, make their own language nearly impossible to translate by none other than a nothing itself. This is doubles as a primal defense against attempts to corrupt the mind. Their own temperament is mostly geared towards anger at all times so it is very hard to gauge the actual emotions by probing the mind in no other than times of severe emotional distress.

THE CURSE:

The Nothing are given one very big flaw in their lives that they usually spend their entire life trying to escape from. The race as the whole, as powerful as they are have a basic flaw in that they are born without control of their mind. A nothing must be given a name and thus an identity, which is why they are called nothing in the first place. A Nothing with a name gains control of their actions and thus begins to actually think but it comes at a steep price. In return for a name, Nothing are bound to the one who named them to serve them for as long as they or their master lives.

Only two ways of freeing a nothing are known. Their master must perish or the Nothing can be disowned and thus freed from servitude.

HISTORY:

Nothing race goes farther back than any recorded history known in the Wasteland. Before the time of the Second Great Blood, they where know as vile creatures that roamed the Wasteland devouring all that they came in contact with. At this time there was only a limited number of such said to be only in the hundreds. Because of the Wasteland’s vast size, coming contact with one was nothing more than a myth. Actual reports of the creatures where rare enough to couple them with all the other beasts in the waste and the race was soon forgotten.

Though as the years piled up and the Nothings where regarded as no more than rumor a great cataclysm occurred known as the Great Blood. One such Nothing reached the height of its growth and spawned a larger form, more massive than anyone had ever seen. It’s said that in the scriptures that the beast cast a great shadow over one of the waste and blocked out the crimson moon. The beast toppled many a city in its rampage, causing the remaining kingdoms to strike an accord when even more of the beasts began to appear with their own great power. They named the greatest Nothing Feinir because he looked as if he could swallow the sun.

The scholars searched and eventually found the only record of the creatures, which was only a story used to scare children into behaving. The kingdoms set to work finding a way to combat the large monsters and it was found that physical harm would do little to no good against them but the chilling cold crippled them. Unfortunately the waste was a land of eternal twilight as well as scorching heat. Any attempt to harm them with the cold was combated by the very waste itself.

So they resorted to herding the creatures to the most secluded part of the Wasteland, known as the Plateau the most north part of the waste and the coldest. The plateau was high enough to keep the Nothing alive yet surrounded by enough cold to keep them at bay. The beasts fought amongst themselves for supremacy now trapped, and eventually ended up killing one another till only one remained. Feinir, the last Nothing left took his chances trying to escape the cold and perished in his bid for freedom. The first alpha decomposed into a giant black lake right in the center of the plateau.

Little did the people of the kingdom know that though that had brought down the threat of nothing, they had provided them with a way to rebuild their numbers. The reminisce of the first great Alpha became the birthing ground to a new generation of nothing.

The cold kept them at bay for countless generations and the First Great Blood was eventually forgotten from the minds of the kingdoms. Though as this went on, the nothing numbers replenished themselves in far greater amounts than they had before. Forced to live as one, the nothing though very primitive composed a simple hierarchy within their horde to be as much of a form of order as a source of entertainment. The second Alpha was crowned amongst the eldest of the horde. Though, this system was highly unstable causing the leader to switch almost on a daily basis, it was still something in their exile.

Food was very scarce, and the Nothings where constantly irritable and hungry because travelers heading through such a secluded part of the Wasteland where almost non existent. The first Great Blood was long forgotten, and the Plateau was still regarded as a cursed place after the nothing fell back into the world of lore.

But the Horde did grow in size rather than individual power. Due to the fact that the most powerful where often the first designated to be killed of only another Nothing to take that power for themselves.

Around this time, individuality within the nothing horde was unthought of, but only by sheer coincidence did the Nothing find their freedom in none other than a girl.

A single nothing ended up finding a girl, for some unknown reason the monster did not devour the girl but rescue her from the bitter cold at the rick of its own life. For this kindness the Nothing was given a name, a name that many know and fear these days.

Norris.

With the gift of a name, something strange happened to the singular nothing. The rate of growth and power seemed to speed up at an exponential rate and the beast began to function on his own, even speak. On instinct Norris took his rightful role as Alpha with his advanced, with not challengers of his caliber he remained leader far longer then anyone before. The Girl was brought out of hiding, and she gave names to more nothing and they too grew in mind and power.

The years went by, the nothings grew into a powerful force once more, as did the girl, now a woman the Nothing now regarded as their Queen. Her own warped tendency grew every day, new abilities gave her the power to still the cold and bring on the wrath of the Second Great Blood.

The nothings being vast in amount and power quickly decimated the great cities of the Wasteland. The kingdoms where not prepared for an attack of this magnitude having long forgotten the ways that had sealed the Nothing once. The Wasteland burned in the fiery vengeance of the Nothings Queen, known after the Second Great Blood as, Violeta Anastasia Sin.