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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To submit a fiendish Sithspawn that can be found in service to the Sith and other powerful dark side users and entities
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- Name: Suyni Niyidna - High Sith for Hex Devil
- Designation: Non-sentient
- Origins: Amaltanna
- Secondary Origin Site: Jutrand, Sadow District
- Average Lifespan: 200 Galactic Standard Years
- Estimated Population: Scattered
- Description: Suyni Niyidna, or hex devils, are creatures mutated through Sith alchemy and sorcery into devilish monsters that can serve the Sith. With their powerful wings and ability to use fiery energy and Sith sorcery, they are a terror that the Sith can unleash into the skies of the worlds they invade for devastating support and assault.
- Breathes: Type I
- Average Height of Adults: 3.5 meters
- Average Length of Adults: N/A
- Skin color: Their skin tone can vary between a dark-gray, dark-blue, or the original purple coloration of the original subjects.
- Hair color: No hair
- Distinctions: The most distinctive physical features of a hex devil are the massive wings that sprout from their back, their large claws, and the fiery energy that pours from their mouths and eyes. Their large and lanky bodies can also be a defining physical trait of the creatures as their frames are deceptively slim as they possess greater strength and speed than expected.
- Races: No other races at present
- Force Sensitivity: All
- Due to their large and powerful wings, hex devils have the ability to fly and can maintain flight for extensive periods of time.
- Enhancements through Sith alchemy have given the fiends increased strength and fortitude, allowing them to crush smaller creatures in their grips or take several blaster bolts without much effort for examples.
- Through the infusion of the dark side of the Force into the creatures, Darth Arcanix and her sorcerers have imbued the creatures with a rudimentary connection to the Force. Specifically, the creatures can use the following powers:
- Fiery Energy
- Bolt of Hatred
- Force Slow
- Force Affliction
- Dark Energy Trap
- If their wings become damaged, the fiends cannot fly until the damage is healed, greatly reducing their ability to affect a battlefield.
- Direct applications of the Light Side of the Force, such as with Force Light, will severely harm or outright kill the creatures. Force Light in particular, from a Jedi Master, can disrupt their ability to use their own Force powers for a significant length of time.
- If subjected to a ysalamiri void bubble or void stone, the creatures cannot access their Force abilities and their enhanced strength will fail them until they are able to escape the bubble or field.
- Diet: Carnivore and ambient Force Energies
- Communication: They communicate with others of their species through shrieks, roars, and grumbles. They can also understand commands given in the Sith language or communicated to them through the Force by their controlling dark sider or beastmaster.
- Technology level: No technology level
- Religion/Beliefs: No religion or belief system
- General behavior:
- When not deployed onto a battlefield, hex devils are assigned as guardians of Sith facilities and structures or anywhere else of significance that their Master has assigned them to watch over. Many times they could be mistaken as gargoyles or statues as they prefer to lurk in higher places to watch over their assigned areas, not moving unless they detect an unauthorized individual within their Master's domain. Once disturbed, they will attack in a flurry of fire, bolts of dark side energy, and claws to viciously tear apart and obliterate the interloper.
- When dispatched into battle, hex devils act as aerial support for Sith forces, unleashing fire and dark side energy bolts upon defending forces from above. They can also infiltrate enemy held positions and massacre undefended or lightly defended areas, as they malicious primitive joy in the destruction and death they cause.
As part of her duties as Dark Councilor for Science and Magic, a new project was greenlit by Darth Arcanix to create new Sithspawn creatures to assist Sith forces in the field. Unlike previous, and other ongoing, projects, the new project was to be designed around instilling fear and playing upon ancient fears of demons and devils. Many cultures across the galaxy had stories of fiends preying upon the masses, causing terror or personifying the punishment that awaited those who sinned in whatever religion they believed in. In that regard, Project Baator was established to create creatures that could fit such stories.
As a first proof of concept, the sorcerers and alchemists assigned to the project wanted to experiment on Stenax subjects to enhance and twist them into a first creation. The alchemists understood that they needed to provide an idea of what they were working towards if they wanted the Lady of Secrets to be further invested in the project, so a team was dispatched to abduct several smaller communities on Stenos. The victims were transported to Amaltanna and Jutrand for experimentation, and the result would be the Sunyi Niyidna or Hex Devils.
The hex devils had been corrupted by the dark side, infused with its powers, and become something truly diabolic. The size of the specimens had been greatly enhanced, along with their strength and fortitude, while they have been gifted the ability to utilize certain dark side powers such as conjuring fire and bolts of dark side energy, or casting traps to immobilize victims ro poison them. Their wings were further strengthened to ensure they could fly further and for longer.
Pleased with the result, Darth Arcanix agreed to further greenlight the project for the Sith Order and her own power base.
