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ORIGINAL CLOSED SPECIES

The Azzre evolved in the spaces between the blackness of aquifers and the open spaces of the once-great, fresh water lakes that dotted the surface of Azzran. Their ancestors were the carnivorous top of the food chain, and they continued to play a role as a keystone species, maintaining the balance of their ecosystem up until their technological boom. They seem to have been aware of the upper hand that they had on the other species living around them, and their importance to the world that they knew, because they have long been a species of arrogance. Before technology, they believed that they were meant keep the deep worm at bay, the creature that they believed was ready to consume the world in order to find silence.

            Technology came to them in the form of tools that allowed them to hunt faster, live deeper, and grow their population. Much of this stemmed from the use of water, bubbles, and steam vents from the bottom of the oceans. Fire was a foreign concept to them until they came to the surface world. In fact, the surface world wasn't something that the Azzre bothered with until their technology and cities had grown to the point that they began to have conflicts with one another. Despite being arrogant hunters, the Azzre tended to be peaceful among their own until their populations grew too large for the oceans alone to support them.

            Instead of turning to war, however, they decided to try exploring the world above their own. These started as exploration of the dark caverns that connected to the aquifers that they had long called home. Eventually, exploring these relatively safe spaces allowed them to develop protective technologies that opened the door to terrestrial exploration. For several decades they were able to expand into both of these spheres, with little idea that they were sharing their homeworld with another sapient species until they started to find the ruins of the Iminel's dead civilization. Believing these to be the relics of an ancient evil that had nearly destroyed the world, there was much trepidation as exploration continued, and even more so when it was discovered that the Iminel still existed.

            The explorers that happened upon the villages immediately took a sample from the newly discovered species, killing one of them, and then they fled back into the deep. There the Azzre debated what to do, and they re-examined the things that they had found along the shores. They realized the technological superiority of that lost age, the potential damage that their weapons could do, and they decided that they would need to attack the Iminel as soon as possible, before they could attack the Azzre themselves.

            Due to the peaceful nature of the Iminel at that time, the terrestrial species tried to retreat to safety without fighting the Azzre, but the marine species continued to hunt them down. At the time that the Triumvirate arrived, the Iminel were at the brink of extinction, but the Triumvirate presented a far worse danger and this was immediately apparent when they started striping Azzran of its resources without so much as an attempt to contact its native peoples.

            At this time, the Azzre and the Iminel created a short-lived alliance. Disagreements between the two eventually led to them splitting up without making any headway against their invaders. The Azzre took a militaristic route, but managed to do little more than engage the interest of the Triumvirate as enemies. They were hunted to near extinction, and were only spared by the fall of the Tri-alliance, which left the Kind of Azzran stranded and disorganized.

            Since then, the Azzre have struggled to survive, with their numbers slowly dropping as the water on their world disappears. They are feared by both the Kind and the Iminel, and have no allies but their own. There are so few of them at this point, however, that they rarely meet new members of their own kind.

Description

ORIGINAL CLOSED SPECIES

The Azzre evolved in the spaces between the blackness of aquifers and the open spaces of the once-great, fresh water lakes that dotted the surface of Azzran. Their ancestors were the carnivorous top of the food chain, and they continued to play a role as a keystone species, maintaining the balance of their ecosystem up until their technological boom. They seem to have been aware of the upper hand that they had on the other species living around them, and their importance to the world that they knew, because they have long been a species of arrogance. Before technology, they believed that they were meant keep the deep worm at bay, the creature that they believed was ready to consume the world in order to find silence.

            Technology came to them in the form of tools that allowed them to hunt faster, live deeper, and grow their population. Much of this stemmed from the use of water, bubbles, and steam vents from the bottom of the oceans. Fire was a foreign concept to them until they came to the surface world. In fact, the surface world wasn't something that the Azzre bothered with until their technology and cities had grown to the point that they began to have conflicts with one another. Despite being arrogant hunters, the Azzre tended to be peaceful among their own until their populations grew too large for the oceans alone to support them.

            Instead of turning to war, however, they decided to try exploring the world above their own. These started as exploration of the dark caverns that connected to the aquifers that they had long called home. Eventually, exploring these relatively safe spaces allowed them to develop protective technologies that opened the door to terrestrial exploration. For several decades they were able to expand into both of these spheres, with little idea that they were sharing their homeworld with another sapient species until they started to find the ruins of the Iminel's dead civilization. Believing these to be the relics of an ancient evil that had nearly destroyed the world, there was much trepidation as exploration continued, and even more so when it was discovered that the Iminel still existed.

            The explorers that happened upon the villages immediately took a sample from the newly discovered species, killing one of them, and then they fled back into the deep. There the Azzre debated what to do, and they re-examined the things that they had found along the shores. They realized the technological superiority of that lost age, the potential damage that their weapons could do, and they decided that they would need to attack the Iminel as soon as possible, before they could attack the Azzre themselves.

            Due to the peaceful nature of the Iminel at that time, the terrestrial species tried to retreat to safety without fighting the Azzre, but the marine species continued to hunt them down. At the time that the Triumvirate arrived, the Iminel were at the brink of extinction, but the Triumvirate presented a far worse danger and this was immediately apparent when they started striping Azzran of its resources without so much as an attempt to contact its native peoples.

            At this time, the Azzre and the Iminel created a short-lived alliance. Disagreements between the two eventually led to them splitting up without making any headway against their invaders. The Azzre took a militaristic route, but managed to do little more than engage the interest of the Triumvirate as enemies. They were hunted to near extinction, and were only spared by the fall of the Tri-alliance, which left the Kind of Azzran stranded and disorganized.

            Since then, the Azzre have struggled to survive, with their numbers slowly dropping as the water on their world disappears. They are feared by both the Kind and the Iminel, and have no allies but their own. There are so few of them at this point, however, that they rarely meet new members of their own kind.