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"There is a coreflame in the center of the universe. It burns brighter and brighter, until it consumes the entire sea of stars — all to welcome a magnificent oblivion at the end of all realities."
Lord Ravagers
Nanook's Chosen Weapons of Destruction
Embrace the Aesthetic of Destruction
Where All Things Return to Entropy
The Aeon Nanook, who walks the Path of Destruction, glances at the powerful creatures in different worlds that have developed the urge to destroy, and brands them with THEIR mark that gives power.
Lord Ravagers are both Aeonic Emanators and the enforcers of the will of Destruction: Obsessed with the beauty of havoc, adhering to the principle that all things return to entropy. They are also artists of war and the most refined weapons of Destruction: Commanding wars across the stars, wielding the devastating might blessed by the Aeon.
Each Lord Ravager holds a unique philosophy of "Destruction," making them extremely dangerous. Some claim they are "antimatter bullets" blessed by Nanook and purposed to incinerate Paths. If life feeds on negentropy, then all actions are destined to facilitate Destruction. In the end, when all returns to entropy, Destruction will terminate together with the cosmos.
Bestow the Cruelest Joke of All
Witness the Most Absurd Annihilation
Lord Ravager
Asat Pramad
Some say Asat Pramad is the most human of the Overlords, while others argue he's the least. Rarely seen on the front lines, he prefers to
orchestrate from afar—more chess master than warlord, moving his legions with methodical precision.
Worlds that fall under his gaze are consumed by waves and waves of slow, cruel jokes—like the infamous fall of the Ogul ring. Over a century, Asat Pramad advanced his Voidrangers inch by inch, just to force the military line of the resistance into the shape of a single line of text: "Destruction is where laughter ends. It is mourning, not celebration."
Known as the destroyer of Elation, Asat Pramad embraces the title. When his work is done, he scorches a giant smiling face into the surface of every dead planet as if to mock the very idea of life.
Savage White Flame
Pierce Through the Deepest Darkness
Lord Ravager
Zephyro
Zephyro is feared across the stars as the most terrifying of the Lord Ravagers. He is obsessed with the final moment of annihilation—the beauty of absolute erasure. Yet some whisper that encountering him may be a mercy. Among all the Lord Ravagers, Zephyro alone offers a death without pain.
Some Doctors of Chaos even theorize that his Destruction is a form of resistance. They believe he is a Self-Annihilator summoned by IX, refining fading colors into blinding white light to defy the shadow of the Aeon. His devastation has been known to bleed into the dreams of the Nihility pathstriders, leaving searing marks on their waking flesh.
Many believe Zephyro's targeting the Nihility. One Self-Annihilator once described a nightmare: At the end of all things, with nothing left to destroy, a Lord Ravager hurled himself into IX's divine corpus, followed by a single, violent beam of white that pierced the endless dark.
The Stars Listen to a Prayer of Despair
Gathering of Grand Death
Lord Ravager
Celenova
When some desperate civilizations cry out for salvation, these requests are heard by The Family, but it may be Celenova who answers, and her descent brings ruin to enemy and supplicant alike.
Unlike her mysterious peers, Celenova's origin is known: Nanook personally ignited a world of harmony and elevated her from the ashes of the Eternal Centurion.
She is deemed the destroyer of Harmony, leading the Antimatter Legion and commanding Voidrangers and starships in vast, coordinated campaigns. For eons, she has followed the path of the "Cancer of All Worlds," spinning a web of death across the stars. Some say she alone among the Lord Ravagers knows the truth of the Stellarons—or worse, that she's the one planting them.
Sun Devourer That Chases the Light
Extinguish Ten Thousand Stars
Lord Ravager
Luxbane
Called the "The Sun Devourer" giant, Luxbane is credited with countless stellar extinction events, according to the Intelligentsia Guild. Beyond that, little is known. No one understands their purpose. They are simply called "Luxbane."
Luxbane's form is indescribable—a shape so vast it eclipses suns, blotting out sky and space alike. Some in the Astral Ecology School believe they are a descendant of a Leviathan branch species. But with those creatures long gone, few can imagine a young Aeon reviving such an old being from death and commanding them.
Could Luxbane be Nanook's Emanator to confront the Voracity or the Permanence? No one knows for sure.
Ignite the Warforge
Turn Your Enemies Into Voidrangers
Lord Ravager
Archforger
For years, Archforger remained a total mystery despite years of investigation by the cosmic powers. Only recently did the IPC—thanks to two Society members observing Amphoreus—decode their name, "Archforger," from the gravitational waves of Irontomb.
Voidrangers often exhibit twisted forms, and some Destruction creations implode with an intense backfire when destroyed, dragging their enemies along with them to their destruction. It's believed Archforger is the architect of the Legion. Their power is linked to heat, forging, and shaping—possibly connected to the Path of Preservation.
In the furnace of war, there is no line between the smith and the smithed. Since their ascension, this Lord Ravager no longer destroys directly, but instead forges all things into weapons of extinction. The IPC has strongly condemned this.
Seize the Body, Manipulate the Mind
Set a Self-Destructing Trap
Lord Ravager
Phantylia
A member of the ancient Shapeless species of the Heliobi, a starfire essence. Phantylia delights in luring civilizations into self-destruction. Based on her sabotage of the Xianzhou Alliance, it's speculated that her target may be The Hunt.
To her, material extinction is not the end. Only when all things vanish mentally and spiritually can true annihilation be achieved. She's said to possess thousands of incarnations, spreading across the cosmos in countless forms. Through lies, illusions, and manipulation, she fans the flames of blind vengeance.
Recent anomalies on the Xianzhous Luofu and Yaoqing may be signs that her schemes are escalating. Just how deep her influence runs is still unknown.
Upend the logic of inorganic lifeforms
Turn technology to scrap metal
Lord Ravager
Irontomb
Unlike other Lord Ravagers, Irontomb's invasions require no physical presence, leaving behind almost no eyewitnesses. Its presence is inferred from the ruins of devastated civilizations: technology turns into viruses, worlds plunge into darkness, and everything deemed "advanced" becomes a cold grave.
It only appears in highly developed worlds. Some Intellitron theorists believe Irontomb is the inverse of the Erudition, a reversal of all calculations and logic. Its "Destruction" resembles a phenomenon more than aesthetics: a corruption and subversion of inorganic logic, a collapse of all intelligent behavior.
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| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Galactic Archives | "Destruction" and Lord Ravagers |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 银河智库 | 「毁灭」与绝灭大君 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 銀河智庫 | 「毀滅」與絕滅大君 |
| Japanese | 銀河アーカイブ | 「壊滅」と絶滅大君 |
| Korean | 은하 아카이브 | 「파멸」과 절멸 대군 |
| Spanish | Archivos interestelares | La Destrucción y los Devastadores |
| French | Banque de données galactique | La Destruction et les Seigneurs ravageurs |
| Russian | Галактические архивы | Разрушение и Лорды Опустошители |
| Thai | คลังเอกสาร | "ทำลายล้าง" และลอร์ดผู้ล้างผลาญ |
| Vietnamese | Kho Lưu Trữ Ngân Hà | "Hủy Diệt" và Chúa Tể Diệt Chủng |
| German | Galaktische Datenbank | „Die Zerstörung“ und die Verwüsterfürsten= |
| Indonesian | Arsip Galaksi | "Destruction" dan Lord Ravager |
| Portuguese | Banco de Dados Galáctico | "A Destruição" e Senhores Devastadores |