Local Strain Variants

+ Legion-Born

Strain Variant of Devoted

Background:

Many years ago, a multitude of psionically sensitive individuals were sacrificed to create an enormous structure called the Spire.  The earthquake known as the Big One toppled the spire, trapping many of the Imprints of those slain in the gravemind entity known as “Legion.” Existence in Legion was a nightmarish sharing of lives, memories, experiences, and sensations. This pooling of consciousness meant that the lines between individuals became blurred and eventually non-existent. Legion was conscious of their eternal prison in the mortis and desired more than anything to be free and walk the earth again. Eventually they achieved their goal, but years of being stuck in a hive-like super consciousness lead to some scars. The gravemind, unable to distinguish individuals into their former strains, instead chose to create a new form for them.  Legion-Born come into existence not from the normal cycle of biological life, but instead emerge from the morgue as fully-grown adults. These individuals have too many memories and cannot distinguish them from one another, and therefore have to choose what it is they will become. Legion-Born are connected to each other in a way unique from other strains, and are able to detect each other even through the normal means of disguising a strain. Whether this is a benefit or detriment to them is yet to be seen.   

Roleplay requirements:

Legion-Born emerge from the morgue with too many memories to distinguish from one another. Players may use this as roleplay when using their Lineage Advantage as Devoted, sifting through their memories to more securely anchor their sense of self.  When interacting with other Legion-Born, you may choose to be friendly through a sense of comradery, or suspicious because you know what those who were Legion are capable of.

Costuming:

Legion-Born do not have any required costuming or makeup. Being newly-emerged as a strain variant, and with their emphasis on self-determination, their choices in fashion and self-expression vary widely, depending on the individual.

Trait: Like-Minded

Legion-Born have the uncanny ability to know when another Legion-Born is present, no matter outward appearance. At any time during roleplay, a Legion-Born may ask out of game “Clarify: Like-Minded?”, the character being asked will then answer out of game Yes or No.  This bypasses any form of disguise or fracture.