{"id":1617,"date":"2025-04-12T18:33:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T10:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=1617"},"modified":"2026-10-15T21:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:35:45","slug":"lore-rakshasa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=1617","title":{"rendered":"Lore &#8211; Rakshasa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 -->\n<!-- NUCLEUS SIDE NAV - Rakshasa Horde FACTION PAGE (in-page section nav)\n     Replaces the old Site NAV block on page 1617. 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padding: 10px 16px;\nborder: 1px dashed rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.4); border-radius: 6px;\nbackground: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.04);\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; line-height: 1.6;\ncolor: var(--nx-dim); text-align: center;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-advisory b { color: var(--fa); font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2em; }\n\n\/* === Section frame === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-sec {\nposition: relative;\nborder-top: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.18);\npadding: clamp(44px, 6vw, 76px) 0;\nscroll-margin-top: 90px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-sec-alt { background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.045), rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.012) 60%, transparent); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-sec-head { margin: 0 0 clamp(22px, 3vw, 34px) 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-kicker {\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500;\nletter-spacing: 0.3em; text-transform: uppercase;\ncolor: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.95); margin: 0 0 10px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-h {\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); 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gap: 3px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-pips i {\nwidth: 20px; height: 9px; border-radius: 2px; display: block;\nbackground: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.09); border: 1px solid rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.16);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-pips i.on { background: var(--fa); border-color: var(--fa); box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.55); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-rate-num { font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 11.5px; color: var(--nx-dim); min-width: 2.2em; text-align: right; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-rate-note { margin: 5px 0 0 0; font-size: 12.5px; line-height: 1.5; font-style: italic; color: var(--nx-dim); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-intel-foot {\nmargin: 14px 0 0 0; padding-top: 12px; border-top: 1px dashed rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.3);\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; line-height: 1.6; color: var(--nx-faint);\n}\n\n\/* === Order of battle: tier ladder === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-ladder {\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(var(--cols, 4), minmax(0, 1fr));\ngap: 12px; 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outline-offset: 2px; }\n\/* connector between nodes *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-node + .nx-fa-node::before {\ncontent: \"\"; position: absolute; left: -13px; top: 27px; width: 13px; height: 1px;\nbackground: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.6);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tier {\nalign-self: flex-start;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase;\ncolor: #0A0A0A; background: var(--fa); border-radius: 2px; padding: 3px 7px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-node-name {\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: clamp(13.5px, 1.4vw, 16px);\nletter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 1.2; text-transform: uppercase; overflow-wrap: break-word;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-node-role { font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.45; color: var(--nx-dim); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-node-class {\nmargin-top: auto; padding-top: 6px;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 9.5px; letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--nx-faint);\n}\n\n\/* === Unit \/ record bands === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-unit {\nposition: relative;\nborder-top: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.16);\npadding: clamp(40px, 5.5vw, 72px) 0;\nscroll-margin-top: 90px;\noverflow: hidden; overflow: clip;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-unit:nth-of-type(even) { background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.04), transparent 70%); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-watermark {\nposition: absolute; top: 30px; right: -0.05em;\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 800;\nfont-size: clamp(60px, 10vw, 140px); line-height: 1; letter-spacing: 0.06em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.05);\npointer-events: none; z-index: 0; user-select: none; white-space: nowrap;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-flip .nx-fa-watermark { right: auto; left: -0.05em; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-unit-grid {\nposition: relative; z-index: 1;\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 0.40fr) minmax(0, 0.60fr);\ngap: clamp(28px, 4.5vw, 64px); align-items: start;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-flip .nx-fa-unit-grid { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 0.60fr) minmax(0, 0.40fr); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-flip .nx-fa-art { order: 2; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-flip .nx-fa-data { order: 1; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-art { position: sticky; top: 100px; }\n\n\/* art slot (NucleusGallery contract on .nucleus-profile-image) *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot {\nposition: relative; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 1 \/ 1;\nborder: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.6); border-radius: 8px;\nbackground: radial-gradient(ellipse at 50% 60%, rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.08), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55) 75%);\nbox-shadow: 0 0 26px rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.16);\ncursor: pointer; overflow: hidden;\ntransition: box-shadow 0.3s ease, border-color 0.3s ease, transform 0.3s ease;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot img { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot::before, #nx-faction .nx-fa-slot::after {\ncontent: \"\"; position: absolute; width: 16px; height: 16px; z-index: 2;\nborder-color: var(--fa); border-style: solid; opacity: 0.95; pointer-events: none;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot::before { top: 7px; left: 7px; border-width: 2px 0 0 2px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot::after { bottom: 7px; right: 7px; border-width: 0 2px 2px 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot:hover { border-color: var(--fa); box-shadow: 0 0 38px rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.38); transform: translateY(-2px); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot .profile-click-hint {\nposition: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 12px; z-index: 3; text-align: center;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.22em; color: var(--fa);\ntext-shadow: 0 0 8px #000, 0 0 12px #000; opacity: 0; transition: opacity 0.3s ease; pointer-events: none;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-slot:hover .profile-click-hint { opacity: 1; }\n\/* art pending: no image yet, so the slot is a frame with a glyph and is not clickable *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-pending { cursor: default; display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 12px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-pending:hover { transform: none; border-color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.6); box-shadow: 0 0 26px rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.16); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-pglyph {\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 800; font-size: clamp(44px, 6vw, 72px); line-height: 1; letter-spacing: 0.06em;\ncolor: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.5); text-shadow: 0 0 22px rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.45);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-plabel { font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.3em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--nx-faint); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-count {\nposition: absolute; top: 10px; right: 10px; z-index: 3;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.16em;\ncolor: var(--nx-ink); background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.62); border: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.5);\nborder-radius: 3px; padding: 3px 7px; pointer-events: none;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-thumbs { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 8px; margin-top: 8px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-thumb {\nposition: relative; aspect-ratio: 1 \/ 1; border-radius: 5px; overflow: hidden; cursor: pointer;\nborder: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.35);\ntransition: border-color 0.2s ease, transform 0.2s ease;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-thumb img { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-thumb:hover { border-color: var(--fa); transform: translateY(-2px); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cap {\nmargin: 10px 0 0 0; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.08em;\nline-height: 1.55; color: var(--nx-faint); text-align: center;\n}\n\n\/* data column *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-rec {\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-size: 11px; font-weight: 500;\nletter-spacing: 0.3em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.95); margin: 0 0 12px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-name {\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700;\nfont-size: clamp(28px, 4vw, 46px); line-height: 1.08; letter-spacing: 0.04em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: var(--nx-ink);\ntext-shadow: 0 0 24px rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.28); margin: 0 0 6px 0; text-wrap: balance;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-name .nx-fa-native {\ndisplay: inline-block; margin-left: 0.4em; font-family: var(--nx-body); font-weight: 600;\nfont-size: 0.52em; letter-spacing: 0.08em; color: var(--fa); text-shadow: none; vertical-align: 0.2em;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-oneline { font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 1.5; color: var(--nx-ink); margin: 0 0 16px 0; max-width: 56ch; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tags { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 7px; margin: 0 0 20px 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tags .nx-fa-tier { align-self: center; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stats {\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(190px, 1fr));\ngap: 14px 22px; margin: 0 0 22px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stat { border-left: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.35); padding-left: 13px; min-width: 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stat-label {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.26em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.85); margin-bottom: 4px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stat-value { display: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.45; color: var(--nx-ink); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stat-value a { border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.4); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stat-value a:hover { border-bottom-color: var(--fa); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-est { color: var(--nx-faint); font-size: 0.85em; letter-spacing: 0.1em; }\n\n\/* matchup: excels \/ struggles *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 12px; margin: 0 0 22px 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-col {\nborder: 1px solid var(--nx-line); border-radius: 6px; background: var(--nx-card); padding: 13px 15px 14px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-col.is-up { border-top: 2px solid var(--fa); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-col.is-down { border-top: 2px solid rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.35); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-label {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.26em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; margin: 0 0 9px 0; color: var(--nx-dim);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-col.is-up .nx-fa-vs-label { color: var(--fa); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs li { position: relative; padding-left: 17px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.8); margin: 0 0 6px 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs li:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs li::before { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; font-size: 10px; line-height: 1.95; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-col.is-up li::before { content: \"\\25B2\"; color: var(--fa); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-vs-col.is-down li::before { content: \"\\25BC\"; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.5); }\n\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-quote {\nmargin: 20px 0 0 0; padding: 0 0 0 18px; border-left: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.5);\nfont-style: italic; font-size: clamp(15px, 1.7vw, 17px); line-height: 1.55; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.88);\nmax-width: 60ch;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-quote small { display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 13px; color: var(--nx-dim); margin-top: 3px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-quote cite {\ndisplay: block; margin-top: 7px; font-style: normal; font-family: var(--nx-mono);\nfont-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.85);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-callout {\nborder: 1px dashed rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.45); border-radius: 6px; background: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.05);\npadding: 14px 18px; margin: 20px 0 0 0; max-width: 66ch;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-callout-label {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.28em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.9); margin: 0 0 8px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-callout p { font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.65; font-style: italic; color: var(--nx-dim); }\n\n\/* field notes: collapsible deep lore, no JS *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes { margin: 20px 0 0 0; max-width: 66ch; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes details {\nborder: 1px solid var(--nx-line); border-radius: 6px; background: var(--nx-card); margin: 0 0 8px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes summary {\ncursor: pointer; list-style: none; padding: 11px 15px;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 11.5px; letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase;\ncolor: var(--nx-ink); display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-notes summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; 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}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-spec-art { max-width: 300px; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; }\n}\n\n\/* matchup table (capital ships etc.) *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match { margin: 20px 0 0 0; max-width: 66ch; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match-label {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.28em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.9); margin: 0 0 8px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match li {\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 130px) minmax(0, 120px) minmax(0, 1fr);\ngap: 12px; align-items: baseline; padding: 8px 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.08);\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match li.is-self { color: var(--nx-ink); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match li b { color: var(--nx-ink); font-weight: 700; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match li.is-self b { color: var(--fa); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-match li span { color: var(--nx-dim); }\n\n\/* timeline (legend told as dated entries) *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tl { margin: 20px 0 0 0; max-width: 66ch; border-left: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.35); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tl li { position: relative; padding: 0 0 15px 20px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tl li:last-child { padding-bottom: 0; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tl li::before {\ncontent: \"\"; position: absolute; left: -4px; top: 6px; width: 7px; height: 7px; border-radius: 50%;\nbackground: var(--fa); box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.7);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tl b {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: var(--fa); margin-bottom: 2px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-tl span { display: block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.65; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.8); }\n\n\/* === Command cards === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(230px, 1fr)); gap: 12px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-card {\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: 64px minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 14px; align-items: center;\nborder: 1px solid var(--nx-line); border-radius: 8px; background: var(--nx-card);\npadding: 14px 16px; color: var(--nx-ink);\ntransition: transform 0.2s ease, border-color 0.2s ease, background-color 0.2s ease;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-card:hover, #nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-card:focus-visible {\ntransform: translateY(-2px); border-color: var(--fa); background: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.08);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-card:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--fa); outline-offset: 2px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-card img {\nwidth: 64px; height: 64px; border-radius: 50%; object-fit: cover;\nborder: 2px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.55);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-rank {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 9.5px; letter-spacing: 0.22em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: var(--fa); margin-bottom: 3px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-name {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;\nletter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 1.25; color: var(--nx-ink);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-cmd-note { display: block; margin-top: 4px; font-size: 12.5px; line-height: 1.45; color: var(--nx-dim); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-more {\ndisplay: inline-block; margin-top: 18px;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase;\nborder-bottom: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.4);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-more:hover { border-bottom-color: var(--fa); }\n\n\/* === Holdings: control board === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-board { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 12px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone {\n--fc: var(--fa);\nposition: relative; border: 1px solid var(--nx-line); border-top: 3px solid var(--fc);\nborder-radius: 8px; background: var(--nx-card); padding: 15px 17px 16px; min-width: 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone-top { display: flex; align-items: baseline; justify-content: space-between; gap: 10px; margin-bottom: 8px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone-name {\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--nx-ink);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone-owner {\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 9.5px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase;\ncolor: var(--fc); border: 1px solid var(--fc); border-radius: 2px; padding: 2px 6px; white-space: nowrap;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone dl { margin: 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 4px 12px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone dt { font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--nx-faint); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone dd { margin: 0; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 12px; color: var(--nx-ink); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-zone p { margin: 10px 0 0 0; font-size: 12.5px; line-height: 1.5; color: var(--nx-dim); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-board-note { margin: 14px 0 0 0; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; color: var(--nx-faint); }\n\n\/* holdings rows (multi-world powers) *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-rows { border-top: 1px solid var(--nx-line); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row {\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 150px) minmax(0, 120px) minmax(0, 1fr);\ngap: 6px 20px; align-items: baseline; padding: 14px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--nx-line);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row-name { font-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--nx-ink); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row-status { font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--fa); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row-status.is-none { color: var(--nx-faint); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row-body { font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.78); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-row-body b { color: var(--nx-ink); font-weight: 600; }\n\n\/* composition bar *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-comp { margin-top: clamp(26px, 3.5vw, 38px); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-comp-label, #nx-faction .nx-fa-minihead {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10.5px; letter-spacing: 0.26em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.9); margin: 0 0 12px 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-bar { display: flex; gap: 2px; height: 14px; border-radius: 4px; overflow: hidden; background: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.06); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-bar i { display: block; height: 100%; background: var(--c); min-width: 3px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-legend { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px 20px; margin-top: 12px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-legend li { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 11.5px; color: var(--nx-ink); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-legend i { width: 10px; height: 10px; border-radius: 2px; background: var(--c); display: inline-block; flex: none; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-legend span { color: var(--nx-dim); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-minitiles { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(190px, 1fr)); gap: 10px; margin-top: clamp(26px, 3.5vw, 38px); }\n\n\/* === Strategic assets === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-assets { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 12px; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-asset {\nposition: relative; border: 1px solid var(--nx-line); border-radius: 8px; background: var(--nx-card);\npadding: 16px 18px 17px; min-width: 0;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-asset-type {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 9.5px; letter-spacing: 0.24em;\ntext-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.9); margin-bottom: 7px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-asset-name {\ndisplay: block; font-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 16px;\nletter-spacing: 0.04em; line-height: 1.25; color: var(--nx-ink); margin-bottom: 7px;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-asset p { font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.76); }\n\n\/* === Diplomacy === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-dip { border-top: 1px solid var(--nx-line); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-dip-row {\n--fc: var(--nx-dim);\ndisplay: grid; grid-template-columns: 44px minmax(0, 190px) minmax(0, 132px) minmax(0, 1fr);\ngap: 6px 18px; align-items: center; padding: 13px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--nx-line);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-dip-sig {\nwidth: 40px; height: 40px; border-radius: 6px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;\nfont-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.04em;\ncolor: var(--fc); border: 1px solid var(--fc); background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-dip-name { font-family: var(--nx-display); font-weight: 700; font-size: 14.5px; letter-spacing: 0.04em; color: var(--nx-ink); line-height: 1.25; }\n#nx-faction a.nx-fa-dip-name:hover { color: var(--fc); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stance {\njustify-self: start;\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase;\npadding: 4px 8px; border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid currentColor; white-space: nowrap;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stance.is-hostile { color: #FF7A7A; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stance.is-tense { color: #FFB84D; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stance.is-warm { color: #6FE0A8; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-stance.is-none { color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.6); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-dip-note { font-size: 13.5px; line-height: 1.55; color: rgba(232, 241, 255, 0.78); }\n\n\/* === Outro === *\/\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-outro { text-align: center; }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-outro .nx-fa-quote {\nborder-left: 0; padding: 0; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 56ch; font-size: clamp(16px, 2vw, 20px);\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-links { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; gap: 10px; margin-top: clamp(26px, 3.5vw, 38px); }\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-link {\nfont-family: var(--nx-mono); font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase;\nborder: 1px solid rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.45); border-radius: 4px; padding: 10px 16px;\nbackground: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.06); color: var(--nx-ink);\ntransition: background-color 0.2s ease, border-color 0.2s ease, transform 0.2s ease;\n}\n#nx-faction .nx-fa-link:hover, #nx-faction .nx-fa-link:focus-visible {\nbackground: rgba(var(--fa-rgb), 0.2); 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In 2108 the last 108 survivors of a Buddhist ark reached the roots of a living tree on a moon of Proxima Centauri. She taught them that desire, embraced without shame, makes people strong. Their descendants now hold the Realm of Eternal Bliss against a Covenant crusade, and they can step from Proxima to Mars in seconds.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-arch\"><span class=\"nx-fa-arch-label\">Archetype<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Summoner<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Bred-to-order swarm<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Portal logistics<\/span><\/div>\n        <p class=\"nx-fa-motto\">\u201cEmbrace desire, and desire will make you strong.\u201d<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-tiles\"><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Founded<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">2108<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">When the last 108 aboard the ark Bimba reached Moro's roots<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Primarch<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">Moro<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">Age 2,918. A living Bodhi tree<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Heartland<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">Shashan<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">A moon of Chandrak, in the Realm of Eternal Bliss<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Population<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">~999 million<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">Seven in ten are Radi-Mons. The rest are human <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Peoples<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">Indo-Pacific<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">Indian, Japanese and Taiwanese at the core<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Society<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">Matriarchal<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">No marriage. The eldest Worm Witches carry the most weight<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"nx-fa-advisory\"><b>18+<\/b> &nbsp;This file covers a culture in which sexuality, faith and human\u2013Radi-Mon symbiosis are inseparable, and it describes them plainly. Everything described is between consenting adults. The Rakshasa draw on Buddhist and Daoist traditions but are entirely fictional, and represent neither. Readers curious about the real traditions are warmly encouraged to explore them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/header>\n<section id=\"faction-doctrine\" class=\"nx-fa-sec nx-fa-sec-alt\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 01 \u2014 Doctrine<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">How the Horde wins<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-doc-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>The Rakshasa fight like a summoner. A Worm Witch walks onto the field with a lantern and no army, and a minute later she has one: Corpse Gorgers out of a portal, a Jinki built from whatever is lying on the ground, Creepers out of her own body. Behind her comes the bred swarm. Jalraks arrive by the hundred thousand, Trishuls pick targets over their backs, and Lotus Lancers shoot, vanish and shoot again from somewhere else.<\/p><p><b>It rarely fights to the death.<\/b> Moro teaches the Horde to offer paths, not chains, and it would sooner gain a neighbour than bury an enemy. That restraint is why Proxima Centauri is still a frontier: low governance, high risk, and open opportunity.<\/p><\/div>\n    <span class=\"nx-fa-minihead\" style=\"margin-top:24px\">\/\/ Moro's four teachings<\/span>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tenets\"><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">First teaching<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">Desire is the forge<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">What you want shapes what you become. Suppression twists the soul. Know your hungers, and feed them honestly.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Second teaching<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">Intimacy is strength<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">The body yields secrets the mind alone cannot grasp.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Third teaching<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">Offer paths, not chains<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">Even an enemy deserves the chance to choose symbiosis. Destruction wastes what could have been transformed.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">Fourth teaching<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">The matriarchs guide<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">They understand cycles: life, death, rebirth. \u201cThis is not hierarchy. It is recognition.\u201d<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-pm\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-pm-col is-edge\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pm-label\">Edges<\/span><ul><li><b>Summoning.<\/b> One Worm Witch is a formation. Her army does not march to the fight. It arrives there.<\/li><li><b>The Valva Falam.<\/b> People, and whatever they can carry, cross between Proxima and Sol in seconds. Everyone else needs weeks, or a Tether Arch.<\/li><li><b>Bred to order.<\/b> A Breeding Lotus turns out Jalraks, Trishuls or Weavers in 6.9 days, in whatever mix the Horde needs.<\/li><li><b>Every commander casts.<\/b> S\u016bk\u1e5bmucs wield Mirage and live for centuries. Their Radi-Mons carry Eclipse and Mirage.<\/li><li><b>Home ground.<\/b> Most human communities in Proxima cooperate with the Horde of their own accord.<\/li><li><b>Blind spots on demand.<\/b> One Lust Moth can blank a sensor grid across a city block. Lancer ambushes are built on it.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-pm-col is-liab\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pm-label\">Liabilities<\/span><ul><li><b>It holds nothing.<\/b> No walls, no armor, no siege engine, no capital ship. Pressed hard, the Horde gives ground. Devithar and Egl\u0117 already answer to the Covenant.<\/li><li><b>Few witches.<\/b> About twelve thousand for a whole star system, and each can hold only one Jinki at a time.<\/li><li><b>Borrowed rifles.<\/b> Lancer weapons are salvaged, traded or stolen.<\/li><li><b>Living gates.<\/b> The Valva Falam takes one traveller at a time, and no vehicle or flyer. Cut one and its twin dies with it.<\/li><li><b>The Lotus cannot be forced.<\/b> Coercion produces nothing, so the Horde cannot simply order more soldiers.<\/li><li><b>No seat at the table.<\/b> The Atomic Accord does not know what to do with the Horde, and refuses it a place at the summit.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"nx-fa-intel nx-rev\" aria-label=\"Threat assessment, an in-world estimate\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-intel-label\">\/\/ Threat assessment \u00b7 Estimate<\/p>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-intel-src\">Filed by: the Emerald Directorate science mission, Haskal, under Atomic Accord charter.<br>Subject: Rakshasa Horde.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-rate\"><div class=\"nx-fa-rate-top\"><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-name\">Firepower<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-meter\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pips\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"4 out of 5\"><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-num\">4\/5<\/span><\/span><\/div><p class=\"nx-fa-rate-note\">\u201cSummoned packs, a bred swarm and a capable air arm, delivered with no warning. No artillery and no capital ship on record.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-rate\"><div class=\"nx-fa-rate-top\"><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-name\">Staying power<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-meter\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pips\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"2 out of 5\"><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-num\">2\/5<\/span><\/span><\/div><p class=\"nx-fa-rate-note\">\u201cNothing it fields is built to hold ground. It has given up two worlds to the Covenant sooner than die on them.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-rate\"><div class=\"nx-fa-rate-top\"><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-name\">Mobility<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-meter\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pips\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"5 out of 5\"><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-num\">5\/5<\/span><\/span><\/div><p class=\"nx-fa-rate-note\">\u201cPersonnel cross between star systems in seconds. Its armies are summoned to the fight. Nothing else on record moves like this.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-rate\"><div class=\"nx-fa-rate-top\"><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-name\">Psionics<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-meter\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pips\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"5 out of 5\"><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-num\">5\/5<\/span><\/span><\/div><p class=\"nx-fa-rate-note\">\u201cEvery commander is a Mirage caster who summons her own forces. The Primarch's knowledge predates every human school.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-rate\"><div class=\"nx-fa-rate-top\"><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-name\">Economy<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-meter\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pips\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"2 out of 5\"><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-num\">2\/5<\/span><\/span><\/div><p class=\"nx-fa-rate-note\">\u201cNo industry to speak of. Weapons are grown, bartered or salvaged. The settlements feed themselves and little more.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-rate\"><div class=\"nx-fa-rate-top\"><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-name\">Leverage<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-meter\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pips\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"1 out of 5\"><i class=\"on\"><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-rate-num\">1\/5<\/span><\/span><\/div><p class=\"nx-fa-rate-note\">\u201cNo treaty, no embassy, no recognised standing. The Accord has no category for the Horde, and has refused it a seat at the summit.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-intel-foot\">Survey estimate, compiled from field observation at Haskal and on Shashan. By these figures the Horde should not have lasted a decade. It has held Proxima Centauri since 2108. The mission cannot account for the difference, and notes that a guest sees only what the host chooses to show.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"faction-orbat\" class=\"nx-fa-sec\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 02 \u2014 Order of Battle<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">What they field<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-sub\">A bred swarm, a human militia, and commanders who bring their own reinforcements. SYM marks a symbiote and SUM a summoned creature. Tiers follow the Codex class lines.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<nav class=\"nx-fa-ladder is-wrap5 nx-rev\" style=\"--cols:12\" aria-label=\"Order of battle\">\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-weaver\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">WRK<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Weaver<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Builder and gatherer<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Air \u00b7 Foundational \u00b7 Worker<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-jalrak\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T1<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Jalrak<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Amphibious swarm infantry<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Ground \u00b7 Foundational \u00b7 Melee<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-trishul\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T1<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Trishul<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Spike-launching hunter<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Ground \u00b7 Foundational \u00b7 Ranged<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-lancer\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T1<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Lotus Lancer<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Human scout and skirmisher<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Ground \u00b7 Foundational \u00b7 Ranged<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-naga\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">AIR<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">N\u0101ga<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Air-to-air fighter and scout<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Air \u00b7 Advanced \u00b7 Melee \/ Ranged<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-moth\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">AIR<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Lust Moth<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Softener and spell relay<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Air \u00b7 Advanced \u00b7 Support<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-worm-witch\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">CMD<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Worm Witch. Commander and summoner<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Ground \u00b7 Advanced \u00b7 Psionic<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-creeper\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">SYM<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Proxima Creeper<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">The weapon a witch carries inside her<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Ground \u00b7 Symbiotic \u00b7 Psionic<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-gorger\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">SUM<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Corpse Gorger<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Expendable summoned pack<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Ground \u00b7 Foundational \u00b7 Melee<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-jinki\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">SUM<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Jinki<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Summoned frontline anchor<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Ground \u00b7 Advanced \u00b7 Psionic<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-breeding-lotus\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">STR<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Breeding Lotus<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Where the swarm is made<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Structure \u00b7 Living architecture<\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-node\" href=\"#unit-vulva-fruit\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">STR<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-name\">Valva Falam<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-role\">Living gate between stars<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-node-class\">Structure \u00b7 Advanced \u00b7 Transportation<\/span><\/a>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-weaver\" class=\"nx-fa-unit\" data-theme=\"rakshasa\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Weaver<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Weaver-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Weaver&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Weaver-2.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Weaver, palms pressed in greeting&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Weaver\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Weaver gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 2<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Weaver-1.jpg\" alt=\"Weaver\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Weaver\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Weaver-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Weaver, palms pressed in greeting\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Weaver-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Weaver<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 01 \u00b7 Rakshasa Horde<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Weaver <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"hi-Deva\">\u092e\u0927\u0941\u0915\u0930\u0940<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">WRK<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Air<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Foundational<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Worker<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">A giant bee the size of a large dog. It builds everything the Horde lives in, and will not fight unless it is made to.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Stock<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Japanese giant honey bee<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Builds<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Breeding Lotuses, Chitrapat, and most other Horde structures<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Gathers<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Zephyrium, and breast milk freely given<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Coordination<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Pheromones. No overseer needed<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">In the field<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Carries the psionic relay beacons for Lancer patrols<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Number<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">~600 million <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Raising a structure fast, wherever the Horde settles<\/li><li>Burrowing hidden stores and transport tunnels<\/li><li>Large works with nobody directing them<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Fighting. It is pacifist unless provoked<\/li><li>Surviving a raid without escorts<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>Weavers are the reason the Horde needs no factories. They mine, build, repair and haul, and they attend every Breeding Lotus with food and water for the couple inside.<\/p><p>The milk is given, never taken. It feeds the Valva Falam, which cannot mature without it.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-jalrak\" class=\"nx-fa-unit nx-fa-flip\" data-theme=\"rakshasa\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Jalrak<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Jalrak-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Jalrak&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Jalrak\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Jalrak gallery\">\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Jalrak-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jalrak\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Jalrak<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 02 \u00b7 Rakshasa Horde<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Jalrak <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"hi-Deva\">\u091c\u0932\u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T1<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Foundational<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Melee<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">The Horde's core infantry on land and sea: a war crocodile with no tricks at all, deployed by the hundred thousand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Stock<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Siamese crocodile, from Vietnam<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Breathing<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Gills and lungs. Water to land without a pause<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Abilities<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">None. Bulk, jaws and numbers<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Number<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">~70 million <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Amphibious assault<\/li><li>Swamping a position by weight of numbers<\/li><li>Wearing an enemy down<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Anything that takes a plan. Jalraks are not bright<\/li><li>Ranged fire, on the way in<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>Everything complicated was left out of the Jalrak on purpose. It goes where it is pointed, through river, surf or street, and keeps going.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-trishul\" class=\"nx-fa-unit\" data-theme=\"rakshasa\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Trishul<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Trishul-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Trishul&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Trishul\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Trishul gallery\">\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Trishul-1.jpg\" alt=\"Trishul\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Trishul<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 03 \u00b7 Rakshasa Horde<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Trishul <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"hi-Deva\">\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093f\u0936\u0942\u0932<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T1<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Foundational<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ranged<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">A mantis-armed hunter that fires an armor-piercing spike from its maw. It is agile, intelligent, and choosy about its prey.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Stock<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">A Thai jewel beetle <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Ranged<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">A spike launched from the maw. Pierces most armor<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Melee<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Maw and mantis-like arms<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Weak point<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">The chest<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Number<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">~15 million <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Punching through armor at range<\/li><li>Quick evasive maneuvers<\/li><li>Close work, when the range collapses<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>A shot to the chest<\/li><li>Fighting women. See the field note<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-notes\">\n    <details><summary>Field note: what it hunts<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>A Trishul prefers to hunt, kill and eat human men. Unless it is provoked, it never targets a human woman.<\/p><p>Xenologists in India suspect a link to its symbiotic relationship with the S\u016bk\u1e5bmucs, whose society is matriarchal. Fuuka Natsukawa's version is shorter: \u201cThey seem to understand our structure instinctively.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-lancer\" class=\"nx-fa-unit nx-fa-flip\" data-theme=\"rakshasa\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Lancer<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Lancer-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Lotus Lancer \u2014 sugegasa and light plate&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Lancer-2.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Lotus Lancer on patrol&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Lotus Lancer\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Lotus Lancer gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 2<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Lancer-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lotus Lancer \u2014 sugegasa and light plate\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Lotus Lancer \u2014 sugegasa and light plate\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Lancer-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Lotus Lancer on patrol\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Lancer-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Lotus Lancer \u2014 sugegasa and light plate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 04 \u00b7 Rakshasa Horde<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Lotus Lancer <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"hi-Deva\">\u092a\u0926\u094d\u092e \u092d\u093e\u0932\u093e<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">T1<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Foundational<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ranged<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">The Horde's human soldiers: fast scouts in purple and black who patrol Proxima's settlements and range into hostile ground beside Radi-Mon packs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Also called<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Padma Lancer<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Rifle<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Mag-accelerator. Takes Covenant and Imperium ammunition<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Hat<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">A sugegasa of Devithar bamboo. Turns kinetic rounds and soaks energy blasts<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Oath<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">To the community Moro shelters, not to Moro<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Paid in<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Priority access to food harvests<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Strength<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">~150,000 <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Reconnaissance, and days in the field without resupply<\/li><li>Hit and run<\/li><li>Holding an urban chokepoint with volleys while Radi-Mons flank<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>A sustained firefight<\/li><li>Commanding Radi-Mons. They have hand signals and relay beacons, not pheromones<\/li><li>Supply. Every rifle was salvaged, traded or stolen<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>Lancers are Proximans who chose to serve. Some have no psionic potential. Others prefer steel to symbiotic flesh. Training runs across Devithar's scorched plains and Shashan's low-gravity craters, and graduates receive the hat in a ceremony at Moro's roots. Most never meet her.<\/p><p>The bamboo grows on Devithar's nearside under Proxima's full radiation, which leaves it light enough for a long march and dense enough to stop a round. In close quarters some Lancers unhook the hat and use it as a shield.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-naga\" class=\"nx-fa-unit\" data-theme=\"rakshasa\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">N\u0101ga<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Naga-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;N\u0101ga&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"N\u0101ga\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the N\u0101ga gallery\">\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Naga-1.jpg\" alt=\"N\u0101ga\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">N\u0101ga<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 05 \u00b7 Rakshasa Horde<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">N\u0101ga <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"hi-Deva\">\u0928\u093e\u0917<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">AIR<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Advanced<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Melee<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ranged<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">The Horde's fighter: a flying eel built for air-to-air combat and scouting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Stock<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Indian mottled eel<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Weapons<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Claws, jaws, and a sonic screech that disorients and stuns<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Senses<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Echolocation. It reads movement on the ground from altitude<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Weak point<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">The chest<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Number<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">~3 million <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Dogfighting. It turns inside almost anything<\/li><li>Scouting from above<\/li><li>Stunning a formation before the swarm lands<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>A shot to the chest<\/li><li>Crossing between stars. The Valva Falam cannot carry flyers<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"nx-fa-quote\">\u201cBeautiful in flight. Like ribbons of muscle cutting through the atmosphere.\u201d<cite>\u2014 Fuuka Natsukawa<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-moth\" class=\"nx-fa-unit nx-fa-flip\" data-theme=\"rakshasa\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Moth<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-slot nx-fa-pending\" aria-label=\"Artwork pending\"><span class=\"nx-fa-pglyph\" aria-hidden=\"true\">AIR<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-plabel\">Art pending<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 06 \u00b7 Rakshasa Horde<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Lust Moth <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"hi-Deva\">\u0915\u093e\u092e\u0936\u0932\u092d<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">AIR<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Advanced<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Support<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Psionic Conduit<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">K\u0101ma\u015balabha, the \u201cDesire-Moth.\u201d A violet moth the size of a person that softens a target for capture, blinds its sensors, and lets a witch cast from where it hovers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Size<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Body about 160 cm. Wingspan four metres<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Feeds on<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Ambient Aether shed by aroused minds, taken through the wings. It has no mouth<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Dust<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Raises Libido and loosens muscle. Sealed armor and rebreathers reduce or stop it<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Scale-Chaff<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">A cloud of wing scales that scatters thermal imaging and sensors for minutes<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Conduit<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">A witch in contact or line of sight can cast from the Moth's position<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Frontline slang<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Swoonwings<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Softening a position before Lancers and packs move in<\/li><li>Blinding a sensor grid across a city block<\/li><li>Relaying spells. Veteran witches chain several Moths together<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Sealed suits<\/li><li>Being overused as a relay, which starves or kills it<\/li><li>Hunger. An unfed adult burns out in weeks<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>The dust is its only weapon. It settles on skin or is breathed in, and the target flushes, loosens and stops thinking about the fight. Trained Moths can tell an ally from an enemy. Those that roost near Breeding Lotuses or Silk Springs feed well and live for years.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-callout\"><span class=\"nx-fa-callout-label\">\/\/ Encrypted annotation<\/span><p>Alliance and Covenant xenobiology both file the Lust Moth as a corrupted Moonwing. It is in fact descended from the white-ringed atlas moth of Eastern Africa, whose cocoons crossed to Proxima with African pilgrims aboard Bimba. The Rakshasa have never corrected the record.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-worm-witch\" class=\"nx-fa-unit\" data-theme=\"rakshasa\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Sukrmuc-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;A female S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc in human form&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sukrmuc-female-3.png&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;A female S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc in metamorphosis form, her body optimized for psionic combat\u2014or the most devouring, orgasmic sex imaginable to man.&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 2<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Sukrmuc-1.jpg\" alt=\"A female S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc in human form\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"A female S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc in human form\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Sukrmuc-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"A female S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc in metamorphosis form, guarding Moro's root\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sukrmuc-female-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">A female S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc in human form<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 07 \u00b7 Rakshasa Horde<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"hi-Deva\">\u0938\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0941\u091a\u094d<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">CMD<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Advanced<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Psionic<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Shapeshifter<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">The Worm Witch. A human who chose the Rakshasa strain of the Nucleus Virus and became a shapeshifter, a Mirage caster, and the Horde's commander and spiritual anchor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Made by<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Choice. Consensual intimate contact with an existing S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Forms<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Human, serpentine worm, and a metamorphosis form unique to each<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">School<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Mirage, cast in Devav\u0101\u1e47\u012b<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Focus<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=7301#item-spirit-lantern\">Spirit Lantern<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Blade<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=7299#item-soma-dagger\">Soma Dagger<\/a>, grown on Shashan<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Lifespan<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Centuries<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Number<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">~12,000 <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Flooding a battlefield with summons while she casts from safety<\/li><li>Surviving where others starve. She can digest nearly any flesh<\/li><li>Worm form, when something finally reaches her<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Numbers. There are very few of her<\/li><li>Passing as human for long. The appetite has to be hidden<\/li><li>One Jinki at a time. The mind cannot hold two<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>No one becomes a S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc by force. Every other Radi-Mon conversion in the Seven Realms can be inflicted. This one has to be asked for and accepted. What the convert gets is centuries of life, three bodies, fluent Devav\u0101\u1e47\u012b, and a bond with the Proxima Creepers that will live inside her from then on.<\/p><p>Witches command the Horde's Radi-Mons by pheromone, and carry Moro's teaching wherever they are posted. When local leaders disagree, the women are heard first, and the eldest woman carries the most weight.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"nx-fa-quote\">\u201cI will not lie to you. Your waste becomes highly acidic. Your hunger for flesh, any flesh, becomes difficult to ignore. You will never be fully human again. Some find this liberating. Others mourn what they were.\u201d<cite>\u2014 Fuuka Natsukawa, orientation address for new arrivals on Shashan<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-notes\">\n    <details><summary>Matrons and Pathfinders<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>Female S\u016bk\u1e5bmucs are Matrons: guardians, keepers of sacred sites, and the ones who decide. Male S\u016bk\u1e5bmucs are Pathfinders: scouts and frontline defenders, who go into danger first.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Bahuviv\u0101ha\u1e25<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p><span lang=\"hi-Deva\">\u092c\u0939\u0941\u0935\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0939\u0903<\/span>. Rakshasa society has no marriage. A female S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc bonds with several men over her centuries, and each brings his own strengths and knowledge to the children they raise together.<\/p><p>\u201cThis is not indulgence. It is genetic wisdom and emotional honesty. A woman's heart can hold more than one love. Why pretend otherwise?\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>The name the Horde chose<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>\u201cRakshasa comes from ancient Earth mythology: spirits who could be demons or protectors, depending on who told the story. We chose it. To those who threaten what we love, we are demons. To those we shelter, we are guardians.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-creeper\" class=\"nx-fa-unit nx-fa-flip\" data-theme=\"rakshasa\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Creeper<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Creeper-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Carrion Creeper&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Creeper-2.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Poison Creeper&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Proxima Creeper\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Proxima Creeper gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 2<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Creeper-1.jpg\" alt=\"Carrion Creeper\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Carrion Creeper\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Creeper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Poison Creeper\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Creeper-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Carrion Creeper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 08 \u00b7 Rakshasa Horde<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Proxima Creeper <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"hi-Deva\">\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0949\u0915\u094d\u0938\u093f\u092e\u093e \u0935\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0940<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">SYM<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Symbiotic<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Psionic<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">A vine-like symbiote that lives inside every S\u016bk\u1e5bmuc. It keeps its host healthy, and it comes out as a weapon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Stock<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Taiwanese earthworm, raised on fusion waste<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Nests in<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Stomach and intestines. In women, the womb as well<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Gives the host<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Resistance to disease, gut trouble and radiation<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Sex<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Mirrors its host's<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Hunts<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">In packs, by pheromone. Bites, wraps, then returns inside to rest and feed<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Being impossible to disarm<\/li><li>Close defence when a witch is cornered<\/li><li>Keeping its host alive in places that kill other people<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Range. It fights within reach of its host<\/li><li>Fighting hungry. It draws strength from blood or fresh essence<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>Creepers clean their host from the inside. Their enzymes break down toxins and kill pathogens. A female witch finds her cycle steadies and the cramps stop. A male witch gains endurance and a deeper Aether draw.<\/p><p>They leave the body through its natural openings. A woman has three routes: mouth, vagina and anus. A man has two, mouth and anus, and his Creepers grow half again as large to make up for it.<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-match\"><span class=\"nx-fa-match-label\">\/\/ Summoned types<\/span><ul><li><b>Poison Creeper<\/b><span>From the anus<\/span><span>Called by ritual<\/span><\/li><li><b>Carrion Creeper<\/b><span>From the vagina<\/span><span>Called by ritual. Women only<\/span><\/li><li><b>Semen Creeper<\/b><span>From the mouth<\/span><span>Called by ritual<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-notes\">\n    <details><summary>In private<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>Some S\u016bk\u1e5bmucs bring their Creepers to bed, and say so without embarrassment.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-gorger\" class=\"nx-fa-unit\" data-theme=\"rakshasa\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Gorger<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Gorger-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Corpse Gorger&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Corpse Gorger\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Corpse Gorger gallery\">\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Gorger-1.jpg\" alt=\"Corpse Gorger\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Corpse Gorger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 09 \u00b7 Rakshasa Horde<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Corpse Gorger <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"hi-Deva\">\u0936\u0935 \u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0938\u0915<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">SUM<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Foundational<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Melee<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Summoned<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">A one-eyed hound of rotten bone and purple flesh, called through a Worm Witch's lantern portal in packs of up to seven.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Summoned by<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">A Worm Witch, through her Spirit Lantern<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Pack<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Up to seven<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Gait<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Slow and steady. It does not stop for hits<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Feeding<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Eats the fallen mid-fight, and grows stronger for it<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Soaking fire while it closes<\/li><li>Long fights. Every body on the field is a meal<\/li><li>Guarding a position<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Speed<\/li><li>Finesse. It bites, and that is all<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>Gorgers belong to the Rakshasa cycle of life and decay: death turned back into strength. Some witches let one linger after the fight to scavenge around camp.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-jinki\" class=\"nx-fa-unit nx-fa-flip\" data-theme=\"rakshasa\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Jinki<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Jinki-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Clay Jinki&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Jinki-2.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Blood Jinki&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Jinki-3.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Bone Jinki&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Jinki-4.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Decay Jinki&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Jinki\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Jinki gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 4<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Jinki-1.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Jinki\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Clay Jinki\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Jinki-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Blood Jinki\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Jinki-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Bone Jinki\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(2);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Jinki-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Decay Jinki\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(3);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/RH-Jinki-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Clay Jinki<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 10 \u00b7 Rakshasa Horde<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Jinki <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u795e\u4e80<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">SUM<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Advanced<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Psionic<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Summoned<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">A god-turtle twice the height of a man, walking on its hind legs. A witch molds it from whatever material is to hand, and the material decides what it does.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Height<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Twice a human's<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Shell<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Crackles with Mirage energy<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Limit<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">One per witch. Each new Jinki replaces the last<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Drawn from<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Japanese legends of divine guardian turtles<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Anchoring a front line. It takes hits that shatter lesser summons<\/li><li>Battering through at close range<\/li><li>Sheltering the pack that swarms behind it<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Pace. It plods<\/li><li>Being the only one. Lose it and the line has no anchor<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>Off the field, some witches keep a Jinki as a camp sentry.<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-match\"><span class=\"nx-fa-match-label\">\/\/ What it is made from<\/span><ul><li><b>Clay<\/b><span>Baseline<\/span><span>Draws enemy fire with rumbling taunts<\/span><\/li><li><b>Fresh blood<\/b><span>Drainer<\/span><span>Siphons life back to its summoner<\/span><\/li><li><b>Enemy bones<\/b><span>Bruiser<\/span><span>Agile. Inherits the donor's fighting style<\/span><\/li><li><b>Waste<\/b><span>Rot-spreader<\/span><span>Melts foes in a miasma<\/span><\/li><li><b>A lover's seed<\/b><span>Bonded<\/span><span>Pulses with the vigor the two of them share<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-breeding-lotus\" class=\"nx-fa-unit\" data-theme=\"rakshasa\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Lotus<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Breeding-Lotus-1-canon-logo.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Breeding Lotus&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Breeding-Lotus-2-logo.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Breeding Lotus \u2014 the Bindu Pool&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Breeding Lotus\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Breeding Lotus gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 2<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Breeding-Lotus-1-canon-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Breeding Lotus\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Breeding Lotus\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Breeding-Lotus-1-canon-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Breeding Lotus \u2014 the Bindu Pool\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Breeding-Lotus-2-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Breeding Lotus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 11 \u00b7 Rakshasa Horde<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Breeding Lotus <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"hi-Deva\">\u092a\u0926\u094d\u092e \u0915\u0915\u094d\u0937<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">STR<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Structure<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Living architecture<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Production<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">Every Radi-Mon in the Horde starts here: 108 cells of living resin that turn one couple's union into a brood.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Cells<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">108 hexagonal cells in a lotus pattern<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Built by<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Weavers, from Zephyrium-infused organic resin<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Centre<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">The Bindu Pool, an enzyme bath that preserves genetic material<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Cycle<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">6.9 days<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Yields<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Jalraks, Trishuls, Weavers, rarely humans, or any creature the Primarch knows of<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Open to<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Any woman and her men. Not only Worm Witches<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Producing exactly the creatures the Horde is short of<\/li><li>Going up fast. Weavers raise one wherever the Horde settles<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Coercion. A Lotus given anything less than real regard for the woman produces nothing<\/li><li>Defending itself<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>A woman and her partner enter together. The Lotus takes what the two of them give it, and over 6.9 days each cell grows a different creature from the same beginning. The Horde's rule for it is short: her womb is used, but the depth of her soul decides how strong the brood will be.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"nx-fa-quote\">\u201cOur Radi-Mons are partners, not weapons of violation. They serve because we have earned their service.\u201d<cite>\u2014 Fuuka Natsukawa<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-match\"><span class=\"nx-fa-match-label\">\/\/ How two Hordes breed<\/span><ul><li class=\"is-self\"><b>Breeding Lotus<\/b><span>Rakshasa<\/span><span>By consent. A couple, and 6.9 days<\/span><\/li><li><b>Breast Barrow<\/b><span>Fenris<\/span><span>By capture. One woman, held for good<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-callout\"><span class=\"nx-fa-callout-label\">\/\/ Filed elsewhere<\/span><p>The rite performed inside the Lotus is a Nucleus Cultivation. It is not recorded in this file.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"unit-vulva-fruit\" class=\"nx-fa-unit nx-fa-flip\" data-theme=\"rakshasa\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Falam<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Valva-Falam-0.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Valva Falam, dormant&quot;}, {&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Valva-Falam-1.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Valva Falam, opened by its Worm Witch&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Valva Falam\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Valva Falam gallery\">\n        <span class=\"nx-fa-count\">1 \/ 2<\/span>\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Valva-Falam-0.jpg\" alt=\"Valva Falam, dormant\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-thumbs\">\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Valva Falam, dormant\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(0);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Valva-Falam-0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"nx-fa-thumb\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Valva Falam, opened by its Worm Witch\" onclick=\"this.parentNode.previousElementSibling.click(); NucleusGallery.goTo(1);\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Valva-Falam-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Valva Falam, dormant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Unit Record 12 \u00b7 Rakshasa Horde<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Valva Falam <span class=\"nx-fa-native\" lang=\"hi-Deva\">\u0935\u0932\u094d\u0935\u093e \u092b\u0932\u092e\u094d<\/span><\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tier\">STR<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Structure<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Advanced<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Transportation<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">The \u201cVulva Fruit\u201d (<span lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u5973\u9670\u679c<\/span>). A plant grown in pairs on Shashan that passes a traveller between its two halves in seconds, at any distance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Size<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">About that of a shuttle<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Transit<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Seconds, whatever the distance<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Capacity<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">One living traveller at a time, and what they carry<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Opens for<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Its bonded Worm Witch only<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Grown<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Six months, as a pair, from one root cluster in Shashan soil<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Fed on<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Breast milk, and its witch's bodily fluids, weekly<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-vs\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-up\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Excels at<\/span><ul><li>Moving operatives and light supplies between Proxima and Sol<\/li><li>Hiding. Dormant, it passes for a plant among roots and fungi<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-vs-col is-down\"><span class=\"nx-fa-vs-label\">Struggles with<\/span><ul><li>Vehicles, heavy equipment, flyers and large Radi-Mons. None can pass<\/li><li>More than one traveller. Forcing it risks enzyme burns and rupture<\/li><li>Damage. It takes weeks to heal, if it survives<\/li><li>Transplanting. Most attempts in Sol fail<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>Dormant, a Valva Falam looks like a purple-veined succulent vagina the size of a shuttle, warm to the touch and pulsing faintly with Mirage energy. When its witch lays her skin against it, the outer membrane parts like petals. The walls close gently around the traveller, clean them, and push them through to the twin plant at the other end. First-timers call it uncomfortable. Veterans call it soothing.<\/p><p>The two plants share one root system across folded space. They must be grown together, then separated and carried to where they are needed. Sever a mature pair and both die within days.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"nx-fa-quote\">\u201cThe first passage every human travels is vaginal flesh. Why would passages across the cosmos be any different?\u201d<cite>\u2014 Primarch Moro<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-match\"><span class=\"nx-fa-match-label\">\/\/ Crossing between stars<\/span><ul><li class=\"is-self\"><b>Valva Falam<\/b><span>Rakshasa<\/span><span>Seconds. One person at a time<\/span><\/li><li><b>Tether Arch<\/b><span>Nirboh relic<\/span><span>Working pairs only. Nobody can build more<\/span><\/li><li><b>Starship<\/b><span>Everyone else<\/span><span>Weeks<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-callout\"><span class=\"nx-fa-callout-label\">\/\/ Intelligence estimate, unverified<\/span><p>The locations of working pairs are among the Horde's most guarded secrets. Several agencies believe Valva Falams stand on nearly every planet and moon of the Seven Realms, and suspect at least one pair linking Mars to Shashan and another linking Mars to Venus.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"faction-command\" class=\"nx-fa-sec nx-fa-sec-alt\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 03 \u2014 Command<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">Who gives the orders<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-sub\">Moro teaches. The eldest witches decide. Nobody here holds rank the way the other powers mean it.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-cmd nx-rev\">\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-cmd-card\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4075#char-moro\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Moro-v2-modded-feat-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-rank\">Primarch \u00b7 The Living Tree<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-name\">Moro<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-note\">Born the same day as the Buddha. She loved him, and disagreed with him about desire.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-cmd-card\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4075#char-shazmeen\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Shazmeen-Vinh-feat-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-rank\">Elder Worm Witch \u00b7 Deep cover<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-name\">Shazmeen Vinh<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-note\">Keeps the Slumbering Mantis Inn in Xing Hong. Moro's eyes in the Sol System.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-cmd-card\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4228#char-fuuka\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Fuuka-v2-Origin-modded-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-rank\">Worm Witch \u00b7 Main cast<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-name\">Fuuka Natsukawa<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-note\">Born on Devithar in 2252. In the Inner Sol to help it resist Skarn, by her own account.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-cmd-card\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4075#char-suthep\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Suthep-Chakri-feat-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-rank\">Worm Witch \u00b7 Last of House Chakri<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-name\">Suthep Chakri<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-note\">Fled the Imperium with his bloodline's gifts. Fourteen of its agents took him for a gentle old man.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-cmd-card\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4075#char-adisa\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Adisa-O-feat-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-rank\">Lotus Lancer \u00b7 Shashan patrol<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-name\">Adisa Okonkwo<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-note\">Ex-Alliance marksman, court-martialed for refusing to abandon a colony.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"nx-fa-cmd-card\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4075#char-amir\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Amir-new-v2-feat-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-rank\">Elder Wild Fang \u00b7 The Breeder of Moons<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-name\">Amir Ny\u0101ya<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-cmd-note\">Pulled from a refugee raft off Java. Two and a half centuries on, he mentors half of Proxima.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<a class=\"nx-fa-more\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=4075\">Open the Rakshasa Horde character registry \u2192<\/a>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"faction-holdings\" class=\"nx-fa-sec\"><span class=\"nx-legacy-anchor\" id=\"rakshasa-dossier\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 04 \u2014 Territory<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">The Realm of Eternal Bliss<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-sub\">Proxima Centauri was Rakshasa ground for a century before anyone else arrived. The Covenant has been taking it a world at a time since.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-rows nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Shashan<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Heartland<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">Chandrak's living moon: low gravity, bioluminescent forest, Silk Springs, and Nirboh ruins older than human memory. Bimba's survivors landed here in 2108. <b>Bodhasya Parvatah<\/b>, the Mountain of Enlightenment, holds Moro. Covenant outposts and fleet patrols are increasing.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Bhumi<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Shared<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">Proxima b, the system's only Earth-like world, and the Horde's second since the mid-22nd century. The Garden War against the Covenant's Pilgrim Fleet ran for about three decades and ended in a treaty. Rakshasa farming communities keep Mahisa herds here as draft animals.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Haskal<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Ward<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">The neutral city the Directorate built on Bhumi to end the Garden War. A Rakshasa ward and a Covenant ward sit side by side under Directorate peacekeeping. Both sides may preach, trade and recruit openly.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Devithar<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Lost, 2293<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">The innermost planet. The Covenant has administered it since a Covenant gravity well stopped its fall. Lancers still train on its scorched plains and cut their bamboo from its nearside forests.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Egl\u0117<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Lost, 2294<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">Shashan's sister moon, under Covenant administration, and the forward base of the crusade.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Xei<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Shrine<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">Chandrak's outermost moon. Volcanic and mostly barren. No settlement, and one Rakshasa relay shrine on the cold pole.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-row\"><span class=\"nx-fa-row-name\">Sol System<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-status\">Covert<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-row-body\">Operatives keep a quiet presence on Mars, on Venus and among the moons of Uranus. They talk to each other through the Lotus Chakra, hidden in Hualien on Earth. Word from Proxima still comes by ritual, and only when Moro chooses to answer. \u201cWe watch. We gather. We wait.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-callout nx-rev\" style=\"max-width:none\"><span class=\"nx-fa-callout-label\">\/\/ Fuuka Natsukawa, to new arrivals<\/span><p>\u201cYou've heard stories, ne? The Imperium calls us monsters. The Covenant calls us heretics. The Alliance calls us a \u2018regional concern\u2019 and hopes we stay in Proxima. They are all a little bit right.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"nx-fa-board-note\">Holdings as observed by the Haskal mission, 2295.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-comp nx-rev\"><span class=\"nx-fa-comp-label\">\/\/ What the Horde is made of<\/span>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-bar\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Rakshasa population by kind: Radi-Mons 69%, Humans 31%\"><i style=\"--c: #7C4DFF; flex: 69 0 0;\" title=\"Radi-Mons 69%\"><\/i><i style=\"--c: #E040FB; flex: 31 0 0;\" title=\"Humans 31%\"><\/i><\/div>\n    <ul class=\"nx-fa-legend\"><li><i style=\"--c: #7C4DFF;\"><\/i>Radi-Mons <span>69%<\/span><\/li><li><i style=\"--c: #E040FB;\"><\/i>Humans <span>31%<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-board-note\">Haskal mission estimate, 2295: about 689 million Radi-Mons and 310 million humans. Roughly 600 million of the Radi-Mons are Weavers, which do not fight. The 12,000 Worm Witches and 150,000 Lancers are too few to draw at this scale.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-rev\"><span class=\"nx-fa-minihead\" style=\"margin-top: clamp(26px, 3.5vw, 38px);\">\/\/ The rivalry: Horde against Covenant, matched in force and opposite in everything else<\/span>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-minitiles\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">People<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">999M vs 777M<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">Seven in ten of the Horde's are Radi-Mons. The Covenant's are all human, and live behind walls <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">The line<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">85M vs 180,000<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">Bred Jalraks and Trishuls against Stalwarts. One Stalwart's shield is meant to stop the difference <span class=\"nx-fa-est\">est.<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">In defence<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">Moves vs holds<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">The Horde gives ground and comes back through a gate. The Covenant never gives ground<\/span><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-tile\"><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-label\">In command<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-value\">12,000 vs one<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-tile-sub\">Twelve thousand witches, each deciding for herself, against one mind deciding for everyone<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"faction-assets\" class=\"nx-fa-sec nx-fa-sec-alt\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 05 \u2014 Strategic Assets<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">What is worth taking<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-sub\">Almost nothing the Horde values was manufactured. It was grown, inherited, or is still alive.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-assets nx-rev\"><div class=\"nx-fa-asset\"><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-type\">Primarch<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-name\">Bodhasya Parvatah<\/span><p>The Mountain of Enlightenment on Shashan. Forty-seven metres of Moro stand above ground, eyes closed, over an emerald pool. Her roots run through the mountain's core.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-asset\"><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-type\">Logistics<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-name\">The Valva Falam network<\/span><p>Living gates between Proxima and Sol. Nobody outside the Horde knows how many pairs there are, or where.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-asset\"><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-type\">Communications<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-name\">The Lotus Chakra<\/span><p>Private, and hidden in Hualien, on the Taiwanese coast the Imperium has never fully held. It serves the Horde's scattered cells across the Inner Sol, and its reach ends at the edge of Sol. It exists so that nobody has to wake a god to confirm a shipment.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-asset\"><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-type\">Relic<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-name\">Bimba<\/span><p>The ark that left Osaka Starport in 2055 with 555 Buddhist survivors and arrived with 108. It never flew again, and it rests somewhere in Proxima, preserved and sacred.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-asset\"><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-type\">Inheritance<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-name\">Nirboh bioengineering<\/span><p>The Horde's most sacred technologies rest on the work of an extinct people. Their ruins in Proxima predate human arrival by millennia, and Moro is one of them.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"nx-fa-asset\"><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-type\">Armory<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-asset-name\">Lanterns and grown blades<\/span><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=7301#item-spirit-lantern\">Spirit Lantern<\/a> floats at its witch's shoulder, amplifies her casting and opens her portals. The <a href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=7299#item-soma-dagger\">Soma Dagger<\/a> is grown from Shashan fungus and crystal, and is harder than steel.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"faction-diplomacy\" class=\"nx-fa-sec\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 06 \u2014 Diplomacy<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">Where they stand<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-sub\">Moro teaches the Horde to seek no enemies, and it prepares for the ones who will never accept it. The quoted notes are Fuuka Natsukawa's.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-dip nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #F0D890;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">ZC<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=2897\">Zorian Covenant<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-hostile\">Hostile<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">The crusade for Proxima. \u201cTheir machine-god calls us heretics. Still, individual Zorians can be\u2026 interesting. I've met a few.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #FF6B35;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">FH<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=1441\">Fenris Horde<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-hostile\">Hostile<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">\u201cThey pervert what we hold sacred. Sex as weapon, breeding as torture. We share genetic roots but nothing else. Skarn must fall.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #FF4A4A;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">ID<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=1343\">Imperium of Dragons<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-hostile\">Hostile<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">The Imperium forbids Buddha worship and hunts the Horde when convenient. \u201cWe share roots. Meiya Ji used Moro's research. Bitter family, ne?\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #4A9EFF;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">TA<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=1302\">Terra Alliance<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-none\">Neutral<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">\u201cCorporate chaos. They neither understand nor care about us unless profit is involved. They pretend not to notice.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #3CB371;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">ED<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=1349\">Emerald Directorate<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-warm\">Cordial<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">Its science mission is welcome at Rakshasa settlements, and its city ended the Garden War. \u201cThe Chalice system shows they understand what the body can be.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #7DD3FC;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">JH<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=2138\">J\u00f6kull Horde<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-none\">Distant<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">\u201cDifferent Horde, different methods. They fight Fenris too. For now, distant respect.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #FFC107;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">XH<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=3468\">Xing Hong<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-none\">No formal ties<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">No presence on any register. An innkeeper in Dragon District might put it differently.<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-dip-row\" style=\"--fc: #999999;\"><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-sig\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2605<\/span><a class=\"nx-fa-dip-name\" href=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/?page_id=5169\">Independents<\/a><span class=\"nx-fa-stance is-warm\">Shared ground<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-dip-note\">Wild Fangs are not part of the Horde, but they share Shashan's forests with it. \u201cIf you need to negotiate with one, bring chocolate. They kill for chocolate. I mean this literally.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"faction-faith\" class=\"nx-fa-sec nx-fa-sec-alt\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<header class=\"nx-fa-sec-head nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-kicker\">\/\/ 07 \u2014 Faith<\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"nx-fa-h\">The living tree<\/h2>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-sub\">The Horde has no church and no scripture. It has a teacher who is still alive, and who still answers when she chooses to.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"god-moro\" class=\"nx-fa-unit\" data-theme=\"rakshasa\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-watermark\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Moro<\/p>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-in\"><div class=\"nx-fa-unit-grid\">\n<div class=\"nx-fa-art nx-rev\">\n    <div class=\"nucleus-profile-image nx-fa-slot\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;: &quot;https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Moro-v2-modded-feat.jpg&quot;, &quot;title&quot;: &quot;Moro, above the emerald pool on Bodhasya Parvatah&quot;}]\" data-character-name=\"Moro\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Open the Moro gallery\">\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/nucleusseries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Moro-v2-modded-feat.jpg\" alt=\"Moro, above the emerald pool on Bodhasya Parvatah\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n        <div class=\"profile-click-hint\">[ VIEW GALLERY ]<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-cap\">Moro, above the emerald pool on Bodhasya Parvatah<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-data nx-rev\">\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-rec\">\/\/ Deity Record 01 \u00b7 Primarch of the Rakshasa Horde<\/p>\n    <h3 class=\"nx-fa-name\">Moro<\/h3>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-tags\"><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Primarch<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Desire \u00b7 Intimacy \u00b7 Mercy<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-chip\">Nirboh<\/span><\/div>\n    <p class=\"nx-fa-oneline\">A Nirboh born on the same day as the Buddha, and a Bodhi tree for most of the time since. The Horde does not kneel to her. It lives at her roots.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-stats\">\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Born<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Lumbini, on Earth, the same day as the Buddha<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Age<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">2,918<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Rooted at<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">Bodhasya Parvatah, the Mountain of Enlightenment, Shashan<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Height<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">47 m above ground. Her roots run about 111 m down<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Appears as<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">A face in purple-tinged bark under a wide green crown. Her eyes are always closed<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-stat\"><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-label\">Reaching her<\/span><span class=\"nx-fa-stat-value\">By ritual. She answers only when she chooses<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"nx-fa-prose\"><p>She and the Buddha were both Nirbohs, living hidden among humans. He taught that desire causes suffering and that detachment brings peace. She argued that desire, embraced honestly, is where fulfillment and strength come from. They disagreed on everything that mattered, and she loved him anyway.<\/p><p>When illness took him, grief drove her from Earth. After eight years alone in Proxima Centauri she merged with a Bodhi tree, and her mind spread through root and branch until it filled the mountain. In 2108 she reached out to a failing ark and guided its last 108 passengers to her roots. Her four teachings are set out under Doctrine above.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"nx-fa-quote\">\u201cEmbrace desire, and desire will make you strong. Deny it, and you deny the fire that makes you alive.\u201d<cite>\u2014 Primarch Moro, from her roots<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"nx-fa-notes\">\n    <details><summary>What stands above ground<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>The face shifts between serenity and sorrow. A large emerald pool lies at her base, and the air around it hums with psionic energy. People who come near feel comforted and aroused in equal measure.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>What lies below<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>The tree is a fraction of her. Her roots grew from her womb, and they are as thick as starship hulls. They spiral down through the mountain and open into chambers lit by bioluminescent fungi. Some barely fit a crawling human. Others are as tall as cathedrals. The deepest are warm, and heavy with musk.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>What she kept of him<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>Mercy. The Horde rarely seeks to annihilate an enemy and prefers to offer a path to symbiosis. Her followers trace that restraint to her regard for the man she argued with.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>The oath is not to her<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>Lotus Lancers receive their hats at her roots and swear to the community she shelters, not to the tree. Most Lancers never meet her. She does not ask for worship, and the Horde has never built her a temple other than the mountain she already is.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>Her research<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>The idea of the Radi-Mon was hers. Fragments of her notes survived into the Nucleus Era, where scientists on an Imperial commission, Meiya Ji among them, refined them into practice. Fuuka Natsukawa's summary: \u201cBitter family, ne?\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n    <details><summary>What the other powers think<\/summary><div class=\"nx-fa-note-body\"><p>The Imperium forbids Buddha worship and files her followers as insurgents and Buddhist sympathizers. Zori says Moro's philosophy inverts everything she teaches. The Atomic Accord has no category for a sovereign who is also a tree.<\/p><\/div><\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"nx-fa-sec nx-fa-outro\"><div class=\"nx-fa-in\">\n<blockquote class=\"nx-fa-quote nx-rev\">\u201cSo. You have read this far. The question now is simple: what do you want? Not what you should want. 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