#holloan

[hypnofantasma]

The Three Generals

Whenever a Vani mission is detected to be in motion, the Holloan Omni are not far behind. They try their hardest to combat and control the situation, preventing the Vani from carrying out their deadly plans.

On Earth, three main Generals lead the fight against the Vani, though they currently seem to be laying low and not causing too much noise at all.

Cherubim

Cherubim is the General in charge of Interspecies Public Relations. Or, in other words, she's the one who makes sure that their public image to the native life forms is positive yet minimal and non-disruptive. She is the most approachable and friendly of the three. Usually.

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Icarus

He is the Communications and Tech General. His duty is to oversee all technical and communications usage, as well as any tracking and surveying they do when it comes to the Vani. He's rather shy and nervous, and his anxiety leads to him mentally stuttering a lot. Due to this, he prefers to send analog and digital messages more than mental ones- of which Holloans typically do instead.

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Seraphim

The tallest and most intimidating of the generals is Seraphim, the Combat General and the leader of all Earth-sent Omni militia. Her duty is to oversee all of the soldiers and weaponry, as well as make sure any captured Vani stay captured.

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Many more Holloan Omni follow their commands, and who knows how many are on or around Earth. And are they the only generals?

[hypnofantasma-asks-and-doodles]

How would a Vani typically handle a Holloan Omni as a Tether? Just wondering since I was considering how a scenario might play out but keep getting stuck up on the Hivemind aspect being way too much of a risk to just keep the tether captured and providing complications in talking them over to the Vani's side.

their hivemind isn't a typical one, they aren't aware of what all other Omni are doing all at once. they can "ping" others mentally, but they must manually do so. not all Omni like to send pings out, nor can they send the most coherent or legible pings when they aren't at their 100%.

it may be a little more tricky, but not anything stranger than other species. think of them as having a built-in phone. humans are just as dangerous to have as Tethers when you think about things like phones!

[perfectnothing]

wow cool dress reference

[ophiocordyceps]

UMMMMMM . ULTRAKWAIZ...?

MANIVYE (MAWN-ee-vee) - it/they, Hex sembla, Devarian. coin trick freak who for some reason even pre-brandshock just loves to fucking kill. it got detailed for this shit. hated viscerally by its sibling, Dwonivye. Brand location would be the center of their back, as is their sibling's.

DWONIVYE (DWHOA-nee-vee) - it/she/they, Dust sembla, Beltasian. wayyyyyy more chill and like, normal than Manivye. absolutely hates their sibling's guts (which is half reciprocated) and ESPECIALLY after a fight led to Manivye hacking off one of their arms, leading to...

AURDWONIVYE (ARE-DWHOA-nee-vee) - Dwonivye's Twisted self. Very angry and hateful compared to Dwonivye's original calmer, more patient self. Hellbent on getting revenge on their sibling and little else. Constantly covered in and emitting a golden sand.

GABRIEL (yeah his name's still gabriel) - he/him, Holloan Omni, Light sembla specialization. Obtained the name Gabriel from his time on Earth from some of the humans' mythologies and kept it once being moved to a planet with the grisly nickname of 'Hell' to help fend off an incoming Vani invasion. just because most of the life on the planet is actively hostile does not make it exempt from preservation, you see.

[sleep-paralys]

Me:I’m going to get something done today

Also me:*stalks Holland in instagram and cries at how soft his hair looks

Holloan: follow me @holland_vvv

[hypnofantasma]

Started working on the Omni species guide on my Toyhouse yesterday! It'll be in the same vain and style as the Kraizen species guide (linked below), even if potentially not as in-depth.

It may take a WHILE as I LOOOOOVE LOVE LOVE writing as much information as possible, but eventually, you'll have the necessary guides for the Omni (and eventually the other species too). If I don't answer asks and questions about the Omni quite yet, it's because they'll be answered for the most part in the guide!

[hypnofantasma]

Almost forgot! I made icons for the four Omni, too!

[hypnofantasma-asks-and-doodles]

So the thing with the Omni is they’re all similar looking to contrast the vani, yeah? I’m wondering what the limits for Omni variation are for both species, though. Like how wild can their biology get while still remaining squarely within the realm of “yep, that’s an Omni”?

in short, they all need to be bird-faced bipeds with 2-6 arms, two legs, large broad flat wings that sort of look like Lugia hand wings, etc, Jaluans need to have a night aesthetic and Holloans need to look like porcelain, mouthless, and have a general holy aesthetic.

they're a more traditional species, so you aren't going to see some monstrous Omni shaped like another animal. they are just bird-faced alien folk with broad hand-wings. the guide, as wip as it is, should def help

[hypnofantasma-asks-and-doodles]

Jaluan Omni names are described as sounding softer, while also being like Kraizen names. What exactly does it mean by them sounding soft, and how do they sound soft?

kinda phased that out since yeah, didn't make sense. i describe it now as "gibberish, like Kraizen names, but leaning on the shorter side". as opposed to Holloans using mythology or religious nicknames

[hypnofantasma-asks-and-doodles]

Is there anything preventing an Omni army from just hopping into a link and killing all the vani?

What's preventing humans from just solving all of THEIR issues?

What's preventing us from just killing all the pests ever? What's preventing us from just stopping what hurts us? Why do wars last years? But then when we DID wipe out the wolves, didn't worse things happen?

There is a reason why neither side has won yet, and that is because they are at a standstill, both of power and of consequence.

A hundred Omni to a Vani is a match in raw strength, let alone psionic strength which would leave an entire army of Omni dead if the Vani chose to rage. They are either a match, or the Vani are just more raw power.

The thing preventing the Omni from killing all of the Vani at once is the fact they literally can't do that. Or AFFORD to do that. If they don't have guards around their capital, Vani will come in and destroy them from the inside out. It would take their entire force to try and systematically kill all of the remaining Vani, and that would leave them too thin back at home.

These problems are complex, ancient, and more widespread than fathomable.

Oh- not to mention the fact that the absolute slaughter of the Vani isn't exactly their highest priority. They remember the Kraizen. They don't want what's left of them gone.

You as a human may want the Vani dead, and may not know why they're still around, but the Omni do, and that is why the Vani still walk.

[perfectnothing]

[hypnofantasma-asks-and-doodles]

Can a jaluan holloan hybrid exist?

they'd take after the mother, as currently, "true mixes" don't really seem to exist

[hypnofantasma]

The Messenger

...However, the Holloans aren't the only Omni out there.

Holloans have a tendency to act with the good of the species in mind, and sometimes, forget to care for individuals. Due to this, a second subspecies of Omni- the Jaluans- may try to sneakily get involved and watch from afar. All to make sure the Holloans don't, well, mess up, and push individual care aside.

Now, the Jaluans haven't any power over the Holloans. In fact, they're weaker, and far fewer in number. It would be dangerous for a Jaluan to appear threatening near a Holloan. This leads to their involvement being EXTREMELY minute, secretive, and lowkey, with very few Jaluans ever showing themselves from the shadows.

Lumi

Lumi is a messenger Jaluan, tasked with seeking out any Earth life forms who are not only in the know about the Vani, but are willing to hear out their (both the Jaluan and Kraizenian) side of the tale. He is to explain the known history and context of the Brandshock, so that everything can at least be understood without humanity being left in the dark.

Whether he will be listened to and understood, who knows. Unfortunately, him being an Omni makes him a strange situation to trust. After all, the Holloans already give a few people the creeps, so what makes the Jaluans so different?

Guess we'll have to wait and see.

[hypnofantasma-asks-and-doodles]

What are the lifespans of the Omni like? Do they age similarly to the Kraizen Pre-Brandshock?

Yes! Their lifespans are usually several thousand years, and— just like the Kraizen— they wouldn't typically die of old age and would instead request euthanasia. That is, if they ever got to that old; due to their different lifestyle, the Omni were more often killed on the job or during battle.

Holloan Omni typically don't hold funerals or memorials for their fallen, as the hivemind will immediately be aware of the death and will grieve on the fly. Jaluans, however, do hold memorials to remember the fallen.