Ancient Aberrations

The Ancient Aberrations are the long extinct original inhabitants of Aldyn, an ancient race that existed around 8 million years ago. They're the creators of an empire that extended most of the galaxy and commonly considered the creators of Holders and potentially the first bipeds. Little is known of their exact appearance, but they appeared to have very humanoid bipedal shapes and strange, variable head shapes often resembling plants in structure.

Mysteries

The Ancient Aberrations are incredibly hard to find anything on in the modern day. Any records are far gone of what happened in their times and the minimal bits of their language picked up from Holders and wall markings have given almost nothing clear. The one thing most clear: they had extreme power and they somehow went extinct. None exist now and the oldest remnants of their bodies show they died out around 4 million years ago. Yet against all odds their technology has remained, hidden across the universe and in troves across Aldyn's system.

Aberrations of Aldyn

Aldyn appears to have been the hub of the ancient aberrations, many assume because of the connections in The Instability, though there is no clear evidence that the aberrations ever traveled to another dimension. Husk, the first planet in the system, has a core that has been dormant since just about the same time that the last aberrations went extinct and many suspect that may be connected. The presumed next sentient life in the system, the Halflings, came almost 2 million years later in history.

Powers of the Depths

The Aberrations had strong control over magic and manipulating the forces of the world. Holders are strange machines that exist across the universe that bond symbiotically with their hosts and grow in magical power as they technologically advance through the use of life force. Holders have long been studied but the average member of the Aldyn system knows rather little about them. IFAIR has kept them strictly illegal to use and hidden much usage of Holders from the public outside of isolated communities.