Nightforger

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The Nightforger
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Homeworld:

Unknown

Height:

Variable

Diet:

Matter

Intelligence:

Sapient

Technology:

Immensely advanced (Class ?)

The Nightforger is an Nightform in Aian custody. All information on this being is from above top secret, need-to-know basis information. It is believed that only the Aian leaders know of its existence.

Description

The Nightforger has no single, concrete appearance. Its form seems to be able to flow into many different shapes, and it can give these parts mass, temperature etc. at will. It can also change colour and texture, able to appear as anything from a microbe to a spacecraft (nothing bigger than 10km long has been seen).

Micrograph analysis, even with the best scattering g-ray tunnel scopes, has not been enlightening.

The Nightforger can also draw energy from matter, and then absorb that. It has been seen to consume worlds in minutes.

When communicating with Aians, it takes the form shown.

Psychology

The Nightforger is sapient, and very intelligent. It understands physics we currently find inaccessible, leading the scientists involved to suspect it is in fact a relic (or the actual substance) of an incredibly advanced civilisation.

The Nightforger appears to enjoy its own power, and has a well-developed sense of humour.

Containment

The Nightforger is kept within a rogue gas giant, in an unknown location.

This planet is surrounded by a weaponised Aian Ringworld. The supernova force that could be generated is thought to be enough to destroy the Nightforger, as it has expressed worry when informed of its presence.

History

The Nightforger is very old, though it is not known whether it originates from before the Merge. It has had sufficient time to consume whole clusters of stars and watch the rise and fall of civilisations.

The Aians first encountered the Nightforger after it had consumed a star cluster just outside their galaxy.

The fleet sent was destroyed by the Nightforger, and trapping it involved tricking it into entering a rogue gas giant, which had an artificial containment facility within built from nanodiamond. Hundreds of lives were sacrificed to draw it in, and then the Ringworld was dropped out of FTL around the planet.

It is known that it communicated with the Aians, but details are unleaked.