#Jhulqira Frier'athen

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Jhulqira's Role and Axi Creation

Axi Creation, Genetic Alteration and Training

The creation process begins in large, plantlike gestational pods resembling enormous flowers filled with alchemical elixirs and Feywild flora extracts. These pods nurture Aximand Axia embryos, infusing them with powerful arcane energy and genetic enhancements. Some Aximand Axia are selected as recruits at birth, usually from two Aelvaren Warrior parents, preferably veterans.

Mental Conditioning

Recruits undergo excruciating mental conditioning to purge fears, attachments and weaknesses. Jhulqira, the Drow bio-alchemist employs tortuous methods using alchemical potions, torturous instruments and psychological manipulation, turning them into living weapons capable of withstanding the horrors of war.

The Process

“Fascinating, how one’s spirit shivers and falters when the mind is suddenly compromised.” – Jhulqira Frier’athen

Deep within the labyrinthine confines of Jhulqira’s laboratory lies the Chamber of Scrutiny. This dark, foreboding room is where the most harrowing of his experiments take place. The walls are lined with arcane symbols and enchanted crystals that amplify the mental energies within.

At The center of the chamber stands an intricate apparatus designed to interface directly with the mind of the recruit. The apparatus consists of a series of enchanted needles and conduits that connect to the recruit’s head, allowing Jhulqira to delve into their deepest thoughts and memories.

Jhulqira begins by activating the apparatus, sending tendrils of arcane energy and electricity into the recruit’s mind. These tendrils crawl through the synapses, seeking any traces of vulnerability, anxiety, or even corruption. The recruit screams and convulses as their mind is exposed throughout the agonizingly painful procedure.

The mental agony can lead some recruits to insanity, leaving them as shriveled shells, frothing and babbling at the lips. These unfortunate souls are then cast into the wild planes of the Feywild, where they are likely to be processed, recycled and absorbed by the realm itself. To Jhulqira, he see this as a way to give back the feywild, though he only says this to alleviate the concerns of those of the Feywild.

Those with the mental fortitude to grit their teeth, endure and survive this harrowing process are not yet free. They find themselves tested again facing more trials that would challenge even the most hardened veteran soldiers. These trials are designed to push their mental, physical, and magical abilities to the absolute limit, ensuring that only the strongest and most resilient recruits become Axi warriors.

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Jhulqira's Notes & Thoughts on the Axi Gene Flaw

Hereditary Stain (A follow up for last post, delving deeper in the Genetic Mutation that plagues Axi warriors)

“It perpetually reactivates, as if an unseen mage hand incessantly flips the switch each time I turn my back. Believe me, it is a most vexatious nuisance, attempting to eradicate the existence of this insidious strand. To alleviate your concerns alongside this update, we are diligently pursuing a resolution.” – Jhulqira Frier’athen (Notes in a concealed letter sent to Priallia) 

Notes by Jhulqira: “The creation and selective breeding of Fey Axi specimens is indeed a monumental feat, a testament to our mastery over arcane and surgical bio-alchemical arts. However there exists a complication that continues to run deep within the genetic fabric of our creations, a dormant yet potentially calamitous trait if left unchecked for too long. This phenomenon, which I have come to refer to as the ‘Hereditary Stain’, is a trait that insidiously triggers after prolonged ages of peace and inactivity, manifesting after a certain number of years. A creature forged specifically for the crucible of war, should exist solely as an expendable soldier, destined to perish in the glorious blaze of battlefield attrition, fulfilling the purpose for which it was designed. However, what becomes of these beings when there is no more conflict to engage in, no adversary left to annihilate that doesn’t annihilate them first? Prolonged periods of peace, of stillness, leave these specimens...agitated, their very essence yearning for the chaos they were bred to thrive in. 

We have created so many, and those Axi who have taken up the mantle of patrol find themselves faced with naught but trifling skirmishes, insufficient to satiate the deep-seated drive for war embedded within their cores. These minor confrontations serve merely as a tease, a pale shadow of the battles they were designed to fight.  

In response to this quandary, my kin, colleagues and I have devised a temporary solution: repurposing the floral pods from which some of our Axi emerged at birth, placing the restless warriors back into stasis until their destined duty calls upon them once more. Alas, such devices come with their own set of complications. These pods can accommodate only a limited number and can maintain stasis for but a finite duration. Moreover, this state of dormancy seems to accelerate the troublesome gene’s development, rather than contain it.  

To address the core of the issue, Axi warriors who endure prolonged periods of inactivity, particularly those who have reached venerable ages of one to two centuries or more, will inevitably suffer from this degenerative mutation. This condition drives them to become war and conflict-hungry, possibly wreaking havoc and devastation upon that which they were once forged to protect. With this affliction comes new synaptic thought patterns that diverge drastically from the stable and rational mindset characteristic of their saner counterparts. 

One might speculate that this could be an insidious form of interference from Lady Lolth herself, a cruel jest to see her will of obliteration and bloodshed carried out through her tainted influence. But I meander, this remains personal conjecture, unsubstantiated empirical evidence. 

As enthralling as this recurrent complication may be from a purely academic standpoint, it is imperative that it be eradicated. Nearly every Axi harbors this irritable strand of mutation, and should it remain unaddressed, it could very well spell inevitable doom upon this silly realm. Such an outcome is something those of Rubellyn would not find as.... amusing.”