Editing Directive (section)

=== [[The Rise of the New Singularity]] ===

During [[The Rise of the New Singularity]] Story Arc, Renegade Virindi under the leadership of [[Levistras]] and other Virindi such as [[Aerbax]] and [[Adirred the Theoretican]] rebelled against the Singularity, the core of Virindi existence in portal space. They were straining against the constrictions of the race's communal mind, and were largely responsible for the aggression against humanity. They sought ways to free themselves totally from dependence on the “Singularity” – where the race evidently resides – and separate themselves from the shared Virindi consciousness, the “[[Quiddity]].” They called themselves the New Directive and were determined to keep their individuality at all costs.<ref name=PackLevistras>2004/11 [[On Bended Knee]] - [[Pack Levistras]]</ref><ref name=RiseNewSing>[[AC:DM CD Lore/Historical Overview/Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity]]</ref>

One of the few Directors refusing to join the [[New Directive]], even though he had developed some sense of individuality, was [[Dirrich, the Warden]].<ref name=DirrichJournal>2001/07 [[Lost in the New Horizon]] - [[Dirrich's Journal]]</ref> The Directive was not pleased with the contamination and ordered the return the essence of any renegade Virindi to the Quiddity so that it may be harvested and collected. <ref>2003/05 [[Discoveries]] - [[Quiddity commands]]</ref><ref>2003/05 [[Discoveries]] - [[A note From Aerbax]]</ref>

It was speculated that when [[Virindi Inquisitor]]s, enforcers of the Quiddity, arrived on [[Caul]] island and in some of the newly opened Virindi bases, that these Inquisitors were there to curb the activities of the breakaway Virindi faction, but the Inquisitors also turned their sickles on humans, suggesting that perhaps the renegades had reached a détente with the old guard, to eradicate the human foe before deciding their internal struggle.<ref name=RiseNewSing>[[AC:DM CD Lore/Historical Overview/Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity]]</ref><ref>2001/07 [[Lost in the New Horizon]] - [[Edicts of the Quiddity]]</ref> 

The resulting war between the New Directive and Virindi forces loyal to the Singularity nearly destroyed Isparian civilization on Dereth. The Singularity sought to wipe Dereth clean of life to ensure that this never occurred again, and the New Directive's goal of creating a New Singularity would have destroyed Dereth as we know it.<ref name=PackLevistras>2004/11 [[On Bended Knee]] - [[Pack Levistras]]</ref>