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The Virindi are a mysterious race shrouded by cloak and mask. They are known for their mastery of [[Planar Magic]],<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM_CD_Lore/Bestiary/Derethian_Bestiary#Virindi|Bestiary: Virindi]]</ref> their ruthless logic<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/>, and their experimentations on "meatlings".<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/><ref name=ScrawledNote>2001/04 [[A Reign of Stone]] - [[Scrawled Note (Aerbax Laboratory)]]</ref>

There are two important aspects to the Virindi culture: the [[Quiddity]] and the [[Singularity]]. The Quiddity is a shared consciousness that all Virindi are connected to.<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/><ref name=RiseNewSing>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Historical Overview/Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity|Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity]]</ref> The Singularity the place where the Virindi race resides.<ref name=RiseNewSing/>

No [[Empyrean]] texts have been discovered which mention contact with the Virindi prior to [[The Sundering]]. [[Asheron]] himself has stated that the Virindi arrived on Dereth far after the Sundering,<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/> and prior to the arrival of any of the other races.<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/><ref name=AgesEmp>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Ages of the Empyrean|Ages of the Empyrean]]</ref> 

The Virindi seems to have a strict caste system, each having assigned functions. Many of the lower castes use inclusive pronouns when referring to themselves. [[Virindi Puppet]]s rarely speak. When a Master was questioned about them it said, "As in flesh species, some are inferior. Inferior are emptied to serve as extra appendages for others. I have three. Useful."
With a [[Virindi Servant]], it is always "we" or "us." This becomes less common with members of the more sophisticated castes. [[Virindi Master]]s mix their "we's" and "I's," their "my's" and "our's." [[Virindi Director]]s almost always use singular pronouns. An important exception is when speaking to the nearly mute [[Virindi Observer]]s, they use the inclusive.<ref name=ScrawledNote>2001/04 [[A Reign of Stone]] - [[Scrawled Note (Aerbax Laboratory)]]</ref><ref>2001/04 [[A Reign of Stone]] - [[Edicts of the Singularity]]</ref>


=== Early Derethian History ===

It seems that as long as [[Isparian]]s have been on [[Dereth]], the Virindi have been there, watching. The mysterious beings seemed content to limit their presence to the [[Direlands]] and [[Obsidian Plains]], establishing a few well-hidden fortresses where they carried out experiments upon the creatures of the island, most notably [[Drudge]]s and [[Tusker]]s.<ref name=ScrawledNote>2001/04 [[A Reign of Stone]] - [[Scrawled Note (Aerbax Laboratory)]]</ref> The Virindi created more deadly creatures called [[Hollow Minion]]s, resistant to human magic and able to batter through protection enchantments with ease.<ref name=TumNote>2000/10 [[Hollow Victory]] - [[Translated Tumideon Note]]</ref><ref name=RiseNewSing>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Historical Overview/Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity|Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity]]</ref> The earliest documented human encounter with Virindi is that of Lord [[Cambarth]]'s meeting and subsequent trading with a Virindi using the Isparian identity of Lord [[Sarvaen]].<ref name=TornJournal>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Torn Journal]]</ref>

The Virindi took increasing interest in the activities of their human neighbors in the midst of the struggle with [[Ilservian Palacost]].<ref>1999/12 [[Sudden Season]] - [[Virindi's Note]]</ref> A pair of Virindi agents established themselves in the town of [[Ayan Baqur]]. [[Claude the Archmage]] and his associate [[Leopold]] proved a benign, if odd, pair of agents, rigorously maintaining a façade of human behavior, even if it was perfectly obvious to any human interacting with them that these two were foreign observers.<ref name=RiseNewSing>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Historical Overview/Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity|Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity]]</ref> This facade was later repeated by the Virindi [[Jean]] and [[Luc]] in [[Mar'uun]].<ref>2009/03 [[Who Watches the Virindi?]] - [[Portal Space Research#Lore & Dialog]]</ref>

As the conflict with [[Ilservian Palacost]] and his shadowy legions reached a climax, the Virindi took a more active role in Dereth's affairs. [[Asheron]] assembled a coalition of disparate groups to defeat the Hopeslayer, including the Virindi. The Virindi however, refused to grant the [[Fragment of the Singularity]] which might help to defeat Bael'Zharon. The Fragment was subsequently stolen and used in a ritual to weaken Bael'Zharon in this world. It has since been speculated that this theft angered the Virindi, perhaps goading them into a more aggressive stance against humanity.<ref name=ClaudeMind>2007/10 [[Masked Memories]] - [[Delving into Claude's Mind#Lore & Dialog]]</ref><ref name=RiseNewSing>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Historical Overview/Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity|Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity]]</ref>

=== Activities on [[Marae Lassel]] ===
Though it is unclear which faction currently resided on [[Marae Lassel]], it was before the [[New Directive]] was founded that Virindi established strongholds on the plateau and started experimenting with the creatures there.<ref>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[Virindi on the Plateau]]</ref> At some point prior to 0 PY,<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryTumeroks>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM_CD_Lore/Bestiary/Derethian_Bestiary#Tumeroks|Bestiary: Tumeroks]]</ref><ref name=HistoryofFortWitshire>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[History of Fort Witshire]]</ref> the Virindi discovered the Tumeroks trapped on Marae Lassel.<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryTumeroks/> The young Tumerok rebel Aranpuh was the first to be altered by the Virindi (possibly by [[Aerbax]] itself<ref name=DestructionsAndBeginnings> 2003/01 [[The Slumbering Giant]] - [[Destructions and Beginnings]]</ref>) to look more human. After Aran successfully took control of the Hea tribe of Tumeroks and gained the name [[Hea Arantah]], all of his new tribesmen were altered in the same way and some where given special powers.<ref>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[The Tah of Ahurenga]]</ref><ref>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[Hea Tuperea's Reedsharks]]</ref> The Hea refer to the Virindi as the Atual Arutoa, who watch over them.<ref>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[Atual Arutoa (Rumor)]]</ref> and the Aun therefore give rewards for proof of the kill of Virindi.<ref>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[Aun Enemies]]</ref>At some point after the alteration of the Hea, but before the Hea invaded the mainland (though after 0 PY<ref>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/Lilitha's Bow|Lilitha's Bow]]</ref><ref>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Legend of Lilitha|The Legend of Lilitha]]</ref>) [[Lilitha]] was captured by [[Hea Temenua]] on [[Marae Lassel]].<ref name=TheOneNamedLilitha>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[The One Named Lilitha]]</ref> She was given to the Virindi and can now be found in the [[Entrance to Portal Space]].<ref name=TheOneNamedLilitha/>

=== [[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> 

=== Aftermath ===
Though in [[Dereth]] the [[New Directive]] and its factions are more active than the Directive, they still undertook action, for example the [[Gerent of the Singularity]] was in communication with [[Nuhmudira]] about assisting the Singularity "in the re-acquisition of errant subservients." <ref>2003/10 [[Reign of Terror]] - [[Arrangement]]</ref><ref name=RitusLore>2003/10 [[Reign of Terror]] -  [[Preparation for the Ritus#Retired Lore & Dialog]]</ref>


== Characters ==

=== Named Virindi ===

* [[Dirrich, the Warden]]<ref name=DirrichJournal>2001/07 [[Lost in the New Horizon]] - [[Dirrich's Journal]]</ref>
* [[Sarvaen]]<ref name=TornJournal>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Torn Journal]]</ref>
* [[Claude the Archmage]]<ref name=ClaudeMind>2007/10 [[Masked Memories]] - [[Delving into Claude's Mind#Lore & Dialog]]</ref>
* [[Leopold]]
* [[Jean]] ?? (or [[Apostate Virindi]])
* [[Luc]] ?? (or [[Apostate Virindi]])

=== Unnamed, "boss" Virindi ===
* [[Chakron Flux Virindi Master]]
* [[Chakron Flux Virindi Servant]]
* [[Gerent of the Singularity]]
* [[Representative of the Singularity]]
* [[Sotiris Virindi Director]]
* [[Tumideon Virindi Director]]
* The Collector - [[Virindi Collector]]

== Related Pages ==
=== Lore Articles ===
* [[Virindi Lore]]

=== Texts ===
{{Item Table
 | Arrangement
 | Dirrich's Journal
 | Edicts of the Quiddity
 | Quiddity commands
 | Translated Tumideon Note
 | Virindi's Note
}}
=== Quests ===
* [[Invoker Quest]]
* [[Portal Space Research]] ??
* [[Virindi Servant's Amulet Quest]]
* [[Virindi Scalpel Quest]]

=== Locations ===
* [[Chakron Gate]]
* [[Entrance to Portal Space]]
* [[Gerent's Compound]]
* [[Habitat]]

=== Items ===
{{Item Table
 | Energy Crystal
 | Fragment of the Singularity
 | Virindi Scalpel
 | Virindi Implant (Purple) 
 | Virindi Implant (Red) 	
}}
=== Creatures ===
* [[Hollow Minion]]<ref name=TumNote>2000/10 [[Hollow Victory]] - [[Tumideon Note]]</ref>
* [[Scarecrow]]s <ref name=SotirisNote>2000/10 [[Hollow Victory]] - [[Translated Sotiris Note]]</ref>

== References ==
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