Apostate Virindi

General

A Virindi Faction, lead by "The Consul" <ref>2009/03 Who Watches the Virindi? - Teaser</ref>

Long after the New Directive had been beaten by the Isparians, the Renegade Virindi determined that Levistras failed in its construction of a New Singularity because it was unaware of the spatial and temporal potential of the energy contained within the ore used. Levistras sought to build a New Singularity from imperfect materials. The Consul and its peers calculated that a mass of Aetherium would retain and diffuse portal energy at a rate a thousand times more efficient than Pyreal. It was determined that a large array of Aetherium could serve as the center of critical mass for the New Singularity.<ref name=ApostateExcavation>2009/08 Reclamation - Apostate Excavation Master's Orders</ref>

After the Virindi discovered the use of Aetherium for establishing a New Singularity, they called upon their former allies, the Gotrok Lugians, to direct the excavations and the Hea Tumerok to guard the mining. <ref name=ApostateExcavation/> <ref>2009/05 Secrets of the Apostates Rollout Article</ref> Preliminary investigations also revealed that the artifacts at the site containing Aetherium were remnants of a long-thought-vanished race of mechanical entities from an unknown world. The Virindi also believed that, if these entities could be reproduced or reconstructed, they would make superior servitors and guardians. These subverted Gear Knights were seen as a possibility to replace the Renegade Tumeroks and Lugians, since the Renegades were deemed as "too unreliable". <ref name=ApostateExcavation/> To this goal, they constructed a beacon to lure a delegation of Gear Knight.<ref name=CogsTeaser>2009/09 Cogs in the Machine - Teaser</ref>

The opposition they met by the first force of Gear Knights newly arriving in Dereth was too much and their first facility was destroyed.<ref>2009/09 Cogs in the Machine - Gear Knight Arrival#Lore & Dialog</ref> The Apostate Virindi crafted Simulacra and used them to assault newly arriving Gear Knights, in an attempt to deceive the Gear Knights into thinking Isparians were responsible for the actions of the Apostates.<ref>2009/09 Cogs in the Machine - Gear Knight Arrival</ref><ref>2010/03 Lay of the Land - Atamarr Tasks#Lore & Dialog</ref><ref name=CogsTeaser>2009/09 Cogs in the Machine - Teaser</ref>

Their mingling with portal space resulted in quite a few notable temporal disturbances.<ref>2010/10 Hopes and Fears - Empyrean Rescue Quest#Lore & Dialog </ref> Geraine, Aerfalle and Rytheran cooperated with the Apostate Virindi to disturb the Ley Lines and change the timelines.<ref name=Celebration>2010/05 Celebration - Announcements - 2010/05 - Celebration#Rollout Article</ref> <ref name=HiddenShadows>2011/03 Hidden In Shadows - Announcements - 2011/03 - Hidden In Shadows#Rollout Article</ref> Together with Ben Ten, Harlune investigated the activities of the Apostate Virindi and Aerfalle's involvement with the disturbances in the ley lines.<ref name=OldGhostsTeaser>2009/06 Old Ghosts - Teaser</ref><ref>2009/08 Reclamation - Rollout Article</ref> Attempts were made by Asheron to stabilize portalspace, which again was countered by the Apostate Virindi. <ref>2010/07 Filling in the Blanks - The Empyrean Portalspace Stabilizer#Lore & Dialog</ref>

Known Members

"The Consul"
Quaestor Esbarth
Jean ?? (or Directive)
Luc ?? (or Directive)

Related Pages

Texts

Apostate Excavation Master's Orders

Apostate Orders

Items & Objects

Armor
		Apostate Grand Director's Mask		Nexus Crawler's Mask

Miscellaneous
	Apostate Aetherium Deposit	Apostate Master's Broken Mask	Apostate Overseer's Mask	Dark Apostate Shard
	Empty Skin	Glowing Apostate Shard	Sparkling Apostate Shard	Scintillating Apostate Shard
	Shimmering Apostate Shard	Shard of the Apostate Grand Director's Broken Mask

Quests

Locations

Creatures

Gear Knight

Hollow Minion

Apostate Nexus Hollow Minion

Lugian

Simulacrum

Tumerok

Virindi

References