The High Priest

High Priest of the Elder Overseers
Aliases	High Priest of the Elder Overeers
Relatives	Various Elder Gods The High Priest's Clone (Son/Clone)
Affiliation	The Celestial Army Elder Overseers (Pretending)
Occupation	Conqueror
Biographical information
Homeworld	Xoth
Physical Description
Species	Elder God
Gender	Genderless
Pronouns	He/Him
Other
Created by	Hakced

The High Priest is a Elder God originating from Xoth. Most of his early life was him being mistreated due to his humanoid characteristics being unusual among his species, fitting more with the common body plans of most other species. He served as the High Priest of the Elder Overseers, being some form of religious leader.

Rise of the High Priest

Born Blind, only sensing the power of his bretheren, the High Priest was born a deformity that gave him physical characteristics similar to that of the lower lifeforms of the cosmos, bipedal and weak. He was forced into servitude by his fellow Elder Overseers, filled with rage from this injustice he began to formulate a plan. He learned the ways of the gods he was born to, manipulating his form to fit their kin until it gained him the respect he thought he deserved, bestowing upon him the right of conquest, the power to conquer any world in the cosmos as it was simply what his kind did. But he was not like others, he didn't choose specific planets, he chose all of existence, and began seeking the species needed for such a plan. He found four acceptable for his plan, while wiping out all other life during this journey, these species were the Solaryans, Vorxans, Wei'virs and Nebularians. As ruthless as this army would be, it would simply not be enough. He hatched a greater plan, which will be the true way to reign over the stars.

Sorroda Contract

In the far reaches of existence, he had managed to form a clone of himself, one which could carry out his dark plans without him being placed under scrutiny, but this would also not be enough. He needed an army of his own blood. He contacted the lesser gods of the universe, ones whom he was strong enough to manipulate to his own whims. He played them like puppets, and manipulated them to create a series of systems which would soon be the throne of his conquest. This area of space would become known as the Taros Cluster. He would wait as life sprouted across the worlds, and then begin his great plan.

Formation of the Celestial Army.

The first step of his great plan was to form a celestial army, of the most powerful races he could get his hands on. After careful selection he decided on 4 species from 4 different worlds, these being the worlds of Solarya, Vortakhx, Wei'vir and Nebiula.

Conquest of Solarya

The age of warring states on Solarya progressed, the clans kept trying to outmatch each other. This all changed when the High Priest arrived, he was impressed by their battle capabilities, and decided they were a perfect fit for his celestial army. He decided to approach them diplomatically, offering them wealth and resources so they may feed for millennia with no more need for strife. The Solaryans did not trust him though, as he was something none of them could even fathom. The High Priest decided to prove why he is to be obeyed, annihilating half of them in an instant, and granting the other half immeasurable riches. The Solaryans instantly united, no longer needing to compete, they declared their eternal loyalty to this gracious and wrathful Elder God. The High Priest was granted permission to experiment on them in order to further improve upon them, granting them the position as the most elite infantry soldiers of the Celestial Army.

Conquest of Vortakhx

The High Priest, after consolidating his rule over Solarya, moved onto Vortakhx as the next world he desired for his Celestial Army. He offered the Vorxans the possibility to expand and infest other worlds as he descended upon their world. To his surprise, the Vorxans did not accept his offer, instead attempting to infest and consume him to further reproduce, forcing him to exterminate billions of them to rid himself of them. He pondered, realising that it was impossible that all of the tens of thousands of queens on the planet could cohesively coordinate to the degree they were, leading to him uncovering the existence of the Vorxan Matriarch as the 'true' ruler of the hives. He briefly returned to Vortakhx and abducted the Matriarch, leaving the planet in chaos until he returned.

He was unable to find a reason of how the Matriarch controlled the Vorxans, leading to him to choose a risky option of consuming her in order to absorb her conscience so he could become the new Matriarch despite the possibility of the Matriarch gaining control of him as well or remaining within his mind. Once this process was completed, he descended back down onto Vortakhx, manipulating his new subjects to his own whims to grant them heightened intelligence that made them capable of much greater feats than before, replacing their mindless swarming with a coordinated yet autonomous wave.

Conquest of Wei'vir

As the High Priest reached Wei'vir after securing Solarya and Vortakhx, he was completely unaware of the Wei'virs capabilities, rumoured history, or cosmic powers, only seeing them as a useful asset due to rumours of them being proficient 'crafters'. Little did he know, they were in fact much older and wiser than even him, leading to him swiftly being surrounded and captured by them. He raged, trying to break free from his imprisonment. Surprisingly enough, once he calmed and took a closer look, the Wei'virs were not so much different from himself, featuring very similar characteristics to him and his fellow Elder Gods. Upon this discovery, he decided that perhaps it would be wise to converse with these beings rather than subdue them.

He decided to explain his reasonings of conquest to these clearly intelligent beings, telling them about the corrupt Elder Gods and how he had been mistreated by them, explaining how he was gathering powerful races amongst the cosmos to engage in battle against them, and that the ones he had visited before were indeed worthy to join his army much like they were. The Wei'virs did not care though, seeing through his half truths. They were an moment away from erasing his existence, yet they hesitated. Even if the High Priest was devious and treacherous, his proposal still offered them something they had always craved, a purpose. They agreed that the Elder Gods had not treated the universe they thought they had forged with the respect they asserted they deserved, and even if the High Priest's goals were corrupt, they were still a goal, one they could work towards. Even if the High Priest was worse, they knew now that they could overpower him if necessary. They could re-forge the universe in a new image, a better image, one without the corrupting brought from the Elder Gods' machinations. None of these plans were shared with the High Priest though, since the Wei'virs were even more conniving and intelligent than even him. In the end, the Wei'virs decided to willingly join the Celestial Army, and let the High Priest believe he had subjugated them.

Much like his other conquests, the High Priest decided to modify some of the Wei'virs to become 'better' warriors able fit his image, as he had already done to the Solaryans and Vorxans. However, unbeknownst to the High Priest, the Wei'virs were not the only ones who were modified as the High Priest himself was modified by the Wei'virs', whom 'injected' a part of their collective consciousness into his mind, spreading throughout his mind as he directed them to create weapons of war. It even reached the essence of the Vorxan Matriarch, and promised her that once their new reality had come she and her people would have a place in it, securing themselves even more power. Now that all had been settled, once the High Priest's time had come to an end, a far greater threat may be unleashed on the universe, but for now the Wei'virs plans and influence lays dormant, allowing the High Priest to continue with his plans as they schemed in the shadows.

Invasion of the Nebularian Hegemony

As the High Priest arrived on the edges of the Nebularian Hegemony, he knew this time he could not act alone in his invasion due to the Nebularians' abilities. The High Priest opened protected portals onto the surface of Nebiula Itself, allowing the armies of Solaryans, Vorxans and Wei'virs pour out and decimate the impure Nebularians. The highly evolved beings of the Council of Genetic Purity were forced to intervene, utilising their great power to halt the advance and collect genetic samples, using their vast telepathic powers to seize control of the Celestial Armies in order to capture the High Priest himself. They could not control him like they had for his armies, but they did manage to subdue him and bring him to Nebiula.

The Council decided to dissect the High Priest, seeing his genome as the answer for evolution beyond what even they could imagine. The High priest tried to resist this by offering his Celestial Army's aid against the surrounding nations and to willingly grant them his genome so they may evolve as long as they joined his army. Despite his expectations, the Nebularians rejected, as they already controlled his army, and they could just take his genome themselves. The High Priest was fully subdued.

The Wei'virs, part of the Celestial Army had not been brainwashed though, and were merely playing along to see what would happen. But now was the time to act, as the end of the High Priest would also inevitably lead to the end of their plans. The Wei'virs activated their reality-warping capabilities to break the army free from control and direct the Celestial Army to free the High Priest. Their combined forces managed to destroy the Nebularians, wiping them out until the High Priest managed to break free himself. Under his reinstated command he seized all of the Nebularians' prototype evolved forms using his genome, deciding that they would be perfect for his army. His first instinct was to eradicate the Nebularians due to him being captured by them, but suddenly the puppet in his brain placed by the Wei'virs spoke to him, convincing him that the Nebularians could still be useful. He agreed, and held another speech offering the same chance to the Nebularians he had offered them before. But this time they fully listened, as unbeknownst to the High Priest, the Wei'virs had seized full control of the Nebularians as well.

And thus, he had done it. As the Nebularians joined the celestial army, the High Priest had completed his first goal towards universal domination. Now it was time to work towards the next step, one which he had already planned all the way back in the Sorroda Contract. At this point however, his great celestial army was barely his own anymore, he had become a mere puppet of the Wei'virs.

The Waiting Game

The Pylons

The High Priest's spies in the Taros Cluster noticed a peculiar phenomenon, the lifeforce of the planet was powering crystals capable of creating wormholes if powered to sufficient degrees.

The High Priest needed a way to swiftly transport the Celestial Army, as they were not capable of matching the vast travel speeds he had managed to obtain. He dispatched his clone to retrieve the crystals forming the Tarosian Pylons, even if they became inert outside of the cluster. Initially they did not work, until he began experimenting by having the crystals be located in distinctly Tarosian terrain. This did surprisingly work.

Five Pylons made out of each species of the

Celestial Army's homeworlds were constructed, each allowing the armies to warp into battlefields. These pylons are protected with shielding, making it very difficult to breach through.

The final crackdowns

Using this new technology, all remaining worlds within the High Priest's territory were fully subjugated.

The First Incursion

Arrival

An Elder God had come and died in the Taros Cluster, leading to the High Priest coming to the conclusion that now was his chance to make his move without suspicion. The peoples of the Taros Cluster merely saw a vast comet blaze down into the seas of Taros-Prime, unaware of what it truly was.

Fall of Subaquia

Subaquia had gone through countless years of peace and stability, all until Something arrived in the seas of their homeworld of Aqorra from the direction of Taros-Prime. While they had not yet actually seen what this was, all Merfolk inhabiting Subaquia felt it anyway in their minds rather than the physical. They did not know it for certain yet, but the High Priest's Clone had arrived on their homeworld. There he entered a brief period of hibernation, slowly spreading his influence into the minds of every Subaquian. Many began seeing visions of the horrifying future the High Priest had in store for them, tainting the minds of the weak in order to sow chaos.

Meanwhile others decided the only way to survive this was to serve the High Priest. This group formed an entire cult dedicated to the high priest known as the Cult of the Elder One. This Cult started to cause havoc across their entire civilization, sacrificing unbelievers and slowly running their civilization into ruin. This cult was tasked with creating a city, one which the High Priest could use as his base of operations in any upcoming incursions into the Taros Cluster. The unbelieving survivors managed to escape to the surface of Taros-Prime with a device they had created, which they could use to grant the surface peoples the ability to breathe underwater so they could aid them in battle against the cult. They however found a damaged world, one still reeling from the invasion of another extraterrestrial force. In the time it took for them to find volunteers for such an army, the Cult of the Elder One had nearly completed their grand city. The survivors rushed into the city alongside their converted terrestrial armies, engaging in fierce battle with the Cult of the Elder One, even nearly winning. All of their effort was for nothing, as the High Priest had awoken, instantly annihilating the free Subaquian armies. Any remaining soldiers escaped into the deepest parts of the Aqorran ocean, where they would eventually go mad, clutching the amulets the survivors had given to them. Any remaining true Subaquians have retreated to the icy mountains of Taros-Prime, where they fiercely guard whats left of their ruined civilization.

Subjugating the Seafarers

As civilisation was rapidly rebuilding itself in the Taros Cluster following the end of Nthanithor’s reign, piracy began to grow as a fairly profitable profession for the first time since the conquest. This was immensely profitable, as the pirate fleets grew to the point of easily being able to overpower the navies of the various local nations in the Taros Cluster, thus being able to plunder ever-more loot. Their greed however would eventually become their downfall, as the tentative peace between the pirate fleets eventually came to end as countless conflicts between different factions erupted and ended rather frequently, keeping the fleets away from growing to unsustainable sizes. This is how it had always been, and how it always would have been, if unforeseen things had not decided to take place…

Once the High Priest’s Clone descended upon the Taros Cluster, his arrival was not in the land, but instead in the seas, where he aimed to construct a stronghold to act as a staging point for his conquest. For this task, the clone needed a workforce, people who would be willing to betray their world for greed, which he would luckily get in an unexpected form.

Following the most recent of civil wars, the pirate fleets had scattered across the seas in order to rebuild, until one ship however did not come across land, but instead The Clone. The Clone offered the pirates a deal, he would give them all of the world’s finest treasures as long as they did as he asked, requesting that they bring him artefacts from across the world, bring him resources to construct his fortress, and quell the restless creatures left over from the age of the rot. In order to achieve such an arduous task, the clone granted them the power necessary to accomplish this.

The news of this event spread quickly among the pirates, as more and more fleets signed up for the Clone’s offering, bringing him the resources he desired at an acceptably fast pace, while also forming the first contingents of his army on Taros Prime.