Xaexs
Solitary female mercenary warriors, specialising in all forms of quantum-organic computing. A xaexs stands sometimes in excess of 8 feet tall, has two sets of fully developed and very muscular arms, is naturally heavily armoured, and is an expert in numerous weapons and forms of combat. Often described as a samurai cockroach, they are independent, disciplined, well-trained, silent operators — extremely hard to kill and utterly, utterly ruthless. On occasion, they can be found in Hellsborough and are known to work for or with clowns, The Xin, and humans in the nether lands -- the nethermen. They speak their own peculiar language, but communicate with other denizens via telepathy and the hive mind.
There is only ever one Xaexs in a location. I have verified this across every documented encounter I have access to. One. They do not travel in pairs. They are not hive creatures or social creatures or political creatures. They are alone, and they have chosen this, and they have the capacity to enforce it.
They operate simultaneously on the physical, mental, and soul layers — the only species in the hex documented doing this as a baseline rather than a specialisation. What this means in practice is that standard defensive approaches cover, at best, one of three attack vectors at any given time. The fighting style is precise and economical. There is no wasted movement. There is no bluster. The Xaexs assesses, decides, and acts in the time it takes you to assess.
If you encounter a Xaexs and it has not yet engaged you, leave. Not quickly, which reads as flight. Just leave.
Field note: they have never, in any documented case, pursued a target that has calmly withdrawn. I do not know what this means. I am grateful for it.
| Type | Warden |
| HP | 9 |
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