Imperial Swarm

Imperial Swarm

The Sh'Kar were created by the extra-dimensional race known to the Galaxy as the Yr'Larn (whom the Sh'Kar refer to as the 'Old Masters'). The Yr'Larn fled to this dimension to escape an entity known then only as the enemy (this being was later learned to have been the DarkOne, Soulripper). A faction of the Yr'Larn had fled to this Galaxy much earlier and evolved into the current Realm of Stars. Upon reaching this dimension, the Yr'Larn set about the task of rebuilding their mighty star Empire. It was during the conflict that was to be known as the Demon Wars that the Sh'Kar were created. The Sh'Kar are a race of cyber-insectoids who were created for the sole purpose of waging warfare against the enemies of the Yr'Larn. In the massive wars against the Vor'Koon (Empire of Everlasting Darkness), many classes of Sh'Kar were developed to defeat the horrible sorcery based weapons of the Vor'Koon. Many of these classes have never been seen again in the Galaxy, but Shiral has informed us that they still remain, locked in massive stasis vaults, ready to fight should the Vor'Koon or any other sorcery race rise again.

The Sh'Kar first appeared on the current Galactic scene in the cycles after the Last War. It would appear that when the Penta Ring was brought to the Hell Gate by the mad Xythron Emperor, the DarkOne awoke slightly from his enforced eternal sleep, and attempted to smash his way to freedom. So violent were the forces released that Reality, itself, buckled and massive waves of spacetime surged out from the point of conflict. The Que'Lin were finally able to force the DarkOne back into his eternal sleep, but the amage had already been done. The passage of these waves causd untold damage, before they faded once more into the background. Passing a cloaked star system, they shattered the bio-crystal matrix that powered the stasis fields around the Sh'Kar's Citadel, where they had been sealed by their fomer masters/creators, the Yr'Larn, when they fled this dimension at the start of the intrusion. The Sh'Kar emerged from their eons of stasis to find once minor Empires now ancient Galactic powers. One of their first contacts was with one of the Realm of Stars' reserach/trading fleets. Even with the passage of eons, the Sh'Kar could still see the Old Masters in the Tissnor. Soon after their first formal contact, the Sh'Kar entered into the service of the Realm of Stars as highly valued allies.