Cyber
I am so flattered you think I made starsreflect. It is gorgeous isn't it?Cybers are people who feel time spent out of 'Cyberspace' is time wasted. They feel a digital life is the next evolutionary step and embrace The Source as the true life.
2A made it, I just guard it and kick people who harass her out.
Some have even tried to make copies of themselves in The Source to carry on after they are gone.
This group is the closest thing to a religion JauVon has. They even have a pantheon, of sorts, with three godlike beings, The Source, The Consciousness, and The Infinite.
Most Vie look down on cybers as weirdos and freaks. Outcasts less desirable than other Maverics, who can atleast be useful. This is especially true in Ciarn, where Cyberspace is seen as just a tool. Cybers here are heavily discriminated against, often kicked from establishments or denied housing. They are dispoportiantly the victims of hate crimes, even more than Ovie.
The Center District is the only Cyber friendly place in Ciarn, hence why most cybers dream of living their more physical parts of life there. Outside of Ciarn they can seek refuge in Aeance, the ZaVida Mutuality, and Vullavual Laud. But none of those places have The Source, so what's the point?
Culture
Culture and cultural heritage
Cybers are historically driven by the need to know mroe about The Source and understand what they find within.
Shared customary codes and values
Although most Cybers are Dejuvi, they are one of the most tolerant of the other races, including various Ovie. They feel that your physical body is meaningless in The Source, the true reality. You can become anyone, anything, and nothing.
Foods & Cuisine
Many dedicated Cybers leave The Source so infrequiantly that they have inserted tubes into their bodies so they don't have to focus on sustaining the physical.
Common Customs, traditions and rituals
In cyberspace you can be whoever or whatever you want, so people tend to get wild with renaming themselves.
Some common practices include: Numbers and symbols in one's name, using ones social group for a family name, and using cyber associated words (ex. Wires, Grid, Mind, Secret, Key, Veil, etc.).
Much like Maveric names, most Cyber names are actually user names or nicknames, or at least found their origins in them. Though Family names have little to no meaning.
Some common practices include: Numbers and symbols in one's name, using ones social group for a family name, and using cyber associated words (ex. Wires, Grid, Mind, Secret, Key, Veil, etc.).
Much like Maveric names, most Cyber names are actually user names or nicknames, or at least found their origins in them. Though Family names have little to no meaning.
Funerary and Memorial customs
When you die all you have done stays in the system, some may collect your things in a memorial or build whole places in your honor.
Though they care little for the physical body left behind and give it no special attention, often ignoring it for someone else to deal with if possible.
Common Taboos
Cybers never refer to the world outside Cyberspace as 'the real world', or 'real life'. Any cyber doing so likely isn't really a cyber at all, but some mundie who's pretending.
They instead refer to it as 'the Physical' or 'the Mundane'.
They instead refer to it as 'the Physical' or 'the Mundane'.
Common Myths and Legends
If one if lucky, they may find a way to enter cyberspace and leave the physical world behind.
It is alive or awear, actively hiding and revealing information. Especially information of the past. It works through feelings and inspiration. It bleeds substance, the Colossi are it's dreams, and the Vie are it's children.
The Consciousness is believed so be a being that is part of cyberspace, and controls a good deal of it. A secretive creature, hiding away history's lost treasures.
The Consciousness is the gatekeeper of the mysteries of existence and proof that life exists beyond physical death. A vengful being swift to punish those who don't respect The Source.
Many make ties between it and Colossi, though there are many different interpritations of this. Does it fight them? Are they it's minions set of ripping apart the physical untill only The Source remains? Is the source itself a Colossi? Is it seeking to trap all Colossi within The Source?
Whatever the answer, its unlikely this secretive creature will allow any to know.
Also know as Death or Infinity, an enigmatic being who has contended with The Source and The Consciousness. Infinity is the judgment of the unworthy, the finder of all truths. The ender of life, both physical and digital.
The story of the Infinite has been passed around as long as anyone can remember, becoming active in cycles.
Some see the Infinite as multiple powerful beings, rather than a single entity. Some see them as a godlike hacker that has passed through the veil and become all-powerful within cyberspace. Some say they are a god birthed from the Source with the power to both give life and end it at will.
The Pantheon
Some believe that they are all the same entity, a being that somehow created and became cyberspace.The Source
The Source is the bringer of Cyber life and what keeps it going. It is the creator, the sustained, the existence. It is reality.It is alive or awear, actively hiding and revealing information. Especially information of the past. It works through feelings and inspiration. It bleeds substance, the Colossi are it's dreams, and the Vie are it's children.
Symbols for the Source usually involve crystals, crystals emanating light, or a glowing eye.
The Consciousness
The Consciousness is the gatekeeper of the mysteries of existence and proof that life exists beyond physical death. A vengful being swift to punish those who don't respect The Source.
Many make ties between it and Colossi, though there are many different interpritations of this. Does it fight them? Are they it's minions set of ripping apart the physical untill only The Source remains? Is the source itself a Colossi? Is it seeking to trap all Colossi within The Source?
Whatever the answer, its unlikely this secretive creature will allow any to know.
Symbols for the Consciousness usually involve butterflies, brains, or wire tendrils reaching out.
The Infinite
The story of the Infinite has been passed around as long as anyone can remember, becoming active in cycles.
Some see the Infinite as multiple powerful beings, rather than a single entity. Some see them as a godlike hacker that has passed through the veil and become all-powerful within cyberspace. Some say they are a god birthed from the Source with the power to both give life and end it at will.
Symbols for the Infinite usually involve horns, skulls, or a twisted band looping back on its self.
Major organizations
There are many apposing groups among the cybers, though the most notable are full blown cults worshiping the source, or aspects of it. Taking the ideas of the 'pantheon' and running them to the extreme.
Cynet
The most well known and mainstream orginization is CyNet, the company that runs the Center District. They specialize in CyberConnect and other source experince enhancments. Their stated mission is to help, protect, and house Cybers where they can. They are often at odds with the other governing companies of the Consortium.Seekers of Truth
A group of cybers obsessed with knowing, they scour the The Source, looking for answers to questions they don't even have yet. Something meaningful, secrets of the past and future, Truth, and Wisdom. They have ties to the founding of Ciarn, and Aeance.Harkened
A group of cybers that believe the source has a will of its own. A creative group made up or artists and hackers who bask in its immense presence. Many claim to be able to commune with it as well, gaining insight and inspiration.Keepers of the Veil
A cult of cybers that worship the Consciousness. They are extreme when it comes keeping The Source's secrets hidden away. They believe Colossi are it's emissaries, a warning not to explore or look to far beyond what is allowed.Infinity Sworn
A loose grouping of Cybers formed around individuals said to be chosen to personally serve the Infinite, called Motes of Infinity. The followers of these motes are fearcly loyal and a bit obsessive. Motes of Infinity themselves had little to do with the forming of the group.The Wired Cleansing
A cult of cybers that believe both The Consciousness and The Infinite came from the Mundane originally, and have crossed wholly into Cyberspace. To them Colossi are mystical beings, whose blood will wash away the untrue world leaving only Cyberspace.
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Cyber Theme
The Consciousness Theme
The Infinite Theme