The Carnivora
Artifact: 5
Attune: 12
The vehicle is controlled by an Infernal Exalted known to many as ‘Shadow of Ruin’. The vehicle is a traveling carnival that caters to the most decadent and extremes of humanity in Creation. The vehicle is nearly 500 yards long and laced with the magical metals and the ores found only within Malfeas. It sits on 6 massive wheels made of black basalt forged with a core of tainted orichalcum within the center of each wheel. The axles of the vehicle are also just as rugged and able to with stand a great deal amount of damage. It is pulled by a thousand slaves though thanks to its power source they are able to do so with relative ease. At different levels of the vehicle are cranes and cages to lift and lower slaves into the vehicle. When Carnivora stops it is always in motion in moving goods.
The outer walls of the Vehicle are nearly 5 yards thick. Made of stone quarried from Malfeas and drilled in with the other magical metals. The interior walls are covered with prayers to the Exiles and the inauspicious geomancy involved in the construct further perverts the laws of Creation. Focusing prayers to the Mother of All and to Kimbery to create a unique environment that allows generally incompatible species to be able to breed with each other. If enough are produced they become self-sufficient and wholly real.
The interior is divided into five levels. The lowest level is able to support different climates and conditions inside each of the cages allowing the creatures to survive within them. It has limits though that it cannot duplicate anything deeper than the Bordermarches or the Shadowland so it is not able to keep truly dead things or those touched too deeply by the Wyld. It is also the place where the energies most used to create new species are birthed and then spread out as Carnivora moves around.
The second level is were the mundane beasts of Creation are kept along with the more dangerous humans and beastmen are kept. The third level is were the bulk of the human slaves are kept and sorted along gender, origin and skills. The fourth level is were the crew, goods and the other narcotics are kept to be distributed to guests and sold in bulk through out its traveling route. The fifth layer is the arena and what draws in such large crowds of people were ever it stops.
The area is a techno-magical wonder that would have fit into any First Age city. It is capable of changing its internal temperature and simulate any number of environments both natural and those found in Malfeas. Lifts connect it to the other levels to bring in animals, demons or humans to fight in the arena. To protect the guests from harm a magical net is raised in a dome over the arena so that no essence can escape and harm the spectators and during the games the entry ways are sealed with doors forged of orichalcum and red jade to prevent the combatants from trying to escape. Scrying devices are spread through out the vehicle and they are able to project scenes happening through out the vehicle onto essence screens around the arena and a across the exterior of the vehicle. When it is idle those essence screens offering whatever it is someone needs.
On the top most deck is the Demon Aerie and the command Pavilion. The Demon Aerie is home to Agata that Shadow of Ruin is so fond of. The lowest level is the barrack of the Blood Apes. It is visible from the ground as a black tower on the top of the vehicle. The height of the vehicle is nearly 200 yards.
The last structure on the deck of the vehicle is the command Pavilion which are the private quarters of Shadow of Ruin. Here is the control panels that ultimately decide the fate of those in and around the vehicle. They also serve to regulate the breeding energies the vehicle produces. Hidden in this chamber is the shaft that leads down to the power source in which generates all the essence the vehicle needs. It is bound by powerful sorcery and concepts that the savants of the First Age would have had trouble understanding. It was forged by order of the Yozi and constructed in co-operation by many Third Circle Souls of the different Yozi.
Carnivora will serve a vital function in the upcoming Reclamation of Creation.
Speed: 5 mph
Maneuverability: -6S
Endurance: Due to the unique nature of the vehicles core it does not require a Hearthstone to power it. Instead it drains essence from the surrounding environment that it is pulled through. The engine always twists fate and hides it from the eyes of Heaven. But if the vehicle remains in one place for more than 4 days Heaven will notice the distortion as a Blasphemous effect of a being of more than Essence 5 and will respond with a full strike force of the Aerial Legion.
The vehicle is very easy to maintain and with the living demonic metal and stone it does not require maintenance as often a vehicle of its size would indicate. During Calibration it must stop for the full five days and under go full maintenance. The bindings that hold the living metals and stone together onto the structure of the vehicle need to be checked so in addition to the normal repair rolls Int+Occult roll needs to be made over the course of the week 100 successes needs to be achieved with each roll representing about an hour of time. If the occultist is unable to complete the bindings the Loom detects its blasphemous presence as Calibration ends and a strike force of the Aerial Legion made to deal with incursions by Third Circle Demons is sent to deal with the threat.
Crew: 1,500/500
Cargo: 100 tons
Armor: 25L/25B (Hardness: 30L/30B)
Health Levels: Ux15, Mx10, Cx5, Ix5, D
Weapons:
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Other Notes:
- The living materials of the vehicle heal the vehicle at the rate of level per hour of complete rest when the vehicle is not moving.
- The Spawning Pools are located on the fifth level of Carnivora were the energies gathered from the power of Cytherea and Kimbery is harnessed that allows the breeding of such terrible creatures to be possible. The prayer murals and dedications preformed during construction focus that creative and motherly urge. It allows normally incompatible species to breed to create all manner of monsters. Gestation is very short at just a month long during which time the mother must be kept on that level. Child birth is not always fatal for the mother allowing them to be able to produce multiple monsters.
- The Core of Carnivora is a powerful demon of the Third Circle Demon that was forged into the core of the vehicle to act as its power source and companion to Shadow of Ruin. When she away from the vehicle the Core acts as her second in command. Unknown to all but Shadow of Ruin and the smiths that forged Carnivora is that the Core is a Hellstrider that is currently dormant. It can activate but such a process destroys the vehicle as it is and sends shockwaves through out Heaven and respond with a force that would bring down some of the greatest Third Circle Demons.
