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The Virindi (''alternative spelling: Virin'di''<ref name=AsheronsMissive>2000/12 [[The Child of Daralet]] - [[Asheron's Missive]]</ref><ref name=AsheronsSecondMissive>2000/12 [[The Child of Daralet]] - [[Asheron's Second Missive]]</ref>) are a mysterious race shrouded by cloak and mask. They are known for their mastery of [[Planar Magic]],<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM_CD_Lore/Bestiary/Derethian_Bestiary#Virindi|Bestiary: Virindi]]</ref> their ruthless logic<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/>, and their experimentations on "meatlings".<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/>

Notable Virindi include: [[Aerbax]], [[Levistras]], and [[Claude the Archmage]].

== History ==
The origins of the Virindi are unknown.<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/> The only official theory is that they are residents of Portal Space.<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/>

=== Early Dereth History ===
No [[Empyrean]] texts have been discovered which mention contact with the Virindi prior to [[The Sundering]]. [[Asheron]] himself has stated that the Virindi arrived on Dereth far after the Sundering,<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/> and prior to the arrival of any of the other races.<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/><ref name=AgesEmp>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Ages of the Empyrean|Ages of the Empyrean]]</ref> Some point after their arrival (it is not clear when) the Virindi fought with Asheron over something and lost.<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/><ref name=AgesEmp/> The circumstances and cause of the conflict are unknown.<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/>

Despite Virindi arriving before all of the other displaced races, it seems as though humanity was not aware of them for some time. This is perhaps due to the fact that humans spent their first 15 years fighting against the Olthoi, a conflict which seemed to take place mostly on [[Osteth]], and as late as [[Release|10 PY]] most Virindi sightings were in the [[Direlands]].<ref name=ZoneBestiaryVirindi>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Zone_Bestiary#The_Virindi|Zone Bestiary - The Virindi]]</ref> The earliest documented human encounter with Virindi is that of Lord [[Cambarth]]'s meeting and subsequent trading with a Virindi using the Isparian identity of Lord [[Sarvaen]], which occured on Frostfell 4th in the 13th year of Cambarth's Exile and lasted up to Seedsow 22nd, in the 15th year of Cambarth's Exile<ref name=TornJournal>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Torn Journal]]</ref> Throughout Cambarth's Journal, he only refers to Sarvaen as the "Thing" and never as a Virindi,<ref name=TornJournal/> possibly indicating that neither he nor his workers had ever encountered a Virindi before. It is not clear what the conversion is between Cambarth's ''year of exile'' system and the ''portal year'' system. However, the events with Sarvaen had to occur after 0 PY, since Cambarth had a [[Gharu'ndim]] associate named [[Asjan]] who was from [[Qalaba'r]], and the Gharu'ndim people did not begin to arrive and settle until after the death of the One Queen.<ref name=OrigManual27>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Asheron's Call Manual]] p. 27 - Samsur</ref>

=== Tumeroks ===
At some point prior to 0 PY,<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryTumeroks>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM_CD_Lore/Bestiary/Derethian_Bestiary#Tumeroks|Bestiary: Tumeroks]]</ref><ref name=HistoryofFortWitshire>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[History of Fort Witshire]]</ref> the Virindi discovered the Tumeroks trapped on Marae Lassel.<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryTumeroks/> The young Tumerok rebel Aranpuh was the first to be altered by the Virindi (possibly by Aerbax itself<ref name=DestructionsAndBeginnings> 2003/01 [[The Slumbering Giant]] - [[Destructions and Beginnings]]</ref>) to look more human. After Aran successfully took control of the Hea tribe of Tumeroks and gained the name Hea Arantah, all of his new tribesmen were altered in the same way. At some point after the alteration of the Hea, but before the Hea invaded the mainland (though after 0 PY<ref>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/Lilitha's Bow|Lilitha's Bow]]</ref><ref>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Early Dereth Texts/The Legend of Lilitha|The Legend of Lilitha]]</ref>) [[Lilitha]] was captured by [[Hea Temenua]] on [[Marae Lassel]].<ref name=TheOneNamedLilitha>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[The One Named Lilitha]]</ref> She was given to the Virindi, who told the Hea, ''"Here are the ones we have gifted you in the image of. Behold! We will open Wind and Light to you, that you may go among their holdings. Bring them to us. We wish to understand them, and the one they are protected by."''<ref name=TheOneNamedLilitha/>
<br><br>In the early years after the defeat of the [[The One Queen]]<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryTumeroks/><ref name=HistoryofFortWitshire/> (the exact date is unknown, some time between 0 PY<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryTumeroks/><ref name=HistoryofFortWitshire/> and 7 PY<ref name=OrigManual25>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Asheron's Call Manual]] p. 25 - Rithwic</ref>) Tumeroks first began to attack human settlements. It wasn't until [[Dark Majesty|Leafcull, 12 PY]] when Marae Lassel was opened that humans discovered the true nature of the relationship between Tumeroks and Virindi.

=== The [[Fourth Sending of Darkness]] ===

The Virindi were one of the parties joining forces to defeat the [[Ilservian Palacost]]. At that time, the [[New Directive]] was not yet formed.<ref>2001/04 [[A Reign of Stone]] - [[Scrawled Note (Aerbax Laboratory)]]</ref> In the month of Frostfell, P.Y. 11, a desperate alliance formed between [[Asheron]], the [[Virindi]], the undead [[Dericost]], a rogue follower of Bael'Zharon named [[Isin Dule]], and the Isparians. The Virindi refused to give up the [[Fragment of the Singularity]], which could be used to defeat Bael'Zharon, but the alliance managed to obtain this item anyway. Bael'Zharon was driven off of this plane of existence, but he was not destroyed.<ref name="Pack Bael'Zharon">2004/04 - [[On Bended Knee]] - [[Pack Bael'Zharon]]</ref> <ref>2007/10 [[Masked Memories]] - [[Delving into Claude's Mind#Lore & Dialog]]</ref>

=== [[The Rise of the New Singularity]] ===
''See also the separate article on the [[Directive]] and [[New Directive]] factions.''

In Portal Year 12, during the [[The Rise of the New Singularity ]] Story Arc, [[Levistras]] and other Virindi such as [[Aerbax]] and [[Adirred the Theoretican]] rebelled against the Singularity, the core of Virindi existence in portal space. They were straining against the constrictions of the race's communal mind, and were largely responsible for the aggression against humanity. They sought ways to free themselves totally from dependence on the “Singularity” – where the race evidently resides – and separate themselves from the shared Virindi consciousness, the “[[Quiddity]].”
They called themselves the New Directive and were determined to keep their individuality at all costs.<ref name=PackLevistras>2004/11 [[On Bended Knee]] - [[Pack Levistras]]</ref><ref name=RiseNewSingularity>[[AC:DM CD Lore/Historical Overview/Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity]]</ref><ref>2001/07 [[Lost in the New Horizon]] - [[Dirrich's Journal]]</ref> In the course of the process of establishing the New Singularity, factions split off from from [[Levistras]] and his group.<ref>2001/09 [[Keep Your Enemies Closer]] - [[Simulacra Rumor]]</ref><ref>2001/09 [[Keep Your Enemies Closer]] - [[Translated Northern Infiltrator Note]]</ref><ref>2001/09 [[Keep Your Enemies Closer]] - [[Translated Southern Infiltrator Note]]</ref><ref>2001/09 [[Keep Your Enemies Closer]] - [[Translated Asteliary Crafter's Note]]</ref>

The resulting war between their minions and Virindi forces loyal to the Singularity nearly destroyed Isparian civilization on Dereth. The Singularity sought to wipe Dereth clean of life to ensure that this never occurred again, and the New Directive's goal of creating a New Singularity would have destroyed Dereth as we know it.<ref name=PackLevistras>2004/11 [[On Bended Knee]] - [[Pack Levistras]]</ref> 

In the end, the Virindi were no match for Isparian strength. With the assistance of [[Ecorto the Lost Director]], who was instigated by [[Candeth Martine]]<ref>2001/10 [[The Widening Gyre]] - [[Announcements - 2001/10 - The Widening Gyre#Teaser|Teaser]]</ref>, Isparians stormed the [[Seat of the New Singularity]] and slew Levistras.
<ref name=PackLevistras>2004/11 [[On Bended Knee]] - [[Pack Levistras]]</ref><ref name=GyreRecap>2001/10 [[The Widening Gyre]] - [[Announcements - 2001/10 - The Widening Gyre#Recap|Recap]]</ref><ref>2001/10 [[The Widening Gyre]] -[[New Singular Repositories#Lore & Dialog]]</ref>

=== [[Aerbax]] & [[Favored Sons]] ===
''See also the separate article on [[Aerbax]] and the [[Aerbax's Virindi]] faction.''

=== [[Apostate Virindi]] ===

''See also the separate article on the [[Apostate Virindi]] faction.''

After time, the Virindi, under leadership of "The Consul"<ref>2009/03 [[Who Watches the Virindi?]] - [[Announcements_-_2009/03_-_Who_Watches_the_Virindi?#Teaser|Teaser]]</ref>  determined that [[Levistras]] failed in its construction of a New Singularity because it was unaware of the spatial and temporal potential of the energy contained within the ore used. [[Levistras]] sought to build a New Singularity from imperfect materials. The Consul and its peers calculated that a mass of [[Aetherium]] would retain and diffuse portal energy at a rate a thousand times more efficient than Pyreal. It was determined that a large array of [[Aetherium]] could serve as the center of critical mass for the New Singularity.<ref name=ApostateExcavation>2009/08 [[Reclamation]] - [[Apostate Excavation Master's Orders]]</ref>

After the Virindi discovered the use of [[Aetherium]] for establishing a New Singularity, they called upon their former allies, the Gotrok Lugians, to direct the excavations. Preliminary investigations also revealed that the artifacts at the site containing Aetherium were remnants of a long-thought-vanished race of mechanical entities from an unknown world. The Virindi also believed that, if these entities could be reproduced or reconstructed, they would make superior servitors and guardians. These subverted [[Gear Knight]]s were seen as a possibility to replace the [[Renegade Tumeroks and Lugians]], since the Renegades were deemed as "too unreliable". <ref name=ApostateExcavation/>

Their mingling with portal space resulted in quite a few notable temporal disturbances.<ref>2010/10 [[Hopes and Fears]] - [[Empyrean Rescue Quest#Lore & Dialog]] </ref> [[Geraine]], [[Aerfalle]] and [[Rytheran]] cooperated with the Apostate Virindi to disturb the [[Ley Lines]] and change the timelines.<ref name=Celebration>2010/05 [[Celebration]] - [[Announcements - 2010/05 - Celebration#Rollout Article]]</ref> <ref name=HiddenShadows>2011/03 [[Hidden In Shadows]] - [[Announcements - 2011/03 - Hidden In Shadows#Rollout Article]]</ref> Together with [[Ben Ten]], [[Harlune]] investigated the activities of the Apostate Virindi and [[Aerfalle]]'s involvement with the disturbances in the ley lines.<ref name=OldGhostsTeaser>2009/06 [[Old Ghosts]] - [[Announcements - 2009/06 - Old Ghosts#Teaser|Teaser]]</ref><ref>2009/08 [[Reclamation]] - [[Announcements - 2009/08 - Reclamation#Rollout Article|Rollout Article]]</ref>

== Culture ==
There are two important aspects to the Virindi culture: the [[Quiddity]] and the [[Singularity]]. The Quiddity is a shared consciousness that all Virindi are connected to.<ref name=AC:DMBestiaryVirindi/><ref name=RiseNewSing>2001/11 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore/Historical Overview/Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity|Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity]]</ref> The Singularity the place where the Virindi race resides.<ref name=RiseNewSing/>

== Texts ==

{{Item Table
 | Caption = Directive and New Directive Texts
 | Atual Arutoa (Rumor)
 | Aun Enemies
 | Dirrich's Journal
 | Edicts of the Quiddity
 | Edicts of the Singularity
 | Hea Tuperea's Reedsharks
 | Translated Inculcation Cells Note
 | Mask Clan Note
 | Mount Lethe Directions
 | Orb of Clarity
 | Pack Levistras
 | Quiddity commands
 | Scrawled Note (Aerbax Laboratory)
 | Simulacra Rumor
 | Translated Sotiris Note
 | The Tah of Ahurenga
 | Torn Journal (First Half)
 | Torn Journal (Second Half)
 | Translated Asteliary Crafter's Note
 | Translated Northern Infiltrator Note
 | Translated Singular Chorizite Note
 | Translated Singular Obsidian Note
 | Translated Singular Pyreal Note
 | Translated Southern Infiltrator Note
 | Translated Virindi Envoy's Note
 | Scrawled Note (Translation)
 | Translated Tumideon Note
 | Virindi Weapons
 | Virindi on the Plateau
 | Virindi's Note
}}

{{Item Table
 | Caption = Martine Texts
 | A Crumpled Note
 | A Cryptic Note
 | A Dry Withered Leather Bound Journal
 | A Folded Note
 | A Journal by Martine
 | A Meeting
 | A Near Illegible Note
 | An Unsigned Message
 | Denouement
 | Facilitation
 | Interlude
 | Josef's Wish List
 | Menacet's Orders
 | Pack Martine
 | Puppet Show
 | Storytelling
 | The Beginning
 | The Weapons of the Singularity
}}

{{Item Table
 | Caption = Aerbax Texts
 | A Note from Aerbax
 | Coda
 | Destructions and Beginnings
 | Directives
 | Energy Source
 | Execution Log of Strathelar Modification
 | Failure
 | Harker's Journal
 | Harker's Orders
 | Hidden Note
 | Inner Sea Directive
 | Instructions (Monouga Feeding Pit)
 | Letter to Nomea
 | Monouga Experiment Log
 | Observations and Instructions: Dojiro Sangi
 | Observations: Harraag (Attuned)
 | Observations: Harraag (Unattuned)
 | Olthoi Experiment Log
 | Orb of Clarity
 | Parallax Auguries
 | Personal Research Notes: Tuskers
 | Piece of Paper (Translated)
 | Research Notes: "Children of Darkness"
 | Research Notes: Mattekar
 | Research Notes: Mosswart
 | Rheaga's Journal
 | Tanada House of Water Orders
 | The Mirror
 | Translated Black Water Watcher's Shard
 | Translated Shadow Artifex Shard
 | Translated Thief of Dreams Message Shard
 | Tusker Experiment Orb
}}

{{Item Table
 | Caption = Apostate Texts
 | Apostate Excavation Master's Orders
 | Apostate Orders
}}

== Internet Articles ==
* [[AC:DM CD Lore/Historical Overview/Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity|AC:DM CD Lore - Portal Year 12 - The Rise of the New Singularity]]
* [[AC:DM CD Lore/Virindi Texts|AC:DM CD Lore - Virindi Texts]]

== Factions ==
* [[Directive]] (Old Guard)
* [[New Directive]] (Renegade Virindi)
** [[Martinate Virindi]]
** [[Aerbax's Virindi]]
** [[Apostate Virindi]]

== Items ==
{{Item Table
 | Caption = Weapons
 | Aerbax's Defeat
 | Asteliary Orb
 | Energy Crystal
 | Imbued Asteliary Orb
 | Quiddity Orb
 | Quiddity Weapons
 | Quintessence Sickle
 | Rift Orb (Tenebrous Rift)
 | Rift Orb (Umbral Rift)
 | Shard of Harraag's Dagger (Weapon)
 | Sharpened Virindi Scalpel
 | Sickle of Azaxis
 | Singularity Weapons
 | Virindi Implant (Purple)
 | Virindi Implant (Red)
 | Virindi Scalpel
 | White Virindi Wand
 | Yellow Virindi Wand
}}
{{Item Table
 | Caption = Armor
 | Doll Mask
 | Energy Crown
 | Enhanced Energy Crown
 | Martine's Mask
 | Martine's Robe
 | Mask of the Depths
 | Nexus Crawler's Mask
 | Obsidian Director's Mask
 | Shroud of Levistras
 | Virindi Consul Mask
 | Virindi Desecrator Mask 
 | Virindi Inquisitor's Mask
 | Virindi Mask
 | Virindi Profatrix Mask
 | Virindi Shroud
 | Visage of the Shadow Virindi
}}
{{Item Table
 | Caption = Accessories
 | Band of Shielding
 | Circlet of Shielding
 | Dark Amber Ring
 | Dark Ruby Ring
 | Dark Sapphire Ring
 | Doll's Eye
 | Ring of Shielding
 | Virindi Servant's Amulet
}}
{{Item Table
 | Caption = Decorations
 | Pack Aerbax
 | Pack Levistras
 | Pack Virindi
}}
{{Item Table
 | Caption = Miscellaneous
 | ??
}}
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