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The Nightlands is a harsh authoritarian state ruled by Nightlings. The stability and function of the state is fueled by extreme torture and fear. Slaves make up the vast majority of the population, with most slaves coming from the Nightlings' efficient human breeding farms, where children will spend most of their lives labouring until adulthood where they can either be conscripted into the Thralls or remain as labouring slaves.
The Nightland's economy is planned. They distribute food that they get from their underground farms to the populace. Whoever the state considers to be useful will be greatly rewarded and encouraged for their work, though this does not excuse them from being punished and tortured for weeks if they ever disobey or repeat a mistake.
History
Origin
The Nightlings are not humans, or aliens. They are actually superhumans created by Chromotech, a genetic modification research and technology corporation.
Before the Nightlings, Chromotech has been obsessed with finding a way to create a truly effective superhuman. Even going as far as to secretly make illegal deals and fall into kidnapping just to find the test subjects that they lack.
The corporation was eventually caught comiting their crimes. The company and every base it owned was abandoned or taken down, except for one secret underground base hidden in the mountains on Doggerland.
Eventually they invent Nightwater, a fluid that greatly improves the durability of a material. Unfortunately, the harder something is, the less effect Nightwater has on the material.
Nightwater has been shown not to only increase durability, but also improve the muscle power and senses of living beings by several times. The remaining base of Chromotech realizing this, had finally realized they achieved their goal.
They invented a machine whose purpose is to strategically insert Nightwater into a human's body in such a way that every part of the person converts at the same time to avoid darkbites. Since the human body is incompatible and rejects Nightwater infected flesh.
The machines, now called Ebon Assimilator, have proven to be capable of converting human beings into Nightlings.
The Nightlings were the perfect superhuman. Their flesh was as hard as steel, and they could carry weights ten times heavier than before when they were human.
Chromotech, believing they could improve their superhumans even further, added modifications to the Ebon Assimilator's design to induce Psychopathy and a sense of extreme loyalty and nationalism to the person or country that they serve.
Rebellion
Because of Chromotech's illegality, it was difficult for them to release their inventions to the world without resulting in their destruction. The Nightlings were no longer able to tolerate all the experiments. The Nightling's stagnancy and superiority made them easily manipulated when an individual Nightling rose up and claimed that the Superior race (Nightlings) should be the rulers of the world. Their belief is that once the entire universe is united as one nation, they would be able to create a perfect utopia where the Nightlings will live as custodians, enslaving themselves to create an impeccable perfect galaxy for all the other races to live for generations forever.
This gave the Nightlings a goal, and a reason to be united. The individual Nightling, known today as Overseer One, demanded Chromotech's leadership be handed to the Nightlings.
Chromotech rejected their idea, resulting in an extreme Nightling rebellion. The Nightlings were easily able to take control of the lowest floors of the mountain base. The Nightlings populations easily swarmed and overpowered. The Nightlings' superhuman abilities gave them a great advantage against Chromotech, who was unable to call for outside help and intervention due to being an illegal company.
The base was overpowered, and Chromotech no longer exists. Nightlings now rule the base and can do whatever they want to do with the hundreds of employees they have captured.
Aftermath
The Nightlings did not want to convert all the humans into Nightlings immediately, and instead threw them to the breeding farms or mines to spend their entire lives labouring for the Nightlings.
The Nightlings
Government
The Nightlings place stability and predictability as their highest priority in their administration of the state. The Overseers Council is the main governors of the nation, controlling every part of the state with an authoritarian grip.
The Overseer Council has 7 members which can only be of the Nightling race. Each members are given their specific role in the management of their territories.
Each member is named after numbers.
Overseer One deals with Organization and Management.
Overseer Two manages development and construction.
Overseer Three manages the slaves and human breeding farms.
Overseer Four deals with security and corruption.
Overseer Five manages the Assimilation Temples and Darkwater farms.
Overseer Six manages the military and military industry.
Overseer Seven manages technological progress and research.
Each Overseer keeps one another in their place. They all hold a common goal of developing and strengthening their nation due to their Nightling psychology, and will work as equals for this reason.
Nightling Race and Society
Darkwater will be injected into the bloodstream while the victim is drained of blood, and eventually their entire bodies and flesh will be corrupted by the fluid, turning them into Nightlings. They will spend 1-2 weeks in an unstable berserk state where they will attack anything moving that is not of their kind.
The Nightlings stay deep underground, and avoid any sources of electromagnetic radiation. Even going so far to create special suits block it off completely. Though their Darkwater infected walls work well enough to do the job.
Though electromagnetic radiation of any sort does not actually harm them, it does prevent cell reproduction, perhaps due to the influence of Darkwater in their entire biological structure. Though despite this major disadvantage, the Nightlings are much more stronger and faster than ordinary humans, and their flesh is comparable to even power armor. They have the ability to produce more Darkwater from their saliva. A massive number of Nightlings are used as Darkwater producing cattle slaves where they are put into receiver machines and have their entire minds wiped permanently.
The Nightlings are infertile and have no sex drive. So they rely on breeding humans together to increase their population.
The Nightlings have learned to utilize their Nightwater saliva in their technology. They have the ability to corrupt rocks and metal of all sorts and transform it into Night versions, where its durability would be similar to the durability of Nightling flesh. And since those materials have long longevity and does not rely on cell reproduction to exist they are able to survive exposure to electromagnetic radiation. And as Darkwater does a great job in absorbing electromagnetic radiation, Nightlings use it on their clothing and suits to protect themselves from it.
The Nightlings are blind despite having eyes. Since they cannot be exposed to electromagnetic radiation, they cannot see. They detect other beings through vibrations. But in cases they need vision they own cameralike devices that bring sight information directly into their brain.
Their brains had lost the ability to detect color, their entire world is black and white despite their usage of the cameralike device. Because of this, they are unable to appreciate difference in color, only using the color red to constantly remind their slaves of what blood looks like on their dull structures and vehicles.
Nightlings have an extremely deep emotional connection to their nation, perhaps put in place due to the Corporation's desire to keep their superhumans loyal to whatever state they would be sold to. But this emotional connection was easily corrupted, transforming into an obsession where they are willing to do whatever it takes to bring their nation to the greatest heights they could reach. It seems they were not intended to be rulers or think rationally. All of them are almost psychopathic, the only remaining fragments of their empathy and sympathy is reserved to those who are able to contribute to the state that they are serving.
Military
The Nightling vehicles and armor is made out of Darkwater corrupted stone, and sometimes metal.
Though despite this, their nightstone is still weaker than ordinary alloy, but they make up for their fragility with sheer numbers. Their military is made out of all human or alien slaves with cheap armor and gear. Nightlings themselves avoid being in the frontlines and prefer to be the military command.
The Nightlands have no airforce or Navy.
Torture
The Nightlings have something they're really good at: torture and technology related to such. Their torture tactics and devices are capable of permanent psychological damage and disability, but some are easily healed so the victim may be sent to work as soon as possible. The most well known Nightling tortures are:
Hell's Gate
The hells gate (also known as Hell Machine) is a machine that has the appearance of a large standing casket with uncountable amounts of needles emerging from its walls. The victim will enter the casket and have the machine connect into their nerves, spine, and brain. Every part their body will have its pain receptors activated to its maximum. The machine itself is focused on keeping the person alive and slowing their sense of time. Those who rebel are sent to the Hell Gates where they will suffer unimaginable pain for several days.
Dawn's Devourer
This Dawn's Devourer is used before an execution and only works when the victim is a Nightling. The victim will have a spike that pierces through their spine. The spike is connected to a machine that forcefully keeps the Nightling's organs, mind, and senses running. The torture is done outdoors in the surface, easily seen by the slave populations. The victim will be held in the air by this spike and have their exposure to electromagnetic radiation or sunlight shut down their cell reproduction. Their bodies will start to slowly break down as microorganisms decompose their dying flesh. Even as only their brain remains, the spike makes sure that they live through all of it. Eventually, when nothing else is left except for the long living cells, the machine will be disabled and the Nightling is left to perish.
Vexator
A device is implanted into the victim's brain. The device when activated does nothing but cause extreme unimaginable discomfort. No matter what the person does or do, the feeling refuses to disappear unless made to by an Overseer. This is usually implanted on slaves after birth. When slaves become rebellious or decide to form protests, an Overseer may activate the implants and have the slaves drop down to the ground writhing. Enforcers will then retrieve the rebels and bring them to the Hell Gates for punishment.