Pyraxis of the Burning Tide

Pyraxis of the Burning Tide is one of only three survivors from a Nightstalker attack.

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Pyraxis of the Burning Tide
Biographical information
Full name	Pyraxis of Clade Burning Tide
Faction	Matsudan
Rank	Living Legend
Race	Asterian

In the darkest hours of the Asterians of Clade Burning Tide, it was an old ally that provided an opportunity. Unbeknownst to the Tesseract, as the Clade fell, a trio of Asterians ignored the warnings of the council and used an escape pod. Unable to reach Asterian space, they navigated toward the nearest friendly planet: Neo Matsudo.

The nightstalkers crawled out of the void a week after the Asterians first arrived. The inashi guarding the guests were disturbed by an ear-piercing scream and ran into the Asterians’ quarters to find a dog-like beast with two heads stalking toward a terrified-looking Asterian. While singing the hymns and prayers of their ancestors, the inashi savagely cut down the creature, but unfortunately it was just the beginning.

For another three nights the Matsudan faced the nightstalkers. During moments when it looked like they may be overwhelmed, the warriors would be joined by a gyoji priest who would hold aloft a ceremonial gunbai and bellow the traditional hymns of old Matsudo. The stirring songs of the gyoji would break the spell of the massing nightstalkers and encourage the Matsudan to fight more ferociously and with vigour. Even the Asterians seemed to heed the gyoji’s words and battled alongside their allies.

Then, on the fifth night: nothing. The Asterians slept soundly while the Matsudan stood guard, gently chanting to themselves. They had managed to sever the link between the surviving Asterians and the Void. The Matsudan had fought the nightstalkers and won. The sense of honour and tradition among the Matsudan made them less likely to fall to the crooked whispers and tempting promises of the nightstalkers.

Thus Pyraxis swore to redeem the name of Clade Burning Tide, took up the honourable ways of the Matsudan and fights alongside his saviours against the encroaching darkness.

• Pyraxis of the Burning Tide
  Pyraxis of the Burning Tide

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