#au content

All the exes are eldritch horrors. I know, most of them already are, but there I created a hierarchy for them + worldbuilding stuff.

the exes are embodiments, they all represent something, whether it be different types of human emotions, complicated psychological ideologies, concepts, and even scientific theories and laws. What they represent is either what they govern or what they most enjoy indulging in, most of the time it depends on the certain exe. If one exe dies, another can take what it embodied. There are three types of exes: greater/whole embodiments, lesser/fragmented embodiments, and vessels or forgotten embodiments. At the top of the hierarchy is the allfather.

The Allfather was the first exe, and the first of the holy to fall, who brought everything in heaven into the depths of the void.

(alts+allfather comparison)

Allfather is it’s messenger, he keeps its eden prosperous and full of vessels and stands in as it while it is weak. It created the voids. It represents creation while the allfather represents the rot of time.

The greater or whole embodiments are either some of the oldest or strongest exes, or the first born in their void, and can represent multiple things at a time. An example of a first born exe is Lord X/2011x, since they are the same person in this au, they are the first variant of an exe with just black sclera and red bleeding eyes. The originals are always the strongest, due to the void having to think of something entirely new to create rather than just duplicate the same pattern over and over again. They often represent greater things, like complex human emotions and scientific or universal laws and concepts. Yes, this does mean exes can experience human emotions.

Lesser/fragmented embodiments are either duplicates of other exes, variants of exes, or created BY a greater exe. Some examples are that Faker/EXE is an exe created by another, 2017x was a fucked up mix between a mimic *we’ll talk about that soon* and a regular lesser embodiment, and EYX was just a regular old exe created from a void. Now, for a subclass of fragmented embodiment called mimics. Like their names suggest, they often mimic or truly think they ARE a sonic character. This often stems from them finding a cartridge to inhabit as a fetus or growing up all wonky (like 2017x). Sht and hog/scorched are good examples of unaware mimics, they think they aren’t exes or don’t even know what an exe IS. This often explains their drastic and dangerous behaviors.

The last category is fallen exes/vessels. They are exes that have fallen so low they could be considered mortal, but haven’t died yet. The reasons vessels are included in this category is because they need to not only have their consciousness ripped from their bodies and into a video game, but also that they need to have their minds boosted to a higher plane of existence in order to endure the torment exes put on them without rotting in the real world. A fallen exe example, and the only one I have, is red glove. They are considered dead now, however, as after getting beaten to smithereens, they were found and essentially skinned by Lord X as another form he could take. *No, red glove doesn’t have any real lore, they are just another form of X, I just wanted to make things interesting*

There are also different species of exes: occult exes are often based on or are demonic or occult creatures mortals made up, for example Majin is a mazin, and NMI is a real yokai. Voidspawns are your generic exes that derive straight up from the voids. Organic exes were created somewhere in either another dimension or another plane of existence not originally from the void, and either decided to join the hierarchy or the exes and become one or got exposed to void matter, which may alter their genetic material. Digital exes are exes who gave up their flesh to permanently exist as a being made of code or are entities that spend so much time in the digital realm, they start to become digital entities. Anomalies are exes that were at first mimics or artificially/organically created, before gaining more knowledge of the fact that they WERE in fact, exes, and joining the hierarchy. They are different from organic exes due to being man made or at once being a digital virus/malware/entity. *Credits to @dreadwolfstudio for giving me this idea and inspiring me to build off of these species of exes go check them out they’re very very cool yes yes*