Arkn

"The Dekn communicated, and began to thrive within the large tree. The Dekn existed, and this was not enough for the Hethe. They craved the darkness within the Dekn, and wished to awaken it. The Hethe took half of the existing Dekn, and threw them aside. The third face, that of the Arkn, spoke, and these Dekn became as such. The newly created Arkn saw the great tree, and attacked."

The Arkn, as told in Tales from the First Reality, were the second race of beings brought into existence from The Hethe.

History
The Arkn were created from the darkness within The Dekn in order to rival them. The first few Arkn were Gynesis, Gilgamesh, Abaddon, and Raziel. They began the war by taking The Dekn from their home, the tree. Angered, The Dekn fought back and reclaimed their home. With their newfound weapons, The Arkn burned the tree down and claimed the remaining wood for themselves.

After the creation of humanity, The Arkn looked at the Earth and wanted to take that for themselves as well. They began attaching themselves to humanity, making them slaves to their will. The Dekn were not pleased with this, and the four more powerful Dekn created an infinite amount of realities, so that the humans can exist without The Arkn.

After the damning of Gilgamesh, brought upon by the traitorous Arkn Lord, Hash'bor'kanibal, Uriel, the son of Gilgamesh, stepped forward as The Arkn's King. Abaddon grew jealous of his position, but respected it nonetheless, and went off to become a prestigious Warlord in the Arkn/Dekn wars. Raziel became the creator of Magick, granting great powers upon The Arkn and many others. Gynesis stayed within the shadows and watched the post-reality events from afar.

The Arkn Cabinet, a group of Arkn Lords that represent the different districts, watched as all their fellow Arkn were imprisoned into The Infernous by Hash'bor'kanibal, while others defected. They decided to make an example to The Arkn that even the best of The Arkn can fall as far as Hash'bor'kanibal. The Cabinet went to King Uriel and suggested for him to imprison himself in The Infernous and kill The Carver, but Uriel declined when he told them that he was not about to slay one of his fellow Arkn.

Their next choice was Ellpagg, Arkn Knight of Time, Madness, and strangely, Beetles. Unaware of the non-choice selection, Ellpagg believed he volunteered for the task of convincing the Carver to come out, when in actuality, he was selected already by the Arkn Lords who were betraying him. After sending him down to the Infernous, and having his memories stripped, The Lords were interrupted by Uriel who had come to say farewell to Ellpagg but mistakenly overheard their plan. Outraged, in a fit of sudden fury, Uriel ends up beheading the Arkn Lord Xan'dri'el and is in turn locked away in prison. Shortly after this, Uriel escapes and throws himself into one of the central .Reality cores, trapping his soul within a human body. Ellpagg's torment from within The Infernous was streamed to The Arkn via their Cloud9 broadcast system.

Powers / Ablities
An Arkn's powers are based off of the use of Magick, a concept created by Raziel, and usually their specialties will define what they represent. For example, Raphael excels the most in the works of healing magic. However, not all Arkn rely on the use of magic to their advantage. In another example, Raphael learned to fend for himself in the Arkn/Dekn war using mostly weapons, earning his way up toward the point where he is rewarded by being titled "The Crusader".

A list of known magic the Arkn can use are:
 * Conjuring
 * Geokinesis
 * Hydrokinesis
 * Levitation
 * Pyrokinesis
 * Shading
 * Telekinesis
 * Teleportation
 * Telepathy
 * Umbrakinesis

Culture / Appearance
The Arkn are known for being an egotistical species, seeing themselves as above most other races such as Humanity, The Dekn, or The Claisteoln. Their culture is well shown within their home, The Golden City.

What sets the Arkn aside from the Dekn is their purpose. They started attatching themselves to humanity in order to get the Dekn in a bind, because a Dekn woudln't normally go after humans but have to if an Arkn is attached. Some Arkn may see it as protection.

The power they have seeps into tech and causes unnatural coloration within captured footage. The coloration tends to also be consistent with individual Arkn. Through this coloration, an Arkn will be shown to have wings arching from their shoulder blades. An Arkn may have some defining trait with their wings/distortion, but this isn't limited to each one.