G lossary

Laxius Force is a stand-alone game. It is not needed to play or have played Indinera's previous games to play Laxius Force. Nevertheless references to past plotlines can occur at times, such as background references or past exploits of the heroes. If you're a new player, it might be worth ten minutes to read the glossary and get in touch with the "Laxius Mythology".

Laxius Force: A Three-Sided War
The game is the theater of three main forces meant to confront each other.

I. The Order One of temples of the Order Ruler: The Grand Commendanter Main Allies: Guidibba, Hondler, Kommender, Terven and many more either working in the dark or just not important enough to mention. Formerly known as the Dark Order, the Order is a growing cult of the Deport.
It started as something pretty minor and quickly expanded throughout the whole Deport.
The arising of seven temples, that a part has been destroyed in past campaigns, was the first step to a worldwide recognition. The Order nurtures the goal to cleanse the Deport from the "soiled ones", that mankind, elves and many more belong to, according to them. The goal of the Grand Commendanter is to achieve a total control of the Deport, rampage it so as to rebuild it himself, and ultimately conclude a pact with the Demons. Necromancers, perverted alchemists and various rejects and outcasts have gathered to help the Grand Commendanter succeed. The Dark Blood as well as terrorist actions and various abductions are part of their usual plans. The Order had originally settled in the seven temples, but since an important part got destroyed, some rumours say they could be located in other places as well. Nobody knows whether new temples have been aimed to spread out the cult.
The Grand Commendanter:
Everybody has heard of him. Yet, nobody has ever seen him. Some say even his allies do not get the chance to see him. He is the kingpin of the Order, the grandiose name people prefer not to mention. But... What else? Who is he? What is his true nature? Man? Demon? Elf?... Legend?
If the Grand Commendanter is not seen, his actions are: bloody onslaughts, dreadful punishments, grim experimentations... The kingpin's motives appear unclear. He seems determined to devastate joy and life on the Deport, but the purpose is lacking.

II. The True Demons Ruler: ??? Main Allies: ??? Following a cycle of re-creation, an army of True Demons arises about every 1800 years, on the Deport. The True Demons are powerful, naturally able to use their laxius energy. Their true origin has yet to be determined. Tangible elements, though, are evidence that the threat they convey is very real and not to be belittled.

III. The Laxius Force Ruler: Random Pendragon Main Allies: Sarah Brandolino, Luciana Vincenti, Wendala Diroslav etc. Seven months ago, Random and his friends slew a premature True Demon - an early one. That makes them Heroes of the Deport. Their names are well-known.
Soon ruled by the desire to unite the Deport against the Order, Random settles with his friends in Adretana, hometown of the Xander bloodline.

Three Types of Energy I. Physical Energy Body attributes are what defines the physical energy as a whole. Therefore, this energy is located everywhere but in the brain. Power, strength, accuracy, resistance, all belong to the physical energy. People tend to consider that physical and magical energy have reverted curves of growing, but this assumption is actually baseless. Some just do both well without the two interfering or ruining each other. A good physical energy is a requirement to be able to deal great physical damage (usually with a weapon) and withstand it from the enemies.
II. Magical Energy
Get straight to the bigger picture. Each creature in the Deport and beyond has a body, and this body is made of blood, tissues, organs, that all have different kinds of enzymas. Some of them are enzymas that can be used by the brain to produce magic. Nature decides what enzymas each get, depending also on factors like their species etc. Some enzymas are very common: the ones responsible for fire spells, ice spells etc. There are rules, too. Most people cannot possibly get healing enzymas to co-exist with damaging enzymas. Some creatures have natural enzymas, like fire elementals. Immunity is also a big part of it. Immunity to specific attributes are possible due to enzymas. The ultimate enzyma for immunity is the one Coryool has, the Black Hole enzyma. Damaging attributes are: Fire, Ice, Water, Thunder, Earth, Air, Holy, Dark, Laser, Legend, Mind. Intensity depends on the mind power - the mind power, ruled by the brain, defines how well the enzymas will be used by the cells of the brain. Being a brilliant person is not necessary to wield powerful magic, but it helps. Some just do without because of great natural habilities. Some have both. The ability to focus on something, meditate, gather new knowledge and learning, greatly improves the magical skill.
III. Laxius Energy
The Laxius energy is the energy used by the unconscious part of the brain, which represents 90% of it.
For those reasons, the power wielded by laxius energy is nothing comparable to that of the mind (conscious) energy. Most creatures are unable to use it. Both conscious and unconscious parts of the brain use Magicka, only the signals sent by the unconscious zone are immensely more powerful. Given its special nature, the Laxius attribute exists outside of the other two, as a stand-alone attribute. True Demons are said to make no distinction between their conscious and unconscious parts, resulting in a naturally huge power.

A bit of history Until now, a duality of two energies, the Body energy (otherwise known as Physical Energy) and the Mind energy (otherwise known as Magicka Energy) ruled the destiny of all the creatures of the Deport. It's fairly easy to understand that physical energy includes all of the body attributes such as power, toughness etc., while the brain can control Magicka energy, using natural enzymas of the body. The Laxius energy is the energy of the unconscious, in other words, the energy "that is not used". Almost nobody can use this energy. It works the same way as the Magicka energy, using the same enzymas, but only to produce different, more devastating spells. True Demons, however, are naturally capable of using it. Some True Demons can even be harmed *only* by laxius based skills.
A few have tried to explore the paths of the laxius power, but the efforts remained fruitless, to the point that those researches were abandoned and the conclusion given that humans weren't capable of reaching this power. As of today, it seems this might no longer be the truth. Who will discover the way to use their unconscious?
Finding Your Inner Laxius Power
Most are unable to use more than 10% of their brain. People who can reach this are able to increase both their attacking and defensive powers in a drastic way.
There is no real indication of how to progress towards the mastering of this new power.

Other Important Names The Deport This name is given by the people to the world where Laxius Force occurs. The Deport refers to the lands as a whole regardless of town territories and such. Tyrine
Tyrine is usually regarded as "the town of knights". Random spent 8 months there, training to become a Tyrine Crusader. Fairly close to Metrolia (and the closest major town anyway), Tyrine is also a port town. The main complaint about the town is its overly heavy focus on the art of physical fighting, at the expense of magicka teaching.
Metrolia
Nowadays only ruins, Metrolia used to be the biggest town of the Deport. It was devastated seven months ago by a premature True Demon (see below).
Adretana
This is the beautiful town of King Julian, set in the Lands of 1001 Lakes. It is very far away from Tyrine and Metrolia.
Demon Cycle
This is a millenary Cycle which occurance is not very well defined - scientists believe it occurs every 1800 years or so. It is assumed it is the number of years required for a True Demon to respawn, as the Demon Cycle means the army of demons arising and besieging the Deport. When the game begins, the Demon Cycle is less than one year away from its accomplishment. It is admitted that as the date gets closer, the 'normal' creatures get more hostile towards humans and the weather becomes hardly bearable.
Dark Blood (commonly used synonyms: Demon Potion, Venom Potion, Demoniac Venom etc)
This is a mixture created by alchemist Mogol (unverified) of the Order from an idea of the Grand Commendanter, and that pounds into submission any creature it is injected into, with important side effects such as increased power and rage towards the enemies. The Order wants to use this recipe to build up an army that rivals that of the True Demons, therefore offering them a pact to unite forces instead of fighting against each other. Of course, mankind is not included in this alliance. As a matter of fact, the potion so far only works with lesser creatures, despite the wish of the Grand Commandenter to expand it to bigger creatures - Dragons, Sharks and the like.
Relics
Relics are defined by weapons of usually good power, gifted with interesting powers and usually an history attached to them. Their powers are fairly unique, and make them stand above the rest.
Ultimates
Ultimates are to relics what Archmages are to Mages - la creme de la creme. You can expect huge power from a Ultimate.