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** The Crysli were GenreSavvy enough to send some of their best and brightest warriors to take back the Shadow Fortress after their original task force was repelled. It was led by Ascyulhu, one of their smartest and toughest officers in the Crysli military. [[spoiler:They were all wiped out by the Morrhade. It was ''such'' an unexpected loss that it falls under ShockingDefeatLegacy]].

* XMeetsY: Picture ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'' merging with ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''.

* XMeetsY: Picture ''{{Ico}}'' merging with ''ShadowOfTheColossus''.

In a secluded part of Elysium, a strange, uniquely-shaped stone starts spilling out tar from its frame. The tar drops slowly descend to the ground, spawning tar-smoke creatures that antagonize the Crysli. With every new spawn, the tar quickly evolves into an armored, bipedal, almost humanoid build. Soon, an army of these soldiers, called Morrhade, launch a genocidal campaign against the species of Elysium, exterminating several species, occupying the cities and oppressing the populous. Most of the humanoid Crysli have been wiped out; both the Morrhade and the Crysli will do whatever it takes to get their hands on the few survivors of that gene pool.

[[Characters/ManifestDynasty Here is a character page]].

** OurMonstersAreWeird: We'll list all the "Other" species here. The Disidao are plant-like; the Varlios are a bipedal tripod-like race that can flip from side to side; the Avulus are saurian; the Kishale are serpentine; the Prawns are an entire species of humans that resemble a particular bug; and the Losckorr resemble [[http://marathon.bungie.org/story/terms/m3/11114.gif this complicated insignia]].

** The Crysli were GenreSavvy enough to send some of their best and brightest warriors to take back the Shadow Fortress after their original task force was repelled. It was led by Heinsohn, Havlicek, Ascyulhu, [[SergeantRock Thibodeau]] and [[TheStoic Popovich]], five of their smartest and toughest officers in the Crysli military. [[spoiler:They were all wiped out by the Morrhade. It was ''such'' an unexpected loss that it falls under ShockingDefeatLegacy]].

In a secluded part of Elysium, a strange, uniquely-shaped stone starts spilling out tar from its frame. The tar drops slowly descend to the ground, spawning tar-smoke creatures that antagonize the Elysians. With every new spawn, the tar quickly evolves into an armored, bipedal, almost humanoid build. Soon, an army of these soldiers, called Morrhade, launch a genocidal campaign against the Elysians, exterminating several species, occupying the cities and oppressing the populous. Most of the humanoid Crysli have been wiped out; both the Morrhade and the Crysli will do whatever it takes to get their hands on the few survivors of that gene pool.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: Okay, the Elysians can be apathetic/abrasive/manipulative/authoritative/racist {{Jerkass}}es, including the main characters, but they have enough PetTheDog moments to keep them from fully crossing the MoralEventHorizon. By contrast, the Morrhade are genocidal [[PrecisionFStrike assholes]] that utilize torture, slavery, and ethnic cleansing, among many, ''many'' other war crimes.

* IndustrializedEvil: Something the Morrhade are brilliant at.

* ShockingDefeatLegacy

* TheUsualAdversaries: Rogues, outlaws that were exiled for various crimes, and work as raiders, smugglers, mercenaries and scavengers - whatever helps for their survival. Those guys always show up to antagonize the Elysians, intentionally or otherwise.
* WhamEpisode: The Shadow Fortress [[spoiler:was ''not'' taken by a couple of rogues. It was annexed by Morrhade ''soldiers'', and they were turning it into a base of operations for their campaign against the Elysians. ]]

* BigBad: The Morrhade.

* OurMonstersAreDifferent:

* ShockingDefeatLegacy:
* TheSiege: A ''massive'' assault occurred to the Crysli's capitol city.

** The Crysli were GenreSavvy enough to send some of their best and brightest warriors to take back the Shadow Fortress after their original task force was repelled. It was led by Heinsohn, Havlicek, Ascyulhu, [[SergeantRock Thibodeau]] and [[TheStoic Popovich]], five of their smartest and toughest officers in the Crysli military. [[spoiler:They were all wiped out by the Morrikou. It was ''such'' an unexpected loss that it falls under ShockingDefeatLegacy]].

In a secluded part of Elysium, a strange, uniquely-shaped stone starts spilling out tar from its frame. The tar drops slowly descend to the ground, spawning tar-smoke creatures that antagonize the Elysians. With every new spawn, the tar quickly evolves into an armored, bipedal, almost humanoid build. Soon, an army of these soldiers, called Morrikou, launch a genocidal campaign against the Elysians, exterminating several species, occupying the cities and oppressing the populous. Most of the humanoid Crysli have been wiped out; both the Morrikou and the Crysli will do whatever it takes to get their hands on the few survivors of that gene pool.

* AlienGeometries: Everything involve the Morrikou.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Morrikou provide a justification; they were ''designed'' to be weapons.

* BigBad: The Morrikou.
* BishounenLine: Both the Crysli and the Morrikou follow this.
* BlackAndGreyMorality: Okay, the Elysians can be apathetic/abrasive/manipulative/authoritative/racist {{Jerkass}}es, including the main characters, but they have enough PetTheDog moments to keep them from fully crossing the MoralEventHorizon. By contrast, the Morrikou are genocidal [[PrecisionFStrike assholes]] that utilize torture, slavery, and ethnic cleansing, among many, ''many'' other war crimes.

* DepopulationBomb: The Morrikou managed to make a tar-bomb that upgraded into ThePlague. It was used on the Disidao, the gnomes and the dwarves. The Crysli were forced to quarantine that entire area in an effort to stamp down on the plague, but the damage had been done by then.

* EldritchLocation: The aforementioned stone ends up turning into one for the Morrikou.
* EliteMooks: Even the weakest of the Morrikou provide ''tough'' competition.

* IndustrializedEvil: Something the Morrikou are brilliant at.

** OurGhoulsAreCreepier: Well, the Morrikou turn other beings into ghouls.

* SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness: The Morrikou fall under the '''[[color:red:High]]''' category. You can literally count their number of losses on your fingers.
* SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat: The Morrikou gradually upgrade to ''Global Threat'', insofar as a secluded dimension can be considered "global".
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: An unorthodox example comes from the Morrikou. They become more dangerous, intelligent and powerful with every new appearance.
* StormingTheCastle: A small task force of Crysli warriors were sent to take back a stronghold annexed by the Morrikou.

* WhamEpisode: The Shadow Fortress [[spoiler:was ''not'' taken by a couple of rogues. It was annexed by Morrikou ''soldiers'', and they were turning it into a base of operations for their campaign against the Elysians. ]]
** The Crysli were GenreSavvy enough to send some of their best and brightest warriors to take back the Shadow Fortress after their original task force was repelled. It was led by Heinsohn, Havlicek, Maravich, Ascyulhu, [[SergeantRock Thibodeau]] and [[TheStoic Popovich]], six of their smartest and toughest officers in the Crysli military. [[spoiler:They were all wiped out by the Morrikou. It was ''such'' an unexpected loss that it falls under ShockingDefeatLegacy]].
** The Morrikou were always an incredibly productive and progressive threat, but nobody expected them to [[spoiler:besiege, defeat ''and'' occupy the Crysli capitol city ''that'' quickly]].
** The biggest one comes towards the end. [[spoiler:Elysium is sentient, and the Morrikou are its equivalent to white blood cells.]]

* DepopulationBomb: The Morrikou managed to make a tar-bomb that upgraded into ThePlague. It was used on Ascyulhu, which spread through Ohlgrogue, Varlios and Disidao. The Crysli were forced to quarantine that entire area in an effort to stamp down on the plague, but the damage had been done by then.

* TheImp: Yeah, these guys are here too.
* IndustrializedEvil

* ShockingDefeatLegacy: The

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:The Shadow Fortress was ''not'' taken by a couple of rogues. It was annexed by Morrikou ''soldiers'', and they were turning it into a base of operations for their campaign against the Elysians. ]]

* BigBad: The Morrikou as a whole.

Set in the realm of Elysium, populated by a vast variety of fantastical and mythological species. At the top of the Elysian food chain are the Crysli, a crystalline race of beings that can evolve into more humanoid forms. The Crysli built much of the architecture found in Elysium, they hold the largest population in Elysium and they command the strongest military force in Elysium.

* SlidingScaleOfVillainEffectiveness: The Morrikou fall under the '''[[color:red:High:]]''' category. You can literally count their number of losses on your fingers.

* AfterTheEnd
* AlienGeometries

* BigBad: The Morrikou, as a whole.
* BishounenLine:

* TheImp: Yeah, these guys are here too.

** OurGhoulsAreCreepier: Well, the Morrikou

** OurMonstersAreWeird: We'll list all the "Other" species here. The Disidao are plant-like; the Varlios are a bipedal tripod-like race that can flip from side to side; the Avulus are reptilian; the Kishale are serpentine; the Greussao are an entire species of humans that resemble a particular bug; and the Losckorr resemble [[http://marathon.bungie.org/story/terms/m3/11114.gif this complicated insignia]].
** OurWightsAreDifferent: Wights are rather malevolent

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Morrikou, natch. Granted, the Morrikou were pretty much ''designed'' to be weapons, but it stands.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Elysium itself, ultimately]].
* BishounenLine

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* DepopulationBomb: The Morrikou managed to make a tar-bomb that upgraded into ThePlague. It was used on Ascyulhu, which spread through Ohlgrogue, Varslios, Disidao and Balakarr. The Crysli were forced to quarantine that entire area in an effort to stamp down on the plague, but the damage had been done by then.
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