January 2, 2025 • 5 mins
The Knights of Karock emerged not from empire or conquest, but from catastrophe. Their genesis occurred during the 'Age of Collapse', an era when vast galactic civilizations crumbled under the weight of their own ambition. Amidst the wreckage on planet Karock, a lone figure known as Avok Buox arose to unite its survivors.Avok Buox, once a war general cast out for opposing genocidal doctrine, gathered warriors, monks, scientists, and exiled tacticians from broken worlds and carved a singular ideal into their hearts known as the Vallah Rule. A codex that bound its followers to principles of duty, justice, and above all, honor. Karock itself was a planet of extremes, mountainous crags, scorched deserts, and subterranean oceans, where only the relentless could survive. It was here, in the ash and silence of fallen cities that the Knights trained. They were taught not merely to fight but to endure, to protect, and to carry valor into the darkest corners of the galaxy.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Knights of Karok emerged not from empire or conquest,
but from catastrophe. Their genesis occurred during the Age of Collapse,
an era when vast galactic civilizations crumbled under the weight
of their own ambition. Amidst the wreckage on planet Karok,
a lone figure known as Avoc Buaks arose to unite
(00:22):
its survivors. Avac Buacks, once a war general cast out
for opposing genocidal doctrine, gathered warriors, monks, scientists, and exiled
tacticians from broken worlds, and carved a singular ideal into
their hearts known as the Valla Rule, a codex that
bound its followers to principles of duty, justice, and above
(00:44):
all honor. Karok itself was a planet of extremes, mountainous crags,
scorched deserts, and subterranean oceans where only the relentless could survive.
It was here, in the ash and silence of fallen
cities that the Knights trained. They were taught not merely
(01:04):
to fight, but to endure, to protect, and to carry
valor into the darkest corners of the galaxy. The Knights
were clad in modular exo plate armor forged in the
furnaces of the planet's inner core, each embedded with symbolic
glyphs marking personal oaths and trials. Their weapons were crafted
(01:25):
from rare phase alloys, capable of cutting through even shielded armor.
Over time, their influence expanded. They became guardians, arbitrators, and
warriors for hire. At their peak, the Knights numbered in
the tens of thousands. Stationed across conflict zones. They were
deployed to uphold peace or stand in defense of the oppressed.
(01:49):
Their stellar bastions, known as the Kivadas, orbited strategic planets,
serving as hubs of diplomacy, training, and war readiness. No
king commanded them, and no fleet outmatched them, but pride
often invites a fall. The Kurak arrived not with war declarations,
(02:09):
but with silence, precision, and apocalyptic intent. Born of bioengineered entropy,
the Kurac were not one species, but a genetically harvested
swarm of beings designed for one purpose, to devour structured civilization.
They moved without communication, without fear. Their fleets were comprised
(02:31):
of living ships, pulsating with internal nerve clusters and acidic hulls.
Their warriors, called Dismantlers were fast, multi limbed horrors that
fed off synthetic energy and neural pain. They descended upon
the Korii Vaults by passing defenses through phase breaches and
gravity ruptures, slaughtering whole stations Before the Knights could mobilize
(02:54):
the Great Vault of Karak, the original stronghold, was breached.
In seven minutes of the prime circle, five Grand Chargers
were destroyed. Over seventy percent of the Order was lost
in the first wave. Entire battalions of Knights were swallowed whole,
their oaths silenced beneath shrieking void, the Valla rule was
(03:16):
all but extinguished. Survival came not through brute strength, but
through strategic retreat and unexpected alliances. Fragments of the Order
scattered across the systems, regrouping in hidden enclaves on uncharted moons,
ice worlds, and deep crust bunkers. But it was during
(03:36):
the exile that help came Vixens from Galactic Justice. The
Sisterhood of Elite Martian Warriors, long allied in skirmishes of
justice and counter terrorism, offered covert evacuation and tactical intelligence.
They provided safe houses, smuggling roots and a communications relay
buried beneath Phobos, allowing surviving Nights to coordinate again veterans
(04:02):
of a planetary genocide. The casualties of Mars saw the
Knights suffering as kindred. Their engineers refitted shattered Keoc armour
with Martian tech, while their Black Ops agents retrieved lost
archives of the Vala Rule from war torn systems. Rough
unorthodox and chaotically loyal to the underdog, the Zone Warriors
(04:24):
smuggled weapon caches, extracted injured Knights from Cuac strike zones,
and fought at the vanguard of multiple rescue missions without
ever asking for recognition. Through these alliances, the Order was rekindled.
The first reforging took place in the Molten's spire of Helion,
where surviving Grand Charger Calanus Jaggett declared the rise of
(04:47):
the Prime Order, a new evolution of the Knights, committed
not only to upholding the Vola Rule, but to preventing
the rise of existential threats before they could manifest. The
Knights of Karok do not speak of their near extinction.
They wear it. Their armor is darker, now, inlaid with
(05:08):
red streaks, honoring the lost, their tactics have adapted. Honor
still guides them, but pragmatism defines them. They continue to
train in the temple forges of reconstructed vaults, reclaiming lost
Karok technology from dead worlds, whilst enforcing the Valor rule
(05:28):
where no one else dares stand. They walk among broken colonies,
failed governments, and deep space ruins, not as saviors, but
as witnesses of what unchecked power can do. The Knights
of Karok were forged in battle, broken by monsters, and
reborne by the will of those who refused to forget
(05:51):
their purpose.
The Knights of Karok emerged not from empire or conquest,
but from catastrophe. Their genesis occurred during the Age of Collapse,
an era when vast galactic civilizations crumbled under the weight
of their own ambition. Amidst the wreckage on planet Karok,
a lone figure known as Avoc Buaks arose to unite
(00:22):
its survivors. Avac Buacks, once a war general cast out
for opposing genocidal doctrine, gathered warriors, monks, scientists, and exiled
tacticians from broken worlds, and carved a singular ideal into
their hearts known as the Valla Rule, a codex that
bound its followers to principles of duty, justice, and above
(00:44):
all honor. Karok itself was a planet of extremes, mountainous crags,
scorched deserts, and subterranean oceans where only the relentless could survive.
It was here, in the ash and silence of fallen
cities that the Knights trained. They were taught not merely
(01:04):
to fight, but to endure, to protect, and to carry
valor into the darkest corners of the galaxy. The Knights
were clad in modular exo plate armor forged in the
furnaces of the planet's inner core, each embedded with symbolic
glyphs marking personal oaths and trials. Their weapons were crafted
(01:25):
from rare phase alloys, capable of cutting through even shielded armor.
Over time, their influence expanded. They became guardians, arbitrators, and
warriors for hire. At their peak, the Knights numbered in
the tens of thousands. Stationed across conflict zones. They were
deployed to uphold peace or stand in defense of the oppressed.
(01:49):
Their stellar bastions, known as the Kivadas, orbited strategic planets,
serving as hubs of diplomacy, training, and war readiness. No
king commanded them, and no fleet outmatched them, but pride
often invites a fall. The Kurak arrived not with war declarations,
(02:09):
but with silence, precision, and apocalyptic intent. Born of bioengineered entropy,
the Kurac were not one species, but a genetically harvested
swarm of beings designed for one purpose, to devour structured civilization.
They moved without communication, without fear. Their fleets were comprised
(02:31):
of living ships, pulsating with internal nerve clusters and acidic hulls.
Their warriors, called Dismantlers were fast, multi limbed horrors that
fed off synthetic energy and neural pain. They descended upon
the Korii Vaults by passing defenses through phase breaches and
gravity ruptures, slaughtering whole stations Before the Knights could mobilize
(02:54):
the Great Vault of Karak, the original stronghold, was breached.
In seven minutes of the prime circle, five Grand Chargers
were destroyed. Over seventy percent of the Order was lost
in the first wave. Entire battalions of Knights were swallowed whole,
their oaths silenced beneath shrieking void, the Valla rule was
(03:16):
all but extinguished. Survival came not through brute strength, but
through strategic retreat and unexpected alliances. Fragments of the Order
scattered across the systems, regrouping in hidden enclaves on uncharted moons,
ice worlds, and deep crust bunkers. But it was during
(03:36):
the exile that help came Vixens from Galactic Justice. The
Sisterhood of Elite Martian Warriors, long allied in skirmishes of
justice and counter terrorism, offered covert evacuation and tactical intelligence.
They provided safe houses, smuggling roots and a communications relay
buried beneath Phobos, allowing surviving Nights to coordinate again veterans
(04:02):
of a planetary genocide. The casualties of Mars saw the
Knights suffering as kindred. Their engineers refitted shattered Keoc armour
with Martian tech, while their Black Ops agents retrieved lost
archives of the Vala Rule from war torn systems. Rough
unorthodox and chaotically loyal to the underdog, the Zone Warriors
(04:24):
smuggled weapon caches, extracted injured Knights from Cuac strike zones,
and fought at the vanguard of multiple rescue missions without
ever asking for recognition. Through these alliances, the Order was rekindled.
The first reforging took place in the Molten's spire of Helion,
where surviving Grand Charger Calanus Jaggett declared the rise of
(04:47):
the Prime Order, a new evolution of the Knights, committed
not only to upholding the Vola Rule, but to preventing
the rise of existential threats before they could manifest. The
Knights of Karok do not speak of their near extinction.
They wear it. Their armor is darker, now, inlaid with
(05:08):
red streaks, honoring the lost, their tactics have adapted. Honor
still guides them, but pragmatism defines them. They continue to
train in the temple forges of reconstructed vaults, reclaiming lost
Karok technology from dead worlds, whilst enforcing the Valor rule
(05:28):
where no one else dares stand. They walk among broken colonies,
failed governments, and deep space ruins, not as saviors, but
as witnesses of what unchecked power can do. The Knights
of Karok were forged in battle, broken by monsters, and
reborne by the will of those who refused to forget
(05:51):
their purpose.
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