SLIPPITYSLAPPING this info up before leaving for work to further flesh out the Guardian lore, this time focusing on a rare variant: The Corrupt. Dove is here to serve as an example. precious pale baby that he is. The weebly has already been updated to reflect the addition of these types.

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The Cat's Cradle, the ancient landmark of the Guardians, is an ages old mystery. Through it many new Guardians have walked, either spawned by the gate itself, or gifted in mating ritual. It bestows halos to the worthy, and accepts the tired back into uncreation. However, the archaic gates are not perfect, and have begun to show odd signs of flawed activity in the face of celestial storms. Unlike anything seen in the ages before, the Guardians have been faced with a strange new existence among them: the Corruptibles.

These bizarre, errored creatures are undesired in the Guardians' population - considered against nature, corrupt in their creation, spoken of with a mix of fear, jealousy and disgust. They wander in the home realm, trying to find purpose. They exist in a mostly disoriented state, not understanding why they were born they way they were, and unable to accomplish the things that designate the Guardians as their own kind. Some Guardians have taken pity on them and accepted them into their family units, but most end up in seclusion.

The Corrupts emerge as a rarity from the gates fully grown, with unusual additions to their anatomy: their spikes are longer and more numerous, their hips with long tufted extensions draping down. Most startling however, they emerge with halo. Or rather, a glitched halo. Their halos are partial and flickering, shattered imitations of what the Guardians work to earn, and bestowed upon them at birth with no effort. Their eyes do not function as a normal Guardian's do, having mostly calcified over into a smooth stonelike surface. Their eyes either do not see, or see too much, leaving a blurred field of no use to them. Their recording eye seems unconnected to the Cradle, receiving no communication and unable to transmit or archive data. They often have some other anomaly about them too, such as Dove's triplet intonation when speaking. Stranger yet, the Cradle appears to reject their existence entirely; the Corruptibles can not return through the gates. Without the ability to undo themselves, it seems that they are cursed to live out their confused existence for quite some time.

The Corrupt are seemingly a rejected piece of work that the Cradle spat out. An error in the system, pieces of incomplete or assorted traits and information that spawned incorrectly, the unlucky outcome of a strange and old power gone awry. They are widely considered untouchable, frightening, and confusing. Wholly broken from birth.

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There will be Corruptibles up for adoption, but they will be scarce and random, either stuck in a batch of regular Guardians or a solo upload. I might put a few up as an introductory release at some point though. They will not be accepted for customs during Cradle Events unless noted. Please do not change your existing Guardian into a Corruptible, their population is meant to remain low.