The Crystal

History of the Crystal
The Crystal is an incredibly ancient being from deep underground. Over time it expanded upward, and atleast 1600 years ago it encountered sapient organic races, some of which appear to be the precursors to the current races. By using fragments of the true crystal those races could join the Crystal, becoming what others would know as the crystal race. Exactly 1566.3 years ago the Crystal people made a telescope that could see through rock, in an effort to impress the other races.

The Fall of The Crystal
Some time around 1500 years ago The Crystal grew tired of the fleeting nature of the organic races, going from friend and ally to enemy every few hundred years, far too quick for a being like the Crystal. To solve this it created a weapon to spread crystalisation rapidly however this backfired when the overmind was spread too thin weakening the crystal who remained anchored only to major concentrations of crystal. Since then crystal ruins have often fallen into disrepair, some growing uncontrollably, some falling into magma and some having been looted or destroyed in that period of time.

Relation with the Antediluvians
The Antediluvians, the crystal says, are slaves of "The great fire at the heart of the earth". They are servants of something beyond even the Crystal's understanding.

The Crystal Race
The Crystal Race are any who have been converted by the true crystal. Their previous racial abilities are lost, instead replaced with an innate abilitiy to sense and shape stone, as well as a great knowledge of caves and geology and biological immortality. In combat the Crystal Race rely primarily on their stoneshaping, the incredible sharpness and the ability to project energy from themselves or the crystal overmind.

Crystal Golems
Using their stoneshaping abilities, the Crystal Race were able to create various golem constructs. Able to be programmed to respond to command words for use by non crystal races, they ranged in size from smaller than a person to so huge they could wrap around a crystal ruin several times over. Much like the Crystal race themselves they rely primarily on energy projection or natural crystalline sharpness in combat.