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'''Entropics''' are monstrous carriers of the '''Entropy''' virus. The virus targets the environment and the Agents of [[Magrasea]]. After entering an Agent, the virus starts infecting it, first locking its consciousness at Level III, then entirely rewriting its base code, transforming it into a new Entropic at the end of the process<ref>{{cite|pnc|Worldview - Entropics}}</ref> called “Entropization.”<ref name=NC59 /> The home region of the Entropics is the Tartarus Sector, where Arbiter {{enemy name|Malkira|boss}} resides on her throne at the center of the Shifting Labyrinth.<ref>{{cite|pnc|Entropic Dichotomy Part 8}}</ref> | '''Entropics''' are monstrous carriers of the '''Entropy''' virus. The virus targets the environment and the Agents of [[Magrasea]]. After entering an Agent, the virus starts infecting it, first locking its consciousness at Level III, then entirely rewriting its base code, transforming it into a new Entropic at the end of the process<ref>{{cite|pnc|Worldview - Entropics}}</ref> called “Entropization.”<ref name=NC59 /> The home region of the Entropics is the Tartarus Sector, where Arbiter {{enemy name|Malkira|boss}} resides on her throne at the center of the Shifting Labyrinth.<ref>{{cite|pnc|Entropic Dichotomy Part 8}}</ref> | ||
| − | After an Agent's data blueprints have been corrupted, they cannot be reset and are effectively dead<ref>{{cite|pnc|Inverted Mordent Resonance Part 17}}</ref><ref>{{cite|pnc|Pseudosphere Operations intro}}</ref> ( | + | After an Agent's data blueprints have been corrupted, they cannot be reset and are effectively dead<ref>{{cite|pnc|Inverted Mordent Resonance Part 17}}</ref><ref>{{cite|pnc|Pseudosphere Operations intro}}</ref> (humans interfaced with cyberspace can apparently also become Entropized).<ref>{{cite|pnc|Perilous Advancement Part 17}}</ref> Entropics will charge Agents mindlessly to spread the infection<ref>{{cite|pnc|5-6}}</ref> through wounds. Contact with Entropy Liquid also spreads the virus,<ref>{{cite|pnc|Worldview - Entropy Liquid}}</ref> and if left alone the liquid will solidify and terraform the environment to give the Entropics a strategic advantage.<ref>{{cite|pnc|Perilous Advancement Part 10}}</ref> Entropic enemies are classified in Low-Order, Mid-Order and High-Order Entropics, defining their chain of command<ref>{{cite|pnc|Stage 6-7}}</ref> and the purity of their source code.<ref>{{cite|pnc|6-1}}</ref> Sources of the virus, called "Seed of Calamity" by the [[Sanctifier]]s, can generate a seemingly endless amount of operands, making them enticing to the operands-starved sectors after the Wipe-off Incident.<ref>{{cite|pnc|5-2D}}</ref><ref>{{cite|pnc|Aberrance's Chain, Part 7}}</ref> |
| − | The Entropy virus is extremely mutable once it enters a host. Because of this, it is not possible to develop a strong defense against the virus from analyzing a lower-order Entropic, the very source of the virus must be analyzed for this. This ability also let Entropics traverse firewalls and even [[the Professor]]'s Sandbox Barrier effortlessly<ref>{{cite|pnc|5-2}}</ref> and Trojans attacks are also ineffective due to the chaotic structure of Entropic data.<ref>{{cite|pnc|5-11}}</ref> | + | The Entropy virus is extremely mutable once it enters a host. Because of this, it is not possible to develop a strong defense against the virus from analyzing a lower-order Entropic, the very source of the virus must be analyzed for this. This ability also let Entropics traverse firewalls and even [[the Professor]]'s Sandbox Barrier effortlessly<ref>{{cite|pnc|5-2}}</ref> and Trojans attacks are also ineffective due to the chaotic structure of Entropic data.<ref>{{cite|pnc|5-11}}</ref> Sanctifiers have been fighting Entropics ever since their creation,<ref name=NC54>{{cite|pnc|5-4}}</ref> granting Intermediate Sanctifiers a measure of resilience against the virus.<ref name=NC59>{{cite|pnc|5-9}}</ref> Even so, Entropy strains capable of immediately infecting even Greater Sanctifiers have appeared,<ref name=HB11>{{cite|pnc|Aberrance's Chain, Part 11}}</ref> and high levels of infection from even a regular strain are not easily cured by Sanctifiers, as the healing operands of the Reverse Tower's Baptismal Fonts become harmful to the heavily infected.<ref>{{cite|pnc|6-5D}}</ref> Oasis and Arcadia have independently developed countermeasures to noncritical levels of infection and successfully cured [[Croque]] and [[Sueyoi]].<ref>{{cite|pnc|Aberrance's Chain, Part 1}}</ref> |
A first Entropic mass outbreak was successfully put out by Lord [[Hesperus]], but at the cost of the trust of the Sector Agents.<ref name=IMR18 /> The Sanctifiers then established a border battlefront to keep the Entropics at bay, first under the command of [[Eosphorous]], then of Hesperus. In 2063, the situation at the border worsened and Hesperus had to request reinforcements just as new Entropics appeared in Sector Pierides<ref>{{cite|pnc|5-7D}}</ref> under [[Malkira]]'s influence, and later in Sector Copley.<ref name=NC624 /> The infected core of a Greater Sanctifier was discovered in Ascension and was determined to have been planted by [[Eucharist]],<ref name=HB11 /> who was branded an Apostate Sanctifier.<ref>{{cite|pnc|Aberrance's Chain, Part 14}}</ref> Small-scale eruptions were successfully contained in Helios<ref>{{cite|pnc|Inverted Mordent Resonance Part 1}}</ref> and Burbank, but their accelerating rate presaged the second mass outbreak.<ref name=IMR18>{{cite|pnc|Inverted Mordent Resonance Part 18}}</ref> This second outbreak was facilitated by [[Eosphorous]] relinquishing control over the sectors and allowing the Apostle [[Eucharist]] to scatter Seeds of Calamity.<ref>{{cite|pnc|Perilous Advancement Part 22}}</ref> | A first Entropic mass outbreak was successfully put out by Lord [[Hesperus]], but at the cost of the trust of the Sector Agents.<ref name=IMR18 /> The Sanctifiers then established a border battlefront to keep the Entropics at bay, first under the command of [[Eosphorous]], then of Hesperus. In 2063, the situation at the border worsened and Hesperus had to request reinforcements just as new Entropics appeared in Sector Pierides<ref>{{cite|pnc|5-7D}}</ref> under [[Malkira]]'s influence, and later in Sector Copley.<ref name=NC624 /> The infected core of a Greater Sanctifier was discovered in Ascension and was determined to have been planted by [[Eucharist]],<ref name=HB11 /> who was branded an Apostate Sanctifier.<ref>{{cite|pnc|Aberrance's Chain, Part 14}}</ref> Small-scale eruptions were successfully contained in Helios<ref>{{cite|pnc|Inverted Mordent Resonance Part 1}}</ref> and Burbank, but their accelerating rate presaged the second mass outbreak.<ref name=IMR18>{{cite|pnc|Inverted Mordent Resonance Part 18}}</ref> This second outbreak was facilitated by [[Eosphorous]] relinquishing control over the sectors and allowing the Apostle [[Eucharist]] to scatter Seeds of Calamity.<ref>{{cite|pnc|Perilous Advancement Part 22}}</ref> | ||
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==High-Order Entropics== | ==High-Order Entropics== | ||
| − | Some High-Order Entropics are called Arbiters | + | Some High-Order Entropics are called Arbiters, and compete for supremacy over the Entropics.<ref name=NC624>{{cite|pnc|6-24}}</ref> |
*[[Demiurge]] | *[[Demiurge]] | ||
| − | *[[Malkira]] | + | *[[Malkira]] |
*[[Ptolemaea]] | *[[Ptolemaea]] | ||
*[[Caina]] | *[[Caina]] | ||
