Art by  Jakkal , since she draws a LOT of anthro Equines (Thank Paul Revere for that) I also thought she would like to have her take on our Nightmare... or Nightstallion, if you prefer to be all "THat's no mare loL! I don't see no boobs on dem!!1"

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This is actually a race for my best friend  Skythe 's brainchild, Shadows of Cimmeria. I actually wound up co-creating this race, so a lot of the lore behind these people, including this particular character, are actually my doing.

The Nexequus were, in ancient times, a race of humanoid equines, moulded after the form of their patron god, Mortis, the god of Fire and Death. In the current state, there is no living Nexequus - they were the target of a vicious genocidal campaign, but their god instead took them away rather than allow their aggressors the pleasure of causing an extinction.

The nexequus who were alive at this time and were ascended have moved on - the current nexequus are at the service of their god, and they are different. When you see one, you're not going to assume "Oh cute, it's a my little pony", you're probably goign to want to run.

A modern nexequus you meet will have fur as black as ash, and will appear to be on fire, symbolizing their new connection to that particular plane. They may appear to be alive and can "Die", but really the best way to categorize them is "not really living". They do not appear when one attempts to cast "Detect Life". Biologically examining them reveals no breath, no heartbeat, no pulse, nothing to indicate that they're alive. And trying to detect them via Infrared will only give you a dark blotch. When "killed", their body bursts into flames and nothing is left, symbolizing how the Nexequus believed in cremation. However keep in mind that for someone who is "not really living", all THAT is is nothing but an inconvenience. Sure it does kind of shake you up a few times to combust and then reappear in a fresh "new" body.

You can give a nexequus the death of a thousand cuts. They will then reappear in the future... and give YOU the same death you experienced if it's your fate. You can try and squish them - only for them to reappear and decide maybe you like being two dimensional. You can try and lock them in a sarcophagus, and toss it into the ocean depths in hopes that if they manage to escape, the pressure will surely crush their bodies to the point of beyond usability (And the water will keep a fire from eating their bodies!) except all that will do is simply give them some time in silence before simply reappearing. You can poke a sword through their chest, and they'll calmly say "...Ouch." You can throw poisonous mustard gas at them and they'll just complain at how unpleasant it smells (While wondering why the hell you're using that in the first place.) You can put cyanide in their systems and all THAT will do is... cause their bodies to now have cyanide in their blood. (Be glad that Swedish furniture chains won't use their meat for meatballs, but better not get their blood on you!) Try and dissolve them with fluorine, and you might get a rather gory scene of them becoming a Fluorine martyr... before they return and ask how much you would like to become one yourself. Try and light them on fire with Chlorine Trifluoride and guess what? They'll be lit on fire... and you just now gave them a lot of fire to be strengthened by, so way to go you idiot!

Is there any way to keep these not-really-living equines from coming back? Well for starters, don't try and kill them, try and detain them through different means. I certainly won't tell you how though. It's more interesting to see you struggle, before someone like Dominik comes around and simply smiles, having devised a new way to kill you.

No, they're not cold-hearted killers, despite having unnaturally high body temperatures. Many "Modern" nexequuses may have been former thrill killers or serial killers who're working for redemption. Or maybe they're people who were chosen and deemed worthy. Very few people actually want to seek this out. Nobody really lives forever. And sure, you may meet a Nexequus old enough to have seen your ancestor, they certainly didn't live all that time. You think you can become a nexequus for selfish purposes? Well think again.

These guys aren't exactly a little club. Though yes, they DO wear horseshoes, if only for humour's sake. ;)

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SoC is ©  Skythe Please don't ask about "Whoa can I RP As this this sounds awesome", although we wouldn't mind if we got some of you guys intrigued in this.