Akane

Name comes from Japanese origin that means 'deep red'.

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Malwares are a vastly unpredictable union of flesh and synthetic matter, each originating from an unfortunate test subject. Their creators are a most exclusive group of engineers comprised of native Plaguelings and those who've changed alliance, many having defected from lightning, wielding the knowledge gained in their former flights for the furtherance of the plague.

Due to the engineers' cruelly indiscriminate choice of victims, any breed may be a Malware. These dragons are carefully experimented upon, being driven just to their limits before they can expire. Though the dragons have paled greatly, their heavily modified cardiovascular system still grants them life, and the nanotechnology coursing within their veins is what gives them their reality-warping ability

Through conscientious and careful effort, the engineers have successfully conserved their victims’ reproductive capabilities, allowing this species to naturally spread and thrive throughout the lands. The mere presence of a Malware can warp the fabric of reality in a radius around it, for a varied amount of time. This translates into highly disruptive side effects when organic life is encountered, which will come away worse for wear in varying stages of severity, depending on the type of contact and the duration of it; a fullbody tackle can result in potentially fatal seizures, while a light scratch may result in mild auditory and/or visual hallucinations.

This subspecies can function as a solitary hunter or in packs. The more Malwares that are present, the stronger and quicker the onset of symptoms. They communicate primarily with their own kind via radio waves, using different frequencies between other groups and singular Malwares; verbal skills are limited to basic sentences, though more frequently they speak in a manner of relatable words.

It is unknown how they target victims. One might ask an engineer directly, but it would come at the cost of their freedom, as they'd likely become the next experiment.