lyxal/Science Fricktion Secret

## Science Fricktion
Why is Lyxal so Lyxal?

After being spawned by interspacial imps, the Lyxal have been raiding civilization on and off since the dawn of time. A few hundred years ago Lyxal were even a major player in human culture, by far the most populous species that inhabited most of Earth. Some of their writing and art is still visible in many places, and they had plenty of technology at their disposal before they began to go extinct. Scientists are still trying to determine why Lyxal went extinct (perhaps climate change or over-hunting) but some think that it may be related to them being too successful or too dangerous for the humans to successfully keep them in check.

Why did Lyxal develop the ability to "Link" with other beings?

When a Lyxal worm climbs into another person or another creature's body it makes multiple copies of itself across the host's body, effectively erasing all memory save one copy, which takes up residence in the brain. The current consensus is that this behavior is due to a genetic defect in which the original worm successfully passes on its memories to its offspring, but the offspring are not able to fully develop or maintain the memories themselves. Each "copy" of the worm only has a portion of the original worm's personality.

For example, if the worm was a warrior, the copy may only remember the warrior's identity, but not its own. The copy will no longer be able to care for itself, and will have to create a new host. The worm would then place its memory in the new host and repeat the process.

Current belief is that this process is how the Lyxal developed their ability to "Link" with other beings. A worm would "Link" with a warrior, and then the warrior would continue to "Link" with any other being the worm came in contact with, allowing for increased communication and the sharing of memories between the warriors. This also allowed the warriors to work together to achieve what they could not individually.
	Why is Lyxal so Lyxal?

	After being spawned by interspacial imps, the Lyxal have been raiding civilization on and off since the dawn of time. A few hundred years ago Lyxal were even a major player in human culture, by far the most populous species that inhabited most of Earth. Some of their writing and art is still visible in many places, and they had plenty of technology at their disposal before they began to go extinct. Scientists are still trying to determine why Lyxal went extinct (perhaps climate change or over-hunting) but some think that it may be related to them being too successful or too dangerous for the humans to successfully keep them in check.

	Why did Lyxal develop the ability to "Link" with other beings?

	When a Lyxal worm climbs into another person or another creature's body it makes multiple copies of itself across the host's body, effectively erasing all memory save one copy, which takes up residence in the brain. The current consensus is that this behavior is due to a genetic defect in which the original worm successfully passes on its memories to its offspring, but the offspring are not able to fully develop or maintain the memories themselves. Each "copy" of the worm only has a portion of the original worm's personality.

	For example, if the worm was a warrior, the copy may only remember the warrior's identity, but not its own. The copy will no longer be able to care for itself, and will have to create a new host. The worm would then place its memory in the new host and repeat the process.

	Current belief is that this process is how the Lyxal developed their ability to "Link" with other beings. A worm would "Link" with a warrior, and then the warrior would continue to "Link" with any other being the worm came in contact with, allowing for increased communication and the sharing of memories between the warriors. This also allowed the warriors to work together to achieve what they could not individually.