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Description
This is not an invitation for people to make fan characters. Just general rules for the viruses.

Names of the viruses in the reference:
Trojan, Heart, Ethereal, Deadline and Bellum.

Rules for the designs:
Viruses can't have any black or gray in their design. (except for lineart and some small details)
The colors can't be too dark either.

Viruses CAN'T be named after real-life viruses. They can be inspired/based on them though.
Viruses DON'T have same names like Controls do (like Play, Pause, Stop...). So, avoid naming them the same as others. (Please don't name another one Heart for the 50th time.)
Viruses are usually named after objects and things and have to be something to do with either their appearance, personality or objective. They don't use "human" names.
The virus designs are less humanoid than Control's designs. This means they can have four legs, wings, worm-like bodies etc... But they have to have to be considered humanoid on some level. They can't be 100% animal-like.
Viruses are usually larger than Controls.
The same as with Controls, the eyes of the viruses can't be white.
All viruses must have a mouth. It doesn't necessarily need to be visible by default. But it needs to be somewhere so they can eat.

Info about Viruses in general:
Viruses travel through systems to take over them and make them their homes.
Viruses CAN respawn, however, they can't do this before they have taken over a system.
They can't respawn to a previous system that has run out of energy. Same as Controls, they can't respawn out systems.
There are basically two types of viruses. High rank and low rank.
High ranked has the power to respawn in systems they have taken over, while the low ranked need to prove their skills by killing Controls before they are able to respawn.
They prove their worth by showing the memories of the Controls they killed.
The more eyes a virus has, the higher rank are they seen as, because they have gotten the priority to respawn.

This means, viruses who have no eyes are low rank because they have not gotten the priority to respawn yet.
However, if a virus has the priority to respawn, but doesn't have eyes, they are seen even a higher rank than a virus who has eyes and the priority.
But it's harder to convince other viruses that they have the priority, since they don't have evidence for it. Killing them and see them respawn is the only way.
Sometimes viruses are bluffing saying they can respawn. This usually ends in a duel if the other virus doesn't believe them.

Controls die permanently in the hands of a virus if they are eaten.
Sometimes a virus can infect a Control, which can cause problems in respawning or in appearance.

Viruses are very competitive and jealous. They often challenge each other to death fights to get rid of the weaker and a possible rival.
This gives different viruses different motivations. Some kill for fun, some are just desperate to survive.
From corrupting a System, the viruses gain a new power source, it would give them extra power and more importantly, it would make them immortal because they would gain the respawning priority.

In my system, Power is their main priority to kill. He is the guard of the heart of the system. It's the place which gives the Controls the permission to respawn.
This is also the place which creates new Controls and Loadings, DATA as well.

Viruses can die from hunger, while controls could basically live forever in a corrupted system if there wasn't any danger.
This is why viruses move from System to System if they run out of Controls, Data, Loadings or Glitches, which they eat.

Viruses DON'T have a leader. There is no virus who is greater than everyone else. There is no higher-up who tells the viruses to do what they do.

Trojans
Trojans are pretty much the same as Loadings are for Controls. Trojan's are very common to see around corrupted systems and are not valuable in anything else than serving viruses.
Viruses can just pick any random Trojan and give them a purpose. Trojan's accept this because they get protection from the Virus and are more likely to survive this way.
Trojans sometimes have names given by their virus.
All Trojans are able to shapeshift. And their only purpose is to get in the System and get enough information about the place so they can let the Viruses in.
The more eyes a Trojan has, the longer are they able to stay shapeshifted.

Description
This is not an invitation for people to make fan characters. Just general rules for the viruses.

Names of the viruses in the reference:
Trojan, Heart, Ethereal, Deadline and Bellum.

Rules for the designs:
Viruses can't have any black or gray in their design. (except for lineart and some small details)
The colors can't be too dark either.

Viruses CAN'T be named after real-life viruses. They can be inspired/based on them though.
Viruses DON'T have same names like Controls do (like Play, Pause, Stop...). So, avoid naming them the same as others. (Please don't name another one Heart for the 50th time.)
Viruses are usually named after objects and things and have to be something to do with either their appearance, personality or objective. They don't use "human" names.
The virus designs are less humanoid than Control's designs. This means they can have four legs, wings, worm-like bodies etc... But they have to have to be considered humanoid on some level. They can't be 100% animal-like.
Viruses are usually larger than Controls.
The same as with Controls, the eyes of the viruses can't be white.
All viruses must have a mouth. It doesn't necessarily need to be visible by default. But it needs to be somewhere so they can eat.

Info about Viruses in general:
Viruses travel through systems to take over them and make them their homes.
Viruses CAN respawn, however, they can't do this before they have taken over a system.
They can't respawn to a previous system that has run out of energy. Same as Controls, they can't respawn out systems.
There are basically two types of viruses. High rank and low rank.
High ranked has the power to respawn in systems they have taken over, while the low ranked need to prove their skills by killing Controls before they are able to respawn.
They prove their worth by showing the memories of the Controls they killed.
The more eyes a virus has, the higher rank are they seen as, because they have gotten the priority to respawn.

This means, viruses who have no eyes are low rank because they have not gotten the priority to respawn yet.
However, if a virus has the priority to respawn, but doesn't have eyes, they are seen even a higher rank than a virus who has eyes and the priority.
But it's harder to convince other viruses that they have the priority, since they don't have evidence for it. Killing them and see them respawn is the only way.
Sometimes viruses are bluffing saying they can respawn. This usually ends in a duel if the other virus doesn't believe them.

Controls die permanently in the hands of a virus if they are eaten.
Sometimes a virus can infect a Control, which can cause problems in respawning or in appearance.

Viruses are very competitive and jealous. They often challenge each other to death fights to get rid of the weaker and a possible rival.
This gives different viruses different motivations. Some kill for fun, some are just desperate to survive.
From corrupting a System, the viruses gain a new power source, it would give them extra power and more importantly, it would make them immortal because they would gain the respawning priority.

In my system, Power is their main priority to kill. He is the guard of the heart of the system. It's the place which gives the Controls the permission to respawn.
This is also the place which creates new Controls and Loadings, DATA as well.

Viruses can die from hunger, while controls could basically live forever in a corrupted system if there wasn't any danger.
This is why viruses move from System to System if they run out of Controls, Data, Loadings or Glitches, which they eat.

Viruses DON'T have a leader. There is no virus who is greater than everyone else. There is no higher-up who tells the viruses to do what they do.

Trojans
Trojans are pretty much the same as Loadings are for Controls. Trojan's are very common to see around corrupted systems and are not valuable in anything else than serving viruses.
Viruses can just pick any random Trojan and give them a purpose. Trojan's accept this because they get protection from the Virus and are more likely to survive this way.
Trojans sometimes have names given by their virus.
All Trojans are able to shapeshift. And their only purpose is to get in the System and get enough information about the place so they can let the Viruses in.
The more eyes a Trojan has, the longer are they able to stay shapeshifted.