Eyes



Eyes are blue semi-intelligent parasite-like organisms that have the ability to control anything with Ivory in them. They control the planet Iconoclasts takes place on. Their composition, origin, and purpose is largely a mystery, but they play a critical role in the plot. It is not clear if they are artificial or organic, or if they are alive, but they do show some signs of limited intelligence and seem to transmit information between each other from smaller ones to larger ones, almost like a centralized network.

If the Abstract Cubes made of Ivory are the building-blocks that make up the Planet being controlled, and the Spine Controllers and Omega Controller are the gears operating the machine, the Eyes can be thought of the cranks turning the gears of the planet.

=Known History=
 * Eyes pre-date humanity on the Planet
 * Eyes were discovered by the One Concern under Father's rule.
 * The Concern experimented on the Eyes in the Dark Cave while there was an active settlement there.
 * The Concern managed to use Eyes to create their Concern Controllers.
 * Some terrible accident happened in the Dark Cave, causing the Concern to seal it off. Many if not all people there died. The cause is unknown, but it likely relates to experiments with the Eyes and Omega Controller gone wrong.

=Known Properties=
 * Eyes have the ability to latch onto and directly control anything made of Ivory. This includes the natural wildlife of the planet, Ivory-powered machinery, and even Transcendents whose bodies are Ivory-fused.
 * Because they can only affect things made of Ivory, they cannot latch onto non-transcendent humans. They can only attack people indirectly by possessing other beings or machinery.
 * Enemies possessed by Eyes sometimes become invulnerable. Possessed enemies can be weakened by lamps in Dark Cave and switched by a charged Usurper Shot, but the sunlight on the Rocket Platform appears to have no effect on Eyes.
 * With the exception of the large Eye on the Omega Controller, none of the Eyes ever attack directly, instead finding or creating another object to control and make attack.
 * Mediums cannot manipulate objects that are possessed by Eyes.
 * Towards the end of the game, the Eyes grow closer to the surface, concentrating around sources of Ivory such as the Rocket Platform.
 * Eyes appear to have a hierarchical control structure, with larger Eyes controlling smaller ones. What directly controls the large Eye possessing the Omega Controller is unknown, but it is revealed that He is ultimately in control of the Eyes.
 * Eyes have the ability to create life as well, creating natural enemies to fight Robin in the Impact Zone.

=Things Eyes Are Known to Have Possessed=
 * Spine Controllers and Omega Controller
 * Kerthunk (See: Possessed Thunk)
 * The Silver Watchman
 * Agent Black (and the resulting Ivory Beast)
 * Several of the planet's wildlife, including Sadling, Bipedro, Rupto, Buckle, Croaktus, and Ghosmo.