Aliases: The Builders, The Silent Choir, The Golden Mechanism

Description:
Cluster of disembodied alabaster hands suspended in luminous air. Each specimen exhibits faint golden filigree along veins. Collective motion forms intricate geometries; gestures emit harmonic tones resembling choral hum.
Nature and Behaviour:
Primary function: maintenance of the Pale Country’s architecture and ceremonial infrastructure. Operates with mathematical precision; individual units lack autonomy.
When encountered beyond the realm, the Choir typically reconstructs or erases physical structures, “refining” them to geometric perfection. Contact with humans results in partial petrification of tissue.
Field Notes:
During Operation Pale Trace (2008), containment dome exposed to the Choir’s presence became frictionless and transparent within 17 minutes. Personnel reported faint singing through skin rather than air.
Containment Protocols:
Do not interrupt harmonic sequences. Exposure beyond five seconds results in ossification. Deploy sound-cancelling fields and black cloth barriers.
