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|abilities=[[Cytonics]], [[nowhere]] travel, and more
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|universe=[[Cytoverse]]
|books=[[Skyward (series)]]
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|Ancient things stirred. And in that moment between heartbeats, they not only saw me, but they '''knew''' me.
=== In the nowhere ===
Delvers can be seen by cytonics who attempt to use their powers. Initially, they appear as hundreds of pinpricks of light across a vast blackness, which open to reveal small, white eyes that watch the cytonic.{{book ref|sky1|43}} The effect is often compared
The appearance of delver eyes is preceded and accompanied by a pleasant sound, akin to a thousand musical notes playing together in harmony; similar to the sound of FTL communications to cytonics. It grows louder the closer one is to seeing them.{{book ref|sky1|1}}{{book ref|sky1|43}}
===Ancient Delvers===
According to Spensa's second vision on the Path of Elders{{book ref|sky3|24}}, an alien species with access to advanced technology created a "beast" which wiped out the majority of the pre-Write cytonics before being defeated, causing a long period of isolation that cut off most races from each other and causing humanity to forget about the existence of cytonics until their rediscovery by [[Jason Write]]. In the vision, this "beast" appeared similar to a delver (shining white eyes in a featureless blackness), but it is unknown how similar it was to modern delvers.
=== First appearance ===
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Delvers
The first known appearance of a delver occurred during the second of the [[human wars]]. During that time, mankind built facilities on obscure planets as part of a weapons program hoping to summon and control a delver, with [[Detritus]] being one such base.{{book ref|sky2|19}} They have also built stations to train people in handling the delvers.{{book ref|sky1|25}} Though their attempts were successful, the beings proved impossible to control, and in some cases, the cytoshields proved insufficient, leading to delvers destroying the very people who sought them out.{{book ref|sky2|4}}
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