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Excuse me, am I the only one to think that Galra empire is like the exact copy of the roman empire???? I'LL PROBABILY WRITE A POST ABOUT THAT.

This is a bit random, but I've had this idea for a Voltron fic in my head for awhile now, and wanted to share it.

So now its...

Explanation time

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Baskos (bæskus) ——— originated from the Galra word for poison (Baesus) and the plant's origin (Askad) Baskos literally means – baesus of Askad, which is "poison from/of Askad"

So, Baskos is a poison that specifically affects Galra; it gets them really bad.

Typically, poisons attack immunity components in the body, but Baskos binds with Quintessence, instead of attacking it. This makes it hard to extract, because draining the Baskos directly means draining a being of their quintessence which can kill them.

Galra know that Baskos can kill them, pretty badly, might I add. Thus, like any sentient evolving species would, they immunized themselves. Every Galra gets a Baskos shot not long after they're born and continue to get the shots at four decaphoeb intervals, so, if they encounter Baskos later, it won't kill them, just make them weak and sick.

Baskos also originated from and grew on a dwarf planet called Askad. The Galra typically stayed away from the planet, but when Zarkon began expanding the empire, he destroyed Askad after enemy forces used Baskos against the Galra. The outbreak killed thousands and almost ended the war until the planet was destroyed, which weakened their supply and an antidote was being worked on.

There is no cure but to corrupt the quintessence, which unbinds and kills the Baskos.

Baskos look like mistletoe. The berries are small and shaped a bit like five pointed stars, and the leaves are broad and flat, but it looks much the same.

Baskos has specific conditions under which it could grow, and needed its own planet configured to those conditions. Very hot, but very wet soil. Like a boiling swamp. The air was also heavy in quintessence. The conditions aren't easy to replicate, but they are doable.

With care, Baskos seeds can be grown away from Askad.

Now, to apply this to Keith.

In my headcanon, humans have no natural quintessence. It doesn't hurt them to come in contact with it, but they don't need it to survive.

So, Keith was probably drained of quintessence by his mother so he'd look more human than Galra.

But think of the fight with that Druid back around the end of S1. The druid shot him with purple lightning and I've come to understand that that purple lightning is corrupted quintessence. So he was shot with that and hit a container filled with raw quintessence, before being doused in it. And we saw how it healed him.

The pure quintessence healed the damage done by the corrupted quintessence. So, at that point, Keith has some quintessence in his body. Couple it with the amount of ambient quintessence surrounding them both in and out of the castle and you have a less quintessence drained Keith. It's not enough to Galra him, but it is something.

So, when he encounters Baskos on a planet called Geryon that he goes to answer a distress call on, it wastes no time binding with the quintessence in him, which is greater because of the quintessence heavy atmosphere, and because Keith got doused in the stuff again on the planet.

Geryon has diluted quintessence pools. And Keith fell into one.

Its effects are slowed because he's not pure Galra, but they're still violent. 30 doboshes in and he's feeling weaker. 40 more doboshes and his vision starts to swim. Three Vargas later, we see him feverish and disoriented. A varga later and he's coughing up blood as the Baskos goes for his lungs. Five doboshes later, he's unconscious, breathing with difficulty.

This is all in one quintet!

At this point, his quintessence has bonded with his Galra genes and it is lashing out. He starts going Galra. First, the skin begins to bleed purple like an infection. It takes time, about a full quintet for him to be completely Galra looking, but at the end, Keith has purple skin, fluffy ears and Sharp ™ fangs. The eyes come as needed. The tail develops a quintet later.

Baskos also affects the mind, makes the Galra more base. They get more aggressive and seek to satisfy their immediate needs. This is downplayed in Keith, but gets stronger the longer the Baskos is in his system.

Among these base instincts are:

Aggression

Territoriality

Imprinting

Mating

Predation

Etc...

With the influence of the healing pod and the Baskos shot, called Askadite, the effects of the Baskos are dulled down to very low levels. But this won't last forever. Even at the rate they've managed to slow it down to, the Baskos will kill Keith in a little over 2-3 phoebs.

That's the time limit to find a cure.

Note: I have prepared a list of Altean time terms and their closest human equivalents.

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Tick _____ Second

Dobosh _____ Minute

Varga _____ Hour

Quintet _____ Day

Phoeb _____ Month

Decaphoeb _____ Year

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