Valkiss







A race of creatures that are similar to parasites in that they burrow into the core of a planet and rapidly consume its resources before moving onto the next. They are similar to mammals in that they have flesh and blood, but there is a unique trait to the Valkiss in that they are able to consume and absorb anything, leaving no waste byproduct from it. Not one part of what they eat is wasted as all of it will be used in some way.

This means that over time Valkiss will begin to look vastly different from one another. A valkiss spending most of its time burrowing about will have a much harder skin surface as well as weighing a lot more versus a valkiss that has spent a great deal of time hunting on the surface which would a stronger muscular system.

Culture
Semi-sentient at best, the valkiss operate as more of a hive-mind though the various colonies that spring up are in no way united. Essentially a colony is created when the valkiss have travelled far enough away from the original colony. At that point, the strongest valkiss present will become the 'queen' of sorts and begin to lay eggs, thus starting the creation of  a colony. If this 'queen' would die, the next strongest would replace her.

If for some reason a clash would happen between two colonies, they would fight until one had killed the others queen, and then immediately they would combine into one group.

Origins
They originated in distant times, coming from deep in the outer rim though the threat they presented caused the G.F.E. to bring them to near extinction, in fact the valkiss have been missing and/or assumed to be eradicated. A few still live in specially made containment sites as to avoid wiping out such a unique species.

The Abyss Looks Back
On Cerberus, deep beneath the surface of the planet, several valkiss colonies had lain dormant but with the impact of the Vognis-2. crashing into the planet it has awoken them.

Most burrowed right towards the surface, erupting out into various locations such as the underbelly of the Vognis-2 and the Eastern side of New Magellan.

Notably these valkiss have three heads as opposed to the valkiss of the past who had just a single head, the reason for this change would be the fact that being in such close proximity to the Sacred Blade Cerberus had caused a mutation in them as they rapidly absorb anything, even Elements.