#servantes

Go my blind friend.

Art by Teh-Ray

Art drawn by Teh-Ray

Scientists would call him a perfect lifeform.

Design

Lordy where do I even start. Servantes is a culmination of my favorite space monster favorites.

Let's start with the most obvious inspiration first.

Ridley (Metroid)

MY BOY. He who carried my interest for the entirety of Ultimate's life span. Call me a fake fan but the only Metroid game I've played is Dread and I didn't even finish it. Was great having a character in Smash that was a complete villain with no comedic aspects.

Also playing an ultra serious character in a completely goofy game is amusing to me.

Demogorgon (Stranger Things)

The flower mouth was pretty cool.

Guess where that went into Servantes' design.

Xenomorph (Alien)

(Servantes controls his drool most of the time.)

Cell (Dragon Ball Z)

That tail awakened some people I think.

Combine all of them and you get a plant alien dragon(?) thing(???).

Serv's mid-section and head are covered in feathers while his lower arms and legs are covered in fur. He's a weird one.

Abilities / Traits

oh boy

Environmental Adaptation

Servantes can naturally adapt to his surroundings. Give Servantes a week or so on a freezing planet and he'll be having popsicles like he's lived there his whole life.

"We have yet to encounter a planet his race could not survive on."

Regeneration

Time heals all wounds. For Servantes, that time could be three minutes.

"In addition to having survived a beheading, his body seems to retain sentience without its brain. He appears to have no problems recalling memories as well."

Plant-Like Body

If Servantes wills it enough, he can bend and twist his bones as if they were nimble plant vines. Useful for burrowing into the ground or traversing tight starship vents.

"We'll need a specialized containment unit if we want to keep that thing from slipping away."

DNA / Biological Absorption

Servantes takes "you are what you eat" very literally. He can choose to absorb the DNA of any creature he consumes, making their biological traits his own.

"Last time I checked, that bastard didn't have wings!"

Asexual Reproduction

Servantes' race specialize in growing their numbers. His body can produce eggs that can be ejected from his tail, mouth, or rear that can form into his off-spring. Servantes refuses to do this.

"They are a festering blight in our world that must be purged."

Host Reproduction

Although his species can produce offspring on their own...

Kidnapping creatures to use them as hosts for their eggs is another option. The egg's occupant will hatch with the biological traits of its host. Removal of these eggs must be done with caution as they attach themselves to vital organs, and if left untreated, survival for the egg's host is unlikely when it hatches.

"Best to kill you here and now. I'd rather have one problem than two."

Resin Production

Servantes' body can produce a sort of silk, resin webbing useful for building nests, preserving food, or encasing creatures. The properties of the resin he produces depends on his environment or what DNA he is currently bearing.

"Be gentle removing it. You never know what's wrapped up in this shit."

Biological Mutation

Considered the most painful method of producing more of their race. Rather than having a creature bear an egg, they completely encase their victim with a special resin laced with micro-eggs. These micro-eggs seep into the occupant's flesh, dissolving inside of their bodies and altering their genetic make-up. After the span of a few days, the occupant will emerge with their new form.

It should be stated that this only alters their body, not their minds.

"Minx turned into one of them, one of those freaks! I-I had to leave her behind!"

Personality

Servantes is a bit of a sociopath. He:

cares very little for the well-beings of people he doesn't know or interact with

has difficulty understanding the emotions of others (other than pain and fear, which he enjoys inflicting because its something he can immediately understand)

lacks empathy towards anyone he isn't close to (and even then, he is terrible at expressing it to those he is)

has a tendency to manipulate people

wouldn't feel or express guilt over any of his actions unless he affected someone he's close to

prioritizes himself first with most decisions, so if you manage to make him place you over himself with anything that isn't personally benefitting him, then holy shit

At the very least, he isn't too quick to violence!

"I've met many people in my long life. Only a handful of them are of any worth." - Servantes

Backstory

Spread the colony, spread it further. A creed the alien race known as the Zedan lived by.

Servantes hated it. He hated it so damn much. Being ordered around on a daily basis, having to be social with people he couldn't care less about, it was all tedious to deal with.

So he decided to abandon it. Thankfully he was stationed on a Zedan-conquered trading outpost of a planet with very advanced technology. Hijacking one of the spare ships lying around, he simply flew off into the depths of space in search of...

Well, he wasn't sure. He didn't plan that far. Eh, he'd figure out what to do eventually. He already nabbed himself a ship so it should be smooth sailing from there, right?

it wasn't lmao

He abandoned his colony and they were very aware that he did. They would take him back by force if necessary. Or kill him.

The galaxy knows how dangerous Zedans are, most opting to kill them on sight if possible.

The ship Servantes acquired was from a well-known trading outpost. The Zedans taking it over had plenty of coverage.

Servantes was attacked by hired mercenaries, the Solar Guard, his own race, and rogue criminals. While he survived these encounters (and acquired a decent kill count while doing so), his ship couldn't say the same. Sustaining too much damage, the engine had failed and caused Servantes to crash onto an unknown planet. Wanting to be off the radar for the time being, he secluded himself there.

During his time on the remote planet, he learned of its abnormalities. The planet produced edible vegetation, water, and even meat at an alarming rate from its soil. Even better, he seemed to be the only living creature present there.

Isolation. A stable food source. There was no doubt about it. This planet was his and he would defend it as such.

Months later, the planet was discovered by a group of entrepreneurs who deemed it highly valuable. Drones were dispatched to its surface to survey the area only to be swiftly torn apart by a creature they could never make out. Mercenaries were dispatched to the surface to deal with the threat only for communications to cease shortly after.

Upset at the resistance and against the orders of their higher-ups, the entrepreneurs decided to cut their losses and simply destroy the planet from afar with their fleet's explosive arsenal. They quickly found out that Servantes had no problems flying out into the vacuum of space to deal with them personally. With each kill, Servantes became more dangerous. As more fell to him, the amount of tech at his disposal only increased.

The situation became quite clear.

Those who guided their ships near the planet would receive warnings on their transmitters encouraging them to steer away. The usage of weapons was forbidden near the planet's vicinity. Those who managed to land there would find a horrifying monster that demanded their swift exits. They would leave empty-handed or have their bodies used as fertilizers for the plants. No exceptions.

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