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Wraith Reverse Medic

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Moar creature design.(and my entry for :iconinfinite-fantasy:s Creature Contest!
The reverse medic assimilates its victim's blood and tissue to heal itself. They are cowardly and prefer to flee than fight.

Wraiths are Transcended beings believed to be aliens arrived on the earth 120 years prior to present day. Although they have different forms and subspecies, their common biology includes a reinforced exoskeleton, an extended reptilian brain, and very few organs. They completely lack a digestive tract, save for an advanced peritoneum that absorbs all the nutrients from the little food they need to eat. Their overall design appears primitive, but they are well equipped for survival. Their muscle tissues are extremely dense, giving them increased strength. Some believe the Wraith began as a terrestrial life form, such as humans.                                   

The common Wraith is bipedal, has two arms with two fingers and two thumbs each. The skull of a Wraith looks slightly birdlike, and it central nervous system is exposed from the collarbone up. However, due to the development of their reptilian brain, a Wraith can lose its head and continue to operate its basic life functions, like breathing and heart rate, making them more difficult to kill.

    The subspecies of Wraiths are all distinguished by ‘classes’. Class is ‘chosen’ by specific protein requirements when the Wraith in its early life stages. If one is starved of nutrients when unborn, it becomes a hyper-efficient creature capable of living weeks without food or water. If one is antagonized by others in its embryonic stage it grows into the stronger Wraith Soldier. Damaged embryos develop the ability to regenerate. Twins grow together into multi-headed beasts. They breed via a process like stem cell growth, where tissue and cells are grown into a full-bodied creature in a special nursery on board their ship.  Their technologies are based on crystal vibration, light, and wavelengths. The Wraith Mother Ship resembles a cross between a spaceship and a planetoid, as several asteroids have been hewn together to form the ship. The insides of these asteroids are large caves, used to grow massive Meta-Quartz crystals.

    It is within the Mother Ship, where the Wraith Cognitive resides; a group of hyper-evolved Wraiths that have developed supreme intelligence and telepathy, which is caused by trace amounts of Meta-Quartz in their brain. To communicate via telepathy, they vibrate special gill-like flaps near their hippocampus that creates a sonic wave that connects to and commands hoards of Wraiths. 




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Image size
1356x1762px 703.55 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot ELPH 100 HS
Shutter Speed
1/60 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
400
Date Taken
Nov 27, 2014, 12:15:50 PM
Sensor Size
4mm
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