OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Force-Sight: Archiph is able to sense it's prey using the force up to 200 meters, and thus can track them almost anywhere.
Acid Vomit: Archiph are capable of spewing acid from their mouths that can melt organic material, they themselves are immune to it though
Wall Climbing: Archiph have special microscopic suction pads on their feet, and paired with their claws, are capable of climbing on walls and ceilings with little effort.
Weakness to the Force: The Archiph is the only being on Quigos capable of using the force and has never developed a resistance to it, thus force users can exploit it's sensitive nature to it to damage it easier when targeting it directly with mind-tricks and the like, but force-lightning or abilities similar in nature have no added effect
Not Suited for the Cold: Strangely, for a species native to a tundra world, they are not quite suited for the cold and actually get slower and sluggish when chilly, the females are slightly more resilient to this problem due to their much larger and fattier bodies, and the fact that they can build permanent nests to keep warm. ( They are atleast theorized to be from Quigos, there is another theory that they were imported to Quigos hundreds of years before Quiglings were capable of writing),
Unempathic: Even for animals, Archiph don't seem capable of empathizing with other creatures, not even other members of their own species.
CULTURE
Females: Female Archiph are extremely large predatory creatures who claim several caves or even caverns (usually near the surface where food is plentiful) for themselves, marking their territory with their web which has a unique pheromone to it, unique to each Archiph and which drive male Archiph to mate more so than they already are. The only reason Female Archiph leave their territory is to hunt or expand their territory by fighting a nearby Female for control. Whatever food they catch they do not consume there like the males, instead they drag them back and store them for a rainy day, only eating what they absolutely need to.
It should also be noted that both genders can stand on their hind legs, but simply prefer not to do so as it is uncomfortable for long periods of time and they are much faster and more agile on all fours. And it should also be noted that the smaller arms on the torso are used for transporting things, usually females carrying corpses or barely living bodies back to their nests.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Archiph have been the primary enemy of Quigling kind (other than the machine) for as long as any Quigling can remember, especially those who live in the great underground caves who constantly battle with the females of the species for control over territory. And females have even been brave enough to raid the massive and heavily guarded cities for food and hosts for their young, infact, there have been two cities that have fallen entirely under Archiph control, each controlled by a particularly large and powerful Archiph female who make good use of the buildings for nesting chambers and food storage chambers. In fact, they've become a thing Quigling mothers frighten their children with if they don't go to bed on time.
They were one of the few species untouched by The Machine as any droid that made its way into the underground was quickly destroyed and used as decoration by the Archiph as the females enjoy decorating the walls of the cave entrances that lead to their territory with the bones and remains of past victims who have proved particularly difficult to showcase their strength to any other female who may attempt to take their territory.
In modern times, the Archiph are relatively left alone, except for the great organized hunting bands who believe a Archiph skull is one of the greatest prizes to hang on their wall. The only other exception is a recent scientific initiative lead by Sibi Virv to attempt to give an Archiph sapience, abducting them at a young age and transporting them to a secure testing facility on-board of one of their space stations. This testing has had very few promising results, and has since been discontinued.
- Intent: People have been enjoying my submissions, and I want to expand on the ecosystem of Quigos.
- Image Credit: Original 3D model is from Turtlerock's Evolve, but was edited by Legion0809: https://talk.turtlerockstudios.com/t/evolve-wallpapers-updated-version-with-scarlet-skin-share-em-if-you-got-em/76100
- Canon: Nein
- Links: Nein
- Name: Archiph
- Designation: Semi-Sentient
- Homeworld: Quigos
- Language: N/A
- Average Lifespan: 170 Years
- Estimated Population: Rare
- Description: An Archiph is a large creature which is rather difficult to categorize into the normal reptile, insect, or mammalian models. It resembles a spider, and it's ability to produce web pairs it farther with the arachnoid category. It's also incredibly terrifying and it's ability to use the force allows it to hunt down prey viciously
- Breathes: Type 1
- Average height of adults: Males: 1.9 Meters, Females: 2.7 Meters
- Average length of adults: Males: 3.9 Meters, Females: 5.1 Meters
- Skin color: Brown, Shiny Green, Black, Gray
- Hair color: Light Gray
- Distinctions: An Archiph is an incredibly large predatory spider-like creature that is capable of producing web, which is near unbreakable through kinetic force. The males are much smaller than the females and often stick in small groups of three, while the females stay by themselves and don't need to be looked after. The Archiph also lay hundreds of eggs every breeding season (Which is strangely only every 5 years). These eggs are laid parasitically in dozens of hosts which are taken care of by the mother (food and water supplied, and not eaten straight away) The eggs grow small mycelium like appendages into the hosts's cells, feeding off of it's energy and when the eggs hatch, the tiny Archiph which only are only a few centimeters in size feed off the corpse.
- Races: N/A
- Strengths:
Force-Sight: Archiph is able to sense it's prey using the force up to 200 meters, and thus can track them almost anywhere.
Acid Vomit: Archiph are capable of spewing acid from their mouths that can melt organic material, they themselves are immune to it though
Wall Climbing: Archiph have special microscopic suction pads on their feet, and paired with their claws, are capable of climbing on walls and ceilings with little effort.
- Weaknesses:
Weakness to the Force: The Archiph is the only being on Quigos capable of using the force and has never developed a resistance to it, thus force users can exploit it's sensitive nature to it to damage it easier when targeting it directly with mind-tricks and the like, but force-lightning or abilities similar in nature have no added effect
Not Suited for the Cold: Strangely, for a species native to a tundra world, they are not quite suited for the cold and actually get slower and sluggish when chilly, the females are slightly more resilient to this problem due to their much larger and fattier bodies, and the fact that they can build permanent nests to keep warm. ( They are atleast theorized to be from Quigos, there is another theory that they were imported to Quigos hundreds of years before Quiglings were capable of writing),
Unempathic: Even for animals, Archiph don't seem capable of empathizing with other creatures, not even other members of their own species.
CULTURE
- Diet: Meat, particularly Luminoths, but they really enjoy Quiglings for supper.
- Communication: Snarls, hisses, chattering
- Technology level: Archiph can be described as 'Emerging Sapients', they're still animals, but are well on their way to gaining sapience
- Religion/Beliefs: Eat or be Eaten
- General behavior:
Females: Female Archiph are extremely large predatory creatures who claim several caves or even caverns (usually near the surface where food is plentiful) for themselves, marking their territory with their web which has a unique pheromone to it, unique to each Archiph and which drive male Archiph to mate more so than they already are. The only reason Female Archiph leave their territory is to hunt or expand their territory by fighting a nearby Female for control. Whatever food they catch they do not consume there like the males, instead they drag them back and store them for a rainy day, only eating what they absolutely need to.
It should also be noted that both genders can stand on their hind legs, but simply prefer not to do so as it is uncomfortable for long periods of time and they are much faster and more agile on all fours. And it should also be noted that the smaller arms on the torso are used for transporting things, usually females carrying corpses or barely living bodies back to their nests.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Archiph have been the primary enemy of Quigling kind (other than the machine) for as long as any Quigling can remember, especially those who live in the great underground caves who constantly battle with the females of the species for control over territory. And females have even been brave enough to raid the massive and heavily guarded cities for food and hosts for their young, infact, there have been two cities that have fallen entirely under Archiph control, each controlled by a particularly large and powerful Archiph female who make good use of the buildings for nesting chambers and food storage chambers. In fact, they've become a thing Quigling mothers frighten their children with if they don't go to bed on time.
They were one of the few species untouched by The Machine as any droid that made its way into the underground was quickly destroyed and used as decoration by the Archiph as the females enjoy decorating the walls of the cave entrances that lead to their territory with the bones and remains of past victims who have proved particularly difficult to showcase their strength to any other female who may attempt to take their territory.
In modern times, the Archiph are relatively left alone, except for the great organized hunting bands who believe a Archiph skull is one of the greatest prizes to hang on their wall. The only other exception is a recent scientific initiative lead by Sibi Virv to attempt to give an Archiph sapience, abducting them at a young age and transporting them to a secure testing facility on-board of one of their space stations. This testing has had very few promising results, and has since been discontinued.
