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Description
The fourth of but a series of aliens requested by by yours truly!

Onto the facts!

Name: Scorpio

Species: X'ieh

Homeworld: Venenumterra

Powers/abilities: Scorpio's most noteworthy ability are the four kinds of venom that he carries in the segments of his tail. While the tail itself is very flexible and even prehensile to a degree, each venom has a different effect on those that are stung:

- The first segment is a paralyzing toxin that causes those who are stung with it to lose the ability move

- The second segment contains a sleeping toxin that puts the victim to sleep

- The third segment produces a toxin that will cause a person or object that is stung with it to rapidly increase in temperature until it violently explodes

- The fourth and final segment produces an antidote to all three toxins

The X'ieh possess a considerable level of strength in their pincers and can easily crush a motorcycle between them. In addition, they are capable of holding both Scorpio's weight and the additional weight of at least five humans and a German shepherd.

The X'ieh are capable of scaling vertical surfaces, like walls.

Scorpio can fire the non-lethal spikes from his chest in order to pin and trap opponents.

Weaknesses: Because he doesn't have any set of digits, Scorpio has difficulty utilizing touch-sensitive objects such as keyboards, communicators, phones, doorknobs, and steering wheels.

The X'ieh have bio-luminescent qualities when exposed to the darkness, making them an easy target in dark places.

Scorpio can be affected by his own poison darts if he were to be struck by them.

The X'ieh are poor swimmers due to the poor surface area of their legs and limbs offering no support or mode of locomotion in the water.

Etymology: Scorpio is named after the constellation of the same name, in addition to referencing his scorpion-like appearance.

Trivia: The species name is a corruption of the Cantonese word "xie", which translates to "scorpion".

The species' home world stems from the Latin word "venenum", which means "poison", and the Latin word "terra", which means "land". Put together, Venenumterra literally means "poisoned land".

Scorpio is strongly modeled after the Pokemon, Drapion , and takes further design cues from the League of Legends champion, Kha'Zix .

The X'ieh are considered to be a primitive, if not friendly race who are in the very beginnings of sentience. Though there is very much about their world or their place in the universe that they understand, they nonetheless have developed basic tools specially adapted for their claws, a rudimentary mathematics system, and have begun the process of agriculture. Despite this, they have a deep understanding of chemistry, specifically poisons and toxins, and their affects on various organisms.

Though they are friendly, the X'ieh are also very cautious when they encounter something or someone that they are unfamiliar with and often their first instinct will be to sting it in order to see how it will react. This is because many species on Venenumterra, both herbivorous and predatory, have evolved to effectively camouflage themselves as other objects or creatures, as well as a variety of nasty toxins for various uses.

Venenumterra is a far flung, forgotten planet whose surface was once dominated by an ancient, unknown race simply known to the X'ieh as "the Builders", who have formed a religious cult around their mysterious progenitors. What little has been gathered from the ruins of the Builder's once prosperous civilization seems to hint that they were once masters of genetic manipulation and used these techniques to uplift an assortment of species from their home world to use as a labor force. What became of them is uncertain, but the ruins strongly suggest that the Builders succumbed to their own hubris and rendered their entire species sterile as a result of their genetic experiments; the X'ieh are unaware of all this, as they are unable to understand the inscriptions the Builder's left behind.

Description
The fourth of but a series of aliens requested by by yours truly!

Onto the facts!

Name: Scorpio

Species: X'ieh

Homeworld: Venenumterra

Powers/abilities: Scorpio's most noteworthy ability are the four kinds of venom that he carries in the segments of his tail. While the tail itself is very flexible and even prehensile to a degree, each venom has a different effect on those that are stung:

- The first segment is a paralyzing toxin that causes those who are stung with it to lose the ability move

- The second segment contains a sleeping toxin that puts the victim to sleep

- The third segment produces a toxin that will cause a person or object that is stung with it to rapidly increase in temperature until it violently explodes

- The fourth and final segment produces an antidote to all three toxins

The X'ieh possess a considerable level of strength in their pincers and can easily crush a motorcycle between them. In addition, they are capable of holding both Scorpio's weight and the additional weight of at least five humans and a German shepherd.

The X'ieh are capable of scaling vertical surfaces, like walls.

Scorpio can fire the non-lethal spikes from his chest in order to pin and trap opponents.

Weaknesses: Because he doesn't have any set of digits, Scorpio has difficulty utilizing touch-sensitive objects such as keyboards, communicators, phones, doorknobs, and steering wheels.

The X'ieh have bio-luminescent qualities when exposed to the darkness, making them an easy target in dark places.

Scorpio can be affected by his own poison darts if he were to be struck by them.

The X'ieh are poor swimmers due to the poor surface area of their legs and limbs offering no support or mode of locomotion in the water.

Etymology: Scorpio is named after the constellation of the same name, in addition to referencing his scorpion-like appearance.

Trivia: The species name is a corruption of the Cantonese word "xie", which translates to "scorpion".

The species' home world stems from the Latin word "venenum", which means "poison", and the Latin word "terra", which means "land". Put together, Venenumterra literally means "poisoned land".

Scorpio is strongly modeled after the Pokemon, Drapion , and takes further design cues from the League of Legends champion, Kha'Zix .

The X'ieh are considered to be a primitive, if not friendly race who are in the very beginnings of sentience. Though there is very much about their world or their place in the universe that they understand, they nonetheless have developed basic tools specially adapted for their claws, a rudimentary mathematics system, and have begun the process of agriculture. Despite this, they have a deep understanding of chemistry, specifically poisons and toxins, and their affects on various organisms.

Though they are friendly, the X'ieh are also very cautious when they encounter something or someone that they are unfamiliar with and often their first instinct will be to sting it in order to see how it will react. This is because many species on Venenumterra, both herbivorous and predatory, have evolved to effectively camouflage themselves as other objects or creatures, as well as a variety of nasty toxins for various uses.

Venenumterra is a far flung, forgotten planet whose surface was once dominated by an ancient, unknown race simply known to the X'ieh as "the Builders", who have formed a religious cult around their mysterious progenitors. What little has been gathered from the ruins of the Builder's once prosperous civilization seems to hint that they were once masters of genetic manipulation and used these techniques to uplift an assortment of species from their home world to use as a labor force. What became of them is uncertain, but the ruins strongly suggest that the Builders succumbed to their own hubris and rendered their entire species sterile as a result of their genetic experiments; the X'ieh are unaware of all this, as they are unable to understand the inscriptions the Builder's left behind.