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Vortigaunt Headcanons

ON VORTIGESE: There are different complexities to Vortigese, but one of the things that Vorts don't tend to present on human planets or near humans is the more guttural, un-human sounding noises that are part of the language. In Half-Life 2, most Vorts have switched to a form of Vortigese which is less unsettling to human ears, while in HL1 the sounds they make are both idle reactions to their environment and communication with each other. While Vortigese also involves flux shifting and manipulating the vortessence, the original, less syllabic language was more descriptive. (Vortigaunts picked up using syllables from humans, and have since commonly incorporated it into their language.)

ON THEIR BODIES: While Vorts can't change the patterns or colours on their skin, they can, over a span of a few months to their whole life, manipulate their form (with the Vortessence) to change their body (as in a very minor shapeshifting, which takes a long time to complete). The easiest ways to change their body are to change their hooves, remove or add their outermost eyes (the tiniest ones), add or take away thumbs, and change some of their torso (thus why it looks so different from HL1 to HL2 to HL:A).

FURTHER EXPLANATION: A reason why Vorts tend to get rid of their outermost eyes on Earth is that there is a LOT of pollution. Sand, grit, and smoke can get into their eyes commonly, which was an extreme rarity on Xen (and was somewhat rarer on their original planet). They often remove their outermost eyes to prevent future distractions or annoyances, especially in battle. The same goes for their hooves: Vorts often change them to adapt to Earth terrain, which is less flat and more difficult to walk on with flat, large, A-shaped hooves. Thumbs are often added to operate Earth tools, which are hard to use without them.

ON TEETH: The teeth that are visible (as in constantly poking out from a Vort's mouth) aren't actually teeth! They're tusks/some kind of spike or weapon! The teeth used for chewing are fully inside the mouth. (Some Vorts still have their mouths facing vertical instead of horizontal like a human's, as shown in HL1.)