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Where i share the stuff for my projects. At the moment i am working on a science fiction space opera and worldbuilding project called dragon planet, inspired by the wings of fire book series by Tui T. Sutherland. Other inspirations include star wars and star trek, classic and retro sci fi and fantasy films and literature, the fark crystal, the world of kong, Jamed Cameron’s avatar, the films of Ray Harryhausen, and real life, specifically paleontology, natural nistory, and archaeology

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Dragon planet is a soft sci-fi/science fantasy action adventure space opera. It takes places in the earth year 2358. And is set on the planet Demora, the third planet in the Arda-Ra planetary system, in a mostly unexplored region of the milky way galaxy. Dragons are aliens, and the dominant lifeforms of the planet. There are two major factions in the galaxy, The United Worlds, an alliance that humanity joined, and the evil Terikuta Empire, the greatest threat to the galaxy. When both go to demora, they discover that the galaxy lords (god-like highly advanced aliens that disappeared hundreds of thousands of years ago) had been on the planet, and left the knowledge, which is the collected knowledge they gathered of everything in the galaxy, and the secrets of the universe. with it, whoever possessed it could rule the galaxy. Now the united worlds must find the knowledge before the terikuta do, and must contend with evil forces on the vary planet itself, including a dragon empire lead by a cruel and evil queen, while also making allies and friends with other natives on the planet, including other dragons. Who will get the knowledge first?, Who will have the power to rule and control the galaxy?, and possibly even the universe.

Here are essential facts to know about this project!.

The titular dragon planet is called demora, it is slightly smaller than earth with a lower gravity.

The life on demora (including the dragons) are aliens that are completely unrelated to life on earth.

vertebrates on demora have six limbs.

The humans on demora are descended from ones brought to the planet by aliens known as the gyringi, from four thousand years ago to three thousand years ago.

Dragons are sapient, and most are at a medieval level of culture and technology, but some are still in the stone age as tribal hunter gatherers.

This is NOT speculative evolution, and is NOT meant to be scientifically plausible and realistic, it is merely soft sci-fi.

Humanoid aliens of the galaxy are not common, and there is only one humanoid alien race native to demora, most alien races in the galaxy and on demora are non-humanoid, and semi-humanoids are also a thing being more common than humanoids, but less common than non-humanoids.

The world of dragon planet, the planet demora, is one of if not the most unique world in the galaxy, it is almost like something from a dream, a world with a perfect blend of whimsy, wonder, natural beauty, rich cultures and history and mythology, but also danger and even a little horror, it has the aesthetic of a fairy tale and epic fantasy, but is also truly exotic, with a mix of surprisingly familiar and earth-like and wildly alien and like nothing on earth. It is a world where legend has become reality, a world ruled by dragons of different shapes and sizes and colors, and cultures. There is truly nothing like it in the known explored galaxy. To add to the fantasy feel of this planet, most of it’s sophonts are at a level of technology and civilization comparable to the middle ages of earth, but a few sophont species actually still remain in the stone age as tribal hunter gatherers, and in the case of the zurak-thans, gunpowder was developed. But hyper advanced god-like alien beings from the galaxy abroad have set their eyes on this world and visited it, and their legacies are still present on the planet, in the forms of ruins, and the memories of its native peoples, particularly dragons, and machine lifeforms watch over the world and its lifeforms like guardian angels.

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The lion king primeval creature profile no. 119: homo antecessor.

Homo antecessor was a species of human known from southern europe within the range of 1 million years ago, and 780,000 years ago. Their faces were flatter than other early human species like erectus and ergaster, being more modern looking except for a pronounced brow ridge like in most other hominids, and the brain was smaller, reaching the bottom end of the size range of homo sapiens. and their proportions were more like sapiens with longer limbs than later Neanderthals. They lived in small tribes with a dominant lead male who was the biggest, strongest, and fiercest. Females also actively partook in hunts, and males also partook in gathering. They mainly ate deer and pigs, but would also frequently (at least in the case of the ones who lived in and around what is today the site of atapuerca in spain) hunt others of their own kind, particularly children and young or vulnerable individuals, treating them in the same way they would animals they hunted. Specifically hunting individuals from other tribes, in a way similar to chimps today. They also ate their own members after they died, but it was out of respect for their dead rather than as just food, like in some homo sapiens cultures. They used wooden spears, and stone tools of the oldowan style, including one for cuttings, and others that were scrapers. with many of their stone tools used for processing foods and wood. It is unknown when exactly they went extinct, but it is known that they had no descendants, and thus were a dead end that did not contribute to future human populations of any kind.

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The lion king primeval lore no. 7: the qin dynasty of china.

The Qin Dynasty was the first imperial era of china from 221 BCE to 206 BCE. It was formed by Qin Shi Huang who became the ruler of the state of qin, one of seven states during the 3rd century BCE, with qin being the most powerful state. They were located west of the older zhou along the valley of the yellow river. In 356 BCE, Shang Yang, who was the chief minister of qin at the time, introduced legalism which was a political philosophy based on rule of law, and with a legal code that took power away from nobles, and gave the ruler greater power than before. At this point qin’s power was focused on warfare, even having every adult male be registered for the military. After this Qin Shi Huang became ruler of the state, and set out on a campaign to conquer and absorb every other chinese state, the last to be conquered was the state of qi in 221 BCE. And Qin Shi Huang became the first emperor of china. With this he was able to bring about peace, prosperity, and stability for china. Then they expanded further to guangdong. Meanwhile the emperor’s general named Meng Tian began work on what would later become the great wall of china to control the ordos region from the steppe peoples. Meng Tian also made the straight road, leading from the ordos region to the capital of xianyang, so military troops could more easily travel. The emperor’s chief minister Li Si helped put in place legalist reforms in china, including aboliting feudal fiefs, and registering all adult males to the military. As well as standardizing a single written script, and a single currency, and a new official means of measurement for weights and lengths, and even regulations for road widths. After Qin Shi Huang died in 210 BCE, his youngest son Huhai assumed the throne as part of a conspiracy by Li Si and the eunuch Zhao Gao, after having his older brother Fusu, and other threats to his rule killed or eliminated. However he was not as powerful or effective as his father, and his chief minister forced him to take his own life just two years after becoming emperor. By the time Qin Shi Huang died, uprisings and factional plotting within the imperial court were taking place. Then Ziying became the third and final emperor, and he had Zhao Gao executed. Ultimately the Qin dynasty was toppled by rebellion especially by a man named Liu Bang, and Ziying surrendered to the rebels and was executed, and the capital of xianyang was burned, and Liu Bang became the founder and first emperor of the subsequent Han dynasty which lasted for 400 years, whereas the Qin dynasty only lasted less than twenty years, despite laying the foundation of modern china, with the name Qin likely being where the modern name China originated from. An anonaly leading to Qin dynasty china opened in the pridelands at one point, but no creatures were encountered, instead the first emperor and his soldiers posed a threat to the lion guard and lango investigation team, as well as a group of young animals aspiring to be like the lion guard, and who had gone through the anomaly from the pridelands to Qin dynasty china, in an affort to be brave like the lion guard.

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The lion king primeval creature profile no. 118: arsinoitherium.

Arsinoitherium was an embrithopod mammal living during the eocene in northern africa, from 36 million years ago to 30 million years ago. Although it closely resembled a rhino, it and its group were actually most closely related to the elephants and their relatives. What distinguishes it from true rhinos is the fact that instead of a single large horn above the nose, it has two, one on either side, with two smaller ones behind them above the eyes. Curiously it was the females who had bigger horns than males instead of the other way around, but in both genders the horns were hollow, with males using theirs to produce louder mating calls, and males used their horns to fight rival males for females, interlocking and twisting and shoving, until one backs down and surrenders. Their horns were at an angle that caused them to largely block the frontal vision of arsinoitherium. And unlike rhinos it lived more like a hippo, having legs that were almost splayed out and short for more effective swimming or for walking along the bottom of mangroves close to the sea, which were its main habitat. And when on land it had an almost waddling gait, and they usually came onto land to find new feeding areas, and to mate. On rare occasions they would be eaten by basilosaurus. They became extinct as victims of the rapid climate change that occurred during the transition from the eocene to the oligocene.

This design is from chased by sea monsters, owned by the bbc and impossible pictures.

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The lion king primeval character profile no. 9: kiara.

Kiara is a young adult lioness the princess of the pridelands, daughter of simba and nala, and mate of kovu. She has orangish fur, with a creme colored underside, toes, and snout, and a rather sturdy build. She is however smaller than most other lionesses due to her age. She has an open and gracious heart, and is empathetic, and optimistic, cheery, and fun-loving, but still level headed and mature. She participates in royal duties, and has since trained to be a better hunter, leading hunting parties. She would also later become the adopted sister of Alexander williams. She later on also became queen of the pridelands.

Kiara is from the lion king 2 simba’s pride, owned by disney.

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The lion king primeval character profile no. 8: nyeupe.

Nyeupe is a white lioness living in kuganda mountains near theluji mountains. Her mother was a loner and when nyeupe was a teen, her mother was killed by a future predator that came through a lango from the future. She learned to survive on her own, and when she was a young adult she encountered the same future predator which she called simujicho, and after a fight causing her to get three scars, she killed the predator and took its head as a trophy and so she would never forget what happened to her mother, now only the skull remains. Later when she became fully grown, another lango appeared, this time leading to ice age europe, she went through but the lango closes before she could return to the 20th century, leaving her stranded in ice age europe, where she learned bush craft by watching Neanderthals and modern humans, and was able to learn sewing and making cave paintings, she now wears a fur outfit consisting of a hooded fur cloak made from wolf pelts, a rabbit fur face mask, and caribou fur leg warmers. She also has a Neanderthal spearpoint she took from a Neanderthal. During her time in ice age europe she befriended and lived with a male cave lion, and was believed to be a spirit by the local humans. Eventually she was able to return to the 20th century with the help of Alexander, after the two joined forces to stop dr screwloose who set up a laboratory in ice age europe full of future predators he was experimenting on. She is stoic, calm most of the time but can be vicious when angry, has a deep sense of spirituality especially after meeting the sorcerer in ice age europe, and makes cave art depicting her life and the things she saw and places she’s been to. She can also be deeply affectionate and caring to those she loves or considers friends, even bringing them gifts like when she made a tooth necklace for Vitani. She can also be wise and will pass her knowledge to others, giving advice on surviving in the wilderness or when someone’s dealing with personal issues. She would also teach other lions how to sew and paint. Ever though she still lives in kuganda mountains, she is now an accepted member of the pridelands and visits the pridelands every now and then, especially to help in dealing with creature incursions from langos.

She was created by me and a friend of mine on discord for the project.

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The lion king primeval character profile no. 7: mwana.

Mwana is a human boy living in the westlands. When he was a baby his mother left their tribe, but for what reason and when, no one knows, but what is known is that she had been passing through the westlands when a utahraptor from the cretaceous period came through an anomaly and killed her, however a hunting party of westland lions was present and one named mwenye saved the baby from the utahraptor and chose to adopt the baby and raise him as her own son, naming him mwana. with the royal mjuzi of the westlands, a lioness named busara also helping to take care of mwana, especially when mwenye is out hunting. Mwana is inquisitive, curious, filled with youthful energy, but can also be very sensitive. He also is prone to getting into trouble and doesn’t always do what he’s told, but also tries to fit in with the pride, and loves his mother dearly, and is very fond of busara, and his good friend a lion cub named haraka. During a visit to the westlands with the lion guard, alexander williams would meet and befriend mwana who finally met another being for the first time since he was a baby, however he would also once again encounter the same utahraptor that killed his mother, as well as boris and his own son chaney, but with the help of alexander and the lion guard, he was able to defeat them, and even visit Alexander in the pridelands many times, learning about prehistory, the future, and the anomalies, and being mentored by alexander.

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The lion king primeval character profile no. 6: boris.

Boris is the only man predator (a human and future predator hybrid) in existence. He was created by dr. Screwloose in an effort to make something that made him look handsome in comparison, and in doing so produced a creature that combined anatomical traits of both humans and future predators, however he also possessed the combined iq of both humans and future predators and so was far more intelligent than either, and was also capable of speech and self awareness and emotion, and he was given the name boris, and he felt he fitted in the future predators better than humans who viewed him as a monster, and so held disdain for humans and other animals but was also willing to collaborate and work with them for his own benefit and profit. He quickly took over dr screwlooses work briefly and began an operation to have future predators take over the world, and after being foiled by alexander and vitani, he retreated and went into hiding, devising new plans and schemes, and would disguise himself as a human using advanced holotech from the future, and also tries to civilize future predators to replace humans as the new civilization of earth. He is clever, cunning, calm, logical, with a very strong pro-future predator bias, and anti human sentiment, but will use humans as a means to get what he wants, however he will also makes deals and temporary alliances in situations where a common enemy is faced or when there’s no other choice. He is also very smart, learning biology, science, genetic engineering, and business, and often takes in future predators which show no hostility towards him due to him being more future predator than human, and so he has joined several colonies several times, and even genetically experiments with predators in an effort to make them progress to a higher level of being, to become the new dominant species of earth, even creating a son through these experiments.

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The lion king primeval lore no. 6: the hadean eon.

The hadean eon was the first geological time period in the history of the earth, it was the first eon of the precambrian. It started with the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago, with the earth forming 4.54 billion years ago. During the hadean the earth was a chaotic place, the whole surface was molten, with volcanoes and lava everywhere, and there was constant bombardment by meteors and coments. and no hope of supporting life, that was until another planet called theia collided with earth 4.5 billion years ago, and in the process ejected debris around the planet, which coalesced and formed the moon, the rest of theias remnants became imbeded in earths mantle. Eventually a C0-2 rich atmosphere formed, and around 4 billion years ago, the earth started cooling, the vast unstable lava fields disappearing, being replaced by a stable solid surface of crust, and liquid water. With the first oceans froming. This was the transition to the archaean eon. No known anomalies are known to have ever lead to the hadean.

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The lion king primeval lore no. 5: An introduction to theriapedes.

After the extinction of the terrestrial cephalopods, myriapods would rise up to fill the vacated large animal niches, specifically centipedes would. One species of centipede became omnivorous, and even evolved lungs to reach greater sizes, this species would become the common ancestor of all theriapedes, a wholly new and unique clade of myriapods like nothing seen in the 20th century. From their centipede common ancestor they underwent a massive adaptive radiation, evolving a myriad of new bodyplans never before seen in myriapods, being more similar to other arthropods and even vertebrates, their numerous limbs becoming specialized for different purposes, with some only having a few pairs still used for locomotion, and many developed their front limbs into appendages that serve as mouthparts and mandibles through cephalization. They also developed a cartilaginous internal pseudoskeleton and strong muscles to further support their larger sizes, also having thinner exoskeletons to reduce heaviness, allowing some theriapedes to reach sizes rivaling dinosaurs, with The biggest theriapede known to exist being the zimwi, which rivals some sauropods in size. Theriapedes all would go extinct 504 million years hence due to a mass extinction caused by a meteor slightly bigger than the one that caused the k-pg event at the end of the mesozoic era.

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The lion king primeval lore no. 4: A brief history of terrestrial cephalopods.

After the end neozoic mass extinction 194 million years hence, the earth recovered by 197 million years hence. As reptiles and amphibians were now extinct, invertebrates would inherit the world, although a few fish did survive and continue to evolve, with some even developing lungs and powered flight, but ultimately fish would all disappear by 207 million years in the future, but before that happened, another group of marine animals, the cephalopods took their first steps out of water onto land around 198 million years hence, and overtime turned their arms into locomotory legs that support their bodies, and developed to breath in air, and by 200 million years hence, they underwent an adaptive radiation, with some even becoming the biggest animals arounds, however despite this they were nowhere near as common as giant insects and arachnids and the descendants of snails and slugs, which were far more diverse and widespread and filled the vast majority of niches. But 315 million years hence, a minor extinction event happened and the world changed drastically, causing the future age of giant bugs to end, and cephalopods found an opportunity to diversify and fill even more niches, although giant bugs would continue to exist just not as common as the new cephalopods, but overtime they would start to be outcompeted by cephalopods and by 346 million years in the future they were all extinct. The giant cephalopods would all die out 365 million years hence due to a mass extinction event, which would see myriapods afterwards rise to the top as the new dominant animals leading to new even bigger giant bugs.

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The lion king primeval lore no. 3: what are anthros?.

Anthros are anthropomorphic animals created through genetic engineering during the 2030s. They were created by genetically altering animals and giving them more human traits such as standing upright on two legs and turning their front feet into hands, and giving them the capacity for human speech. The first attempts at anthros were created in 2028 by a scientist on an island in the british isles, by combining human and animal dna, but this for some readon ended in failure, so the same scientist simply genetically altered animals to become anthropomorphic. A few hundred individuals were created in secret, before he was busted by the british and scottish governments. His creations however were taken in by the two governments and granted citizenship, given digital imagery pendents to disguise themselves as humans. Many became civilians, some actually gained jobs within the government, including at the anomaly research center. And it is known that at least one was involved with the genetic cloning of future predators leading to the feral predator outbreak and proceeding predator wars. Many of the anthros were killed by predators and megopterans, but some individuals were able to escape through anomalies to various points in earlier human history, with many ending up in the 20th century, but a few went further back in time, as far back as the bronze age and possibly even the Pleistocene epoch. In every time period they inhabit they use the same digital imagery pendents to secretly live amongst humans, but sometimes they are seen in their true forms, and it is thought that these gave rise to various myths and legends and possibly religions throughout human history, including some cryptids. But by 2035 all anthros are extinct.

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The lion king primeval lore no. 2: The pridelands 80 million years from now.

80 million years in the future the earth is changing once again, the icecaps have been melting and shrinking more, causing sea levels to get higher than today. And the global climate to warm up, for the earth is entering a hothouse period, which it hasn’t experienced since the start of the Cenozoic era, and like that point in time, forests are taking over, as the land gets wetter, with the sahara becoming green and wet once more, and as for what was once the pridelands, the open savannah habitat has been shrinking over time, and by this point, the pridelands have now been replaced by a single vast jungle, that covers the whole area. It is hot and humid, with frequent rainfall, there are many layers, of life from the forest floor to the highest canopies, each with their own unique species. Many plants are like those in modern african jungles but some are wholly new and exotic kinds, including some new kinds of carnivorous plants, and large flowers. Countless animal species exist, the largest being rodents and lagomorphs who by this time evolved into the new african megafauna, the main herbivores are rabbit descendants and large herbivorous rodents, while various species of monkeys and tree dwelling rodents live in the trees. There are also large flightless birds and some large species of reptiles, which herald the coming second age of reptiles. Birds still dominate the air by day, but some diurnal bats also exist and they still rule the air at night. The main carnivores here are predatory rats and bats, in fact it is here that the infamous future predator evolved, being one of the apex predators, while its smaller cousins fill other niches. There is also an active volcano in the western part of the jungle, and deep ravines and large rock formations, including what remains of pride rock, all hidden within the trees and undergrowth. There is also a few rivers running through the jungle, and a medium sized lake.

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The lion king primeval lore no. 1: An overview of posthumans.

Posthuman is a broad term used to describe the many future descendants of modern humans during the early continuing age of mammals. These can come from artificial and unnatural means such as genetic engineering, or through natural evolutionary processes. The Posthumans of the future are descended from three different groups of humans that split off from one another after the predator wars, those who fled underground and developed a new society that grew more and more advanced over time, and developing into a new species known as homo prevecta, which would eventually evolve into homo fastigium. The other half of humans stayed on the surface and became more and more feral, eventually evolving into multiple species that have become wild beasts, and completely lost the capacity for civilization, and it would be these who would undergo an adaptive radiation and diversification that would last for millions of years, evolving into new forms never before seen in hominids or primates in general up to that point. And then the final group were the genetically engineered supersoldiers, made to fight the future predator but who turned against their creators and escaped into the wild, becoming feral beasts that would evolve into predators that prey on other posthumans and animals. Posthumans live until 27 million years in the future, when they start getting outcompeted by other more specialized animals, and climate change causing the environments they were adapted for to change at a pace they couldn’t keep up with. It’s thought many posthumans went through anomalies and inspired various myths and legends of various monsters and mythical creatures around the world, including in greece, europe, japan, and the americas.

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The lion king primeval creature profile no. 117: african lion.

The african lion is a species of lion living in africa during the pleistocene and holocene from 2 million years ago to the present day. They have robustly built bodies, with fur that vairies in color from tan, beige, creme, orange, yellow, reddish, and brown, as well as greyish colors, and in some individuals white. And they have a tuft of hair at the end of the tail. And males are larger possess a large mane around their necks and on their heads, which grows as they grow up and age, it serves as protection when fighting rival males, and for display showing their fitness as mates for lionesses. Some lionesses have a short tuft of hair on the top of their head, and on rare occurrences, some lionesses have had manes while some males have lacked males into maturity. They usually live in savannahs and grasslands, but some live in deserts and a few live in jungles, and They can climb and rest in trees. They socialize through grooming and hanging out together, as they live in prides with multiple females and one or two males leading. Females work together to hunt prey to feed the pride. Some lion prides have formed kingdoms, with their lead males being kings and lead females queens, living under a monarchal lifestyle, with the kings offspring being the heirs to the kingdom. Some kingdoms have a group of lions usually all males who act as a guard defending the kingdom and the circle of life. In the past they had a greater range into europe and asia, but are now restricted to africa and endangered due to human activity, and their numbers continued to dwindle throughout the 21st century. A combination of habitat loss, decrease in prey availability, hunting and poaching, caused their numbers to dwindle, however they would end up being actively hunted by feral future predators and megopterans, leading them to become extinct by 2035, shortly after the collapse of humanity.

These designs come from the lion king, owned by disney. The individuals illustrated are simba and nala.

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The lion king primeval creature profile no. 116: chaos the anomaly creature.

Chaos is the first and only anomaly creature in existence, originating from 1 billion years in the future. By that point in time anomalies are a permanent part of life, and over thousands of years, the magnetic energy of the anomalies has caused the creation of a one of a kind creature. chaos is a magnetic life form that is made up of several anomalies and creatures, including the Future Predator, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Pteranodon and Utahraptor. It can also consume any being that passes through time through anonalies. Life forms are not eaten, but instead they disappear into a void like a black hole, causing rips in history and can even cause the complete disappearance of a specific individual, a whole species, or even in extreme cases an entire era of time. In chaos’s core is a normal anomaly, which is practically the beating heart of the anomaly creature and what keeps it alive, should this anomaly be disrupted and destabilized and collapse, such as when another anomaly is put into it, chaos would surely die. However no one has ever been able to attempt this, and few have ever seen chaos and lived.

It was created by indy taylor for the primeval create your own creature competition, and although it was a runner up, ultimately did not win and was never featured in primeval.

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The lion king primeval creature profile no. 115: ladybird-flea hybrid.

The ladybird-flea hybrid (brutalicimex necatrilarva) is the last future giant insect living 344 million years in the future. at this point other giant insects are extinct due to competition with mollusks in particular terrestrial cephalopods, myriapods, and new terrestrial crustaceans. Despite its name, the ladybird-flea hybrid is not a hybrid of either, but it is a descendant of fleas. It’s hind limbs are now its sole legs for locomotion, developing powerful muscles and hip-like structures within for better mobility. The middle and front limbs are obligate arms, with the middle arms each having a super long sharp claw to stab, slash, and eviscerate large prey, and can also aid in stability and climbing. And the front limbs end in three clawed hands to hold onto prey or mates during mating. The body had a thick armored carapace for defense against predators or threats such as rivals during fights, and the head has two large multifaceted eyes like a fly, and they also have two small nostrils connected to the lungs, (which is a trait most giants invertebrates of the future possess). The mouth has evolved a jaw, that functions in a similar way to a water beetle larva’s spring jaw, to catch smaller prey, and on the top of this jaw is skin that covers a retractable sharp tongue that can extend out to drink blood from prey like terrestrial cephalopods. However the tongue also plays a part in reproduction as it is also an ovipositor, with the eggs injected just beneath the skin of its prey, and after hatching the grubs consume the muscles and organs of their host, except the vital ones so the host can still feed them until they compete with and eat each other so that only the strongest one will come out of the host as a larva, and soon grow into an adult.

It was created by Jon joseph brumby for the primeval create your own creature competition, and although it was a runner up, ultimately did not win and was never featured in primeval.