Eldrich

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Created
4 years, 1 month ago
Creator
barkenspit
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Basic Info


Species

Experimental Hybrid

Height

11'00"

Weight

403.lb

Personality

Cunning | Amicable | Mischievous

Profile


Eldrich is a tall, bipedal creature with a constant grin on its face. It has long triangular ears, two pairs of arms and one pair of legs - its feet are plantigrade, but occasionally walks on its toes when sneaking around on all fours. The pair of arms each have different functions: the top pair are long and rigid, mainly used to stay upright; the bottom pair are fully functional where it can grasp and hold objects. Whenever it crouches down on all fours the bottom pair can completely sustain their weight. 

Their main color is a warm yellow tone. The back of their neck is covered with light blue scutes lining up to its shoulders and back down the base of its tail. It has red swirls in place of eyes that trail down to the base of its stomach, and their stomach is an off-white that covers its neck, chest and chin. The inside of its mouth is a dull-magenta, their dentition consists of two large incisors then two large fang/premolars on the top of its jaw. The bottom jaw consists of three 'pseudo-fangs' that are similar to the spines of the inside of a sea-turtles mouth.

Misc.


It has a heightened sense of hearing and touch, being able to 'see' by emitting a deep hum at a frequency most animals and humans can't hear as a form of echolocation. They are primarily an ambush predator, where they sneak up on their prey and stun them with a heavy punch from their abnormally long tongue. Which then they use their tongue to drag their prey towards its jaws to neutralize their meal with a solid bite. Vocally it is capable of basic speech and can vaguely understand what the words mean. It mostly mimics what it's being told and repeats the word as its recognizing the action/object.

Due to its size and weight, Eldrich can unintentionally hurt others when it's playing. This has lead to issues with Dr.Gartner and C8's assistants and superiors. Both scientists looked for ways to teach Eldrich to control its power but were ultimately fruitless. On a positive note - Izikeil's tough scales make it easy to sustain Eldrich's weight and roughhousing so they had taken a liking to the little creature. It does not actively search for conflict and would rather keep to themselves, but it does defend itself or its territory should the need arise. Most of its conflict is putting the rest of its 'siblings' in their place; Azra or Nimm are the usual offenders.

Background


Eldrich is the fourth experiment created by Dr.Gartner and C8 in the island of OHNEM. It had a neutral upbringing during their developmental stage and had gotten just enough social attention from both scientists and assistants alike to mold it to their superior's specifications. Eldrich was, for the most part, manageable. Until it was mature enough to undergo training and obedience checks.

Weeks of adapting to different levels of pain, exhaustion and recovery while being conditioned to obey commands during these painful trials took a toll on the creature. It soon started to disobey and would listen to no one but Dr.Gartner. The patron's who had funded the project started to suspect the doctor of purposefully manipulating each experiment and delay their goal. Thus, the scientists' superiors demanded a new creature immediately or risk terminating the project. After an accident involving an assistant, Eldrich was sealed away like the previous experiments. Only called for when blood samples were needed for the next project...

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The OHNEM fire accident set Eldrich free from the grasps of everyone. Now able to roam the island as it pleases, it mostly resides along the marshlands near the broken down building with Izikeil. They don't wander too far as their favorite prey is usually nearby. Although carefree, the sound of rain gives it stress. If the storm lasts more than 3 minutes, Eldrich sneaks back into the building for shelter. It then climbs up to Dr.Gartner's abandoned office to wait out the storm.