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[Victor Von Villain]

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[Victor Von Villain]

▲ OVERVIEW » NAME: Miirserthanachauntyr » ALIAS: Delta (▲) (ALT-30) » AGE: 1 or 600 based on how you look at it. » GENDER: F » AFFILIATION: Tyranids » OCCUPATION: Mother » FACE CLAIM: artwork.40k.gallery/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Parasite-of-Mortrex.jpg.webp » PLAYED BY: Victor Von Villain PROFILE THEIR ASPECT ▲is a rather inquisitive mind with an unheard of drive to survive. Often kind and caring to those she views as friends, but vicious to those that would wish her harm. Her serpentine form can often be seen flitting from tree to tree. She often feeds on sap produced by the tree due to her relatively fragile jaw. ▲ also is an avid enjoyer of fruit. She enjoys these because there's no real fight involved, but as her swarm has grown, she's starting to become more carnivorous. Often one to contort herself into tight warm spaces, she has on more than one occasion sent the night nestled up in an exhaust port. She's seen the creatures inside take out much more dangerous foes than her, so she's extremely careful. All the same the call of a warm dark space is very tempting for when she's on her own, and as such has often spent the night listening to the creatures vocalizing at each other.    Due to her contact with the Ghoul Star system and their malevolent phenomena, Delta now believes that she is not actually from hive fleet Moloch, but rather a fleet of her own imagination. This is often reinforced by Delta actively rejecting control of other Synaptic systems, instead she chooses to create her own following an odd set of rules and instructions. She does not know that she is alone, calling out for a fleet that does not exist.  Noteworthy Features » Parasitic ovipositor » Synaptic relays » Thinks she's host to a fragment of Hivemind Miirserthanachauntyr THEIR PERSONA ▲ is a vary unique individual, a remnant of a fleet lost to time, she's now struggling with the new status quo. » POSITIVE TRAITS ✔ Very protective of wargear ✔ Magpies tech ✔ Flies fast ✔ Can assert and recruit new wargear » NEGATIVE TRAITS ✘ Is a Tyranid ✘ Blind (sees through wargear) ✘ Slow walker ✘ Is generally quick to flee if battle goes bad » LIKES ✔ Dark, warm spaces ✔ Food ✔ Flowers (tasty!) ✔ "Wargear" » DISLIKES ✘ Turtles (armored foes) ✘ Other synapse creatures not already friendly. ✘ Blood (especially her own) ✘ Guns THEIR CONNECTIONS Allies » Velon Guardsman This is only one sided, due to a misunderstanding regarding killing other Tyranids in the area and leaving their corpses lying around. They view Delta as an enemy. » "Wargear" The small fleet she has managed to spawn or recruit. Consisting of about 6 members at first:    1 Hormagaunts    1 Spore Mine    4 Termagants Each of which will be explained in more detail in the wargear section. They can be destroyed and then regrown through a process that involves the barbed ovipositor spawning rippers that grow through stages to get to their final forms. Enemies » Dimachaeron Alpha A rather reclusive beast that only exists for reassimilation purposes as there are no longer any digestion pools on velon. This creature hunts down any Tyranids sick or infirm and returns them to slurry. Delta is classified as one of these. » "Hawk" A gunship that often flies overhead. Is a transport ship to the nearby stronghold. Delta is unaware that it's not a creature. » Behomoth Hates those guys. Not good. THEIR APTITUDES ▲ is a rather squirrelly creature, often hiding behind others in it's swarm, only appearing if the chances of success are overwhelmingly positive. Often seen only in peripherals, ▲ is a very intuitive creature, often choosing to take it safe and not overindulge. This has often led to traps being prodded and set of prematurely, leaving her to take the bait and run after the trap has failed. Deep within ▲ lies the potential to become a hive tyrant, but to do so would require about a year's worth of protection and solitude and about a 10 Tons of processed Biomass. » STRENGTHS ✔ Can see through multiple sets of eyes at once to get a clearer picture of the area ✔ Fast, unbelievably fast ✔ Hit and run tactics master ✔ In a pinch, ▲'s barbed ovipositor makes a horrific close combat weapon » WEAKNESSES ✘ Blind without her swarm ✘ Relatively fragile ✘ Needs extended time in a vulnerable state to transform into a higher form ✘ Is scared easily Abnormal Traits » Barbed Ovipositor Used to rapidly spawn rippers and start the Tyranid lifecycle anew. Not every Tyranid can do that, and with synaptic guidance, Delta can guide the Rippers into metamorphising into basic forms.&nbsp; » Threadworms         A symbiotic species of minuscule worms that crawl across wounds leaving a thin spider-like silk that new healing can occur on. This vastly increases natural healing rates. When not active, these inch long worms reside in the lymphatic system. » Shard-Host This doesn't have much impact at first, but ▲ thinks she contains a fragment of the long lost hive fleet she was originally part of. She hopes to one day form a suitable bioconstruct to place it into, but doing so is a long and difficult task. ACCOUTREMENTS THEIR WEAPONS » Epsilon A hormagaunt at first, but with time and proddng, holds the potential to evolve into a Neurolictor. Ripper -> Hormagaunt -> Von Ryan's Leaper -> Lictor -> Neurolictor Epsilon follows the above growth path to maturity. She often acts as Delta's primary form of vision, only relinquishing that duty at the time she too loses her vision. » Brigadier Spore mine. Ripper -> spore mine Often seen with its tentacles wrapped around the tail of Delta hitching a ride. Otherwise it floats rather slowly in whatever way the wind blows. » Zzarg, Gijx, Vixtorix & Fundus 4 termagants Ripper -> Termagant essentially the disposable foot soldiers, not much more durable that a normal guardsman, but they make up for it in numbers and the ability to return to full force rather quickly. Swarm Details The Reclaimers The Swarm isn't much at the moment, but they are seeking to gain more power in the area. Trapped planetside, they only have what they can work with on the planet of Velon. They seek to do something similar to what Tiamet is doing and build a large bioconstruct out of reclaimed biomass. As their numbers are still rather small at the current time, any deaths or fighting imposes a significant setback, so they've taken to constructing it within caves or underground to avoid drawing attention to themselves. They usually communicate by a series of clicking and low rumbling growls, but in times of stress, switch over to a silent synaptic relay system. Psyker Profile » PSYKER GRADE: Undefined » SANCTIONED: Yes (By herself) » SPECIALTY: Healing » DISCIPLINE: Hive mind THEIR POWERS » Latent GhoulStar Genetics         Can cause the body of ▲ to temporarily shift slightly to shed threadworms or potentially offer finer manipulation of objects by splitting talons into smaller joints. Often causes starvation when used. » Guided Evolution         ▲ uses this to help her War gear advance in stature when she's gathered enough biomass to evolve. It is a strenuous process that involves hours of casting and constant attention, lest the process fail and the evolving creature dies. This process takes exponentially longer the larger the evolving creature is to end up. » Shadow in the Warp Can briefly implant visions of horror into those around the caster. These illusory terrors usually have an enhanced effect upon psykers that are not Tyranid in origin. Manifestations usually take the form of either a monstrous Tyranid hunting the victim, or an oddly beautiful ethereal Hexapod creature with 2 hind legs for walking, 2 forelimbs for grasping and manipulating, and 2 wings for flight. These manifestations are sensory illusions only, they cannot interact with the material world. » Transfer Consciousness Allows a Caster to temporarily inhabit a host body, returning upon death. The chosen host must be a willing Tyranid for this to occur. This power may also be used to transfer ▲'s shard into a fitting vessel when the time comes BIOGRAPHY Ongoing story From an asteroid launched towards Velon, A fragment from Moloch twisted by the ghoul stars into the pure white albinism of a broken species. Lost for eons in realspace until eventually awakening on Velon. History forgotten, she's forced to deal with the mutations that the ghoul stars caused upon her mind. She calls herself Miirserthanachauntyr, Delta organism. On the planet of Velon, a creature stirred deep within the soil. Something had awoken her from hibernation. As she stirred into consciousness, ▲ had awoken to something strange: a hostile synaptic connection was trying to contact her. ▲ didn't recognize the caller, it didn't conform to her fleet's signaling methods. So ▲ stayed hidden. As soon as the threat had passed on, started to dig herself to the surface. When she got to the surface, she saw not the dying planet she had Dug herself into, but rather a thriving ecosystem complete with lush jungles and flowering plains. As ▲ looked around, it was hard to compare this place with the one she was left on, but more worrying is the fact that she saw signs of . . .predation is the best way to describe it. As ▲ stood on shaky legs and made her way towards the large flora on this revitalized world, she noticed gouging bite marks in the tree. From ▲'s experience, herbivores didn't have teeth this sharp. As ▲ was distracted evaluating the tree, something chirruped in the nearby jungle. When ▲ turned to look, there was a lone hormagaunt. Its' long scythes held close to the body, and head cocked to the side. ▲ attempted comminication. <Greetings> ▲ sent over using the synaptic network she had known for so long before the hibernation. Being on the sending end was an entirely new experience for ▲, as before the hibernation she was but a lowly ripper. <<ΉЦПGΣЯ>> As the hormagaunt leapt forward, talons flipping forward into attack position, ▲ took a closer look at the thing: red flesh and black carapace. {Behemoth}, she thought, one of the more savage ilks. Not one of her fleet's. As the feral Hormagaunt leapt in, ▲ tried to doge, but all that got her was that the thing took one of her legs in its' mouth instead of center mass. As the gaunt bit down, it shook it's head back and forth tearing the limb off completely. As the gaunt was throwing head back to fully swallow the limb, ▲ started to hear a sound approaching. On instinct she threw herself to the ground, this was going to take all her ability to survive. BZZT! A bright red light flashed into the hormagaunt and left a sizzling hole. it was quickly followed by several more. Ranged weapons! A couple options flashed before ▲, run, hide, fight. She was too weak to fight, and too injured to run, that only left one option: hide. A Pair of bipedal mammals approached the fallen Hormagaunt. They were carrying strange metal sticks. They started to vocalize at each other. "Jimmy, you got a bullseye!" "Yup, just my luck he was distracted by some little critter." "You want the honors of double tapping? These Tyranids are quite resilient after all, never know when they're really dead." "Sure Gillian." With that, one of the bipedals pointed their metal stick at the dead gaunt and it began to spew fire. "Think there's any more in the area?" The bipedal with the still steaming stick vocalized at the other. "Well, I think commander said something about a warrior in the area heading south." "Seriously, those things are huge man!" "Yup, wouldn't want to meet one of those in the flesh, but good news is they tend to draw the smaller ones with them." "Synapse or something, right?" "Bingo! You wanna get a cup of joe to celebrate your kill?" "Sure" As the two strange mammals wandered off, ▲ shook of the foliage she had covered herself in. Those creatures had left their kill. . . what did that mean? Did they know that she was there? Was this a peace offering? A gift? Best not to let it go to waste. When ▲ was done with the meal, she decided to find a spot to hide for the night. As her strength was slowly returning, she decided that hiding up a tree was as good an option as any. [The rest will be written at a later point, but a couple key points: 1. investigates a poison filled fog/swamp to collect a spore mine 2. Spawns rippers on a corpse that become 4 termagants 3. Fights for and gains control of a rival Hormagaunt {Freeing the gaunt from a tyranid warrior in the area}]