After a myriad of strange dreams, writings and perhaps insanity I updated my Zeno (beforehand was Xeno) character to reflect more of what I had in mind when I wrote him into the story (PART FOUR!!! YIPPEE!!!).

Quick run down of the character and specie:

Specie name: Nafaris (play on the word Nefarious)

Subspecie: Runner soldier. Zeno that is, there are others known as the commoner (plain), flier (runners with wings) and buster (think of a giant anthro-crab) 'soldiers' all apart of a collective hive serving under a queen and drone.

Size: Nafaris range from 4ft tall (commoner soldier) to 16ft tall (buster). Runners are the middle of the spectrum, lightly built and made for run-strike-flee-return-strike type of attack.

Homeworld: The Dark moon of Thotumal, where all species are covered in armor due to the moon's treacherous atmosphere. The Nafaris prefer to remain underground and are nocturnal (those eyes are big for a reason) but can withstand sunlight for short spurts of time. Otherwise they'll get annoyed and dive underground. Should a Nafaris stay above ground they may cover themselves, be it with clothing or someone's skin- depends on the Nafaris preference.

Description of specie: Covered in a metallic/organic armor from head to hoof/blade or claw. Weak points is the face, if injured only pisses the Nafaris off. Bullets ricochet off, acid is like shampoo to them, laser does nothing as lava only freezes them. Their armor is used by galaxies far and wide to serve as starship covering, weaponry or pricey artifacts sold to the highest bidder. Problem is many has lost their lives trying to subdue a single Nafaris, let alone a hive as they travel in hordes.

Who the heck is Zeno?: A character of mine, one of seven known Nafaris in a story I am working on. Aside from another Zeno makes contact without fighting first, which normally a Nafaris would prefer to do. Zeno is an oddball who is known to break his queen's orders from time to time, yet in every case it usually benefit the hive's survival.

Designed based/inspired from: First of all a dream. Second of all loosely from Giger's aliens. Lastly "Crasher" from Gobots. Later dreams and writings I made it more insect like, as it has a exoskeleton, antennae, six limbs and grasshopper feet- but with hooves. It was to be a twisted uncomfortable love interest to a otherwise heterosexual fauxbird (named Neko).

Transgender???: Only soldiers are transgendered (have a muscle controlled reversible vagina/penis) and are NOT permitted to mate whatsoever or be destroyed. Only the queen and the drone can reproduce. Of course certain Nafaris (ahem) gets away with it without being caught. When such a soldier mates, they tend to become 'individuals' and rebellious wanting to live life like a warm blood (as they put it). Otherwise the Nafaris soldier can behave neither sex, masculine or feminine or both; most either behave as either.

IS there a weakpoint?: Aside from the face, the queen can telepathically make her soldier's body explode. In fact she speaks to all her brood telepathically or openly in Nafaris language (sounds like clicks). The queen name of this particular hive is known as "Zaratha", who is tall yet graceful, flies, face full of teeth, has blades and a total bitch beyond words.

SUMMARY: Give me cookies!!!