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She physically resembles WebOriginal/JennyEverywhere. No other reason, really, but this is Wild Mass Guessing.
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She physically resembles WebOriginal/JennyEverywhere.MediaNotes/JennyEverywhere. No other reason, really, but this is Wild Mass Guessing.
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Whatever that element of the Domz was used to be before it was taken, it was reshaped into something like a human baby girl with the thought that this would make it more controllable as it grew. Three workers on the project, believing her to be a hybrid of human and Domz, objected to the treatment of a helpless infant strongly enough that they stole her away and wanted to raise her as their own, but were forced to part ways.
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Whatever that element of the Domz [=DomZ=] was used to be before it was taken, it was reshaped into something like a human baby girl with the thought that this would make it more controllable as it grew. Three workers on the project, believing her to be a hybrid of human and Domz, [=DomZ=], objected to the treatment of a helpless infant strongly enough that they stole her away and wanted to raise her as their own, but were forced to part ways.
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The main reason why the DomZ and the Alpha section is kidnapping people is so that they can suck people dry clean of life energy. But for some reason the Alpha section is also robbing the people of their pearls. Why? So they can shop at the mamago's garage? No, because they are filled with unlimited life energy. Some DomZ bosses have pearl in their cores and the light they give out is similar to Jades in the ending when she revives everybody. But of course only one DomZ at a time can use a pearl for life energy, that is why less significant DomZ enemies don't drop pearls when they die. So the DomZ and the Alpha section have three objectives, kidnap and suck pepople dry of life, steal pearls for unlimited life energy to their superiors, and find Jade/Shauni their old sources of life.
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The main reason why the DomZ [=DomZ=] and the Alpha section is kidnapping people is so that they can suck people dry clean of life energy. But for some reason the Alpha section is also robbing the people of their pearls. Why? So they can shop at the mamago's garage? No, because they are filled with unlimited life energy. Some DomZ [=DomZ=] bosses have pearl in their cores and the light they give out is similar to Jades in the ending when she revives everybody. But of course only one DomZ [=DomZ=] at a time can use a pearl for life energy, that is why less significant DomZ [=DomZ=] enemies don't drop pearls when they die. So the DomZ [=DomZ=] and the Alpha section have three objectives, kidnap and suck pepople dry of life, steal pearls for unlimited life energy to their superiors, and find Jade/Shauni their old sources of life.
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[[WMG:The Domz Priest will reappear in the sequel]]
About halfway through the game, a new, different Domz Priest will appear as a DegradedBoss. The FinalBoss will eventually be the Domz God they worship.
[[WMG: Shauni doesn't just give life energy; she gives ''immmortality'', and that's how the DomZ became a conqueror race.]]
Shauni is the source of the energy that keeps them alive; without her, they have to steal/eat the kidnapped Hillyans. This much we know. But look at the DomZ and how diseased they all tend to look, and how Pey'j grows a spore after Jade revives him: the DomZ were probably once a relatively normal humanoid race until Shauni was discovered and started reviving their dead, healing their wounds-- in other words, invincible. There'd be no reason NOT to go around dominating other planets. However, Shauni is essentially radioactive, and the more energy she invests into a creature to restore them, the more corrupted (and possibly stronger, physically) they become. That's why the DomZ priest is actually just a horrible monster, because being a devout worshipper, he was exposed to her energy constantly, and that's what General Kheck was promised: the opportunity to become immortal and have a seat of power with Hillys' conquerors.
About halfway through the game, a new, different Domz Priest will appear as a DegradedBoss. The FinalBoss will eventually be the Domz God they worship.
[[WMG: Shauni doesn't just give life energy; she gives ''immmortality'', and that's how the DomZ became a conqueror race.]]
Shauni is the source of the energy that keeps them alive; without her, they have to steal/eat the kidnapped Hillyans. This much we know. But look at the DomZ and how diseased they all tend to look, and how Pey'j grows a spore after Jade revives him: the DomZ were probably once a relatively normal humanoid race until Shauni was discovered and started reviving their dead, healing their wounds-- in other words, invincible. There'd be no reason NOT to go around dominating other planets. However, Shauni is essentially radioactive, and the more energy she invests into a creature to restore them, the more corrupted (and possibly stronger, physically) they become. That's why the DomZ priest is actually just a horrible monster, because being a devout worshipper, he was exposed to her energy constantly, and that's what General Kheck was promised: the opportunity to become immortal and have a seat of power with Hillys' conquerors.
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[[WMG:The Domz DomZ Priest will reappear in the sequel]]
About halfway through the game, a new, differentDomz [=DomZ=] Priest will appear as a DegradedBoss. The FinalBoss will eventually be the Domz [=DomZ=] God they worship.
[[WMG: Shauni doesn't just give life energy; she gives ''immmortality'', and that's how theDomZ [=DomZ=] became a conqueror race.]]
Shauni is the source of the energy that keeps them alive; without her, they have to steal/eat the kidnapped Hillyans. This much we know. But look at theDomZ [=DomZ=] and how diseased they all tend to look, and how Pey'j grows a spore after Jade revives him: the DomZ [=DomZ=] were probably once a relatively normal humanoid race until Shauni was discovered and started reviving their dead, healing their wounds-- in other words, invincible. There'd be no reason NOT to go around dominating other planets. However, Shauni is essentially radioactive, and the more energy she invests into a creature to restore them, the more corrupted (and possibly stronger, physically) they become. That's why the DomZ [=DomZ=] priest is actually just a horrible monster, because being a devout worshipper, he was exposed to her energy constantly, and that's what General Kheck was promised: the opportunity to become immortal and have a seat of power with Hillys' conquerors.
About halfway through the game, a new, different
[[WMG: Shauni doesn't just give life energy; she gives ''immmortality'', and that's how the
Shauni is the source of the energy that keeps them alive; without her, they have to steal/eat the kidnapped Hillyans. This much we know. But look at the
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She physically resembles JennyEverywhere. No other reason, really, but this is Wild Mass Guessing.
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** The animal photography job seems to be a public offer, and I don' see how it had led to Jade joining the IRIS Network (in the game it's just a source of money and pearls). It was first mentioned by Secundo, and Pey'j was skeptical about it. (The Black Isle mission was intended to bring Jade to the IRIS Network, and - as we learn - it was Peepers' idea.)
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** The animal photography job seems to be a public offer, and I don' don't see how it had led to Jade joining the IRIS Network (in the game it's just a source of money and pearls). It was first mentioned by Secundo, and Pey'j was skeptical about it. (The Black Isle mission was intended to bring Jade to the IRIS Network, and - as we learn - it was Peepers' idea.)
[Pey'j also dismissed the mission as "too dangerous", but Jade made it clear that she's going, with him or without.])
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The plot of the trilogy was planned out from the beginning by the creator, even before the series got cancelled-UnCancelled. He stated in an interview that the plot of the next game reveals exactly why animals were so important in the first game, and controlling the species--there are, according to him, "hybrids" created by humans for a variety of purposes. While some have taken these "hybrids" to mean the FunnyAnimal people, I see them as being more of BiologicalMashUp-type critters. If this is true, and if the second game keeps the themes of "exposing the truth" the first game had, perhaps there is a slightly shady corporation that is conducting horrible genetic experiments, and creating terrible monsters, with which they could possibly use to harm people? ...Only a thought.
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The plot of the trilogy was planned out from the beginning by the creator, even before the series got cancelled-UnCancelled. He stated in an interview that the plot of the next game reveals exactly why animals were so important in the first game, and controlling the species--there are, according to him, "hybrids" created by humans for a variety of purposes. While some have taken these "hybrids" to mean the FunnyAnimal people, I see them as being more of BiologicalMashUp-type MixAndMatchCreature-type critters. If this is true, and if the second game keeps the themes of "exposing the truth" the first game had, perhaps there is a slightly shady corporation that is conducting horrible genetic experiments, and creating terrible monsters, with which they could possibly use to harm people? ...Only a thought.
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About halfway through the game, a new, different Domz Priest will appear as a DegradedBoss. The FinalBoss will eventually be the Domz God they worship.worship.
[[WMG: Shauni doesn't just give life energy; she gives ''immmortality'', and that's how the DomZ became a conqueror race.]]
Shauni is the source of the energy that keeps them alive; without her, they have to steal/eat the kidnapped Hillyans. This much we know. But look at the DomZ and how diseased they all tend to look, and how Pey'j grows a spore after Jade revives him: the DomZ were probably once a relatively normal humanoid race until Shauni was discovered and started reviving their dead, healing their wounds-- in other words, invincible. There'd be no reason NOT to go around dominating other planets. However, Shauni is essentially radioactive, and the more energy she invests into a creature to restore them, the more corrupted (and possibly stronger, physically) they become. That's why the DomZ priest is actually just a horrible monster, because being a devout worshipper, he was exposed to her energy constantly, and that's what General Kheck was promised: the opportunity to become immortal and have a seat of power with Hillys' conquerors.
[[WMG: Shauni doesn't just give life energy; she gives ''immmortality'', and that's how the DomZ became a conqueror race.]]
Shauni is the source of the energy that keeps them alive; without her, they have to steal/eat the kidnapped Hillyans. This much we know. But look at the DomZ and how diseased they all tend to look, and how Pey'j grows a spore after Jade revives him: the DomZ were probably once a relatively normal humanoid race until Shauni was discovered and started reviving their dead, healing their wounds-- in other words, invincible. There'd be no reason NOT to go around dominating other planets. However, Shauni is essentially radioactive, and the more energy she invests into a creature to restore them, the more corrupted (and possibly stronger, physically) they become. That's why the DomZ priest is actually just a horrible monster, because being a devout worshipper, he was exposed to her energy constantly, and that's what General Kheck was promised: the opportunity to become immortal and have a seat of power with Hillys' conquerors.
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About halfway through the game, a new, different Domz Priest will appear as a DegradedBoss. The FinalBoss will eventually be the [[CosmicHorror Domz God]] they worship.
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About halfway through the game, a new, different Domz Priest will appear as a DegradedBoss. The FinalBoss will eventually be the [[CosmicHorror Domz God]] God they worship.
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* "You have collected all the pearls on the planet" is a shorthand for "all the pearls that can be found in this game". (Or would you think that only 56 species of animals live on Hillys?
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* "You have collected all the pearls on the planet" is a shorthand for "all the pearls that can be found in this game". (Or would you think that only 56 species of animals live on Hillys?Hillys?
[[WMG:The Domz Priest will reappear in the sequel]]
About halfway through the game, a new, different Domz Priest will appear as a DegradedBoss. The FinalBoss will eventually be the [[CosmicHorror Domz God]] they worship.
[[WMG:The Domz Priest will reappear in the sequel]]
About halfway through the game, a new, different Domz Priest will appear as a DegradedBoss. The FinalBoss will eventually be the [[CosmicHorror Domz God]] they worship.
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[[WMG: The Metroid universe is the future of the BeyondGoodAndEvil universe.]]
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[[WMG: The Metroid universe is the future of the BeyondGoodAndEvil VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil universe.]]
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One of the orphans, who doesn't speak English, who clearly mentions Pey'j and IRIS in the same breath when Jade says she's got a new job. Did she overhear Pey'j giving instructions to IRIS? Instructions that directly or indirectly led to their recruiting Jade? Pey'j didn't react well to the job offer from Mr. DeCastellac. Unintended consequences for Pey'j.
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One of the orphans, who doesn't speak English, who clearly mentions Pey'j and IRIS in the same breath when Jade says she's got a new job. Did she overhear Pey'j giving instructions to IRIS? Instructions that directly or indirectly led to their recruiting Jade? Pey'j didn't react well to the job offer from Mr. DeCastellac.[=DeCastellac=]. Unintended consequences for Pey'j.
*No, as above - again, you are confusing the two missions together. The animal photography mission seems to be a public offer, unrelated to IRIS Network. Mr. de Castellac's mission was indeed aimed at getting Jade into the IRIS Network, but this is clearly said to be Peepers' idea.
*No, as above - again, you are confusing the two missions together. The animal photography mission seems to be a public offer, unrelated to IRIS Network. Mr. de Castellac's mission was indeed aimed at getting Jade into the IRIS Network, but this is clearly said to be Peepers' idea.
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*"You have collected all the pearls on the planet" is a shorthand for "all the pearls that can be found in this game". (Or would you think that only 56 species of animals live on Hillys?
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[[WMG: The pearls and are filled with eternal life energy]]
The main reason why the DomZ and the Alpha section is kidnapping people is so that they can suck people dry clean of life energy. But for some reason the Alpha section is also robbing the people of their pearls. Why? So they can shop at the mamago's garage? No, because they are filled with unlimited life energy. Some DomZ bosses have pearl in their cores and the light they give out is similar to Jades in the ending when she revives everybody. But of course only one DomZ at a time can use a pearl for life energy, that is why less significant DomZ enemies don't drop pearls when they die. So the DomZ and the Alpha section have three objectives, kidnap and suck pepople dry of life, steal pearls for unlimited life energy to their superiors, and find Jade/Shauni their old sources of life.
[[WMG:The Mamago's guys are saving up a fortune]]
Why do they only accept pearls as currents(I know black market)? During war time they do business with doesn't seem that important, heck a shark even uses it as a lucky charm. But after the war, they have the biggest collection of pearls in all of Hillyis (more than half). Then they sell them for a "prize".
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** Proably not though, since it not overly hyped as Duke Nuke Forever, and it really haven't been through Development hell yet.
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[[WMG: Hillyis is Hyrule in the future]]
A planet consisting mostly of water with few islands, where the most common means of transportation is hovercrafts and/or flying. This is to be following the time after Legend of Zelda - windwaker, all of Hyrule is drowned, and all left is just some islands. Not to say that I found the two sound very similar and the game play to be that too. Come one true to say that loyal Hillyians and Hylians doesn't sound alike.
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[[WMG: Jade would have tried to betray the IRIS-network if she hadn't found any evidence ]]
Would make sense since in the beginning of the game the biggest concern she has is to make sure that the kids are safe, and for that she need money because otherwise she can't pay the electrical bill and then they would have no shields. So think back at the first mission when you are on your way to Black Isle you get mail from the Hilliyan army where they ask for information about the IRIS-network and any information is greatly rewarded. So presume that she is successful in her test missions, and then finds the IRIS den, goes on the next mission but she doesn't find anything and she draws the conclusion that the IRIS-network are just some group of thugs trying to get control over the planet. So next things she is reminded by message for army and next thing to happen is that IRIS den is stormed with Alpha soldiers and all IRIS member's are taken prisoner and sent to the moon.
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* Just marathoned the game. It's his left hand both times.
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The fact that Jade's parents were mentioned as having left her with Pey'j under unusual circumstances before disappearing feels like a [[{{ptitlexn9xzsjd5fif}} Chekhov's Gun]], and will likely become relevant in the next game. For this WMG, it follows that they worked for said company, most likely in the scientific role, though possibly also contributing their own genetic material, only to develop an attachment to the infant being studied. Unwilling to countenance the continuation of the program, they stole Jade away and, now on the run, dropped her off with a trusted friend before leading their pursuers off on a false trail that may or may not include faking her, and their own deaths. Her fame following the [=DomZ=] incident on Hillys is what catalyses the circumstances of the second game, as it leads directly to her discovery.
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The fact that Jade's parents were mentioned as having left her with Pey'j under unusual circumstances before disappearing feels like a [[{{ptitlexn9xzsjd5fif}} Chekhov's Gun]], ChekhovsGun, and will likely become relevant in the next game. For this WMG, it follows that they worked for said company, most likely in the scientific role, though possibly also contributing their own genetic material, only to develop an attachment to the infant being studied. Unwilling to countenance the continuation of the program, they stole Jade away and, now on the run, dropped her off with a trusted friend before leading their pursuers off on a false trail that may or may not include faking her, and their own deaths. Her fame following the [=DomZ=] incident on Hillys is what catalyses the circumstances of the second game, as it leads directly to her discovery.
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[[WMG: Beyond Good and Evil 2 is the new Duke Nukem Forever.]]
As in, not gonna happen for like 13 years.
As in, not gonna happen for like 13 years.
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* Not to mention the best evidence of all--they're able to mark Jade's map with "probable locations" of the Alphas' damning activities (because they know which places are suited for it) and have all the codes for the security-code doors.
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[[WMG: Pey'j got Jade the job of photosurveying the Hillyan wildlife.]]
One of the orphans, who doesn't speak English, who clearly mentions Pey'j and IRIS in the same breath when Jade says she's got a new job. Did she overhear Pey'j giving instructions to IRIS? Instructions that directly or indirectly led to their recruiting Jade? Pey'j didn't react well to the job offer from Mr. DeCastellac. Unintended consequences for Pey'j.
One of the orphans, who doesn't speak English, who clearly mentions Pey'j and IRIS in the same breath when Jade says she's got a new job. Did she overhear Pey'j giving instructions to IRIS? Instructions that directly or indirectly led to their recruiting Jade? Pey'j didn't react well to the job offer from Mr. DeCastellac. Unintended consequences for Pey'j.
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[[WMG: Jade isn't human at all, just made to look like and raised like one]]
Whatever that element of the Domz was used to be before it was taken, it was reshaped into something like a human baby girl with the thought that this would make it more controllable as it grew. Three workers on the project, believing her to be a hybrid of human and Domz, objected to the treatment of a helpless infant strongly enough that they stole her away and wanted to raise her as their own, but were forced to part ways.
Notice her color scheme? Even her lips and fingernails are greenish. She's AmbiguouslyBrown enough that the melanin in her skin masks the green tint. It doesn't draw much attention because hey, Hillys - blue people aren't terribly noticeable, and anyway her green can be waved away as due to lipstick and nail polish.
Whatever that element of the Domz was used to be before it was taken, it was reshaped into something like a human baby girl with the thought that this would make it more controllable as it grew. Three workers on the project, believing her to be a hybrid of human and Domz, objected to the treatment of a helpless infant strongly enough that they stole her away and wanted to raise her as their own, but were forced to part ways.
Notice her color scheme? Even her lips and fingernails are greenish. She's AmbiguouslyBrown enough that the melanin in her skin masks the green tint. It doesn't draw much attention because hey, Hillys - blue people aren't terribly noticeable, and anyway her green can be waved away as due to lipstick and nail polish.
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[[WMG: The Metroid universe is the future of the BeyondGoodAndEvil universe.]]
(Cross-posted from the WMG/{{Metroid}} page.)
The [=DomZ=] (BGE) have demonstrated the ability not only to steal "LifeEnergy" and perpetuate themselves using it, but to use that ability to create reconstructions of those whom they deplete--up to and including armor. They also seem to store their energy in the Pearls. Perhaps the "Pearls" are, in actuality, shell-like casings they build up in order to protect their true soft, inner forms--this is not unlike what some real-world creatures do, in particular, a sea organism called ''[[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137339 Syringammina fragilissima]]'', a giant protozoan. Now, after the defeat of their Priest and loss of their primary life force source (I.E., Shauni), they lost the ability to maintain these bodies--but they could hold forms long enough to return to their home planet, not yet discovered by humans. There, they reverted to their true bodies--gelatinous, levitating creatures--and their old way of feeding, directly consuming genetic material and life from their hosts as parasites.
Meanwhile, the threat of the Alpha Sections gone, the IRIS network turned to a new social conflict: FantasticRacism in certain portions of the galaxy between Humans and [[FunnyAnimal Hybrids.]] Sadly, they could not stop it. But IRIS was able to help certain groups of Hybrids escape, and Jade loaned them a portion of her powers to help protect them until they could restablish new communities in secluded portions of the universe. The bird-based Hybrids went in one direction, the reptillian hybrids in another, the moth-based ones still another, etc. The different populations each used the gift in different ways. The bird-peoples used it to help them make their chosen world livable for them--but it was still too harsh for most unaltered humans. They began to call themselves the Chosen. In their spare time, they started tinkering with some leftover Alpha and Hillyan armor they had lying around, and built much improved, full-body PoweredArmor they could use to defend themselves with.
The reptillian people did much the same, making a harsh planet safe for them alone, but unlike the Chosen, who were happy to live unnoticed, they vowed revenge on the humans and started building up vast stockpile of weapons. They couldn't figure out a use for their gift initially (which Jade was really starting to regret giving them), so they just sort of left it lying around. It wasn't until a group of scientists--geneticially tinkering with a relatively benign pterodactyl-like creature they found one a planet somewhere--took a look at said creature's potentially fierce physical body and realized that the only thing stopping it from becoming, well, unstoppable was a killer instict and a way to keep on going even if it got knocked down. So they invested the Shauni power into the creature and trained it, tweaking its brain to making it intelligent, and continuously growing (so long as its life energy was fed). The result: A nearly-unstoppable killing monstrosity with the ability to regenerate from almost anything, not to mention a vicious inner energy. However, like the original [=DomZ=], he needed to feed on flesh in order to keep his inner power source running. They dubbed it Ridley.
Meanwhile, time had corrupted the name of the avian people into "Chozo," and they were out roaming the cosmos one day (as you do) when they stumbled upon the homeworld of the [=DomZ=]. Knowledge of their kind had long ago passed out of Chozo culture, and anyway, there was no one left alive who would have seen them in their original state. They called them the "X", because they had no idea what these strange parasites were--but when one of them suddenly attacked, the life-moving power was frightfully reminescent to them of the darker side of the Gift. They still knew the Gift existed, but they had not done anything with it in a long while. Now, their culture had a legend about how a creature with the power to consume life had been defeated by a warrior who was a limitless fountain of it. Their Gift was supposedly from that warrior, so they decided to use the last of it and incorporate it into a warrior to drive aside the X. Unfortunately, removed from the heart of that warrior, the creature, driven by that life power, was as thirsty and bottomless as the X itself--it destroyed them, but anything else it happened upon as well. Reluctant to have used up their culture's treasured Gift, they abandoned the Metroids and X to one another. Until, of course, the former reptillians--now the Space Pirates--happened upon them...
Luckily, there were those around who knew what the X truly were and what fueled the Metroids. The IRIS network still exists--in particular, because the original members are ''still alive,'' rendered immortal by the powers of Shauni. They've pushed and manipulated things behind the scenes for a while, such as helping build the [=DomZ=] Sarcophagus-inspired stasis pods for the former moth people (now the Luminoth), but they resisted temptation to directly meddle until it looked like the [=DomZ=]/X might break out into the universe again. (Well, OK, they tried to put a stop to Ridley too, but he seemed to be "another Shauni" in that not even Jade seemed able to stop him from regenerating eventually.) Then, they began to work together to create one more Gift--the power to create one more Shauni. One of them, posing as a scientists, posed the idea of the Metroid vaccine for the X--which they imbued with the last Gift. More than part-Metroid, Samus Aran became a new Shauni--ready to take up the mantle in the fight against the [=DomZ=]-X.
Oh, and we feel like we should mention--there was ''one'' more group of Hybrids that got a Gift. Not only were they eventually vengeful, but ''greedy'' too. They tried to use the powers of the Gift to farm Pearls. However, the Gift and the [=DomZ=]-traces mingled with the pearls, and created a horrible, spreading crystalline [[TheVirus virus]]. Not only did it destroy them, but the stuff kept growing and spreading until it penetrated the very heart of their planet. Nobody heard from them for centuries, until the thing known as Phazon started cropping up all over the galaxy...
[[WMG: Yoa is a remnant of Toy'l, a cut character from the game's original scenario.]]
In the original plans for the game (see the WhatCouldHaveBeen section on the main page), Jade had a third partner character named Toy'l. Toy'l was of an "unknown race," but he was revealed to be a "true" [=DomZ=]--the invading people were actually called the Nazh, using the [=DomZ=] as a scapegoat. Toy'l's appearance is never described, only that he looks unusual and has psychic powers. Yoa is a bright blue girl who speaks a language very similar to that of the [=DomZ=] and chatters about gameplay elements before they actually happen. Of course, since the [=DomZ=] are unquestionably evil in the final game, she is, of course, one of the repressed Nazh.
(Cross-posted from the WMG/{{Metroid}} page.)
The [=DomZ=] (BGE) have demonstrated the ability not only to steal "LifeEnergy" and perpetuate themselves using it, but to use that ability to create reconstructions of those whom they deplete--up to and including armor. They also seem to store their energy in the Pearls. Perhaps the "Pearls" are, in actuality, shell-like casings they build up in order to protect their true soft, inner forms--this is not unlike what some real-world creatures do, in particular, a sea organism called ''[[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137339 Syringammina fragilissima]]'', a giant protozoan. Now, after the defeat of their Priest and loss of their primary life force source (I.E., Shauni), they lost the ability to maintain these bodies--but they could hold forms long enough to return to their home planet, not yet discovered by humans. There, they reverted to their true bodies--gelatinous, levitating creatures--and their old way of feeding, directly consuming genetic material and life from their hosts as parasites.
Meanwhile, the threat of the Alpha Sections gone, the IRIS network turned to a new social conflict: FantasticRacism in certain portions of the galaxy between Humans and [[FunnyAnimal Hybrids.]] Sadly, they could not stop it. But IRIS was able to help certain groups of Hybrids escape, and Jade loaned them a portion of her powers to help protect them until they could restablish new communities in secluded portions of the universe. The bird-based Hybrids went in one direction, the reptillian hybrids in another, the moth-based ones still another, etc. The different populations each used the gift in different ways. The bird-peoples used it to help them make their chosen world livable for them--but it was still too harsh for most unaltered humans. They began to call themselves the Chosen. In their spare time, they started tinkering with some leftover Alpha and Hillyan armor they had lying around, and built much improved, full-body PoweredArmor they could use to defend themselves with.
The reptillian people did much the same, making a harsh planet safe for them alone, but unlike the Chosen, who were happy to live unnoticed, they vowed revenge on the humans and started building up vast stockpile of weapons. They couldn't figure out a use for their gift initially (which Jade was really starting to regret giving them), so they just sort of left it lying around. It wasn't until a group of scientists--geneticially tinkering with a relatively benign pterodactyl-like creature they found one a planet somewhere--took a look at said creature's potentially fierce physical body and realized that the only thing stopping it from becoming, well, unstoppable was a killer instict and a way to keep on going even if it got knocked down. So they invested the Shauni power into the creature and trained it, tweaking its brain to making it intelligent, and continuously growing (so long as its life energy was fed). The result: A nearly-unstoppable killing monstrosity with the ability to regenerate from almost anything, not to mention a vicious inner energy. However, like the original [=DomZ=], he needed to feed on flesh in order to keep his inner power source running. They dubbed it Ridley.
Meanwhile, time had corrupted the name of the avian people into "Chozo," and they were out roaming the cosmos one day (as you do) when they stumbled upon the homeworld of the [=DomZ=]. Knowledge of their kind had long ago passed out of Chozo culture, and anyway, there was no one left alive who would have seen them in their original state. They called them the "X", because they had no idea what these strange parasites were--but when one of them suddenly attacked, the life-moving power was frightfully reminescent to them of the darker side of the Gift. They still knew the Gift existed, but they had not done anything with it in a long while. Now, their culture had a legend about how a creature with the power to consume life had been defeated by a warrior who was a limitless fountain of it. Their Gift was supposedly from that warrior, so they decided to use the last of it and incorporate it into a warrior to drive aside the X. Unfortunately, removed from the heart of that warrior, the creature, driven by that life power, was as thirsty and bottomless as the X itself--it destroyed them, but anything else it happened upon as well. Reluctant to have used up their culture's treasured Gift, they abandoned the Metroids and X to one another. Until, of course, the former reptillians--now the Space Pirates--happened upon them...
Luckily, there were those around who knew what the X truly were and what fueled the Metroids. The IRIS network still exists--in particular, because the original members are ''still alive,'' rendered immortal by the powers of Shauni. They've pushed and manipulated things behind the scenes for a while, such as helping build the [=DomZ=] Sarcophagus-inspired stasis pods for the former moth people (now the Luminoth), but they resisted temptation to directly meddle until it looked like the [=DomZ=]/X might break out into the universe again. (Well, OK, they tried to put a stop to Ridley too, but he seemed to be "another Shauni" in that not even Jade seemed able to stop him from regenerating eventually.) Then, they began to work together to create one more Gift--the power to create one more Shauni. One of them, posing as a scientists, posed the idea of the Metroid vaccine for the X--which they imbued with the last Gift. More than part-Metroid, Samus Aran became a new Shauni--ready to take up the mantle in the fight against the [=DomZ=]-X.
Oh, and we feel like we should mention--there was ''one'' more group of Hybrids that got a Gift. Not only were they eventually vengeful, but ''greedy'' too. They tried to use the powers of the Gift to farm Pearls. However, the Gift and the [=DomZ=]-traces mingled with the pearls, and created a horrible, spreading crystalline [[TheVirus virus]]. Not only did it destroy them, but the stuff kept growing and spreading until it penetrated the very heart of their planet. Nobody heard from them for centuries, until the thing known as Phazon started cropping up all over the galaxy...
[[WMG: Yoa is a remnant of Toy'l, a cut character from the game's original scenario.]]
In the original plans for the game (see the WhatCouldHaveBeen section on the main page), Jade had a third partner character named Toy'l. Toy'l was of an "unknown race," but he was revealed to be a "true" [=DomZ=]--the invading people were actually called the Nazh, using the [=DomZ=] as a scapegoat. Toy'l's appearance is never described, only that he looks unusual and has psychic powers. Yoa is a bright blue girl who speaks a language very similar to that of the [=DomZ=] and chatters about gameplay elements before they actually happen. Of course, since the [=DomZ=] are unquestionably evil in the final game, she is, of course, one of the repressed Nazh.
