Fiction:Gaiapods

Gaiapods are a peaceful, hermaphroditic alien race of sentient cephalopods that live on the newly discovered planet Gaiatronia of sector G-81 within the northern outer rim of the Cyrannus Galaxy. As the name suggests, the worshipped the spirits of nature and the elements and a Gaia-like divine goddess, actually an alien organism. Once slaves that were put into "servantry" and mining operations by the antagonists, this race was greatly mistreated with electromagnetic-whips, translator balls, and strict rights and were soon freed by the protagonists.

Prehistory And Tribal Stage
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Millennia ago, before the space stage of the Cyrannus galaxy came to be, a comet carrying a group of an unknown type of cell crash landed on Gaiatronia and the cells came together a brain-like organism, which haves a hive-mind ability. and just by luck, the only creature around to be used to its safety and virtues were the Proto-Gaiapods, the ancestors of the Gaiapods. The Proto-Gaiapods took the "Gaiapod Brain" to a cave under the center of the forest to keep it safe from predators, like a 100-ft. long cobra-like creature that has the niche of crocodilians. there, the worshipped as a divine goddess, which led the them to tribal stage, apart from their discovery of fire. After absorbing the radiation from the Gaiapod Brain, the Proto-Gaiapods evolved into the Gaiapods. Since they are an benevolent, omnivorous race, the gathered fruits, flower nectar, nuts, and fungus and hunted flying fish, six-legged lizards, and giant, dragonfly-like mantids. They even preformed fruit sacrifices, thank their goddess for that.

There are 9 clans of Gaiapods, each with its own element and virtue represented. Water=Bravery, Earth=Mercy, Air=Kindness, Fire=Generosity, Light=Hope, Heart=Love, Time=Patience, Darkness=Peace, and finally, Twilight=Balance/Harmony. All of them live on the lonely continent of Gaiatronia. Yep, there's only one continent on that planet due to the high sea level, lack of mountains, featureless landscape, (which is all forests), lack of global ice, and eternal rainy season.

Enslavement Time and the Great Emancipation
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When Xhodocto's race came to this particular world, they detected an unknown crystal which is discovered to have quantum physical powers. So, they enslave the Gaiapods to harvest it and to become their servants in future campaigns and for their version of the Black Market. After a while, the Gaiaod Brain adapted to a containment protocol it knows as "The Sphere". It quickly learned the ways of war and created a state of anger for the Gaiapods called "Black Eye", where it makes the Gaiapods' sclera and irises black and their pupils white. They way they kill is overriding the translator ball access code in order to make it an "off the scale voltage of electricity" weapon. Sometimes, they go rabid and kill with their hidden beaks. The antagonists believe it is nothing more than a parasitic bacteria infection.

When the protagonists intercepted an antagonist commercial about this black market slavery, they go undercover as the newest clients in this type of trade, representing as the "Chimera Corporation". After being seen through their disguise by Xhodocto himself, they found a small group of the natural born Gaiapods in the "Gaiapod Conversion". It was shown they have a telepathic song of their enslavement that only Loron can hear. They also found out that the Gaiapods are born with a secondary brain that works exactly like an amygdala inside other lifeforms. The black market cuts them off and stitch on the translator ball to make them obedient. After a breakout of Black Eye, the were helped by Gaiapod Sigma, former servant of Xhodocto, who later became a Gaiapod when he drank Gaiapod graft from a biological compound placed into his alcohol and stood too close to the Gaiapod Brain's telepathic powers. After The Sphere is broken, the antagonists surrender the Gaiapods and the quantum crystals. THis evnt became known as "The Great Emancipation".

Anatomy and Appearance
Their body is similar to that of the Nauceanican Tentale walker, only their bodies are blue because of the blue chlorophyll in the plants and algae of Gaiatronia. They retain the 4 other arms to act as 2 extra pairs of forelimbs. They have telepathic ability as well.

Behavior
While benevolent in their past, they can be strong in willpower. After they learn the ways of war, they joined the protagonists to keep their planets safe.