Creature:Ku'Orull

The Ku'Orull are a insectoid race native to the Eastern Sphere of the, and occupy a large empire there known as the , which they rule alongside various other races "Enjoined" to them through assimilation of body, mind and culture, via pheromones and genetic implants. Regardless, the Ku'Orull, despite their isolationist attitudes and distant nature towards others, ultimately regard the preservation of life as the most important task, and, added to that, the documentation, recording and archiving of as much data on other lifeforms as possible for future study and the like. This love for life, however, does not extend to dangerous empires, like the Dyonis. If a group threatens the wider whole, the Ku'Orull will consider only the needs of the rest of the universe, and dispense justice upon them.

The Ku'Orull, like many insect races, have multiple variations breed for certain services, such as those the size of tanks built for siege and warfare, those the size of starships for transport and such. They are endless in their number and their number of forms, but in general, try to maintain a polite, if somewhat divorced from reality attitude towards others.

The Original Empire
The Ku'Orull as a whole, existed long ago before the other empires of the galaxy, and where peers of the and other ancient empires. Though they were never full members, they exchanged and spoke often with their Multus peers regarding ancient life, and shared all data they had on other life forms with each other, both expressing a deep love for life and nature around them, and respect for one another. The Ku'Orull, although never full members, did assist in the construction of numerous Multus wonders, including. Further, the Ku'Orull even hinted they were in contact with Precursors even older then the Multus, speaking of, a closeness with the Uonic, though what came of this is unknown.

During their great travels, the Ku'Orull would encounter something called the Great Calamity, which resulted in the drastic reduction in population, by 2/5s at least, and lead to a great plague that sickened many of their larva. Unable to contend with this, the Ku'Orull retreated to the mysterious world of Lochit, hoping to rebuild there, though ultimately, Lochit would become their homeworld forever more. War broke out among the various Broods over who would control the limited resources of the entire world, before a "Head Matriarch" arose, uniting the Broods, and signed a sacred law that, from hence forth, Ku'Orull would no longer fight each other for power and resources, and all would work together to preserve the universe and all life.

From here, the many Broods would take different Star Systems and worlds, colonizing them and spreading to numerous worlds, some temperate and pleasant, others harsh and cold, others hot and desolate, but no matter what, taking them, not only to study the effects on their bodies and biologies, but also to reach out and study other lifeforms. This life style continued for centuries, before an unknown race or number of races came to their lands, and waged bloody war on the Ku'Orull, tearing apart brood after brood, hive after hive. The Ku'Orull at first did not understand the violence towards them, but quickly reacted, fighting back savagely after finding out no amount of diplomacy would work.

Despite killing countless foes, the Ku'Orull figured out quickly their war was unstainable, and the Matriarch ordered her hives and Brood to retreat to the deepest catacombs of their worlds and wait for their foes to disappear.

Resurgence
The Ku'Orull would disappear for a number of years, staying in stasis, until the rise of the Modern Mendel Empires and Kingdoms. The Ku'Orull would come to rise from their worlds at some unknown point, slowly reactivating, as they made their way back to the surface. A number of races had come to inhabit these worlds already, and, due to the pheromones being released, became unintentionally assimilated into the Swarmhood. This would lead to the process of Enkindling, a form of assimilation, through would quickly be brought to an end unless the subject was willing, the Swarm's HiveMind shocked by the psychic reaction of pain and terror to their assimilation, and swore to never violate another's personhood like that again.

The Ku'Orull would continue to study and work with other empires, though always maintained a state of isolation and separation from other empires, causing others to see them as not being trustworthy and even fearing them. The Ku'Orull could not understand this apprehension towards them, and continued their studies of other life forms and even giving their medical knowledge and technology to lesser races.

Culture and Behavior
Though Collectivist and Hive-Minded, Ku'Orull are ultimately individuals, and work to maintain some sense of self amongst their numbers. As such, although every member usually refers to themselves with "we", "us" and other such forms of plural speaking, each ultimately has their own name and even pride and other small quirks. Ku'Orull do not see these as negative, but do view strong hatreds, passions and other such things with distrust and aversion.

They view no difference between themselves and members who become Enkindled, assimilated into their great Swarmhood, and as such, there is no disdain for the recently assimilated, or more trusted placed in those who were born into the Swarmhood. All are given equal chance to shine and prove themselves in whatever field they choose. Every member of the Broods are given the right to education, medical aide and other benefits guarantees by their government.

The Ku'Orull are fond of biologic modification for their non-insectoid Enkindled, adding insectoid eyes, antennae, limbs and even whole organ systems to their bodies. This is voluntary, mostly, and many Enkindled chose their form of modification and changes made to their bodies. Chitin armor, extra eyes and claws are all very common, and those that are heavily injured at any point can, for example, have their entire lower body replaced with an insectoid one to save them.

Due to their individualism, and their biology, Ku'Orull can take reproductive partners, most of which are for life. However, due to their Hive Mind's need to continue, it causes a number of problems. While homosexuality does exist, the need to continue the species causes extreme internal conflict, and the Ku'Orull have tried their best to rectify this and allow each member to find the person that best suites them.

Ku'Orull are fond of Palindromic names for their individuals, Broods and ship-names.

Biology
The Standard Ku'Orull Drones and Warriors are a very tall race of insectoids, standing a head over the, and most other races, though lack the brawn and muscle of other, similarly built races, like the aforementioned Kulaung, s or others. Despite this, they are very strong, able to tear a man's head from his body easiely with one hand, and their legs enable them to leap as far as 9 yards in a single bound.