Creature:Changeling

"Are you sure your friends are...themselves? What's to say we aren't your friends now?"

- A Changeling to a victim, before he becomes food.

History
"I have yet to see a race quiet like them. They deploy an essence field around them, to feed on positive emotions, gain strength from it, and then turn their foes into negative emotion-mongers, giving them far greater strength. Other creatures are weary of them, but if I can engineer them right, I can make them un-touchable"

- Darkling Spidrax, The Changeling Creator

Changelings began as a strange "Quirk" in Essence, resulting in a race that fends on emotions. They had to be in close proximity to feed, but could not shape-shift. A Darkling, Spidrax, found them, and being a scientist, experimented, using his own DNA to give them Shape-changing powers.

He presented them to his Master, The Dark One, who, pleased with the project, had them added to his Criminal Empire, the Shadowed Alliance, his Brotherhood of Darklings, and various other servant empires, in his quest for God-hood.

Changelings not only worshipped the Darklings, but also The Grox, which caused them to be absorbed into the Followers' ranks, much to Spidrax's Chagrin.

In the Cult
Dark, wanting to keep the Changelings under his claws, meet with Meta Prophet and they agreed to "Share" the race. Dark then ordered his top Changelings, Queen Auriela and Commander of Lust to keep an eye on his rivals.

Culture
"Changelings don't care who's in charge, as long as they eat someone in the end and get money."

- Unknown

Changelings are a society based upon thievery and back-stabbing. They advance in rank and position in The Hive based off how much the deceit and use others, similar to the Lambda Grox of the Alpha Cyber Collective. They are all about getting paid, and unless it involves Dark One or the Grox, they usually demand payment for their skills.

All changelings answer to their queen, and have a hivemind. They can expand this mind to other Insects, bringing them into Their empire, The Hive.

[[File:Green face.png]] Masters
We have no reason to end your life...yet

[[File:Yellow face.png]] Allies
We'll use you as much as we see fit.

[[File:Orange face.png]] Neutral
Get Out of our sight

[[File:Red face.png]] Enemies
We will gut you like little game hens.

Quotes

 * Add your own! (If you are really you, that is...)

"They work soo well. It's actually surprising. These beings truly are worthy of being my servants. Once I am a God, I may still keep them."

- Dark One

"They manipulative. deceitful, and devour anything that is smaller or doesn't keep it's eye open. I absolutely love them."

- Meta Prophet

"While they are our enemies, Changelings are oddly enough one of my favorite races. Their abilities are just amazing. Fighting them is a pain, but it's a pain that is worth it."

- W'tze

"NO I DON'T WANT THOSE EMOS IN MY IMPERIUM EVEN WHILE I SERVE DARK! They would be very useful against my enemies in WAoS tough..."

- Imperator Augustus

Trivia

 * Inspired, strangely enough, by the Changelings from MLP, the Vortixx of Bionicle, and the Xenomorphs of Alien.
 * This is, personally, ZF101's Favorite CoA race.