My Design for a Monster



Name: Vultu (from latin "face" resemblence to shape and floating "eyes" when dust poses artifact)



Visual Concept ("face" can vary depends on picked artifact):





Bigger Picture:

http://www.dropmocks.com/iHryXt



Background / Lore description:



Ancient dungeon vents are full of Dust. Sometimes random spark caused by external factors wake wind turbine (when Vultu appear you can hear sound of vents working). Vast amount of Dust is blown into the room together with an ancient air. Among immense technological garbage left by engineer, dungeons hold antique mysteries such as VULTU. When covered in DUST in right amount, artifacts come to life. No one knows what they are truly capable of, yet one thing is sure, they feel uncomfortable in new environment...



The anomaly is unstable due to the lack of adaptation skills. Prevailing conditions seems hostile, they’re not able and/or willing to fulfill their original tasks. Wheter it’s just a coincidence, or act of strange, conscious self defense, VULTU tends to self destruct after sensing PLAYER for a longer while. When forced to a face-to-face encounter, VULTU acts hostile and attack PLAYER while also strengthening other monsters defences.

Callil wrote:


Just before posting this, I watched de previous posts and I figured that it looks a bit like the first post. I'm sorry about this, it's pure coincidence...

I forgive you; I am awesome like that

Ackter wrote:
Sounds like a reproduction thing. Destroys itself once it reaches maturity in order to spread its genetic material around, waiting for it to merge with other imploders to produce their offspring. Could even be parasitical, with the genetic material infecting other lifeforms and morphing them into young imploders.

Oh yeah for sure, there's plenty of possible scenarios. I just wanted to write the info in character, as if Josh was talking about them or something. O0o0o0oo mysterious, haha

melkathi wrote:
I forgive you; I am awesome like that

lol thanks ! I feel better now :P

My three suggestions in order, I, II, III:







I.

name: Dustvine

visual * see above

lore/background: These vines are partly sentient from absorbing dust over the years. they grow by dragging out minerals from the ground, and strangling weak monsters for fluid. while the roots are immobile the plant gladly drags itself across the floor in the room it grows in. The metallic sheen of it's body is no mere illusion it is in fact quite hard, it's weight though makes it impractical to attack using it's body, thus it has developed the ability to send out small energy charges from it's dust filled flowers.



it's energies are flighty though, and any active current is a risk to it's existence. When a door opens and the magnetic fields of the power source begin leaking through this plants tries it's best to escape using any means necessary. sadly this usually end with it ripping out its' own roots - killing itself and causing the collected dust to disperse into the ground.







II.

name: Chee Larvae

visual * see above

lore/background: Some mysterious species native to this planet(?) has been laying its' eggs in these caverns. The larvae are mostly useless as predators and patiently waits for their grown relatives to feed them energy. they east dust. only dust. And frankly... they have been here for so long it's a bit of a miracle they're still alive. Starving they entered a sleep like condition inside a cocoon of their own making - but as they feel the powerful energy of something (possibly a grown member of their species) they awake and call out in the only way they can, hoping to finally get a meal.



They send out waves of energy (basically the only thing keeping them alive) and waits for the energy to come. if anything else gets close they'll spit acid at whatever it might be, their though skin - still with the hardened cocoon shell in many places helps keeping them somewhat safe from physical attacks. but these are in practice babes waiting for a feeding. and if it doesn't come they'll starve - and the last of their energy dispersing into the air...







III.

name: Glimmer

visual * see above

lore/background: These creatures are something akin to Amoebae, shapeless, able to keep their foodstuffs inside their bodies in temporary pockets. they live their lives filling up cracks in the world surrounding them. and the dust they absorb through their long lives sometimes makes it glimmer in those dark cracks of a room.

yet they have needs just like all other beings - and one of them is to breath. occasionally they enter large caverns to exchange their air-supply - releasing noxious fumes in return - only to crawl back into the walls when they are done. shifting the air in a nearby room is a good way to lure them out, say by opening a door.



their not-really-intelligence is what makes them respond to attacks only by retreating, no part of their body is really more important than any other part - even if it looks that way at times - but they are not immune to injury. they just... have a lot of mass to absorb hits. just... remember that those fumes are toxic. you could get hurt.

This will be a tough vote once more

Name: F.A.D.E. (Flipped Awake Data Envoy)



Visual concept: A large solid white teleportation structure with a white cylindrical data receptacle at the middle and an antenna at the top that emits a blue light beam with blue particles flowing upwards. The data receptacle fades into transparency as time passes. When the cylinder is totally transparent, the teleportation structure deconstructs itself, tearing itself apart into tiny particles that fall into the ground to soon disappear.



Lore: The Endless have also used these deep dungeons to guard advanced technological secrets. These formerly dormant F.A.D.E. comes from distributed dust that maintain cryptographed data and can't be seen when scattered in the ground.



Once one of them are disturbed by intruders, they awake the others and they go to a safer location to unite themselves and form a large teleportation structure, with a data receptacle in the middle.



As the teleportation of the data receptacle progresses, the receptacle gradually turns transparent, until the teleportation is finished with it totally invisible. The teleporation structure then finally deconstructs itself, returning to its discreet, non visible presence again.



Meanwhile, the data receptacle materializes itself into Auriga's extra-orbital space and can finally engage its propulsion engines, serenely cruising towards an unknown, previously programmed location. What revelations these receptacles are carrying? To where they're being moved? That's another story...

Here are my proposals ! :







Name : Dust Snake



Visual concept : It is a snake made of dust



Background / Lore description : No one these days really understands how it happens (probably the Endless were having clues...), but, from time to time, the energy stuck in a single room becomes too powerfull and give birth to a "nearly conscious" creature. First a single head of Dust appears and starts roaming. It progressively collects all the dust in the room, becoming longer and longer, keeping moving in kind of circles. If nothing is done, it finally cannot manage to keep moving without touching itself, which is creating an energy shock totally destroying the creature and all the dust it is made of.

Will one heroe be able to stop him before that and so be able to collect the Dust once its body was made of ?











Name : M.A.D. Vacuum Cleaner Droid. M.A.D. stands for Malfunctional And Dangerous



Visual concept : Looks basically like an old style inspired vacuum cleaner (70's style) but reworked as a droid.

Have an orange flashing beacon on its head, a computer that once was used to give it instructions (now clearly on blue screen ) and a trap once used to empty it.



Background / Lore description : These Automatic Droids were used in order to clean automatically the Success Ship.

This one survived the crash as it was at the very moment the drama happened cleaning an escape pod.

Since then, it has been vacuuming and vacuuming. Then, not being able to find its recharge base it crashed and stopped. The electrical shock of the opening of a door have reactivated it the wrong way : it is overheating and will soon explode. If one of the heroes manage to get to it and "stop" it, it may be able to get the dust the MAD Vacuum Cleaner collected.











Name : Dust Stalker



Visual concept : It is like an human but inspiring a mix of fear, discomfort and pity. It wears and old gaz mask and carry a big bag in his back. (sorry Steph'nie, not so cute this one :redface



Background / Lore description : Some people have decided to collect Dust and Precious Endless Artefacts for a living. Exposed to several toxic substances, powerfull artefacts and unspeakable creatures, this risky life is changing them. Many mutates, most of them cannot breathe normally and have to wear a mask permanently, all of them die young.

In our case, one of them is detected in one of the room, collecting Dust. Run heroe, run ! in case you arrive in time, you may kill her/him (anyway, as said, they die young) and steal the Dust she/he already stole. If you are too slow, she/he will escape and vanish to continue its thug life.

NB : Deena may have a bonus while attacking as she/he wears a mask

Name: Gaze Walker



Visual Concept/Lore: The Gaze Walker teleports between rooms because of its very timid and curious nature. Its defense comes from the tough rubber-like flesh which is semi transparent. Instead of bone, it has cartilage and can stretch to attack from a distance. When moving, the gaze walker resembles a sloth and very little is known about the Gaze Walker.







Name: Scrap



Visual Concept/Lore: Scrap is a lone scavenger and is always sneaking around from room to room searching for Dust to horde in his red sack. He has a robotic arm with a gun, a robotic peg-leg and an optic eye he salvaged off of junk robots to replace his lost/broken limbs. Though his peg-leg makes him slow, he more than makes up with it in trickery.

DUST CLOAKER









Lore: Once a mammal of the surface exposed to large quantities of dust within the dungeons of Auriga, the Dust Cloaker now lurks in dark places far beneath the surface. It's thick dust hide provides it with ample defense, however the large quantities of dust make the creature slower. The Cloaker usually lies still, watching and listening for smaller prey, It is easily frightened and when exposed for a long period of time It will vanish into thin air leaving only small traces of dust particles.



Concept: The concept behind the Dust Cloaker was to create a creature which was different (visually) from the already existing creatures within the dungeon. I believe the mechanic of the "dust anomaly" could be very fun and interesting within the game. The Dust Cloaker would be a creature which players would easily recognize and feel a little bit of remorse from killing (making it more memorable).







ENDLESS GUARDIAN









Lore: The ancient guardians of the Endless were once immense beings of stone held together with forgotten dust technologies. Now these ancient beings are sentinels of a long dark past, reduced to rubble barely held together by the ancient crystal buried in its chest. The dust crystal serves as the guardians heart, but after so many years the crystals have become unstable and are highly prone to combustion at any moment. The crumbling Endless Guardians still wander the dark halls today, searching for its masters or maybe it's long lost purpose?



Design: The concept behind the Endless Guardians was simply to bring more of the mysterious Endless technologies into the game. I wanted the design to be very iconic of the Endless but at the same time look like it would fit into the setting of the game. I also tried to accurately reflect the "dust anomaly" statistical values with the overall design. The guardian has high hit points and defense because of its size, build and stone skin. However this makes it slow moving and slow hitting. It has a high attack range due to its arm size but the guardian is overall unstable and has a hard time focusing its attacks.

There are some really awesome suggestions here. and recently admitted gaze walker .... I love the eyes. good visuals.

1nfinitezer0 wrote:




Background: Why the imploder lives only to destroy itself makes it difficult to understand how it could've evolved.

Sounds like a reproduction thing. Destroys itself once it reaches maturity in order to spread its genetic material around, waiting for it to merge with other imploders to produce their offspring. Could even be parasitical, with the genetic material infecting other lifeforms and morphing them into young imploders.

Rancor wrote:
There are some really awesome suggestions here. and recently admitted gaze walker .... I love the eyes. good visuals.

thank you very much!

Here's my design:



Name: Shard of Memory/Memory of the Endless









Lore:



"The search for immortality is one that even the Endless failed to find answers to. But it didn't stop many races to have their own attempts. Many belived that the key to immortality resided within the Dust. Countless tried. Countless failed. From these failures, one thing arose from the ashes. The will of many scientists, heroes and Lords was strong enough to exceed their mortal bodies. Their very essence, powered by Dust, gave life to what is now called the "Shard of Memory". Inside the Shard, resides a mysterious force, strong enough to exist, but too weak to be cosidered sentient. The Shard is a small, airborne crystal structure, that opens and closes revealing an amorphous shape on the inside. It projects a hologram of the body of those who attempted to archive eternal life, never really truly granting their wish. Just a empty shell, not alive, nor dead.



I guess they found eternal "life" after all. Just not the way they wanted."



I also thought that the Amorphous form inside the openning and closing cyrstal could look like a small Worm-whole, looking like it always "sucking" what is surrounding it.

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I used some races from Endless Legend to make the Dust Holograms!(from left to right: Vaulter, Wild Walker and Drakken) I, personally, love when the games mention one another.

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Sorry if there are any grammatical mistakes. Just let me know and I will correct them.

The Silic Martyr featuring Lore explained by professor Josh 'Ntello.

They should add a rule forbidding people from being talented and having good ideas and proper presentation :P

5 more hours before Saylawl locks us out of the thread.



If you have more ideas, want to update existing ideas, delete your ideas to give me a better chance (can't blame a guy for trying), now is the time

Mate, I liked your ideias. And I think you're going to the vote phase ^^.

Thanks It would be awesome but it is a very creative community so competition is always tough

Short winged Necro- Firefly:

The Short Winged Necro-Firefly looks very simmillar like an ordinary Necrodrone but has the ability to lighten the warfield of his fellow warmates. Therefore no shadow will every hide their prey.

Unfortunately, this extraordinary Warsupporter still has not finished in his genesis and falls prey itself to the natural selection. Not just his wings aren't yet functional, but also some crucial failures in his respiration leads to its end very soon.

However, its luminating abilities are fully functional and could share its power to evryone who is able to extract it from its still living body (or very short after the kill).







The Tormented Hero of the Necrophage:

Evil experiments to fight against those hordes of Necrophages have been conducted in these laboratories. Various ways to extinguish even the strongest of them. As such an experiment an unfortunate hero got cought by the scientists and tortured with electricity over and over again, all for the greater Knowledge, of course....

One day they tried an all in experiment, whereby they put all the available current they could afford into this pitty creature. As a result not a single inch was left. Celebrating their succes, the scientists didnt notice the small arc which was outgoing the bug. these little power smithereens remained for very long in the electric cabels of the facilities bearing all the crudge and hatred against all living. with each day their anger as well as their size has risen. and now that new life came to these forgotten halls, they see their possibility for revenge. From their hidden place within the cables they watch the intruders and their attempt to escape the laboratories. And when they see any possibility they strike with an EMP to let his comrades punish these foolish intruders.

But sometimes there is it, they miscalculate their own power and so the emp strikes backwards right at them and thus throwing them out of their cable right into a room. barely able to move, once outside their cables, they hardly try to go back into their very own savezone to lay waste uppon theire enemys again.





Dustytr the flying Pufferfish:

Dustytr is a tiny and very fast, mobile and anxious flying pufferfish, who always hides it self in dark rooms. They spezialized in eating dust for a living and got therefore the ability to fly. theire little finnes grew feathers and anables them quick maneuvering in the air.

they love to eat dust that much, they even forgett about their savety and rushes right to theire delicious meal.

However, with each dust eaten, their belly grow in size. and as soon as they have eaten a certain ammount, theire little finnes arent able to carry their body anymore and render them unmobile till the dust has digested.

"Some people saw these little, fast and anxious cretures, but only labeled them as fairies calling them Dusty"







So thats it, have fun all

And sorry for my grammar