Zero Two has a minion!

the Dark Matter

Dark Matter are creatures of deep space, born of the freezing dark where nothing else can survive.


Vicious parasites that possess their hosts, they resemble large, floating black eyeballs. They constantly produce a dark mist from their skin, giving them a smoky look, and have brilliant red-and-yellow irises. The tide of darkness they bring with their mass migrations is often the last thing that a village might see before being overtaken.

Though their invasions rarely cause fatalities, they will possess individual people and steadily sap their strength; they force their hosts to act violently and wildly, releasing adrenaline and other hormones that Dark Matter seek. These invasions can cause the collapse of planetwide societies due to the resulting chaos, making these creatures incredibly dangerous.

They're highly intelligent but lack the ability to communicate with most common races, often only able to speak to their own through sophisticated telepathy. As eusocial organisms, they travel in groups that may number into the hundreds of individuals. These groups behave similarly to foraging groups of bees, either scouting out or collecting sustenance before returning to a single supermassive nest.


This nest, often likened to a traveling planet given its size and mobile nature, is a drifting celestial body inhabited almost solely by Dark Matter.

At its darkest depths is the queen, a gigantic winged individual that maintains and guides all Dark Matter. Compared to its far smaller brood, it is similar to kaiju in terms of size.


The queen is not unlike a god of old.

It conquests as a primordial force of nature, and it goes wherever it deigns to. From its white, acid-blood hide rise new Dark Matter, cooing back and forth in soft tones. It waxes immortal, able to die yet rising anew with the nectar gathered and fed upon by all Dark Matter.


If roused, it does not speak.

It makes a single, shrieking cry that shakes the very soul,
and its wings darken the sun, sky and stars.





Credits

Artwork, coding & story by Marine.
Pet overlay & minion overlay by soren.
Original concept & universe by HAL Laboratory & Nintendo.