Name: Ambush Balechild
Gender: Male
Caste: Drone
Rank: High
Colour: Ichor
Size: Grubbling Height: 1'3” at the shoulder; Adult Height: 4'9” at the shoulder
Innate Abilities/^Adult Only: Winged Flight though not required outside of the area, Ambush does fly to keep himself appraised of where their other drones and workers wind up in their new digs. It is a bit exhausting since his wings aren't exactly the biggest so he has to work for it
Wall-Climbing, with claws and many feet to use, his scooting through the tunnels and chambers of any natural or unnatural locale is almost legendary. He uses this ability in conjunction with size shifting at times, to live up to his name: Ambush can scurry at any size with a speed that is unmatched, when he hears something tasty or some gossip, and either pops up at full size to capture prey, or vanishes into a smaller shape to avoid being noticed
Teleportation and Realm-Traveling, Ambush will use a local line of sight, or known location as a base of operations, particularly on more difficult hunts. But his name is apt in this regard like any other of his motion powers, he is superb at finding exactly the right spot to be and the wrong one left behind quickly; while he can move through the nexus or other locations, he will want to research these places first, and is uncomfortable with just rushing out and seeing what's there. He likes to be sure first. Note that while he's not a Warrior caste, his local ambush hunting technique resembles their more powerful homing-instinct. But he does have to know a location very well before this becomes obvious and of use to him
Telepathy, Verbal Speech, and Mindstream Communication; his mind and voice are disparate, mentally his cloying and sticky words may act as soothing and numbing, but his voice is high, somewhat childlike and occasionally extremely screechy... He likes to listen in though, on everything that's going on. And if you don't think he's hearing you, he is.
Resin Secretion, ^Honeydew Skin, these abilities are a wonderful mishmash of the breeds of his parents. It's been noticed that the resin that he extrudes to encase prey can be eaten - by xenos, mermex, whoever - and are almost brickle-like in their texture and taste. It's because at adulthood he has the power to feed many, consciously changing the consistency of that resin into a gooey honey containing nutrients. It must be given sparingly and he has to have the energy in him first, so he kind of is always eating, always soaking up mystical energies
Acid Immunity, ^Poison Spray; as all Xenos the acidic blood of his ancestry confers a strong resistance to acids of most sorts, he's not going to take a bath in the stuff but can't be harmed by it even if it's concentrated. As an adult after his moult he can spray a thick cloud of lingering poisonous gas into a small area, around a 3 meter cube, that will blind, choke, and incapacitate victims. Obviously this won't damage virtually any of the Hive he lives with, but others might not find it pleasant to wander through as it's quite concentrated
Sizeshifting, because he's already somewhat small, he uses this to become even more tiny - not quite his grubbling size, but close enough that he can easily be mistaken for a 'pet' or a very young burster... whatever around might qualify as 'ignore me I'm just small'. It's become second nature to his patrols, and he's very good at controlling it both for specific size needs (smaller only) and for duration and speed of change
Corruption Powers, as with any Bale-born types, he can corrupt things consciously. He has yet to really need to do this, and may wait until he knows whether there will be a viable group of other balespawn-born that he can aid
Immortality, his full size and functionality attained, Ambush can only be damaged by weapons or injuries, and will not grow older and die from it
Personality: Ambush is the peacekeeper, the one to soothe riled tempers and balm them with poison-sweet words. They and their siblings are not at all the xeno-kin Samuramat (and others) were led to believe they might be, but that doesn't mean they can't still curry her favor and take advantage of her bountiful world, does it? They are young and small and few, but the xenomorph hive is not, and there's no shame in currying the favor and protection of powerful allies until such a time that they can stand more solidly on their own…
Alignment: Neutral Good
Hatched From: Balehome https://derivativeworks.dreamwidth.org/4977.html Drawn by: Xenoqueen/Phe
Parents: Queen Paroxysm + Malice Balechild/Maliss

Ambush seemed more curious and patient as a grubbling than others, but soon that would change to a sort of constant patrol - watching for any signs of dissent or disagreement, and fixing them so they were peaceable once more. He claimed that this was for Samuramat, for the Hive, and for the time being, this is true. Whether that remains true after their transformation into a delightfully strong hunter and scout, no one really is sure.

His mind echoes with Samuramat's commands and observations, but so does the rest of the hive, with a very distant ping... somewhere, his sire's kind, his sire's kin and hive, rest...

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