Ectognamorphs

Ectognamorphs, also called insectoids, ectomorphs, or in more common speech: ectognas.

Ectognas are monsters, but monsters with a lot of things that set them apart. The largest faction of ectognas is the Endless Empire led by the True Royals.

One thing that sets ectognas and nearly all other races apart are their societal structures. Often, these consist of clear distinctions of higher and lower castes, not just defined by ability or culture, but by race potential and purpose of existence.

While the title of King or Queen for most enlightened species are just professions and titles, it’s a race for the ectognas. Those of the lesser caste often never develop their own intelligence even as they advance and are tethered to a higher-ranked member of their race. The highest ranks ectognas types are True Royals which seat at the top of each type of ectognas. Individuality and ego are often not a subject of existence for these creatures.

Breeding-wise, this race also sets itself apart. Having up to a dozen offspring for nearly any other race in a single act of copulation would be a lot, and this inevitably results in a lower grade of each offspring produces.

For the ectognas, creating millions or even billions of eggs are not out of the question - S-grades creating endless armies of weaker being all the way down to the lowest of F-grades.

However, some ectognas evolve to become individualistic creatures, not much different from the enlightened races. However, one thing must be made clear no matter how closely an ectogna resembles a human; they will forever remain a monster.

Ectognas can be found in many factions of the multiverse. However, they are often discriminated against as their race has many negative stereotypes associated with it – most for a good reason. For a single queen to nurture her personal army, entire galaxies may be consumed.

This race has in some cases been known to breed with enlightened races. However, it can only be done when they reach a high enough grade, and it has only ever been observed happening between the higher caste and enlightened. The children of this will nearly always result in a child of the ectomorph race, and it will be of the higher caste every time, with a high chance of a variant race. It has been theorized this is the reason why many queens choose to entice and breed with outstanding beings of the enlightened races.