Kandaron

The Kandaron are a species of parasitic worms that have spread throughout the galaxies of Earth-1776. They are intended to make a debut in Sol 101.
==Physiology==
Essentially, they look like a combination of a spinal cord and a snake.
Kandarons have a shell exoskeleton. It is naturally white, though often tints various colors over time.
Kandarons have two impressive fangs at the center of their face. In this way, they may be similar to snakes.
==Society==
Kandaron society is a constitutional monarchy. Specially born Kandarons are known as "queens", and they possess the means for reproduction within Kandaron society. All new Kandarons are born to Queens, who reproduce asexually. Kandaron Queens grow to a ludicrously large size in comparison to the rest of the Kandarons.
Kandaron marriages do happen, though they are unable to produce any children (though their hosts can obviously mate).
Real Kandaron authority is found within the Kandaron High Council. Occasionally, a Kandaron Queen may devour a member of the High Council, which the rest of Kandaron society takes as the implication that the Queens disproved of their authority.
==History==
Kandaron Queens predate the modern Kandarons. They birthed the Proto-Kandarons.
Kandaron history remained largely stagnant for a large period of time. Proto-Kandarons did not possess any sort of sentience, with the real "brains" being the Queens (who are still considered "dull" by human standards of intelligence). At this time, the species were telepathically linked to their Queens.
This all changed when the first space ship landed on the Kandaron homeworld. It didn't take long for the Proto-Kandarons to infest their brains.
The Proto-Kandarons were urged to keep these spacefarers and their ships as captives by the Queens. The captives were bred like horses.
Eventually, the Proto-Kandarons were able to develop some semblance of intelligence and sentience thanks to their repeated parasitic relationship with their captives.
The Kandarons then learned to fly the few ships that had landed on their planet, and began to propagate throughout the galaxy.
As Kandarons evolved further and spread much more throughout the galaxy, they lost their telepathic link with the Queens (who they had by far overtaken in terms of intelligence). Still, Kandarons retain a certain empathy and respect for their Queens.
===Modern===
Currently, the Kandarons are involved in a galaxy-wide war against the Haemophites.
==Trivia==
*Kandaron Queens eating members of the High Council was inspired by the Chinese concept of the mandate of heaven, which essentially was a justification for rule. If a dynasty fell and a new one took over, well, the god(s) just disproved of the last government.
*Kandaron Queens were inspired by the Grineer Twin Queens from Warframe and Broodmothers from Homestuck.
*The Kandarons themselves were heavily inspired by the Yeerks from Animorphs.
**In fact, their name was borrowed from the Kandrona rays, which are what Yeerks use for sustenance.
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