Aala'rak

The Aala'rak, also known as the Engineers and the Architects, are an ancient extraterrestrial species of unknown origin. They possess some of the most advanced technology in the entire galaxy, with special emphasis placed on their skills in Genetic Engineering. Credited with the creation of mankind, Aala'rak are believed to have been beneficent Creators of sorts who sailed the stars terraforming primordial celestial bodies and seeding them with the foundations of biological life. As such, they are revered by some as gods by the species they created.
== Name ==
The name "Engineer and Architect" was given due to the lifeform supposedly being responsible for "engineering" the human race and many other species like ethrons, zathurams and mortz. 
== Appearance and Characteristics ==
The Aala'rak are extremely pale-white, hairless and humanoid due to their subterranean nature, with two arms and legs, and said to have staring, "dead seeming" eyes. The veins underneath their skin are visible, and their pupils are in the shape of oblong plus-symbols.
The Aala'rak are 9-10 feet tall and breathe oxygen just like human beings. They also seem to be extremely strong and resilient and are supposedly impervious to gunshot damage according to Michael Thompson. However, this Aala'rak was outfitted with a biomechanical pressure suit that probably also increased its strength and durability by working as a biotechnological power suit. 
== Culture ==
Though not much is known about the Aala'rak, it is shown that the Aala'rak have displayed advanced forms of culture that exist within their society, such as language, visual arts, music and clothing.
== Relation to other races ==
Little is known of this race. The principal theory of their connection to the Ghosts, which was mentioned briefly by Michael Thompson. 
According to theory, the Aala'rak was responsible for the creation of the human race. They are ancestors of the human race and also, Human DNA and Aala'rak DNA are virtually identical. The Aala'rak's reasons for creating many species is unknown. 
== Technology ==
The Aala'rak are a technologically-advanced race. They are extremely advanced in genetic engineering and have built their own spacecraft.
They are said to have created humans, Mortz, Ethrons and Zathurams.
== History ==
Little is known about the Aala'rak's history beside them being transcendent beings, but the Architects are shown to be the "creators" of the human race as they visited Earth during its primordial state. The Aala'rak continue to visit Earth multiple times to secretly observe the human race's development, presumably to pursue further unknown studies on humanity.
At some point approximately 2,000 years before the Ethron Era, an infectious disease formed and supposedly wiped out their entire species. Some have said that some Aala'rak are still out there to this day.
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