Pauldrolin

Pauldrolin is the Simplicitrix/Stabilized Simplicitrix's DNA sample of a Xenarthrapod from the planet Helmyphorid.
==Appearance==
Pauldrolin is an armadillo-like alien with brown fur covering the exposed soft flesh of his body. He has four red eyes, and long ears sticking out of the armor on his head. He has plated white armor on his back, hips, and shoulders, which have golden accents. His underbelly is a patched together amalgamation of silver and bronze armor with black bolts and golden stitches. Similar to Humungousaur, Pauldrolin has a mace on the end of his tail, colored black with golden spikes. 
Pauldrolin wears the Simplicitrix on his forehead.
==Powers==
*Pauldrolin is able to generate and manipulate armor for others. He doesn't need to do so for himself, as he can already utilize his own armor efficiently.
*Pauldrolin is naturally more protective of others than other transformations.
*Pauldrolin has a heightened durability due to his metallic physiology, and his ability to manipulate armor lets him have a form of durability manipulation.
*Pauldrolin's mace tail can be used in combat.
*Pauldrolin has enhanced smelling, hearing, and digging.
*Pauldrolin can, to some extent, swim.
==Weaknesses==
*Pauldrolin is not physically strong, focusing more on the defensive than offensive.
*Pauldrolin's metal body is weak to metal manipulation.
*Pauldrolin's swimming is rather specific. He's able to move about in the water relatively easily, but due to his heavy body, is likely to sink faster than he can swim back to the surface, and thusly really can only properly swim forwards, backwards, left, and right while sinking.
==Etymology==
*Pauldrolin's name is a play on "pauldron," the shoulder portion of armor, and "pangolin," a similar animal to the armadillo.
*Pauldrolin's species name is a play on "Xenarthra," the suborder of the armadillo, and "arthropod," animals with exoskeletons.
*Pauldrolin's planet name is a play on "helm" and "Chlamyphoridae," one of two armadillo families.
==Trivia==
*Pauldrolin was created as a part of Inktober 2022, for the theme "Armadillo." He was a collaborative idea between Blake and Dani. Blake suggested "pauldron" be used in the name, leading to Dani naming the transformation. Both had worked to come up with an armor-related powerset, and the design was done by Dani and digitalized by Blake.
*Pauldrolin's color scheme is a nod to Jaune Arc's from RWBY. This is due to Jaune's role as a protector in the series.
*Pauldrolin had the more obvious working name of "Armordillo," though this was avoided due to the similarity to Armodrillo's name.