Glurk

Glurk is a core ally present in the first Act of The Rift Maker, and a minor supporting character in the second. Glurk is a pyrasite, an alien race of small, cycloptic peoples with rootlike limbs and plant appendages. A proficient user of pyrasite magic, Glurk utilizes supportive healing magic using his roots to assist his allies.
== History ==
Glurk is a traveler. After the few remaining pyrasites were scattered to the stars by the universe-wide plague known by some as the "Cosmic Death," Glurk has spent the good few years traveling the cosmos in search of his brother Revivio, whom he lost contact with in the confusion. Though he might have been a weakling in the past, countless trials over the years have toughened him up, though in times of great stress he's been known to cave into his former self. The hope of reunion with his brother drives him forward in these dark times.
== Abilities ==
The pyrasites are a race of plant-creature hybrids with access to magical abilities. What abilities a pyrasite utilizes is a conscious choice. Magic is channeled through the pyrasite's plant appendages, requiring these parts to be healthy and energized by the sun in order for them to work. 
=== Plant Control ===
Glurk has the ability to launch his leaves and have them take root as small sprouts. These sprouts can either bestow the target with life energy via photosynthesis, or sap their strength and turn it in for Glurk's own vitality. The sprout roots are strong enough to break through stone, and they can grow vertically into mighty stalks for lateral movement.
=== Symbiotic Parasitism ===
As with all pyrasites, Glurk is capable of invading a body. Although this allows the pyrasite to take control of their host, conversely they are also capable of benefitting the host. Pyrasites have the option to retain the host's control over their own body, and also bestow their specific magic onto the host. The host is then able to utilize their ability, albeit varied in a way that blends the pyrasite's ability with their own. As a last resort, the pyrasite may also exchange their vitality in an effort to save the life of their host, though it goes without saying that this will kill the pyrasite in the process.
== Trivia ==
* Noodle boy, noodle boy
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