Talpaedan

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* Drill

**Talpaedans** are a species from the Poiana Belt in the Andromeda Galaxy.

## Appearance

#### Talpaedan Rumas

Talpaedan Rumas are armadillo-like humanoids with plates of armor-like shells on their shoulders, forearms, legs, backs, heads, and tails. Their skin is light gray. They have a sharp claw on each of their fingers and toes. Their shells are attached to them by what looks like bolts, and they have jackhammer parts for elbows.

## Abilities

* **Drilling/Digging Abilities-** Talpaedans' shells around their hands have built-in drills, which allows them to drill through solid objects or burrow underground quickly.
* **Tremors Creation-** Talpaedans can create destructive earthquakes by hitting their hands on the ground and pumping the pneumatic hammer pistons into their elbows.
* **Enhanced Durability-** Talpaedans' shells are strong enough to withstand many heavy blows.
* **Enhanced Strength-** Talpaedans possesses enough strength to shatter rock and lift very heavy objects.
* **Fissure Creation-** Talpaedans can create fissures in the ground to make their enemies to fall into them.
* **Shock Waves Generation-** Talpaedans are capable of releasing shockwaves from their hands to blow away enemies.

## Weaknesses

* **Electricity-** Talpaedans can be knocked out by electricity or can be stopped from moving.
* **Acid-** Talpaedans' shells can be corroded by acids.
* **Slammoid-** Slammoids are the Talpaedans' natural predator.

## Notable Talpaedans

* Armodrillo
* Andreas

#### Alternate Universes

* Toolboxx (Dimension 23)
* Armodrillo (Ninja Ben's Universe)

## History and Society

Before its' destruction, Poiana Lüncas suffered from never-ending sandstorms, making the surface almost uninhabitable, due to this the Talpaedans lived beneath the planets' surface, creating intricate mazes, reinforced with the strongest metals found in the planet. These mazes, served the duel function of confusing and trapping the Talpaedans' natural predator, the Slammoid, who despite their immense strength were unable to destroy them due to their metal reinforcement.

The Talpaedans' fed on the various metals found on Poiana Lüncas, and fearing that they would eventually be unable to fed their ever-growing population, their government increased mining operation to a ludicrous degree. Eventually, the Talpedaens' ended up jack-hammering Poiana Lüncas into various asteroids. Each of the remaining chunks of the planet were left with a small number of survivors, who went on to make these asteroids their new homes and proceeded to develop different cultures. Due to the Talpaedans' low technological development, these different groups were unable to communicate with each other, in fact most of them are completely unaware of each other's existence.

Talpaedans' shells are made out of the metals that they eat, and vary between different Talpaedans. Most Talpaedans have shells made out of various metals native to their home asteroid, with only a select few Talpaedan having shells made out of singular metal.

#### Ruma Subspecies

The Talpaedan Rumas evolved on Poiana Vadë, who at the time of Poiana Lüncas' destruction, was sparsely populated. When it was a part of Poiana Luncas, the Talpaedans were unaware of its' large deposit of gold, which caused the surviving Talpaedans to develop a shell made out entirely of gold.

Talpaedan Rumas are a rather simplistic species, spending their days either loafing around or digging in search of gold. As a result of their home being completely devoid of Slammoids, Talpaedan Rumas lack the complex caverns of their ancestors, instead living in a gigantic underground city, serving as the residence of the entire species.

## Etymology

A corruption of "Talpidae", a family of mammals that includes subterranean animals such as moles.

Ruma is a corruption of "aurum", the latin name for gold.

## Trivia

* Talpaedans have grey, partially translucent blood.
* The Talpaedans' written language was not very complex, with it being able to only convey simple ideas such as: safe, danger, home, etc. After the destruction of Poiana Lüncas, various cultures have developed the language and, some have completely abandoned it and replaced it with a new one.
	+ The Talpaedan Rumas, specifically, have completely preserved their language, refusing to alter the language because of its' cultural significance.