Kirn

The Kirn are a superfluously violent species inhabiting the planet Kirnhyl. They are arguably one of, if not the most destructive species in existence, as they are only able to form a somewhat cohesive society because of the hive mind that links them together.

## Physiology

Most Kirn have incredibly muscular bodies with humanoid torsos and arms. Their heads resemble that of a tarantula, but they have mouths extending to the back of their head that, when opened, reveal several rows of extremely sharp and durable teeth. These teeth are able to orbit the center of their mouths at incredible speed. Instead of chewing, Kirn use these teeth as a blender to cut up their food and have a tendril-like tongue to help force the viscera down their throat. Kirn have eight eyes. They have eight legs in a circular orientation around their torso. These legs terminate in large, blade-like claws. Kirn are roughly nine feet tall.

Elite Kirn, known as Kirn-Irr, have four arms and four pedipalps on their temples and where a human jaw joint would be. Their hands have long claws similar in profile to sabers and roughly 9 inches in length. Their legs end in feet with five claws, four longer ones acting as goes and a single short one on the back of the leg acting as a thumb to stabilize the creature. Kirn-Irr are almost twelve feet tall.

The ruler of the Kirn, known as the Kirr-Nnirl, has six arms, eight pedipalps, twelve eyes, and ten legs. It has three rows of spikes running down its back, the middle row being larger. It has a large mouth-like opening on its chest that can open and close at will. It has one large row of fang-like teeth. This mouth is used to lay eggs. The Kirr-Nnirl is twenty feet tall.

## Society

The Kirn have a very simple society, with only three ranks. The first is the average Kirn. They spend most of their lives either fighting whatever they can or building spaceships.

The second rank is the Kirn-Irr. When two Kirn undergo a process known as Irr-Knn, literally them fusing together into one organism, they form a Kirn-Irr. They typically act as the hosts of giant rallies, in which hundreds of thousands of Kirn gather to chant about death and their desire to kill until they get bored. They will also force hundreds of Kirn to build war tents for them. There is no apparent purpose for these tents. Kirn-Irr have telepathic control over Kirn, and thus can force them to do whatever is needed of them.

The final rank is the Kirr-Nnirl, which serves as a ruler for the Kirn. It is created when a Kirn-Irr is attached to the Kr-Aalt, a large cocoon of biomass that enters the Kirn-Irr's body and mutates them into the new Kirr-Nnirl. The Kirr-Nnirl emanates a telepathic field that subjects every Kirn and Kirn-Irr to its control. It is able to identify S-Tr, or sinners (literally Kirn who are not angry enough) and mark them for elimination for the others.

## Technology

The Kirn have access to space travel, though it is made with a strange mix of mechanical parts and mutilated S-Tr. A mechanical chassis will be built, and then S-Tr will be taken to a "factory" and ripped apart by their former comrades to serve whatever role is required of them. Often all that remains of an S-Tr used in the ship-building process is an arm and some nerves. These nerves are connected to those of the others near it, allowing them to act in perfect union. S-Tr can serve numerous purposes, such as security cameras, trophy holders, door openers, landing gear, and boarding planks. Some Kirn ships, known as Tr-Kirn, are made mostly of grafted-together S-Tr parts. The arms of numerous S-Tr will be put together to form one massive arm, or the teeth of many S-Tr will be used to construct larger teeth.