Xtinction

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**Xtinction** is a powerful late boss in Dinopedia: The Game, acting as the right-hand man to his creator Lemniwinks and the main reason for the last 5 major extinctions in nature's history (which is where he received his name). While his appearance is terrifying and malevolent, his extinction events have helped create balance and change, and also providing a reason for Dinopedia to flourish by having so much extinct fauna.

Being the reason for mass extinctions, he inflicts massive Fire and Ice attacks along with plenty of melee. He is resistant to both effects, but weak to poison, blindness, and seduction.

## Background

It isn't known when exactly Lemniwinks created Xtinction, he was created sometime before the first major extinction event in the Ordovican Era, in which he caused using an ice age to prompt more change and an adjustment in dominant species. This happened 4 more times with the most recent being the one at the end of the Cretaceous in which he summoned a large asteroid to let mammals take the wheel at dominance. Funnily enough, he isn't behind the 6th extinction at all; that's just humanity's fault.

The great beast enjoyed his time with Lemniwinks, and was overjoyed when his creator first made the world of Dinopedia. It provided a time capsule for the most famous creatures in prehistory along with plenty of caretakers to ensure their survival. Unfortunately when Lemniwinks left, Xtinction was without purpose and happiness, and secluded himself in his creator's home, only leaving to deal with trolls and vandals nearby. The mad god did return soon enough, and used his creation as a powerful asset and as a second-in-command while planning on the destruction of Dinopedia. Xtinction was adamant, but always willing to follow whatever his maker instructed.

Xtinction plays a more passive role in the game's story, mostly sticking to the background while Lemniwinks does the talking and persuading. But when the god's targets don't fall to his tricks, he turns to Xtinction to use a more physical approach to interrogation. This is shown well when representatives from WaiHuCo attempt to seduce him and Lemniwinks during a deal to combine armed forces, when Lemniwinks points out their attempts at seduction and uses him as muscle to teach them a lesson.

The player doesn't directly encounter Xtinction until late in the game, not long before confronting Lemniwinks himself. The player's apparent "stubborness" in not giving up prompts him to battle (and eventually fail) the player and allies.

## Personality

Initially Xtinction was in a way passive and easygoing despite his destructive tendencies, appreciating life and how it changes. But since Lemniwinks returned, his positivity turned to irritation and aggression as his darker side was used more often to get jobs done. This has made him more sloppy and careless while fighting in exchange for raw strength, which the player uses against him to prompt his defeat.

## Stats

Xtinction is a very powerful boss, only behind a select few characters in the game in sheer strength. He possesses a lot of energy, which he uses for special attacks such as summoning meteors and eruptions along with blizzards, though his size does bring his speed to lower than average. He also gains plenty of passive traits from his unique powers and morphology.

* **Lemniwinks' Creation**: Makes Xtinction almost completely loyal to Lemniwinks and resistant to hypnosis effects, though seduction can still work.
* **Boss** **Resistance**: Being a boss, Xtinction is immune to all forms of knockback.
* **Thick** **Hide**: Increased resistance to conventional weaponry, but can still take damage.
* **Xtinction** **Xclusive**: Being the reason for all 5 extinctions, he's very resistant to ice and fire effects as he uses them a lot.