Assimilator

The creature as it appeared when it first showed up on the planet. Photographed 1925.

### Alias

Assimilator, Assimilator Beast, The Beast, Robert James Macready, Dusty, The Ass Beast

### Status

Alive

The **Assimilator** is one of the main antagonists in *Crackshot*. It is an evil, unnamed alien creature that plans on consuming all life on the planet.

## History

The Assimilator was born in a dark void known as Nadir. A realm that exists as the polar opposite of Zenith. When it was born, it and its siblings were immediately attacked by its cannibalistic parents, as had to fight its way through its siblings by cannibalizing them while trying to escape. It was able to get away from the other creatures as it roamed the dark mass, looking for a way out. It eventually came across a rift between Nadir and the mainstream universe. It fled through the rift as it travelled through the cosmos in search of food, when it came across a young male styral, Shasta. It attacked Shasta in a state instinctual hostility as the styral fled from the fight, while the young Assimilator chased after him, until it found that Shasta went to a planet full of weak like to prey on. It took this opportunity to feed as it crashed down on the planet and began to consume living things around it, including Robert James Macready and his beloved dog, Dusty. Shasta now enraged, defeated the creature in battled and nearly killed it as the creature crawled off into the darkness of the cold, snow covered forests. Going into hiding while consuming more living things until it becomes strong enough take revenge on Shasta and kill him.

## Appearance

   The Assimilator has no true appearance that can be fully understood. When not disguised as its victims, it appears as a mass of slimy back tentacles that when gazed at for long enough can cause migraines and even loss of sanity. Hence its common name, it often takes the forms of living things it assimilated into its mass, even including non organic objects such as the clothes of its victims. The closest form it has to its true form that mortals can comprehend, its "pseudo true form" is what's known as its "Beast" form. A large quadrupedal mass of fleshy bodies, the bodies of its victims to be exact. When not in either forms, it's in the form of a victim. It's two main favorite forms to take are those of Macready and Dusty.

## Personality

The Assimilator is one of the most cruel and vile villains in all of Crackshot. A remorseless monster, it hunts not only for food, but for sadistic pleasure. It often loves to taunt and insult its victims before violently consuming them. It has a superiority complex, believing itself to be superior to any living thing on the planet, seeing itself as the ultimate apex predator. In the beginning, it was a mindless creature that only fed to survive, but after living on the planet for so long while it slowly grew, it developed a sadistic nature. It is often compared to a wolf in sheep's clothing by taking the forms of its victims in order to blend into human crowds as it searches for prey it sees as worthy. One of its most cruel actions is mimicing the voice and appearance of Macready, Shasta's first friend, as a reminder that Shasta wasn't able to save his best friend in time, making Shasta feel survivor's guilt while the depraved creature laughs at Shasta's sorrow.