Cthak Warrior

There are several classes of Cthak that can be born from the hive's eggs. The larvae change depending on what is fed them. Even the Queen is an ordinary egg upon first creation. If a person were to get an egg and feed it royal jelly, they would create a queen Cthak egg.

The Cthak Warriors are about the size of a small horse, but slatted with armored platting like a four legged lobster. Donning serrated pincers as weapon hands, they have two smaller claws beneath their head that serve for more intricate tasks, like eating, but are still far too stiff and unwieldy to be considered dexterous. Still, many tasks able to be completed by humans can be managed with those smaller claws.

Largely simple minded, they all have an overwhelming urge to serve the queen and protect her. They are only aggressive to animals not considered food, when those creatures are deep in their territory or a threat to them or the hive in some way. Primarily living underground with the hive, they will when the time is right, leave to hunt or carry out other necessary tasks.

Darkness has no effect on them as all see by sonar, clicking mandibles and claws together. Serving the queen includes a variety of tasks, mostly involving organizing hunting parties and bringing back food for the hive. Scouting for danger near the hive, and extending clan borders as well as clearing out nearby threats are also part of a Cthak Warriors life.

Though they do have what most would consider an independent mind that can make choices and decide what they best feel is the correct response to a situation without a Pilot or the Queens orders to follow, they also don’t have any want to live away from the queen or the rest of the hive any more than a single ant would.