Lavid/Lavead lore/origin

Lavid and Lavead lore


Lavids, at their most basic, are incredibly complex and nocturnal pseudo-parasitic organisms. They will usually pick a host (often a larger sea animal like a shark, dolphin, or whale) and will in most cases be rather passive. However, if they latch onto an animal host that is sickly or dying, they will eventually take complete control of the organisms body. The process begins as soon as they register the animals condition, they begin to move towards the brainstem in anticipation of the animals death. Once the host has passed, they attach themselves to the brainstem and branch into the brain itself, essentially - they become the brain of the animal, or rather, it's consciousness. at this point they are called Laveads (lah-veh-ads) rather than Lavids (lah-veids)

Despite their incredible ability to adapt to a dying host, Lavids lack the capacity for complex thought processes, acting purely on their most basic survival instincts. In a dead seacreature host, this is nearly unnoticeable from what the creatures normal behaviors would be - however, in a deceased human host it is incredibly noticeable - especially once the parasite has begun the long and complicated process of adapting the body to it's new aquatic environment - something that can take months, as new tissues and bodily structures must be adapted and built to make underwater movement easy. This process, however, is only able to be performed in the first place due to the Lavids pseudo-parasitic and aquatic nature.

They are about 1-2 inches in length, and similar in body shape to an earth worm - they are covered in very small, hard scales and have a very small shovel-shaped front end to make burrowing into a host easier. They have several sets of very small fins for movement, with very small jelly-fish like tentacles between each set - useful for grabbing and electrifying/stunning prey when not inside of a host, and the necessary component for embedding itself into a dead hosts brain to gain control.