Xorda



The Xorda are a warlike alien species capable of intergalactic travel despite living in a completely aquatic environment. After their emissary, who was offering an alliance with humanity, was captured and dissected by Dr. Ivan Kintobor's research team in the 21st century, the Xorda brutally attacked Earth with their Gene Bomb weaponry, which resulted in the metamorphosis of Earth into Mobius and the evolution of species into Mobians and Overlanders. They resemble large, purple, brain-like organs with long pink tentacles and a single green eye; they also communicate through telepathy. They live under water on their homeworld, which was home to the blue Chaos Emeralds until the Great Harmony was achieved by the "Chosen One". As of 3237, the Xorda were engaged in galactic warfare with the Black Arms.

They posses a collective awareness, enabling all to experience what all other members of their species do. Given how they never speak of themselves in first person, only saying "The Xorda" rather than "I" or "We" and their identical appearance, it's likely that their species has no individuals and they function as a singular person. This would go a long way in explaining their behavior, if their species functions as one being, then it would only be logical that they would see the actions of one person to be the crime of the entire species, lacking the concept of individuality.

The Xorda from all appearances are vengeful in the extreme, for the wrongful death of one of their members they are willing to not only kill the person or persons responsible, but all of that species, and every living thing on the planet, and any living thing that might happen to evolve and share traces of the offender's species DNA eons later. To date the Xorda have shown no empathy for any species except their own.

The Xorda's wrath was incurred upon Earth when an envoy they sent to it was captured, imprisoned, and dissected by human scientists. Outraged, the Xorda bombarded the planet with Gene Bombs, believing that all life had been wiped out. Unbeknownst to them, some survived, and eventually swelled to repopulate the planet. The energy of the bomb caused the mutation of many animal species into the anthropomorphic Mobians that now inhabit it, as well as the creation of Mobius' Chaos Emeralds.