Mantid (Shadow Raven)

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Dimensional Conqueror
When the Mantid sees all of the humans scurrying about, he fights the urge to feed on them. He lumbers through the streets hunched over in his horrid form as people run from him in terror. As he sits on the throne of his new world in despair, he is quickly met with opposition. "Monster!" they scream and charge at him with weapons blazing.

With bounds and leaps, he escapes the weapon fire by clinging to the walls and climbing to the safety of the ceiling. "I want only to be left alone," he screeches. The humans do not listen and continue to fire their weapons at him in anger and fear. With little more than a thought, he dislodges himself from the ceiling, extending his wings in gliding flight. In moments his attackers are neutralized and he can fight off the will to feed no longer.

News of the disappearances of the attackers spread like wildfire throughout the land, causing people to lock themselves away in their homes. The cleaned bones were laid neatly at the doorway of the capitol building, serving as a reminder to those who would oppose the Mandid.

One day, he sends for a team of scientists who are very reluctant to enter the unkempt building. Much to their dismay, he speaks intelligently of the experiment that caused him to become the Mantid. Having renewed respect for the creature, they workaround the clock to find a cure for the creature. Patiently he awaits their ruling until they find an antidote. However, it will only alter his condition for a short time, whereby the genes will reject the antibodies and he will return to his misshapen appearance. He agrees to try the drug and it succeeds in returning him to human form.

The people are shocked by his handsome looks and he gains the respect of all of his subjects. He rules well until the day when the effect of the antidote wears off and he returns to the form of the Mantid. Ashamed, he sits in recluse, waiting for the scientists to find a permanent cure. }}