Artemia

Naxyla Drider
Size : 8'
Black Hair
Dark Brown eyes
Pale skin

Artemia is a Naxyla dridder, currently residing in Felarya with her mate, Ton. Like many off-world Driders, their primary goal is to locate the final piece of Ran's gift of knowledge: the 4th piece of memory silk that holds the secrets of the universe and their species. While Ton focuses on uncovering information, Artemia mostly hunts and obtains humanoids to aide in their quest for the relic...not to mention keep them fed.

Artemia did not start her life as a dridder. Originally she was Mia Xy, a lieutenant in the High Elven armies native to the world of Balaa. One day her unit became attacked by Naxyla driders who devoured most of her group. Mia was saved though, because one of the dridder sensed in her a potential host mother. After becoming a dridder, the captain Artemis who was Mia's former squad leader was offered to her as her first victim to devour. However as Artemis's memories flooded into her mind, Mia discovered a dark treason from her former captain which disturbed her so much that the merging became flawed.

Mia's personality remained mostly intact, but the dark parts of Artemis' mind were now permanently a part of her : instead of getting the best parts, the trauma had caused her to get the worst. After some tragic events involving the dark personnality of Artemis surfacing back, Mia renamed herself Artemia, a constant reminder of the part of darkness that lurks within her.

Now in Felarya, Artemia enjoys hunting in the forest, but doesn't enjoy Felarya much, due to the bad reputation other non-Naxyla driders have created in this world. As of recent, she unintentionally befriended Crisis. It's a rather one-sided friendship though, as Artemia doesn't like much Crisis and seem uneasy in her presence due to the difference of size. In contrary, the giant naga is very curious about Artemia, especially her weaving skills, and seem eager to learn more about her "half bug" friend. Ton has tried to reason with Artemia that Crisis might be useful in finding Ran Artifact, not to mention food for their pantry, so for the time being Artemia tolerate the cheerful and rather invading giant naga.

• Credits goes to Veeshan123 for all the design and the idea