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Starscourge — Description
Greetings citizens of the universe! I hope you all had a spectacular New Years and are hopefully sober enough to read this without passing out (I know your out there . . . somewhere . . .). That being said, I have decided to take a break from working on requests long enough to crank out a few personal projects of my own just to let you all know that I've still got it and don't need to take orders from anyone for every piece I make. So ring in the New Year, here's a new alien for you all!

Believe it or not, this was actually a concept created by my younger cousin when I asked him if there was an OC alien of his that he wanted me to create - he's a fan of the Ben 10 series as well, largely thanks to me I suppose - and this is the resulting piece.

Onto the facts!

Name: Starscourge

Species: Dracost'lla

Homeworld: Supernovas

Powers/abilities: Starscourge is a cosmic being of incredible proportions, even being bigger than Way Big. He is fully capable of wrapping himself around the circumference of a planet if he were to choose so, though he is capable of shrinking down to a far more manageable size that of which is a little bigger than that of Humungousaur. Despite this, Starscourge is still very powerful and his strength and power grow with his size.

Dracost'lla are very flexible and agile when in their smaller forms, despite how big they still are.

Dracost'lla possess sharp claws and teeth.

Starscourge's main ability however, is to create stars from the elements around him. While he is fully capable of crafting full grown stars that are many times bigger than the planet he may be on, he prefers to make more condensed stars for battle purposes, like that of a dwarf star in a containment sphere. These dwarf stars are highly explosive and will detonate upon Starscourge's command, becoming more volatile and unstable the longer they wait to explode.

Dracost'lla can exhale a stream of fiery starfire from their mouths, creating a heat hot enough to melt bare rock with ease.

Starscourge is capable of flight by undulating his body back and forth in a serpentine motion, similar to that of a Paradise Flying Snake .

Starscourge has enhanced strength and durability.

Starscourge can survive out in the vacuum of space.

Dracost'lla have immeasurable lifespans on par with that of the Celestialsapiens. Their life expectancy is unknown, but it is rumored that they are capable of easily living for millions, if not billions of years.

Weaknesses: Starscourge is quite a large target, and this makes it quite difficult for him to fight in enclosed spaces or hide.

Dracost'lla are vulnerable to powerful magics. A number of spells have the ability to banish them from certain dimensions, upon which it would either take an equally powerful counterspell or a massive implosion of cosmic proportions on their part in order to rupture the barriers between universes. Furthermore, a few spells also have the power to seal them inside objects or bend them to a master's will, becoming little more than a dog on a leash.

Starscourge's main weakness however, is that he is quite simply too powerful for Ben to use on a regular basis. Unlike Alien X or Atomix, he's far too destructive to use in most areas for fear of causing massive amounts of collateral damage - far more than Ben usually creates - and endangering nearby innocents. Large spaces of open, empty land such as a desert are more acceptable but Starscourge must still keep his power levels down to a minimum in order to minimize damage; only in the vast expanses of space is he able to truly unleash the fully extent of his abilities.

Etymology: Starscourge's name is a portmanteau of the words "star" and "scourge".

Trivia: Starscourge's species name derives from the Latin words, "draco" and "stella", which mean "dragon" and "star", respectively.

Starscourge's design and concept is heavily based off of the League of Legends champion, Aurelion Sol .

It is unknown how Azmuth was able to acquire the DNA sample necessary to create Starscourge.

Much like how To'kustars are products of Cosmic Storms, Dracost'lla are speculated to be created in the resulting explosion of a supernova, when a star reaches the end of its life and finally collapses in on itself. Since they're formed from the leftover heavy elements created by the dying star, their weight is absolutely tremendous and they become heavier and heavier the smaller and more condensed they become.

Dracost'lla are among the oldest and most powerful organisms in the entire universe, said to have had their very essence born in the first breath of creation and their physical being molded by the delicate pseudopods of the Slimebiotes mere moments after the Celestialsapien's first, primitive ancestor had been crafted under their tender tutelage. Indeed, so ancient and mysterious are they that they are revered as little more than legends by a vast majority of the universe, although a few species have dedicated their entire existence to worshiping them.

Dracost'lla are an arrogant species by nature and virtually view themselves as gods, and rightfully so. Their nigh mythical status as the forgers of stars and solar systems have earned them a place as religious figureheads upon many an alien civilization who seek to earn their favor or avoid their wrath. This is mostly because Dracost'lla hold little respect any organic life that might have spawned as a result of their cosmic creations and consider them little more than bothersome flies who they may occasionally unleash their legendary power upon if they are bothered by them in some way. It is said that the only beings whom they would even consider treating as equals or even superiors are the Celestialsapiens, particularly those whose personalities are unified as one, such as Starbeard and Alien X .

Despite this tremendous hubris for themselves, they are deeply attached to the stars that they create, treating each one as if they were a child - and in a way, they are. Born and tenderly crafted from their very essence, every one of a Dracost'lla's stars is a part of their very being and they will viciously protect them from any who may seek to harm them. So great is their love for their creations that is said that upon death, that their glittering remains will become constellations whose position and alignment will never move, no matter how much the heavens may shift; seeing as how no witness has apparently lived long enough to witness this, this remains unconfirmed.

EDIT: Decided that Starscourge's previous look wasn't exactly worthy of an alien capable of crushing a galaxy in his palm as if it were something he did on a regular basis, so I made modifications. My little cousin adored the redesign and full approved the exchange. Enjoy!