Rift creatures, also known as Entities, are mysterious, malevolent lifeform featured in Voltron: Legendary Defender. Initially featured in flashback episode The Legend Begins, they revealed to be overarching antagonists of the series, having responsible for corrupting Zarkon, Honerva and became the latter's source of dark powers.
Description[]
Rift creatures are formless, trans-dimensional creatures which, according to Honverva, are the only known lifeforms that can survive passing through the Rift between worlds without use of ships made of the Trans-reality Comet. One of these creatures was contained by Honerva not long after receiving signals the Altean alchemist sent into the Rift. From what reality these creatures originated from is still a mystery, but they are implied to originate from the Quintessence field, as many of them surrounded the original Paladins as soon as they entered the realm due to being tricked by Zarkon who desperated to save Honerva.
While weak on their own, Rift creatures pose a genuine threat to any universe they come across. A single creature can summon a swarm of its brethren from the nearby opened Rift where they can then proceed to combine into a giant polymorphic beast capable of creating blasts of energy, as well as assuming different forms to suit its attack or defense requirements. The polymorphic beast can also launch a part of itself which then become an independent creature of their own.
The reason why the rift creatures are referred to as dark creatures is likely due to their inherently hostile nature and indication to be comprised of corrupted Quintessence; they are only know lifeforms that capable of passing through the rift between realities and Quintessence field without the need of ships made of the Trans-Reality comet, and exposure to these creatures induces physical enhancements and mental corruption similar to Quintessence itself as seen in what happened to Zarkon, Honerva, and to an extent, Lotor (as he was within Honerva's womb when her dying body was exposed to the rift creatures). Should those who exposed to these creatures possess the potential of magical and alchemical abilities, they can utilise rift creatures inside them as source of their powers and medium to control others, as demonstrated by Honerva aka. Haggar.
History[]
A solitary specimen was temporarily contained by Honerva, but became agitated and summoned more of its kind through the rift. They merged into one giant entity that then wrecked havok on Daibazaal, forcing Alfor, Zarkon, Gyrgan, Trigel, and Blaytz to fly out and confront it with the newly constructed Lions. It was their first battle as Paladins, and the first time Voltron was formed.
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