Iskal

The Iskal is one of the four major enemy races in Remnant: From the Ashes. They inhabit the world of Corsus.

Description
The Iskal is a strange, insectoid hivemind that can be "shared" with any member of any intelligent race by allowing an insect called a Vyxworm to burrow into the host's body, which causes them to mutate into a terrifying combination of mammalian and insectoid genes uniquely adapted to whatever environments they call home, as well as causing them to lose all sense of individuality and self, and become emotionless, mostly mindless slaves to the Iskal Queen. They are represented in Remnant by the mutated, race of intelligent, genetically mutated bipeds found on the planet Corsus, whose original name has long since been lost, but are referred to internally as "Swamp Elves". The Iskal Queen came to the Elves preaching the harmony of Iskal, and that it represents an end to worry, to hunger, and to conflict. Evidently, by the time the player arrives on the planet, the entire species of Swamp Elves has been consumed by the Iskal.