#nidus and helminth

[maybebovinity]

Day 6: Sleigh

Nidus delivering a small gift to the Helmnith

I also just wanted an excuse to draw Nidus on his hands and knees. I need this man in a constant state of submissive and breedable

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[lt-sarai]

Sometimes a family is a man infected by a virus that turned his skin into metal and gave him powers, a void-touched person from an alternate universe piloting an infested meat suit, and their infested dog-thing.

[warding-halo]

my infested mamas

[geargoyle]

I wanted to get an image of my Nidus and someone decided they had to steal the show.

[unicorn-argent]

look at my warframe and say that again Helminth

[alteredsilicone]

Idk if you ever mentioned this, so imma ask: What would Viri's and Loid's dynamic be? How would they interact with one another? What are her thoughts on the Cavia? Does she have any overall opinion on the Murmur, Albrechts Labs,The Vessels, etc? Also, what's her opinion on Kalymos?

I'm pretty sure the most I've talked about the new content-adjacent things is just how Viri ended up being the Chosen Operator due to Wally targeting specifically her!

Anyways.

Viri and Loid - she didn't particularly enjoy being called a deserter, but it's not like Loid is privy to her sad and tragic backstory and how she was brainwashed into servitude. Viri has experience mediating with cranky people so she mostly let Loid lead her from task A to task B while watching out for his emotional reactions to the Indifference. Once the events of the quest pass, Loid apologizes to her for his initial hostility, but Viri assures him that they can mend that over a cup of milk coffee and a slice of cheesecake, so they keep in touch and Viri brings him snacks from the outside world and tells him of all that has happened since he went into cryostasis; including updating on what the Entratis are up to upstairs. Long story short - a bit of a rocky start but they end up becoming friends.

Cavia - broke her heart in a billion pieces! ESPECIALLY Tagfer. Viri's father, Amadeus, was a virmink breeder who was infamous for his attachment to his "specimens", he would give a name to each and every virmink he bred (even the failures that had to be put down) and was very attached to them. Tagfer's depression over losing Minn shook Viri to her core. She now sometimes wonders if the virminks she and her father looked after also shared such deep feelings within the recesses of their minds...

The murmur - since they function as Wally's minions she feels responsible for holding them back, especially due to her strong affinity for the Void. Sometimes they whisper to her and call her a traitor - the murmur sense the void angel within her, and think she is one of them but are confused as to why she attacks them or more importantly - why she can resist their master's call.

The lab and vessels - Viri has seen her fair share of weird science, her mother worked on infestation, but Viri never-ever found out what exactly she worked on since it was top secret. Albrecht is an Orokin and Orokin doing shady, dangerous shit was not something that surprised her in the least. She would just quietly catalog anything interesting, but mostly keep it to herself (usually she forwards all information to Ergo for Perrin safekeeping, but Viri promised Loid that nobody outside of a select few Tenno are allowed to know of the Sanctum's existence).

Kalymos - little known fact! Viri adopted a hyekka kavat whose name is Bacchus! She loves naked kitties! Circling back to the Cavia and her father's work, Viri is definitely an animal person; she is used to handling them and respects them almost the same way you would respect a person. The question is whether Kalymos would like Viri...

Here is a picture of Bacchus as a bonus:

[nami-ramen]

Finally finished protoframe Enty(my oc) design!

I took inspo from modus and carrion’s monster (like I did for og Enty idea), most of their body is not modified like most frames,only having metal claws to properly shape fingers from that infestation mess or smth like that (before taking helminth their probably was probably almost being taken by infestation and transformation tried to form back their limbs)

Their main idea is probably stealth type of gameplay and ability to take shape of an enemy by literally eating them alive

Also bcs I’m kind of embarrassed of what I’ve created(I think that their design still rly doesn’t fit to whole warframes idea,despite being nidus-like) and bcs I dunno what tags to use here I’ll just leave it w/o them

[cephalonprime]

How do you guys think The Hex would react to the Helminth? Since that thing probably just appeared in the backroom one day.

Imagime them seeing the Drifter either;

A: Sacrificing a Warframe to it where it literally stabs them, drops them and then absorbs them

Or

B: Having it stab our necks to get the Cysts off and or giving a frame different abilities.

And what about our Helminth Chargers? I personally have one each for all three Helminth skins, so imagine them seeing the deformed one just walking around wanting pets and wiggling the weird tail thing it has? Not to mention the Deimos pets you can get.

God, what would they think of Nidus? Lol.

But, back to the sacrificing part. You do have a talk with Quincy about the Warframes being human once, so I feel like he'd be really disturb with witnessing A. But, the normal Warframes are duplicates of Primes lore wise and Primes were the ones who used to be humans (I think, I don't remember) so maybe that'll make it better for him? Probably not.

[voidplume-vane]

okay alright so @/aether-link had this really cute post that featured their vulpaphyla & a few other pets with real cute names that made me think abt the companions i don't take out a whole bunch anymore, which resulted in. uh. a whole lot of captura.

which i now inflict upon y'all because look upon my creatures, boy

a few of them even have lore!

i'm gonna talk about 'em under the cut.

this is a very long post.

We start at the top with Amethyst, who is a good strong creature but only lives with my Dagath loadout. She's doesn't really live up to her namesake (purple) but she does like to clear maps, and I love this for her.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Next is B1n-G0, who exists because I needed the mastery. Didn't take any pictures. I have favorites and B1n-G0 is not among them, sorry 'bout that buddy :( -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bitty is one of two helminth chargers, hatched (popped? spawned?) shortly after the release of 1999. Full of maggots. Very powerful, very beautiful. Doesn't get taken on walks much anymore, but still loved.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Bless is a smeeta kavat, and was my main companion for a very, VERY long time. She's circa-2017, and helped soooooo much during The Mutagen Mass Farm.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Boise is about as old as Bless. I didn't take any new pictures for her but her essence is captured pretty faithfully in this ancient-ass post. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Bonk is the best goddamn MOA in the system. It's one of the few companions that hold a pseudo-spot in my canon - it definitely accompanies my operator on a lot of her jobs, but I also really dig the idea of it terrorizing Höllvania with the Drifter. I love this hostile fuckin creature. This is a cassowary. It's just a cassowary.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Carrier Prime is one of the luckier sentinels in that it has a purpose (being a shoulder parrot for Sevagoth Prime), but still falls in the sentinel category and is therefore, sadly, unused and largely unloved. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

D0-B3r shares the same fate as B1n-G0 (mastery fodder). A good loyal robobeast, but overshadowed. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Dappa is Dappa! That's all he needs to be!

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

I first posted about Dmi a long long time ago, because I did not expect a kubrow to turn out so fucking large. He's not super beefy like some OTHER kubrow we will talk about soon, but still.

Dog? No. This is a horse.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Honorable shoutouts to Drakob, an Adarza kavat named after a friend's IRL cat; Dethcube Prime (unused), Djinn (same), and Fisk (deserves better).

Helix is the other of my two helminth chargers, very small and very old. She sleeps in Helminth's room on the orbiter, because she's old and tired. I did not take pictures of her, but I love her. She is blue and white and pink.

Helios Prime is in the sentinel box, but comes out for short periods of time when there are new enemies to shove into the codex. Currently in hibernation, will be brought back for Isleweaver.

L-15a is... MOA L-15a. That's the joke. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

LOBA. LOBA LOBA LOBA LOBA.

I LOVE this dog. THIS IS MY FAVORITE DOG.

She's a random hatch I've had since my 2017 days, and recently settled into my Drifter's canon as a companion from Duviri, similar to the Drifter's kaithe. I love her I love her I love her.

This is. My favorite dog. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Louart is Drakob's spiritual twin, born around the same time and named after one of my IRL cats (Louie!).

Maahes used to be more active, but when Qorvex replaced Inaros as my tankyboy of choice, he kindof fell of the radar. He still goes out with Nidus from time to time, but that's not often. Very fun to run around with an 8k health Predasite, though.

Tips cap to Nautilus Prime and Oxylus, sorry you're in sentinel storage. You won't be coming out anytime soon. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Peets is Peets, named such because of his funny round toes. Not much else to say! He doesn't get out much.

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Satine is my beautiful precious tiny delicate perfect little gorl.

She is so lovely and pretty and photogenic. She also sings/howls/yells/argues like a husky, which is cute until it's not. She was my Drifter's dog during The New War, but is now the Operator's problem until Drifter gets back from 1999. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Ah. Sc0u-B.

Remember Bonk? Bonk and Sc0u-B are similar creatures, in that they have certainly killed and they will certainly kill again. I'm realizing a trend in the type of robot the Operator tends to build. Hm.

I'm sure it's fine. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Shwimp is a good dog. One of my best. Didn't expect to love this weird sea creature as much as I do, but here we are. Durable and dangerous, my go-to for most survival missions. Excellent tracker. Will find you. Will ask for treats.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Fudging alphabetical order just a bit to group Slyfer, Strahd, and Wyrm Prime in the "You Deserve More Love" category. Alas, I haven't really incorporated them into my loadouts (with regards to the work Wyrm Prime did while I was farming Apex H-09). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Shade Prime. My goat. My top dog. I wish sentinels could be renamed, so I could give this guy the kudos it deserves. Thank you for enabling all my Arcane Crepuscular memes, you funky little hoverbot.

Bnnuy. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

IF YOU HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR, you're incredible. Thank you for going on this journey with me. I have a gift for you.

Their name is Porkpie.

They are baby, and will remain baby, and as such cannot be taken into captura for a proper photoshoot, but in canon they roam around the mall and get into SO much trouble and I assure you they get so many table scraps and belly rubs. Velimir spoils them rotten and Drifter is this-> <-close to keeping Porky in the backrooms indefinitely because "if you fill them up on pizza they won't eat anything else and they NEED to eat other things, Velimir--"

[keoulkeech]

Entrati style goes so hard. I love you so much Xaku Prime!

Since Xaku is bringing Trumna: Lavos will bring Sepulcrum. source: trust me, Tenno

Some rambling about Xaku. I saw many posts and comments on other sites that them getting primed wouldn't "make sense" (...like anything in Warframe ever made sense!) [affectionate]

From what I gather the lore is that some warframe first models are Prime and some earn Prime after... Honestly for me the only warframe born prime was Nidus because he is symbolic and functionally the Infested frame so his prime is kinda of like the raw Helminth strain with the minimum "genetic" manipulation and stuff. All the others were Prime after, it makes more sense in my opinion.

Now with that out of my head... I can't wait the hear and see the special effects of Xaku's skills; their sounds and if there is any new detail for their "skeleton" mode... like I saw that they have a energy ponytail so the hair could untie while in skeleton mode or something of the sort. Can't wait!

[beebleworkshop]

Somehow I ended up with a helminth charger that is not only taller than my Operator, but almost taller than Nidus

[valm-arcane]

Recovered enough that I can use Transference now. Nidus is no longer just in the Helminth drool puddle. Still not sure where he came from though.

[spidersface]

okay im writing this out

i need to get this out of my brain, and this is what tumblr is for. personal theories on future protoframes/viability of frames getting protos/other nonsense relating to these ideas/headcanon shlock (used wiki/leverian/CorgTheMighty's videos on youtube)

SPOILERS TO THE CURRENT PATCH AS OF 01.03.2025

Xaku: I would be absolutely blown away if they decide to give Xaku a protoframe/1999 treatment. Excal, Volt, Mag, Trinity, Nyx, Cyte-09 (only cuz he was made for this,) Rhino, Loki, Oberon, Saryn, and Wisp are perfect for the Protoframe/1999 treatment because they're a little lore light, and purportedly originate from one individual. I think IF they wanted to do Protoframe things with Xaku they should do some knife twisting: give us doomed timeline of three friends, where only the Drifter/Operator knows who they become eventually- maybe even tease us with who the original three frames were. Getting to know what the names/designs would've been for the three would be so sick.

(rest of my musings under the cut)

Nidus: I think if and or when we would ever see anything for Nidus in this regard, it would be a rewrite/update for his lore and showing us what the process of being infected by the Helminth strain is like/the unique circumstance how it fucked up during the creation of Nidus. Again I think we've seen/know what happens with being infected by the Helminth strain, but idk. I think DE would seize an opportunity like that to really stretch their ick ability. I imagine Nidus pre-helminth/during experimentation is already sickly or had a job/exposure to large amounts of what eventually would've become Helminth before it was called that. Maybe even helped originate Helminth, was then drafted by the Orokin to fight.

Hydroid/Yareli: [[this is some heacanon stuff,]] the Aquaframes are weird in my brain. Their aesthetic/vibe seems so different from the rest of the frames, and in my mind also would lend themselves to having unique Protoframe treatments. I kind of almost want like a completely random side quest where we get to see their originator/proto forms at sea? Something, something fused with ocean beasts during Helminth infection, something, something, Sevagoth was the reason Hydroid was infected, betraying their light banter they had before/leading to their rivalry as frames.

Mirage: Considering the little we know about her process/what happened as she was being transformed into Mirage, i'd be interested to see her in a 'second batch/team' from 1999. The Harley Quinn/Therese Voerman of originators would be an interesting angle for her I feel, clown woman that was a scientist in sedation, twisted by Entrati.

Rhino: I just want a big hunky muscle man, and him to be part of Mirage's '1999 mk2' team. Maybe a fat guy would be cool too. Idk, when I see rhino my serious thinking brain turns off. Considering he's a protector, maybe he was part of a mission elsewhere in the universe of Hollvania where Entrati enacts some other secret third thing that causes a Hex pt.2 (Dream 'Hex Team Two' would be: Mirage, Rhino, Saryn, Loki, Equinox (counting them as two sep people before framification,) and Chroma or Caliban (since both have weirdly similar elements lore wise.))

Qorvex/Xaku: Considering these two are some of the explicitly "non-Ballas/Orokin" devised Warframes to have been created, I'd be interested in just more insight as to how they came to be. My personal headcanon is still that these two represent Albrecht and Loid somehow, or are derived from them in some fashion. Especially considering how we are introduced to Loid/how Loid exists in current lore. Is it too out there to say that Xaku is alternate alternate timeline Loid, stuffed into a frame with other important members of Entrati's lab/team in desperation to create a frame? I feel like Dante + Lavos would fit into this group as well...

Citrine: I just find her interesting because outside of her ALREADY existing by the time she's assigned to protect Belric + Rania, what do you mean she can turn living organic tissue into crystal??? or encase said tissue in crystal? what during proto/origination caused her to be able to do that, or conversely what happened during her infection with the hstrain?

[gaogaigar-the-king]

15. How do you come up with titles for your fics/chapters?

19. Give us a small teaser from one of your WIPs.

15. How do you come up with titles for your fics/chapters?

Staring at the fic/chapter ready to publish it, desperately hoping some idea of what to name it will come to me. The only exception to this is Among Us Gone Wrong where I named the chapters in advance because I'd pre-planned where I wanted the base story to go.

19. Give us a small teaser from one of your WIPs.

"Wake Nidus up." They instructed. There was another moment of unresponsiveness, but then the Helminth gurgled something. The thin tendrils receded, disappearing from sight.

Nidus twitched. Slowly, his senses woke one by one. Likely touch first, feeding him information about the cool metal under his left arm and hands, contrasted with the patch of Helminth's Infested growth he was lying in and the warm air in the Infirmary. After that would be sound, the sound of the Helminth gurgling, their soft breathing and other things only his senses could pick up. Smell would probably come next, his perception battered by the unfamiliar scents of the Orbiter.

A confused, disorientated whine came from under Nidus' armour as he moved, weakly pushing himself up onto his hands and knees. They could tell the moment that he saw them. He froze on the spot, his fear clear in his body language before he pushed himself off the floor, stumbling backwards and plastering his body against the wall.

They raised their right arm, holding it outstretched in front of them, palm facing upwards. After that they didn't move, just waited.

[umbraltales]

Wassup fuckers despite asking yall what I should work on I've made two new stories in the last 48 hours, the lucky part here is that if excalibur wins it'll tie in beautifully to what I'm writing right now

And since I'm not a complete asshole here's a snippet :3

From criminals to living mountains, huntresses to dice masters of fate, Sevagoth had brought warframes from every corner of the budding and rebuilding societies of the origin system post-Tenno uprising; among these new additions to their hidden void sanctum was his latest recruit, an enigma to the others who was found on a derelict Orokin ship covered head to toe in infestation. He called himself Nidus, king of the Helminth strain and ruler of all infested aboard. While it was a hard-fought battle to bring him back, Sevagoth had somehow, against all odds, managed to succeed. The only issue regarding the situation was that since Nidus had arrived, no one had heard so much as a peep from him. Like a cowering, beaten dog, he ran to the room prepared for his arrival and locked the door. That was months ago, and while others assumed he just preferred his personal space like Dante, Sevagoth had other suspicions. After hours of attempting to get through the remarkably well-encrypted security for the door, he had finally managed to stumble in, the sounds of the door slamming shut behind him ringing out across the unusually large-looking space like a cannon in an echo chamber.

Edit: if any of you wanna read the rest I'll put the link but I warn you it's explicit okay? No like NSFW don't click the link and come whining to me

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62314840

[alteredsilicone]

Thinking of Warframes who retain their humanity/personality but they're still not the person they used to be, the Orokin made sure to brainwash and break the person to make them succumb to the Helminth. Even if you retain your sense of "self" you will be a subjective interpretation of yourself. Some cases are exceptions, like Umbra, Ballas made sure he is powered by one intense memory (the death of his son). Jade can be a similar example - she was powered by her desire to see her son be born, which is why she forgot what her real name was but clung to her child as an anchor to her old self. Annd I can use this to rotate sentient-frame OCs in my mind.. how did the person who got Warframe'd morph into a different persona. Voland the Nidus is an Umbra case, where he overcame the infestation and retained his memories and original sense of self. He was initially vengeful but learned to channel his powers in a less destructive way by co-existing with the Myconians. Eir as Dante retained his desire for writing… but he forgot that he used to be a composer, so he instead he became a Scribe, but his artistic and melodic way of writing was preserved through the transformation.