This procedure has broken his telepathic communication with other Vortigaunts and impaired his perception of time, leaving him unable to distinguish which events have already occured and what is still yet to happen.īehavior and skills Half-Life and its expansions Įxtracting Bugbait from an Antlion Guard. In Half-Life: Alyx, the formerly imprisoned Vortigaunt Gary mentions that the Combine had drilled into his brain to forcefully sever his connection from the Vortessence. When Alyx is resuscitated in Episode Two, the Vortigaunts remark that, while they were the ones who physically healed her mortal wounds, it was Gordon who retrieved her Vortessence. Vortigaunts believe in a binding life-force which they call the "Vortessence." While the exact nature of this concept is left unclear, the Vortigaunts describe it as the fabric of the universe which connects everything living. According to the Vortigaunts, flux shifting cannot be understood by "those whose Vortal inputs are impaired." This method of speaking is described as "flux shifting" and can be heard in rare instances, such as their battle cries during combat or when two Vortigaunts are engaged in conversation. Vortigaunts possess their own native form of vocal communication which is referred to as Vortigese. Vortigaunts also tend to refer to characters by adding the definite article "the" before their name, such as "the Freeman" or "the Alyx Vance." Vortigaunts usually refer to themselves in the third person. However, their use of English is slightly strange, as they often use verbose sentence structures and cryptic phrasings. In Half-Life 2, Vortigaunts now demonstrate the ability to vocalize in human languages. In Half-Life: Alyx, they have rough skin, darker eyes, three fingers on each hand (as opposed to two in previous games), and three-toed feet (unlike the previous hoof-like appearance). They were given a smoother, shinier, and slug-like appearance in Episode Two. They have two noses on each side of their head visible as small tubes.
They have a slightly hunched posture, and their faces are dominated by a large, single eye with a maroon sclera and a heterochromic red-yellow iris with a yellow pupil surrounded by five smaller eyes in the original game and only three in the sequel. Vortigaunts have mottled green-brown skin, sharp teeth, and clawed hands. This extra vestigial limb is a physical trait also found in other bipedal, sapient species from Xen, including the Alien Grunt and the Nihilanth. In appearance, a Vortigaunt is roughly humanoid with two legs and two arms with an additional arm protruding from its chest.
Throughout the series, they can often be seen in pairs or groups, and information is spread among them through low grade telepathy. Vortigaunts are highly intelligent and social creatures.
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