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| {{Title|''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa''}} | | {{Era|Post}} |
| {{Status|Canon}}
| | [[File:H4-Tube-Creatures.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The alien creatures inside their study tubes.]] |
| [[File:H4-Tube-Creatures.jpg|thumb|300px|Some juvenile Anglers inside their study tubes.]] | |
| The '''''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa''''', known to humanity as '''Anglers''', are lizard-like [[List of animals|creatures]] that are native to [[Erebus VII]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=HPoL32|HPoL|Chapter=32}}
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| ==History==
| | This '''unidentified alien creature''' is a native species of [[Erebus VII]]. Vaguely similar to [[List of animals|lizards]], they have horns, tails, and short legs and arms. After [[human]]ity discovered the planet, some of these creatures were captured and studied in an [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] research facility. They were detained in tubes filled with an orange fluid, where they remained after the facility was later abandoned.<ref>'''Halo 4''', multiplayer map ''[[Abandon]]''</ref> |
| ===Favor of the Librarian===
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| While preparing her plans for [[Bastion]], the [[Librarian]] had a structure built on [[Erebus VII]] in which [[the Precept]] would administer a final test and reveal the location of the [[shield world]] to those worthy. The [[Lifeshaper]] favored the ''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa'', making them a hurdle to overcome as part of this test.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HPoL35|HPoL|Chapter=35}} Evidently, she ensured that this species would be [[Conservation Measure|reseeded]] on Erebus VII after the [[Great Purification|firing]] of the [[Halo Array]].
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| ===Study by humanity=== | | ==Trivia== |
| Sometime after the [[United Nations Space Command]] discovered Erebus VII, [[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] sent various teams of scientists to the surface and established at least five research bases to study the planet, its wildlife, and anything else that could be found. The researchers came across a nest of very young juvenile ''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa'' while exploring the caves in the planet's tablelands. In order to study the intriguing new species, the juveniles were taken and brought back to their research bases where "horrible experiments" were performed on them.{{Ref/Reuse|HPoL32}} Some were placed into vats and suspended in an orange fluid.{{Ref/Map|H4|Abandon}} It was then that the adult members of the pack began hunting the researchers and their security forces. Over twelve people were killed in a single night.{{Ref/Reuse|HPoL32}}
| | These creatures appear on the [[War Games]] map ''[[Abandon]]''. |
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| The ''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa'' used their abilities to mimic sound and light in order to lure the [[human]]s away. When the researchers began to catch on, the creatures changed tactics. They began destroying all of their satellite uplinks, [[COM|comm]] stations, and even their power cores. Eventually the researchers were forced to abandon their bases, but they did devise a way to deter the ''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa''—ultrasonic frequencies above 180,000 Hz.{{Ref/Reuse|HPoL32}}
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| ==Anatomy, physiology, and behavior==
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| Vaguely reptilian in appearance, adult ''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa'' are 5 meters long, and have a gray dome-shaped skull blending back into a fan of six horns.{{Ref/Reuse|HPoL26}} ''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s eyes are located beneath the thick frontal ridge of their skull, which was set above a small, curved, bony arch, which protects an inset nose.{{Ref/Reuse|HPoL26}} Directly beneath their nose is a mouth that features sharp, angled teeth in the front and rows of fangs along its jaws. Two short horns grow from each side of their upper jaw, and their chin juts out into a sharp horn.{{Ref/Reuse|HPoL26}} ''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa'' have long, draping muscled limbs with curving talons, which help them to climb among the gnarled trees of Erebus VII's forests. While sometimes seen walking on all four limbs, the ''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa'' can also adopt a bipedal position.{{Ref/Novel|Id=HPoL26|HPoL|Chapter=26}}
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| ''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa'' hunt in packs, being able to revise and modify their hunting plan almost instantly. While hunting, they attract their prey into a trap by mimicking sounds perfectly; they are even being able to mimic human voices. The sounds they imitate seemingly do not come from their mouths, but are projected by their inset noses.{{Ref/Reuse|HPoL26}} The ''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa'' can also mimic light to attract prey.{{Ref/Reuse|HPoL26}}{{Ref/Reuse|HPoL32}} The creatures are smart enough to know when their tactics do not work, and they can change them in response.{{Ref/Reuse|HPoL32}} When [[Rion Forge]] was captured by an ''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa'' pack, they also removed any equipment that she carried.{{Ref/Reuse|HPoL32}} After the ''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa'' trap their prey, they spit a neurotoxin into their eyes, which acts as a neuromuscular relaxant to paralyze their victim.{{Ref/Reuse|HPoL26}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=HPoL30|HPoL|Chapter=30}}{{Ref/Reuse|HPoL32}}
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| ==Production notes==
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| Despite first appearing on the ''[[Halo 4]]'' multiplayer map [[Abandon]] in 2012, this species went unnamed until being confirmed by [[Kelly Gay]] and [[Jeff Easterling]] on March 23, 2021 that the ''Eiyaa-Mahtuhaa'' in ''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' were indeed the same creatures as those seen in ''Halo 4''.{{Ref/Twitter|KellyHGay|1374360509009498113|Kelly Gay|Quote=Yes indeed, the ones in the vats are some of the younger juveniles they caught.|D=22|M=07|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Twitter|KellyHGay|1374369374216278017|Kelly Gay|Quote=under-developed b/c young and also have been experimented upon|D=22|M=07|Y=2023}}{{Ref/Twitter|GrimBrotherOne|1374382002586017795|Jeff Easterling|Quote=Yup, those are them. :)|D=24|M=03|Y=2021|NoArchive=yes}}
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <GALLERY> |
| File:H4_Abandon_Creature_Concept.jpg|Concept art of "Dead Critter". | | File:H4ConceptCreature.jpg|Concept art. |
| </gallery> | | </GALLERY> |
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo 4]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Point of Light]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:Animals]] | | [[Category:Animals]] |
