The Nihilanth appears to be floating in a meditation pose. It was also said the Nihilanth, the Vortigaunts, and the Alien Grunts were all from the same world. According to Doug Lombardi (restating something that was told to him by Marc Laidlaw), the Nihilanth's homeworld was invaded by the Combine long before the events of Half-Life, prompting the migration and takeover of Xen by the Nihilanth. Some of its backstory was revealed in a series of conversations with the developers. The Nihilanth's body features what appears to be the remains of some sort of surgical procedure, and its minuscule legs appear to be either vestigial or the remains of amputation. It also wears shackles similar to those worn by enslaved Vortigaunts. It shares many physical traits with other intelligent Xen life forms, especially with the Alien Controllers, and is related to the Vortigaunts, as indicated by their vestigial chest-arms, which is why it had a particular ability to control them. The Nihilanth is a massive, floating being that resembles an abnormally proportioned humanoid fetus, with a large head atop a smaller body.
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