![]() It is implied that he created an ecosystem for the other surviving creatures allowing them to flourish. It has also been established that he and his kind fought the evil and powerful alien empire known as the Combine, resulting in the extinction of his kind, save for himself, causing him and his race to flee to the border-world of Xen. ![]() ![]() He goes so far as to call the humans thieves for stealing crystals, and numerous specimens from the different species that inhabit Xen. ![]() The Nihilanth is shown to have a deep rooted desire for revenge, and a concentrated hatred for humanity. The vortigaunts, having been freed after Nihilanth's demise, allied themselves with the human resistance in fighting against the Combine. They then enslaved humanity after making a deal with former Black Mesa Administrator Wallace Breen. The portal storms eventually attracted the attention of the Combine, who proceeded to invade earth and wiped out its military might in what became known as the Seven Hour War. The Nihilanth's death caused portal storms to spread across the planet Earth and unleash Xenian creatures across the globe. Gordon, after getting to higher ground, destroys the brain, causing the Nihilanth to explode into an inter-dimensional time rift, and ultimately closing the Xen-Earth rift he was holding open, officially ending the dimensional leak.įollowing his death, the G-Man's employers take control of the Xen dimension, and G-Man places Freeman into stasis having offered him employment. Gordon defeats the Nihilanth by destroying the energy crystals that protect it from damage, exposing its vulnerable brain. The Nihilanth attacks Gordon by shooting energy spheres at him, and by teleporting him away into other chambers with more enemies in them. Gordon successfully closed the rift on Earth, but with his immense inter-dimensional powers the Nihilanth was able to hold the rift open personally, forcing Gordon to travel into Xen and destroy him. The Nihilanth's main action throughout the game, and his reason for being destroyed by Freeman is his ability to keep the rift between Earth and Xen open, allowing more of his minions to cross over. The Nihilanth is the ruler of the Vortigaunt race, residing in Xen. Nihilanth resides in a large chamber in the outer dimension of Xen, where he acts as ruler over the enslaved Vortigaunt race, one which is enslaved not by him, but by a higher power that held him as a slave as well. The Nilhilanth's powers and knowledge are far beyond comprehension, giving him a strong upper hand over the entire Black Mesa incident, one which he had no contribution to the start of but a major one to the ending. The Nihilanth's battle wounds consist of a large abdominal scar, and complete loss of his legs or other mobile appendages, his legs are thereby substituted by a mechanical levitation device, allowing him to hover instead. He is shown to have many scars and amputations on his body, depicting the outcome of an unknown event prior to the games storyline. The Nihilanth is a large extraterrestrial creature over 20 feet tall, with three arms and a massive cranium.
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