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Original Description:

I wasn’t sure about having Scutellum be a totally unique changeling with a taller stronger body type, so I decided to make more of them, though there are not many. Becoming an elite changeling means taking a lot of love magic and reveling in it. In short, elite changelings are super evil. Like the description says, they are upgraded drones, which makes drones special in being they can evolve further. Elites are really powerful and almost as good as Chrysalis at everything they do. We already saw how Scutellum turned in the giant, red, horned beast. They can turn into a lot of things and increase their power when they do. This is why Scutellum proved to be such a good villain to start the series off with: because you don’t want to mess with an elite changeling!

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