
Unbeknownst to her, she received donations from both a Thoha and Mawkin Chozo the latter granted her an innate talent for combat while cancelling out the former's pacifying effect on Metroids.Īfter many battles with the Metroids and those who would seek to exploit them, Samus visited SR388 and eradicated the species, save for a single infant. The Mawkin and Quiet Robe left SR388 afterwards, leaving the Metroids to eventually be discovered by the Galactic Federation.Īs a child, Samus Aran was rescued from K-2L by the Chozo of Zebes, who raised her there and infused her with their DNA to give her enhanced physical capabilities. However, the Mawkin, led by Raven Beak, sought to use the Metroids to conquer the galaxy to this end, they slaughtered all but one Thoha, Quiet Robe. With the Mawkin's help, the Thoha contained the Metroids in the depths of SR388, and they proposed destroying the planet to eliminate them. While the Thoha knew how to control the Metroids, they engineered them to treat Mawkin Chozo as hostile.Īlthough the Metroids succeeded in controlling the X's population, they evolved past their larval stage and began to turn on their creators.

The creatures had the ability to siphon the energy of a bioform, reducing them to a brittle husk.


The Metroids were a species genetically engineered by the Thoha Chozo to eradicate the X Parasites on SR388, which they considered a significant threat to galactic stability.
