Zerkling

The Zerkling is a vaguely humanoid creature in appearance standing 1 metre tall it is taller then most of the sentient races on Caetteorea. it is formed when a dwarf has been underground for more then 5 days and is extremely dangerous. there is no known way to turn them back. the Zerkling is also extremely cannibalistic and will eat dwarfs and other Zerklings. the Zerkling doesn't seem to speak but instead makes bone chilling clicking noises. the Zerkling is also partially blind in sunlight and will avoid sunlight at all costs. The Zerkling also seems to be immune to most diseases that would kill most other creatures. The Zerkling is also extremely strong able to rip through durasteel in a matter of minutes and also extremely intelligent with a average IQ of 258. but the smarter the dwarf was the smarter the Zerkling.