Given sufficient time, the torso will transform and ultimately develop to the stage of a 'mature' Guardian. At the very most, they will play dead until approached, or otherwise alerted, when they will attempt to cause damage by flailing out the host's intestines.

At this stage, the newly formed Guardian is extremely weak and lethargic, being easily dispatched and incapable of performing any kind of lethal attacks. More specifically, the torso is only intact down to the waist, where the abdomen is vertically split apart with the entrails hanging out. The transformation of the host is quite extensive and both their first and last stages can be witnessed.Ĭoncept art of a mature Guardian in Dead Space (2023).Īt the beginning stage, the 'premature' Guardian still retains some resemblance to their human host, although they are heavily mutilated.

Guardians are created from a single human body that has been fused together with the Corruption growing on the walls, thus establishing a form of symbiosis.

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