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An Orphenoch is a fictional human evolutionary stage seen in the 2003- 2004 Japanese television series Kamen Rider 555.

Orphenochs are supposed to be the next stage in human evolution. They are stronger, tougher, and faster, with various other special abilities.

Types

There are generally 3 types of Orphenoch:

- Natural Orphenochs become Orphenochs on their own, without the aid of other Orphenochs or Smart Brain Corporation, their powers are awakened after death; similar to the Immortal from Highlander.

- Created Orphenochs are made in Smart Brain laboratories or by other Orphenochs, and are often much weaker than other kinds of Orphenochs.

- Evolved Orphenochs have had their genetic flaw corrected by the Orphenoch King, but may no longer transform into their human form.

Abilities

All Orphenochs have the following abilities:

- Enhanced Sense: One of the Orphenoch’s senses has been enhanced to a superhuman level. They may be able to hear, smell or see great distances, tuning out background noise to focus on their target.

- Regeneration: This is the power that resurrects the Orphenoch after its first death. It is stronger in some Orphenochs than in others.

- Transformation: Any non-evolved Orphenoch may transform between their human form and their Orphenoch form. Their Orphenoch form is a white or gray humanoid with characteristics of either a plant or an animal. This abillity also lets them transform using Rider Gears.

- Armour (Orphenoch form only): All Orphenoch are armoured, such that they are immune to standard small arms fire. The strength of the armour varies wildly from Orphenoch to Orphenoch, and is a good measure of an Orphenoch's power. More powerful conventional weaponry can harm or even kill some Orphenochs, while others can withstand even the basic attacks of the Rider Gears (though most are destroyed by them.) In the movie, Paradise Lost all Orphenochs were portrayed as being invulnerable to normal bullets (and special bullets designed to fight them were a failure.)

- Siring: All Orphenochs are capable of making or "siring" other Orphenochs (similar to Vampires or Werewolves) by attacking humans and (usually) stabbing them through the heart. This has a very low success rate, and usually results in disintegrating the human in question. Some Orphenochs (most prevalent in Paradise Lost) seem to be capable of using long, skin piercing tentacles specifically for siring others, and one Orphenoch (Leo, posessor of the Psyga Gear never seen in Orphenoch form) does so (forming a tentacle from one of his index fingers) in human form. However, all other examples are in Orphenoch form.

Some Orphenochs have more abillities. It is unclear whether these abillities are unique to certain orphenochs, or simply a matter of skill (it is definitely implied that abillities like Energy Blasts can be learned by all Orphenochs, but not shown.) These secondary abillities include:

- Energy Blast: Orphenochs may fire energy blasts from their hands in either form. The attack is slow, and inaccurate over long distances, so it is often used as a surprise attack.

- Reanimation: One Orphenoch has been seen to be capable of regenerating his entire body after being disintegrated, although he was only capable of doing so a limited number of times. How he gained this abillity (or knew of it, and its limited supply) is unknown. It is also unknown whether any other Orphenochs could develop the same power. It may be linked the the Regeneration abillity that lets natural Orphenochs revive after their death as a human.

- Weapon Generation (Orphenoch form only): Some Orphenochs can generate some kind of weapon from their body. The weapon varies from Orphenoch to Orphenoch, but it is generally some kind of melee weapon, though guns are also possible. After battle they disappear like the armour, presumably absorbed into the Orphenoch's body. These weapons can be destroyed and later regenerated. On one occasion a weapon is taken from an Orphenoch who is thought to be dead, and remains solid for some time. It is unknown whether it later disintegrated, although the same Orphenoch was capable of generating the weapon next time he went into battle.

- Hybrid From (or Beast Form) (Orphenoch form only): Whilst in Orphenoch form, some Orphenochs may transform further into a hybrid between their Orphenoch and their plant/animal template. For example: Horse Orphenoch could transform into a Centaur like creature, the Crane Orphenoch can grow wings, Rose Orpheonoch could transform into a shower of rose petals, and the Elephant Orphenoch can use traits of an elephant.

- Secondary Form (or Demon Form) (Orphenoch form only): Some Orphenochs have exhibitted a second orphenoch form in addition to their first. Most notable is the Dragon Orphenoch, Kitazaki, could shift between an extremely bulky and powerful form to a thin and agile form; the Horse Orphenoch (Kiba Yuji) also had a second form (a variation on his helmet design) used towards the end of the series, and exclusively in Paradise Lost. It's stronger than the Hybrid Beast Form, but causes the Orpenoch to be more savage.

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