Wikitroid:Featured article queue/Month 04, 2010

The Emperor Ing is the eldest and strongest Ing in the Horde, their Alpha and Omega. He resides in the Sky Temple, with the main Ing energy controller. Samus Aran's battle with this evil monstrosity is depicted in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Being the very first Ing born from Dark Aether's creation, the Emperor Ing has been mutated and strengthened by Phazon energy and from the stolen Light of Aether. It is speculated that the Emperor, the first of the Ing race, was originally a Phaz-Ing chosen and mutated by the Leviathan which impacted Aether to serve as its guardian, and further altered by Dark Aether's poisonous, corrosive atmosphere. This is supported by the fact that its first form resembles an Inglet, a Phaz-Ing changed by dark energy. According to its scan, the Emperor Ing seems to be the only Ing to have absorbed Phazon, which the creature is constantly exposed to; this explains its key physical differences from other Ing.