Wikitroid:Featured article queue/Month 04, 2008

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. It is believed that the Emperor Ing, the first of the Ing race, was a Phaz-Ing chosen by the Leviathan which impacted Aether to serve as a guardian. This is supported by the fact that its first form resembles an Inglet, a Phaz-Ing altered by dark energy. The Phazon infusion caused it to grow to a tremendous size, and it was further altered on a subatomic level by its presence in Dark Aether, making it a creature more attuned to the darkness of Dark Aether rather than to Phazon.