First featured in Prometheus, the Deacon served as an epilogue for the film to make its connection to the Alien series even more concrete than just featuring the Engineers. The Deacon’s first appearance has so far been its only appearance and as such mankind has never knowingly encountered the creature.
With no in-universe name, it is known only by the nickname given to the design by the production crew – the Deacon. This was due to the shape of the creature’s head resembling clerical headwear.
As with the Neomorphs and the Aliens, the Deacon is a creature whose origins are derived from the black goo – the accelerant – that was being used as a weapon by the Engineers. Like the Neomorphs and the Aliens, the Deacon has a similar morphology, most obviously with the elongated skull and a secondary inner-jaw.
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