Symbiont

• Vermiform

• 550 to 1,000 Years (If joined)

• Unknown

• Teardrop-shaped

• Could live more than a century before first joining with a host
• Joining occurred surgically, placing the symbiont in the host's abdomen;
• It connected neurologically & biologically with the host
• After 93 hours of joining, symbiont & host could not survive long without one another
• Retained the memories of all previous hosts, shared with each new one

• Trill

• None

• Unknown

• Cared for by Trill Guardians

• Born in pools of white liquid, in underground caverns
• Relied on the Trill to survive through hosts
• Symbiosis Commission oversaw the joining of the symbionts & Trills;
• Implanted only into Trill that had undergone a rigorous testing process
• Population was decimated by The Burn, very few Symbints survived