Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

<passage>:
MIGHTIEST QORN Sly, brave and truculent, the Qornt held all humans in contempt—except one! Ambassador Nitworth glowered across his mirror-polished, nine-foot "Gentlemen, are any of you familiar with a race known as the Qornt?" There was a moment of profound silence. Nitworth leaned forward, looking solemn. "They were a warlike race known in this sector back in Concordiat times, perhaps two hundred years ago. They vanished as suddenly as they had appeared. There was no record of where they went." He paused for effect. "They have now reappeared—occupying the inner planet of this system!" "But, sir," Second Secretary Magnan offered. "That's uninhabited Qorn got a leg under him "Indeed, Mr. Magnan?" Nitworth smiled icily. "It appears the Qornt do Terrestrial territory...." seated himself in Qorn's vacated chair. "A couple of you finish His Supreme Excellency The Qorn, Regent of Qornt, Over-Lord of the trussing Qorn up for me." thirtieth day. Then will the Qornt come with steel and fire. Receive, "What good would that do? Qornt are Qornt. It seems there's always one frowns to settle into place. "Note, gentlemen, that these invaders have appeared on terrestrial controlled soil—and without so much as a flicker from the instruments of the Navigational Monitor Service!" the new Qornt stepping on our heels—" "I've lost the thread," Magnan said. "Who are the new Qornt?" "After estivating, the Verpp moult, and then they're Qornt, of course. The Military Attache blinked. "That's absurd," he said flatly. Nitworth Qornt fleets are indetectible!" "We're up against something new, gentlemen! I've considered every warmongers like Qorn?" "Very likely. 'The milder the Verpp, the wilder the Qorn,' as the old hypothesis from cloaks of invisibility to time travel! The fact is—the "What do Qornt turn into?" Retief asked. "Hmmmm. That's a good question. So far, none have survived Qornthood." we prefer a nice numerical advantage. Not this business of tackling you Terrestrials over on Guzzum—that was a mad notion. We had no idea what Qornt "Only a dead Qornt stays home when Attack day comes. And even if "Where are you going, Magnan?" Nitworth snapped. Qornt personally." "Not afraid of a few Qornt, are you, Magnan?" couldn't locate the Qornt. We'll go back now and report—" Magnan gulped audibly. The Qornt froze, head tilted, beak aimed them." "Those undoubtedly are the most bloodthirsty, aggressive, merciless countenances it has ever been my misfortune to encounter," Magnan said. The smaller of the two captive Qornt ran long, slender fingers over "I mean altogether. How many Qornt?" "Aren't you a Qornt?" like Qornt." "Oh, not at all—except perhaps to a Terrestrial. The Qornt are sturdily built rascals, all over ten feet in height. And, of course, they do nothing but quarrel. A drone caste, actually." "A caste? You mean they're biologically the same as you?" "Not at all! A Verpp wouldn't think of fertilizing a Qornt." "I mean to say, you are of the same basic stock—descended from a common ancestor, perhaps." "We are all Pud's creatures." "What are the differences between you, then?" "Why, the Qornt are argumentive, boastful, lacking in appreciation "The outer planet of this system." "Oh, yes. We call it Guzzum. I had heard that some sort of creatures had established a settlement there, but I confess I pay little note to "How many Qornt would you say there are at Tarroon?" "You mean that there are only fifteen or twenty individual Qornt in "And the Qornt are responsible for the ultimatum—unilaterally?" slapped the table. "Do you mean to say," Magnan demanded, "that these ferocious Qornt, who "Nonsense, Slun!" Zubb pushed forward. "I'll escort our guests to Qornt "Yes, yes, of course. Qornt Hall lies here inside the village." high-pitched screeching. "Softly, now. We approach Qornt Hall. They "Oh, the majority of the Qornt favor the move, I imagine." "These few hotheads are permitted to embroil the planet in war?" "Oh, they don't embroil the planet in war. They merely—" "Retief, this is fantastic! I've heard of iron-fisted military cliques before, but this is madness!" tattered banners, scarred halberds, pikes, rusted longswords, crossed spears over patinaed hauberks, pitted radiation armor, corroded power rifles, the immense mummified heads of horned and fanged animals. Great the magnificently draped, belted, feathered and jeweled Qornt carried "Ah, a moment," Zubb said. "Observe the Qornt—the tallest of the "Certainly. What other kind would the Qornt bother with?" They mount a variety of weapons. The Qornt are fond of that sort of thing. Each of the Qornt has his own, of course. They're virtually "And now an interview with the Qorn himself," Zubb shrilled. "If you'll anything that annoys the Qornt, it's Qornt-like behavior in others. Now Qorn looked Retief over in silence, then belched. "Stay back!" Qorn hooted. "Stand over there where I can keep an eye on "Not here, you're not!" Qorn trumpeted. "Want peace, do you? Well, I "I guess so," grunted a giant Qornt in iridescent blue with Qorn's eyes bulged. He half rose. "We've been all over this," he "Oh, sure, Qorn." Qorn rumbled and resumed his seat. "All for one and one for all, that's "And you're the one, eh, Qorn?" Retief commented. "Silence!" Qorn hooted. "No use your talking to my loyal lieutenants "I can lick any Qornt in the house." Qorn said. "That's why I'm Qorn." "You can do better than that," Qorn hooted. "Now here's a suggestion: "Oh, I doubt that," the blue-and-flame Qornt said. "Why should they?" Qorn rolled an eye at Retief and another at Magnan. "Take these two," "What?" Qorn trumpeted. Behind Retief, Magnan spluttered. Qornt Hall—uninvited, at that—and in chains—" "We'll take you on!" Qorn French-horned. "We're the Qorn! We glory in "Hogwash," the flame-and-blue Qorn cut in. "If it wasn't for you, Qorn, "Qorn, you seem to be the fire-brand here," Retief said. "I think the Retief watched as Qorn's aides helped him out of his formal trappings. doubt if old Qorn would weigh up at more than two-fifty standard pounds arms. Qorn stalked forward, long lean legs bent, long horny feet clacking against the polished floor. The other aliens—both servitors and bejeweled Qornt—formed a wide circle, all eyes unwaveringly on the combatants.

<question>:
According to Ambassador Nithworth, who are the Qornt?

<options>:
A They are the inhabitants of the next planet that they plan to overtake.
B An alien race who are known to be mediators amongst warring nations.
C They are gods and should be feared.
D An alien race that was very violent but somehow disappeared several centuries before.

<answer>:

D