Briareos Hecatonchires
Briareos Hecatonchires is an anime and manga character who features in Appleseed.
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Biography
Briareos (Japanese: ブリアレオス, Hepburn: Buriareosu) [Hecatonchires Cyborg System] (ヘカトンケイレス, Hekatonkeiresu)
Originally, he was an African man from the Mediterranean, Briareos was used as a terrorist by the KGB while still a child. He sought political asylum in the former USA after killing the unit's commander of operations - for which he was put on the international 'most wanted' list as an assassin. After meeting an agent from Special Security Forces, he began operating as a partner with the man's daughter, Deunan Knute. Caught in an explosion, the 31 year old survived only by undergoing a full cyborg body replacement - and has been making modifications ever since.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Three quarters machine, Briareos still maintained a cardiovascular and digestive system but appeared to had lost his reproductive system. He stills was capable of eating and drinking with him having some ability to get inebriated to some extent. Having somehow escaped brain damage during the wartime injuries that forced him to be rebuilt as a cyborg, he maintains all of his original human memories and his personality. His voice had changed somewhat, though the polyphonic speech synthesizer he now used produces an accent quite similar to his former self. Tereus, his clone, maintained his original voice.
Although his body is almost completely artificial, he suffers little loss in humanity. His outer skin is elastic, capable of feeling sensation, and the temperature can be adjusted to the cyborg's preferences. He had eight eyes mounted on his head, four in his face with the large sensor in the middle being actually his nose whilst two were located at the bases of his 'rabbit ear' sensors facing rearward, and two at the tips, which allowed him to safely look around corners.
His body mixes a combination of real and artificial skin, but relies upon what appears to be relatively unchanged human blood. When shot multiple times by high powered guns in volume one of the manga, he bleeds considerably, and has to enter a sleep mode in order to prevent damage to both his biological and artificial brains. Under his skin are multiple heat-transfer membranes, which allow him to sweat like a human.
Notes
- Briareos Hecatonchires was created by Masamune Shirow where he featured in the Appleseed universe.
In other media
Films
Appearances
- Appleseed:
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