Locust Horde
The Locust Horde are a species that features in Gears of War.
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History
Locust War
The Locust Horde was a collection of beings that inhabited the planet Sera. Their origins were actually traced to the time of the Pendulum Wars when miners were exposed to Imulsion where they began to mutate following extended exposure. Infected individuals were taken by the Coalition of Ordered Governments where they were brought for study to the New Hope Research Facility in the hope of finding a cure. The Imulsion exposure led to the infected undergoing an early form of Lambency creating a race of individuals referred to as the Sires. The formation of these mutated individuals led to political forces in the COG fearing the media exposure and having the scientists seal the Sires away with their children taken to Mt. Kadar. These children of the Sires had Lambency within their cells who were born mutated with these becoming the first Locust. For years, the Locust began to develop underground and grow in number till they became known as the Locust Horde. They lived in the subterranean regions of Sera and inhabited in the extensive underground tunnel network that was known as 'the Hollow'. To the humans on Sera, the origins of the Locust were shrouded in mystery. There were many theories that surrounded the Locust with some believing they came from another planet or moon with them feeding on Imulsion whilst others thought that they came from Hell.
Eventually, they openly invaded the surface and began to attack the human people of Sera in an event that was known as Emergence Day. The Horde began to swarm across the cities where they began killing every man, woman and child in their quest for dominance. To stop their attackers, humanity resorted to destroying their own cities in order to halt the Locust assault.
In an attempt to stop the Horde, COG made detonated a Lightmass Bomb within their tunnel network which wounded the Locusts. However, this simply slowed down their onslaught and only delayed the long war with mankind.
The Swarm
In the aftermath of the Locust War, the remains of the Locust began to crystalize and encase themselves in a hard substance that made it difficult to burn. Thus, the COG decided to bury the Locust remains in various sites and left their weapons in these locations. Unknown to anyone, the Locust were not in fact dead but had underwent a chrysalis state and emerged in new forms in the abandoned burial sites. The original Locusts became known as Scions that sought to increase their number and resume their war against mankind. To achieve that end, they used biological mutation and infections from various organisms to transform humans into a half-Locust hybrids known as the Swarm. From various settlements, creatures named Snatchers were sent to attack isolated settlements and abduct humans that were transformed into the Swarm within the burial sites that had been turned into hives.
Overview
In appearance, the Locust were a race of humanoids that were a collection of various species that were distinctively beastial whilst coming in a variety of sizes and shapes.
There were numerous types of Locust that included:
- Wretches :
- Drones : the most common form of Locust encountered by the enemies of the Locust Horde and play the role of standard infantry on the battlefield. They appear as muscular Humanoids with whiteskin due to their underground based lifestyle. These creatures are both born and bred for combat with them being fearless even if they are outnumbered by the enemy. They make use of the Sera's massive tunnel network for troop movement allowing them to emerge from emergence holes to ambush their enemies in a surprise attack. There are different variants of the Drone which include standard creatures, gunners and snipers.
- Boomers :
- Berserkers :
Each of these many warriors make use of projectile weapons as well as their unique abilities to best their opponents. In terms of tactics, the Locust were not above sending swarms of their infantry to kill a single human soldier.
Among the organizations within the Horde included:
- Theron Guard : the elite foot soldiers of the Horde that were completely armored from head-to-toe who wore heavy-duty helmets immunizing them to headshots.
Locust Generals operated in a commanding role and acted under the guiding influence of the Locust Queen.
Numerous beasts are also employed to serve as living vehicles by the Horde with these animals included Locusts:
- Seeders :
- Reavers :
- Corpsers :
- Brumak :
Members
- RAAM' :
- Skorge :
- Myrrah :
Notes
- The Locust Horde appeared as major antagonists in the first three Gears of War games.
Appearances
- Gears of War:
