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| “ | The humans of Sera built a glorious civilization, but humans are not destined to create. They ultimately did what they do best. Destroy. But this was nothing, compared to a new threat, from below. An enemy that will force Humanity to take their last, inevitable steps, toward extinction. | „ |
| ~ Queen Myrrah on E-Day. |
| “ | They do not understand. They do not know why we wage this war. Why we cannot stop. Will not stop. Why we will fight and fight and fight. Until we win... Or we die. And we are not dead yet. | „ |
| ~ Queen Myrrah pledged that the Horde will never stop the war. |
| “ | You humans! Why do you think your lives are worth more than ours? Don't you realize who we are? Don't you recognize all your most admirable qualities in us? Oh yes... we are genocidal monsters! Just like you! | „ |
| ~ Queen Myrrah arguing with Marcus Fenix about the nature of the Locust during their final confrontation. |
| “ | Hubris! Ah so pious and moral! Even now! Your father always thought he had all the answers, but he had none! Nothing but clever ways to kill! The Hammer of Dawn, Jacinto, and now this! And his arrogance finally killed him! | „ |
| ~ Queen Myrrah's last moment before getting stabbed by Marcus. |
| “ | You failed us! We are what you could have been! We are a complete being! Connected! Immortal! You had a choice! And you squandered it! Alive or dead, you belong to us! | „ |
| ~ Queen Myrrah, now known as Queen Reyna, revealing herself to Kait. |
Queen Myrrah, also simply known as Myrrah, is the main antagonist of the Gears of War franchise, serving as the main antagonist of the original trilogy and the overarching antagonist of the sequel trilogy. She is the leader and queen of the Locust Horde. Leading her people hoping to colonize the surface and to destroy the Lambent threat in the Hollow, she leads the genocide of the human race, only to have the Locust Horde to face two near extinction events.
Due to her status over her subjects as the Queen, the Locust treat her with the utmost respect, dying for her if necessary. In the Chain of Command in the Locust Horde, Queen Myrrah is the central leader.
She is voiced by Carolyn Seymour in the English version and Yoshiko Okamoto in the Japanese version.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Myrrah was born in Tyrus to an Imulsion miner during the early Pendulum Wars. Living in an Imulsion township, her father and the other miners began to suffer from a fatal, respiratory condition known as Rustlung. This disease was caused by long-term exposure to Imulsion fumes. The Imulsion miners' children later became afflicted with this disease and exhibited notable birth defects, though Myrrah did not display any signs of complications.
Newhope Research Facility[]
Due to the newfound health effects of Imulsion exposure, the Coalition of Ordered Governments Department of Health established the New Hope Research Facility to house the children of Imulsion miners, study the toxicity of Imulsion, and create a cure for Imulsion sickness. Among the children relocated for treatment and experiments was Myrrah, designated at New Hope as Subject EV-184-9. The Director of the facility, Dr. Niles Samson, began to inject the children with daily doses of concentrated Imulsion to study the progress of Rustlung. He discovered that Imulsion's effects led to immediate, intense cell stress and degradation. However, other cells underwent point mutations that Dr. Samson considered beneficial to genetic engineering. During their evaluations, Dr. Torres discovered that Myrrah displayed no detectable cellular degradation despite being exposed to lethal levels of Imulsion. Dr. Torres brought this discovery to Dr. Samson and found that Myrrah exhibited complete genetic immunity to Imulsion's ill-effects. Myrrah was isolated and given her own furnished bedroom with special privileges, albeit under twenty-six hour surveillance by being recorded through a two-way mirror. It was hoped that her immunity could be replicated in the children. Myrrah gladly volunteered to be studied, wanting to assist the scientists in curing the other children, not knowing she was being injected with raw Imulsion under the guise of taking "medicine".
With Imulsion's mutagenic properties, Dr. Samson proposed that genetic engineering was the answer to resolving Rustlung and began transgenic experiments. Theorizing that indigenous creatures of the Hollow, such as the Riftworms, were genetically immune to Imulsion due to their habitat - Dr. Samson began mutating the human children with the DNA of Hollow animals. The first subject, Ukkon, was mutated by the foreign DNA and developed beneficial traits similar to Myrrah's, including regenerative healing. However, his Rustlung remained untreated and his physical appearance was transformed similar to the creatures of the Hollow. Dr. Samson turned his attention on developing the human species rather than a curing them - considering his work had military potential to end the Pendulum Wars. The experiments resulted in the other children transforming into feral and mindless chimeras called Sires. Myrrah felt compassion for Ukkon and the other Sires, viewing them as her friends. Dr. Samson was ultimately unable to replicate Myrrah's immunity and declared her a medical anomaly. Dr. Torres discovered that Myrrah began to benefit from Imulsion exposure, as her immune system became more resistant to disease and her body's aging process was decelerated 50% the rate of a normal child.
Due to the highly aggressive nature of the Sires and repeated attacks on staff members, employees of New Hope resigned and leaked information to the press. Inquires into the Department of Health led the Coalition to discover the unethical experimentation at New Hope. The facility was ordered to shut down, and all involved were indicted by the order of Chairman Monroe. Before the trial, a member of a fringe political party within the Coalition messaged Dr. Samson and expressed their desire to see his work continue without impeding ethics - as they believed the Sires could lead to both a cure for Rustlung and the end of the Pendulum Wars by creating enhanced soldiers against the Union of Independent Republics. The political group invited him to a laboratory hidden in the underground caverns of Mount Kadar. Before departure, a majority of the Sires were left in stasis at New Hope, guarded by a semi-sentient security system based on Nile Samson's personality. Unable to obtain authorization from Chairman Monroe to use vehicles to transport the subjects - Dr. Samson, the remaining loyal scientists, several dozen Sires under sedation, and Myrrah had to walk through the Kadar Valley during the night, in the snow, to avoid being caught. The New Hope scientists and subjects were successful in relocating to the Mount Kadar Laboratory.
Mount Kadar[]
At the Mount Kadar facility, Dr. Samson was able to experiment with impunity. Myrrah was groomed by Dr. Samson into being his collaborator in genetic research, raising her as his own. The scientists began to hybridize a new species by combining Sire DNA and human embryonic stem cells; which resulted in failed, disfigured offspring. As Myrrah matured into adolescence, Dr. Samson extracted Myrrah's embryonic stem cells and combined them with Sire DNA. The experiment was a success in creating the Matriarch - designated Subject UL-119-2. Able to reproduce, the Matriarch birthed the first generation of Drones, officially creating the Locust Horde. Due to her stem cells being used to create the Locust, Myrrah was connected to a Hivemind in which she was able to control the Locust telepathically through her temporal lobe. Dr. Torres developed a containment module for the Matriarch, as he believed suspending her in cryptochromic fluid could amplify the pyschomagnetic bond she and Myrrah shared. When Myrrah was inserted into the brain-computer interface connected to the Matriarch, her telepathic abilities over the Locust significantly increased.
While developing the Locust, their goal was to create an army of physically enhanced soldiers that would obey every command. Dr. Samson genetically designed them to be adaptable by withdrawing, hibernating and physically evolving in order to withstand generational conflict. Placed within cell blocks and stasis tanks, the Locust were taught how to communicate through lexigram boards, similar to apes. During their research, Dr. Torres developed a relationship with Myrrah. Dr. Samson was aware of their sexual relations and reluctantly allowed it to continue so Myrrah could produce a traditional human child with Dr. Torres for his teratological studies. Their copulation was successful in conceiving a human daughter, Reyna, designated Subject TE-872-3. Dr. Samson discovered that Reyna had inherited Myrrah's telepathic link to the Locust Hivemind, as well as her mother's resistance to aging and disease. Reyna became the focus of studies conducted at the Mount Kadar Laboratory. Dr. Torres grew disillusioned by the experiments being done to his daughter, resulting in him escaping the facility with her and taking only Myrrah's amulet to remember her. Dr. Samson was unable to prevent their escape, and thus lied to Myrrah that her daughter was killed in the event. This lie was to keep Myrrah from leaving the facility in pursuit of her daughter.
Uprising[]
Dr. Samson's lie regarding Reyna's fate was successful at containing Myrrah in the lab to continue their work. However, Myrrah became distraught and developed a hatred for Niles and the other scientists, blaming them for the death of her daughter and imprisoning her to endure a life of torturous experiments. Myrrah began to empathize with her Locust children who longed for independence, as they also felt imprisoned by the human scientists. Myrrah grew obsessed with the Locust, believing to be one of them and no longer identified herself as human. In her sketchbook, she obsessively drew the Locust as well as demonized caricatures of the scientists. As the Locust adopted the lexigrams, Myrrah began writing in their language. Myrrah continually had sessions with the Matriarch to test the extent of her telepathic powers over the Locust.
Dr. Niles Samson and the other scientists began to notice her influence over the Locust increasing. Fearing a violent outcome, Dr. Samson attempted to separate the two as he was concerned for the safety of the scientists. Dr. Samson failed as Myrrah had already discovered the full potential of her power. She then compelled the Locust to escape from their captivity and fight back. Using pipes and discarded weapons from the soldiers they killed, the Locust slaughtered the scientists and freed the other imprisoned Locust. Fatally wounded, Dr. Niles Samson activated the cryogenic lockdown and froze over the entire facility, killing the remaining scientists in an attempt to seal the facility's secrets. Myrrah, assuming her role as Queen of the Locust Horde, led the surviving Locust out of the facility and deeper into the caverns of Mount Kadar. She chose her title over the Locust as Queen in order to feel more embedded in Sera's history, more "Seran" than the humans who long since discarded their monarchies.
Building The Locust Horde[]
Queen Myrrah led her people into a large cavern under Mount Kadar to the create Nexus, the Locust capital. The main palace was built from a stalactite that hung over an Imulsion lake. A city was built on the cliff surrounding the palace. Because the Hollow tunnels and ecosystems were created by the Riftworms, a religion was created to worship them, known as the Trinity of Worms. Thus, a theocratic culture was based on the iconography of worms. To build a strong military and science division, Queen Myrrah had her people find scraps of human technology to repurpose as their own. The Locust Council was established, attended by the highest ranks of the Locust to inform Queen Myrrah on political, scientific, and military matters. Ukkon, who shared the same knowledge of genetic engineering with Queen Myrrah and Dr. Niles Samson, became the Locust Horde's resident scientist. Sraak, one of the first Drones ever created, was placed as the High General Uzil of the Locust Army. The first Kantus, Droak, was appointed the High Priest Ketor of the Trinity of Worms.
To build their Horde even stronger, Queen Myrrah used her knowledge of genetic engineering. Indigenous creatures of the Hollow were genetically enhanced and designed by Ukkon to become weapons, vehicles, and machines for the Locust Horde. Locust Drones were able to breed with Berserkers, but another process to create more Drones was to capture humans from the surface and use Niles Samson's research to transform them into Locust Drones. Captured humans who were not used for experiments were either enslaved as labor workers for the Locust Horde or used to feed the Hollow beasts. Sometime later, Ketor Droak the First died and his apprentice, Vrol, was appointed Ketor. Uzil Sraak continued to grow his army, training the young Drones from birth to kill and torture their enemies. While Queen Myrrah held contempt towards humans for making them live underground, she accepted that the Hollow belonged to the Locust by birthright, until the Lambent epidemic began.
Lambent War[]
Due to being exposed to Imulsion for so many years, the Locust and creatures of the Hollow began turning Lambent. The Imulsion parasite began to colonize their cells until their bodies became under its control. Able to mutate at will, the Lambent would only exist to infect other organisms and kill any threat. At the end of their life, the Lambent would self-detonate to release the Imulsion in order to spread the plague through the fumes. The Lambent attacked the Locust in the Hollow. Queen Myrrah led the Locust into the Lambent War in 7 B.E., in which they defended their land and lives against the infected.
As the Lambent War went on, the Locust were either killed or became infected, adding more to the Lambent's numbers. In the years before Emergence Day, Queen Myrrah considered enlisting the humans to help aide her people in the war against the Lambent, but she believed that humans only knew dominance and would not understand or accept the Locust, nor would they allow the existence of their involvement with New Hope be made public. Queen Myrrah instead planned an invasion to exterminate the human race and occupy the surface.
In 9 B.E., Doctor Elain Fenix had made the discovery of the Locust Horde. Before she could reveal her findings to the public, Queen Myrrah had Elain executed. Elain's husband, Professor Adam Fenix, traced her journals to the Hollow where he too would discover Queen Myrrah and her people. Queen Myrrah saw his potential and revealed to him how her people were suffering from an epidemic and civil war, and that if the Lambency could not be resolved, they would be forced to emerge and invade the surface. This would also involve killing all of humanity in order to colonize the surface. Adam feared her radical designs. With the resources and influence at his disposal, he agreed to find a cure for Lambancy as long as she did not invade the surface. Myrrah was left content and resumed fighting the Lambent.
Adam's work was left continually without results as he did not inform the other members of the COG about the discovery of the Locust, fearing that it might have had unintended consequences. In addition, the Pendulum Wars were still raging on the surface, forcing him to divert his attention from Lambency research to creating weapons of mass destruction like the Hammer of Dawn to ensure the COG's military and political supremacy on Sera. In the time he had to research Lambency, he discovered that biological measures and cures were unable to stop its evolutionary rate and that any physical measures, such as radiation, would kill the Locust as well due to Imulsion being a part of their DNA. As time went on, Myrrah grew disillusioned with Adam's promise and began making preparations to invade and colonize the surface
At the end of the seventh cycle of the Lambent War, Vold RAAM shared his concerns with Queen Myrrah about losing the front to the Lambent, with their people continually dying or becoming infected. Vold RAAM, against the orders of Uzil Sraak, informed Myrrah of his desired plan to emerge and colonize the surface, leaving the Lambent in the Hollow and destroying the human race in the process. Uzil Sraak assured Myrrah their victory in the war with the Lambent, but it was unknown to Sraak that Myrrah already knew of the stakes and had the same plan as RAAM. In order to convince the Queen, Vold RAAM, with the help of Kantus Skorge and Vold Karn, devised a plan that allowed the Lambent to advance in the Hollow by purposefully withdrawing from the front lines, making Queen Myrrah understand the futility of fighting the Lambent. Following the invasion of Lambent and assault on the Temple of the Trinity, Myrrah demoted Uzil Sraak to Vold and promoted Vold RAAM to Uzil, the High General of the Locust Horde. Myrrah revealed to Uzil RAAM that she too had been surveying the surface and planning an invasion. Queen Myrrah and Uzil RAAM devised the emergence and attack of the surface that would become Emergence Day.
Locust War[]
Queen Myrrah, after years of planning, waited until the end of the Pendulum Wars to strike at the humans. After delivering a final speech to her troops - Queen Myrrah unleashed her horde six weeks after the end of the Pendulum Wars. Uzil RAAM and Kantus Skorge led a large army to the city of Jannermont, while Zamil Karn led dozens of Blights into the Republic of Gorasnaya. Vold Sraak was lost during the First Battle of Jannermont - executed by Uzil RAAM for treason - losing one of the best warriors of the Horde. Every major city on Sera was attacked except for key cities located on the Jacinto Plateau due to its granite bedrock. Other cities located on island chains such as the South Islands and Lesser Islands Chain were also spared due to oceanic trenches. Queen Myrrah was successful in the surprise invasion on Sera's surface. After twenty-six hours, 25% of the human race was killed and millions more were captured by the Horde. The Locust continued to emerge and occupy Seran cities, butcher humans indiscriminately, and scrap for resources.
Occupying Sera[]
| “ | For a time, the humans of Sera knew the illusion of peace. . . until Emergence Day. At that moment, our people broke free from our subterranean world, erupting into the domain of these ground walkers, and wiping out whole cities. We fought and killed the humans on their fine boulevards, in their homes, on their battlefields. And they fought back. In time, their valiant defense was crushed. With billions dead, humans denied their enemy control by destroying their own civilization. They launched devastating attacks on their own territory—sacrificing their own citizens—so that we could not possess it. Such is their loathing and fear of us. Understand what a world must do to survive—what humans must do, and what we must do. But survive we must. Now the humans’ long struggle against overwhelming odds approaches the final, desperate stand. | „ |
| ~ Queen Myrrah on the Locust War. |
In the following year of emergence, the Queen's army conquered most of the surface for colonization and captured new Seran technology. Queen Myrrah was aware that among the last safe places on Sera were the cities located on the Jacinto Plateau. Queen Myrrah believed that they could reach Ephyra by conquering cities on the Jacinto Plateau by surrounding the city - allowing for her soldiers to dig deeper into the plateau. Queen Myrrah and the Locust Horde suffered a major loss during the Destruction of Halvo Bay, when Zamil Karn was killed by Colonel Ezra Loomis after the Shibboleth was destroyed. Though Halvo Bay would ultimately fall, the Locust lost one of their top generals, as well as thousands of troops to the Lightmass Missile, utilized by Kilo Squad, and the staging ground of the Museum of Military Glory.
With the COG being the last main human force, Queen Myrrah went forward to attack Tyrus and attempted to conquer Ephyra to destroy the rest of humanity. Newly elected Chairman Richard Prescott fortified the Jacinto Plateau before launching the Hammer of Dawn Strikes, destroying 90% of Sera's surface outside the Jacinto Plateau and denied the Locust the ability to scavenge human technology from the cities they conquered and stage their ground near Ephyra. As most of the Locust Army was underground, the Locust did not suffer many casualties as the COG had anticipated. Their only major loss was the occupation of land and technology. The humans suffered more in comparison, as millions were killed by their own and the Hammer Strikes caused irreversible environmental damage to the surface. In that time, the Locust inhabited the Deadlands and charred remains of Sera. Queen Myrrah pushed her Locust as the Lambent continued to advance in the Hollow.
Her campaign of occupying the remains of Sera was led by Chief Scientist Ukkon. During his campaign, he managed to discover Dr. Torres and Myrrah's long lost daughter, Reyna, hiding in a laboratory in Zenic, Vasgar. Ukkon killed Dr. Torres and imprisoned Reyna, reclaiming Queen Myrrah's old amulet. Reyna was rescued by a convoy of Gears led by Sgt. Gabriel Diaz. The convoy attacked Ukkon's laboratory, resulting in Reyna killing Ukkon. Reyna later married Gabriel and remained as a Stranded, while Queen Myrrah lost her best scientist and as well as the lead on her estranged daughter. With the loss of Vold Sraak, Zamil Karn, and High Scientist Ukkon in the first year of the Locust War, Queen Myrrah withdrew her forces.
While still engaging on the front lines, the Locust Horde needed to resupply themselves for the great push towards Ephyra. For the next nine years, Queen Myrrah's targets would be cities on the Jacinto Plateau that would gradually lead the Locust to Ephyra and Jacinto City. The Locust reemerged in 5 A.E. and attacked the town of Landown during the Winter of Sorrow. The citizens were evacuated to Jacinto as Landown was occupied by the Locust. Cities on the Jacinto Plateau, like Landown, were targets for Locust occupation in order to use as staging grounds to reach Ephyra. With utilizing Uzil RAAM, Seeders, Nemacysts and the Kryll, Queen Myrrah conquered cities using the Kryllstorms to kill all the humans and allow Locust occupation and victory. This practice was used for stepping stones to Ephyra until 10 A.E.
Assault on Illima[]
In 9 A.E., Myrrah directed Uzil RAAM to attack the city of Ilima with a Kryllstorm. She planned on using the city as a stepping stone to an attack on the COG capital of Ephyra, which she hoped would end the war. As RAAM entered the city, Myrrah communicated with him telepathically, ordering him to destroy all humans and to escort a Tremor to various points in the city so it could summon Seeders and continue the process of inking up the sky, allowing the Kryll to advance on the city faster. Myrrah monitored his progress as RAAM went from one emergence point to the next and guided him when the COG brought out various heavy weapons and vehicles to try and stop him.
Once the last Seeder needed for the area was summoned, Myrrah ordered RAAM to move on to the next zone, and eagerly anticipated the cities fall. Myrrah ordered RAAM and his elite forces to attack downtown Ilima.. Uzil RAAM led an assault at the last evacuation point in Ilima, the Children's School of Hope, led by Lt. Minh Young Kim. Uzil Raam was successful in killing Pvt. Alicia Valera and inking the skies enough for the Locust and Kryll to occupy Ilima, but was wounded in action and unable to destroy the last convoy evacuating from Ilima. With Ilima under their control, they were one more step from Ephyra and continued on with their campaign to destroy the capital city.
Fall of Ephyra[]
After a decade of the Locust War, Queen Myrrah had succeeded in her campaign of conquering major cities of Tyrus as major staging grounds in order to attack and conquer Ephyra. Queen Myrrah and Uzil RAAM launched the ultimate assault on Ephyra. They would soon conquer the last major human capital, leaving the COG with nowhere else but Jacinto City, and would capture Professor Adam Fenix and further continue his responsibility to cure the Lambent. During which, Professor Adam Fenix delivered a message to Myrrah personally expressing that he could help, but only if she were to call for peace and both the COG and Locust could solve the Lambency harmoniously. Myrrah returned the message declaring that they would capture him, and any resistance will be met with his son's capture and death. Adam responded that killing him won't bring him to save Sera, but agreed to surrender peacefully. Queen Myrrah sent Uzil RAAM and her troops during the attack to amass outside Haldane Hall.
Professor Fenix sent a final message of goodbye to his son, Marcus Fenix, and that the Locust had broken through East Barricade Academy to his house. Sgt. Marcus Fenix perceived this as a distress call and responded by defying his orders to destroy the Chancery Bridge and brought Cpl. Dominic Santiago, Cpl. Jace Stratton, and Cpl. Tai Kaliso back at the house with the Hammer of Dawn. The Locust attacked the house as Sgt. Fenix fought them off while the Professor gathered his research. As the King Raven began to land for evac, it was hit by enemy forces and crashed into side of the house, burying Professor Fenix in the rubble and appearing that he had been crushed to death. Sgt. Fenix retreated as the Onyx Guard searched the rubble of the house and discovered that Professor Fenix had survived. Chairman Prescott ordered to be taken to Azura. To everyone else, including Queen Myrrah, Professor Fenix had died during the battle. Myrrah ordered the Locust to take the house and the rest of Ephyra, making Queen Myrrah mostly successful, pushing the humans back to their last city, Jacinto.
Lightmass Offensive[]
| “ | I'm pleased with our progress. I understand they have located another squad. Our strategy remains the same. Cut off the head of the Snake and the body dies. We will win this war. It's only a matter of time. | „ |
| ~ Queen Myrrah narrating. |
In the Lightmass Offensive, Queen Myrrah is behind the scenes and never on screen, narrating to the player from a Locust Horde perspective when General RAAM attacks the Delta Squad pick up in Ephyra, resulting in the death of Minh Young Kim, and then again after the Lightmass Bombing in Timgad Valley is successful for the COG.
When she first narrates, she is confident in the success of the Locust forces in the war, and following the detonation of the Lightmass bombs, she states that the Locust Horde cannot stop fighting and will not stop fighting until they either win or become extinct.
Operation Hollow Storm[]
Queen Myrrah in her gown.
The Queen was surprised that not only was the Lightmass Bomb detonated but her General was killed. Nexus and the Inner Hollows were weakened by the bomb, but were able to recuperate. The Lightmass Bomb had two effects on the Locust Horde: it exterminated the Kryll and awoke the Locust deity, the Riftworm. So, she had the High Locust Priest Skorge use the Kantus Scroll to take control of the Rift Worm to sink Human cities around Jacinto City.
While the Locust counterattack was underway, the Lambent Locust continued to gain ground in the Locust Civil War, forcing the Queen to order daring raids on the surface. Knowing the only way to beat the Humans was to use a page from "Adam Fenix's plan", which dictated sinking the surrounding cities of the Jacinto plateau to get to Jacinto. The result would flood the Hollows, and kill the Lambent. For the next 6 months, Tollen, Montevado, and numerous military outposts were destroyed by the Rift Worm, but her desperate plans also push humanity against a wall and they soon launch their own counterattack, Operation Hollow Storm.
During the COG Operation, Skorge sunk Ilima. The sinking of the city leads to the COG's discovery of the Rift Worm and its destruction. Her plan was set back, but Jacinto was sitting on six pillars. In the midst of the second wave of Operation Hollow Storm, both Lambent and COG forces entered Nexus, leading to the fall of the city and the apparent death of Skorge. With her palace raided by Delta-One, she escaped on a Reaver and presumably left the Hollow before the humans sank Jacinto and flooded the Hollow themselves, decimating the Locust Horde forces.
In her final monologue (given presumably from safety) in Gears of War 2, she alludes to the possibility that the sinking of Jacinto will have unexpected results.
Last Stand on Azura[]
Marcus kills Myrrah by stabbing her with Dom's Commando knife.
| “ | You feel that? That's from Dom... and everyone else you killed you bitch! | „ |
| ~ Marcus Fenix after stabbing Queen Myrrah |
Myrrah's guards, including Boomers and Reavers, failed to stop Delta Squad from destroying the Maelstrom Generator, which allowed a combined COG/UIR fleet to lay siege to Azura. With Marcus now inside the hotel and moving closer to Adam's location and the sudden appearance of the Lambent, Myrrah decided to personally stop Marcus. She burst through the hotel wall atop her Tempest, using its heat breath against Delta Squad and ranting about having given Adam twenty years to stop the Lambent.
Delta Squad dropped an enormous counterweight on her Tempest, sending her to the ground floor and leaving her for dead. Only slightly inconvenienced by being hit with a multi-ton weight, Myrrah and her Tempest followed them to the roof to try and stop Adam's weapon. She shot down a King Raven] which Clayton Carmine shot at her from and blasted away at Delta Squad. When her Tempest took enough damage, it fell to the roof, where the humans deployed the Hammer of Dawn against her. She attacked the weapon itself, demanding that Adam stand down and remarking about the similarities between humanity and the Locust: both were genocidal, hateful races that considered each other monsters.
After multiple Hammer blasts, the Tempest finally died and Adam's anti-Lambency weapon was activated. But even the Hammer couldn't keep Myrrah down; she extracted herself from the Tempest's carcass, her face burned, and gloated about Adam’s death to his son and how he could only create doomsday weapons. Enraged, Marcus stabbed Myrrah with Dominic Santiago’s knife and told her it was for Dom and the billions that died in the Locust War. Queen Myrrah died in a pool of her own blood while her Horde died slowly to Adam's weapon.
Swarm[]
Despite her death, Myrrah was revealed to be still alive as her conciousness was apart of the Swarm hivemind and takes over her daughter Reyna to become queen.
Personality[]
Myrrah holds cynical and xenophobic views, which drive her ruthless and destructive war tactics. She sees the human race as savages that only destroy, and that no matter how hard they may try, they will always be destined to destroy. Believing that, she ordered the genocidal assault on the surface of Sera known as Emergence Day when the Lambent threat arose in the Hollow rather than seeking diplomacy, and saw it fulfilled when the humans countered the Locust's near victory with the Hammer of Dawn Counterattack.
Queen Myrrah's view on the Lambent is a little less clear as it has yet to be revealed which side instigated the Locust Civil War yet. Her hatred for the Lambent is described as an "infection" that afflicts the Locust Horde. On a transmission she explains, "We cannot allow the Lambent to pollute the surface. We must bury their infection here.".
She refuses to surrender either to the humans or the Lambent and wishes for the Locust Horde to reign not only supreme over the others, but to exterminate all of the other threats to the Horde as well.
Appearance[]
Myrrah is a descendant of the scientists who worked at the New Hope Research Facility. Her accent suggests that she is from the same region or nation as Dr. Niles Sampson, indicating some possible connection between them.
Unlike the Locust, Myrrah is a normal human, as she was unaffected by Adam's Imulsion Countermeasure Device when it was activated, although she considers herself as a Locust.
Unlike the rest of the Locust Horde and other Locust females, Myrrah exhibits human-like qualities in her appearance and mannerisms. Most notable is she speaks Tyran (Sera's equivalent to English) fluently, unlike others in the Horde who only speak phrases at a time. Her physical appearance, excluding her pale skin and her back, appears more human than of Locust origin.
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