Ketor Skorge is the main antagonist of Gears of War 2, and the villain deuteragonist of The Rise of RAAM comics. He was the High Priest of the Kantus and Following the death of Uzil RAAM, he was appointed the new Uzil (High General) of the Locust Horde.
He was voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.
Biography[]
During the Assault on Landown, Skorge personally lead the counterattack against the Coalition of Ordered Governments forces in the drill zone. He emerged from an Emergence Hole, and jumped into the air, landing on a Centaur tank. He cut the Centaur in half with his dual bladed chainsaw staff, and then jumped aboard Rig 314. He engaged in a chainsaw duel with both Corporal Tai Kaliso and Private Dizzy Wallin, defeating Tai while Dizzy managed to escape after Tai ordered him to flee. Skorge captured Tai and several other Gears so they could be "processed", chaining them up and taking them into the Hollow.
While many Gears made it into the Hollow during Operation: Hollow Storm, Skorge was able to destroy Ilima with the Riftworm, leading to a battle in the sunken city. However, the Riftworm was killed at the hands of Delta-One, depriving Skorge of his main asset to destroy Jacinto City.
Later, both COG forces and Lambent troops attacked Nexus, laying siege to the Locust capital. Skorge was defending the Palace when he learned of Delta's plan to sink Jacinto and informed Queen Myrrah, and waited with her in the throne room until Delta arrived. After she briefly questioned them, Myrrah ordered Skorge to kill them, and he engaged in a duel with Delta Squad members Sgt. Marcus Fenix and Cpl. Dominic Santiago. He attacked them with Ink Grenades and sent Tickers at them, but they managed to evade them. He tried to kill them by knocking down pillars and portions of the roof, but they avoided those as well. Skorge then engaged in a Chainsaw duel with Marcus, but retreated after he was bested in combat and his dual-chainsaw staff broke, and he called for his Hydra to pick him up. After Delta-One boarded Reavers, Skorge gave chase to them on the Hydra. He chased them through the Hollows tunnels until they grew too small for the Hydra, but caught up to them in the air outside of Jacinto. After a vicious aerial battle, his Hydra was killed, and Skorge died on impact when his body slammed into the ground.
Personality and Traits[]
Skorge along with many others of the Locust race were cruel toward Serans. He directed Locust forces to capture and torture Gears and Stranded, and personally saw to the torture of several.
Being the leader of the Kantus, Skorge wore a different helmet and armor than his subordinates. His helmet was more of a headdress, with reddish-brown leather straps (giving him the appearance of dreadlocks), rather than the crown-like helmets the Kantus wear. His armor did not entail the twin bands of cloth of the regular Kantus, but instead consisted of spiked armor plates on his forearms and thighs, giving him a more menacing and monstrous look. He also wore armor on his chest, leaving most of his torso bare.
Skorge also owned a dual-chainsaw staff, that he used to destroy a Centaur tank and to duel with Marcus Fenix in the halls of the Palace.
Legacy[]
Marcus would remember Skorge as being one of the most ferocious enemies that he and his squad had ever faced. During the Lambent Pandemic after being contacted by Dizzy that Myrrah was taking Griffin Tower, Marcus reassured his friends that Dizzy would be okay and that he had survived worse, like his encounter with Skorge at Landown. On another occasion, after Delta found Dizzy single-handedly fighting a massive number of Queen's Guard, Dizzy joked that he should've learned his lesson about taking on more than he could handle from fighting Skorge single-handedly. Marcus commented that Dizzy appeared to have learned plenty.
Trivia[]
- Skorge's name may be a play on the word scourge.
- Skorge's design was based on the Predator monster.
- Skorge and RAAM had a close friendship throughout the Gears of War: The Rise of RAAM Comic Series. It was RAAM who chose Skorge to be his successor once he met his demise.