Gears Of War 5 Swarm Characters

"Guys, that sounded similar there were dozens of em'. Hundreds. Like a... similar a Swarm."

—Delmont Walker, dubbing the term during the ambush in Fort Umson.

The Swarm is a race of creatures created by the surviving members of the Locust Horde. The Swarm appeared on Sera in 42 A.E., 20-5 years subsequently the finish of the Locust War. The creator of the Locust, Dr. Niles Samson, genetically engineered the Locust to exist able to withstand generational conflict. Their DNA was designed with the ability to evolve in order to adapt to new environmental atmospheric condition. This genetic trait was triggered in 17 A.E. by the Imulsion Countermeasure Weapon, a targeted radiation device aimed at killing cells colonized past Imulsion. Earlier the Locust could be killed, the Imulsion residing in their cells were expelled from their bodies and crystallized to form an bulletproof cocoon shell. Inside the shells, the Locust Horde evolved into Scions xx-five years after their hibernation.

Seeking to continue their previous war with humanity in club to conquer the surface of Sera, the Scions created the Swarm as a bio-organism capable of transforming any organic life into a new species of creatures connected to the Hivemind, allowing the Scions full control to command their new army. The Scions besides sought to restore Queen Myrrah equally their leader by capturing her daughter, Reyna Diaz, and instilled her with Myrrah'south consciousness. Unlike the Locust, who primarily waged war on humanity in order to escape the Lambent, the Swarm intend to finish what their predecessors started on Emergence 24-hour interval: to kill all humans in guild claim Sera every bit their own. The Swarm outbreak initiated another globe-spanning disharmonize between the Locust and humanity known as the Swarm Invasion.

History [ ]

Origins [ ]

After the Imulsion Countermeasure Weapon was deployed, it was thought that the Locust Horde had been wiped out. With the state of war finally won, the COG Army initially intended to destroy the bodies of their fallen enemies via burning. This ultimately became impossible equally all of the Locust bodies had somehow become encased in an incredibly dense crystalline construction composed of Imulsion that protected their remains. Unable to destroy the remains, the newly reformed Coalition of Ordered Governments decided to dispose of them in several hush-hush caverns and abandoned facilities that they had converted into burial sites. Despite general belief that the Locust Horde was gone forever, they had actually managed to survive the Imulsion Countermeasure by going into hibernation inside their crystalline shells over the side by side twenty-five years.

In 42 A.Eastward., the Locust finally reemerged and hatched from their cocoons. The Locust Drones grew in strength and size and outgrew their original scales. Other Hollow Creatures began to reemerge every bit well, such every bit the newly evolved Brumak. However, the Locust realized they were still depression in numbers and were nevertheless missing a Queen - every bit one is needed to assistance them for growth and guidance. By unknown means, the Scions figured out a manner to use biological masses produced in the burial sites to connect living creatures into a neural biological network and transform them into a whole new species that would follow their commands. These burial sites would become strongholds known as Hives. Snatchers were created to capture humans and put them in pods within a Hive where they would undergo the transformation process. Myrrah, with her consciousness nevertheless alive inside the Hivemind, was able to somewhat lead the Swarm, but relied on the Speaker to pb the regular army and discover her long-lost girl, Reyna Diaz, in order to inhabit her body and become Queen once more for the Swarm. The Swarm so began to kidnap Outsiders, patrolling Gears, and other survivors outside the Settlements. The Coalition of Ordered Governments accused the Outsiders, a grouping of humans formed from the Stranded who refused to alive in COG jurisdiction, of stealing their people.

Swarm Invasion [ ]

Reemergence [ ]

"Guys, that sounded like there were dozens of em'. Hundreds. Like a... like a swarm."

—Delmont Walker to Kait Diaz and JD Fenix, after an assail on their hamlet

The Outsider Village known as Fort Umson was i of the first Outsider Villages to be raided. The Swarm, led by Myrrah'southward consciousness in the Hivemind, located her daughter, Reyna Diaz, as the leader of the village. Desperate for the next in line to go Queen - the Swarm raided the village and captured Reyna alive. Reyna was placed inside the Hive at the Tollen Dam equally the rest of the hamlet was podded and transformed into the Swarm. Simply a few members survived the raid: Reyna'southward daughter, Kait Diaz, Reyna's brother-in-law, Oscar Diaz, and villagers James Dominic Fenix, Delmont Walker, Mackenzie, and Eli. During the raid, Reyna managed to cutting the manus off the Speaker. James observed that the hand and the Imulsion crystals on it resembled a Locust within its beat out. Delmont, assertive it to also be Locust, convince the group to take information technology to JD's father and Locust War veteran, Sgt. Marcus Fenix. Traveling to the Stroud Estate, Marcus recognizes the crystal and accompanies the group to the osmium mine beneath Fort Reval to confirm his suspicions.

In Fort Reval, the grouping encounters the Swarm biomass and pods, realizing they are harvesting humans to create an army. Sgt. Fenix is suddenly captured past a Snatcher equally JD, Kait and Del find themselves in a frantic battle against the Swarm. Navigating Fort Reval and combating the Drones of the Swarm, the iii go far in the osmium mine and detect that the Swarm were created and led by the Locust, that the Locust survived, evolved, and emerged from their shells to become the Scions. They besides manage to locate Sgt. Fenix's pod and rescue him before he was killed and transformed. Sgt. Fenix was able to provide intel that Reyna was existence held at the Tollen Dam Hive when he was placed inside the Hivemind. Needing reinforcements, Sgt. Fenix sent a bulletin to his sometime friends for help, requesting that they come across at the abandoned boondocks of Speyer. Kait then encounters the Speaker and kills him in battle. Damon Baird, Samantha Byrne, and Augustus Cole arrive to assist in storming the Hive and killing the Hive Animal. The group finds Reyna, merely discover she is connected physically to the Hive and will die if disconnected. By her female parent'south asking, Kait disconnects and supposedly euthanizes her.

Unknown to the group, Reyna had survived. However, her listen was besides weak as it was disconnected from the Hivemind, preventing Myrrah to possess it. Myrrah then planned to either possess the next in line, her granddaughter Kait, or have Kait awaken Reyna in society to possess her girl. Kait then began experiencing hallucinations and nightmares every bit her connectedness to the Hivemind grew. The Swarm and then continued to abound in their army, taking more outsiders and transforming them. The surviving Outsiders then bring together the COG army to aid assist in the fight against the Swarm. While Delta Squad and First Government minister Mina Jinn fence the reactivation and use of the Hammer of Dawn against the Swarm - the Swarm begin their invasion of Settlement 2. Many are killed and captured, but the majority of Settlement ii is evacuated. During the final round of evacuations, the Hammer of Dawn was used confronting an oncoming blight of Swarm. Still, the Hammer of Dawn began to malfunction and fire wildly, killing and wounding many humans. The residual were able to evacuate while the Hammer and the Swarm destroyed what was left of Settlement two.

Escalation [ ]

Needing to reunite humanity to fight against the Swarm, the COG began to recruit Outsider Villages to evacuate in COG Settlements, bring together the army, and fight the Swarm. Cpl. Kait Diaz was sent on the recruiting missions due to her former status as Outsider and her parents being the founders. Within the next four months, nearly all the Outsider Villages were rescued past the COG. However, Cpl. Kait Diaz'southward connexion to the Hivemind grew even further, tormenting her with horrific visions and images. Among the last Outsider Villages to recruit was Riftworm Village, led past her uncle, Oscar Diaz. Upon arriving, the Swarm began to siege the village. Cpl. Diaz was captured by a Snatcher and finally continued to the Hivemind. Myrrah then guided Cpl. Diaz to command the Swarm army to kill all the humans, resulting in the death of Oscar Diaz. Reinforcements of the COG managed to get in and defend the village, but Cpl. Diaz's grief finally acquired her to admit her visions and possible connection to the Locust Horde. Sgt. Marcus Fenix then offered to assist past helping her find the truth and guided her and Lt. Delmont Walker to the New Promise Research Facility.

Cpl. Diaz and Lt. Walker found the New Hope Enquiry Facility and learned its secrets within, likewise as intel locating a second facility inside Mount Kadar. Cpl. Diaz and Lt. Walker then navigated the Kadar Valley, activating radio towers to locate the facility. After triangulating a point from the Mount Kadar facility, they managed to observe the lab nether the frozen lake. Entering the Mountain Kadar Laboratory, they were greeted by Niles Samson in the form of an artificial intelligence robot. Dr. Niles Samson revealed to Kait Diaz that her grandmother was Queen Myrrah and her stalk-cells were used to create the Locust Horde, which were genetically designed by Niles to survive by evolving and hibernating to endure generational conflict, explaining why the Locust evolved into the Swarm instead of dying. Realizing she was adjacent in line to be Queen of the Swarm and could be used to strengthen the Swarm, Cpl. Diaz demanded that she be severed from the Hivemind. Niles Samson instead used her link to awaken Reyna, whose body was then possessed by Myrrah - finally giving the Swarm their Queen. Cpl. Diaz was and so able to sever her link to the Hivemind by killing the Matriarch, the first Locust Drone that amplified her connection.

With the Swarm now with a Queen, they became more than organized, intelligent, and methodical. They grew in greater numbers and in forcefulness and get to industrialize their own weapons and armor. In social club to at present fight the stronger Swarm, Delta becomes more convinced to reactivate the Hammer of Dawn. Damon Baird so directs Delta Squad to the desert of Vasgar, where an sometime space facility, OZP-11, independent satellites for the Hammer of Dawn and targeting beacons created by the Union of Independent Republics. Led past former UIR soldier, Garron Paduk, Delta Squad was able to launch the new Hammer of Dawn satellites. With the COG at present in possession of the Hammer of Dawn, Queen Reyna pushed to New Ephyra by invading the ruins of Onetime Ephyra. The COG planted the targeting beacons and began to utilize the Hammer of Dawn, simply all three were destroyed past the Kraken, a massive Swarm beast. Equally the Swarm neared New Ephyra, JACK used its own targeting buoy to destroy the Kraken, which and then destroyed Former Ephyra and the surrounding Swarm army - saving New Ephyra.

Hivebuster Offensive [ ]

Foot Soldiers [ ]

Drones [ ]

The Drones were the human foot soldiers of the Swarm regular army. Drones originally come from humans who were placed in pods by Snatchers. While in the pods, the bodies of the humans dissolved and reorganized into Juvies. By surviving the early on stages or entering a nest, the Juvie eventually would grow into a Drone.

Scions [ ]

The Scions were Locust Drones that evolved when exposed to the Imulsion Countermeasure Weapon.

Dame [ ]

The Dame, while singular and not originating from the Swarm, was the original Berserker and female parent of the Locust Horde, from which the Swarm evolved. Like the subsequent Berserkers, the Matriarch had natural armor plating and had myopic vision, relying on sound and olfactory property to navigate. Unlike the Berserkers, the Matriarch had a spiked dorsum. In order to kill her prey, the Dame would pull off 1 of her spikes to throw and pin her targets. Her dorsum was vulnerable due to when she escaped her containment module and the cables fastened to her back plating tore information technology off. Being engineered from Myrrah'southward embryonic stem-cells and Sire Dna, she had an an enhanced connection with the Hivemind. Within close contact, the Matriarch strengthened Myrrah'south connectedness to the Hivemind and her abilities to control the Locust Horde. This connection was passed on to her daughter, Reyna Diaz, and her granddaughter, Kait Diaz. The Dame was responsible for enhancing Kait Diaz's connection to the Hivemind, and was killed by Cpl. Diaz in Frost, 42 A.E. in social club to sever her link to the Locust and Swarm.

Creatures [ ]

Carriers [ ]

Carriers are large Swarm creatures designed to protect the Hive. Slow and lumbering, the Carriers are incredible in force and tin easily destroy any obstacle. Carriers too tin can launch biological projectiles called Cankers. It is possible that Carriers are female person, and Cankers are juvenile larvae of Carriers and Snatchers - thus acting to not only protect the Hive but to reproduce for it.

DeeBees [ ]

Swarm DeeBees are DeeBees that have been possessed past the Swarm Hivemind, commonly from Leeches or Pouncer quills, and act every bit security devices for the Swarm past acting on their original functions. DeeBee Shepherds are transformed into Rejects that stand guard until alerted and attack intruders. DeeBee Guardians are transformed into Bastions that can project kinetic, impenetrable shields for its allies. DeeBee DR-1s are transformed into Stumps that fire the big weapons in one case armed past the DR-1s, as well as launching electric attacks and releasing Leeches to attack enemies.

Hive Beast [ ]

Hive Beasts were enormous creatures that protected Swarm Hives and responsible for the reproduction of Snatchers and Carriers.

Kraken [ ]

The Kraken was a singular creature possessed by the Swarm. A gargantuan beast similar to the Riftworm, information technology was once native to the deserts of Vasgar. At some point, the Swarm possessed it as a large weapon capable of burrowing and destroying unabridged military installations. It was killed by JACK using the Hammer of Dawn in Frost, 42 A.E.

Leech [ ]

Leeches are pocket-size Swarm creatures that are capable of possessing other creatures into becoming Swarm. When in contact with DeeBees or other artificial intelligence, the Leeches tin override and hack the organisation - assuasive the Hivemind to control the machines. When in contact with a living organism, they burrow and devour their casualty from the inside before bursting out, similar to a Heart Leech, or they volition explode on contact. Leeches are besides capable of flight. When in a group, the Leeches act every bit one organism - chosen the Flock.

Snatcher [ ]

Snatchers are the most common and important creatures in the Swarm. They are large creatures that capture humans in their bellies to form pods and place them inside Hives to transform the humans into Drones for their army. Snatchers can launch a large quill from their tails to incapacitate its prey in order to "snatch" them. Snatchers are able to climb walls and leap great distances. Their defenses including regurgitating acidic fluids on their enemies. Juvenile forms of Snatchers are chosen Pouncers. They likewise can leap long distances, but lack the ability to snatch their prey. Their tail also shoots five, smaller quills instead of 1 large quill. Pouncers volition often leap on top of their prey and devour them.

Swarmak [ ]

Swarmaks were one time Brumaks and, like Scions, evolved when the Imulsion Countermeasure Weapon was deployed. The Imulsion in their cells were expelled from their torso and created an impenetrable crystal beat, preserving them for twenty-v years. Swarmaks, different Brumaks, were and so continued to the Hivemind. They were also covered in Imulsion crystals, making them almost invincible. Blisters from where the Imulsion crystals once were are the only vulnerable spots. Bursting the blisters on the Swarmak causes it to bleed to expiry and is one of the only ways to kill it.

Behind the scenes [ ]

• The idea of the Swarm existed as early on as Epic Games's original version of Gears of War 4; at least one Swarm monster type existed in this version. The Coalition retained the proper name of "the Swarm," but the nature of the faction itself changed between developers.^[i]
• The original thought for the Swarm was that some of the Locust avoided the Imulsion countermeasure and spent twenty-five years in hiding to rebuild their army. Despite the fact that some Locust did manage to avoid the Imulsion countermeasure, this idea was scrapped due to it lacking originality and existence too repetitive of the Locust surviving the 3 previous games. Rod Fergusson explained that there needed to be a reason for the Locust surviving in order to explore more of the series, and then it was written that the Locust had evolved when exposed to the Imulsion countermeasure.
• The Swarm have their own race-specific execution in multiplayer, consisting of not bad a COG's face into the ground multiple times before a terminal head smash that bursts their head.^[2]

References [ ]

1. ↑ Game Informer: Details On Epic's Abandoned Vision For Gears Of War 4
2. ↑ DEVELOPER Weblog four: THE Fine art OF Animation

Hollow and Enemy Creatures
Locust Horde
Queen
Berserker (Matriarch) · Boomer (Butcher, Flame Boomer, Grinder, Mauler, Mauler Elite, Savage Boomer, Tremor) · Drone (Fauna Rider, Bolter, Cyclops, Disciple, Flame Drone, Grappler, Gunner, Miner, Savage Drone, Savage Hunter, Savage Marauder, Sniper, Spotter) · Grenadier (Flame Grenadier, Grenadier Aristocracy, Hunter, Hunter Aristocracy, Savage Grenadier, Brutal Grenadier Aristocracy, Ravager) · Kantus (Armored Kantus, Savage Kantus, Zealot) · Rager · Sire · Theron (Cleaver Theron, Palace Guard, Savage Theron, Theron Elite, Theron Sentinel)
Hollow Creatures
Bloodmount · Brumak · Corpser (Shibboleth) · Digger · Gas Barge · Heart Leech · Kraken · Kryll · Leviathan · Mangler · Nemacyst (Ink Grenade) · Nemacyte · Reaver (Assault Barque, Hydra) · Riftworm · Rockworm · Rock Shrew · Seeder · Serapede · Siegebeast · Tempest (Shrieker) · Ticker · Torture Barge · Wretch
Lambent
Imulsion
Old · Lambent Berserker · Lambent Brumak · Lambent Balderdash · Lambent Canis familiaris · Lambent Drone (Lambent Grubber) · Lambent Grenadier · Lambent Gunker · Lambent Leviathan · Lambent Polyp · Lambent Stalk · Lambent Theron · Lambent Wretch
Swarm
Queen
Canker · Carrier · DeeBees (Bastion, Reject, Stump) · Drone (Aristocracy Drone, Grenadier, Elite Grenadier, Hunter, Aristocracy Hunter, Imago, Sniper, Elite Sniper) · Flock (Leech) · Hive Creature · Juvie (Screamer, Popper) · Kraken · Locust (Drone · Matriarch · Sire) · Scion (Armored Scion, Heavy Scion, Scion Elite, Warden) · Snatcher (Pouncer) · Swarmak
DeeBees
DR-1 · Shepherd (Deadeye) · Tracker (Shock Tracker) · Watcher (Guardian, Picket)

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