Erinys - Cruel Vengence

There are many strange and powerful weapon in the Gestalt arsenal but few are as cruel as the Erinys. It's method of killing its target has been described as nothing less than barbarous but to Alekto, its owner this matters little.

 

First a bolt of energy burns away any armor in its way to allow a sliver of crystallized toxic compound to reach the unprotected parts of the target and then the horrifying part starts. The fast acting toxins paralyze the body while still allowing the targets vital organ to function normally. Then a special, fast spreading flesh eating bacteria starts to eat away at the targets body, cell by cell while the target is being kept alive and conscious for as long as possible by stimulants. Death follows some excruciating minutes later.

 

During Alekto's early years as a Gestalt she was know to be quiet and clam in disposition but after she and five other Naiads were captured by the Hierarchy and were experimented on in order to learn the secrets of the Gestalts, she was changed. Of her six brothers and sister she was the only one to survive. After recovering from the ordeal and returning to her training she began to exhibit strong, often times even irrational hate towards the Hierarchy. Her cruelty in combat against the Hierarchy has often caused her to butt heads with her more conservative peers but she show little remorse for her actions.

 

The Erinys is her own creation and under it hang five Hierarchy name tags, each one carrying the name of a fellow prisoner from all those years ago. A constant remainder of the source of her hatred.

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