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"That's what freaks me out more than anything. Grubs- you knew they could think. But these things- they're just animals. Or plants even, like the damn stalks. What's driving them? What do they want? They're not even eating us."

— Sgt.Drew Rossi, reflecting on the nature of the Lambent

The Lambent, or 'glowies' (as the Serans call them), refer to a mutated variant of the Locust, created from prolonged exposure to Imulsion. There have only been eight breeds of Lambent shown so far. The Lambent share some of the same technology, armor and weapons with the Locust. Most Lambent differ in behavior, appearance, strength, and death from their Locust counterparts. The Lambent were first seen by the COG as Lambent Wretches, and later Lambent Drones fighting the Locust in what seems to be some sort of civil war for control of the Hollow. They have the ability to transform in mid battle, after taking several hits. These Lambent are still able to be killed, though they are liable to explode after death, or explode when they want to. The explosion might be remotely detonated by the Lambent form and not automatically activated.^[1]

HistoryEdit

Forcing the Locust to the surfaceEdit

Five years before E-Day during the Locust Civil War, the Lambent began driving the Locust Horde into extinction, a desperate Queen Myyrah entered into a pact with Adam Fenix if he could find a solution to the Lambent infections the Locust Horde would not have to invade the surface. Unfortunately the Pendulum Wars and creating the Hammer of Dawn took up Adam Fenix’s time. By the time the Hammer of Dawn was completed the Locust Horde was preparing to invade the surface after the Pendulum Wars ended.^[2]

The Lambent WretchesEdit

Fourteen years after E-Day, during the Lightmass Offensive. Delta-One discovered Lambent Wretches for the first time at the Lethia Imulsion Facility and engaged them while trying to gain access to the Hollows and to deploy the Lightmass Bomb. The Lambent Wretches were reported to have been seen before by the COG. Unlike the rest of the Lambent, the Lambent Wretches did not appear to be hostile to the Locust and worked with them on the Tyro Pillar. Their presence there may have just been coincidental, as while they did attack, they didn't attack at the same time as the Locust.^[3]

Siege of NexusEdit

During the Siege of Nexus, Delta-One infiltrated Nexus and discovered that the Locust were already engaged in an urban battle with the Lambent. At the time the COG did not know the full effect of the Lambent infection. With the Horde losing ground to the Lambent, the COG discovered how they were able to make great progress in the Hollows, because the Locust were split losing on their home front. Sgt.Marcus Fenix later discovered a Locust defense plan of the city of Nexus showing that the Lambent were attacking from under the city.^[4]

Infection of the SurfaceEdit

After several months after the sinking of Jacinto and the flooding of Hollow, the Lambent infection spread to the surface. By this time, they had developed the capability to appear all over the place through the Lambent Stalks and deploying various different forms. Also, Formers, humans infected by Imulsion began to appear in areas such as Mercy. Adam Fenix developed a weapon capable of destroying Imulsion and all heavily infected by it, thus the Lambent and the Locust, but is captured by the remnants of the Locust Horde during the First Battle of Azura before he can activate it. When the remnants of the COG and the Gorasni launch an attack on the island, the Lambent attack as well, battling everyone present. Eventually Adam manages to activate the weapon and a wave of Drudges are sent to try to stop him, but are killed by the weapon before they can succeed. The weapon is successfully activated and destroys all Imulsion and everything infected by it, including Adam, the Locust and all Lambent life forms, marking the end of the Lambent Pandemic.

Lambent FormsEdit

The Lambent consist of an organic root parasite that infects other organisms, causing them to rapidly mutate into impulse-driven, feral and monstrous forms of their former selves. This parasite is linked to the Imulsion fluid that exists on Sera, as exposure to Imulsion vapors seemed to be what causes the Lambent infection. This was illustrated when Locust Gunboats abandoned their pursuit of Delta Squad over the lake in the Hollow in order to avoid the vapors, and also when a Brumak wandered through a large quantity of Imulsion and mutated into a Lambent form.

PolypEdit

The most basic form is known as a Lambent Polyp, which has a crab-like appearance and is normally spewed from Lambent hosts after they have been destroyed or have mutated. How many polyps a Lambent form is capable of ejecting is still unknown.

StalkEdit

Lambent Stalks are huge plantlike tentacles that swarm over battle sites, dropping other Lambent forms into their enemies midst. These are massive and easily differentiated from the smaller mutation of the Lambent Drudges. The opening level of Gears of War 3 involves Lambent Stalks rising out of the ocean, dropping other Lambent into the CNV Sovereign. The Stalks attack by ramming into a target and releasing Polyps.

DrudgeEdit

The Lambent Drudge, a hideously mutated Locust Drone, is the most recognizable part of the Lambents fighting force. However, these creatures have lost all form of sentience. They have the ability to morph their ligaments and heads, forcing their enemies to constantly change tactics and becoming a deadlier threat.

Lambent WretchEdit

Lambent Wretches were the first encountered Lambent life forms. Delta Squad first ran into them in the Lethia Imulsion Factory on the Jacinto Plateau.

Lambent DroneEdit

Lambent Drones are Drones that have been exposed to Imulsion enough to become Lambent but not long enough to mutate into Drudges. Lambent Drones essentially share the same appearance to their Locust counterparts, with the exception of their glowing skin. During the Lambent Pandemic the Drones have a slightly different appearance, similar to an amalgamation of the Drones encountered in Nexus and Drudges, hinting that Drudges are the next stage in a Drone's mutation.

Lambent BrumakEdit

The Lambent Brumak is the largest known Lambent creature. They are at least double the size of a regular Brumak, sporting large, snapping tentacles, and are barely recognizable once the mutation is complete. It is incredibly powerful and takes multiple blasts from the Hammer of Dawn to kill. There has been one encountered and it is possibly unique.

Lambent BerserkerEdit

Lambent Berserkers can spawn from the Lambent Stalks. They are bigger, faster, more violent than their standard counterpart, and they jump unlike the original Berserkers. They have long spider-like appendages that sprout from their backs and have been shown to be much less vulnerable to the Hammer of Dawn than normal Berserkers; able to take three simultaneous blasts without significant injury. Only one Lambent Berserker was ever encountered by COG forces.

Lambent LeviathanEdit

The Lambent Leviathan was an infected Leviathan that found its way out of the Hollow and surfaced in 15 AE. It is much larger and faster than a Locust Leviathan, but is also very volatile. Three were known to be present during the Lambent Invasion on the Coalition’s Naval Vessels leading to the Battle of Pelruan and the First Battle of New Jacinto. One was killed when a Raven unloaded all of its ammo into its head, another was killed by a combined torpedo attack from the Zephyr and the CNV Clement, while the third was killed by a blast from the Hammer of Dawn. All three of the Leviathans carried Polyps which attacked Pelruan and New Jacinto.^[5] Later, another one of these attacked New Jacinto and was killed by a grenade being dropped down its throat and another one attacked the CNV Sovereign, destroying the Sovereign though it was killed. This one was said to be twice as large as the ones that attacked New Jacinto.

Lambent AnimalsEdit

During the Lambent Invasion, several animals came into contact with high amounts of Imulsion and later turned Lambent. Known examples are Lambent Dogs, Lambent Cats and Lambent Bulls.

FormersEdit

Humans turned Lambent after prolonged exposure to Imulsion and the colonization of their cells by the Lambent cells. Cities that had large deposits of Imulsion, like Mercy and Char, were the first cities to have their citizens turn Lambent.

GunkerEdit

A Gunker was a Lambent infected Boomer.

Relations with the Locust HordeEdit

"We cannot allow the Lambent to pollute the surface. We must bury their infection here!"

— Queen Myrrah

The Locust Horde and the Lambent are in a state of war and fighting for control of The Hollow. The Queen Myrrah regards the Lambent as an infection to the Locust Horde and lower life forms, and that it is the duty of the Locust to spot the spread of the Lambent parasite to the surface of Sera. The Lambent is also the reason that the Locust invaded the surface: the Lambent were driving them from the Hollow.

Horde 2.0Edit

The Lambent make an appearance in Horde 2.0 as well. They consist of the above mentioned creatures, with a Lambent Berserker or two spawning in boss waves just like the uninfected variant. It is strange that the Locust and Lambent disregard each other and focus their attention on the players; however, they will turn on each other if one side's shots hits the other side.

Behind the ScenesEdit

• A Lambent Grenadier figure is an exclusive to San Diego Comic Con 2009^[6]

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Gears of War: Anvil Gate
2. ↑ Gears of War 3
3. ↑ Gears of War
4. ↑ Gears of War 2 collectable
5. ↑ Gears of War: Anvil Gate
6. ↑ http://www.figures.com/databases/action.cgi?setup_file=fignews2.setup&category=actionfigures&topic=155&show_article=575