From Gears of War

Queen Myrrah[1] Biographical information Date of birth Unknown, before Emergence Day Physical description Rank(s) Queen Species Locust Horde Gender Female Hair color White, Blonde Eye color Unknown Chronological and political information Era(s) Locust-Human War Notable Facts Voiced by Carolyn Seymour Affiliation Locust Horde

"I thought she was supposed to be butt ugly!"

— Augustus Cole

Queen Myrrah was the Queen of the Locust Horde. Who lead the Locust Horde during both the Locust Civil War and Human-Locust War. Leading her people hoping to colonize the surface and to destroy the Lambent threat in the Hollow, she lead the genocide of the Human race, only to have the Locust Horde to face two near extinction events but only to come back stronger. Doe to her status over her subjects treat the Queen with the utmost respect, dying for her as necessary. The Chain of Command in the Locust Horde is that of a hierarchy, whereby Queen Myrrah is the central leader.

Also, for reasons unknown at the moment, she happens to know Adam Fenix^[2].

Contents 1 Operation Hollow Storm 2 Behind the Scenes 3 Multi-player Mentions 3.1 Notable Quotes 3.2 Relation with the Lambent Horde 3.3 References

[edit] Operation Hollow Storm

The Queen was surprised that not only was the Lightmass Bomb detonated but her General, RAAM, was killed. Nexus and the Inner Hollows were weakened by the bomb, but were able to recuperate. The Lightmass Bomb had two tolls on the Humans, it created Rust Lung and awoken the Locust deity, the Riftworm. So, she had the High Locust Priest, Skorge, use the Kantus Scroll to control the Rift worm to sink Human cities around Jacinto City. While the Locust counterattack was underway. Lambent have been winning the Locust Civil War, that forced the Queen to order daring raids on the surface. Knowing the only way to beat the Humans was to use a page from their book "Adam Fenix's plan", that dictated sinking the surrounding cities of the plateau to get to Jacinto, this would flood the Hollows, and kill the Lambent. For the next 6 months Tollen, Montevado and many military outpost 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. But before Jacinto City can fall, Ilima must be destroyed. The sinking of the city leads to the discovery of the Rift Worm and its destruction. Her plan failed, but Jacinto was sitting on six pillars. In the midst of the second wave of Operation Hollow Storm, both Lambent and COG forces entered the 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.

[edit] Behind the Scenes

[edit] Multi-player Mentions

In multi-player, if a downed Locust is revived the Locust who revived him sometimes says, "For the Queen!" Also, similar phrases are spoken by the Locust when a kill is achieved or at the beginning of a round. Whenever the Locust players lose a match in multi-player, the "Queen" can be heard saying, "Perhaps the Locust are not so mighty after all," or "The humans are pitiful creatures who deserve to die, you must defeat them.", implying that she may not be of Locust origin herself. However, in the end of an in-game cut scene, she says, 'They do not understand why we wage this war', indicating either that she is Locust, or that she is merely affiliated with the Locust Horde. This does not conclusively prove her identity; she could merely be using the "Royal 'We'".

In fact, all of the other Locust have inhuman voices, whereas Myrrah speaks Tyran (Sera's equivalent to English) perfectly, without the guttural familiar to other Locust. This suggests that she might even be human, of an alien species, or perhaps a female Locust that is not a Berserker. Revealed in Gears of War 2, the Queen has a human-like appearance but still refers to Marcus and Delta as "the Humans". Also, despite appearing human, the tentacles attached to her back are visibly moving in a cutscene in Gears 2 when the Queen is moving.

In addition the queen is heard at the end of Gears of War 2, suggesting a sequel.

[edit] Notable Quotes

"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."

— The Locust Queen stating what is to happen to the Humans when the Locust attack.

"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."

— The Locust Queen is heard when Minh Young Kim is killed by RAAM.

"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."

— After the Lightmass Bomb was deployed at the end of Gears of War.

"It began, as always, with the desire for power. A need to conquer, a hunger to consume. Inevitably, this led to conflict. Humanity fought an endless war against itself, until it was forced to unite against a power far greater than it had ever known. But even united, Humanity left only destruction in its wake. Despite their best efforts at survival, the Humans of Sera continue to march blindly to their imminent doom; unaware, that their misguided attempts at retaliation were only leading them ever closer to extinction. They had thought us crippled by their weapons of mass destruction. But to survive is to endure and prosper. And we have most certainly survived. Jacinto now stands as the last bastion for Humanity. A final, desperate defense in the face of impossible odds. In a way, I pity them. But Humanity, as always, brought this war upon itself."

— Locust Queen's opening dialogue to Gears of War 2, explaining Sera's history over the last century.

"Your world can end in the blink of an eye. One event, one unexpected twist of fate... and suddenly the world as you knew... is gone. Forever. All that you held dear, all that you held close... is washed away in a sea of distant memory. Life... is cruel. Of this I have no doubt. But life continues on... with, or without you. One can only hope that one leaves behind a lasting legacy. But so often, the legacies we leave behind... are not the one we intended."

— Queen Myrrah, narrating during the ending cut scene of Gears of War 2.

"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 Emergence Day.^[3]

"We could have cooperated with the ground walkers for our mutual salvation, but they are humans, and they only understand dominance and ownership. All that we have left is a war to the death. For all their so-called intelligence, humans are blind to the threat right before their eyes. We never stood a chance of enlisting their aid, so now we fight alone. And we will stand on their corpses to do so."

— Queen Myrrah explaining their "justification" for war.^[4]

"You're the first humans to ever desecrate this palace with your presence. And I assure you, you will most certainly be the last.
If you're planning on flooding the Hollow, then I guess we would be the last.
Yes, though you destroyed the Riftworm, there are still ways for us to sink Jacinto. You will perish along with the Lambent.
Not if we sink it first.
Skorge informed me of your plan to sink Jacinto before us, I'm afraid it won't work.
Don't be so sure.
Oh, but I am. We already have an army en route to Jacinto to prevent that from happening. Tell me, is it true, you're the son of Adam Fenix?
What's it to you?
He spoke highly of you. It's a shame you didn't follow his path.
The hell you talking about?
It no longer matters. Skorge, destroy them!"

— After Delta Squad has entered the Queen's Throne Room.

[edit] Relation with the Lambent Horde

It seems Queen Myrrah has a hatred for the Lambent, seeing them as an "infection" that afflicts the Locust Horde. In Gears of War 2 she planned to sink Jacinto using the Riftworm to flood The Hollow and kill the Lambent Hordes. On a Cut scene before fighting Skorge, she says "You will perish along with the Lambents," addressing Delta team. On a Transmission she explains, "We cannot allow the Lambent to pollute the surface. We must bury their infection here." She has shown a strong intention to eliminate the Lambent Hordes.

[edit] References

In Gears of War 2, Adam Fenix, Marcus Fenix's father, is heard talking of how to defeat the Locust Horde once and for all by sinking Jacinto. When Delta Squad finds the Queen, she asks Marcus, "Is it true, you're the son of Adam Fenix?" She adds, "It's a shame you didn't follow his path."