The Asylumists

Death Spider

The Death Squads were the first variant of the mass waves that came spilling from the Asylum cities. After their emergence, more and more varied and terrifying Asylumists began to appear.

Back in the depths of the Asylum cities, the Blood Engine had furthered their experiments and begun selecting those from their Death Squads that showed promise. Once selected, they were recalled, prepared, and transplanted into new bodies. These new killing machines, aptly named Heavies, proved to be valuable bodyguards and formidable frontline soldiers.

As soldiers of the Coalition moved into the ruins of their fortresses, laid waste by the waves that had attacked before, they came face to face with these creatures of metal and flesh. Hunkering down, silent and still, the Heavies remained hidden until hapless soldiers wandered into their view.

With a roar and a red flash, the Heavies’ engines would spring to life as their hulking masses of metal rose and unleashed their weapons upon their prey.

The Spider variant, able to traverse difficult terrain with ease and armed with a terrifying array of flesh-rending weaponry, proved time and time again to be the end of countless units.

Heavies come in many shapes and sizes, sculpted and altered for the task at hand. Their designs often incorporate living flesh, as to the Blood Engine, working with flesh is just as valid as working with metal and wire. If a beating heart will suffice for a pump, or a muscle for a pulley, onto the structure it goes—often taken straight from an unwilling victim.

The perceived weakness of flesh is remedied through the Heavies’ deflection fields, augmented and altered tissue samples, and the ingenuity and imagination of the Blood Engine—of which there appear to be no limits.