Sraak

Sraak is a character from the Gears of War media franchise, originally appearing in the Rise of RAAM comic book mini-series. He was a first-generation Locust and an Uzil (High General) in the Locust army, as well as a member of the Horde's ruling council.

Early life
Sraak was one of the first born generation of Locust during the Pendulum era, the product of in vitro fertilization between a Sire, a human infected with Rustlung and mutated with the DNA of indigenous creatures of the Hollow, and Myrrah, a human born with a genetic immunity to Rustlung and Imulsion. The reproduction was conducted by geneticist Doctor Niles Samson, who was tasked by a fringe party of the Coalition of Ordered Governments to cure Rustlung and provide the Coalition with strong, controllable soldiers to end the Pendulum Wars.

Sraak, like all his brothers, was cared for by Myrrah, who was their biological mother. Due to her stem-cells being used to create the Locust, she shared a hivemind with them and was capable of controlling them. Eventually, Myrrah gave birth to a human daughter named Reyna with geneticist Dr. Torres. Sraak was then taught how to write and communicate, and was researched by the scientists at the facility. However, he and his brothers began to resent the humans for their experiments and imprisonment, and longed for independence.

Rise of the Horde
After Dr. Torres fled the Mount Kadar Laboratory with Reyna, Samson lied to Myrrah, telling her that her daughter had died during the escape attempt. Distraught, Myrrah grew to hate Samson and the other scientists and planned her own escape. Testing her ability to control the Locust hivemind, she rallied Sraak and the other Locust into rebelling against the facility staff and killing them all. The Locust then abandoned the laboratory and made their way into the Hollows beneath Mt. Kadar.

Over time, the Locust would establish their own society - Nexus - and form their own army, with Sraak standing at the centre of it as High General, second only to Myrrah, the Queen of the Horde.

The Lambent War
Seven years into the Locust Horde's conflict with the Lambent, the Locust appeared to be losing on all fronts. After falling back to the Queen's palace, Vold RAAM declared that the war was lost, but Sraak would not hear of it, beating RAAM to the floor and having Skorge drag him back to the front lines to continue fighting. When asked by Queen Myrrah regarding RAAM's intrusion, Sraak informed her that RAAM had betrayed his oath, warning the Queen that he may aatempt to rally the drones under his command into rebelling against her.

As the Locust continued to lose ground against the Lambent, RAAM would later suggest to the ruling council that the Horde's only chance for survival lay in the invasion and subsequent conquest of Sera's surface, his words being backed by both Skorge and Vold Karn. Sraak was outraged by RAAM's suggestion, convinced that the Horde was more than capable of holding the Lambent at bay, but his opinion was disregarded by Myrrah and the other council members. Convinced that RAAM's words held merit, Myrrah promoted the Vold to Uzil while demoting Sraak to Vold, ordering him to rally his Blight and hold the line against the Lambent while RAAM organized the invasion of the surface.

Death
When the Locust began their invasion of Sera's surface in 0 BE, Sraak initially followed RAAM's orders as he initiated the wholesale slaughter of the citizens of Jannermont. However, he was still bitter over his demotion and his bitterness ultimately consumed him, driving him to challenge RAAM so that he could reclaim his position. The pair fought in a bloody duel that almost saw Sraak choke the life out of his opponent, but RAAM signaled a pair of nearby Theron Guards to aid him. The Therons shot Sraak with their Torque Bows, obliterating the disgraced general's armour and severely mangling his torso. As Sraak lay dying, RAAM finished him off by plunging his bare hands into Sraak's chest and ripping out his heart.