Devilfish:Jormungandr

Jörmungandr

Jörmungandr (case file PRT-SPEC-0019) is a swirling series of white-grey snake coils constantly coiling in on itself in a giant sphere, with seemingly endless depths and amounts of coil resulting in its classical name. The snake coils were loosely put together, one being able to loosely see deeper within the sphere to see endless, shifting coils. Jörmungandr generally appeared as a bright point in space for several minutes before popping into appearance. When 'Driven Off' it discorporate, the main bulk of its body shrinking into a point of light and vanishing, leaving a number of oddly colored, if mundane, snakes of various species behind.

Jörmungandr has various abilities that involve "Poisoning" the area and creatures around it. While in early evolutions this was more direct, causing direct illnesses (Such as cancer, radiation poisoning, and various other ailments), later evolutions could poison the minds of creatures nearby. In the last evolution, it is suspected Jörmungandr did some of this on a larger scale, effectively "Poisoning" a city or culture. Thankfully the endbringer was stopped in that instance quickly, so not much damage occurred, thankfully. Later evolutions also increased the size and cutting power of its rotating coils, though often this was not the main danger of the creature.

Apr 25 1986 (Jörmungandr I) - Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR

The first appearance of what would come to be known as Endbringers. The Chernobyl incident. A strange, almost alien like creature had appeared, and Russia's capes rallied together but it wasn't enough. The only survivor of the incident was Heimdall who managed to drive the creature away. The Chernobyl plant was destroyed and the area became a wasteland.

In Jörmungandr's first appearance, they were a sphere roughly 10 meters in diameter, each individual coil about the diameter of an average snake. When they appeared the grass and small animals around them wilted and died almost immediately, and any fauna larger than a rabbit would begin to feel nauseous and ill, those of weaker stomachs vomiting or passing out. Many people died at the scene, developing rapidly worsening physical ailments. Notable was many cases of rapidly developing acute radiation poisoning. Those closest to the nuclear facility were later discovered as mush as radiation had essentially turned their bodies to puree. The cutting ability of the snakes were roughly comparable to that of a woodchipper, shredding things they came in contact with. The environment around its first appearance was devastated, with mass ecological die-offs essentially crippling the area. The area is lifeless scar for decades despite any attempts to prevent this, and those who stay in the area for any length of time find themselves slowly sickening of various unrelated illnesses.

Mar 13 1987 (Jörmungandr II) - Geneva, Switzerland

March 13, 1987

In their second appearance the snake coils were roughly 1 foot in diameter, swirling at a noticeably faster speed. Jörmungandr itself was roughly 15 meters in diameter. was Contact with it would be roughly the same effect as the first time but followed shortly by death as victims who came in contact seemed to be afflicted by various illnesses and ailments, such as extremely rapidly advancing cancer, rapidly oncoming prion diseases and etcetera. Victims would survive for several minutes, but would be driven insane by their variety of illnesses, lashing out wildly at nearby people. Some of those nearby developed rapid physical ailments such as cancer and osteoporosis and more exotic illnesses. Some however developed seemingly no physical ailments. Some simply became increasingly mad, lashing out at their fellows or working in conjunction with the snake. Roughly 1/3 of the people were seemingly unaffected at all, maybe with minor personality changes. Many of those seemingly unchanged were later discovered to have developed various complexes, mostly trending towards sociopathic and psychopathic tendencies. Many became serial killers and villains of worsening repute. The city became a hub for murder, and at times afterwards reached some of the highest homicide rates, especially for capes in the world. This eventually died down. The local lake had massive algal growths and die-offs over time, resulting in it growing shallower and life in it dying off in droves. eventually it became so polluted with chemicals from these algal growths that it essentially became a toxic pool, poisoning the area around it.

Apr 9 1988 (Jörmungandr III) - Boston, United States

April 9, 1988

In their third appearance the serpents were roughly 2 feet in diameter, with Jörmungandr approaching 25 meters in diameter. its coils begin to easily shred and rend even brute-rated capes on touch. Those approaching within 20 meters die shortly of rapidly advancing ailments or quickly succumbing to its mental ailments, working for Jörmungandr or simply going insane. It is notable that this time the ailments seemed to be generally targeting the weaknesses of the target. Brute-rated capes tended to have more mental ailments as a trend while thinkers and those with more resilient minds tended towards physical ailments. The spread of sociopathic ailments seemed to target random people but due to recognition of the issue from last time, it was more effectively treated and dealt with, resulting in less overall long-term issues in terms of people. The local environment was still devastated though, though not to the extent of other incidents due to more efficient and effective techniques to deal with the Endbringer.

Nov 15 1989 (Jörmungandr IV) - Leningrad, Russian SFSR

November 15, 1989

1989 saw the death of the beast, heroes and villains had rallied together, Heimdall himself even stepped in to battle the creature near the end and it was slain.

In their fourth and final appearance, each individual snake was roughly a meter in diameter with the endbringer nearing 50 meters in diameter in total. While no susceptible capes entered into melee, Jörmungandr was observed drilling into the ground and through the bedrock with ease, so its shredding capabilities were notably powerful. Due to highly effective tactics from coordinating teams, groups of capes were rotated out so they could not stay with enough time to develop significant ailments, except for those that were able to resist its abilities. However the environment was effectively ruined, massive grass die-offs and devastation of local wildlife. Many people died. Notable was massive spikes in rates of depression and other such long-term mental decline in the area. Rates of helpfulness and kindness in local populations and in the capes that attended the fight dropped markedly, almost as if the society and their minds were subtly poisoned. However Jörmungandr was dispatched fairly quickly, and more long-term damage was not done.