TROIDS
Classification: Magical/Demonic creatures
Location/Base of Operations: Dwell within human beings
Known Members: None by name
Affiliations: Chthon (master), Dwarf, Lt. Frank Walsh (host of a queen)
First Appearance: Midnight Sons Unlimited#2/2 (July, 1993)
Powers/Abilities: The Troids dwell
within people, and feed on fear and hatred. They apparently dwell
within almost everyone, and are unable to penetrate healthy skin
to escape. They normally are released when their host is injured,
and the skin is damaged, making a portal through which they can
escape. They are magical creatures and cannot normally be seen by
people. In fact, they cannot affect most people in any way,
except for a select few, or those who have been granted the
mystical ability to sense them.
The Queens of the Troids are few in number, but they produce
millions of eggs, which also require damaged skin to escape their
host. Those who don't host a Troid, host a Queen.
Traits: The Troids encourage those that can see them to commit acts of violence in an effort to generate fear and hatred, which allows them to grow.
History: The origins of the Troids are unknown. They may be spawn of Chthon.
(Midnight Sons Unlimited#2/2)-Walsh was giving out another beating, and was surprised
to see a Troid from the badly bruised skin of his victim. The
Troid explained to him that it was part of his deal with the
Other, which enabled him to see and interact with them. Hundreds
of Troids had been released through the skin of Walsh's victims
over the years. The Troids spied on Allen Torres, the U. S. Attorney
General, an discovered he was having an affair with a 16 year old
girl. They revealed this information to Walsh, as he was
finishing up his night with a prostitute. The prostitute, Carmen,
was one of the few people who could see the Troids, and they
pushed Walsh to kill her. Comments: Created by Chris Cooper and
Dan Lawlis I could believe that the Troids were offshoots
of the Fear-Eaters, spawn of the demon Kkallakku. This story could easily have been in one of
Atlas or Marvel's Weird Tales type magazines. Clarifications: The Other aka. Chthon, should not be confused with: images: (without ads) Appearances: Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know. Last updated: 08/01/02
Non-Marvel Copyright info(Midnight Sons Unlimited#2/2(fb))-Lt.
Frank Walsh, of the Los Angeles Police Department, was up on
charges, and rightfully so, for police brutality, specifically
against minorities. The Dwarf and the Other, agents of Chthon,
convinced Walsh to make a deal, they would end his woes if he
would invoke the power of the Darkhold (and sell his soul to
Chthon in the process).
Walsh blackmailed Torres, forcing him to drop the charges against
him. However, Walsh learned that he was the host of a queen,
which was growing and spawning its young inside of him. It and
its young were growing inside of him, but could not escape.
Feeling them expanding, Walsh panicked and tried to convince the
people around him to beat him to let the Troids out. However,
none of the people, some of whom had been victims of him before,
were willing to stoop to his level and beat him. Walsh went mad
imaging the Troids inside of him.
Midnight Sons Unlimited#2 (July, 1993) - Chris Cooper (writer), Dan Lawlis (pencils), Mike Esposito (inks), Hildy Mesnik (editor)
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