Swarm (Dark Horse)

The Swarm is the name given by JD Fenix to the resurgent Locust Horde which began to appear on Sera in 42 A.E., twenty-five years after the conclusion of the cataclysmic Locust War.

History
Contrary to what humanity had believed until that point, the Imulsion Countermeasure Weapon had not killed the Locust, instead only killing the Lambent and putting the Locust into a state of hibernation. During this hibernation period, the Locust became encapsulated in cocoons of an ultra-hard crystal material, preventing the Serans from burning the supposedly dead Locust and instead forcing them to deposit the bodies into mass graves across Sera. Within these Cocoons, the Locust seem to have metamorphosized to some extent, with former Locust Drones for example gaining increased size, muscle mass, and skin density to create Scions.

In 42 A.E., disappearances of Human settlers began to occur across Sera, particularly in regions close to the Locust burial sites. What was eventually discovered was that the awakening Locust were kidnapping people to transform into a new form of Drone, building up an army, presumably for the purpose of wreaking havoc across Sera once more.