Gorza

"Begin onslaught!!"

Gorza was a brutal Locust Theron Elite. Gorza, like the rest of his Locust brethren is fanatically loyal to Queen Myrrah, if not more so. He has an intense hatred for the Lambent and humanity and will stop at nothing to destroy them all one by one. Though relatively low on the Locust Hierarchy, Gorza was still skilled and intelligent enough to be recognized by the Queen and earn her favor. Within just 4 years Gorza was able to attain the rank of Theron Guard and eventually Theron Elite. Gorza was a very skilled hand-to-hand, capable of taking on multiple adversaries in hand to hand and subduing them in a short amount of time. Gorza carried a modified Hammerburst Assault Rife as his weapon of choice with a modified Boltok as a backup. Gorza was also known to carry two serrated knives; trophies taken from the first Gears he killed on Emergence Day. Gorza also owned a Brumak which he tamed during a hunt in the Hollow and has formed a bond with the beast. Gorza lead the Locust to many minor but successful victories until the Siege of Jacinto, where his failure to stop the COG from sinking the city resulted in a self-imposed exile.

Early Life
Gorza fought the Lambent in his homeland of The Hollow for much of his early life, proving to be much more skilled than most of his brethren. At some point Gorza was brutally ambushed by a Drudge which attempted to attack him with a mutated pair of tentacle-like appendages. Gorza was able to evade this attack and get within melee range of the Drudge, but the Drudge regurgitated stream of Imulsion bile onto him. The entire right side of Gorza's face as well as his chest and right arm where badly burned. Gorza managed to survive the encounter and temporarily stop the Lambent advance, but bore the scars for the rest of his life as he continued to prove his worth while rising through the ranks. Answering to the call of his queen, Gorza knelt before Myrrah in Nexus as she bestowed upon him the rank of Theron Elite. From there Gorza had earned his place in the Locust hierarchy and answered directly to Myrrah, General RAAM and General Karn. At some point, Gorza was able to tame a Brumak, and outfit it with a customized arsenal of weaponry to use as his loyal mount.

Emergence Day
Like his brethren beneath him, Gorza contributed to the deaths of billions by leading individual squads of Locust to slaughter Serans wherever they where found; be it on the streets or in their own homes. Gorza attacked the city of Metrigal on the western end of Tyrus. Because of the difference in time-zones, Emergence Day came in the dead of night. Emerging within a COG Army base within the city, Gorza and his Locust soldiers opened fire on every human in their sight. Two Gears attempted to attack Gorza with their Mk I Lancer bayonets, but Gorza was able to avoid the attack by sidestepping the first bayonet and shredding the second Gear's entire upper body with a single blast from his Hammerburst Assault Rifle. The first Gear attempted to fire as Gorza, but the latter quickly dropped to one knee and fired once into the Gear's stomach, nearly cutting him in half in a spray of bullets. Gorza then looted both their bodies, taking their combat knives as trophies.

Raids in Jacinto
Under the command of High Priest Skorge, Gorza lead one of many raids inside Jacinto City, most of which proved to be unsuccessful. Gorza would continue these raids until the Sinking of Jacinto in which his leadership would be put to the ultimate test.

Sinking of Jacinto
Upon the death of High Priest Skorge at the hands of Delta Squad on board Reavers, Queen Myrrah telepathically contacted Gorza, entrusting him with operational command of the Assault on Jacinto: Failure now would mean a crippling, if not fatal blow to the Locust Horde. Intent on completing his mission, Gorza rode through Jacinto's streets atop his Brumak, crushing any opposition in his path while sending several Reavers to attack CIC and destroy their comm relays in order to throw COG forces into disarray. The Reaver attack failed, but Gorza persisted in his attack and proceeded to attack CIC personally. Before he could reach CIC, he was attacked by a Centaur and a handful of Gears coming from the opposite end of the street. The first shot from the Centaur injured his Brumak, but failed to kill it as it snatched the tank in it's hydraulic claws. Before the tank was crushed, it managed to fire off one last shot which blew off his Brumak's protective helmet and leave it's head vulnerable to attack. This weakness was exploited by a King Raven gunship which rescued the Gear squad and fired at the Brumak with it's chain guns, killing it in a matter of seconds.

Gorza leapt off his dead mount as the beast's body fell to the ground dead. Gorza placed his hand on the Brumak's head, boiling with rage due to losing his trusted mount. Gorza roared aloud as he made his way to CIC on foot, but before he could storm the front gate, there was a bright red flash of light in the distance followed by an earthquake that knocked Gorza off balance. The terrain began to rise and shift before it was swallowed up by the Hollows below: Jacinto was sinking. Gorza knew he had failed his mission, his Queen and his entire race. Gorza helplessly looked on as the city rapidly sunk, seawater gushing into the expanding sinkhole. Before the gravity of his failure could sink in, the ground beneath him gave way and he plummeted into the abyss. Fortunately he was able to save himself by grabbing onto the back of a fleeing Reaver in mid-air.

Aftermath
Gorza was last seen escaping Jacinto City by Reaver, whereabouts unknown. Gorza was never seen again after the Sinking of Jacinto, having either been killed at a later point or turning Savage with some of the other Locust who survived the flooding of the Hollows. Despite this, rumors of a disfigured Theron occasionally circulate among Gears and Stranded. Whether or not these rumors are true, any possibility of Gorza still being alive was eliminated in 17 A.E when Adam Fenix activated his Imulsion Countermeasure; causing the mass extinction of all Lambent and Locust.