This article is classified "Fictional"
Spawn is an abbreviation of the proper "hellspawn," and is one of the
leaders of the Malebolgia's infernal army which it plans to use against the
forces of Heaven at Armageddon. They are selected for their works of evil
during life, which are all presumably quite advanced for such relatively
simple entities.
Hitchhikers who encounter Spawns are strongly advised to:
1) Not panic
2) Immediately make considerable distance between the two of you..
like two or three light-years, for instance.
Spawn's bodies are composed of psychoplasm, the very material which makes
up Hell itself. Their uniforms are neural parasites, organisms which fuse
directly with the host's nervous system and act as both superior offensive
and defensive weaponry.
Each Spawn is returned to his the Living World with extremely powerful,
although finite powers. This creates a four-way crossroad of sorts:
1) They can do nothing at all. Eventually their energies will be
spent, one way or another.
2) They can act as forces of good - heroes, if you will. They
draw upon the motivations and impulses which damned them,
punishing the evil around them. The evil they vanquish returns
to the Malebolgia for it's own uses.
3) They can act as forces of evil, the Malebolgia's original
intention.
4) They can simply despair. These few perish from their own
carelessness or design.
In any case, the Spawn returns to Malebolgia, as servant or nourishment.
Spawns have been witnessed channelling their infernal energies in a number
of ways. This is by no means a complete list, but only a brief sampling of
some of their known powers:
* Bolts of destructive energy
* Healing itself after injury
* Resurrecting the recently deceased
* Teleportation (limited)
* Changing body mass
The latest hellspawn, as of the composition of this article, is Lt. Colonel
Al Simmons. He is survived by his wife, Wanda Blake (recently remarried to
Terry Fitzgerald, field agent of the United States Security Group).