Jhahlckas

"Megawas Horus"

- describing Jhahlckas.

About
Jhahlckas was a death Horus known and feared by the rest of his species as its most dangerous criminal.

Once in a millennium, a horus is born with a genetic mutation that grants them power far beyond the rest of their race upon reaching adulthood, along with greatly altering their physical appearance. At the same time they acquire this power, however, horus born with this mutation are imbued with an overwhelming killing intent that drives them to ceaselessly slaughter the rest of their kind. As these horus do not develop their distinct characteristics until adulthood, it is close to impossible to identify one until they have already transformed and begun their rampages, ensuring that they will always accumulate a massive bodycount before being stopped. For these reasons, individuals that possess this mutation have been labeled "death horus", and are viewed as the natural enemies of horuskind.

In his youth, Jhahlckas was a gentle horus who lived a peaceful and ordinary life with his family, friends and girlfriend on his colony. He was noted to have been an exceptionally kind individual, and was very close with both of his parents. Jhahlckas' life took an irreversibly grim turn as he entered into adulthood, where he awakened to his status as a death horus. Immediately upon transforming into a death horus, Jhahlckas' original personality was buried beneath an uncontrollable desire to kill, causing him to ruthlessly slaughter each of his loved ones before going on a killing spree throughout the rest of his colony which led to the deaths of thousands.

After a long and arduous struggle, Jhahlckas was finally captured by horus authorities and placed into a cryogenic sleep. The cryogenic pod containing him was entrusted to the scientists of colony F-3Q45, who intended to study his body in the hope of being able to better understand the mutation process responsible for the death horus transformation. Before any research was able to occur, however, colony F-3Q45's ship crash-landed on The Continent, killing 90% of its population, including all of its scientists. With its only surviving members trapped in a cryogenic stasis, the stranded colony was forgotten by time, going undisturbed for over 4,000 years.

During the events of Rance X, Jhahlckas was accidentally freed from his cryogenic sleep by the Human warrior Rance, who had entered the colony's crashed ship while searching for the Holy Gal Monster Serachrolas before setting his sights on finding the horus queen Terra Horus after learning of her beauty from her subjects. Immediately after regaining the ability to move, Jhahlckas attempted to resume his rampage, choosing Rance's party as his first victims simply due to it being the first group of living things he saw. While Jhahlckas was a relentless opponent, Rance and his allies, thanks in no small part to the assistance of the Dark Lord Satella, were able to successfully defeat and kill him, freeing what remained of the horus colony from his wrath. As a show of gratitude for ridding her people of Jhahlckas, Terra agreed to cooperate with humanity, beginning a relationship that would eventually result in the horus of the Continent becoming recognized as a human subspecies.

In the year RA0015, Jhahlckas suddenly returned to life through unknown means, this time even stronger than before. Jhahlckas wasted no time following his revival to begin another killing spree inside of the horus' crashed ship. Early on into the attack, the horus were able to recruit the aid of Arms Arc, the Continent's most powerful adventurer, who was able to hold off Jhahlckas for a long time, minimizing the number of casualties he created.

During the events of Rance X: Part 2, the El Party traveled to the horus ship to obtain the orb of water, one of the five elemental orbs needed to unseal the door blocking the path to the Demon King's lair, which had been place under the horus' protection. While Terra was willing to give the group the orb without issue, even telling them that they had no need to worry about Jhahlckas, El Mofus, the party's leader, was pushed into challenging the death horus after learning that Arms, their friend and ally, was risking her life fighting against him. The group arrived at Jhahlckas' location just after he had succeeded in overpowering Arms, where they fought and killed him once again to save her. Witnessing El and their friends defeat Jhahlckas, an opponent who even she struggled against, convinced Arms that the group of young people had what it took to challenge the Demon King, leading her to resolve to train them and help them achieve their fullest potential.

Personality and Appearance
Jhahlckas was a gigantic horus with a muscular build and a vibrant green exoskeleton. As a death horus, Jhahlckas possessed physiology that was entirely different from other members of his species, most notably an enormous second set of eyes with a piercing gaze on either side of his head and three long serrated claws on each of his hands in the place of fingers, overall causing him to resemble a humanoid praying mantis. Jhahlckas was much larger than other horus, standing at over two meters and weighing 42kg, which, while still being deceptively light, was nearly twice as much as Megaforce Horus, the largest ordinary horus that is seen. The sole article of clothing that Jhahlckas wore was a tattered red scarf wrapped around his neck, which billowed dramatically behind him at all times.

Once a loving son and friend, Jhahlckas' mind was poisoned by an overwhelming desire to slaughter upon becoming a death horus, driving him to kill all of his loved ones and countless others without hesitation. When not killing, Jhahlckas seemed to experience some amount of pain and agitation, causing him to constantly search for new victims to remedy it. This unquenchable desire for bloodshed was seemingly so intense that it overpowered all other thoughts in Jhahlckas' mind, to the point where he rarely ever said anything beyond repeating the word "kill" over and over again. Despite this, Jhahlckas did appear to be capable of some amount of greater thought, as he expressed both interest and excitement at the idea of fighting against the El Party due to its incredible strength, suggesting that he derived pleasure from battling particularly strong opponents.

Abilities
Due to being a death horus, Jhahlckas possessed an exponentially greater amount of strength and stamina than ordinary members of his species, allowing him to fight for days on end without tiring even slightly and cause large amounts of destruction all the while. Despite the horus being a hyper-advanced race capable of operating countless technological marvels, the population of Jhahlckas' colony experienced extreme difficulty when attempting to stop his rampage, resulting in him killing thousands before finally being restrained. When describing Jhahlckas' strength to Rance's party, Megawas Horus made a general comparison between him and the Dark Lords of the Continent, and advised the group, which included both a Dark Lord and her Apostle within it, to avoid having to fight him at all costs. Contrary to this claim, Jhahlckas was defeated with minimal difficulty by Rance and his allies, suggesting that he was not quite on the level of an actual Dark Lord.

In the year RA0015, Jhahlckas was revived from the dead. While the reason for his sudden resurrection is unknown, Arms Arc speculated that it was the work of a Devil, as the race had become more active in meddling with the Continent's affairs at the time. Jhahlckas' power increased dramatically following his resurrection, to the point of being able to overpower Arms, a warrior in possession of legendary strength and skill along with an assortment of all-powerful special equipment, in single-combat as well as fight formidably against the El Party, a group that included several individuals at Levels over 100. As Arms, who had experience fighting Dark Lords in the past, was convinced of the El Party's ability to defeat the Demon King following its victory against Jhahlckas, it can be assumed that he was on much more equal ground with a Dark Lord in his reborn state.

In combat, Jhahlckas utilized his sharp claws to rend through anything that stood in his way, striking his foes with a ceaseless flurry of slashing attacks. In spite of his great size, Jhahlckas retained the speed and mobility that is commonly associated with his race, enabling him to swiftly outmaneuver his opponents regardless of their agility. Despite these great strengths, Jhahlckas' heavy reliance on pure offense made him very susceptible to techniques that prevented him from attacking, such as Kentou Kanami's shurikens, creating a critical weakness in his fighting style that could easily be exploited.

Outside of his fighting ability, Jhahlckas' character card in Rance X reveals that he somewhat uncharacteristically possessed the ability to perform Loruru Horus, a supportive technique which gradually heals its user and their allies over an extended period of time. As Jhahlckas never utilized this ability within the story itself, however, it is unclear if it is a remnant of his days before becoming a death horus or something that his body naturally developed after.

Trivia

 * Jhahlckas' physical appearance: a humanoid insect wearing a scarf, is a reference to the long-running tokusatsu superhero franchise Kamen Rider. In particular, his mantis-like appearance and uncontrollable compulsion to kill others of his kind are lifted directly from the initial "Origin" form of Kamen Rider Amazon Omega, the main protagonist of the franchise's Kamen Rider Amazons incarnation.
 * The kana that make up the first syllable of Jhahlckas' name, "Ja" (ジャ), can be shifted to form the word "Mega" (メガ) that is used in the names of all other male Horus, playing off of his status as a mutant of the species. Additionally, the middle four kana of his name (ハルッカ) can alternatively be read as "Haruka", the first name of Kamen Rider Amazon Omega's civilian alter ego.
 * Jhahlckas is the only horus that appears in Rance X to not be credited as having the last name "Horus", likely to indicate that he was disowned by the rest of his species.