Targhuls (KingOfEvil9)

Information
Targhuls (AKA The Infected) are people or creatures infected with The Echo Virus, a virus that causes their DNA to rewrite itself, causing horrifying mutations and enhancements. They also gained the name Targhul due to the Tar like substance that their mutated limbs seem to be made of due to the pathogen's effects.

Details
Targhuls are created after DNA rewrites occur within them from exposure to The Echo Virus, a deadly infection created by the Shadow from remnants of the ATLAS Manticore project that seeks to transform the Multiverse's inhabitants into killer animals. This virus causes most of their limbs and body to be mutated, such as a strange beak like mouth bursting from their mouths, stretching the head back and tearing at the flesh of the head, exposing bone and muscle tissue due to how far back the head is stretched. Often times the mutations take form of Beaks bursting from the mouth, claw like fingers replacing their own, and other features that turn them into ravenous killing machines. One of the most dangerous but more rare mutations is the muscle tissue and bone of the host to burst from their backs, mutating into long appendages that appear almost like arms with sharpened bone bursting from the tips.

Slasher
This variant is the most common type of Targhul that can appear. These creatures show off various types of mutations besides their claw like fingers. These range from the beak produce from viral tissue, a large gaping maw running down the chest, or the ability to detonate any part of its body that suffers heavy damage, with that part being replaced with tendrils with spikes on the end, either being used as a form of transport or attack.

Spitter
This variant of Targhul relies on ranged combat in order to take down its targets. Spitters appear almost like slashers, except the stomach of the Spitter is swollen and filled with an acidic substance created from the virus itself, except that the acid cannot infect those hit by it. Other than that, they rely on their claws for short ranged combat, but only if absolutely necessary.

Pouncer
This Targhul relies on speed and its enhanced jumping skill to viciously kill and devour prey. This Targhul only seems to form in Clone Jumptroopers for a currently unknown reason, only that the Pouncer can rely on the jetpack if it is unable to reach a certain height, meaning this variant may retain some intelligence, but only in operating a jetpack. Other than that, the pouncer's main mutation is it's dog like legs that give it the ability to jump great distances and pounce at its victims. Its helmet is also damaged in a way that the left eye of its visor is smashed and the part where the infected's mouth is located is broken, showing off the pouncer's mouth, which possesses a jaw that is split down the middle along with its sharp tougn that is able to pierce a victim's skull, allowing it to crack the head open and devour the contents.

Slicer
The more rare type of Slasher, the slicer is a relatively normal slasher, possessing regular Slasher mutations except for the appendages that seem to have burst from their backs. Formed from bone and muscle tissue, these appendages act similar to arms except that the tip of each one ends in a sharp bone like spike that the Slicer uses to slaughter its victims. Other than this, the Slicer is basically a regular slasher and is still relatively easy to take down.