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The Hounds were a sub-race of genetically engineered artificial mutants created by Nimrod in at least two different lives of Moira X.[1][2][3]

History

Moira's Sixth Life[]

Hounds were invented by Nimrod in Moira 6.[1] One black brain telepath was kept in a tube during Nimrod the Greater's conversation with the Librarian.[4]

Moira's Ninth Life[]

Hounds were bred in captivity in the SalCen Khennil camp to hunt down other mutants. The first few generations were designed to have a dehumanized appearance meant to invoke fear in their targets, which also made them ineffective.[4]

Later generations however were known as "black brains" and instead of a brute force were designed to infiltrate and then betray their own kind.[4] At first, these mutants looked different from each other and displayed different powers, but after being revealed as a black brain telepath, they shed their external skin and gained a uniform appearance of a humanoid female with an exposed black brain,[1] which made them immune to telepathic probing. While these Hounds were extremely effective, the majority of them betrayed the Man-Machine Supremacy and defected to fight for the side of the mutants instead.[4]

Miscellaneous

Representatives

Notes

  • Several key details about the black brain telepaths have only been revealed by Jonathan Hickman in an interview and have yet to make an appearance within a story.

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References

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