Fire Moth (B3-MU-0)

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The Moth Who Chases the Flames, also known as The MOTHs (Myrmidons of Taskforce Honkai) is a United Nations task force dedicated to fighting the Honkai in Honkai Impact 3rd.


Members

The Thirteen Flame-Chasers

Other Members

Artificial Intelligence

ELF

Simulated Copies

History

Origin

Before Fire Moth was found, its predecessor previously investigated Vladivostok-51, the town where Elysia was found. However, they found no anomalies despite looking into it three times.[1] Later on, it would be formally established with Mobius as one of its founders.[2]

Pre-MANTIS Eruptions

Not much is known about the 1st Eruption but around this time, known members were Mobius, Ato, and Blanca. Elysia would join around the time during the 2nd Eruption. Some time after it, Vill-V tried to infiltrate their base using thumb-sized drones as she believed they were behind the attacks during the 2nd Eruption. It was mentioned that this would go on for some time until Elysia captured her.

The 3rd Eruption occurs in Nagazora where Kevin and MEI tried to escape the fallen city when they met a man dressed in black. Dr. MEI was recruited, and Kevin who wanted to stay by her side, volunteered to join as a soldier. Around that time, Hua would be rescued by HIMEKO, and later would decide to join as a soldier under her squad.

During the 4th Eruption, Kevin met Kosma who attempted to stop the strong winds brought about by the Herrscher. Some time after, both Kosma and Dystopia would join the organization.

During the hunt for the 5th Herrscher, they would only learn that it was killed instantly. After that, they faced the 6th Herrscher. However, it exhibited human consciousness which made Kevin hesitate to kill her, leading to more casualties. In the end, she was defeated and Kevin became one of the best soldiers of the organization.

Dr. MEI created the AI Prometheus to predict the outcomes of war which analyzed a total of 14 Herrschers in which humanity was predicted to meet its end at the hands of the 14th. Using Herrscher Cores, Dr. MEI initiated the Divine Key Project which aimed to convert cores of defeated Herrschers into weapon platforms.

The 7th Herrscher

Three years after the 3rd Eruption and not long after the MOTHs' Traditional Ball, the Herrscher of Fire was born in the body of HIMEKO. Within a week, the Herrscher single-handedly reduced Australia into a wasteland.

Dr. MEI proposed the Soldier Project which started the creation of MANTIS, an enhanced human through fusion with Honkai genes, to combat the 7th Herrscher. Kevin volunteered as part of the first batch of test subjects to support the project in which he had successfully acquired an enhanced body able to resist Honkai and use ice abilities from the gene of Parvati.

Hua was the sole survivor of her squad. Eden, then a popular singer, was rescued and taken into Fire Moth. Kevin defeated the 7th Herrscher under the orders of Dr. MEI but it weighed heavily upon him after having to kill his former comrade as well as needing to deal with the side effects of his Meta-Morph surgery.

Blanca had plans to leave lab and looked for her replacement. Klein would later become Mobius' new assistant. Soon after, Elysia, Mobius, and Sakura took part in the Soldier Project as well. Later on, the 7th Divine Key Judgment of Shamash, which would become Kevin's weapon, was created.

After the events of the 7th Eruption, Sakura was tasked to clean up the infected in Sundown Alley where she met Kalpas and Aponia whom she brought back to the organization. Aponia was interrogated and later sent to undergo the MANTIS surgery while Kalpas was imprisoned.

The 8th Herrscher

Paul Long, a member of Fire Moth, visited the local hospital where Su worked at to collect bodies of those who had fallen victim to the Honkai sickness. During this time, Su applied to join Fire Moth but was rejected. After recovering from contracting Honkai sickness himself, a professor who worked at Fire Moth introduced himself and took him under his wing. Later on, he was welcomed to the organization.

For six months, Su experimented with different formulas to find a treatment on Honkai sickness under the mentorship of Professor Speirs. Sometime later, he was turned into a MANTIS by Mobius. Soon after, the 8th Herrscher attacked, causing people across the world to fall into a dream through certain words in the internet.

While Su located the Herrscher in its dreamscape, Professor Speirs was killed by the Herrscher-controlled Paul. Su was able to successfully locate the Herrscher thus allowing Kevin to defeat it. This marked his reunion with a friend whom he lost contact with for five years. Kevin relayed that MEI hoped that Su will replace his teacher as the head of the department and continue his research at the headquarters.

Blanca and Dystopia were the other known casualties during that event. Griseo's life was also endangered. In order to save her, Mobius to performed the MANTIS surgery on her.

The 9th Herrscher

The Herrscher of Earth launched a black hole attack, causing the Mu continent to be destroyed. By this time, 1/6th of the world's population was lost. Dr. EINSTEIN opened a portal to the Sea of Quanta where parts of the continent along with the ELFs became part of the many worlds within it. The humans died out and only ELFs remained in that world.

While fighting the Herrscher, Ato died before Kosma, not leaving even a body. Kevin was able to single-handedly defeat the Herrscher with Judgment of Shamash. Due to Kosma's anger caused by Kevin's decision, he unconsciously activated Meta-Morph Overload turning him into a "demonic" beast. After that incident, Kosma ended up quitting the organization. Some time later, Mobius found Kosma and bargained that she's the only one who can turn him back so he should return. To make sure, Mobius asked Aponia to put a Discipline on a meta-morphed Kosma. She also invited Vill-V to her lab as a witness to Kosma's ability of absorbing Honkai Beasts. With Vill-V's account, they planned to suggest Vishnu be categorized as Vipralopa-class Honkai Beast to Dr. MEI.

The 10th Herrscher

The 10th Herrscher was first born from a chef who tried to attack MEI. The host was immediately subdued by Kevin. Dr. MEI found a strange gem that was almost identical to that of a Herrscher Core but was less powerful. Four months after since the first case, no more hosts manifested after reaching 1000. The Herrscher's title was called the Herrscher of Domination but Fire Moth called it the Herrscher of Legion. Each of the human hosts were numbered from L10-001 to L10-1000. It was found that once a host is captured, it would show signs of self-destruction.

Emile, Kalpas' adjutant, became a host and was coded as L10-461. He possessed a fraction of the Herrscher of Death's abilities. Hua and Su had killed him hundreds of times but due to his ability, he was unable to die completely. He had not showed any signs of wanting to commit suicide and thus was imprisoned. On their way to see him once again, they found out that he had escaped.

Throughout the four months, Fire Moth's crucial infrastructures and major cities were attacked. MEI believed that the Herrscher can use quantum entanglement to communicate over indefinite distances. Dr. MEI realized that it was after the Divine Keys and moved her research to a secret island facility in the Pacific Ocean, P-21. Dr. MEI told Vill-V to open the gateway to the Deep End in case that the Key of Blankness did not work as predicted. By the time the Herrscher hosts have arrived at the laboratory, Dr. MEI had equipped the Key of Blankness and harnessed the powers of Wind and Lightning to destroy the enemies.

As MEI reached her limit, Kevin had already defeated the enemies outside and rushed back to the facility. The remaining members gathered and concentrated their attack on the two. Dr. MEI grabbed Judgment of Shamash, linked with the core on the sword, and exterminated the remaining enemies. The Key of Blankness took a toll on Dr. MEI's body and was forbidden from using it again.

First Institute Incident

Klein turned into a host of the 10th Herrscher's and killed Mobius. Because of this, Mobius' ICHOR was triggered and absorbed Klein's Core. This led to Mobius' Active Honkai Reaction. Su had to subdue Mobius, risking a possible Active Honkai Reaction himself. With the help of Sakura, they were able to knock her out. Mobius was restrained after the incident and the truth about this was kept from her.

Keys of Domination

The 10th Divine Key was mass produced and the next phase of the Soldier Project was initiated to create more MANTIS through Meta-Morph preparation. Vill-V presumably became a MANTIS at this time while Pardofelis ended up being a volunteer due to an accidental circumstance.

After the events of the 7th Eruption, Hua was shunned by other units gaining the nickname, Firewytch's Little Birdie. Six months after the defeat of the 10th Herrscher, a squad that included Hua was tasked to neutralize Honkai presence and reclaim a rare Earth metal mine. However, they did not expect that Emperor-class Honkai Beast Ganesha was in the area. It engaged the Assault Squad and ended with five confirmed deaths. Hua who was on the verge of giving up, still wondered what made HIMEKO turn into a Herrscher. This realization awakened her ICHOR through Meta-Morph preparation, making her its first successful case. Detected by the Key of Domination, its form changed into Grips of Taixuan and Hua grew dragon-like wings as a result of the metamorphosis.

The 11th Herrscher

The Herrscher of Binding caused one of the most destructive attack to the organization, paralyzing most of their soldiers and was deemed fatal for anyone harnessing Honkai Energy. The Herrscher's arrival was later known as the Tragedy of Binding. During this time, Su unintentionally released the restraints on Kalpas and borrowed his body in order to aid in fighting the Herrscher. To incapacitate her once and for all, Hua unleashed Fenghuang Down's Level 1 output which resulted in brain damage. This attack allowed the remaining soldiers to strung up the Herrscher on a crucifix. All hope was lost until Kevin arrived, filling the area with bloodstained ice, signifying the defeat of the 11th Herrscher. By this time, 70% of human civilization was destroyed.

After this incident, it made them realize that the Honkai adapts to the improvement of civilization. Dr. MEI proposed to name the Honkai Gestalt as Will of Honkai. With Vill-V's craft and the power of the psychic MANTISesSu and AponiaElysian Realm was created.

The 12th Herrscher

Not long after The Tragedy of Binding, Sakura was invited to join the The Thirteen Flame-Chasers where Elysia would tell her that the next Herrscher is her younger sister, Rin. Herrscher-level Honkai readings were detected on Rin and was kept under surveillance at the base while Dr. MEI identifies the reasons for existence when the host has exhibited no abilities. Later on, Elysia and Sakura planned on taking Rin away from The MOTHs.

Due to Aponia's Discipline combined with the fear of the unknown, the soldiers were driven to kill Rin. The Herrscher of Corruption was born upon the death of Rin from the hands of human soldiers. Fire Moth lost around 100 of their men, with those closest to the Herrscher turning into zombies immediately. 15 minutes after the outbreak, The Base quickly deployed countermeasures; the last zombie terminated at Control Hub F-23.

It took only one minute for the Herrscher to take over every single computer in the Base. The virus took over the defenses and launched all 300 nuclear weapons that were designed to deal with a potential Herrscher attack, firing them towards the last three population centers in the world. 31,022 people in the base became the only survivors of this attack.

Hua prevented the Honkai from taking over the soldiers' minds by putting them under Fenghuang Down's influence and holding off the Herrscher. However, she wasn't able to prevent it from hacking the computers. Kevin, Hua, and Sakura would face off against the Herrscher where Sakura would die while trying to stop it.

Dr. MEI linked her core consciousness to the last uninfected system of the base as a bait. In the end, the 12th Herrscher was sealed in the Black Box. Vill-V distraught by this destroys and repurposes the 5th Divine Key to a life-sustaining flame, creating the cryopods.

The 13th Herrscher

After the events of the 12th Herrscher, Elysia who had recently verified her existence as a Herrscher chose to increase MOTH's morale by sacrificing herself. Elysia, being who she is, chose to go out on her own terms and set up a banquet, in the guise of a crusade. After informing Eden of her plan, Elysia got a new dress and prepared for the coming events.

When Elysia was ready, she informed The MOTHs that she had become the 13th Herrscher. She wrote invites to her fellow Flame-Chasers, even Sakura who had died in the previous battle, but she ultimately never sent them. Dr. MEI was also invited but due to her health and status within the organization, she could not show up. Only Kevin, Aponia, Eden, and Vill-V showed up but Elysia was grateful never the less. During this event, everyone continued to only see her as a human, the Flame-Chaser bearing the Signet of Ego. Once the Final Banquet ended, Elysia vanished into the light, but the organization was told that Kevin was the one who had killed her.

The Final Herrscher

After all previous Herrschers were defeated, the Final Herrscher descended. Eight of the most powerful soldiers, including Kevin and Hua, fought the Herrscher on the moon. Within five minutes, two warriors were killed. Moonlight Throne was launched into space to hit the Herrscher, however, 98% of the Herrscher's Honkai reserves remained. Dr. MEI ordered the weapon system to operate at 200% power yet the Herrscher only lost 30% of her reserves while the Moonlight Throne was disabled. The 14th Herrscher proved to be too much and the group was forced to withdraw. Kevin dealt a blow to temporarily immobilize the Herrscher. It was estimated that the Herrscher would regain it's ability to move in 10 hours.

Before her death, Dr. MEI entrusted Project Regulator to Su. By the time Kevin returned to Earth, Dr. MEI was already dead due to Honkai Corruption. She left a letter and a test tube baby created with their genetic materials along with his ICHOR sequences.

Project Sanctuary was initiated, and the survivors of the Previous Era entered the cryogenic pods and slept until they awakened to rebuild civilization once more. Once it regained its ability to move, the 14th Herrscher exercised its Authority, and reset the world before disappearing.[3]

Factions

The Thirteen Flame-Chasers

Cocoon (毒蛹)

A special division in the Fire Moth that dwells in the shadows. Their tasks primarily handle humans especially Fire Moth deserters. Most members of this faction are said to be criminals. The members include Sakura, Kalpas, Kosma, Mobius and for a short period of time, Pardofelis. At some point, the group was disbanded and Sakura was ordered by Dr. MEI to "clean up" its remainders.

Project S.A.V.E.

A group of projects created for the next era: STIGMA, ARK, VALUKA, EMBER

Project STIGMA

This was a large-scale project that started with Dr. MEI implanting stigmata to the human body. This stigmata holds knowledge and technology from the Previous Era that humans can tap into to make them stronger. In the Current Era, such examples are the Kaslana stigmata and Seele's stigma.

Originally, the project was understood to have a 99% rate of failure thereby sacrificing most of humanity while the remaining will be those with awakened stigmata who will be able to resist and combat the Honkai. Later on, it was revealed that the project entails leaving those with awakened stigmata on Earth while those without are turned into stigmata and live in an endless dream.

Dr. MEI and Mobius were the primary authors of the project. This was originally Su's responsibility but due to his beliefs, Kevin took over.

Project ARK

The Ark of Retained Knowledge bearing a copy of human genome library. It was said that the ark was launched to seek other habitable planet for humanity although this seems only to be an explanation in paper. Kosma was originally tasked for this project but was later passed on to Griseo.

Project VALUKA

This project focuses on performing analysis of numerous universes within the Seed of Sumeru with the task of finding a world where Honkai is defeated. However, according to Su, there is no such world. Su was tasked with this project.

Project EMBER

The Emergency Mass Backup, Evacuation, and Revival plan. This project focuses on passing knowledge and technology to the surviving humans who would rebuild civilization. Eden was originally tasked with this but passed this to Hua, with Fuxi and Nuwa, the twin scientists who would aid her in the Current Era. However, due to the appearance of Judgment-class Honkai Beast Chiyou, this project was halted.

Other Projects

Project Soldier

When the organization discovered that the 7th Herscherr was too strong against any normal human, Dr. MEI initiated it in order to improve humans by fusing the human body with the Honkai genes. Soldiers produced from this project were later known as MANTIS.

Project Divine Key

This project is a series of weapons created by the Previous Era from the Herrscher Cores with Soulium. These weapons are able to harness the power of its respective Herrscher. There are 12 Divine Keys in total and were not made in order. They were primarily created by Vill-V.

There is at least six Divine Keys in possession of Schicksal after the events of Otto's resignation while two for World Serpent and one for Anti-Entropy. The whereabouts of the other three are unknown.

Project Chimera

This project focuses on infusing more than one Honkai Beast gene on a subject allowing a single subject to exhibit biological traits from multiple donors. Tlaloc, the Honkai Beast that Bronya fought in the Sea of Quanta, was its first product.[4]

Project Sanctuary

This was a project initiated as a last resort at the end of the Previous Era while humanity's best soldiers battle the Final Herrscher on the moon and buy time for the remaining humans on Earth. Its goal is to preserve what remained of humanity in cryopods and have them awaken later on to rebuild the civilization.

Project Regulator

This was a project by Dr. MEI entrusted to Su upon her death. It was designed to stop Kevin in case he strays away from his path. It is unknown if it only includes trapping him in the Sea of Quanta.

Equipment

Sacred Relics

Sacred Relics are a series of weapons driven by powered by a mysterious material that resembles a Herrscher Core but could not be characterized using current technology. Most of these relics were found by Schicksal. Known relics are as follows:

  • 2nd Sacred Relic: A light-weight general-purpose weapon in the form of dual pistols unearthed at Lake Baikal.
  • 3rd Sacred Relic: An adaptive melee weapon in the form of a sword unearthed at Lake Baikal.
  • 5th Sacred Relic: A heavy long-range specialist weapon in the form of a cannon unearthed at Lake Baikal.
  • 7th Sacred Relic: A general-purpose slashing weapon in the form of a claymore unearthed at Schwarzwald.
  • 11th Sacred Relic: A general-purpose weapon in the form of a cross unearthed at Hahagel, Norway.

Other Weapons

  • Whisper of the Past: The bow that Elysia uses. It is unknown whether Vill-V forged it or was created through Elysia's abilities.
  • Cinder Hawk: A pair of gauntlets reputed to be used by Jingwei. Its current whereabouts are unknown.
  • Basilisk's Image: A cross forged by Mobius with the bones of the Judgment-class Honkai Beast, Sesa.
  • Frozen Naraka: The katana used by Sakura and is currently within Schicksal's possession.

Artificial Intelligence

  • Prometheus: The name of the AI series created by Dr. MEI to analyze the status of their war against the Honkai. The most well-known Prometheus is named No. 17.
  • Void Archives: The 1st Divine Key that gained sentience and holds a trove of knowledge belonging to the Previous Era. He is a fragment of Prometheus.
  • ADA: A Previous Era AI that activated in the Current Era and part of Lab 42 aiding Welt Joyce's group.
  • Blade Durandal: A Soulium-made weapon created to achieve the same destructive effect of a Divine Key without the use of Herrscher Core and has an AI with self-awareness as one of its gems.
  • Self Regulatory A1: Originally tasked with guarding 12: K23 Shelter which preserves some of the modules of the World’s Last Key. She was later found by Theresa Apocalypse and became the AI assistant of Hyperion known as Ai-chan.

ELFs

Also known as Equipment: Living Form. There was a series of mass-produced ELFs under the creation of Dr. EINSTEIN which gained sentience and were given rights and freedom.[5]

Within Fire Moth, there are only three types of ELFs known: ELF Elysia, ELF Klein, and ELF Kevin.

  • ELF Elysia: Elysia made at least 13 of them as a gift for each Flame-Chaser though it is unknown whether any of these still exists.
  • ELF Klein: She acts as Mobius' assistant and is currently assisting at New Atra.
  • ELF Kevin: He was tasked to protect the 2nd Key but after fighting with Durandal, has since ran out of energy.[6]
  • Book of Fuxi: In the Current Era, Fuxi and Nuwa constructed her to serve as Hua's companion due to their short lifespan as normal humans.[7]

PRI-ARM

Not much is known about it other than it is a technology made to improve existing weapons. There's at least three PRI-ARMs[4] created by Fire Moth which includes the 11th Leitourgia, a weapon that resembles the 11th Sacred Relic, found by Schicksal in Norway.

In the Current Era, Anti-Entropy is working into tapping to this technology.

Elysian Realm

A system created by Vill-V to contain the memories and legacy of The Thirteen Flame-Chasers using the SO-1129 tech. It creates mental images based on neural activity and restores what the brain has seen to construct a world. This place is hidden deep within a World Serpent base and was used as a training base by their agents. Only qualified individuals with an awakened stigma are allowed to enter. Raiden Mei is the first Herrscher to enter in the Current Era.

It used to be an area owned by Eden called the Golden Courtyard before she handed it to Mobius and was renamed by Elysia.

Trivia

  • Fire Moth's logo shares similarities with Neon Genesis Evangelion's NERV.
    • It also references it as NERV is a special organization that was put together to combat the Angels after the Second Impact and is the organization responsible for the creation of the Evangelions. Meanwhile MOTHs was created to combat Honkai and is responsible for the creation of MANTISes.
  • In Greek mythology, the Myrmidons were an ancient Thessalian Greek tribe.
    • It is also used to describe a follower or subordinate of a powerful person, typically one who is unscrupulous or carries out orders unquestioningly. In this case, Kevin is a model example when it comes to carrying Dr. MEI's orders.
  • In Greek mythology, ichor is the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods and/or immortals. It is also described as toxic to humans, killing them instantly if they came in contact with it.
    • In a way, ICHOR are Honkai genes made to combine with a human's that gave them seemingly god-like abilities. It also describes how Meta-Morph surgeries to implant ICHOR on humans is a risky process that might lead to the subject's death.

Wiki Entries

Notes

  1. It was only named Xuanyuan Sword after Ji Xuanyuan, the first who awakened her stigmata in the Current Era.
  2. While it did not turn into a Divine Key in the Previous Era, the infrastructure for it to become one was put in place. Sakura mentioned its existence in the Elysian Realm.
  3. The only Divine Key not forged with a Herrscher Core as its power source.
  4. This wiki encompasses descriptions of Fire Moth from other miHoYo games.

References

  1. Quest: Elysium Forever
  2. Elysian Realm, Kevin's Dialogues, About Mobius 1
  3. Honkai Impact 3rd Manga, Second Key, Chapter 11: No Matter the Cost
  4. 4.0 4.1 Stage: 12-3 The MOTHS
  5. Honkai Impact 3rd Manga, ELF (Manga), Chapter 2: 乐土
  6. Honkai Impact 3rd Manga, London Holiday, Chapter 9: Future Plans
  7. Honkai Impact 3rd Manga, Springfest, Chapter 2: 烟火
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