Taint

The Taint are the mysterious monsters hunted by Altis and others like him. Once killed they degrade into a black slime that’s sucked up by the belt of the killer, leaving a dead human form behind.

Known Individuals

 * Ant Taint, which had great strength and resilient armor, but its greatest power was the army of subordinate mutant ants it created to serve it. Killed by Altis.


 * Wolf Taint, a natural hunter and a deadly opponent because of its speed and agility. It was also encountered after starting to evolve into a second form, where it could become nearly invisible in darkness and had started to sprout another head from each shoulder.


 * Moth Taint could fly and shoot laser-like beams from its eyes. Its weakness was its frail body, and it was injured more easily than other Taint.


 * Horse Taint, which Madeleine saw battling Altis on a video tape. It could exhale a jet of energy, and had great strength, enough even to break through the armor worn by its pursuers.


 * Crocodile Taint and Rat Taint had been tracking Madeleine down and attacked her when she helped Altis escape after being arrested for the murder of Horse Taint. Crocodile Taint had powerful jaws and an equally powerful tail which it used as a smashing weapon. Rat Taint moved with great speed and agility, effortlessly climbing walls and jumping around to disorient its opponent before attacking.


 * Mantis Taint had blade-like forearms and wings enabling it to make short flights.


 * Cockroach Taint was killed by Versa offscreen. Exact powers unknown.


 * Crow Taint was powerful flier with strong grasping feet. During its battle with Altis it mutated into a four-legged form, where it sprouted a tail with a bone-like club at the end.


 * Snapping Turtle Taint had a nearly impenetrable shell and powerful jaws.


 * Komodo Taint was able to shoot a mouth blast that carried deadly bacteria.


 * Quetzelcoatl Taint, Constrictor Taint and Cobra Taint were the first of an army of snake-patterned Taint who were stopped by Altis and Versa. Quetzelcoatl Taint was a snake with feathery wings, able to spit a rainbow-colored beam from its mouth. Constrictor Taint could stretch her arms to twice their length to batter and confine an opponent. Cobra Taint had a venomous bite which was mostly ineffective against Altis, who was still under the effect of super-potent immune system boosters after his fight with Komodo Taint.


 * Creeper Taint was a plant-like monster with flailing whip-like fingers and the ability to heal quickly. It was killed by Madeleine chopping it to pieces faster than it could heal. Bull Taint and Bear Taint's powers are unknown aside from their prodigious strength, though a more mutated version of Bull Taint appeared after Altis and Madeleine discovered what appeared to be the source of the Taint. It had another pair of arms and another rack of horns, and was even more powerful than before. They were the first of a new breed of extra-powerful Taint. Worm Taint had the ability to heal quickly as well, and spew an acidic substance that could quickly melt through rock.


 * Lynx Taint had been recovering from injuries in a pool of slime, and attacked Altis and Madeleine when they tracked it to its hideout. It was extremely fast but also quite tough, surviving Altis's Tidal finisher.


 * Beetle Taint was a superhumanly strong Taint (enough so to use cars as projectiles). It could also roll into a ball and crush its enemies.


 * Dragonfly Taint could shoot devastating beams from its eyes.