Megaera's Parasites are insect-like creatures that spawn out of a diseased looking rash on Megaera's chest.
God of War: Ascension
These insect like beings act as weak common enemies to Kratos as he traverses Aegaeon. When on their own, they act a lot like Hades nymphs from God of War II and are dispatched in the same way. The parasites have the power to latch onto living creatures and force them to fight for Megaera; they burrow under the skin and transform the organism into a mindless slave with green, insect-like qualities. They can even mutate organsims that are as large as Aegaeon's palms, making the imprisoned giant even more dangerous to smaller victims within reach.
Trivia
- They resemble the scarabs from the Egyptian/Arabian mythos.
- The mutation of the parasites likely cause Aegaeon's infected palms to spout out dormant Hecatonchires heads while giving them arthropod qualities, perhaps granting his limbs more independent intelligence aswells.
- The parasites maybe linked to the insects alluded in Aesop's fable "The Dung Beetle and the Eagle", and in Aristophanes' play "Peace".
Gallery
Infected human
Infected Hecatonkheires arm