Anti-Gibborim Weapons

The Anti-Gibborim Weapons were the modified versions of a set of several medieval weapons stored at the Hostel and previously owned by Quinton the Great.
With the Inhibitor Pods technology inserted into the weapons by Chase Stein and Gert Yorkes, the Runaways used them during the final battle against the Magistrate and his family.
==History==
Originally, the weapons were owned and used by the magician Quinton the Great, owner of the Hostel, as part of his shows. In 2018, they were retrieved by Gert Yorkes, who suggested to Chase Stein that they could combine them with the technology of the Inhibitor Pods to create weapons able to harm and kill the Gibborim the Runaways were up against. Stein and Yorkes thus covered several weapons, including a sword, a mace, a pair of knives and a hidden blade embedded in the Fistigons, with a coating refined from the inhibitors, although the process lasted for at least an hour.
Once the weapons were finished, the Runaways were instructed to train with them: Nico Minoru wielded the sword, Molly Hernandez chose the mace, and Yorkes picked up the knives. They also considered that they had to be ready to use the weapons to kill the Gibborim's hosts, even they were their parents or friend. Upon witnessing Minoru practicing with the sword, Karolina Dean commented on how her girlfriend seemed attractive.
The weapons were put to good use during the Battle at the Marine Vivarium Desalination Plant. Notably, Yorkes was able to throw one of her knives directly into the Magistrate's Wife's chest, severely limiting her powers, although the Wife remained strong enough in hand-in-hand combat to defeat Yorkes. Stein attacked the Magistrate with his hidden blade, but failed to find the resolve to kill his father with it, enabling the Magistrate to escape. Meanwhile, Minoru dueled against the Magistrate's Daughter with her sword, although the Daughter was able to parry her blows with a tube, thus keeping her powers she used to take down Minoru. Eventually, the Runaways ended up disarmed when the four Gibborim used their combined powers against them.Runaways: 3.04: Rite of Thunder
==Design and Capabilities==
Four different weapons were made by the Runaways using the inhibitor coating: a sword wielded by Nico Minoru, a mace carried by Molly Hernandez, a pair of knives used by Gert Yorkes, and a retractable blade in Chase Stein's Fistigons. Once coated, the weapons appeared to be covered with dark colored crystals.
Since they relied on the same technology than the Inhibitor Pods, the Anti-Gibborim weapons had the same main effect: keeping the Gibborim from using their light-based powers. As long as the weapons remained in contact with the body of the host the Gibborim were possessing, such powers would be deactivated. However, it did not cancel other abilities such as the superhuman durability, thus not being as efficient as Stein had initially supposed. As such, even though Yorkes was able to stab the Magistrate's Wife with her knife, thus effectively preventing her from firing light beams, the Wife retained the ability to fight in hand-in-hand combat without being really hindered by the knife.
==References==
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