Iris

## Appearances

### Appears in

Artificial Computer Learning, Our Solar System, Lethal Omen Commercial, Sleep Image Visualizer, Monthly Progress Report, Crusader Probe Mission

The Iris is the main antagonist of GHE. It's origins are unknown and its appearance suggests it to be a planet-sized organism capable of spreading its consciousness and influence to other bodies in the solar sustem.

## Appearance/Characteristics

The appearance of the Iris seems to be able to change itself at will. Sometimes it looks remarkably similar to Venus, but other times it looks like a giant eyeball. It's size is roughly between Saturn and Neptune, while it's orbit in the solar system is between Neptune and Pluto. As well as it's abnormal appearance, the Iris is able to speak, with it's voice being extremely low in pitch, making it difficult to understand speech. The Iris posses an esophagus (used to transport food through the throat and into it's stomach), respiratory spinal complex (possibly used for breathing, but what it would breathe is unknown), and a brain that has a consciousness. Laslty, the Iris is extremely arrogant, spending its time laughing at Earth as it infects the planet.

## Moons

The Iris currently has 4 moons:

* Cyst - Peanut-shaped body colored white and red
* Yucous - The only moon that actually resembles a moon
* Macula - A giant fleshy mass with what seems to be an eye at the center of the object, with roots/tendrils branching from it
* Vitreous - Has no resemblece to a moon whatsoever. Posseses it's own moon named Umbilic

## Celestial Victims

* Neptune - 1st known victim of the Iris. This makes sense considering Neptune is the cloest planet of the Iris. The Iris mutated Neptune, making it capable of sending the Iris' creatures to other bodies through it's "Lense", such as Earth. Sometime before September 28th of 1991, Neptune was completely destroyed by the Iris, as seen in "Crusader Probe Mission"
* Saturn - The Iris destroyed a portion of Saturn's rings, which are referred to as "The Gateway."
* Jupiter - Iris wounded Jupiter, most likely after Saturn and Neptune, hence it's large red spot.
* Earth - Currently being terraformed/mutated to the Iris' image.
* Hestia & Kadlu - Both moons being mutated to fuse into each other.

## Appearances

* "Artificial Computer Learning" - What seems to be an artificial intelligence talking to the audience turns out to be the Iris itself, which is referred to as "The Hungry Eye." A crude picture of the Iris next to the Earth is shown to the video, showing that it is "alive" and has "intent."
* "Our Solar System" - The planets of the solar system are introduced, with the Iris being the second to last. All that is said on the planet is that it "...is with us now, laughing at us," giving the implication that the Iris's has been influencing the Earth.
* "Lethal Omen Commercial" - One of the endings of the game shows the Iris looming over the night sky of Earth before the game ends.
* "Sleep Image Visualizer" - As the stick figure leaves the screen, the Iris starts emerging from Earth's horizon. A similar view is shown in Joseph Allen's dream.
* "Games of Kids" - A red arrow points to the Iris in the night sky towards the end of the video. The last image of the video is of the Iris looking at Earth from it's perspective.
* "Monthly Progress Report" - The video gives a demonstration of Regnad Computing and the Iris speaking to each other. Thanks to the Iris' help, the company has been able to make several strides in computing technology, putting it's competitors behind it. The Iris uses ACL as a median to talk to Regnad. Once the array is activated, the Iris talks of how Mary saw The Gateway "die," her hearing the Wretch, how Vessels (victims of DRD) goes to the "maw," etc.
* "Crusader Probe Mission" - In December of 1992, the Crusader Probe approaches the moons of the Iris, photographing four of them. The following month shows the probe being under the influence of the Iris' gravity, making it fall into the planet. The probe maps out and photgraphs various parts of the Iris before being sent back to Earth at an anomalously fast speed.

## Trivia

* The moon Umbilic origically had a different name (Ulcer) and simpler design, according to Remy