Horrors

Most of the characters in Code Adam are Horrors. Horrors are people who have special abilities; they originated from a government experiment to end a war. There are nine "Original" horrors, all of which are named after numbers from 1-9 in various languages, except for Atlas. Each of the Originals has a unique ability (with the exception of Fyra, who has the same ability as Atlas), which seems to be associated with an element of some kind that they are able to manipulate. The T-2 Horrors were made by using the Originals' cells on young children. T-2s also have abilities which seem to correspond to the Originals, but are weaker than the Originals', likely due to a lower potency of power since they came from the Originals. When two people with the same ability fight against one another for control of the same element, the stronger person will win and "override" the other person.

## History

Not much is known about the creation of horrors. What we do know is that they were made by a secret government-funded project team in a laboratory, led by genius scientist Vesta. The other core members of the team were Orion, who was Vesta's husband, Nora, and Hades. Annie's mother also worked at the lab as a staff member. Atlas, the first horror, was Vesta and Orion's son. After Vesta and Orion's death, Hades used the cells of the original horrors (the Originals) to make a new generation of Horrors called Type-2s, or T-2s.

Vesta designed a Cure for the horrors that would make them normal humans again when it was used, so that when the war was over they could live normal lives. However, the cure would only work if Atlas was sacrificed. Atlas volunteered to give himself up to protect his siblings, but Hades opposed the use of the Cure. After he became the project lead, Hades attempted to destroy the Cure, but Nora protected it by attaching it to Atlas' body so that if it were removed, he would die. Hades wouldn't kill Atlas, so the Cure still exists, unused, to this day.

Although it's unclear, it seems that when the Cure is used, all horrors everywhere will lose their abilities and become normal humans, regardless of whether they are injected with or otherwise exposed to the Cure. However, it is stated early on that all 9 Originals must be together in order for the Cure to be used.

It is also unclear if Atlas still has to die in order for the Cure to be used, since Nora changed it in order to attach it to his body.

## Type-2s

**T-2's**, or Type-2’s, are second generation horrors created by Hades from the cells of the originals. T-2's are very dangerous to not only those around them but to themselves as well. The abilities that the T-2's possess are very unstable and rapidly decrease the life-span of the T-2's. Even when a T-2 is not using their ability, they are still constantly dying from the side-effects of their powers. T-2s are also weaker than Originals, and it's extremely rare for a T-2 to be able to override an Original with the same ability.

Hinalea, Lato, Iantis, and Sands are all T-2s. They broke Atlas and Nine out of the lab in order to ask for their help assembling and using the Cure, so that they can live normal lifespans instead of dying young.

## Abilities

There are 8 unique abilities that a horror can have, but a single horror can only have one. It is assumed that T-2s have the same ability as the one of the Original whose cells were used to make them. It appears that each ability is based on some kind of element which can be manipulated by the user. In some cases, the element can take multiple forms, and the user can have a preferred form that they use it to fight with.

When a horror uses or activates their ability, their eyes glow yellow and yellow lightning appears and surrounds them, their eyes, and/or whatever they are manipulating. If one horror is overriding another, then the lightning is red instead. If a horror pushes their abilities to the limits, especially when overriding another, then a ring of hexagons will appear around their body. If the override fails, then the hexagons will shatter and the horror will sustain injury.

### Water

Atlas and Fyra are both water manipulators. There are no known T-2s with this ability. While Atlas primarily uses water in its solid form as ice to fight, he is also shown using liquid water, vapor, and even summoning rain storms by manipulating the clouds. He uses both ice and water vapor in season one, but is only shown using liquid form in season 2 and beyond. The first time he uses vapor is to block a photographer's lens from taking a picture of him and Nine during the Gala Arc.

Fyra on the other hand, uses ice exclusively. As a child, she is shown using snowflakes to draw pictures in the air and build snowmen, but after growing up she is only shown using ice similar to Atlas. Based on her character transformation, it's likely that she uses ice in order to imitate Atlas in an attempt to surpass him, and stopped using her own personal expression in the form of snow.

Fyra is able to override Atlas at close range (within 10 meters), but Atlas has much more range and versatility with his ability due to years of experience as a child. Unlike Fyra, he can maintain control over massive amounts of water at once, condense it from the air, and control it at ranges large enough to summon a thunderstorm from a great distance.

### Fire

There are two known fire manipulators, Nine and Lato. Fire and electricity abilities are strong enough at close range to break in-ear radios, which is why neither Lato nor Iantis, who uses electricity, use them during missions. Based on this, we can assume that fire and electricity users have some degree of immunity to their ability. Otherwise, if fire were hot enough in the user's ear to break their radio, it would also burn them. In the last few episodes of Season 2, Nine is shown incinerating an entire area, severely burning anyone caught within it. However, he remains untouched.

Not much else is known about the fire ability. Nine is shown having an immense amount of raw power, but little control. This is to be expected by someone who is fully mature and has an immense amount of innate power but has not learned to control it, like Nine. Lato, on the other hand, maintains control of his fire at all times. He generally fights using large walls of flame to burn or block his opponent.

### Electricity

Like fire manipulators, electricity manipulators have some degree of immunity to their own ability. There are two known electricity users: Iantis, and the small child from Episode 2. The color of the lightning produced by an electricity user depends on their strength, with the weakest being red, then ranging up to yellow, blue, and then brilliant lilac purple. Red lightning is not strong enough to take down an Original. When hit by a direct blast, Hiru doesn't even flinch. Purple lightning is so strong that with very little effort multiple people can be killed by it.

The finesse of an electricity user depends on the flow of electricity in their body. If the flow is wrong, it's difficult for the user to control it. If the user loses a body part, like Iantis' arm, then it's possible for the flow to be messed up, similar to how blood flow would change if you lost a body part. The presence of electrical flow in the user's body further supports the idea that electricity users have a level of immunity to electricity.

Electricity users can also take advantage of their environment in order to channel, direct, or draw electricity from.

### Living Matter

Viis and Hinalea use this ability. According to Atterozen, this ability does not extend to plants.

### Sound

Sita uses this ability.

1. ↑ Episode 13
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Episode 43
3. ↑ Episode 67