Diseased Clones

Diseased Clones are weaponized forms of the demonic entities known as the Diseased.

## History

The Diseased Clones were developed as an early defense system for Brad-Dunn Inc. and other companies, should the day arise that an alien threat would face the planet and not be able to properly defend itself.

The Diseased Clones were created from offset or old residual cells found from dead human beings as well as the black blood normally found left from the defeat or death of the demonic Diseased itself. Afterwards the cells and blood are placed into canisters that would be powered by SHA-led and funded experimentation. Most notably, these cells would be infused into fluids found inside of New Birth Pods to recreate the appearance of a fully functioning human being. Many of the Diseased Clones could first be formed into replica "heads" of whichever individual the clone is based upon. This gave rise to a new method of warfare both admired by not only Brad-Dunn Inc. but also the United States Military.

However, the Diseased Clones were considered unethical and violated human rights as well as the remains of deceased individuals. Being scrapped and shut down sometime before the terrorist sect AXIS fully took over SHA.

Years later, the Diseased Clones Research resurfaced as a copious amount of emails and blogs under a strange pseudonymous individual calling himself "The Picking Man". The Picking Man sent SHA dozens of trials and experimentations of the clones and sent some to SHA's new (at the time) CEO Carter Strings Sr. himself. Strings had many of his men locate the source of the Picking Man and each time they hunted for the mysterious author of the blogs and emails, they winded up missing.

The Picking Man eventually revealed himself to be Midlore West-Stein himself. The Karma God and best friend of the (at the time) lost Earth Rage God Damon Bradley. This prompted Strings and his associates, especially Kel Mann and Light Emperor to be more vigilant in West-Stein's affairs, pitting the Karma God against the SHA executives for many years.

During these years, Midlore remained at tension with SHA but also helped maintain and develop more Diseased Clones to hide inside Persephone Gardens as the ideal defense room.

## Midlore Versus Nomad Bradley/Attack of Erugi Arc

In the midst of Erugi Voxe's attack on Earth, Midlore unleashed a great portion of the Diseased Clones in a desperate attempt to force his Best Friend Nomad into becoming the God of Rage once more. These Diseased Clones however bore the appearances of countless superficial, unkind and downright negative peoples encountered by both Bradley and West-Stein in their earlier years.

West-Stein believed this would be a fruitless effort into having Bradley's prime abilities and red magic usage restored. However the clones were defeated when a wiled up Nomad Bradley massacred his army after not only learned of West-Stein's antagonistic methods involving the usage of the cruel people whom both had loathed but also the identity of Aphrodite, the Love Goddess actually being his old friend and lover, Bushra Khan.

Following West-Stein's attempt at using Doreen Bradley and Darla Bradley's Weaponized Head Containers on Nomad, he was beaten when Nomad knocked him unconscious.

Midlore would once again don the heads in a vain attempt to once again take on Erugi but was quickly overwhelmed and outmatched when Erugi simply used the evils and negative energies of the very same clones that West-Stein developed to thwart alien invaders. After this, Midlore barely used the clones himself again again, only choosing certain scenarios and battles to unleash part of his Diseased Clone army.

### Legacy

Zildri West-Stein would use the Diseased Clone army in a battle against Nomad and Aphrodite-Bushra's daughter Nadeja Tu Khan, ultimately overpowering the God of Rage and Love Goddess's daughter. They were subsequently shut down when Nadeja harnessed a limited control of the moon to crush the clones' bodies and destroy much of Persephone Gardens itself.