The Furia are infamous among the Greek and Roman mythologies as fearsome women who avenged crimes against the natural order. They were particularly concerned with homicide, violence, and traitorous acts against the gods. Upon capturing a criminal worthy of drawing their attention, the furia were known to inflict insanity upon them or to serve in the underworld as their torturers. They are also known as the Furies, Erinyes, or Dirae–names which invoked dread into the hearts of mortals.
They were depicted as ugly, winged women with hair, arms and waists entwined with poisonous serpents. These jailors of the dungeons of the damned wielded whips and were clothed either in the long black robes of mourners, or the short-length skirts and belted-boots of huntress- maidens. As such they were also known as the ‘Daughters of Night’, indeed, the Furia are female-only.
Legend says the furia were born of great goddess Gaia, the Mother of All, following the mutilation of Ouranos, her consort, by the titanous god Kronos, who later fathered Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, and Hera.
Homer described the presence of many furia, however only the names of three have survived the passage of time: Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera. Indeed, in Ages past, the furia were numerous, women born with the ability to sense the deepest imprints of human emotion on the physical world. Acts of violence and likewise those of joy pierce the mass of the ethos with a sort of scent which a furia may track to its source. Such a gift contributed to their renown abilities, and while they are less numerous than ever before, the furia remain, reborn in infant girls from time to time with predilections for profound awareness.
PC Furia: Rune Marx
ATHARIM CODEX
II. The Furia
The Sentic Orders, Order of the Blood
Atharim Designation: Class PREDATORY
Threat Index: Severe
Containment Priority: A (Observe; neutralize if behavioral triggers activate)
Description
Furia exhibit an olfactory hypersensitivity to violence. They “smell” aggression, intent, or bloodlust as chemical signatures in the air — even before an act is committed. The ability functions across biological and metaphysical thresholds: they detect the potential for violence, not just the act.
Reported scent analogues:
- Adrenaline spikes → ozone and iron
- Fear → sour musk
- Premeditated murder → absence of scent (a “void”)
Many Furia develop secondary instincts — heightened reflexes, predator fixation, and sensory obsession with death pheromones.
Historical Record
Referenced in Greek and Anatolian myth as the “Erymanthine Wolves” — hunters who could smell blood before the spear was thrown. Some scholars attribute their origin to the Erymanthine Awakening, a primal convergence of survival instinct and empathy that split humanity’s perception into hunter and prey.
Atharim Commentary
The Furia are both invaluable and unstable.
In the field they act as early-warning sensors, predicting outbreaks of violence hours before they occur. However, over-exposure leads to olfactory addiction — a compulsive need to re-experience the scent of aggression.
Many Furia end as Red Burners — operatives who lose discrimination and strike at any hint of blood. Close observation is needed to ensure timely euthanasia of at risk individuals.
Operational Directives
- Field deployment only with stabilizing handler.
- Use neutral-scent chambers for debriefing.
- Avoid open combat around active Furia; adrenaline may trigger feral state.
- If subject begins self-stimulation by inducing violence (“scent chasing”), immediate termination authorized.
Notable Case
Operative 07-“Tauren” (Berlin, 2018):
Prevented three terrorist bombings through predictive scent tracking; later found to have murdered twelve civilians “to keep the scent alive.”
Posthumous designation: Erymanthine Collapse.
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