Iratu Squad

Iratu Squad
Status	Active
Members
Leader	Iratu Elexion
Members	Azurai Moonshade Tsavo
Prisoners	Denevol
Affiliations
Affiliation	Hell's Army
Base of Operations	Coiled Cobra Bar
Previous Base of Operations	Trader Moe's
Goals
Gathering Angels for Ascensions
First Appearance
Slightly Damned #389 [HQ, TS]

The Iratu Squad is an unnamed group of mostly Demons, and Moonshade, led by Iratu Elexion on Medius. They are part of the army from Hell. The group appears to be hunting around for Angels.

Creation

It's unclear how exactly the group was formed. It can be assumed that Iratu, as a general and the commander of the group, chose Azurai and Tsavo while in Hell, and was possibly instructed by a higher power to carry out a certain mission that is to take place in St. Curtis. Azurai and Iratu are known to be boyfriends, and Iratu presumably recognised Tsavo's many useful skills.

Dynamics

Iratu serves as the squad leader, giving orders to those directly in line with his group, while also having control over others outside his group being their General. While he tends to have the final say on their actions, he is often advised by Tsavo given his intellect. Azurai otherwise acts on whatever order he is given (unless provoked to an extent), but otherwise he and the others appear to have a field of command over all over squads.

Team Capabilities

The team appears to be quite combat capable, destroying an entire town on their own, and fighting and capturing a trained Seraph Angel. Iratu is known to be extremely large and strong, even by Earth Demon standards. Tsavo has demonstrated effective use of Wind Magic, and favors lightning spells. Azurai knows Fire Magic, but also uses his long and sharp claws to deal serious damage. Moonshade has stolen the Earth Guardian powers of Moku the Snake and possesses great magic power for a Jakkai; he can also turn into a giant cobra form. As it stands their group has access to the following magic schools:

• Wind Magic [Tsavo]
• Earth Magic [Iratu, Moonshade]
• Fire Magic [Azurai]
• Darkness Magic [All Demons]

Tsavo acts as the team's resident handyman; he performs a variety of tasks to fill in the gaps left by the others, who (except Moonshade) seem mostly combat centric. This includes potion brewing, equipment maintenance, scouting and espionage. Tsavo appears to do a lot of potion brewing and experimentation, as Azurai chooses to scorn him over it.

Moonshade's role is to eliminate any Guardian standing in the Demons' way. He wields a dagger that is able to deal damage to immortal beings, and his cobra form's venom is able to kill them as well.

Missions

Capture Angels for Ascension

Iratu's Squad, along with all other squads in the army, are to capture as many Angels as possible in order to perform Ascensions to move Demons from Hell to Medius. To that end, they plan to gather in St. Curtis during the Flower Festival.

• Status: Success

Eliminate Guardians

Before the attack on St. Curtis could start, Moonshade was tasked with eliminating any Guardians that might interfere. He managed to kill Melli the Fire Bee and drive Meeros the Mortori Bird to flee, leaving Demons free reign in the city.

• Status: Success

Perform Ascension on Mt. Sentinel

Using what Angels they currently have, the squad is to join the others in performing an Ascension ritual on Mt. Sentinel.

• Status: In-Progress

Pursue Mokurynn's Egg

Following the St. Curtis invasion, Moonshade decides to head south and follow Mokurynn's egg; to that end, he separates from the squad and Iratu tasks Hakka's team to accompany him, switching places with Tsavo.

• Status: In-Progress

Trivia

• Based on their traits, the members of Team Iratu (excluding Moonshade) have been called Fat Ass (Iratu), Smart Ass (Tsavo), and Dumb Ass (Azurai).