

Since the scarlet color is caused by anger and makes the eyes more valuable, it's reported that the Troupe members mutilated the children in front of their parents in order to intensify the scarlet color. After this, the heads of those with Scarlet Eyes were all severed successively. Those who were not related by blood to the clan were said to be mutilated in order to set an example. The adult males had the most wounds, but it's assumed that these were sustained during a struggle before they were captured. Pure clan members had their eyes gouged out, while those who married into the clan had their eyes squashed and sustained more brutal wounds than the others. The papers at the time reported that family members were made to face one another and stabbed multiple times, with their heads severed while they were still alive.

News of this was reported to the whole world six weeks after the last of them departed. Kurta Clan Massacre įive years prior the 287th Hunter Exam, the Phantom Troupe approached the Kurta Clan for their valuable Scarlet Eyes and massacred all 128 villagers. The reason is due to the fact that one of their own was unfairly condemned, so 31 of them gave up their lives to take down another 31 in the name of revenge. Each of them approached their intended target, offered them a handshake while smiling, and then blew themselves up, at different locations at exactly the same time. The message found near what was left of their bodies read: " We'll accept anything you leave here, but don't ever take anything away from us." Their assassins were 31 Meteor City residents with bombs in their pockets, as it was believed. Right afterward, a total of 31 people consisting of the beat cops, the judge, the prosecutor, his defense, and even the jury and witnesses that were involved in the case, were assassinated by the means of suicide bombings. It turned out that the bum was innocent after all. Three years later, a drug addict was arrested, and his past crimes were uncovered. The bum said he was from Meteor City and claimed his innocence, but the police prosecuted him anyway and the court found him guilty without giving him an adequate defense. They didn't find a trace of him ever existing. Ten years prior to the mayhem caused by the Phantom Troupe in Yorknew City, a bum with no ID was arrested for murder. History Outsider Threat Ĭhrollo tells Hisoka that when someone in the outside world attacked one of Meteor City's residents, the elder used his The Sun and Moon ability to turn one of their compatriots into a bomb in order to deliver a message. In the aftermath of the situation, the assembly argue whether they should expand their retaliation to the real Chimera Ant Queen. This is because many of the victims didn't survive the transformation process and were discarded, while some of those who did survive joined Zazan's army. Before the assembly decided to retaliate, they argued whether those who had been transformed should be considered dead or alive. A noteworthy example is when the Chimera Ant Zazan laid siege against the city and started to create her own army of mutant hybrid Ants. They are said to make counter-productive decisions over logic. The city is run as a gerontocracy, in which an assembly of elders oversees the city. This was speculated to be the result of indoctrination from an early age. The inhabitants share remarkable bonds that have been described as "thinner than water, and yet thicker than blood." They have been described as willing to lay down their own lives for their compatriots. However, the Phantom Troupe destroyed this relationship. Taking advantage of this, the Mafia Community invested in the city so they could always have a large reserve of recruits to use at their disposal. Since most of its inhabitants don't have any personal records, the city has become a huge source of untraceable hitmen and assassins.

The city is said to be the most diverse place on the planet, and its population is estimated at eight to ten million people, who live in an area about the size of the Lapet Republic (approximately 5,985.74 km², or 2,311.11 sq. Since then, it has been a dumping ground for other countries. It is rumored to be at least 1500 years old, and to have been founded as an internment camp set up by a dictator. Not much is known about the city as much of its information is shrouded in mystery.
