Originally created by Tiamat during the War of Chaos, the first Aqrabuamelu served as shock troops against the Igigi gods. Endowed with a portion of their creator's deadly venom, swarms of these fearsome scorpion-men brought many Igigi low before the Anunnaki were forced to intervene. With Marduk's victory over Tiamat, many of the forces of Chaos fled into hiding, but the fate of the remaining Aqrabuamelu fell to the Assembly of the Gods, with many of the Anunnaki-most notably Nergal- demanding that they be destroyed.