Beserker

Brutality and obedience personified.

A fine mistake, Berserkers are trained from childhood to relish bloodshed and to protect their masters with their very lives. They are built broad in the shoulder and long of limb, blessed with strength and stamina beyond those of the other castes and an innate aggressive streak that is exploited and exacerbated with conditioning. Berserkers are hulking machines created to kill, thriving on adrenaline.

Only a fool would mistake their top-heavy brutish exteriors for housing equally brutish minds, for they are keenly intelligent and crafty and have excellent dispositions for instruction, grudges, and mental programming.

GENETIC BLEND: 2 GENOMES

In addition to the chupakri base.

▴ STABILITY - 2 (SUFFICIENT)

Sufficient stability is a reflection on the two additive genes to enhance strength and stamina, creating a chupakri that is only slightly less stable than an Elite, but still stable enough to not cause concern for unwanted mutation.

▴ LIKELY GENOMES

Any land-dwelling animal is a potential genetic component in a Berserker chupakri, especially those with dense muscle mass and natural weaponry. Known genepools used in Berserker experimentation include animals such as bear, tiger, lion, ox, bison, moose, jaguar, rottweiler, english mastiff, and hyena.

▴ ENCOUNTERED GENOMES

These are animals that have already shown in a Berserker chupakri. (We strongly prefer that new chupakri applicants do not use animals that have already been used for their caste.)

PERUSE ENCOUNTERED GENOMES

▴ blue wildebeest
▴ abyssinian cat
▴ striped hyena
▴ oryx
▴ kangaroo
▴ honey badger
▴ turkish kangal shepherd
▴ clydesdale
▴ orangutan
▴ spotted hyena

CASTE STANDARDS

▴ REQUIRED QUALITIES

Physical identifiers that indicate caste.
▴ Berserkers always present 2 different, distinct animals.
▴ Exclusively mammalian.
▴ Exceptional strength and stamina.
▴ Males and females are both built similarly, with little external sexual dimorphism.
▴ Eye colors range from yellow, orange, and red.

▴ POSSIBLE QUALITIES

Physical identifiers that indicate caste but do not manifest in all members of the caste. Some of these may be shared with another caste.
▴ Increased muscle mass.
▴ Noticeable height increase over the other castes.
▴ Black, white, gray and/or brown fur color with bold contrasts.
▴ Vibrantly colored markings.
▴ Natural weaponry.
▴ Wing development, rarely flight-capable. Usually no wings at all.
▴ Berserkers may have bright, unnatural or unusual colors on their bodies so long as they do not encompass the majority of the color scheme.

SOCIAL & FUNCTION

Invariably larger than the other castes, with very few exceptions, Berserkers are the enforcers, guards, and executioners of the chupakri. Trained from very early on for aggression, they are ruthless killing machines who live for the adrenaline rush of murder and the joy of lording their strength over others.

Fiercely loyal to their betters, Berserkers will protect their masters and Elite chupakri with their lives. Empathy is beaten out of them at an early age, and in general they are large, loud, brutal individuals looking for their next fight.

▴ GENERAL BEHAVIOR

Anger and obsessive control issues rolled up into one, Berserkers are often short on words and big on acting first, thinking second. Bloodshed and danger are their passions, and they thrive in the chaos of war, in positions of enforced power, and being given an assignment to protect a property or an individual at all costs. Aggression runs high in this caste, as does overconfidence, sadism, and tyrannical tendencies.

▴ CHUPAKRI SOCIETY

Summary of how Berserkers relate to each other and to chupakri of other castes.
▴ELITE: The most important creatures, the only things Berserkers will obey as unquestioningly as their masters in the Collective. An Elite is worth fighting and dying for. A life given to protect an Elite is a life well-lived.
▴BERSERKER: Brothers in arms, but also competition. Veiled teeth behind smiles, sheathed claws. Rage always boiling under the surface. They work well together, but they do not trust.
▴HYBRID: Tools, and nothing more. They are meant to be utilized for their talents, but they are ultimately expendable.
▴STUNTED: Less than sentient, pond scum, breathing resources. Dangerous liabilities.

▴ FREEDOM

Berserker chupakri are likely to take up the following jobs and occupations on their own time.
▴Soldier
▴Mercenary
▴Bodyguard
▴Slaver

BODY & MIND

▴ HEALTH OVERVIEW

Berserkers are a sturdy stock of fighters, known for their vigor. They don't have many health issues, but due to their harsh training they suffer from many mental illnesses.

▴ COMMON DEFORMITIES

Berserkers are one of the most stable of the Chupakri castes. Because of this they are not given to many natural deformities that plague the Hybrids or Stunteds. As they age some might begin to form, as their body naturally destabilizes.

▴ COMMON PSYCHOLOGICAL WOUNDS & ILLNESSES

Mental Illness

▴ Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
▴ Narcissism
▴ Borderline Personality Disorder

▴ Depression
▴ Anger Issues
▴Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

▴ Resource Guarding
▴ Food Aggression
▴Socipathy

▴Megalomania

Physical Afflictions

▴Gigantism
▴Cancer

▴ BREEDING

Berserker chupakri are not allowed to breed, and are infertile.