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== 56th Games Muttations == | == 56th Games Muttations == | ||
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| + | ==== Sabertooth Bat ==== | ||
| + | At first glance, Sabertooth Bats appear to be regular bats. They come in various shades of black, brown, gray, and even reddish-orange, and dwell in similar types of places. If you saw one flying at you, though, the difference between the two species would be immediately apparent: protruding out of the mouths' of these Capitol muttations are two poisonous fangs that grow up to six inches in length. The Capitol combined the genes of large fruit bats, long extinct Sabertooth Tigers, and even a particularly venomous species of viper to create a creature with a wingspan of up to 6 feet with superior night vision, perfect for tracking rebels who may try to run under the cover of night. Their one weakness, though, is that somewhere in the mix they acquired glowing eyes; if you spot a luminous pair of orbs in the darkness, you may just have a chance to escape. | ||
| + | '''Not poisonous. Not edible. 8 HP.''' | ||
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| + | ==== Deadly Stallions ==== | ||
| + | Larger than your average horse, these mutts can travel at an extremely fast pace. Deadly Stallions were originally created by the Capitol as a mean of quieter transportation during the war. Their hooves are far stronger than that of a regular old steed, created by the Capitol so they could gallop over nearly any terrain. When rebels had began sneaking into Capitol areas and killing the mutts mercilessly, the Deadly Stallions' minds were configured to attack anyone who didn't fight for the Capitol on sight, posing as a potential threat to tributes. They are most likely found in shaded areas or near drinking water, ready to attack anyone who comes near. | ||
| + | '''Not poisonous. Not edible. 35 HP.''' | ||
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| + | '''In-Game Activity''' | ||
| + | * Attacked [[Topaz Ross]] and [[Nash Harvey]] on Day 6, severely injuring the latter. | ||
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| + | ==== Hellhounds ==== | ||
| + | Though they’re called ''hounds'', these nasty little creations aren’t just canine. They were created for one purpose- to shred- and the jaws are all alligator, with sharp teeth and the muscles to slam their jaws closed on a piece of prey and toss it around until enough pieces fly off to kill it. The name did come from somewhere, though, and the majority of this mutt is in fact canine in origin. The creature looks like a monstrous wolf- strong fighter, enduring runner, and so dark an earthy green as to appear black. Just to add to the disturbing color factors, the eyes are more vein than sclera, turning them red. (That, like the green tinge to their fur, was actually a defect caused by trying to use such specialized alligator cells; it was originally going to be bred out, but enticed such fear in the Hounds’ prey that it quickly came to be regarded as useful.) The ears are long at birth and need to be cropped to keep from flopping dangerously close to the teeth; that trait is from the bloodhound genetics that allow the Hounds to track their prey even when it seems impossible to do so. | ||
| + | '''Not poisonous. Not edible. 35 HP.''' | ||
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| + | '''In-Game Activity''' | ||
| + | Cerba, arguably the single most notorious muttation, had a strong showing from the start of the 56th Games: | ||
| + | * Killed [[Bolcco Renred]] at the end of the bloodbath, due to his stalling. | ||
| + | * Dragged [[Johnathan Wrusche]] off to the edge of the Arena, tearing off one of his arms and leaving him near death. | ||
| + | * Engaged in combat with [[56th_Hunger_Games#Team Strikeoutthough|Team Strikeoutthough]], who fled after killing her partner. | ||
| + | * Killed [[Anani Petros]] near the end of the Games. | ||
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| + | ==== Sleep Gliders / Snatchers of Heaven ==== | ||
| + | These ugly combination of crow, rat, and raven look like normal but larger crows or ravens from a distance, even cawing like them. Underneath the wings are the Black Rat's limbs, which the scientists have made sure to make big enough to be able to grab things. The bird's tail has been replaced by a very long rodent one that can be compared to as rope or a monkey's: able to tie objects up. The main color - of course - is black with spots of white. The mutt tries to remove suspicion by always turning to approaching Tributes - should they spot them - and straightening their tails horizontally. Their eyes are inherited from the rats; and, given they are supposed to blend like birds, they have no visible ears and talons are kept in check. The birds used to be trained to steal food from rebel camps and, possibly, eat some to lay blame on any poor individual and cause civil war within the shelters. When the rebels caught onto their thievery and could spot them by the tails, they began tricking them by poisoning bits of their food and having the mutts partake in them. The Capitol ceased the project; but, for the Games, they still continue their pilfering but can now also asphyxiate Tributes by - with their strong rat limbs - partial choking. Their only weakness would be to try distracting them with food, as was their original purpose. | ||
| + | '''Not poisonous. Not edible. 5 HP.''' | ||
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| + | In addition to having a combat attack, Snatchers have a [[Non-Combat Dice Rolls#Snatchers of Heaven|non-combat dice roll]] that they may use on their victims. | ||
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| + | '''In-Game Activity''' | ||
| + | * Attacked [[Luyu Nimmons]], [[Joshua Rowan]], [[Ember Milan]], and [[Anani Petros]]. Ember and Joshua managed to kill theirs, but Luyu lost an item and Anani was nearly asphyxiated. | ||
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| + | ==== Black Curtains ==== | ||
| + | The once former deadly Black Widow - fused with its less dangerous counterpart, the Jumping Spider - have been gifted with two types of weaponry: one of the lethal kind and one of the blinding kind. Either way, their name encompasses what either does - shutting vision (permanently or temporarily) of the victim. One can tell which one does by the hourglass-tattoo on the abdomen. The brown hourglass denotes blindness; the green means death. The rest of the body has retained the black widow's structure, with the eyes and fangs borrowed from the jumping spider. By abusing the jumping spider's namesake ability, they jump or tether themselves to the future-victim and climb towards the eyes. While the person can easily kill these spiders, they tend to come in swarms, wanting to take out those that destroy their beautiful and succulent pumpkins. It seems like millions live in each squash, as, once they are broken open, a skitter of black dots the orange food. They dig their fangs anywhere at the eyeball. The venom/poison takes about ten seconds to work in the system; and, if the venom was picked, the effect lasts for approximately three hours. During the rebellion, they were used to do their thing towards the rebels foolish enough to cut open pumpkins, squash, and other produce in a surprise assault. Quite effective, the Capitol once took pride in these creatures, watching the chaos between death and blindness rob the rebels lives - as the Capitol would then send in soldiers to kill off the blinded, if the blinded didn't accidentally kill of their own cohorts in madness. | ||
| + | '''Poisonous. Not edible. 4 HP.''' | ||
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| + | ==== Pounds / Trippers ==== | ||
| + | Pounds - or also Trippers - are what they are suggested to be: obese rodents weighing at around seven pounds per. Their fur and traits are mish-mashed from having so many inheritances from various rats, bearing weird patches of colored fur and a tendency to have one pointed ear and one rounded ear. Limbs are weak and stubby - in comparison to the overly-large body - but the teeth have been sharpened to pierce fabric and hook onto it. Tails are much like a whip's thickness, and they prove to be valuable to remain stuck to anyone. The Capitol used to have an idea that if the rebels couldn't move, they couldn't fight as well and be distracted to remove what added on extra poundage. This was the concept behind the Pounds; they would grip onto legs or arms (if somehow a rebel was stupid enough to want to swat at them) and latch onto them. The nickname of Trippers was derived from when rebels would literally trip due to trying to exert force to immobilized legs. | ||
| + | '''Not poisonous. Not edible. 2 HP.''' | ||
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| + | ==== Sheepish ==== | ||
| + | ''For description, see above: ([[Muttations#Sheepish|Sheepish]])'' | ||
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| + | '''In-Game Activity''' | ||
| + | * Three Sheepish attacked [[56th_Hunger_Games#Team Strikeoutthrough|Team Strikeoutthrough]] on Day 2, but were all defeated. | ||
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| + | === Muttation Contest Winners === | ||
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| + | ==== Tree Peckers ==== | ||
| + | '''Created by GreenBeads.''' | ||
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| + | The Tree Pecker is an advanced form of a Woodpecker. Like woodpeckers, they can peck holes into wood and so on. However Tree peckers are large and strong enough to "peck" entire branches off trees. In a flock they could peck at a tree and take it down. However the Woodcock's thin beak allows it to make very precise holes too. The Tree Peckers in a flock use the stronger blunter pecks while alone they tend to use the smaller functions. They also have been gifted with strong talons that grip wood well, and can crush smaller branches. They are able to fly long distances to reach their destination given by the Capitol. These Tree Peckers are brown in color, though they come in many different shades. The females are usually lighter in color but bigger in size. They can peck a hole in a branch someone is sleeping on and never wake them up and send them to the forest floor before they know what happened. With those powerful beaks these babies can do a number on someone's face. | ||
| + | '''Not poisonous. Not edible. 8 HP.''' | ||
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| + | ==== Ourboros ==== | ||
| + | '''Created by Xeniaph.''' | ||
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| + | Created after the alchemical symbol of the Ouroboros, a serpent which bites its own tail, the Ouroboros muttation is a serpent about the size of the average Anaconda. It's skin is a rich yellow — you could even called it gold — and made up scale-like structures called scutes, the same type of plating on the backs of armadillos. The entire shell of a turtule is actually one large scute. When the scutes come into contat with certain oils on the surfaces of organic matters such as human skin, the hair of certain animals, and multiple types of wood, it causes an allergic reaction that spikes the skin of the ouroboros into hundreds of spines which quickly excrete a poison called tetrodotoxin. Tetrodotoxin is a powerful neurotoxin. It's powerful enough to kill, by paralyzing the diaphragm or, alternatively, the muscles that pump the heart. This method is also how they catch food. Moreover, certain psychological implements cause them to coil up around objects in a way similar to the actual legend. However, because of the weight of the ouroboros, due to older genetic engineering, it rarely moves move than a few feet every day. | ||
| + | '''Poisonous. Not edible. 15 HP.''' | ||
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| + | '''In-Game Activity''' | ||
| + | * On Day Two, a pair of Ourboros attacked [[56th_Hunger_Games#Eternal_September|Eternal September]], killing both District 11 tributes, [[Estelle Havenporth]] and [[Cole Haister]]. | ||
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| + | ==== Unused Recycled Muttations ==== | ||
| + | Several recycled muttations were included in the 56th Arena but were not implemented by the Gamemakers: | ||
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| + | * [[Muttations#Pathfinder Bugs|Pathfinder Bugs]] | ||
| + | * [[Muttations#Tree Rabbits|Tree Rabbits]] | ||
| + | * [[Muttations#Pygmy Cattle|Pygmy Cattle]] | ||
| + | * [[Muttations#Demo Deer|Demo Deer]] | ||
| + | * [[Muttations#Alarm Owls|Alarm Owls]] | ||
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| + | == 57th Hunger Games Muttations == | ||
