86th Muttation Contest

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THE 86TH MUTT CONTEST!

Attention Members! Would you like to contribute to the 86th Hunger Games from a Gamemaker's standpoint? Here's your chance!

Come up with a "muttation" or other genetically altered wild beast using the following form, and reply to this thread with your finished product. The best mutts may be included in the 86th or other future Hunger Games. There is no limit to how many mutts you may submit, so feel free to post more as they come to you (although remember to edit your post rather than double-posting if someone else has posted before you).

If your muttation is used, you will receive credit for your little beastie on the Muttation Directory thread that will be present during the Games, as well as on the Site Wiki's Muttation Page. Note that the Gamemakers (staff) reserve the right to make minor changes to your creations.

Notes: Mutts involving humans will not be used, and mutts created initially "to kill people," "to destroy people," or "to torture people" will also have to be explained very well to be used. Be more creative than that!

You may want to refer to the Arena Map for climate-based inspiration. For the 86th, we are looking for mutts that fit our wintry theme.

The contest will end on October 10th!

Use the form below:

[b]Brief Summary:[/b] (consider including previous uses [why the Capitol developed them], rough size/physical features, and general behavior, as well as any additional information you may have and please note that this should be no more than a paragraph — see the Muttation Page on the Site Wiki for examples.)
[b]Poison, Edible, or Neither?[/b] (please note that this may be changed by the GMs based on need)

[𝓂𝒶𝒽𝑜𝓊𝒽𝑜🕊]

“Have you heard? The tales of the wishing string?”

The wishing string is a fable told to the children of district seven when young in the winter times to deter kids who stay up past their bedtime. Once, long ago before the war and dark days, trees would be lined with lights that twinkled in hues of red, green, blue, and more. Now those days are gone, but if kids stay up past their bedtime and go to play in the snow, they may find the faint glow. 

Follow the enchanting lights to find the ghost forest that only appears to the bravest boys and girls. Although it can’t be seen during the day, the wishing strings glow brightly in the night, mirroring the once beautiful lights that are only now reserved for the capitolites. Legend has it, if you pull on the wishing string it will tell you your future while bringing you luck from its magic touch. 

But luck comes with a cost, since there is no magic for kids in the districts who disobey their parents. Because we aren’t supposed to know the future. And so, only one string of the hundreds will favor you, while the others strings will tell you of your doom, singing in a chorus of your fears. If you pull the right one, you can spread the magic touch to bless your family with good fortune. Yet if the wrong one, when you come home to hug your family, the dust is of poison and will doom you all. 

Not all that shines bright brings good cheer. For if you try your luck with the wishing strings, it may just run out. 

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Why the capitol developed them? Although winter arenas are exceptionally cruel to the tributes, they tend to fail to pull an audience due to their slow paced nature. In order to combat this, gamemakers have created a mutt that is both beautiful to the eyes to appeal to the audience while bringing to life a fatal fable.

Size: They are the size of traditional worm on the strings and appear in massive swarms within trees. They can be made larger to make it easier to grab.

Function: They can act as jabberjays and parrot tributes through whispers amongst the hundreds within the trees. Due to their poisonous powder, it can also be a triggered event to determine if an unlucky tribute encounters snow mixed with the powder. Another random event could be pulling a lucky wishing string that will allow them to find a lucky item.

Inspiration? Glowworms although pretty to the eyes are in reality maggots. I thought putting a spin on this with worms on the strings would be a creative twist~

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Poisonous powder coats their fur. If snowing, it can mix into the snow and spread their poisonous residue throughout the area or onto items. They aren’t edible and have a sour/bitter taste. 

[kap]

Festivideer

Brief Summary: Originally intended to be a sort of living Ratmas decoration, these reindeer have their antlers adorned in Ratmas ornaments and festive lights of varying colors. The Festivideer were perfect as the Capitol's next new trend at first- the lights on their antlers were always turned on, and their ornaments looked great- they seemed like exactly what the people wanted, until they started dying. Whether it be because some people didn't realize they needed to give their living decorations nourishment or because the climate was too warm for them, slowly, their population began to dwindle. Therefore, they were taken away from the average citizens by Capitol officials who had their own ideas in mind for them.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Edible, aside from their lights/ornaments

[goat]

Chaired Noble Catfish



Brief Summary: The people in the Capitol love to eat. Because of this, the people in charge of the people who raise the food have to get creative. Non-modified animals just aren’t enough to meet the food production quotas. One such experiment was with a species of catfish native to the small bodies of freshwater dotting District Eight. The carefully curated serum had been meant to speed up egg development and hatch time, but something went wrong along the way, and it ended up growing the fish to multiple times their size. Left with 200 pound catfish that had already outgrown their ponds, they had no choice but to drag them to the Capitol for safekeeping. While they aren’t the perfect predator, they certainly are large, and their jaws can get just big enough to swallow some unlucky tribute.
Poison, Edible, or Neither? Edible.


The Moth Men



Brief Summary: District security is a very big deal. They have hovercrafts, sure, but it’s easy for dissenters and wanderers for hide when they hear them approach. The Capitol needed something that would blend in with the nighttime scenery and capture people found outside District borders. The creatures that were created weren’t exactly pretty— they were moth adjacent with humanoid legs and piercing red eyes— but they did the job. That is, at least until they stopped returning the rebels. The Capitol needed their wanderers to receive their just punishment, so the fleet of moth men had to be retired from public use. They’re excellent trackers and attack with their razor sharp claws, perfect for snatching up tributes and dragging them to their demise.
Poison, Edible, or Neither? Neither.

[revel latimer, 11b 🔍 jay]

Brief Summary: They were wisps in the wind—bright balls of fluorescent blue lights that make their homes in the glass-like trees that dotted the arena's landscape, huddling in flocks on the barren branches so when a lone tribute passes they believe they are just the leaves on the tree. Even though these spirits are kind and benevolent creatures, there's a ferocity, a savageness to them when they feel threatened. In the face of danger, they surround their assailants like a pack of wolves, pouncing on them with razor-like fins and sharpened fangs. When killed these spirits shatter like glass, and the light that once glowed around them flickers, fading into the darkness around them.
Poison, Edible, or Neither? Neither.

[umber vivuus 12b 🥀 [dars]]

Brief Summary: "Did you see that over there? That spot in the snow? I swear I saw something moving!" Famous last words of those who meet a Caligorsa in the wild. These beasts are one with the arctic nature that surrounds them, with a thick coat of frost-colored fur to keep them warm and offer the perfect camouflage. When creating this fearsome foe, scientists decided to leave the base DNA- that of a polar bear- mostly untouched. However, there are some key differences, primarily: Caligorsa are slightly smaller, vastly quicker, have shorter hibernation periods, and their hearing and sight are much, much better. They are are also proven to be more adept hunters, using strategy and their surroundings rather than relying on brute strength alone.
Poison, Edible, or Neither? Edible, classified as large game, fur could be used as a coat to combat cold mayhaps?

Brief Summary: Hulking masses of fur and ice, it is impossible to miss these huge creatures, and also nearly impossible to escape them. If not for the pair of icicles that jut out of its front end to resembled three feet long tusks, a person would have a difficult time distinguishing which end of the creature was which. They stand at roughly fifteen feet tall, large mounds of hair that is almost always covered in permafrost, and they are slow-moving until provoked, which causes them to charge their foes. They've been known to uproot entire trees, so one would do well to avoid standing in their path once they go into a rampage.
Poison, Edible, or Neither? Edible, classified as large game

Brief Summary: There are many stories about this Capitol creation. Some say it lives for hundreds of years. Some say each of its tails hold a different mystical power. Some say they contain the spirits of tricksters, while other claim they are known to sense danger and come to the rescue of people lost in the snowy mountains of upper Panem. There are not many facts surrounded the creatures, however, outside of this: when provoked, they are worthy adversaries indeed. Each of their tails is tipped in sleek, sharp ice, and can be detached like that of a porcupine's quill, and shot at enemies. Not mention its teeth, which are as sharp as any knife, and its ability to blend in with its environment effortlessly. Korsune are beautiful and they are unknown. Perhaps, with the help of the Games, people will have stories they know are true to use in the future.
Poison, Edible, or Neither? Nonedible

Brief Summary: There, amidst the storm, seems to be a particular flurry of snow and fog. It doesn't obey the wind currents in the same way, gliding effortlessly on its own route. It is only later that you think you hear the sound of a bird dwelling within it. The Nimbeaus is a glorious, beautiful manifestation of wintery beauty. A peacock painted white, its DNA infused with mist- some would say its wings are made of clouds themselves. Its song is one of harmony and grace, like wind whistling across the arctic sea, but make no mistake: beautiful things can hurt, too. Get too close and you'll have more than its sharp talons and beak to worry about, but the flurries of cold air that surround it at all times have been reported to cause minor cases of frostbite!
Poison, Edible, or Neither? Nonedible, additional frostbite roll with attacks maybe?

[Lyn𝛿is]

Arctic Foxes






Brief Summary: They don't attack tributes, they're just here to be cute :cuddly: u can tame them and they'll follow u around
Poison, Edible, or Neither? Why would u eat them u monster

[✨ zozo.]

Brief Summary: Designed for, and found in, the Ghost Trees section of the 86th Arena, these little creatures are designed with a camouflaged skin to seem translucent as they float around the arena. By day they blend into the trees and the snow, cooing eerily to try and lure tributes deeper into the forest. Some say these little howling cries sound awfully like the sobs of past tributes. By night, a faint glow can be seen in the dark - the eyes of these lost souls haunting whoever dares to gaze into them.

TLDR: just for spooki factor - they don't physically attack.
one could make an argument that they attack the mind and soul tho hehe.

Poison, Edible, or Neither? Neither!