Animal Mutations
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This file will describe all the
animal mutations encountered or seen by Ryan Cawdor and his companions as they travel through
the Deathlands and beyond.
Pilgrimage to Hell
In this novel, only one animal mutant is really ever
encountered, or even mentioned. It is a voracious little mutant
beetle that is used by Cort Strasser
to aid in his ‘tender’ questioning. Physically, the
beetle resembles a cross between a borer beetle and a termite. It
is shiny black, and has four horned antennae, and six legs. Its
labrum flap barely covers the insect's mouth, hardly concealing
mandibles that seem totally out of proportion to its size, huge
sickle shaped tusks, almost like horns. The little mutant beetle
is a carnivore, preferring to feast on meat. Strasser used the
little beetle to kill someone who ‘displeased’ him. He
had the man swallow it, and the mutant ate its way right out of
the mans stomach.
Red Holocaust
Ryan, separated from his companions, encounters a
huge mutant polar bear. He is forced to empty the entire fifty
round magazine into the bear, killing it. He then feasts off the
bear in order to try and stay alive. Not much is mentioned
describing the bear, only that it is huge (as if polar bears are
not already huge!), had long tusks, and huge shaggy paws.
Several large, thin mutant wolves are spotted
following the Narondniki Marauders. No real description is offered.
Also several times in the novel, large mutant
seagulls are spotted. Huge wingspans, but that is pretty much it.
Neutron Solstice
Huge mutant misquotes are encountered in the swamps
of Louisiana. Very little else mentioned about them.
A giant, fifty-foot long mutant alligator attacks Finn. It doesn’t get him, and Ryan kills
it with four bursts from his HK G-12 assault Rifle. The
alligator's jaws are large enough to swallow a cow whole. When
it's killed, it is devoured by piranhas within a matter of
minutes.
Crater Lake
Ryan is attacked by a mutant wolf while trying to
get into a kenworth truck, after they escape from the ville of Ginnsburg. The wolf stood close to four feet tall at its
shoulder. Its fur was matted and had burrs in it. It reeked. Ryan
is forced to kill it using his Panga.
Homeward Bound
While travelling towards the Hudson River, Ryan
spots a slithery gleaming animal slightly larger than an otter.
It had deep set, deep green eyes, and a viscous looking jaw. The
most startling aspect of the creature were its six legs.
After taking some time off and enjoying a
much-deserved vacation, Krysty and Ryan spot a tiny four-inch
long mutie
raccoon. The leave it alone.
After hitting the shoreline to escape a huge storm
coming, they encounter a small group of tiny little mutant bears.
They were no longer than eighteen inches tall, with huge eyes and
fat bellies. Their fur was exceptionally soft and pale orange in
color. Their ears are pointed and they have tiny paws. After
bringing eleven of the tiny mutants into the shelter, Ryan and
his friends allow them to dry out. They then kill the little
mutants and eat them.
As the party attempted to make its way to shore,
they see several large mutie gulls with fifteen-foot wingspans
and wickedly hooked nine-inch long beaks. Jak kills one with his handgun to keep them
away.
While Ryan is being held prisoner in Front Royal, he spies a huge mutie hawk with a twenty
foot wingspan and a hooked beak that could take the arm off a
man.
The Cawdor’s have been breeding mutie Doberman
Rottweiler dogs for generations. Harvey sends them after Ryan and
the others. The dogs are huge, coming up to a mans waist, and
weighing in at over one hundred twenty pounds. Its muzzle is long
and the jaws wide. They were trained to go for the genitals, or
for the throat.
Pony Soldiers
A young Apache warrior encounters a diminutive Gila
monster, which is barely six inches long, just before he is
killed by Cort Strasser's Pony Soldiers. The tiny little lizard had the usual
coral and black patterns on its tiny body.
Just after Jak falls into a spike filled pit, Ryan
comes face to face with a huge mutie panther. The animal measured
fifteen feet from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail. Its
tawny hide seemed to glow, and its mouth was filled with razor
sharp saber teeth. Ryan barely manages to kill it using his SIG
Sauer.
While held prisoner by Strasser, Ryan has a
nightmare about Krysty being eaten alive by mutie fish. They were
thin as sword blades, with shimmering iridescent scales that
gleamed turquoise, blue and green. Their mouths were long, lips
peeled back to reveal triple rows of saw edged teeth. The largest
was about four feet in length.
When Ryan was a child he barely escaped with his
life from large mutant crabs. The
largest of the King crabs was fifteen feet across, and nearly
thirty feet from the tip of its head to the end of its tail.
Dectra Chain
While the redoubt is flooding after opening the main
exit, Jak is attacked by a small, light green snake like animal,
whip thin with a tiny head and a large mouth filled with needle
teeth. It struck blindly at Jak's face until he decapitates it
with one of his throwing knives.
Donfil More disturbs a mutie crab which is about three
feet wide and had pincers that could easily cut through a horses
leg.
While on a raft they built to get to the shoreline,
they spot a huge mutie great white shark which looks as if it may
be part killer whale. It's head has the black coloring and shape
of a killer whale. The creature was a good sixty, to seventy feet
in length and dumped the entire party into the Atlantic. As it
was coming in to feed, their combined firepower destroy it.
Ryan spots a little creature, which appeared to be a
cross between a rabbit and a rat. The creature had skin that
glistened as if it was covered in scales. Its little eyes
twinkled liked polished buttons. It tried to swim past the two
whaling boats and was killed and eaten by a mutie shark.
While paddling to shore, the group find themselves
in a patch of mutant seaweed. The seaweed is somewhat sentient,
able to wrap itself around objects in the attempt to pull it into
the sea. The fronds cut easily enough, releasing a stinking ichor
the texture and color of molasses. The fronds are covered with
tiny needles which can break skin, causing a great deal of pain.
They probably use the needles to suck blood out of an entrapped
victim.
Ice and Fire
Just after exiting the gateway and the control
chamber they are forced to walk through a corridor that is filled
with thousands of huge mutie cockroaches. The huge roaches are
nearly a foot in length and are a coppery blue. They are meat
eaters but are not very fast, and considering their size are
quite easy to kill.
Just before reaching the ville of Snakefish, the
companions encounter a huge mutie snake. If it wasn't for Doc
Tanner's intervention, Lori Quint would surely have been killed
by the snake. The combined firepower of the companions destroy
the snakes head and the upper portion of its throat. The snake
was well over twenty feet in length, and its hollow teeth are
over six inches in length, dripping venom.
Northstar
Rising
Ryan and the group are attacked by a swarm of mutant
bees inside the redoubt. They barely manage to escape with their
lives. The bees were longer and slimmer than regular bumble bees.
This particular breed of bee was shaped more like an Ariel
torpedoes, with scaled bodies of turquoise and silver, narrow
wings that beat with incredible speed, and a stinger like a
hooked barb. The tips glistened with toxic venom. Unlike normal
bee's the stingers of this mutant does not stay in the victim,
they can sting time and time again.
Inside the compound where the party discover Mildred Wyeth, they witness a huge copper coloured snake
emerge from the tall grass, carrying a paralysed animal in its
mouth. It was at least twenty five feet in length and could
probably swallow a man whole.
Just after reviving Mildred they spot a huge 18"
long dragonfly. It's body had a shining, iridescent purple sheen.
Other than it's size, it was pretty much harmless.
The party is forced to take refuge in a huge tree
when a swarm of huge mutie ants are encountered. Each ant was
more than a foot long with a carapace of fiery copper. The
mandibles are huge, longer than a grown mans finger, making them
hugely out of proportion with the mutant's head.
Latitude
Zero
After leaving the
ruined redoubt they stumble upon a small homestead. While they
are scouting the ranch, they are attacked by a tiny Mutated hawk.
They originally believe that it is an insect until Mildred is
able to shoot out of the sky. The bird was had a wing span no
longer than a childs hand. It's plumage was coppery green, so
dark as to be nearly black. It had a razor sharp hooked beak.
As they are nearing the ruins of a redoubt near the
Grande river in Texas, they hear the sounds of huge mutant wolves
in the distance. On of Strasser's men, a man named Rafe, is killed by these wolves. They are
nearly identicle to the wolves encountered in the series, in Red
Holocaust, as well as Crater lake.
Seedling
While travelling
through the ruins of New York city the group spot a five legged
pit bull carrying an unidentified corpse in its jaws.
After disposing of
the bodies of Dred
and Retha, Ryan
discovers that huge mutant alligators, nearly as large as those
seen down in the swamps of Louisiana live in the sewers. The
reptiles are very pale in colour and are at least thirty feet in
length.
J.B. is stung by a
mutant blow fly which injects hundreds of eggs into the wound.
The eggs hatch and the combination of the larva and toxins
produced nearly kill Dix.
Ryan is attacked
by a small flock of mutant gulls. They had pure white bodies and
black coloured heads. The wingspan was at least six feet long,
and the birds had dagger beaks the colour of amber. The claws
were no longer webbed, but designed far more like a hawks or
eagles, proving the gulls are now predators.
Dark Carnival
While testing
their new weapons on the firing range, A huge mutant rat appears
in one of the numerous holes in the walls. It is the size of a
small pig, its body over two feet long, and standing at one foot
at its shoulder. Above the eyes the head was quite broad, but
narrowed towards the muzzle which will filled with double row of
needle teeth. Its eyes were red. J.B. blew it away using his
brand new scatter gun.
Just after leaving
the redoubt they encounter a huge mutant snake they mistook for a
robot. It grabs Dean and nearly kills him before Ryan decapitates
it with his Panga. Its scales were coppery and gleamed. Its size
is unknown, but has to be much more massive than it's unmutated
cousins. The snakes head was blunt and tapered to resemble a
chisel.
Dean fell into a
patch of small waxen flowers which had long tendrils. They were
fairly harmless but did attempt to coil around Dean. The tendrils
were about as thick as a mans finger, and were fairly strong.
After arriving in
New Mexico, they are chased by a pack of mutie coyotes. Ryan,
over a period of two hours kills nine out of twenty of the
animals, and four more when they close in. If it wasn't for Jaks
timely arrival, the animals may have killed Ryan and his son. The
muties stood about four feet high and weighed in around one
hundred twenty pounds.
After his return
from the redoubt, Ryan is surprised by a mess of mutie frogs. He
discovers that he is surrounded by literally dozens, if not
hundreds of them. Several try to climb on him and pull him down
but after he kills one, the rest disappear. The body was an
iridescent, luninious blue, pale and vivid. There was a small
spot of yellow on its nose as well as red and yellow patches down
its ribs and on its back. A pink stripe started behind its
jawline and ran down the side of its body. It was more than two
feet long and weighed about the same as a medium sized chicken.
In its mouth it had fangs like a wolf's and poison sacks.
Chill Factor
During his time in
the Deathlands Ryan has had the misfortune of seeing mutant
Grizzly Bears, some of them topping eighteen feet in height.
Just after jumping
into the redoubt from New Mexico, Ryan and Jak encounter three
little 'Cuddlie" Mutants. Jak is taken in by their
appearance and tries to pet one, when he is attacked by it, and
wounded. The creatures will only about a foot long, covered in
soft fur that was a mixture of honey and gold in colour. They had
stubby little legs and made soothing, friendly noises. They also
had razor sharp teeth and claws. Fortunately for the two of them,
they were easy to kill.
Moon Fate
Small mutant insects named pokies are mentioned.
These tiny beetles were found north and south of the big Grande.
They had black iridescent bodies and were about an inch long, and
third an inch wide. Their legs had hooked spikes to allow
themselves to hang onto anything. They also had huge jaws, like
scythes. They would find any convenient opening on a man or
woman, get inside, hook in and begin to feed.
Fury's Pilgrims
Inside the redoubt
Dean is cornered by a huge number of giant mutant spiders. He is
rescued by his father, with the help of the others. The kill
dozens, if not hundreds of the spiders, and scatter the rest when
the webbing catches on fire. The largest of the spiders was no
longer than two and a half feet from the tip of it's front leg to
the back of it's rear leg. They spiders are albino, and had claws
on the tips of their legs. When cut, their blood is slightly
acidic and burns skin when it comes in contact. They are also
venomous.
A hideously
mutated rat is spotted in the ruins. It had two heads, eight legs
with yellow tusks that curved over its upper lip. It was the size
of a small dog. When Mildred comments on it, the creature turns
and looks at her, hisses but otherwise leaves the party alone.
Shockscape
Living inside the
walls of one of the corridors in the Colorado redoubt are
hundreds of viscous mutant worms. Some of these albino scaled
worms were as long as fifteen inches, some even longer. There
small bodies were scaled and slightly cold to the touch. They
have blood red eyes and a double row of needle teeth.
After leaving the
redoubt the group encounters a small band of poachers. A short
time later they encounter an incredibly huge mutant grizzly bear,
which, after pumping it's hide full of at least fifty rounds of
ammunition, they are able to kill. It was over twenty feet from
nose to tail, and when on all fours, stood at six feet in height
at the shoulders. It's dark fur was speckled with silver. It also
had a huge hump of muscle between it's shoulder blades.
Deep Empire
Abe sees a mutant
crow, the size of a bald eagle, waiting patiently for the man
trapped to die.
As The group
leaves the ruined redoubt, Michael is caught by an incredibly
huge mutant sea snake. The snake measures one hundred feet in
length, and its huge spade shaped head was at least six feet in
size. It's body was as thick as a large man's torso, and its eyes
were protected by bony hoods.
Moving slowly
northward, Krysty and Ryan see a odd, unknown creature, about
three feet in length, which had a prominent jaw and a small horn
protruding from it's forehead.
Abe is sleeping in
a cabin, trying to wait for a storm to pass when he awakens to
find himself sharing his bed with a huge mutant cougar. He barely
manages to kill the critter before it can do him in.
Cold Asylum
After being
separated from the rest of the group during a jump that went
wrong, Michael finds himself alone in a redoubt. He exits the
gateway and opens the sec doors. He sees a creature right out of
his worst nightmare. It is a snake like lizard which had six
legs, ending in wicked claws. It had a fringe of spiky fur around
its neck. The muties body was about eight feet long and a dirty
white in colour. There were about eight crimson eyes on stalks.
Its head was shaped like a rattlers, and seemed to be mostly
mouth which was filled with several rows of needle teeth. Michael
closes the door, trapping the mutant beneath it, killing it. A
tiny baby, identical to its mother escapes the corpse, only to be
crushed under his boot. He jumps out of the redoubt.
Twilight
Children
After leaving a
very odd gateway, the party find themselves in a totally alien
environment, unsure of where they are. Dean is bitten by a
strange mutant insect. The bug was about an inch and a half in
length and was a dull gold in colour. It had four sets of wings
and six eyes on its head. It had a huge scorpion like tail, much
bigger than the rest of its body.
Ryan spots a
strange mutant which appeared to be a combination of lizard,
mammal, and insect. It had six stumpy legs ending in claws, and
its head was narrow and fierce, fringed by spiky hair. From the
tip of its nose to the end of its tail it measured less than nine
inches. The skin was mottled overlapping scales, and its crimson
eyes were on stalks, allowing it to look in several directions at
once.
A rat like
creature with fins and webbed feet propels itself out of the
river at Michael. His speed and agility prevent it from harming
him. The creature was less than a foot in length.
During their trek
through the alien land, they spot a strange creature that
resembled a flying alligator. Bit it isn't until they are
exploring the ville of Lonesome Gulch that they see the creature
in all its mutated glory. The creatures had a wingspan of about
five feet and its feathers were metallic, not a normal feather,
and they had spiked claws along the leading edge. The jaws were
elongated, like an alligators with two prominent teeth and a
multitude of smaller teeth. They had golden eyes that protruded
from the sockets and a ruff of crimson spikes around the throat
that were either feathers or bone. The metallic nature of the
creatures skin made it very difficult to cut, but when it did,
the blood was amber and burned like acid. The claws are tipped
with poison.
After being dumped
out of a boat by a huge mutie pike, one of the members of the
ville of Quidley is taken by the fish, and eaten alive. The mutie
pike was no less than twenty feet in length. Just after the
killing a huge mutant eel attacks, but there is no description of
the creature.
Rider Reaper
Just outside the
redoubt in New Mexico the group spot, but are not bothered by a
mutant rattle snake. This snake isn't the largest they have seen,
measuring only fifteen feet in lenght.
Going through the
canyons the group is set upon by a rabid mutie cougar. The huge
cat stood four feet at its shoulders and was twelve feet from the
tip of its nose to the end of its tail. It originally goes after
doc, but due to the rabies misses. It does manage to kill Doc's
horse, and causes three to fall over a cliff face before Ryan
finally puts two rounds into its fevered skull, killing it.
Trader Redux
Doc is attacked by
a twenty foot long mutant Cougar. The attack comes in the middle
of the night and he barely manages to draw his Le Mat and
mortally wounds the huge creature in its attack, slowing it down
enough to finish it off with his sword cane.
Abe finds his feet
encircled by a huge twenty five foot long Cotton Mouth Snake.
J.B. Yells at him to fall back so he can shoot the mutie. It
takes two shots with his scatter gun, but they both have a
devastating effect, killing the huge creature.
Genesis Echo
Abe goes to use
the facilities in the redoubt and is attacked by thousands of
mutant spiders, size varying from a golf ball all the way up to a
grapefruit. But, they were not toxic, or difficult to kill.
The group spot a
incredibly huge mutant Moose. The creature was so huge it's
antlers were easily ten feet across. They wisely stay out of its
way.
Just after leaving
the redoubt, Dean is attacked by a mutated German Shepherd. The
dog is the size of a huge wolf, and has a double set in canines.
Mildred kills it by shooting it through the ear. A second dog is
encountered, and it's identical to the first, as it is cloned
from it. Ryan kills this one and both corpses are dumped in the
lake.
Led by A scientist
named Dorthea Gibson, along with Trader and Ryan encounter a
mutant grizzly. Originally the idea was to hunt it down, but when
a blizzard hits the small party is forced to find shelter. The
shelter was a cave, inhabited by the grizzly and her cub. After
killing the cub, the mother chases the sec men. Ryan acts as bait
and they are able to kill the bear inside the cave when it
returns from taking out the surviving sec men.
Shadowfall
On the beach near
the redoubt Ryan spots a huge crab. The creature was easily
fifteen feet across and stood as high as a normal man. The claws
were six feet long and could probably cut through steel. After
waking the others, they're able to inflict enough damage to send
the crab on its way, even though they didn't kill it.
The General and
his "Posse". A huge mutant warthog, weighing in at over
one thousand pounds. The pig and his flock of about 30-50 mutant
pigs have been terrorising the land for years. Ryan is able to
kill it when it corners him. He jumps on it's back and severs
it's spinal cord, paralysing the mutant, and eventually killing
it.
Ground Zero
Inside Baron
Sharpe's zoo there were a huge variety of mutant animals. One was
a scorpion, over a yard in length. It's stinger was as long as a
man's finger.
He also had a
colony of Red ants, of which the smallest was two inches long.
In one of the
cages, there was a mutant rattle snake, easily fifteen feet
across.
There was a group
of seemingly normal beavers. When the sec man tossed in a handful
of mice, the mutants showed their true appearance. It was as if
the had three sets of razor jaws. It opened its mouth and let a
second jaw appear, then a third. Using the jaw, they were able to
catch, kill and eat their prey.
Another exhibit
had a huge sickly yellow coloured furred spider. It was bigger
than the largest dinner plate.
Located in the zoo
were three headed sheep, ten legged pigs, lizards with a dozen
tails, a bald bear, a vulture with leathery scales instead of
feathers, a small flock of jay birds with razor claws lining the
edge of their wings, a boar with tusks so huge it couldn't hold
it's head up
A special desert
like enclosure was created to house a strange mutant that Sharpe
named Rupert. It lives below the sand and strikes with incredible
speed, sucking it's prey below the surface where it's then
devoured. It is only glimpsed at, Ryan is sure that he sees a
number of palm sized mouths filled with serrated teeth that seem
to revolve at high speeds, surrounded by leathery sucking lips.
The mutant beast kills Sean Sharpe.
Emerald Fire
Dean is fascinated
by a huge mutant butterfly. They see no danger in the insect
until it dives out of the blue and tries to latch itself onto
Dean's neck. Ryan grabs it and crushes the creature in his hand,
tossing it to the jungle floor. It was eighteen inches in length,
with feathery tips to its wings that added another six inches to
it. The leading edge of each wing was vermilion, gradually fading
into dark crimson. Then came a strip of golden white that
gradually faded into the tips, which were a rich purple in
colour. It had a stinger, six inches long and hard as steel. It
used this to suck blood from its victim.
While watching the
slavers, Ryan discovers a tiny Vermilion coloured lizard has
latched itself on the toe of his combat boot and is trying to
bite it's way through, using a triple row of teeth. Ryan crushes
the small lizard.
Rainflower, one of
the native girls, is attacked by a fifty foot long mutant Python.
Jak is able to kill it by driving one of his throwing knives deep
into it's eye, then into the brain.
A heard of mutant
bucks, standing ten feet tall at the shoulder and had a rack of
antlers, stretching six feet across race past Ryan and Krsyty to
escape a hoard of army ants, eating their way across the jungle.
Blood Lines
While Ryan and
Krysty go for a walk, Ryan gets separated from Krysty and is
attacked by a pack of mutant rats. These rats were the size of a
small dog, and had a double row of teeth. Fortunately, they were
easy to kill.
Just after the
attack of the rats, Krysty is taken by a mutie alligator, at
least thirty feet in length. Despite his blindness, Ryan goes
after the creature, forcing it to let go of Krysty, but gets
dragged into it's lair, where he finally kills it using his
Panga.
Crossways
Because of Doc
having problems with nosebleeds, Krysty, Mildred, Jak and J.B.
hole up in a house they find off the trail. While there, a pack
of mutant wolves, some as large as four feet at the shoulder,
surround the house, and then break through the window to attack.
They are beaten off.
Ryan, while
trapped in a collapsed house, is set upon by hordes of tiny
mutant mice. They are soft and fluffy, but have sharp double sets
of teeth and claws, and are carnivorous.
One the way back
to the redoubt, A strange mutant creature crosses the road in
front of the wag. It had a body of a large deer, but the legs
were stubby and ended in furry, clawed paws. The neck was
muscular, ending in a head that looked like the cross between a
pig and a wolf. It had a double row of wickedly curved teeth.
Circle Thrice
Ryan is exploring
the area near the redoubt, when he spots a foot long mutant
dragonfly. It leaves him alone, and flies off.
A short time later
Ryan finds himself in the middle of a huge nest of mutant
insects. The looked similar to centipedes. The creatures were low
to the ground and had dozens of legs. The hides were like
polished green brass, and scaled. They had long antenna's which
were situated over razor sharp jaws. The biggest of the insects
was nearly four feet long.
While heading down
the Tennessee river they discover that the river is home to tiny,
eels, most under six inches in length that are voracious and have
a triple row of needle sharpe teeth.
Eclipse At
Noon
While Ryan and
J.B. are trekking to Gert Wolfram's Compound, they spot a twenty
foot long mutant snake. It had half a dozen stumpy legs that
helped move it at a fast walking speed. The mutant had a row of
six inch long horns along it's spine that dripped a oozing
crimson ichor.
The pair also see
a group of mutant birds. They had orange wings striped with
emerald streaks. They had unusually long beaks
Stoneface
The group is
attacked by a swarm of rare, but dangerous mutants known as
Screamwings. These creatures are quite small, having a body
length of only six inches but a wingspan of two feet. They are
scaled, and have rows of serrated, sharp teeth in their mouths.
The long leathery wings were talon tipped, and they also had long
curving claws on their rear legs. The mutants had long, whip like
tails. They hunt by movement, and are attracted by loud sounds.
They actually seem to be a throwback species, related to a early
saurian species.
Bitter Fruit
In the radioactive
desert around White Sands, New Mexico, there are a number of
giant mutated spiders. These spiders have a powerful camouflage
ability, which allows them to bend light around themselves so as
to become invisible to the naked eye. It had only three eyes, and
whip like appendages. The coarse hair was nearly black in colour.
The Celts of
England use a genetically engineered vine around their home as
not only defence but for food and clothing. The plant itself is
nearly sentient, reacting to sound and pheromones. They are armed
with large spikes, or thorns that are coated in a poison to which
they have no antidote. The poison can be milked and then turned
into a potent drug.
Skydark
As they head
towards Willie Ville, the group pass stumpy and deformed trees
with very tough bark, able to withstand even the worst acid
storm. The sap is highly acidic, and if gets onto the skin, it
burns it's way in with in seconds, where it enters the
bloodstream, spreading like wildfire, killing the victim quickly
but the victim dies in horrible agony.
There are colonies
of lichen which seem to be very fragile, and harmless. But if the
fronds are touched, they burst, releasing spoors, which if
inhaled, will cause a colony to form in the lungs, eventually
killing the victim that breathed in the spores.
Jak befriends a
huge mutant cougar while trapped in Willie's zoo. The creature
was well over six feet in length, and had great bony nobs along
it's spine. It also had curving horns growing from it's neck. The
mutant was also highly intelligent and it was mentioned that it
could also speak. But if that is the case it was never
demonstrated.
Demons of
Eden
Though technically
not mutants according to the author, the wolves of the Wolf
Soldiers. They are highly intelligent and when gold disks are
used, can be communicated with telepathically. They are
considered to be equals to the humans in the valley they
originated in.
The old black
blind doomie who Doc and Mildred visited had a huge cougar as a
companion. Other than it's great size, it had no other visible
mutations. Both the cougar and the woman are Cannies.
The Mars Arena
While trying to
escape from a group of Brush wooders, Ryan and his band head deep
into underground river. Here when they go ashore, Ryan is
attacked by a pair of mutant Skikes. They are wedge shaped and
had wicked barbs on their tails. To make matters worse, the also
happen to be poisonous. They are extremely fast and agile, making
it exceedingly difficult to hit in combat.
Deep inside the
arena, Dean is attacked by some sort of mutant that lives in
muck. It had five limbs that were over six feet in length, and
one of the limbs had three eyes in the patter of a triangle on
it. The limbs were attached to a algae covered shell that opened
to reveal a mouth full of razor sharp teeth, which extended out
from it's abdomen. The opening was wide enough to easily
encompass Dean's entire head.
Inside the ruined
hotel, and explosion ruptures a number of fish tanks filled with
small mutant fish, which immediately set upon Dean's team. The
fish were only about three inches in length, but had jaws of
deadly teeth that wouldn't let go, even after the fish died. At
least one of the boys are killed when the fish burrow into his
body.
The last obstacle
in the hotel is in the form of a hoard of mutant monkeys. They
are no larger and a foot and a half, but are immensely strong.
The heads are about half again as big as a normal monkey's and
they have jagged, cutting teeth. To make matters worse, they also
have feathery wings, but can only glide, not actually fly. The
mutants are inbred, and crazy, as well as totally carnivorous.
The speed, and just plain insanity of the monkeys make them a
deadly foe.
Watersleep
After leaving the
redoubt near the former barony of Larry Zapp, Doc Tanner is
attacked by a huge eight foot long mutant leech. It latches onto
his face with the sucker end full of teeth. If it wasn't for Ryan
jumping in after him, and using his Panga on the mutant monster,
it surely would have drained all fluids out of Doc's body. JB
finds himself under attack from one of the mutants as well, but
one that is a great deal smaller.
Dark
Emblem
The group left the
fortress to find the source of the chupacabras in the mountains of Peurto Rico. A sec man when
with them had the larva of a deadly mutie insect gestating inside
him. After a brief rest the insect kills him as it eats it's way
out. It is the same breed of insect that Cort Strasser tried to
use on Krysty in Pilgrimage to hell.
Shortly after
being captured by Cort Strasser, Doc tanner encounters his first
mutant. The vapid green millipede was nearly as long as Doc's for
arm, and had thousands of tiny legs.
Crucible of
Time
Mildred is
attacked by a huge mutant panther inside the remains of an old
rest stop. It's about half again the size of a normal Black
Panther, and nearly kills Mildred before she blows it's brains
out.
Due to a major
radiation leak, a large number of trout grow to incredible sizes,
some well over six feet in length near the redoubt about fifty
miles due east of the ruins of Frezno California.
Encounter
Ryan, Hun and Poet encounter a
two and a half foot long blue black scorpion that moved incredibly fast.
Unlike the un-mutated kind it was a daytime hunter. Ryan was about to
shoot it when Poet commanded him not to. He instead he killed it with his
Panga. Hunaker used her shotgun to wipe out the nest of it's young.
Starfall
Along the Idaho River mutant
Crayfish could grow as large as a man's arm and developed a taste for meat, no
matter what kind, human, animal or other fish. Several could kill a large
man in no time at all.
Some of the smaller fish in the
River mutated into piranha like monsters with luminous eyes and huge jaws
that were filled with overly large razor sharp teeth. Some had even developed vestigial
legs which they could use to crawl onto the land to go after prey.
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Created on 07/14/97
Updated on 07/11/99