Alpha: Anzux

Biographical information

Birthplace A Primal Place Born Died Age 8,000 Home A Primal Place Sexuality Pronouns

Physical description

Race Apex Cast Sub-Race Gender Male Height 15'10'' Mass 2 tons Hair color N/A Eye color Blue Skin color Scaled

Political information

Affiliation(s) Occupation Alpha Clan(s) Caste Domain Masters Apprentices Alias(es)

Out-of-character information

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"When a beast walks among men, men quiver in fear. When men walk among beasts, the beasts watch in anticipation. When a god traverses the world, all creatures stand still, their breath held against destruction."

Anzux appears like a wyvern, but he is far from a wyvern. He has white scales and an almost feline shaped head. Two large saber fangs protrude from his upper mouth. His wings and front legs have evolved into one appendage with the wing membrane extending to his tail, and his thick tail ends in a savage glaive.
His scales and body are marked with many scratches and scars from many battles.

Wild Physiology: Their senses are like that of dangerous predators, heightened senses of smell dominate their other senses, but they are capable hunters. The Weird is an animal, one with considerable cunning, intelligence, and dangerous natural weaponry that it uses to deadly effect.

Active Adaptation: By consuming the flesh of a creature or consuming genetic material into their system their body will take only one of the most beneficial genetic codes from the material and add it to the code of the Weird. (Example: A cast consumes the meat of a Basilisk. The genetic essence is assimilated into the cast creature and they gain the ability to turn other creatures to stone on eye contact, or resist the effects of being turned to stone themselves, but rarely both.)

Flight: With his wings he is well adapted to extended flight, but he is by no means vulnerable at all on the ground. When he lands his wings fold up flat against his arms and body, allowing him to move effectively on all fours.

Passive Adaptation: They are very biologically adaptive creatures. When placed in hostile environments such as fire or ice their bodies automatically begin adapting defenses against them, such as flame retardant secretions or heat shielding chitin, or quickly growing thicker fur coats or adapting their muscles to naturally create more heat when exposed to the cold.

Primal Immortality: The Apex Cast are in a constant state of change. Whatever they eat brings change, and change is what makes them strong. But since they are constantly changing, constantly evolving, constantly being renewed, they do not age, yet they grow old, they do not die out. The only release they find from this life is at the edge of a blade.


Passive Adaptation: If the environment changes quickly enough the cast will not be able to adapt in time before they die. If they can survive, they likely won't be vulnerable to such a change again.

Achilles Heel: Due to the nature of natural armor it is possible to find a weak point in their scales.

Anzux is a mighty creature of the Apex Cast. He leads his pack in a place where only the strongest survive. Thus, he only respects strength, he only concedes to strength, and he only responds to strength.
He is a destroyer, but not always a mindless beast. He leads with cunning as well, and strategy. He is not without honor and will keep his word. Not every fight is to the death and not ever opponent is an enemy.

He leads his pack well, leading by his strength and example for others to reach. If anyone were to have the strength to kill him, then the pack would declare that creature their new Alpha.