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[Ametrine]

If you read the quote well on the fractal continuum, you know that they were created as intelligent creatures to used as slaves.

I understood it as the Allagan created beasties were derivitive of wild animals. Basically, we're dealing with the Allagan equivalent to dog breeding.

[Frederick22]

I understood it as the Allagan created beasties were derivitive of wild animals. Basically, we're dealing with the Allagan equivalent to dog breeding.

They did not created all the beast tribes. So far we only know of the ixal, and their purpose was for manufacturing and repairs.
There were beast tribes already on the times of allag.

[Anonymoose]

I understood it as the Allagan created beasties were derivitive of wild animals. Basically, we're dealing with the Allagan equivalent to dog breeding.

An accurate assumption ... at first. The Allagan Empire's manipulation of nature started small, but each successive generation of bioweapon was more advanced than the last. It's likely that - much like Imperial timeline as a whole - it progressed exponentially; so the time between the first few events might be more than the rest combined.

Generation I
Naught more than simple hybridization. Traits were inherited randomly from the parents, and the offspring were sterile. These are extinct (unless there are some in stasis, somewhere, I suppose).

Generation II
The first true examples genetic manipulations. Synthetic processes were developed to target and overcome limitations in hybridization, such as the sterility issue plaguing hopes of mass-production. I assume that they also began to expand the range of things that could successfully produce hybrid offspring in the first place,seeing as the Owlbear (aka Mirrorknight) is from this generation.

Generation III
Major breakthrough in the ability to splice in more than the two parental genes. All sorts of animals could be genetically combined or grafted to one another. The Chimera is an example from this generation. These abominations were powerful, but the Imperial Army had almost no control over them. They were all brutality and no obedience.

Generation IV
Developed with an explicit focus on overcoming the drawbacks of Gen. III. Priority was given to the potential for intelligence and obedience. By this time, Amon and/or the royals were also making huge strides with cloning technology, so the Spoken races were not exempt from experimentation. The Shabti and Iksalion are two examples resulting from that branch of research. (FUN FACT: In the Aetherochemical Research Facility, you can see un-incubated biomasses, slimes, but you can also see mobs called Biohazards that are similar to hecteyes and say things like IT HURTS and HELP ME. Those are most likely Gen IV Spoken-based bioweapons that failed to incubate properly.)

Generation V
Might not really be a thing, as synthetic voidsent might be research independent of the generations. Either way, that's where bioweapon tech went from Gen. IV. Xande was well into his pact with Darkness and things like the Naga and Empuse were being developed. Based on the Void Ark, I'm still pretty sure that the Lamia are artificial voidsent (and more sure than ever that the Lamia in Satasha (Hard) were not actually drowned wenches, but escapees from the nearby Ragnarok wreck. But, hey, I've been wrong before.).

There also might be further generations, but that's all the information I have, personally. I assume that once things moved into primal capture and dragon enslavement, then the tech of previous generations was mostly applied and refined ... but who knows. The Calamity probably wasn't far from that time, regardless. Even artificial voidsent are referred to as "emerging technology" in Fractal, which one would assume was up-to-date during the fall.

It might also not be fair to assume that all of the beast tribes were created by Allag, as they are said to have experimented on tribes that existed contemporary to the Empire. That line made me recall an old theory I had that the beast tribes were mortals slowly warped over time by their summoned gods' traits. (I assume that's probably still wrong, lol.)