Gorgefodder
The armies separated; and, it is said, Pyrrhus replied to one that gave him joy of his victory that one other such victory would utterly undo him.Gorgefodder are the squat, red-skinned descendants of the Undaunted. When fighting for control of the planet of Distra, one of the Undaunted tribes hunted down the IreHeart labs used to create them and repurposed it to create the Gorgefodder and the Gorgegutters. Unlike the ravenous, bullish Gorgegutters, Gorgefodder work in hordes, organizing into seething bands of raging spit who whip themselves into a mutual berserk with their leftover Undaunted Empathy Meta before rushing whatever obstacle may stand in their way. Gorgefodder have become a part of the Distra ecosystem, and are often hunted by Undaunted for sport. They are also often caught for cagefights, to be used for pets, and, of course, as cannon fodder in battles.
Additional Information
Geographic Origin and Distribution
Gorgefodder live mostly in canyons, caves and along the feet of mountains. They generally congregate wherever civilization isn't as they have learned that doing so is often a death sentence.
Average Intelligence
Gorgefodder are not particularly intelligent, but they are resourceful and work surprisingly well in groups despite constant squabbling.
Symbiotic and Parasitic organisms
Gorgefodder live symbiotically with the Gorgegutters by scavenging from their kills and flushing their prey into the open for them.
Civilization and Culture
Beauty Ideals
Gorgefodder only consider the size of eachother's assets for mating. Big horns, big fangs, big rumps. Anything, really.
Gender Ideals
Males hunt, kill, fuck, provide, protect, childrear and plan. The women do too, because they are competitive, because they are Gorgefodder.
Relationship Ideals
The ideal Gorgefodder relationship is one in while they feed eachother, fight everything and eachother a lot, and fuck. The most ideal thing, however, is that their either die together in a violent demise, or that the survivor burns the remains of the other and spends the rest of their life seeking revenge.
Average Technological Level
They cannot independently invent anything beyond basic tools. However, they are inconveniently good at figuring out how to use other's technology.
Major Language Groups and Dialects
Gorgefodder don't necessarily have a language so much as a collection of words learned back during the Distra Divide and passed down over time through their bloodlines until grammar lost all meaning and the words became totally mangled. Communication usually involves a lot of screaming and rephrasing until another Gorgefodder catches onto the point or until they begin to fight.
Common Etiquette Rules
It is considered rude to take another Fodder's belongings or to shit in their shitting hole.
Culture and Cultural Heritage
Gorgefodder culture is entirely centered around the brainwashing of their ancient ancestors and the programmed nature of their minds.
Their culture is one of violence and sex. Those two things seem to be the resolution of every issue within their culture. The Undaunted engrained this into them because they wanted these demi-humans to breed and fight and die for them. They are a stupid, unable mass meant to gunk up the cogs of enemy warmachines with their viscera, and as such have been tricked into glorifying war and violence.
Okay so what if we combined Kobolds, Imps, Dwarves, and Goblins...
Lifespan
30 Years
Average Height
Imperial: 5'
Metric: 1.5m
Metric: 1.5m
Average Physique
The males are squat, muscular, like tiny power-lifters. The females are, too, but it is generally agreed that they look better doing it.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Their bodies are usually reddish, ranging from brilliant shades to dark and stony ones. Their bellies are pale shades of yellow and green.
Is it true that the Gorgefodder worship the dark god Hamen or is it the other way around?
Surprisingly they're unrelated so far as anyone can tell, but do keep your eyes open for a future Hamen article. ;)