Alphasquatch

An alphasquatch known as Enlil

Alphasquatches are a phenomenon relating to an anomalous breaking of normal Sasquatch social hierarchy, where one hyper-dominant specimen with increased battle power takes over a sasquatch tribe. Alphasquatches are known for being the top of Earth's food chain, as well as being the manifestation of Earth itself. Normally, the appearance of an Alphasquatch is extremely rare, only happening once in a few centuries. However, due to Crunch, there has been an unprecedented amount of Alphasquatches roaming the Wildlands.

## Origin

Normally, an Alphasquatch event is rare, but ultimately natural. It appears that due to the deep connection between the Earth and the Sasquatches, an Alphasquatch can be considered an earthly response to some natural disaster. The most recent natural Alphasquatch was the gigantic Grobby Dink, a seasquatch who is most famous for fighting the Leviathan. While no confirmed witnesses exist for an Alphasquatch emergence, the Book of DeMarcus states that the normal social hierarchy of a sasquatch tribe is broken once the Alphasquatch challenges the entire tribe to a fight. An Alphasquatch must subdue its entire tribe at once, or else they will be killed by their own tribe. It appears that an Alphasquatch is not a welcome occurrence to sasquatches, and any Alphasquatch will be killed upon them revealing themselves. It is estimated that the success rate for Alphasquatches was about 0.007%, however it is currently 0.8%.

If an Alphasquatch succeeds, they will immediately become its tribes chief, and all of its tribesmen will follow its orders blindly. From here, it is likely that an Alphasquatch will wage war against other sasquatch tribes, with the intention of assimilation. Due to their exceeding rarity, assimilation is usually not an issue. During the life of an Alphasquatch (40-80 years), tribes as big as 2000 will appear. After the death of an Alphasquatch, these large tribes will break apart over time. It is assumed that this increase and subsequent decrease is tribe size during an Alphasquatches reign increases the genetic diversity of all tribes involved.

## Modern Day Alphasquatches

When faced a near-apocalypse during the Crunch, it is hypothesized that the amount of damage done to Earth triggered a change in sasquatch biology that increased the amount of Alphasquatches. For the first time in recorded history, two or more Alphasquatches can exist at the same time. Behavior between two Alphasquatches is almost exclusively violence, with the inherent alpha energy within them coming forth to destroy another alpha. Alphasquatch brawls are rare but catastrophic, often destroy the nearby landscape and reducing the numbers of their respective tribes significantly.

The Crunch also broadened the range of what could be considered an Alphasquatch. Normally, the battle power of an Alphasquatch is correlated with its size. This results in an Alphasquatch being known for brute strength, generally. In recent specimens, though, Alphasquatches have been seen with varying physiological traits that maximize speed, endurance, and strength. A notable example is Nammu, an Alphasquatch that is about the size of an average human female, but exhibits extraordinary speed.

Currently, there are 7 known Alphasquatches, with 5 located on the Northern Continent, 1 located on Arcopolis, and 1 located on the Southern Continent.

## Trivia

* An Alphasquatch can be any subspecies of Sasquatch.