Police Horsespawn

The Police Horsespawn (Or Police Blob) is creature resulting from a mutation during fetal Police Horse development. It is stronger, faster, smarter, and more versatile than the typical Police Horse, making it one of the most powerful units in the NAPD's arsenal. Despite its deadly potential, it is much rarer than its distant relative and sees more covert use, meaning it doesn't kill nearly as many people.

## Appearance

Police Horsespawn bear no resemblance to their parent organism. They are highly amorphous blobs of mobile meat able to alter texture and swap out surface features at will. Police Horsespawn can stretch themselves out and take on a wormlike appearance or contract and become densely muscled knots, among many other things. They have a limited ability to mimic other beings and delight in doing so. Police Horsespawn prefer to centralize some part of their body and often manifest a mouth at the location. This bulge can often be considered the "head" of the creature.

## History

Police Horsespawn are an unforseen but useful consequence of Police Horse genetic modification. When sufficiently stimulated, a pregnant Police Horse releases a nutrient overdose that causes its three fetal young to grow too fast and simultaneously assimilate eachother. The new entity then absorbs the remaining nutrient concoction, already more than enough for three separate Police Horses. The result is a powerful, alien entity with an entirely different set of abilities.

Police Horsespawn were kept largely secret until their discovery in 2020. Since then they have seen more widespread field use because the NAPD doesn't have to bother hiding them anymore.

## Powers and Personality

A Police Horsespawn is a lively and excitable creature, always looking to probe and explore its limits and the limits of others. It is quick to latch on to new curiosities and discard them when they are no longer interesting, a dangerous combination for such an able-bodied monster. Despite this childish mindset, Police Horsespawn have a remarkable capacity for intelligence and frequently think outside the box. Their behaviors are erratic enough to potentially threaten the integrity of the NAPD force itself, should their flexible minds decide they would like to start running things.

To combat this hypothetical threat, all Police Horsespawn are carefully cultivated to maintain a stunted, infantile personality. They are trained through nonviolent means to see other NAPD members as playmates and the NAPD itself as a permanent fixture of their lives, eliminating the idea that it can be changed or dismantled. Police Horsespawn are obedient to those they have latched on to as parental figures (typically Police Officer Brood Kings) and will obey them without question so long as they are not mistreated. Their natural curiosity is tempered, not reduced, and they will seize any chance they get to experiment when it does not conflict with orders.

In the field, Police Horsespawn chatter and burble excitedly as they work, eager to put their skills to the test and please their higherups. Their infantile mindset means they never fully understand how people work, but their raw talents make up for any misconceptions they may have about enemies. They may disguise as a person and repeatedly ensure a terrified target "It's me I'm your friend it's me I'm your friend." As they amble closer, but at the end of the day there is nothing their target can do even if they can clearly spot the lie.

Police Horsespawn recognize their Police Horse ancestors and are one of the few entities that get along with them. Not even other Police Horses get along with Police Horses.

## Trivia

* Police Horsespawn are incapable of reproduction or duplication. A Police Horse is required to cultivate any more.
* Police Horsespawn can grow but do not age. Their constant cellular renewal means they hypothetically live forever.
* When a Brood King dies in the line of duty or of old age, its Police Horsespawn may enter a period of deep depression. This is often the best time to introduce it to a new Brood King, as they will take easily to replacements.
* Police Horsespawn can sympathize but not empathize.