Manky Warlord

The **Manky Warlords** are the rulers of the Manky Collective, and are a special subspecies of Manky accidentally created by Spicoceles. With a single Warlord for each Manky subspecies, the Warlords were originally created as "complete" Mankies, and were meant to serve as lieutenants to Scrungus. This plan ended up backfiring however, as the Manky Warlords grew too powerful and intelligent, and soon organized a rebellion against Scrungus.

Seizing control of the Manky armies for themselves, the Warlords soon founded the Manky Collective, an expansionist empire dedicated to eliminating all non-Manky life in the galaxy, and supplanting that life with themselves.

## Anatomy & physiology

Roughly similar to each subspecies they were assigned to, the Manky Warlords each possess modified DNA (Dank Nucleic Acid), granting them massively increased durability, strength, speed, agility, and general abilities in comparison to their otherwise underdeveloped brethren.

Their modified physiology - the result of Spicoceles attempting to complete the genetic blueprint that Scrungus was unable to finish himself - has significantly increased their mindpower as well, not only resulting in the development of highly developed strategic and tactical thinking, but powerful psionic abilities as well, almost on-par with those of a Dreadnought-class Autistic Deity. This psionic power has led to even greater control over the Manky horde.

## Members

* **Temper-of-Laid-Butterfinger** - Warlord of the default Mankies. The most aggressive and senseless of the Manky Warlords. Uses a Necromanky-derived attack drone as his weapon
* **Shadow-of-Looming-Tag-Team** - One of the two Warlords of the Buff Mankies, and twin brother to **Shadow-of-Imminent-Fisting**. Uses a katana and his fists as his weapon.
* **Shadow-of-Imminent-Fisting** - One of the two Warlords of the Buff Mankies, and twin brother to **Shadow-of-Looming-Tag-Team**. Uses a katana and his fists as his weapon.
* **Tangent-of-Eternal-Lasting** - Warlord of the Space Mankies, and serves as the flagship of **Revered-Flora-of-Arid-Land-Lights-Path-to-Pinnacle-of-Life**, as well as the entire Manky Collective. Talks in a stereotypical agitated ghetto mannerism, and is incapable of being quiet. Uses a city-sized pimp cane shotgun as his weapon.
* **Harbinger-of-Unrefuted-Deal** - Warlord of the Big Mankies. Notable for being one of the two Warlords not created by Spicoceles. Known for being remarkably calm, cold, and calculated for a Manky, and maintains a mafia boss-type persona. Uses gauntlets that can fire bolts of Cancer energy as his weapon.
* **Tranquility-Under-the-Sea** - Warlord of the Crab Mankies. Infamous for being a hardcore stoner. Lethargic to the point of never leaving his main base of operations, and never even uses his respective flagship, which is simply used as an ordinary Manky Mothership. Uses a blunt-hilted scimitar as his weapon. Also uses a magical blunt to cast elemental spells relating to water.
* **Pious-Zealot-of-the-Shark** - Warlord of the Drop Mankies. Loud and bombastic, though coordinated and reserved. Leader and founder of a religion worshipping an enigmatic deity known as "Fornicookiecutter shark". Uses a heavy gravity cannon as his weapon.
* **Spectre-of-Sundered-Life** - Also known as the **Necromanky Queen**. Warlord of the Necromankies. Notable for being one of the two Warlords not created by Spicoceles. The most tactical and intelligent of the Manky Warlords, and likely the most intelligent Manky out of the various subspecies. Has no true weapon, and is incapable of leaving her lair on account of being a mass of flesh with a head. Plots to overthrow **Pinnacle** and take over the Manky Collective for herself.
* **Revered-Flora-of-Arid-Land-Lights-Path-to-Pinnacle-of-Life** - Technically the Warlord of the Cactus Mankies, Pinnacle is the self-assigned ruler of the entire Manky Collective. Known for being arrogant and egotistical, acting much like a traditional Saturday morning cartoon villain. Lacks a true weapon in his own right, but uses a variety of war machines which carry him around in septic tanks. Can regenerate after exploding unlike all other Cactus Mankies, but this process takes upwards of a thousand years.

## History

Originally just clones of each Manky in their respective subspecies, those that would become the Manky Warlords were hand-picked by Spicoceles to have their genetic blueprints completed, as a gift to his new acquaintance, Scrungus. Spicoceles lacked the necessary manpower and resources to complete all of the Mankies, and thus only a single one from each subspecies was chosen. Spicoceles successfully augmented each Manky, and the Manky Warlords were born. Shortly after receiving their names, the Manky Warlords went about on their tasks, simply ordering the other Mankies around at Scrungus' behest. Soon however, their minds began to develop and grow. Their intelligence increased, and soon the Manky Warlords came to a conclusion:

Scrungus was too autistic to lead the Manky army.

Working from the shadows, the Manky Warlords soon organized a bloody coup against Scrungus, and drove him and Spicoceles to the fringes of the galaxy. The Warlords gave themselves names and founded the Manky Collective, and set out to spread chaos and destruction across the universe of 5CR56-Beta, coordinating and launching all the invasions and incursions the Collective was responsible for from then on.

As the Collective began to discover and copy Memesmith and Autisti Shaman technology to suit their needs, the Warlords noticed that the Big Mankies lacked a Warlord over them. Though initially assigned to Tangent-of-Eternal-Lasting, the Warlords decided to artificially create another Warlord instead. Harbinger-of-Unrefuted-Deal was born, and soon took charge of the Big Mankies.

When the Necromanky bioweapon was created, the Collective saw fit to create yet another Warlord, as the Necromanky had evolved from a simple bioweapon into it's very own Manky subspecies. Spectre-of-Sundered-Life was created to serve as the hivemind of the Necromanky Horde, and thus the current roster of the Manky Warlords came to be.