Heishou Packs

The Heishou Packs are a group of organizations of augmented fighters that serve the upper classes of Hongyuan‚ particularly the families of Daguanyuan. There are twelve official Branches of the Heishou Packs in total‚ each of which corresponds to one animal in the Chinese Zodiac‚ and named after the corresponding Earthly Branch. Members of each Branch have characteristics and display manually-induced mutations (gained after a regimen of Bolus treatments‚ revealed to be based on life-forms from the Outskirts) reminiscent of the animal they are based off of. Members are thus usually referred as the "beasts" of the Heishou Packs‚ with each branch's members having a different specialization.