User blog:SPARTAN 119/Monster Rats (Shin Sekai Yori) VS Goblins (Goblin Slayer)

The Monster Rats, the sapient mutants who rose up against the oppression of a dystopian society of psychokinetic humans

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The Goblins, the murderous race of humanoids with a culture based around raiding and rape, the mortal enemy of the man known only as the Goblin Slayer

WHO IS DEADLIEST!?

Monster Rats
"We are an intelligent species. We ought to be treated as your equal. Yet with your devilish powers you have robbed us of our dignity and treat us like animals. The only way we can restore our pride is to wipe you from the face of the Earth"

- Monster Rat rebel

“Monster Rats”, also know as “Queerats”, and “Mole Rats” are a eusocial sapient species in the world of the anime Shinsekai Yori, who first appeared about 500 years after a mutatation caused .001% of the human race to develop psychic powers, leading to a world war between normal humans and psychics that killed millions on both sides and ended 21st century human civilization. After about 500 years in which at least East Asia was ruled by slaver empires ruled by powerful psychics, a group of scientists emerged from their hidden communities and intervened in order to prevent further atrocities committed by the psychic ruling class, modifying the human genome to cause any human who kills another person to biologically “self-destruct”, killing them instantly in what became known as “death feedback”. In so doing the scientists, all of whom were psychics themselves, realized that the “death feedback” only worked on those with psychic powers, essentially rendering them vulnerable to attack by non-psychics. Ironically, in their efforts to prevent the atrocities of the past, they committed one of their own, psychokinetically modifying the genome of all non-psychic humans by combining them with the DNA of the naked mole rat, creating the Monster Rats, whom the psychic ruling class could kill without suffering “death feedback”.

For the next 500 years, the Monster Rats were used as manual labor by the humans, as well as to eliminate children they suspected would become dangerous “fiends” or “karmic demons” - types of humans who could not fully control their psychic powers and posed a threat to others. All the while, the Monster Rats were kept under tight control by the Department of Exospecies Control, who enforced the obedience of the colonies under pain of the extremination of the entire colony. The Monster Rats lived in this slave-like status until a point about 1000 years after the breakdown of pre-psychic society (~3011 AD), until a Monster Rat known as Squealer, or later Yakomaru, led a change in their society, deposing the queen of his colony and relagating her role to repoduction only. After his colony was slated for extermination, Yakomaru led an uprising making use of firearms, ambush tactics, specially bred creatures, and his secret weapon: a psychic human raised from birth believing she was a Monster Rat, meaning she could kill humans with impunity.

Goblins
"But before the world ends, Goblins will put an end to many more villages."

- Goblin Slayer on goblins The Goblins, also known as Orcs among the elves are one of the races in the world of the anime Goblin Slayer. Similar in appearance to similar creatures in other works of high fantasy, the Goblins of Goblin Slayer are green-skinned humanoids ranging it height from about 1 meter tall in the case of most individuals, to up to about three meters in the case of some exceptional specimens. Most goblins, however, are significantly smaller and weaker than humans or elves. Goblins appear to be sapient, being capable of spoken language, use of weapons, and having a basic social structure, but most are less intelligent than other races such as elves, dwarves and humans.

Goblins live primarily underground, in caves and abandoned castles, mostly in frontier areas where military presence is light. The most notably peculiarity of the goblin race is that they are an all male species, however, they are capable of reproducing with females of any humanoid race, which they will often kidnap and rape for reproductive purposes. Goblin society is centered around raiding other races for supplies and women, and as such, they are hated, but also considered the weakest monster race because of their low intelligence and physical strength, and often not taken seriously by military factions, leading to the eradication of goblins being often assigned to parties of roving adventurers that effectively act as mercenaries. In spite of this reputation, goblins can be very dangerous in groups, particularly within the narrow confines of their underground lairs. =Weapons=

Serrated Blade (Monster Rats)
The Monster Rat rebel leader Squealer is seen using a serrated, single-edged blade no longer than about ten centimeters as a weapon. The dagger has a steel blade and a clip point and a handle made of bone, as well as guard-like structure on the bottom of the handle, though it does not look very effective for anything other than keeping the hand off the edge- while it is hook-shaped, it looks to light in construction to catch an enemies blade.

Straight Dagger (Goblins)
The primary close combat weapon of the goblins in the world of Goblin Slayer is a double-edged steel dagger with a blade about 15-20cm long. The weapon is appears to lack a guard in most cases, with many examples having a blade resembling a Roman pugio.

119’s Edge
The Goblin’s Straight Dagger for its slightly longer blade.

Katana (Monster Rats)
The Monster Rats tend to favor spears to swords, not surprising given their short stature, but swords are not unheard of among their society. Much like the higher-end armor used by the Monster Rats, their swords resemble those of 16th century Japan, specifically the katana. The katana used by the Monster Rats have a maximum length of about 2.5-3 feet, being slightly shorter given the shorter stature of their users.

Short Sword (Goblins)
The primary sword of the goblins is a short sword with a length of about 45 to 60 centimeters which, like the dagger, is designed for close combat in the underground spaces goblins often inhabit. The weapon has a double-edged blade, sometimes with a crossguard. Some examples resemble a Roman gladius.

119’s Edge
The Monster Rat’s Katana for its longer blade

Monster Rat Spear
The Monster Rats use spears as their primary melee weapon. Most spears used by the Monster Rats are used as about four to five feet long, shorter than most spears used by humans. The design of the spears used by the Monster Rats range from those with wooden shafts with steel or stone heads to simple sharpened bamboo poles.

Goblin Spear
The spears of the goblins are a lot like those of the Monster Rats, being between four and five feet long, given the similar stature of the average goblin. The spears used by the goblins appear to have crude metal or sometimes possibly stone heads.

119’s Edge
The Goblin’s spears, as they more uniformly have a metal or stone head.

Shortbow (Both)
Both sides make use of shortbows with a lenght of about 2-3 feet, designed for use by the members of their race, who are far shorter than humans. Both sides’ bows make use of similarly scaled-down arrows with a metal or stone head.

Edge
The two weapons are essentially Even.

Breech-loading Matchlock Carbine (Monster Rats)
The most advanced weapons used by the Monster Rats in their uprising against humanity were short carbines with barrel length of no more than 60 cm, and an overall length of no more than 75cm. The weapons vaguely resemble a shortened 16th century Japanese tanegashima musket, with a matchlock mechanism, however, they advance beyond the level of the tanegashima musket in that they make use of a break-action breech loading mechanism and a form of primitive metal cartridge, presumably with a touchhole to allow the match to ignite the powder. The monster rate forces were observed reloading their weapons with about the same speed as a modern break-action shotgun, meaning it likely has a similar rate of fire. The weapon seems to fire a single ball, at an effective range of no more than 50-100 meters given the ranges they are used at, suggesting the barrel is not rifled.

Goblin Shaman/Magic
Goblin shamans are higher-ranked goblins that often serve as leaders of smaller goblin colonies. They are more intelligent than ordinary goblins, and are capable of using magic. When attacked by the Goblin Slayer, a goblin shaman attempts to cast a magic fireball to attack him, but the attack had a “charge-up” time that left him open to attack. Goblin shamans also carry a staff, which could presumably be used for close combat in an emergency, but is far from ideal for the purpose.

119’s Edge
The Monster Rats' breech-loading carbine takes the edge for its far superior rate of fire to the shaman’s magic.

Mutant Monster Rat
While most Monster Rats are 3-4 feet tall, there also exist mutants which grow to heights of up to about 15 feet tall. These mutants are sometimes employed as heavy forces in conflicts between colonies, being capable of smashing through lines of infantry armed with clubs or even their bare hands. They are are sometime partially clad in metal armor, but many areas of their body are left uncovered. For the purposes of this match, there will be three mutated Monster Rats.
 * Weapon: Giant Club

Goblin Champion
Goblin Champions are among the most dangerous members of the goblin race in combat, reaching heights of up to about 15-20 feet, and possessing strength far in excess of a normal human, let along a goblin. Goblin champions are armed with massive weapons, including oversized swords and clubs with a length of up to about seven feet capable of cutting down multiple humans with a single swing, or massive flails that appear to be made from a boat anchor, with a chain at least ten feet long. Some goblin champions wear armor over their chests, mostly thick leather sometimes with some metal pieces, but no helmet; others are completely unarmored. For the purposes of this match, there will be three goblin champions, one with each weapon type, one of which will have armor consisting mostly of leather, with some metal pieces
 * Weapon: Oversized Club, Sword or Flail

119's Edge
The Goblin Champions are larger, better armed, and better armored than the mutants. Edge: Goblins

Blowdogs
“Blowdogs”, also known as “Balloon Dogs” are a species of animal in living in Japan during the 31st century, believed, like many species in the world of Shin Sekai Yori, to the result of mutations that were a byproduct of the large-scale use of psychic powers by humans. Blowdogs are creatures about the size of a large dog, named for their ability to inflate their body to as mcuh as four feet across to drive off predators. If the predator persists, the blowdog will self destruct, making use of sulfur and saltpeter absorbed into its body to create natural gunpowder. An exploding blowdog produces a blast at least as powerful as that of a modern hand grenade, with shards of bone acting as shrapnel. Some Monster Rat Colonies raised blowdogs as suicide bombers to charge at enemies and devastate groups of infantry, and Squealer subsequently bred them with other creatures to make massive aquatic “bomb-beasts” capable of wiping out entire villages.

Wolf Mounts
The Goblins of the world of Goblin Slayer sometimes make use of wolves as mounts. The wolves area similar in size or possibly slightly larger than real-life wolves. Goblin wolf riders are armed with lances of up to about six feet in length, and attack similarly to horse-mounted cavalry. Goblin wolf riders, however are usually lightly or unarmored, and are easily dealt with using pike formations- because of their aggression, the wolves will run straight into a wall of pikes, while a horse would avoid them. Only the largest and most powerful goblin colonies can afford the resources to keep wolves for use as cavalry.

119’s Edge
While the Blowdogs are a one-use weapons, they are still likely to do more damage than the unarmored wolf riders, who will be easy prey for arrow and gunfire, as well as spear formations, both of which the monster rats are adept at using. Edge: Monster Rats.

Leaders
NOTE: The leaders may not engage in personal combat- Squealer in particular would likely avoid it.

Squealer/Yakomaru (Monster Rats)
"We are not beasts or slaves… we are human! Laugh all you want. No evil goes unpunished forever! Even if I die, one day another will carry on my cause, and on that day shall be the end of your tyranny!"

- Last words of Squealer

Squealer was formerly an ordinary soldier of the Robber Fly Monster Rat colony who, thanks to a combination of shrewd political maneuvering and knowledge gained from a pre-war database, manage to gain a position of power in his colony. One of the first acts upon gaining his pre-war knowledge was the overthrow of the queen of the colony and the institution of democratic system of government. By the year 222 of the postwar calandar (~3011 AD), Squealer, now known by the name Yakomaru, had led the Robber Fly Colony to become a powerful force, and had began utilizing new technologies such as concrete construction. While pretending to be loyal to humanity Squealer secretly plotted his plans to eradicate the human race and liberate the Monster Rats from their tyranny.
 * Personal Weapons: Carbine, Spear, Dagger (NOTE: to make the fight fair against the superhuman Goblin Lord, Squealer will have a carbine as, while not being personally seen using one, he would no doubt have access to them)
 * Personal Armor: “samurai-style” steel plate armor and helmet (no facemask)

Yakomaru aided two runaways, Mamoru Itou and Maria Akizuki from the Kamisu 66th District, faking their deaths, allowing them to live in the wilderness without fear of assassination by the Kamisu authorities. Soon after Maria and Mamoru gave birth to a daughter, Yakomaru had them ambushed and killed, and the child taken in and raised to believe it is Monster Rat. This resulted in a psychic human that could kill humans without dying of “death feedback”. This was to be Yakomaru’s secret weapon, which he used, along with rediscovered technology of firearms to wipe out the previously dominant “Giant Hornet” colony in the year 236. This led the Kamisu authorities to order the extermination of Yakomaru’s Robber Fly colony.

This was the moment Yakomaru was waiting for. On the night of a festival taking place a few days before the his colony was slated for extremination, Yakomaru launched a surprise attack on the festival, killing numerous people with ambush tactics, firearms, and explosives. Yakomaru followed up these attack with more ambushes outside of the city, as well as specially bred aquatic beasts that naturally produce an explosive powerful enough to wipe out a small town. These attacks killed hundreds, if not thousands, though at least as many Monster Rats were cut down by the powers of the psychic humans. The next morning, Yakomaru unleashed his secret weapon, the daughter of Maria and Mamoru, known as the “Messiah”. With humanity on the run, Saki Watanabe, Satoru Asahina, and a survivor of the Giant Hornet colony, Kiromaru, go to the ruins of Tokyo to get a hold of pre-war bio-weapon of which even psychics have no defenses. While their attempts to deploy the weapon failed, the “Messiah” was tricked into attacking Kiromaru. When she realized she had killed a Monster Rat, which she saw as her own kind, her “death feedback” triggered and the Messiah died.

After the death of his secret weapon, the Monster Rat rebels were wiped out, and Squealer was captured and placed on a show trial. During the trial Yakomaru asserted that Monster Rats were human, and the one day, the psychic’s would be overthrown. In the end, Squealer was sentenced to endless psychokinetic torture, however, he would later be mercy-killed by Saki after she discovers the truth behind his final words.

Goblin Lord
""First... we take the farm to the east. There, we eat their livestock, use their women to build our numbers. There, we prepare to attack. Perhaps the adventurers have gotten wind of us and shall meet us there. But we outnumber them! We are an army! Mere adventurers will not stop us! Look alive! And bring them down!”"

- Goblin Lord

A Goblin Lord is a sub-race of goblin the world of Goblin Slayer, a larger, stronger, and more intelligent breed of goblin, typically seen leading a horde of at least 100 goblins. The goblin lord that the Goblin Slayer fights at the end of the anime is typical of the race, standing about six feet tall and armed with a two-handed battle axe he stole from a barbarian warrior. The goblin lord led his horde in a attempt to capture a farm, which he intended to use as a forward base to lay seige to a town. In the end, his efforts were thwarted by the Goblin Slayer, who raised an army of adventurers to guard the farm, and developed strategies to ambush and eliminate the goblin forces.
 * Personal Weapon: Double-Bit Axe
 * Personal Armor: Steel plate, no helmet

In terms of capabilities, the Goblin Lord has greater tactical skill than an average goblin, being able to use tactics such as ambushes and flank attacks, however, his forces more resemble a horde than an organized army, charging wildly into battle, rather than using any sort of formation. The Goblin Lord is a highly skilled personal combatant, having killed at least two adventurers in personal combat, both of which had wiped out most of his horde on previous occasions, and fought on even terms with the Goblin Slayer, and nearly killed him, were it not for the timely intervention of the Priestess.

119’s Edges

 * Durability: Goblin Lord
 * Physical Strength: Goblin Lord
 * Tactics/Intelligence: Squealer
 * Weapons: Squealer

In terms of physical strength and durability, the goblin lord takes the definitive edge, being able to keep fighting while wounded, and match a peak strength human and/or low-grade superhuman in personal combat. He can, however, like all goblins, be brought down with a sufficiently severe injury. While the goblin lord takes the edge in personal combat, Squealer takes the definite edge in tactics, making effective use of formation warfare, firearms, ambush tactics, specially bred war beasts, birds trained to act as aerial reconnaissance, and the secret weapon of a psychic human raised to think they were a Monster Rat, and thus would not activate the “death feedback” if they killed humans. Squealer used these weapons and tactics in combination to wipe out the largest and most militarily powerful Monster Rat colony in the Kamisu area, as well as kill hundreds or perhaps even thousands of psychic humans, who, with their power, would typically greatly outgun any Monster Rat (to the point that exterminations of colonies of hundreds of Monster Rats were carried out by squads of only two or three humans). While the goblin lord is the better personal combatant, Squealer is by far the better tactician, and even without some of the higher-tier weapons (like recon birds and the “Messiah”) he will still prove the superior leader, as tactics are far more important in a military commander than personal combat skill. Edge: Squealer.

=X-Factors=

Explanations
It is not clear how much the Monster Rats are trained in combat, however, they appear to have a more organized army than the Goblins, suggesting they have at least a slight edge in combat training, simply given their ability to maneuver in an organized formations, and make use of tactics like ambushes and volley fire. In terms of combat experience, both races are extremely warlike, the goblins regularly raiding settlements of humans and other races for women and supplies. I give the monster rats a slight edge, however, as they not only have fought amongst themselves, but also killed hundreds of psychic humans in their uprising, even before the deployment of Squealer’s secret weapons, by using ambush tactics, explosives, and surprise attacks- people whose powers would allow them to slaughter dozens, if not hundreds of Monster Rats in an open fight. In terms of average physicality, the goblins get a slight edge as, while most are about the same size as a monster rat, goblin champions and lords can be far stronger than any save perhaps a mutant monster rat. In terms of tactics, it’s not even close, while goblins have some tactical skill if led by a more intelligent lord or shaman, most goblins fight in more of a horde than a true army, while the monster rats are more organized and are capable of using ambush tactics, developing weapons technologies, breeding highly specialized war beasts, and even carrying out elaborate schemes like Squealer’s uprising, which almost succeeded in eradicating the psychic human population of Kamisu. In terms of technology, the Monster Rats take a definitive edge, forging weapons and armor, having breech-loading firearms, and even building structures out of concrete. The goblins on the other hand mostly steal any weapons they use from other races. As for leadership, a goblin lord is capable of using more advance tactics and organizing than a normal goblin, but they have been repeatedly beaten back by humans and other races, while the Monster Rats have used superior tactics to defeat not only their kind, but also nearly wipe out a community of psychic humans who are literally walking weapons of mass destruction. In terms of brutality, the Monster Rats score pretty high, planning to commit a genocide of all psychic humans. This act was an act they were arguably forced to as even a single psychic has the power to kill hundreds of Monster Rats in an open fight. Goblins, on the other hand, because of their peculiar biology, not only kill humans in raids, but kidnap and rape their woman for reproduction. Both sides have no empathy for other sentient races, but the goblins are biologically hardwired to behave this way. In terms of armor, some Monster Rats appear to have something resembling Japanese plate armor, but many appear to wear only lighter leather armor. On the other hand, most goblins wear no armor at all. =Scenario=

Forces Present

 * 50 infantry (Spear, Sword, Dagger)
 * 40 archers (Bow, Sword, Dagger)
 * 10 specialists (Monster Rat musketeer, Goblin Shaman)
 * 10 War Beasts (Blowdogs, Wolf Riders)
 * 3 Heavies (Mutant, Champion)
 * 1 Leader (Squealer, Goblin Lord)