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Demon Beast Troops (in Japanese: 妖獣兵) are dark magic familiars and soldiers created from spiritually possessed animals and humans to serve Emperor Ganishka of the Kushan Empire in Berserk.
They uses Kushan War Ships and Kushan Galleass.
Harashada[]
Kushan Sorceres or Harashada are the ones who create and control Pishaca Gana.
Demons[]
Pishachas[]
Pishachas (in Sanskrit: पिशाच) are The Demon Beast Troops of Emperor Ganishka's Troops. These various animals (to date: Crocodiles, Elephants, Tigers and Whales) are possessed by Kushan Sorcery (infusing a spirit into an animal) and sometimes outfitted with human weapons. The nature of the possession requires a Kushan spellcasters to locally control the minds of possessed animals (in doing so they must be in a state of meditation and are left defenseless to surprise attacks launched by external forces). Emperor Ganishka uses this inhuman force to dominate Wyndham and invade Vritanis.
They can still be affected by the barrier that rejects astral bodies though not entirely since they have an actual body (originally animals) unlike Trolls that came from the astral world who are pure spirits.
When their possessors are killed their minds go back to their animalistic nature making them less dangerous though their monstrous appearance and possibly their enhanced abilities (since crocodiles can still carry their spears) aren't reverted.
Once dead Pishachas don't revert to their original form immediately, as it will take some time.
Types of Pishachas:
Tiger-type Pishacha become much larger than regular tigers, number of their fangs increases and some fangs become much larger. Their speed, agility, and strength increase, allowing them to jump into a room in a tall building, they can kill multiple people with one swipe of their paw and claws, and they are much faster than a normal running person.
Crocodile-type Pishacha body remains the same, but they gain the ability to walk on two legs when needed and they gain the ability to use weapons. What they use is an Indian harpoon with a long rope at the end and the rope is tied to their upper right leg so they can always retrieve it when they throw the harpoon.
They can eat a grown man in three bites and they are strong enough to destroy wooden buildings, they also have their natural abilities such as swimming underwater, the ability to use their tails in battle.
Elephant-type Pishacha body remains the same but gains the ability to walk on two legs, but unlike the crocodile-type, its change is permanent, the elephant's hind legs remain the same, but its upper legs change into human like hands and gain the ability to use Armor and weapons they wear uniquely crafted elephant armor and equip themselves with spiked clubs or bone axes. They also have their natural abilities, such as the strength of an elephant and the use of their trunks.
Makara[]
Makara (in Sanskrit: मकर) are the most powerful (but not the strongest of Demon Beast Troops) Pishacha available to Kushan Demon Beast Army. They fought for the Emperor Ganishka and are controlled by Kushan sorcerers. Makara are originally whales that are influenced with spirits of Kushan war elephants. This causes the whales to manifest elephantine attributes like long trunks and tusks that, also large teeth with their enormous size and strength, make them very difficult to kill. The Makara were mainly used during the attack on the harbor of Vritannis.
Makara's body is much larger than Ogre’s due to their whales size and elephants strength, they can easily destroy stone buildings and use their trunks in battle and also spray water on their enemies.
A Makara was first seen assaulting Guts' party at the beaches outside Vritannis as a last resort to kill them after they repelled Crocodile-type Pishacha reconnaissance unit. It too failed.
Later, a Makara would appear to block the same party's escape from the Vandimion mansion, where it would be slain by Guts, who drove his sword through its brain and blasted it apart. Shortly afterward, no less than five Makara appear in response to the elimination of the Daka Horde to block progress to the harbor. Although each are said to possess capability of sinking 10 warships they are no match for Berserker Armor and were collectively slaughtered.
Garuda[]
Garuda (in Japanese: गरुड) are type of Pishachas to be under the control of Kushan sorcerer Dhaiva. They are a series of winged creatures resembling pterodactyls. They have a large wingspan and very large heads, easily the same size as the rest of their bodies, with powerful jaws and teeth. They are very ferocious and rapacious to the extent that Dhaiva considers himself the only one safe from attacks by them and no one goes where it is stashed for fear of being eaten by them.
A Garuda is first seen being mounted by Dhaiva to escape after being defeated by Guts. The Garuda alongside its master were electrocuted by Ganishka for Dhaiva's failure, though they survived. The Garuda is once more seen when Daiba flies next to the transformed Ganishka, even though all Dhaiva could do was watch.
Several Garuda were being kept in a stable while Dhaiva was hiding after Falconia Empire was established, and he released them to aid Silat and Rickert to escape Falconia from clutches of Rakshas.
Garudas are very durable creatures that can be seen when one survived two lightning strikes sent by Ganishka. Despite being left in an injured state, it was still able to fly. Despite their thin looking bodies, they are strong enough to destroy brick buildings.
It is unknown if they are familiars, like the Pishaca, or summoned spirits, like the Kundalini.
Kundalini[]
Kundalini (in Sanskrit: कुण्डलिनी) is an extremely powerful astral serpent with control over the element of water. Its powers were so great that Schierke said it could be seen as god by polytheistic cultures. Kundalini was once harnessed by Dhaiva. It is also the most powerful creature of Kushan Demon Beast Troops.
At a first glance, The Kundalini appears to be a monstrous serpent made of water, hundreds of feet in length and somewhere between fifteen and twenty in width, and lacking facial features except for two brightly glowing eyes. However, this is merely its proxy body: the true form of the beast is a sea snake of average size, small enough to coil around a man's body. This smaller snake is also its weak point. The Kundalini is described by Schierke as similar in nature to the kelpie, but on a much larger scale. Its power over water was immense. It could create towering water spouts to wash away its enemies, a power that its master, Dhaiva, utilized before summoning the creature itself.
It’s proxy body is made out of water to disturb enemies because the water cannot be cut, it gives the impression that Kundalini cannot be harmed, also proxy body is said to have the power of a breaking wave that is said to crush stone if that power is pressurize to a very fine point, allowing it refine the water to create blasts which Daiba described as being able to cut diamond (think of water jet cutter technique). However, this assumes that no other force interferes with the pressurization: Schierke was able to block the water's cutting effect by calling on a spirit of fire, which surrounded her and Guts like a shield. If all elses fail, the Kundalini is not averse to using its body to thrash and slam into its opponents. Also, since the Kundalini can manipulate the surrounding water, the ocean is like the body of the Kundalini, if the enemy is in the ocean, the Kundalini can create a vortex to capture the enemy underwater.
The Kundalini was summoned by Dhaiva at Vritannis's harbor to destroy Guts and his companions after the latter proved to be able to combat his abilities with the Berserker Armor and his own prowess. An incredible and vicious battle ensued, during which much property was destroyed and Gut's small band's lives were threatened several times. It was eventually slain through the combined efforts of Schierke, Serpico, and Guts.
The destruction of this Beast enraged Ganishka into appearing in his apostle form, where even more chaos followed.
Trivia[]
In the video game Berserk Musou, Kushan sorcerers attack by casting a magic energy ball. Kushan sorcerers Leaders can also use magic energy ball and other spells like a magical ring with Kushan markings that will cause damage until it is destroyed, attk up, def up. The Pishachas have bigger versions and leaders the are stronger. At the end of the game all the Kushan sorceres Leaders get a power up and some of them can levitate without taking the position, Pishachas Leaders also get a power up.
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