The Betas are an ancient race. Evolved from the more intelligent Gammas, they seek only to eat, gain strength, and transform into the ultimate predator... the Alphas. Yes, those terrible beasts once walked the earth, their teeth now the bones of the mountains, their footprints-- the lakes, and their blood, the lava from inside the earth. Pray you never see one, my son. And prey one never sates its appetite. Instinct: to feed, to grow, to evolve

• Swallow something whole
• it ignores this world's rules of reality

"The Old Ones, they knew much. Not the alchemy of man nor the sorcery of warlocks and the like. No, this is the magic of gears and pulleys, the sorcery of science. Watch your every step in the tower: be wary or you may call to life the ancient defense systems. You'll know the Defenders have awoken long before you face them, that's for sure; they're louder than a stomping giant and their hulls scrape the stone walls. You'll hear them coming, I'm sure you can avoid them, go on in the tower. Me? I... I'll stay out here. Got to have a lookout post, right?"

Instinct: Destroy all Intruders! *click* Defend the domain!

• Display immense and uncaring strength
• Soldier on, ignoring all damage until the last
• Reveal a hidden function from the depths of its gearworks