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I got dibs on the following strains, their summary is included.

Telchine: A clockwork that "salts the land" with their waste products. As the land becomes harder to live on the telchines will feast upon those who have died or are near death. It can take years for nature to make the land viable for growth even after the telchines are removed.

Hippocampus: While harmless and non-violent, hippocampus spread clockwork infections via the air, as such, they have some of the highest infection to individual rates in the clockwork kingdom.

Gorgon: Gorgons are simple clockworks. They pretend to be a statue, stalk, and kill. They are notable for being some of the longest-lived clockworks, with some being over 1000 years old. No clockwork understands how much it pays to be patient more than the gorgon.

Normal: The most common type of clockwork. It has no perks or flair. Its goal is simple, invade, eat, and conquer. Due to having no defining characteristics the only way to confirm a normal clockwork outbreak is to take note of the widely different looks of those who are infected.

Taraxippus: While the taraxippus is not an issue to intelligent beings, it is a pest among farmers due to being able to herd livestock to their doom. The taraxippus runs around animals making a noise known to activate a primal fear in many. If the victim is near an area of more intelligent beings, such as farmers or owners, they will herd them away from them and tire them out before killing them. Is also known to herd livestock off cliffs for an easy kill.

Hydra: The multiheaded creature of death, the hydra infects urban areas where it can kill buildings worth of people within hours or even minutes once it's large enough. When damaged the hydra unleashes more and more heads, becoming increasingly more deadly as the fight rages on.

Lycanthrope: The lycanthrope comes in all shapes and forms. It stalks its victims before biting to infect and then fleeing. Attacking from short range is a deathwish due to how easily a lycanthrope can grab and bite someone from any angle. Will go after any and all creatures, from small vermin to large livestock.

Centaur: The centaur is a clockwork to be feared. While they lack the unique abilities and gimmicks of other clockworks, they make up for this in brain power and grouping together as a team. They are smart enough to avoid obvious hazards and traps. The centaurs even share among each other, as opposed to other clockworks who are willing to steal even from starving members. When the centaurs run out of food they form a disaster known as the "Flood of legs."

Safe: The safe strains are a group of strains that do not actively infect people but prefers to cause passive infections, typically hitching a ride on other clockwork types for a chance to infect a host if the other strain fails to propagate. There are two dangers of safe clockworks. One is that they may keep the failed infection dormant for years before suddenly activating it in hopes of getting the host to infect more people. The second is that there is a subtype that infects the mucus of the host with any dormant strains and itself, meaning a single case of the sniffles can spread much more than the cold.