Any challengers?
He was nicknamed after the mightiest Demigod of The Shattering, but his scientific name is Carnifex Grahami, which translates to “Graham's Executioner.” Radahn was given the task of killing other hybrids, and in that he exceeded expectations. The primary target is theropods hybrid, but he can take down other body types as well. Now let's get into the genome that makes me so confident.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Obviously the base, I think almost every theropod hybrid has a T. Rex base or at least has it in the genome 💔. This gives the standard traits like a crushing bite force and senses, alongside padded feet, etc. You know what a T. Rex has.
Fasalosuchus
This also makes up much of the body plan, making the hybrid primarily quadrupedal, only really rearing up when shoving or when in short bursts. These guys were already fairly bulky, but the next contributor takes it to another level.
Grizzly Bear
This first gives the subcutaneous layers of fat to survive long periods without food, and doubles as extra protection. This bear's primary purpose is beefing up the hybrid making Radahn very bulky and packed with muscle for grappling and wrestling. In order to do this the forelimbs are incredibly strong and the bones are extra durable. Further bolstering the front limbs is the shoulder humps. They are similar to a Bisons hump, but on the shoulders and specifically strengthen the forelimbs power to shove and wrestle opponents. The forelimbs without any extra enhancements are already jacked with the bones in the forelimbs being reinforced.
Indian Rhinocerous
This gives its thick, reinforced, and folded skin. Lions can't touch either hippos, nor rhinos. Combining what makes them so durable makes Radahn impenetrable to most weaponry. This also enhances the femur, which I know the “study” that said it could withstand over 100 tons of force was false, but it still is insanely strong proportional to its body, with a very high safety margin. This also gives the hooks the scapula in the forelimbs for extra muscle attachment. Another thing for muscle attachment is the elongated neural spines. The final thing this guy gives is its horn. The horn is made out of tightly packed keratin fibers, and is reinforced with calcium and melanin. It's also self sharpening to keep its deadly edge 24-7. This allows Radahn to impale anyone in his way.
Honey Badger
This makes the skin ever stretchier, even though rhino skin is already pretty loose. This also makes the hybrid rather die than lose the fight. Most hybrids when they're about to die would be afraid and maybe even try to look smaller, but Radahn would never do this. Even if another hybrid doesn't do this exactly, they can tell when they're going to lose a fight and lose faith, they're brains stop going 100%, meaning you have essentially lost the mental aspect of the fight. Radahn could have all his limbs broken, his ribcage crushed, and have internal bleeding. Even with these conditions he would not back down. Honey Badger also gives its pain tolerance and venom resistance to pair with this.
Jakapil
Piercing out of that skin will be osteoderms, unlike the bum Mylodon, the Jakapil is a far superior choice since. This means anything trying to even get to the skin will get a mouth full of bone. They will even bite into serrated bone with the next contributor.
Akanthosuchus
This makes the osteoderms serrated, making anything that tries to slash or bite the osteoderms get nasty lacerations. Along with that, it gives the scales and back osteoderms, I think Radahn already has enough armor, and this is a pretty lightweight and vascularized choice for the top layer, allowing efficient thermoregulation. Akanthosuchus gives some semi-aquatic traits as well, so Radahn isn't terrible if he needs to go underwater. Traits like a paddle tail, slight webbing between the claws, and lateral line will all help with water combat if needed. This also gives the basic crocodilian traits like blood clotting, immune system, lactic acid resistance, tough gums, etc.
Acynodon
Another crocodilian that will both enhance biteforce and reinforce the jaw to better handle these forces. Acynodon had an extremely short, yet wide skull. We won't take the bluntness, but the extreme wideness allows more muscle to be packed into that devastating jaw. It also reinforces the jaw since they were specialized to feeding tough, hard shelled creatures like turtles, barnacles, etc. This allows the jaw to dissipate high bite forces better.
Blue Wildebeest
This first modifies the slow twitch muscles to convert two thirds of its energy into movement instead of heat. This gives a massive boost to stamina in a fight for our hybrid. This also gives the ability to pant, sweat, and keep its brain cool to add to that endurance.
Tiger Shark
This puts Radahn's lethality into a whole new category. This makes the teeth have 2 sets of serrations, effectively doubling the slicing power of the teeth. It also reinforces the stomach tissues and increases the acidity of the stomach acid, allowing Radahn to digest practically anything he wants. Tiger Shark also gives 2 rows of teeth as well as making those teeth enhanced with fluorapatite, which is stronger than Iron. This also allows Radahn to grow back his lost teeth very quickly.
Dimetrodon Grandis
This first enhances the teeth. Tiger Sharks had 2 sets of serrations, but they only had 2 serrations per mm. Dinetrodon increases that with 9 serrations per mm, which works in tandem with the 2 sets of serrations. Meaning Radahn can bite through flesh like a hot knife through butter. The second thing it gives is the sail on its back, but not in the way you're thinking. The sail is just elongated neural spines, and rhinos have elongated neural spines for muscle attachment. They look completely different, but are the same structure. This means that I can make the tall neural spines of Dimetrodon merge with the neural spines of rhino to become a giant lump of raw muscle to power the body. Now obviously the size will be drastically reduced, but this provides monstrous power to the neck, forelimbs, and since it's so long and goes to the lower regions of the body the back limbs too. The back limbs are where Radahn pushes off for shoving, so empowering this allows him to shove even harder and with more force. Neural spines are also in the caudal region, near the tail, meaning this also empowers the tail, essentially meaning if you get too close to the tail… just give up.
Stegosaurus
This gives its throat armor because in a practical fight if you get hit in the throat the fight is essentially over. Stegodaurus also gives the thagomizer which is possibly the deadliest tail weapon mother nature ever crafted. We can make it even deadlier, since they are osteoderms growing in the skin, Akanthosuchus can make it serrated. The keratin sheath would then follow that pre-made line of bone, making the keratin sheath serrated. The keratin sheath will also be enhanced by rhino horn keratin, making it even stronger and already sharpened to the point.
Shantungosaurus
The primary reason I included this guy is because of the size and to reinforce facultative bipedalism, but when I looked into this dinosaur I found several cool traits to add. The first thing is the deltopectoral crest located on the humerus. This provides broad muscle attachment to the deltoids and pectoralis muscles, giving even more power to the front limbs of the hybrid. This Hadrosaur also had a very robust femoral (thigh bone), giving power to the back limbs, which means more power to leverage when shoving. Shantungosaurus also possessed a very well developed fourth trochanter, providing more muscle to the caudofemoralis.
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
This enhances the size of the brain, since these guys have the largest brain-body ratio. Not only does this give a massive increase in intelligence, the largest parts of the brain are the hippocampus and memory centers. This means Radahn can store and keep memories of each opponent, their fighting styles, and how to fight each hybrid body type. The more opponents from the meta he faces the better he gets at fighting them. He WILL force the meta to change. If you give him too long to adapt it will be too late. Using this intelligence he also knows the weak points, things like the gaps in armor, throat, thighs, etc. Alongside that major advantage this increases the keel size since these guys have the largest keel proportionally of any bird. These are already very structurally strong, but will be further reinforced from them being mineralized just like any other bones. This essentially acts like a shield, protecting the front, and making it exceptionally hard to break through. I hope y'all understand just how much sheer muscle power this provides from the limbs, this guy could do what Omni-Man did to Red Rush to another hybrid (if you know, you know).
Megaraptor Namunuhuaiquii
This gives its disproportionately giant sickle-shaped claws. At 2 tons the claws were 14 inches long, now imagine that on a 16 ton hybrid. These were best at a hook-and-pull strategy, piercing an opponent and ripping the flesh out. You already know how powerful the forelimbs are, just a slap, with no piercing power could put an opponent into a coma. Now imagine those forelimbs driving those gargantuan claws into the skull of any opponent. The keratin sheath will also be enhanced by rhino horn keratin.
Bootherium
This gives the pair of horns on its head. These horns look very similar to Cape Buffalo horns, except the boss is fully fused at the top. Instead of having a small seam of softer material in between the horns the cores of the horns grow together, fully fused, allowing it to maximize distributing force. This means anything that attacks the skull will have a reduced impact. That is only a secondary benefit, since the horns' primary purpose is for hooking and goring opponents in side-side motions. Meaning if you get your head a little too close to the side of the head the horns will pierce through the skull and hook your brains out of your skull. The fact that the keratin sheath of the horns will be enhanced by rhino doesn't help your case either.
Carnotaurus
This is my favorite dinosaur and animal of all time, so I'm very happy it made it into the genome. This gives the horns, but they are analogous to bull horns, meaning I can stack the two on top of each other, for extra impact damage and head protection. Carnotaurus enhances the legs' musculature to be more powerful and built for sprinting. T. Rex covers power walking and endurance, while Carnotaurus gives the sprinting speed boost. It also beefs up the caudofemoralis a ton, and combines enhancements with Shantungosaurus on the fourth trochanter for caudofemoralis muscle attachment. This allows Radahn to have very powerful back legs, and be able to run down prey if needed. Carnotaurus also has proportionally the tallest skull of any theropod, it was tall, but thin and short, often being compared to a bulldog. This makes the skull taller without the other two things, allowing for even more musculature to fit into that already incredibly powerful jaw. Carnotaurus also lengthens the chevron for massive muscle attachment in the tail. All this tail and leg muscle attachment allows it to counterbalance the heavy head and beefy forelimbs. Carnotaurus (My goat) has the widest cervical vertebrae proportionally of any theropod, the last one being as wide as the skull. I won't make the vertebrae interlocking since that would hinder flexibility more than I would like, but this thickness allows the neck to be incredibly robust and heavily built. The last thing Carnotaurus gives is another thing to strengthen the neck. Its cervical ribs. They featured heavily expanded wing-like processes. These broadened the surface area for the insertion of critical muscles that helped flex and stabilize the neck.
Hatzegopteryx
This alters the bone structure, this won't make the bones hollow though. Hatzegopteryx and other Azdarchids had a helicoid or bouligand structure in their bones, this is the same microstructure found in Mantis Shrimp clubs to withstand impacts. This makes the bones much more durable. This also translates into the skull and jaw allowing the jaw to withstand significantly stronger impacts than before. Hatzegopteryx also makes the head proportionally larger. This Azarchid makes the neck extremely robust, making the back of the skull feature a thickened occipital region with large ridges, well-developed nuchal lines, and prominent scars served as primary anchoring points for the broadly attached musculature. The basioccipital tuberosities were long and robust, anchoring the muscles that pitched and stabilized the head. Scars and deep pits on the occipital bones, neural spines, and zygapophyses indicate well-developed transversospinialis muscle groups. Don't mind my nerd talk, these muscles were just for strong flexion, extension, and lateral movements of the head. All of this muscle was built for the neck to withstand the compression and torsion of struggling prey. This paired with Carnotaurus means no matter how much to try, you can't get out once his jaw has got you.
Mangrove Cat Snake
This little guy's venom is specifically tailored to kill birds, with its venom being 100x more effective on avian prey than mammals. This venom, specifically the Denmotoxin, is a three-finger toxin that targets and irreversibly binds to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. By blocking these receptors, the nerve signals required for muscle contraction are severed, inducing rapid and irreversible flaccid paralysis. Because dinosaurs like theropods are so similar to birds it would attack specific receptors that the two share.
Gila Monster
This gives the coloration and patterns on the hybrid which are spectacular. As well as the bumpy texture and facial osteoderms. More importantly it gives the modified salivary glands on the lower jaws that produce venom. The venom is very mild, causing dizziness and nausea (still incredible if it works on an opponent), but this will also now produce the Mangrove Cat Snake's venom alongside the Gila Monster venom.
Metrics
Weight: 16 short tons
Length: 52 feet