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Okay, so here's our first match-up: Kuuga's Grongi vs. Hibiki's Makamou; ancient civilization vs. primordial monsters! Let's get this Gegeru started!

Grongi
Kamen Rider Kuuga

The Grongi are an ancient tribe of monstrous creatures who once threatened all of mankind in the distant past. Temporarily sealed away, they reawakened in the year 2000 to resume their Gegeru, a brutal game in which dead humans serve as points. The ultimate goal of the game is to win the right to challenge, and conceivably replace, the current leader of the tribe.

Commander: The leader of the Grongi is N-Daguva-Zeba, a monumentally powerful monster who’s capable of slaughtering regular humans and weaker Grongi by the thousands.

General: Ra-Baruba-De – aka “The Rose-Tattooed Woman” – is the most prominent commanding Grongi. Her role is to act as the referee and official score-keeper of the Gegeru.

Officers: The rank and file Grongi are made up of several different ranks, each one denoting their position in the Gegeru. The Go group is the strongest, followed by the Me, and then the Zu. Even the weakest Grongi is still capable of easily killing dozens of normal people.

Infantry: The Grongi have nothing resembling numerous foot soldiers.

Tactics: Each Grongi plays by his or her own rules, often setting specific requirements for how they wish to kill their targets. These attacks can range from poison to sniping to tearing apart their victims personally or even running them over with a truck.

Strengths: The Grongi are very physically durable; they are all markedly stronger than humans and are impervious to conventional weapons (although anti-Grongi weapons can and have been developed). They are also highly intelligent, capable of forming and executing complex tactics. Their most powerful members possess phenomenal strength and power.

Weaknesses: The Grongi tend to lack group cohesion, as each one is consistently looking for personal advancement and care little for their fellow Grongi. They will often ignore lower ranked tribesmen and few would ever come to the aid of a more powerful one who might someday best them in the Gegeru. Gaining the power to defeat N-Daguva-Zeba is always their ultimate goal.


Makamou
Kamen Rider Hibiki

The Makamou are an ancient race of giant demons that terrorize the Japanese countryside. Frequently growing to large size, these monsters exist solely to devour humans and grow ever larger and stronger. Their natural enemies are the Oni, armored humans trained to defeat them. Despite centuries of conflict, however, the Makamous’ numbers never seem to dwindle.

Commanders: The Makamou lack true organization, but they still have some form of hierarchy. Seemingly at the top are two strange individuals known only as The Man and The Woman, both of whom seem dedicated to experimenting with new ways to make the Makamou ever more powerful and deadly.

Generals: The Man and Woman both possess several “Puppet” versions of themselves who can create and/or mutate new Makamou. There are also some noticeably stronger Makamou, such as the fabled Orochi, who possess abnormally great intelligence and power.

Officers: The Makamou themselves come in a variety of shapes and sizes, some as small as humans, some as large as small buildings. They possess a wide range of abilities and can be specially bred for certain environments, including both underwater and airborne monsters. Regardless of size, they are invariably quite powerful.

Infantry: Accompanying the Makamou are their parents, the Douji and Hime. These are weaker, smaller demons who often take on human form, although they can take on a more powerful demonic form. Their main goal is to capture humans to serve as food for their children.

Tactics: The Makamou do not possess a great sense of strategy, focusing instead on blind destruction and slaughter. The Man and Woman can and occasionally do make plans for the Douji and Hime to follow, but the Makamou themselves are typically just encouraged to destroy.

Strengths: The Makamou are uniformly the largest enemies in the history of Kamen Rider, with most of them being at least the size of a pretty comfortable RV. Their size is a good indicator of their power, with all of them – even the smaller ones - possessing great strength and durability. They also have a great numbers advantage, as there seems to be no finite number of Makamou in existence.

Weaknesses: While the Man and Woman – and to some extent the Doujis and Himes – possess some intelligence, the Makamou themselves are only dumb animals with few concerns other than feeding and survival. While the Makamous’ numbers may seem unending, they also require an incubation period before they reach full adulthood.

Round 1 will run approximately 48 hours, maybe a bit longer as I'll be at work around this time on Tuesday.