Archetype:Beast Master

Beast Master
As the Beast Master, Takkar (Far Cry Primal) can tame and command a variety of prehistoric predators, from an owl to wolves to big cats to bears.
The archetype of:	The master of beasts.

The archetype of an individual who can tame beasts.

Also Called

• Animal/Beast Master/Tamer/Trainer
• Herder
• Pastoralist
• Tamer

Fiction-Specific Terms

• Digimon Tamer (Digimon)
• Dragon Trainer (How to Train Your Dragon)
• Pokémon Trainer (Pokémon)

Properties

The characters beast master, an individual who can tame, train, groom, maintain, handle, breed, raise, understand, communicate with, summon, and ride on any beast that they encounter. The beasts can be anything from animals to monsters to mythical creatures to aliens to cryptids.

Applications

• Animal Companionship
• Animal Empathy
• Animal Empowerment
• Animal Imitation
• Animal Magic
• Animal Telepathy
• Animal Training Mastery
• Beast/Monster Summoning
• Creature Studies Mastery
• Hyper Connection
• Indomitable Loyalty
• Mind Link
• Monster Companionship
• Monster Empowerment
• Monster Magic
• Monster Studies Mastery
• Riders Aptitude
• Taming/Domestication
• Zoolingualism
• Zoological Mastery

Relationships

• Absolute Summoning (Limited to beasts/monsters)
• Beast Lordship
• Cowboy: A beast master who focuses on capturing and taming cows.
• Falconer: A beast master who focuses on capturing and taming birds.
• Mon Trainer: A beast master who focuses on capturing and taming monsters.

Flaws/Weakness

• Some beasts may need to see you as their alpha first.
• Must know a way to calm the beast down if it is not tamed.
• Must have a weapon of one's own in case the beast attacks the user all of a sudden.
• Must not let one's guard down when dealing with (potentially) aggressive beasts.
• The beast may turn on the user if not fully tamed.
• May need to be careful with certain beasts.

Example Characters

See Also: The Beastmaster.

• Dar (Beastmaster)
• Rein Shroud (Beast Tamer/Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta Beast Tamer, Saikyou Shuzoku Nekomimi Shojo to Deau)
• Khyber (Ben 10: Omniverse)
• FL4K (Borderlands 3)
• ArkhaiAngemon (Digimon)
• Beast Masters (Dungeons and Dragons)
• Orochi Head (Fairy Tail)
• Newton Scamander (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
• Takkar (Far Cry Primal)
• Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter)
• Beast Man (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe)
• Hiccup Haddock (How to Train Your Dragon)
• Owen Grady (Jurassic World)
• Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter (Marvel Comics)
• Talion (Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor)
• Ochette (Octopath Traveler 2)
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
• Beast Tamers (Overlord)
  • Aura Bella Fiora
  • Quaiesse Hazeia Quintia
• Beast Keeping Coven (The Owl House)
  • Eberwolf
• Pokémon Trainers (Pokémon)
• Zak Saturday (The Secret Saturdays); limited to cryptids
• Users of "Taming beasts" Force power (Star Wars)
  • Anakin Skywalker
  • Ezra Bridger
  • Grogu
• High Beastmasters (Total War: Warhammer II)
• Rakarth (Total War: Warhammer II)
• Kasen Ibaraki (Touhou Project)
• Beastmaster (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Amber Brotherhood (Warhammer)
• Ogre Hunters (Warhammer)
• Rexxar (World of Warcraft)

Gallery

Dar (Beastmaster) the original beastmaster, was given the gift to communicate with animals and shared bonds with them out of compassion and understanding.

Pokémon Trainers (Pokémon) can create bonds with their Pokémon so they can overcome anything.

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) has proven to be able to tame even the fiercest creatures with his Haki and charisma.

Hiccup Haddock (HTTYD) is known as the Dragon Master; as he was capable of taming many dragons from babies to adults including the most wild and aggressive ones like Scauldrons, Skrills, and Whispering Deaths which are deemed impossible to train. He also taught his friends who trained some of these aggressive dragons themselves.

Orochi Head (Fairy Tail) can tame up to a number of 100,000 monsters which he used to attack Lamia Scale with.

Owen Grady (Jurassic World) created a strong bond with the "Raptor Squad" becoming their trainer and alpha.

Talion (Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor) can tame the deadly beasts of Mordor through the Domination ability, including Caragors, Graugs, and Drakes.

Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven the Hunter (Marvel Comics) is known to be a master of taming wild beasts to help fight off against his enemies like Spiderman.

Beast Man (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe) is known as a savage beastmaster with the telepathic power to control over wild creatures in Eterina to do his evil bidding.

Ezra Bridger (Star Wars Rebels) can commutate with alien animals like loth-wolves, loth-cats, fyrnocks and purrgils to help him on various missions.

Amber Brotherhood (Warhammer) are masters of wielding the power of Ghur, which allows them to summon and control various wild beasts to help fight off their enemies.

Ogre Hunters (Warhammer) are known to tame ferocious cavebeasts and train them to help track down dangerous prey.

Zak Saturday (The Secret Saturdays)

Khyber (Ben 10: Omniverse)

Newton Scamander (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)

Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter)

FL4K (Borderlands 3)

Eberwolf (The Owl House) The Head of the Beast Keeping Coven.

Aura Bella Fiora (Overlord)

Rakarth (Total War: Warhammer II)

High Beastmasters (Total War: Warhammer II)

Rexxar (World of Warcraft)

Ochette (Octopath Traveler 2)

Beast Masters (Dungeons and Dragons)

Rein Shroud (Beast Tamer/Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta Beast Tamer, Saikyou Shuzoku Nekomimi Shojo to Deau)

ArkhaiAngemon (Digimon) can command many beast Digimon to fight for them, such as Manticoremon.