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My theory is that superhumans can evolve thanks to their human genes, not the monster ones. Althought this is speculation.You know that's actually funny you mention that, I don't think anywhere in the lore or otherwise it has ever been mentioned whether or not monsters can evolve. I do find it a little odd that a Superhuman like say, Oscar, could theoretically evolve stronger than it's easily defeated monster counterpart. You're telling me humans are more compatible with the monster gene than the literal source of said monster gene? It doesn't really make sense to me.
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Valravn should be able to evolve. He was turned like a superhuman does (superaven?), but there is what I understand as a "strategic silence" when the game references his power. I think the reason he can't is due to him not being human, but an animal, although this doesn't really make sense to me since all organic life can "evolve" in the Darwinian sense. Perhaps there were other circumstances during his turning that aren't explored yet. I do think however that is wrong to categorize him as a "monster". He is something unique (at least till proven otherwise).
Edit: Also Valravn is somewhere between 800 and 1000 years old assuming that crusades happened in a similar period in that universe. That's more than enough time to reach level 5 and even forget about it.
We also have these pieces of lore:
Research on Tainted:
This research technically leaves open the possibility that some monsters may be able to evolve."The Tainted are monsters tainted by mysterious stone artifacts, the fourth most commonly encountered type of monster"
"They are monsters that can belong to Type 1, 2 or 3, but have been tainted by mysterious stone artifacts often found near their nests or on their bodies."
"From what we've seen, any type of monster can become one, and when they do, they grow in both strength and ferocity."
"Becoming a Tainted is one of the very few ways monsters can increase their natural strength by such a large margin, as the bulk of them cannot evolve in the same way Superhumans can."
Narrator during Alice's evolution
I think at this point is kind of a stretch to assume that monsters can evolve like superhumans do. Sure we know that they can increase their power thanks to Deryl, but it's not exactly evolution in the sense that we know. It's more like the Zerg definition that is more "hand's on". You eat and you get stronger. You use augmentations, organic or mechanical, or some type of "alchemy". These types of things."She's overwhelming, on a scale that can't be compared to how she, or even her crystal plated companion were fighting before."
"The many monsters within the chimera's genes cry out in recognition, an evolution, the dreaded growth superhumans can achieve that monsters cannot."
"But the magnitude with which she's improved is enormous even by those standards, it must have something to do with that huge burst of energy she released before her ascension."
"To begin with, she was far more powerful than any level 1 superhuman has any right to be. The compatibility with her sire must be near perfection."
"But surviving that rampant energy from earlier, seems to have amplified that all the more so."
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