The Berserkers

The Berserkers were a group of 200 genetically modified humans who targeted New York City based businessman Vincent Freed and his company Freed Industries, desiring revenge against the man and everything he possessed.

History
Following Freed's development of the Rise Formula, 300 individuals were administered the mixture, in an attempt to create enhanced humans with abilities reaching superhuman levels. Of the 300 test subjects, 240 survived the injection.

Though the subjects acquired superhuman levels of strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, durability and advanced healing capabilities, the overseers deemed the subjects to be too aggressive and unstable to "effectively" control once they entered "Berserk Mode". After reading the overseer's evaluations, Freed ordered the subjects to be disposed of.

The subjects were executed and disposed of in an abandoned mine. The extent of the healing factor of the subjects however was not fully realized, and as such two hundred of the executed men and women rose up and dug their way out of the mine.