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Monarch Watch Titan Profiles Part 2
QUETZALCOATL
First Sighting:
Machu Pichu, Peru, 2376
Specimen
Scientific Classification:
Serpentodactylus quetzalcoatl
Monarch Classification:
Quetzalcoatl/Viricocha
Nickname(s):
Q, the Winged Serpent
Wings of the Sun
Rodan's South American Cousin
Southern Wind Dragon of the Sun
The One Whose Eyes the Sun Sees
Size:
290 feet tall (height)
900 feet long (wingspan)
Weight:
36,790 tons
Threat Rating:
Moderately low to High
Species:
A Titan superspecies evolved from a family of climbing and gliding maniraptorans called the Scansoriopterygidae. Rather than staying small as insectivorous predators, this particular genus instead evolved into larger, more wyvern-like and serpentine creatures capable of preying on dinosaurs over the passage of time to the point of their pinnacle in the late Cretaceous as they grew and mutated into predatory reptavian Titans capable of taking on other titanic monsters.
Quetzalcoatl's head is unique, the base structure is serpentine yet his maw ends as hooked beak like tips. Within his maw he possesses long fangs that he can retract into his gums at will. His neck has elongated ribs that he can extend the looser skin splaying open as a threat display similar to the hood of Elapid snakes. Quetzalcoatl's most famous feature is that he possesses four wings that when in flight resembles the letter 'X'. Two of his primary wings are large membranous similar to that of pterosaurs, making most of the work in powered flight. His secondary wings located below are smaller are finned members separated to induce or retard vortex formation. Almost the entirety of his body is covered in vibrantly colourful feathers in shades of red, black, green, gold bright violet. Quetzalcoatl possesses three clawed graspers on each his frontal wings that he can use to attack. Whereas the talons on his feet that are zygodactyl in nature usually to function as graspers. Lastly he possesses a tail that sprouts long, rooster-like tail feathers that he uses as a rudder for flight combat.
Nature:
Bio-thermal/bio-solar
Behavior:
Territorial
History:
N/A
Unique Features and Abilities:
Intimidation Display: Quetzalcoatl will raise his head with his neck fully erected so that he would splay outward his neck hood as an act of cobra-like intimidation. He would also spread out his wings and feathers, revealing glaring crimson 'eyespots' with smaller orange 'pupils' in the center of each eyespot to make himself not only appear larger than what he really is but also frighten the daylights out of his unsuspecting attackers as if the 'eyespots' bear the flames of the sun in them.
Aerial Dance: In flight, he dances more like an eagle or a heron with his long legs and talons being his main weapons as he could swoop down to kick and claw his opponents. He is theorized to also perform dizzying aerobatic flips and spins, utilizing his tail and talons to inflict damage in quick succession. Despite his lean built and hollow bones, Quetzalcoatl's talons enable him to clamp onto and lift objects several times larger than he is and throw them quite the distance.
Ground Combat: His performance in combat is the greatest when being airborne, though he is not to be underestimated when on foot. When grounded, he uses his clawed forewings to inflict deep gashes into the enemy's flesh, latch onto buildings, or pounce onto larger monsters for quick lightning bites to the face and/or neck thanks to his serpentine, flexible neck not unlike that of a snake. His specialized fangs are long and spear-like loaded with a combination of cytotoxic and hemotoxic venoms that attack the cells, immune system, and oxygenated red blood cells. When he bites, he is both gripping and envenomating his target at the same time, making any close combat situation with this prehistoric avian extremely dangerous when he would probably bite at any soft spot.
Flight: Like his northern rival, Rodan, Quetzalcoatl is capable of long sustained, powered flight over great distances at tremendous speed. Adept and extremely agile, he could easily maneuver with tight turns, barrel rolls, and flips to avoid being hit by missiles or energy-based weaponry.
Cyclonic Rifts: By flying in a rhythmic pattern during flight Quetzalcoatl can initiate to the creation of cyclonic rifts in the form of a tornado-shrouded charge. These vortexes are so powerful they are capable of shredding cities from the ground is even known to lift carry heavy Kaijū off from the floor. This vortex is even known to bestow its own gravitational anomaly where it can vacuum entities in but it can also be manipulated by Quetzalcoatl making him hover in the eye of the cyclone without tiring himself out.
Wind Breath: Quetzalcoatl is capable of breathing a concussive stream of highly compressed air pressure from his maw. This wind breath is powerful enough to eradicate buildings can even knock Kaijū to the floor. Quetzalcoatl is also known to focus these breath attacks in the form an explosive ball of compressed air capable of destroying an entire street only to leave behind a large crater.
Hurricane Winds: By beating his wings, Quetzalcoatl can generate powerful gusts of wind capable of sending heavy vehicles flying, level streets devastate portions of cities with relative ease.
Solar Powered Wings: The black patch of feathers on his back and the eyespots on his wings are not merely just for show or to frighten his opponents. They serve another purpose as natural solar panels, absorbing electromagnetic energy and UV radiation directly from the sun, giving him consistent levels of strength and power over longer periods of time. That, along with his own internal volcanic combustion system, also grants him another ability to absorb so much electromagnetic radiation from the sun that the wing membranes literally glow bright orange from the veins with the light levels very intense on par with the sun, emphasizing the eyespots to an eerily beautiful degree that it creates an optical illusion of the sun actually having the soul-piercing eyes of a god.
Silicon Scales: A specialized type of reptilian, keeled scales made out of silicon that enable him to resist extremely hot temperatures for a very long period of time.
ONIKUMA
First Sighting:
Kiso Valley, Japan, 2376
Specimen
Scientific Classification:
Nipponarctos onikuma
Monarch Classification:
Onikuma/Demon Bear
Nickname(s):
Mama Bear of the Rising Sun
The Bear Who Towers Over Kiso Valley
She-Bear Demon
Kung Fu Teddy Bear
Judo Bear
Size:
172 feet tall
Weight:
77,000 tons
Threat Rating:
Low to Moderate
Species:
A prehistoric species of short-faced bear closely related to the spectacled bears from South America and the North American giant short-faced bears of the Ice Age. However, instead of the usual quadrupedal body plan nearly all bears, even the Frost Giant, adapted to, this Ursine Titan superspecies evolved with a mixture of traits that contribute to the bizarre appearance so often described in Japanese folklore as a yokai, the Japanese word for demon or spirit. Apart from the obvious similarities to Asiatic Black Bears and spectacled bears such as black fur, Y-shaped creamy vanilla mark from snout to its circular ears, tan brown streaks on its shoulders and back, and a white crescent mark on its chest, it had some interesting traits similar to the Ice Age's short-faced bear (Arctodus pristinus) such as a disproportionately short snout and relatively longer limbs. More interestingly and shockingly was that the overall body proportions are strikingly identical to a human's as it was not only bipedal, but its legs were more muscular and larger than its already beefy and lengthy arms that were supported by strong pectoral and dorsal muscles. The Titan's head was proportionately smaller than the rest of its body. Not to mention that the torso is incredibly human-like; longer and muscular with a slimmer, hardier stomach that could support actual visible pairs of abdomen muscles than the Frost Giant's relatively bigger belly and wider torso. Then adding more eeriness to this Titan is the presence of a fully developed thumb, albeit shorter than that of an ape or human, in addition to the five digits on its paws. This would make it more humanoid in body plan, though gracile and smaller than its stockier and bigger, more distant European relative. The surprising discovery of four bear cubs with one of them being a baby sleeping next to the Titan were clear indicators that this bear Titan was not only a female, but also a mother to her cubs, as male bears would often behave cannibalistically towards them.
Nature:
Bio-Terran
Behavior:
Territorial/Omnivore
History:
N/A
Unique Features and Abilities:
Brute Strength: Like all bears, Onikuma possess enormous strength as her relatively lithe, slender body is still packed with a lot of muscles, giving her considerable muscle mass enough to claw off a chunk of a mountain. She could wrestle with monsters twice her size and inflict great bodily damage with her claws.
Bite Force: She has powerful jaws armed with teeth delivering a devastating bite force that could punch through some of the toughest hides and crush bones.
Tough Hide: While relatively modest compared to most Titans, her hide is not something to sneeze at as it would be like trying to punch through a rhino's hide only twenty times thicker. It is also what enables her to barrel through a cliff wall without significant injury.
Speed and Agility: She is quite fast and agile because of her small size and her species' lighter bone density. She could roll and even do some backflips to avoid projectiles thrown at her way.
Martial Prowess: Her fighting stance is a combination of her natural ferocity and power as a monstrous bear and basic martial arts that combine power and speed altogether. It involves a lot of typical clawing and jabbing with her paws mixed with wrestling moves and counters that one would find from judo. Surprisingly, her species are better able to kick than most mammalian Titans discovered so far, which would explain why their legs are just as muscled and/or more so than their forelimbs. One well-placed kick from her clawed feet could severely snap bones and knock the wind out of her opponents, disorienting them enough so she could either escape or launch a counterattack.
MOKELE MBEMBE
First Sighting:
Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2376
Specimen
Scientific Classification:
Paleosaurus titanus
Monarch Classification:
Mokele-Mbembe/Paleosaurus
Nickname(s):
One Who Makes the Rivers Stop
The Biggest Titan of All
The Goliath of Monsters
Ancient Pebbled Dinosaur
Dino (From the Flintstones)
Size:
3,2500 feet long (length)
900 feet tall (height)
Weight:
200,000 tons
Threat Rating:
Moderately low
Species:
First thought to be belonging to a group of Cretaceous sauropods called the titanosaurs, but later DNA analysis and comparisons with well-known sauropod fossils revealed this Titan to be belonging to the diplodocids, another group of sauropods that reached the heyday of their evolutionary success in the late Jurassic Period, characterized by their elephantine bodies supporting horizontally, extremely long necks and whip-like tails that sport a singular row of dorsal spines. Mokele-Mbembe is no exception to that rule with a singular row of iguana-like dorsal spines running from the base of his neck to the end of his tail. His elephantine body is covered in a tough hide and a subdermal layer of biolithic pebbly scutes similar to that of Saltasaurus and each scute is composed of calcium, diamonds, salts and minerals of the jungle soil. The more porous upper skin becomes home to many plants, even a few trees, over their long lives. His gigantic heart pumps out both blood and chlorophyll, which fuel both this herbivorous Titan and the jungle ecosystem that has grown on his armored back for centuries, which is fueled in further growth by the plentiful rays of sunlight shining through an enormous hole in the topside of the Blue Mountains.
His head is a long, lizard-like head with curved, inward-facing tusks and the so-called "crocodilian teeth" when actually upon closer examination, they are actually herbivorous in nature, long and slender, and elliptical in cross-section, while the apex forms a blunt, triangular point. Features consistent with the usual dentition seen from his diplodocid ancestors. The African natives probably mistook them for crocodile teeth from afar as they'd be too afraid to go anywhere near the creature. However, the natives were correct that Mokele Mbembe has the curved horn on his forehead, which glows green from time to time. The exact purpose of the horn is under debate with more simple explanation being that it is likely a visual means of communication among the species. Also, thankfully, the Titan wouldn't need to eat much thanks to his self-sustaining unique physiology of both animal and plant tissue within this florafaunal Titan. Though supposedly gentle, it doesn't erase the fact that should this Titan ever be aroused from his slumber, his sheer size alone would be catastrophic as his massive elephantine legs would create earthquakes with just a single stomp of each of his foot.
Nature:
Herbivorous/Bio-Terran
Behavior:
Gentle giant
History:
N/A
Unique Features and Abilities:
Pebbled Biolithic Scutes: The osteoderms on the Titan's neck and back act as chainmail armor that grants him protection from direct attack. They also serve another function in being the fertile bedrock for an entire jungle to grow on his back with his body literally becoming an ecosystem of its own with thousands of smaller creatures living in this biolithic jungle while feeding on the skin parasites living beneath the Titan's skin folds and pockets.
Long Sharp Tail: Mokele's whip-like tail could be whipped at almost supersonic speeds to create destructive sonic waves as well as a ear-deafening crack that could cause smaller organisms to fall unconscious, or suffer from a brain hemorrhage and Titans to be disoriented, or wounded by the tip when they get within striking distance.
Earth-Quaking Legs: His feet are so mountainous with each footfall producing more than enough seismic force to shatter the foundations of the earth to split it and cause earthquakes. They are so dense and massive that not even Godzilla could hope to survive should Mokele Mbembe become his enemy and bear the majority of his body weight onto him through his forelimbs.
Biolithic Chlorophyll Self-production System: A type of bodily system very unique to Mokele Mbembe and much different compared to even the likes of Godzilla, King Kong, Rodan, etc. His gigantic heart pumps out both blood and chlorophyll, which fuel both this herbivorous Titan and the jungle ecosystem that has grown on his armored back for centuries, which is fueled in further growth by the plentiful rays of sunlight shining through an enormous hole in the topside of the Blue Mountains. This is what keeps his bodily energy levels more consistent without the need to feed much, which would have devastated the entire Congo of the outside world if otherwise.
GOROSAURUS
First Sighting:
Skull Island, 2362
Specimen
Scientific Classification:
Gorosaurus dynastes
Monarch Classification:
Gorosaurus
Nickname(s):
God of Predation
Apex Dinosaur
The Second King of Skull Island
Alpha Monarch of the Dinosaurs
Warrior King of the Reptiles
Size:
350 feet tall
824 feet long
Weight:
48,000 tons
Threat Rating:
High
Species:
Gorosaurus is classified as the Titan superspecies of highly-derived dinosaurian theropods from the Megaraptoran clade, which are a family of coelurosaurian, basal tyrannosauroids with members such as Megaraptor, Siamotyrannus, Siats, Fukuiraptor, Bahariasaurus, and Australovenator. He generally has royal blue scales and a blue coat of feather-like filaments across his neck, back, and base of his tail. More complex, albeit short feathers on his forelimbs. He has an enormous boxy head with a somewhat triangular snout lined with dark cobalt bony ridges. He has triangular lacrimal horns placed over his olive-yellow eyes. He has a singular row of yellow spines running from the base of his head to the tail. A red throat and a brownish yellow underside.
Gorosaurus dynastes is the alpha species and the pinnacle of such a group. A deadly and highly evolved predator suited for taking on the most dangerous of dinosaurian Titans just like their ancestral species that were also top predators of their respective ecosystems. Gorosaurus' primary weapon are his jaws, filled with diamond-hard teeth capable of dispatching smaller kaiju with a single powerful bite. He will also use his head, in conjunction with immensely strong neck muscles and body mass, as a battering ram to knock opponents off balance.
Larger prey can also be grappled and pinned down with the large talons of his hind legs.
And though relatively small, his forelimbs bear hook-like claws, including larger sickle-clawed thumbs, to further stabilize himself upon large prey. His tail also tappers to a scythe-like blade tip containing metallic elements, which can be wielded with all the devastating precision and force of an oversized katana sword. During battles with larger kaiju, a favored tactic is to rear up on his tail to deliver a bone-shattering kick with his razor-clawed legs.
In spite of his mass, Gorosaurus is also very fast and agile. He has been occasionally observed running in excess of 100 miles per hour out in the open, and leaping over gorges and valleys wider his own body length with a running start. His senses, including vision, smell, and hearing, are all highly acute, but especially with heat vision thanks to his forked tongue and Jacobson's organ located between the nasal chambers, allowing him to detect the targets' thermal signatures, tracking them down long before they are aware of him. His stealth is aided by densely padded feet that cushion his softer footfalls. Each feather across his dorsal surface branches into a highly developed fractal pattern that reflectes different colors depending on their orientation. This allows him to shift colors from a base setting of blue-grey to a range of browns, greens, and blacks. Combined with similar color-changing skin, Gorosaurus is as stealthy as he is powerful.
Nature:
Territorial Apex Predator
Behavior:
Carnivore
History:
The history of the Gorosaurus species is still shrouded in mystery. Old legends of "dragons living in the bowels of the earth" led Monarch to the discovery of several kaiju fossil beds across the world over the 24th century. Some of the best specimens come from isolated locales such as Mondo Island in the Pacific, Hollow Mountain in the American West, and the Cave of Dragons in Vietnam. The indigenous natives that live close to these accursed, still-radioactive sites of these skeletal remains have orally told stories passed on to many generations about these elder gods and how their kin are somehow still roaming somewhere on the Earth. These mega-fossils are vital pieces of the puzzle in the formation of a grand theory on the evolutionary history of the Titans throughout geological time in Earth's prehistory. They and the pictographic history as told by Skull Island natives have also provided the most probable hypothesis of the history of the Gorosaur species itself.
These creatures, having evolved from basal megaraptorans at some point in their history, were among the top predators of Earth's terrestrial kaiju ecosystems during the later part of the Cretaceous Period, including the ancient Skull Island. But for still poorly understood reasons, it seems they suffered heavy casualties during the K-Pg mass extinction event, leaving Skull Island as their last stronghold. Their dominance was further challenged by the evolution of Megaprimatus kong, the primate Titan predecessors of Kong himself.
For millions of years, Megaprimatus kong and Gorosaurus dynastes competed for the supremacy of the island as indicated by numerous remains of Gorosaurs with broken jaws and Kongs with arm and rib bones punctured by Gorosaur teeth and claw marks.
Things changed with the invasion of the Skullcrawlers, however. While the Kongs settled with an uneasy truce with the Gorosaurs to combat this new threat, it didn't change the fact that they were up against a brutal, insatiable species of diapsid, two-armed reptiles that were not afraid of death.
What followed was an all-out war between what had become the three most powerful super species on the island. For millions of years, the numbers on all sides dwindled.
Gorosaurus himself is estimated to have hatched at approximately the same time as the birth of Kong, and the natives say that the two young Titans squabbled often during their early days. This became the foundation for a mutual respect which lead to the alliance that ultimately ensured both parties' survival against the Skullcrawlers. Gorosaurus was observed hunting down smaller Skullcrawlers during the expedition of 2362, and later would aid Kong once more against larger forces threatening to destabilize the very island both he and Kong fought so hard to protect.
Unique Features and Abilities:
Bone Crushing Jaws: His mouth is filled with diamond-hard teeth capable of dispatching smaller Titans with a single powerful bite. He will also use his head, in conjunction with immensely strong neck muscles and body mass, as a battering ram to knock opponents off balance.
Dinosaurian-Avian Agility and Stamina: Gorosaurus' bird-like air sacs and hollow bones allow him to be very fast and agile. He has been occasionally observed running in excess of 100 miles per hour out in the open, and leaping over gorges and valleys wider his own body length with a running start. He could also pounce and grapple onto larger Titans with his clawed forearms that has a large sickle-shaped claw on each thumb to further stabilize himself upon large prey.
Kangaroo Kick: His tail also tappers to a scythe-like blade tip containing metallic elements, which can be wielded with all the devastating precision and force of an oversized katana sword. During battles with larger kaiju, a favored tactic is to rear up on his strong tail to deliver a bone-shattering kick with his razor-clawed legs.
Thermal Vision: Gorosaurus possess a forked tongue and a Jacobson's organ that enables him to detect the thermal signatures of his prey from afar and track them down even in the most closed of environments.
SKULLCRAWLER
First Sighting:
Skull Island, 2362
Specimen
Scientific Classification:
Golgothusaurus cranius
Monarch Classification:
Skullcrawlers/Skull Devils
Nickname(s):
Ramarak
Chiros
Bone Devils
The Devils of Skull Island
The Unspeakable
One Who Hungers
Skull Things
Big Lizard Things
Size:
Height: (Smaller variant) 110 feet tall
Height: (Alpha/Ramarak/Chiros) 240 feet tall
Length: (Smaller variant) 545 feet long
Length: (Alpha/Ramarak/Chiros) 876 feet long
Weight:
27,570 tons
Threat Rating:
High to Extremely High
Species:
A highly-derived group of diapsids related to mosasaurs that instead took on a more subterranean lifestyle that over time lost the usefulness for hindlimbs to the point they completely disappeared within millions of years. The Skullcrawlers are large reptilian creatures with only two long forelimbs and no hindlimbs, as well as long, prehensile, serpentine tails. They have long and slender, yet muscular, sturdy bodies. Several aspects of their appearance are noticeably skeletal, particularly their torsos and their heads. What appear to be the "eye sockets" of their skull-like heads are merely empty fenestrae presumably it evolved that way in order to protect its eyes from enemies: their real eyes are set much further back, with the fenestrae perhaps serving to distract enemies from their more vulnerable eyes and acting as heat-seeking sensory pits. The pupils of their green eyes are horizontal and somewhat resemble those of goats and sheep. The colors of their scales range from dark brown to dark green to a bone white color.
Their heads closely resemble those of Mosasaurs such as Tylosaurus, and their jaws possess two rows of serrated, razor-sharp teeth. The Skullcrawlers have four clawed digits in total of each hand, with the thumb being the smallest digit and the rest of the digits being larger and of the same size, and the adults have a prominent bony spike protrudes out of each of their elbows. The thorny, toothlike structures of their inner mouths somewhat resemble that of a leatherback turtle's. Additionally, they have long, prehensile triple-forked tongues that they can use to grab their prey.
Smaller Skullcrawlers are easily distinguishable from the larger ones. Their heads are smaller, and more sloped. They also possess a more prominently brown skin tone. Larger Skullcrawlers are larger and almost as big as Kong. Their heads are more defined, larger, angled with beak-like tips at the end of their snouts, and having a crowned crest of three horns. Their backs become more arched with spiky, skeletal protrusions. Their tails are also armed by a form of club that can be used as a weapon and also have bone spikes protruding from their elbows. Larger variant exudes extreme heat from within his body, possibly a volcanic environment adaptation.
Classified as "hypervores" by MONARCH scientists, these animals have a constantly active metabolism, meaning they are driven to consume endlessly. Humans, animals, even other Skullcrawlers are on the menu if they become hungry enough.
Nature:
Hypervorous/Heat Resistant
Behavior:
Predator
History:
If it can be said that Kong is a living god of Skull Island, then so too can it be said that the devils live below. The subterranean caverns of the island have hosted a variety of hostile super species over millions of years, each evolved to challenge the ecosystem's protectors for supremacy over the land of monsters. Kong's kind successfully fended off many of these hostile creatures. But nothing lasts forever.
It is theorized that the Skullcrawlers were in a state of semi-hibernation underneath Skull Island until the events of 2362. When the MONARCH expedition arrived, they were quickly embroiled in the war between the Kong and the rapidly multiplying reptilian predators. While Kong's species had more or less kept them at bay for centuries, Kong now found himself in an uphill battle.
Unfortunately, MONARCH's arrival had coincided with the emergence of not just multiple Skullcrawlers, but also their "king," the Devil himself, which the Iwi named CHIROS, an ancient fire spirit, said to be a corrupted shaman who tried to become ruler of the Skullcrawlers, only to become one himself. Some conflicting reports name the monster "Ranmarak" or "Ramarak" but these have not been substantiated. In reality, "Chiros" may simply be an alpha genetically disposed towards being larger and stronger than the rest of the pack, not unlike bees and ants.
Though Kong himself was responsible for stranding a seismic survey team within the depths of the island, his motivations would soon become clear. The charges dropped by the team had unknowingly elicited a mass-awakening of Skullcrawlers. As the survey team ventured the island, they would bear witness to several Skullcrawler attacks on native wildlife and Kong himself. The most spectacular was when Kong was confronted by two of the larger Skullcrawler individuals, trying to take him down all at once. Gorosaurus and his pack stamped out whatever local Skullcrawler infestation they came across on other parts of Skull Island. No matter how much of them Kong and Gorosaurus defeated, the continuous attacks wore down Kong over several days. The Skull Devil himself was rarely seen, sending his minions into battle from the shadows.
Finally, Kong was ambushed by a traitorous human faction in the middle of a lake and later by the alpha Skullcrawler himself. After managing to force Kong down a volcanic chasm, Chiros/Ramarak climbed up the highest rock spire to awaken all of the remaining Skullcrawlers. The remaining Monarch members were running to the vast wetlands where they would lead down the estuarine river. Such a concentration of humans was enough to catch Chiros/Ramarak's attention onto them thanks to his senses had evolved over the millions of years to hone in on anything that resemble Kong's kind. The Skull Devil wasted no time pursuing them. That night, the whole island echoed with the monsters' war cries as they battled for dominance. Along with smaller florafauna, Gorosaurus, and even the mostly indifferent Kamakuras did their best to end the hypervore uprising.
By dawn, Chiros had arrived at the escape point to cut the survivors off. Fortunately for them, Kong had survived after absorbing the mana deep from the Skullcrawlers' abandoned tunnels he clambered through. He reemerged onto the surface to battle the alpha Skullcrawler for one last time. Chiros would have had the unfair disadvantage of his remaining clanmates distracting Kong if it weren't for Gorosaurus' intervention. Finally, the apex primate put an end to the Skull Devil's reign of terror via disembowelment, forcefully tearing out his tongue organ connected to his guts. Thanks to this, the expedition was able to make its escape to report their findings…
Unique Features and Abilities:
Hypervorous Hunger: Thanks to their faulty digestive system that puts them in a perpetual state of starvation, they can actually hold very little at a time. This is what constantly drives them to hunt and consume anything in their path to satiate their extreme bloodlust to the point of insanity. Their spoils were gathered in collective Boneyards, where they'd come to wastefully regurgitate what they can't eat before either attempting to eat it again, or heading off to bring down more prey.
Elastic Serpentine Body: Adapted to life deep within Skull Island's often volcanic and flooded caverns, Golgothusaurs' serpentine bodies are agile and highly elastic, enabling them to hide out in narrower crevices than one would expect, and making them very maneuverable in combat. They are excellent swimmers as well, being able to absorb radiation directly. Their spinal cords taper into long, constrictive tails, enabling them to strangle their victims, or in some situations lift them even when their prey is twice heavier than them.
Armored Skulls and Tri-Forked Tongues: Their skeletal heads are composed of densified calcium reinforced by stringy, muscular fibers, which enables these creatures to ram into their victims. What appear to be the "eye sockets" of their skull-like heads are merely empty fenestrae presumably it evolved that way in order to protect its eyes from enemies: their real eyes are set much further back, with the fenestrae perhaps serving to distract enemies from their more vulnerable eyes and acting as heat-seeking sensory pits. Their tri-forked tongues are acutely sensitive to thermal patterns thanks to the said sensory pits along the mouth and nasal regions that allow them to track down endothermic and radioactive prey. Their tongues also shoot out from their mouths within a nanosecond and are prehensile to wrap around small animals.
Heat Disposition: The larger variants are more able to dispel excess, extreme heat from their bodies through dorsal vents and pores from their skeletal backs.
MOTHRA
First Sighting:
Yunnan Rainforest, China, 2377
Specimen
Scientific Classification:
Gigamoth fenixis
Monarch Classification:
Mothra/Mosura/Phoenix
Nickname(s):
Queen of the Monsters
Mistress of the Skies
Angel of Peace
Goddess of Life
Titan of the Divine Light
Size:
Larva
35 feet tall
476 feet long
Imago
346 feet long
152 feet tall
Wingspan:
1,010 feet long
Weight:
15,000 tons
Threat Rating:
Low
Species:
The female of the ancient arthropodal super-species known as Gigamoth, they likely descended from primitive flying insects hundreds of millions of years ago; fossils of a similar form from the Cretaceous later discovered in the United States collaborate this idea. Their exact ancestry is unknown and may never be known because of the kaiju's chimeric genes, incorporating traits of many arthropod lineages, including otherwise extinct ones. Metamorphic life-forms, they hatch as massive grub-like larvae, cocoon themselves within silken chrysalis and emerge as winged adults, a process which appears to be triggered by some environmental factor. The largest known insect species to ever exist, full-grown, their vast scaly wings are more than nine-hundred feet across fully outstretched.
An entire prehistoric, Asian civilization; a lost kingdom, called the Cosmos, was formed around the worship of this super-species and it still survives to this day hidden from the world in the Fairy Mountains. It has likely stemmed from the species' unusual behavior in that they are one of the few Titan species to have a positive relationship with humans as they have peacefully coexisted with the Cosmos for many millennia, and if ancient writings and the oral stories from the Cosmonians are to be believed, have actively protected them from threats in the past. The people in turn nurture and protect the eggs and cocoons of the species as they lay dormant, as their life cycle can take millennia to complete. This symbiosis may be possible due to one of the species' theorized attributes. Having coexisted for so long, much of the information of the Gigamoth species comes from accounts of the Cosmos People who have witnessed such traits that would otherwise be unknown.
In her larval form, she is physically armed with large, serrated claws to slash at enemies or burrow through the earth, and is covered in a thick plate-like exoskeleton as armor. Large bioluminescent eyespots on the thoracic segments where her armor is thickest attract the attention of attackers away from the actual head and fooling enemies into attacking the most well-defended area of the body, letting themselves get close for a counterattack. Large tusk-like horns around the head provide some protection from predators that try to attack the real head. Large vascular filaments running along the underside of the body of the larvae act as gills, allowing the organism to breathe underwater, although these are lost in adulthood in favor of flight. A large retractable barb at the end of the tail is able to inject paralyzing venom, while glands on the two long tails can shoot noxious gases that induce fatigue quickly, and even if not putting opponents to sleep, it can at least make them weaker and unfocused in battle. By swinging the abdominal segments of its body, the larvae can also fling venomous barbs from between its armor plates. This makes it easier for the larvae to entangle them with rope-like silk strands which it can shoot from spinnerets next to its facial horns. Within a few minutes, Mothra can eject a thick blanket of silk which hardens quickly into a compound stronger than steel, but can be quickly dissolved by a specialized enzyme Mothra can secrete on demand. The larva therefore works more to incapacitate its foes rather than to kill them, allowing the larva to escape by burrowing or swimming away, or giving enough time for an adult Gigamoth to arrive to protect its younger kin.
After a certain amount of time of natural development (usually at least centuries), or when induced by an outside factor (such as during a time of urgency) the larva uses its silk to construct a chrysalis that it develops in. This is the shortest life-cycle stage of the species, sometimes lasting only a few weeks, or supposedly even less. From the chrysalis emerges the mature imago form, a vast winged Mothra now free of its heavily armored body. This makes her much less durable than before and incapable of burrowing or swimming, but much faster, more agile, and most importantly, able to fly. Her three pairs of scaly wings end in long, blade-like points that are used to slash and tear at opponents in close-combat, or clipping them in hit-and-run flybys. Mantis-like serrated forelimbs and hooked claws at the ends of her appendages are effective weapons at close range, and in battle Mothra will overwhelm her opponent with high-speed barrages, sometimes outright ramming them in flight, not giving them a chance to retaliate. The imago also retains the spike-like hairs of the larvae within their white, orange-marked fur, and these can also be flung to urticate her foes, with the intention of hitting sensitive regions like the eyes and mouth of an opponent. Mothra possesses a wasp-like stinger at the end of her abdomen that is powerful enough to punch a hole through a monster's thick hide. While not lethal, the venom from Mothra's stinger was sufficient to immobilize and incapacitate a Titan for a considerable amount of time. However, her physical attacks are only secondary to her more specialized defenses, and from these, it is clear how this super-species dominated for so long.
Her body and wings, like those of lepidopteran insects, are covered in numerous layers of very fine scales, and in combat she will attempt to shed a large quantity of scales to create a large cloud around her. Although poorly studied, the scales of Mothra have very strong reflective properties and are highly conductive. The reflective attributes of these scales are said to be powerful enough to reflect or nullify energy-based attacks such as fire or light, and when surrounded by a self-produced cloud Mothra is effectively protected by an airborne forcefield. Underneath the scales that cover her wings are specialized cells which produce beta-wave bioluminescence, and by shifting the orientation the wings, she can unleash this light in pulses to blind enemies. The ancient writings of the Cosmos called them the "light-bringers", as they are capable of mass ejecting a huge cloud of reflective scales amplify their bioluminescence, creating a searing luminescent explosion visible for miles and instantly incinerates anything within half a kilometer. Mothra is capable of building up static energy in her scales, and is able to release these, either through concentrated blasts from the eyespots on her wings, or as a beam from her eyes and antennae, using her scale cloud to redirect her attacks so they can never miss. This natural bioelectricity also bolsters her clawing and slashing attacks, as she can electrify her foes through physical contact.
The circular pattern on both sides of the front corners of Mothra's wings heavily resemble Godzilla's eyes, implying Mothra possesses a symbiotic, and perhaps deeper spiritual connection to the King of the Monsters that is probably more than mere symbiosis and beyond human comprehension. As there is a King, there will always be a Queen.
While the larvae feed on natural flora native to the Fairy Mountains, adults have fused mouthparts and do not appear to eat, instead being sustained exclusively through geothermal energy; Mothra spends most of her time in dormancy rejuvenating within the volcanic catacombs when not forced into combat, sometimes not moving for decades. According to the Cosmos people, when her mate was still alive, Mothra was more active, but after his death she is active much more rarely. The Gigamoth species seem to have an inherent instinct regarding disruption of the Earth's biosphere, and are known to travel across oceans and continents to restore the natural order of the planet, actively avoiding human settlements whenever possible. If the legends of the Cosmos hold true, it is likely that mankind would not have survived past the ice ages without the actions of this super-species.
Nature:
Bio-luminescent, possibly divine
Behavior:
Peaceful
History:
As Monarch scoured deep into the furthest wells of human culture, they discovered a new layer of history much older than anyone thought possible. Lost texts and olden tales of kingdoms and advanced technologies millennia older than the cradle of civilization, legends of mankind's encounters with beast gods stretching back into the stone age. One of their earliest breakthroughs came of a single writing found tucked away in the forgotten archives of a decaying museum detailing an ancient Asian culture called the "Cosmos" that worshipped a pantheon of insect deities and through them, had discovered the key to immortality. At the top of this pantheon was the "divine beast goddess" known as Mosla, or literally "queen of the monsters". a small expedition was led to discover if there was any truth to come from these writings. Using the small number of geographical clues in the text, they eventually found the lost kingdom of the Cosmos within a region known locally as the Fairy Mountains, but far from being extinct, they actually continued to survive hidden from the world, having effectively erased themselves from history to prevent from being wiped out by the ravages of man.
From the millennia-old petroglyphs that marked the mountain halls, the twin priestesses of the Cosmos explained that they had dedicated their peoples as the eternal guardians of beings they called "light-bringers", which had prevented their destruction and given them an increased longevity, of which there were once six, but now only one remains. Approximately seventeen-thousand years ago, the ancestors of the Cosmos had settled upon the site, at first merely living within the shadow of these deities, but eventually forming a symbiotic relationship. They prospered under the protection of the light-bringers for nearly four millennia, who had protected them and the planet from many threats. Working together, the six light-bringers could face up against seemingly any foe, defending the world from that which would bring devastation to it. Their ancestors flourished, developing a complex empire within the mountains under their protection.
That was, until the day of the Golden Demise. Roughly thirteen-thousand years ago, a monstrous being in the form of a golden three-headed, winged hydra the Cosmos called the "One Who is Many" broke free of the crystallized prison that fell from the stars and began to lay ruin to the lands of the Earth with an apocalyptic maelstrom, bringing humanity to the brink of extinction. When the end times seemed at hand, the six light-bringers called out to the other Titans to help them. Those that responded to their calls hailed from eight superspecies that were the Godzillasaurus rex, Aquiladactylus rodania, Angirasaurus siberiensis, Quetzalcoatl from the Serpentodactylus genus, Eastern Dragon-type of Titans called Manda or Ryujotei, Gamera from the Titan species of Orichalcochelys, ancient crimson-scaled, large-horned therapsid Titans that wield fire and earth called Baragon, and the lone Mokele Mbembe.
Together the Gigamoth and the eight other Titan superspecies banded into one united force to face this seemingly indomitable foe in a final battle in order to save the planet from ultimate destruction. In a battle that leveled mountains and split the sky asunder, they and their allies eventually managed to drive the One Who is Many back into the underworld, trapping him within a frozen tomb, sacrificing their lives in the process. Only two of the Gigamoth progeny were left behind to continue their legacy and of these now only one survives; only she and her two unhatched brood are left to maintain the natural balance of the Earth.
Entering deeper into the vast mountain halls of the Cosmos kingdom, Monarch discovered the site lay upon a fissure in the Earth's crust that had created a subsurface hyperfaunal hotspot where many strange creatures of branches of life completely unknown to science dwelt and seemingly defied the previously held laws of nature. There were two eggs still incubated within one of the deeper chasms, heated by geothermal activity, which they said had been developing for countless centuries, but even within their shells, it was said, that they could communicate with the Cosmos through thought alone. Even deeper within, partly buried beneath rubble was the subfossil carcass of a kaiju, one which the Cosmos called 'Battora', once the mate of their divine goddess. They said he gave his life in battle roughly eight millennia ago against a dark god they only referred to as the "earthquake beetle". But the greatest discovery beneath the mountains during the expedition was found dormant within one of the largest chambers. The last living goddess of the Cosmos, the queen of the monsters, the final survivor of the Golden Demise, the one that the Cosmos called Mosura (later anglicized as Mothra).
According to the Cosmos, Mothra was only a larva when her mature peers gave their lives to defeat the One Who is Many. Since then, she had metamorphosed into the winged adult form and produced eggs of her own to continue the legacy of the light-bringers. Such a valuable discovery of a living kaiju super-species and the cooperation of the Cosmos in their knowledge of this forgotten branch of life on Earth allowed a great expansion of Monarch's facilities, as it became clear with the discovery of Mothra that there would certainly be many more super-species hidden across the planet, and not all of them were likely to be as peaceful.
Unique Features and Abilities:
Larva
Large, serrated claws for digging or burrowing
Large bioluminescent spots
Tusk-like horns
Vascular filaments running along the underside of the body of the larvae act as gills, allowing the organism to breathe underwater
Large retractable poisonous barb at end of the tail
Two long tails containing glands for fatigue-inducing gases
Silk Attack
Imago
Three pairs of scaly wings ending in long, blade-like points
Mantis-like serrated forelimbs and hooked claws at the ends of her appendages
Irritable spike-like hairs that could be forcefully ejected into opponent's soft spots
Highly reflective and conductive scales shed in a massive cloud to reflect or nullify energy-based attacks such as fire or light, and when surrounded by a self-produced cloud Mothra is effectively protected by an airborne forcefield
Beta-Wave Bioluminescence AKA "God Waves"
Concentrated Bio-Electrical Static Blasts from the eyespots on her wings
Bio-Electrical Bolts fired from her composite eyes and antennae
Wasp-like Stinger at the end of her abdomen
Silk Attack
Telepathic Communication - The Titan emitting strong neurological waves that can be detected through specialized electrical instruments for miles through a series of ganglia across a decentralized nervous system. While normal human beings are normally unable to read these neurological oscillations, the Cosmos can, astonishingly enough, appear to be able to take in and understand the brainwave activity of Mothra as form of telepathy.