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Order - Proboscidea
Suborder - Titanothere
Infraorder - Behemoth
Species - Mastodonte ganesha
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Height:
Normal - 7.62m (25ft)
Matriarch - 10.66m (35ft)
Length:
Normal - 9.3m (30ft)
Matriarch - 11.55m (39ft)
Weight:
Normal - 54,431kg (60 metric tons)
Matriarch - 72,574.8kg (80 metric tons)

Sound Concept - youtu.be/VfMp7fOlx_s

By far the largest Behemoth discovered to tread this new Earth inhabiting the most deathly frigid of environs. Though they graze on vegetation, when provoked, they will savagely attack using their colossal weight, trunk & tusks in an attempt to crush all beneath this Elephantine Behemoth.

— Grimoire passage from the Tapster

HABITAT RANGE

Amongst the fewest regions to have been affected by the global freezing, that is Old Man Winter, was the northernmost parts of the continent Europe heavily cloaked by the neo ice age. Austria, Prague, Budapest, Amsterdam where just the fewest countries that were transformed into frozen wastelands where a few small settlements would occupy the icy ruins of these once magnificent cities. Ice 7 would encrust the land trapping & preserving the past in a stone cold prison hardly leaving leaving anything to survive. And yet life would still live on in these blistering cold conditions from small to the extremely large. The Juggernaut is by far one of the largest Behemoths to have roamed these snow clad tundras let alone the new world travelling from Siberia to Berlin, Strasbourg to Norway, where even some herds have found their path crossed across the frozen sea towards Alaska & Canada.

ECOLOGICAL NICHE

Juggernauts are an herbivorous Behemoth species as most members of the Titanothere clade come to be. In spite of the frozen conditions of their habitat these Behemoths have sustained themselves on plant life that adapted to the conditions of frost covered Europe surviving on an estimated 150-220kg of grass, sedges, mosses & fallen tree matter. The Juggernaut have also been discovered to subsist on an elusive Neoflora known as Tears of Gaia, extremely rare flowering plant that blossoms in these critical conditions of the European arctic. These flowers are often found growing inside encased pockets of Ice 7 akin to that of a greenhouse where water & nutrients is bountiful, temperature is warmed by the sun to a sustainable 80-85°F and a protective shield of near unbreakable ice safeguards these flowers from the frigid cold. Juggernauts would make it a necessity to search & exploit these plants as each flower is enough to sustain a single member the herd for days in addition play a part to their growth. Tears of Gaia contain reactive enzymes that stimulates the Pituitary gland targeting HGH load count, this process influences & ensures an accelerated growth towards the consumer building & strengthening bone & muscle mass within a few weeks. It is often the high matriarch of the herd & her calves who would graze & take in most of these flowers to ensue a successful future.

The core society of Juggernauts mirrors that of elephant species where the family unit comprises of several adult cows, their daughters & prepubertal sons. The Herd is led by a larger female sporting white almost tribal like stripes & a vertebral mane running along her back, she is known as the Matriarch. Like a queen her very actions outweighs the priorities of the others, she is responsible for such tasks as grazing rites, migratory routes & protection from predators both Neofauna & Human. Bull Juggernauts often become loners upon reaching the years of adolescence, due to an imbalance of testosterone known as Musth. At this age of 24-25 hyper aggression is prevalent when a bull is in musth causing them to attack & sometimes kill all that gets in their way, members of the herd are in a high risk whenever these males are in a frenzied sexualised rage. Musth driven males are either put into their place by the Matriarch through challenging her highness in a battle of strength or driven out as a rogue outcast if submission fails to meet.

As a Behemoth of colossal size Juggernauts have little to fear over ice borne predators. However Matriarchs are always on the lookout for threats when it comes to newborn calves or the elderly, Neofauna like Wyrms, Nanuq or the Hag would easily dispatch & take down these weaker members in an instant. In the case of this occurrence Juggernauts would form a circle where the young & elderly are positioned within as the herd will use their sheer bulk & size to shield them & deter the predator from trying. Although Juggernauts would also be in deep scrutiny over maturing Bulls or even rogues who would try to engage in a full on assault the moment their paths are crossed.

In settlements affected by Old Man Winter, Juggernauts have been captured from the wild by Paladins and tamed for the use by humans. These elephantine behemoths possess the capability to work under instruction making them incredibly useful for carrying heavy objects. Wood, stone, debris & heavy equipment these behemoths are used to haul material in quantities of colossal proportions that they carry for several kilometres without tiring out. Other than usage for work, they have been used as carriages often carrying passengers in copious amounts at a time. These carriages that saddle to their backs are usually used for in ceremonies, transport & war. Tribes of Giants would often use these Juggernauts as steeds much akin to a man to a horse. In prominent European settlements like Eu12, Possessing a Juggernaut is defined by a higher social status indicating a supremacy ranking or monarchy.

Juggernauts are amongst the fewest Behemoths that have been protected under the Rubeus act XI served forth by Bloomers Lobby, freeing them from illegal poaching where hunting & exploitation of the Behemoth is punishable by life imprisonment. This act however is often pardoned by officials where Paladins are assigned to hunt Rogue males or let alone drive them away from settlements they have invaded. Special permits are also in order towards local Paladins of Slovenia, Paris, Germany & Russia where they are hunted as due to tradition & as a final rite of passage to become an elite. Prior to the banning of illegal poaching Juggernauts were hunted for meat, fur, leather & of course their tusks. Meat of the Juggernaut is a rare delicacy often smoked & charred for transport, the meat is high in demand fetching a stupendous price over 6,000 credits per pound. The fur pelts of the behemoth are turned into cold resistant clothing as well as insulation inside interior housing particularly shag carpets, warm quilting & furniture covering. Juggernaut Leather is utilised to create footwear, composites for furniture, luggage, saddles & industrial uses like machine belts & buffing wheels. Tusks are incredibly valuable parts of a Juggernaut. Virtually near indestructible and often used as an extravagant artisan material, totalling to a price of 700 credits per/kg.

BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS

The major adaptation that’s prominently shown for the Juggernaut is its gargantuan size. A fully grown Juggernaut reaches a shoulder height of a staggering 23-25 feet, a calf alone stands at the same height as an Suv making these behemoths giants of their own genre. Matriarchs surpass this height as a visual social status as strong capable leaders of the herd. Their gigantic growth proportions are measured by the flowers they consume. Tears of Gaia play a vital part towards the maturity of a Juggernaut where eating the flowers contributes to an accelerated growth in the behemoth. In the Ice Realms where the locals are as cold & hostile as the environment itself it’s incredibly vital to mature as fast as one should, Juggernauts have unlocked this key to its survival thanks to these specialised flowers.

Size wasn’t the only growth factor to become enhanced. Muscle mass & bone density in the behemoth had also altered due to the prolonged consumption of these flowers increasing & elevating their strength, durability & fortitude to a near invulnerable state. The strength of the Behemoth would allow them to perform such tasks such as smashing through stone, trees & even the diamond hard Ice 7. Juggernauts are amongst one of the fewest behemoths to break through Ice 7 where they would often do this to dig up & exploit Tears of Gaia. The Tusks of the Juggernaut is virtually near unbreakable where the Mammoth like Behemoths would use them to shovel into creases of the Ice then using their strength to erupt this hard ice in the form of massive pillars, getting to the flowers inside. Juggernauts would also use these Ice pillars as forms of attack or a protective barrier.
The trunks of a Juggernaut contain more muscle concentrations than anywhere else on the Behemoths body. The Trunk acts as a prehensile limb where it is used to lift and manipulate objects particularly food, small obstacles & as a form of sensual communication towards members of it family.

With much resemblance to the extinct woolly mammoth, Juggernauts had supreme evolutionary advantages towards the blistering cold of the Ice Realms. Prominently they possessed a thick shaggy coat where each strand known as guard hair,at least 30-35cm on shoulders but 50cm on the flanks & underside. This fur would often be shed during the midst of spring when conditions warmed. The Juggernaut have a layer of fat underneath their skin that’s at least 10cm thick, keeping them warm under the cold. The ears of the Juggernaut are virtually small which usually reduced heat loss & prevented frostbite, the tail also has a familiar niche when it came to this. They have numerous sebaceous glands in their skin, which secreted oils into their fur. This would have further improved the coats insulation, repelled water from ice & snow and gives the fur a glossy sheen.

Juggernauts are social behemoths & are incredibly communicating in a series of low growls, squeaks and snorts. Growls in their basic form are used for short distance communication. During mild arousal, growls resonate in the trunk and become rumbles while for long-distance communication, they escalate into roars. These low-frequency growls are infrasonic in nature and made in many contexts, these frequencies occur at less than 20 Hz. Squeaks come in two forms which are chirps and trumpets. Chirping signal conflict and nervousness. Trumpets are lengthened squeaks with increased loudness and produced during extreme arousal. Snorts signal changes in activity and increase in loudness during mild or strong arousal. During the latter, when a Juggernaut bounces the tip of the trunk it creates booms which serve as threat displays.

BEHAVIOUR

Juggernauts are territorial beasts, especially when it comes to their herd. Matriarchs are incredibly protective often giving off a fair warning towards any intrusion. While in their younger years they’re at their most vulnerable, Wyrms are the most major predator for Juggernaut calves, and the one that they most fear, but as the young Behemoth reaches adulthood, that fear is replaced with aggression and rage towards the Ice leviathan. A rogue or starved Juggernaut is extremely violent being known to attack & kill anything without mercy, even members of its own family.

Description

NU:AMAM - Neofauna Taxon Classing Guide - www.deviantart.com/djaymasi/ar…

Order - Proboscidea
Suborder - Titanothere
Infraorder - Behemoth
Species - Mastodonte ganesha
————
Height:
Normal - 7.62m (25ft)
Matriarch - 10.66m (35ft)
Length:
Normal - 9.3m (30ft)
Matriarch - 11.55m (39ft)
Weight:
Normal - 54,431kg (60 metric tons)
Matriarch - 72,574.8kg (80 metric tons)

Sound Concept - youtu.be/VfMp7fOlx_s

By far the largest Behemoth discovered to tread this new Earth inhabiting the most deathly frigid of environs. Though they graze on vegetation, when provoked, they will savagely attack using their colossal weight, trunk & tusks in an attempt to crush all beneath this Elephantine Behemoth.

— Grimoire passage from the Tapster

HABITAT RANGE

Amongst the fewest regions to have been affected by the global freezing, that is Old Man Winter, was the northernmost parts of the continent Europe heavily cloaked by the neo ice age. Austria, Prague, Budapest, Amsterdam where just the fewest countries that were transformed into frozen wastelands where a few small settlements would occupy the icy ruins of these once magnificent cities. Ice 7 would encrust the land trapping & preserving the past in a stone cold prison hardly leaving leaving anything to survive. And yet life would still live on in these blistering cold conditions from small to the extremely large. The Juggernaut is by far one of the largest Behemoths to have roamed these snow clad tundras let alone the new world travelling from Siberia to Berlin, Strasbourg to Norway, where even some herds have found their path crossed across the frozen sea towards Alaska & Canada.

ECOLOGICAL NICHE

Juggernauts are an herbivorous Behemoth species as most members of the Titanothere clade come to be. In spite of the frozen conditions of their habitat these Behemoths have sustained themselves on plant life that adapted to the conditions of frost covered Europe surviving on an estimated 150-220kg of grass, sedges, mosses & fallen tree matter. The Juggernaut have also been discovered to subsist on an elusive Neoflora known as Tears of Gaia, extremely rare flowering plant that blossoms in these critical conditions of the European arctic. These flowers are often found growing inside encased pockets of Ice 7 akin to that of a greenhouse where water & nutrients is bountiful, temperature is warmed by the sun to a sustainable 80-85°F and a protective shield of near unbreakable ice safeguards these flowers from the frigid cold. Juggernauts would make it a necessity to search & exploit these plants as each flower is enough to sustain a single member the herd for days in addition play a part to their growth. Tears of Gaia contain reactive enzymes that stimulates the Pituitary gland targeting HGH load count, this process influences & ensures an accelerated growth towards the consumer building & strengthening bone & muscle mass within a few weeks. It is often the high matriarch of the herd & her calves who would graze & take in most of these flowers to ensue a successful future.

The core society of Juggernauts mirrors that of elephant species where the family unit comprises of several adult cows, their daughters & prepubertal sons. The Herd is led by a larger female sporting white almost tribal like stripes & a vertebral mane running along her back, she is known as the Matriarch. Like a queen her very actions outweighs the priorities of the others, she is responsible for such tasks as grazing rites, migratory routes & protection from predators both Neofauna & Human. Bull Juggernauts often become loners upon reaching the years of adolescence, due to an imbalance of testosterone known as Musth. At this age of 24-25 hyper aggression is prevalent when a bull is in musth causing them to attack & sometimes kill all that gets in their way, members of the herd are in a high risk whenever these males are in a frenzied sexualised rage. Musth driven males are either put into their place by the Matriarch through challenging her highness in a battle of strength or driven out as a rogue outcast if submission fails to meet.

As a Behemoth of colossal size Juggernauts have little to fear over ice borne predators. However Matriarchs are always on the lookout for threats when it comes to newborn calves or the elderly, Neofauna like Wyrms, Nanuq or the Hag would easily dispatch & take down these weaker members in an instant. In the case of this occurrence Juggernauts would form a circle where the young & elderly are positioned within as the herd will use their sheer bulk & size to shield them & deter the predator from trying. Although Juggernauts would also be in deep scrutiny over maturing Bulls or even rogues who would try to engage in a full on assault the moment their paths are crossed.

In settlements affected by Old Man Winter, Juggernauts have been captured from the wild by Paladins and tamed for the use by humans. These elephantine behemoths possess the capability to work under instruction making them incredibly useful for carrying heavy objects. Wood, stone, debris & heavy equipment these behemoths are used to haul material in quantities of colossal proportions that they carry for several kilometres without tiring out. Other than usage for work, they have been used as carriages often carrying passengers in copious amounts at a time. These carriages that saddle to their backs are usually used for in ceremonies, transport & war. Tribes of Giants would often use these Juggernauts as steeds much akin to a man to a horse. In prominent European settlements like Eu12, Possessing a Juggernaut is defined by a higher social status indicating a supremacy ranking or monarchy.

Juggernauts are amongst the fewest Behemoths that have been protected under the Rubeus act XI served forth by Bloomers Lobby, freeing them from illegal poaching where hunting & exploitation of the Behemoth is punishable by life imprisonment. This act however is often pardoned by officials where Paladins are assigned to hunt Rogue males or let alone drive them away from settlements they have invaded. Special permits are also in order towards local Paladins of Slovenia, Paris, Germany & Russia where they are hunted as due to tradition & as a final rite of passage to become an elite. Prior to the banning of illegal poaching Juggernauts were hunted for meat, fur, leather & of course their tusks. Meat of the Juggernaut is a rare delicacy often smoked & charred for transport, the meat is high in demand fetching a stupendous price over 6,000 credits per pound. The fur pelts of the behemoth are turned into cold resistant clothing as well as insulation inside interior housing particularly shag carpets, warm quilting & furniture covering. Juggernaut Leather is utilised to create footwear, composites for furniture, luggage, saddles & industrial uses like machine belts & buffing wheels. Tusks are incredibly valuable parts of a Juggernaut. Virtually near indestructible and often used as an extravagant artisan material, totalling to a price of 700 credits per/kg.

BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS

The major adaptation that’s prominently shown for the Juggernaut is its gargantuan size. A fully grown Juggernaut reaches a shoulder height of a staggering 23-25 feet, a calf alone stands at the same height as an Suv making these behemoths giants of their own genre. Matriarchs surpass this height as a visual social status as strong capable leaders of the herd. Their gigantic growth proportions are measured by the flowers they consume. Tears of Gaia play a vital part towards the maturity of a Juggernaut where eating the flowers contributes to an accelerated growth in the behemoth. In the Ice Realms where the locals are as cold & hostile as the environment itself it’s incredibly vital to mature as fast as one should, Juggernauts have unlocked this key to its survival thanks to these specialised flowers.

Size wasn’t the only growth factor to become enhanced. Muscle mass & bone density in the behemoth had also altered due to the prolonged consumption of these flowers increasing & elevating their strength, durability & fortitude to a near invulnerable state. The strength of the Behemoth would allow them to perform such tasks such as smashing through stone, trees & even the diamond hard Ice 7. Juggernauts are amongst one of the fewest behemoths to break through Ice 7 where they would often do this to dig up & exploit Tears of Gaia. The Tusks of the Juggernaut is virtually near unbreakable where the Mammoth like Behemoths would use them to shovel into creases of the Ice then using their strength to erupt this hard ice in the form of massive pillars, getting to the flowers inside. Juggernauts would also use these Ice pillars as forms of attack or a protective barrier.
The trunks of a Juggernaut contain more muscle concentrations than anywhere else on the Behemoths body. The Trunk acts as a prehensile limb where it is used to lift and manipulate objects particularly food, small obstacles & as a form of sensual communication towards members of it family.

With much resemblance to the extinct woolly mammoth, Juggernauts had supreme evolutionary advantages towards the blistering cold of the Ice Realms. Prominently they possessed a thick shaggy coat where each strand known as guard hair,at least 30-35cm on shoulders but 50cm on the flanks & underside. This fur would often be shed during the midst of spring when conditions warmed. The Juggernaut have a layer of fat underneath their skin that’s at least 10cm thick, keeping them warm under the cold. The ears of the Juggernaut are virtually small which usually reduced heat loss & prevented frostbite, the tail also has a familiar niche when it came to this. They have numerous sebaceous glands in their skin, which secreted oils into their fur. This would have further improved the coats insulation, repelled water from ice & snow and gives the fur a glossy sheen.

Juggernauts are social behemoths & are incredibly communicating in a series of low growls, squeaks and snorts. Growls in their basic form are used for short distance communication. During mild arousal, growls resonate in the trunk and become rumbles while for long-distance communication, they escalate into roars. These low-frequency growls are infrasonic in nature and made in many contexts, these frequencies occur at less than 20 Hz. Squeaks come in two forms which are chirps and trumpets. Chirping signal conflict and nervousness. Trumpets are lengthened squeaks with increased loudness and produced during extreme arousal. Snorts signal changes in activity and increase in loudness during mild or strong arousal. During the latter, when a Juggernaut bounces the tip of the trunk it creates booms which serve as threat displays.

BEHAVIOUR

Juggernauts are territorial beasts, especially when it comes to their herd. Matriarchs are incredibly protective often giving off a fair warning towards any intrusion. While in their younger years they’re at their most vulnerable, Wyrms are the most major predator for Juggernaut calves, and the one that they most fear, but as the young Behemoth reaches adulthood, that fear is replaced with aggression and rage towards the Ice leviathan. A rogue or starved Juggernaut is extremely violent being known to attack & kill anything without mercy, even members of its own family.