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Description
Name: Hvalstrom
Title: Depth Charge Wyvern
Species: Piscine Wyvern
Element: Ice
Ailments: Iceblight and Stun
Breakable Parts: Head(2x), Right Leg, Left Leg, Back (Broken Head and Legs lower the chance of stun on sonic blasts from these areas. Second Head break will decrease damage of ice torpedoes. Broken Back decreases amount of ice missiles fired in its wide range attacks)

Though normally an ocean-dwelling species, Hvalstrom have been found wandering a wide variety of locales. They can appear wherever the land meets the sea, though they tend to wander inland. Despite coming from a realm of water, their thick blubber allows them to survive in harsh conditions, be it in arctic or arid environments. It is quite obvious when a Hvalstrom arrives in a locale, as they are incredibly loud and incredibly territorial. Hvalstrom are quick to anger and will target any large monster that is in their vicinity. Their hulking mass and dense blubber provides hefty protection as well as crushing bulk. The hides of these beasts are covered in scars from previous battles but these injuries don't seem to slow them down.

When engaged in battle, Hvalstrom use their bulk to bludgeon foes. Their massive head is wielded like a hammer or club, smashing foes into the ground or sending them flying with a powerful swing. Their thick tail can be used in a similar fashion, making them just as dangerous from behind. While they have physical prowess for close quarters combat, Hvalstrom can be deadly from afar. Organs along their snout and back secrete a freezing compound to turn the water they intake into ice. This ice is shaped into frozen javelins and are loaded into specialized orifices. Using a combination of muscle and water pressure, the Hvalstrom can fire these icy missiles from its snout or back. The frontal shards are often used to target specific monsters or hunters, while their dorsal weaponry is used for taking down flying foes and raining destruction across the whole area. Hvalstrom are quite accurate with their shots, and they are quick to restock on these missiles in case an enemy still stands.

If their crushing power and frozen weaponry wasn't enough, hunters will face a new weapon if they enrage one of these titans. Hvalstrom use sound to for communication and sensing, but this ability can become a weapon if they are driven to fury. Cranking up the volume of their calls and bellows, the Hvalstrom will begin to unleash powerful blasts of sound. Their head is the primary source of this power, but their legs and body are covered with these acoustic organs. The ones on their body are mainly used to blow away close quarter enemies or give their attacks extra range. The sonic bombardment from their snout can be used as a long range weapon to knock out bows or gunners, and it can be used to give their head smashes a tremor effect to trip up physical fighters. These blasts of noise have an increased chance of stunning those caught in its path, making them easy targets for an icy torpedo attack.

Despite their size, Hvalstrom feed only on small fish and cephalopods, like Pink Parexus and Sushifish. They use their sonic abilities to detect prey in the waters, then unleash a bombardment of sound to stun them. This same detection method is what they use to survey their surroundings and target foes. Hunters who seek to hide from these beasts will find the task difficult, as their senses can pierce through smokebombs and Sporepuffs.

Through the efforts of many hunters and scholars, it has been found that all Hvalstrom that terrorize the lands are male. Further research has discovered that they are normally a social species that live in large pods. These family groups are only found in their oceanic home, and this is where the females and young of the species reside. It is believed that the nomadic Hvalstrom are adult males that leave their pods when the breeding season ends. Perhaps they are chased out by rival males, driven out by protective mothers, or maybe it is a natural occurrence. Regardless, these males will then wander about, taking to the land and sea. A part of their aggression may come from the separation and lack of socialization these exiled Hvalstrom face, and they take this anger out on any beast or hunter that gets in their way.
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Kind of surprised it took me this long to make something like this. I had never played a Monster Hunter game before, but playing Monster Hunter World made me an instant fan of the series. Someone who loves big beasts with extensive biology and backstory loving Monster Hunter, who would have thought! But seriously I love this game and I can't wait to play the next one which can only be found on a system I don't have. Well crap...

That aside, I knew it was inevitable that I would make a fan monster for these games, but it turned out to not be an easy process. The series already has a ton of beasts, and it can feel like everything has been done before. I didn't want my creature to be just another flying lizard or fancy looking dragon, so I immediately went after the neglected classes of the series. At one point I think I made it my mission to make a Piscine Wyvern, a class whose only few members are mostly palette swaps of two fish and is also the one class I think everyone hates. So I decided I would make a cool Piscine Wyvern! Did I succeed? Only you can tell!

(I imagine some people may be asking: "How is a whale a piscine wyvern? It isn't a fish!" I don't know, ask the Amphibian class whose one of only two original members is a freaking shark.)

So here we have Sperm Whale + Submarine = Invader Monster that hates everything. I was mainly inspired by the awesome Bazelgeuse, who is an organic Bomber Plane, so I wanted to see if I could make any other biological war machines. It is a monster for on the land and on the sea!

Description
Name: Hvalstrom
Title: Depth Charge Wyvern
Species: Piscine Wyvern
Element: Ice
Ailments: Iceblight and Stun
Breakable Parts: Head(2x), Right Leg, Left Leg, Back (Broken Head and Legs lower the chance of stun on sonic blasts from these areas. Second Head break will decrease damage of ice torpedoes. Broken Back decreases amount of ice missiles fired in its wide range attacks)

Though normally an ocean-dwelling species, Hvalstrom have been found wandering a wide variety of locales. They can appear wherever the land meets the sea, though they tend to wander inland. Despite coming from a realm of water, their thick blubber allows them to survive in harsh conditions, be it in arctic or arid environments. It is quite obvious when a Hvalstrom arrives in a locale, as they are incredibly loud and incredibly territorial. Hvalstrom are quick to anger and will target any large monster that is in their vicinity. Their hulking mass and dense blubber provides hefty protection as well as crushing bulk. The hides of these beasts are covered in scars from previous battles but these injuries don't seem to slow them down.

When engaged in battle, Hvalstrom use their bulk to bludgeon foes. Their massive head is wielded like a hammer or club, smashing foes into the ground or sending them flying with a powerful swing. Their thick tail can be used in a similar fashion, making them just as dangerous from behind. While they have physical prowess for close quarters combat, Hvalstrom can be deadly from afar. Organs along their snout and back secrete a freezing compound to turn the water they intake into ice. This ice is shaped into frozen javelins and are loaded into specialized orifices. Using a combination of muscle and water pressure, the Hvalstrom can fire these icy missiles from its snout or back. The frontal shards are often used to target specific monsters or hunters, while their dorsal weaponry is used for taking down flying foes and raining destruction across the whole area. Hvalstrom are quite accurate with their shots, and they are quick to restock on these missiles in case an enemy still stands.

If their crushing power and frozen weaponry wasn't enough, hunters will face a new weapon if they enrage one of these titans. Hvalstrom use sound to for communication and sensing, but this ability can become a weapon if they are driven to fury. Cranking up the volume of their calls and bellows, the Hvalstrom will begin to unleash powerful blasts of sound. Their head is the primary source of this power, but their legs and body are covered with these acoustic organs. The ones on their body are mainly used to blow away close quarter enemies or give their attacks extra range. The sonic bombardment from their snout can be used as a long range weapon to knock out bows or gunners, and it can be used to give their head smashes a tremor effect to trip up physical fighters. These blasts of noise have an increased chance of stunning those caught in its path, making them easy targets for an icy torpedo attack.

Despite their size, Hvalstrom feed only on small fish and cephalopods, like Pink Parexus and Sushifish. They use their sonic abilities to detect prey in the waters, then unleash a bombardment of sound to stun them. This same detection method is what they use to survey their surroundings and target foes. Hunters who seek to hide from these beasts will find the task difficult, as their senses can pierce through smokebombs and Sporepuffs.

Through the efforts of many hunters and scholars, it has been found that all Hvalstrom that terrorize the lands are male. Further research has discovered that they are normally a social species that live in large pods. These family groups are only found in their oceanic home, and this is where the females and young of the species reside. It is believed that the nomadic Hvalstrom are adult males that leave their pods when the breeding season ends. Perhaps they are chased out by rival males, driven out by protective mothers, or maybe it is a natural occurrence. Regardless, these males will then wander about, taking to the land and sea. A part of their aggression may come from the separation and lack of socialization these exiled Hvalstrom face, and they take this anger out on any beast or hunter that gets in their way.
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Kind of surprised it took me this long to make something like this. I had never played a Monster Hunter game before, but playing Monster Hunter World made me an instant fan of the series. Someone who loves big beasts with extensive biology and backstory loving Monster Hunter, who would have thought! But seriously I love this game and I can't wait to play the next one which can only be found on a system I don't have. Well crap...

That aside, I knew it was inevitable that I would make a fan monster for these games, but it turned out to not be an easy process. The series already has a ton of beasts, and it can feel like everything has been done before. I didn't want my creature to be just another flying lizard or fancy looking dragon, so I immediately went after the neglected classes of the series. At one point I think I made it my mission to make a Piscine Wyvern, a class whose only few members are mostly palette swaps of two fish and is also the one class I think everyone hates. So I decided I would make a cool Piscine Wyvern! Did I succeed? Only you can tell!

(I imagine some people may be asking: "How is a whale a piscine wyvern? It isn't a fish!" I don't know, ask the Amphibian class whose one of only two original members is a freaking shark.)

So here we have Sperm Whale + Submarine = Invader Monster that hates everything. I was mainly inspired by the awesome Bazelgeuse, who is an organic Bomber Plane, so I wanted to see if I could make any other biological war machines. It is a monster for on the land and on the sea!