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Description Name: Caecusaurus ("blind lizard")
Factions: Rogue
Alignment: True Neutral
Kaiju Rank: Rank 2

Stats:
Height: 16 meters
Length: 50 meters
Weight: 10,000 tons

Powers:
Slow Metabolism: With little food underground, caecusaurs have evolved an exceptionally slow metabolism. They are able to go long periods of time without eating.

Weaknesses:
Blind: Having lost their eyes, caecusaurs rely on their other senses (primarily smell and hearing). If these senses are overwhelmed, the caecusaur can become easily confused and disoriented.

Personality:
Having evolved in almost total isolation, caecusarus is notoriously territorial, and will become aggressive if their territory is invaded. Besides that, they are a carnivorous species of average intelligence.

History:
A light pierced the darkness. A cheap lighter illuminated the contours of Dante's face. "Great. Just great. Thanks a lot you guys." Dante said, glaring as he rose to his feet.

"Hey," Jason said, removing a flashlight from the backpack he carried, "you're the one that followed us."

"What were you freaks doing out in the woods anyway?" Dante continued.

Zach spoke up. "With the recent seismological activity, Jason thought there was an earth hollow somewhere near town. We were going to look for it."

"Earth hollow? Around here? You guys are crazy."

"In his defense, we are in some sort of cave system. It may not be an earth hollow, but it's something." Zach paused. "Anyway, I suggest we find a way out of here, before you continue-"

Zach was cut off by an earth-shattering roar. Following the roar was the thunderous sound of something very big approaching very fast. Curses were screamed as everyone began running in the opposite direction. Jason glanced back, shining the light on a mass of claws and horns. Swinging the flashlight back around, the light passed over a small corridor leading off into another part of the cave.

"That way!" Liz called. Running to the hole in the wall, the flashlight slipped from Jason's hands. Turning back to find it, a hand grabbed his collar, pulling him forward.

"There's no time!" Zach yelled.

After passing through into another chamber, a massive thud signaled the creature slamming into the cave wall. Falling debris closed off the opening they had just come through, and the four were once again alone.

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Wow. These guys had a long evolution in a short amount of time. I needed a monster for this story, and originally I was going to introduce anti-surudago. Ended up deciding against that (though I did draw a KAS pic of him, so expect that in the future). Decided to come with a generic cannon fodder creature, and doodled this (not this picture, but this creature). I wasn't even going to do a file for him (being generic cannon fodder that would be dead by the end of the story), but then two things happened. One, I had a big chunk of story, and I wanted another file to break it into two smaller pieces.

Two, I got awesome inspiration. They're aquatic, because originally it was gonna have all these different powers so that each person would have to fight it differently. I scrapped that idea, but I liked the aquatic look, so I kept that. Then I got to thinking; aquatic + live in caves = [link] ! I decided to base it off of that (and make it an entire species), and at that point I fell in love with it. Probably even going to work them into the surudaverse somehow...

And I know they're monsters, underground, but it's not supposed to be an Earth Hollow. Just a regular old giant-ass cave system.
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Comments: 19

TyrantisTerror [2010-10-17 22:52:08 +0000 UTC]

For generic cannon fodder, he's surprisingly awesome. A blind, somewhat translucent fish/dinosaur creature is just wonderfully bizarre.

Liking how this story's developing...

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OperaGhost21 In reply to TyrantisTerror [2010-10-17 23:23:54 +0000 UTC]

thank you! I'm really glad I made them stand out a little, for background characters...

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Scatha-the-Worm [2010-10-14 21:21:30 +0000 UTC]

Oh, this is really cool looking! I love the subtle transparency, and it looks like the story arc is going to be a really good one.

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OperaGhost21 In reply to Scatha-the-Worm [2010-10-15 02:14:30 +0000 UTC]

thanks! Coloring him was fun, I really like how it turned out

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turquoisedragon [2010-10-14 13:05:39 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh, I really like the design of this one!

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OperaGhost21 In reply to turquoisedragon [2010-10-15 02:11:54 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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JacobSpencerKaiju79 [2010-10-12 23:24:47 +0000 UTC]

very nice

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OperaGhost21 In reply to JacobSpencerKaiju79 [2010-10-12 23:58:32 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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JacobSpencerKaiju79 In reply to OperaGhost21 [2010-10-13 20:50:54 +0000 UTC]

Welcome

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ProfessorCene [2010-10-12 02:07:34 +0000 UTC]

Nice. It will be interesting to see how this story continues.

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OperaGhost21 In reply to ProfessorCene [2010-10-12 18:33:19 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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AkityMH [2010-10-11 23:44:41 +0000 UTC]

Kinda gives me ideas for more subterrainain beasts...

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OperaGhost21 In reply to AkityMH [2010-10-12 00:23:59 +0000 UTC]

glad to hear it!

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AkityMH In reply to OperaGhost21 [2010-10-12 00:26:48 +0000 UTC]

mmhm...

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DinoHunter2 [2010-10-11 17:56:04 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, nice! I really like that pale, transparent skin. It gives him a lot of character.

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OperaGhost21 In reply to DinoHunter2 [2010-10-11 18:54:27 +0000 UTC]

thanks! I'm really glad I came up with the idea, to make it a bit more unique...

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SpontaneousFork [2010-10-11 17:43:02 +0000 UTC]

awesome!
I like the kind of semi-visible skeleton!

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OperaGhost21 In reply to SpontaneousFork [2010-10-11 17:55:37 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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SpontaneousFork In reply to OperaGhost21 [2010-10-11 17:56:38 +0000 UTC]

np^^

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