Name: Crocoshark
Faction(s): Rogue
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Kaiju Rank: 4
Stats:
Height: 25 meters
Length: 120 meters (150 with tentacles)
Weight: 20,000 tons
Powers:
Amphibious: Crocoshark is a truly amphibious creature, capable of breathing on land and in the water using both lungs and gills respectively.
Squid Surprise: Crocoshark sports a retractable “tongue” that is essentially half of a squid, namely the half with the tentacles, beak, and eyes. How Crocoshark stores this massive cephalopod shaped organ is a mystery.
Stingers: Crocoshark’s tentacles are all tipped with several barbed stingers. These stingers release a mild toxin that, while unable to do any serious lasting damage, is nonetheless incredibly painful for any kaiju unlucky enough to get stung by them.
Weaknesses:
Sprinter: While Crocoshark is more than capable of moving on land, she is normally very slow moving. The marine hybrid can only run for short distances, and normally has to stick with plodding along at a crawl.
Personality: Crocoshark is a territorial creature, attacking anything she feels may be a threat. Whether her targer is a ship, a human city, or a fellow kaiju makes little difference. Solitary and grumpy, Crocoshark is not the kind of kaiju that likes to make friends. With her short temper and plethora of weapons, this can make her quite the formidable threat.
On the other hand, Crocoshark will let well enough along if she feels unthreatened, and can be quite docile to creatures she thinks can’t harm her – so long as she isn’t hungry. She will also begrudgingly team up with others if face with a large enough threat, and is smart enough to change her opinions on an individual if they spend enough time fighting together. While it would be a stretch to say she could feel affection, she can at least feel respect.
Crocoshark generally uses relentless brute force when fighting, focusing mainly on offense rather than defense. With her bone-crushing jaws, powerful tail, strong arms, and squid tongue, she can make short work out of most enemies. However, she rarely thinks out complex strategies, and will quickly lose her cool if an enemy manages to break through her barrage of attacks. While the panic that ensues as a result can make her all the more dangerous, it also forces her to present more weak points to her opponents.
History: While the Bobo fiasco was an embarrassment to say the least, it at least proved to Herbert Whatley and his lackeys that they were capable of summoning creatures from the Enigma Zone. They just had to choose a better candidate.
Scouring Trent’s notes more closely, Herbert finally settled upon a beast that was some sort of marine chimera: part squid, part crocodile, part shark. Trent had written about its bad temperament, and even recorded one of its battles with another monster – a battle it had won brutally.
To ensure that the monster would be wicked enough to strike terror into the hearts of his enemies, Herbert decided to modify the ritual. Rather than sacrificing a few animals, he would instead sacrifice a few of his followers. They were not told, of course, until they entered the summoning circle and found Herbert and the rest of his lackeys waiting for them with knives in their hands. As human blood spilled onto the warehouse floor, there was a great rumbling sound. The cultists looked out the windows to see a portal opening up in the adjacent river.
A gigantic beast slid out of the portal and into the water. Its body was a mix of crocodile and shark, armored yet sleek, bestial yet somehow beautiful as well. It was a creature that exuded the kind of regal air only predators could create.
And it was getting away!
Herbert and his followers ran after the beast. This was not going according to Herbert’s plan. He had meant to control the beast, presenting it to the world as a display of his power! Now he had merely set free another monster.
Days passed by, and with them more and more sightings of the creature occurred. The press began to call the new mystery kaiju “Crocoshark” based on the various eyewitness testimonies. A statewide search for the beast began.
Yet, as fate would have it, Crocoshark ended up stumbling across the best possible place it could choose to rest: the very woods Dr. Lerna and her task force had been using to house Bobo. The mammoth lake monster hoisted itself onto the riverbank and began to rest, opening its mouth wide and closing its eyes.
It was not long before Bobo found the beast. Being an ever-curious arachnid, Bobo could not help but investigate the hybrid monster. With a cheerful chirp the spider skittered toward Crocoshark, waving one of his hands in a friendly manner.
The amphibious abomination snarled in reply. Bobo took a step back, but he did not leave. Crocoshark hissed again and began to thrash her tail. She snapped her jaws a few times and let out another hiss. Bobo cowered and backed away, chirping softly again in confusion. Why didn’t the creature want to be his friend?
Angry that the spider had not left yet, Crocoshark lunged at it. Bobo screeched and jumped backwards, barely missing the hybrid’s snapping jaws. Crocoshark followed, hissing and snapping her jaws in fury.
Then, just as the spider was about to retreat, a third kaiju burst onto the scene. For days Tyrantis had been following Crocoshark’s scent, knowing it belonged to something big enough to give him good sport. Having finally found his prey, the massive tyrannosaur wasted no time leaping into the fray. Their battle was brief but furious, with each reptile using all the powers at their disposal to thoroughly pummel the other. Finally Crocoshark saw it was a lost cause and, hissing in displeasure, retreated back the way she came.
Tyrantis decided not to follow her at the moment, opting instead to lick his wounds and wait for round two. As he sat down on the riverbank, he finally noticed the pink spider that had been watching their fight from a distance. Too tired for another battle, the reptile merely grunted at the arachnid. Bobo chirped and scampered up to his newfound hero. As the arthropod curled up next to him, Tyrantis felt confused. His only social interaction up to this point had been fighting – either against another creature or by one’s side. The idea that there was more than that was strange to him, yet not entirely unwelcome. Deciding to allow the spider to stay by his side, Tyrantis finally fell asleep.
Meanwhile, farther down the river, Herbet Whately and his followers prepared for a third summoning ritual…
Important Dates: September 5 – 11, 20X0: Herbert Whatley summons three monsters from the Enigma Zone in quick succession: Bobo the spider, the hybrid creature named Crocoshark, and the destructive juggernaut Pathogen. Tyrantis befriends Bobo, assaults Crocoshark, and eventually all but utterly destroys Pathogen. Bobo is seriously wounded in the Pathogen fight, changing some of Tyrantis's priorities. Guilt over the spider's injuries eventually drives Tyrantis to help several of his fellow monsters fight Giganuuk.
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Crocoshark here is literally the stuff of my nightmares. Well, okay, that's an exaggeration. He's really more the stuff of a dream that, while not truly a nightmare, did have a lot of scary shit in it. It's a long story I'll explain in another deviation sometime down the road, but basically Crocoshark was a monster in a dream I had where I was stuck in a SyFy Channel Original Monster Movie. Probably the most horrific moment in the dream was when the monster, who looked pretty much exactly like the design here, opened up its mouth and revealed that its tongue was really a giant squid - a squid that really was too big to fit in the monster's mouth. Crocoshark is one of the coolest creatures I have ever dreamed up, and I've been ruminating on a proper place to put her.
Name: Crocoshark
Faction(s): Rogue
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Kaiju Rank: 4
Stats:
Height: 25 meters
Length: 120 meters (150 with tentacles)
Weight: 20,000 tons
Powers:
Amphibious: Crocoshark is a truly amphibious creature, capable of breathing on land and in the water using both lungs and gills respectively.
Squid Surprise: Crocoshark sports a retractable “tongue” that is essentially half of a squid, namely the half with the tentacles, beak, and eyes. How Crocoshark stores this massive cephalopod shaped organ is a mystery.
Stingers: Crocoshark’s tentacles are all tipped with several barbed stingers. These stingers release a mild toxin that, while unable to do any serious lasting damage, is nonetheless incredibly painful for any kaiju unlucky enough to get stung by them.
Weaknesses:
Sprinter: While Crocoshark is more than capable of moving on land, she is normally very slow moving. The marine hybrid can only run for short distances, and normally has to stick with plodding along at a crawl.
Personality: Crocoshark is a territorial creature, attacking anything she feels may be a threat. Whether her targer is a ship, a human city, or a fellow kaiju makes little difference. Solitary and grumpy, Crocoshark is not the kind of kaiju that likes to make friends. With her short temper and plethora of weapons, this can make her quite the formidable threat.
On the other hand, Crocoshark will let well enough along if she feels unthreatened, and can be quite docile to creatures she thinks can’t harm her – so long as she isn’t hungry. She will also begrudgingly team up with others if face with a large enough threat, and is smart enough to change her opinions on an individual if they spend enough time fighting together. While it would be a stretch to say she could feel affection, she can at least feel respect.
Crocoshark generally uses relentless brute force when fighting, focusing mainly on offense rather than defense. With her bone-crushing jaws, powerful tail, strong arms, and squid tongue, she can make short work out of most enemies. However, she rarely thinks out complex strategies, and will quickly lose her cool if an enemy manages to break through her barrage of attacks. While the panic that ensues as a result can make her all the more dangerous, it also forces her to present more weak points to her opponents.
History: While the Bobo fiasco was an embarrassment to say the least, it at least proved to Herbert Whatley and his lackeys that they were capable of summoning creatures from the Enigma Zone. They just had to choose a better candidate.
Scouring Trent’s notes more closely, Herbert finally settled upon a beast that was some sort of marine chimera: part squid, part crocodile, part shark. Trent had written about its bad temperament, and even recorded one of its battles with another monster – a battle it had won brutally.
To ensure that the monster would be wicked enough to strike terror into the hearts of his enemies, Herbert decided to modify the ritual. Rather than sacrificing a few animals, he would instead sacrifice a few of his followers. They were not told, of course, until they entered the summoning circle and found Herbert and the rest of his lackeys waiting for them with knives in their hands. As human blood spilled onto the warehouse floor, there was a great rumbling sound. The cultists looked out the windows to see a portal opening up in the adjacent river.
A gigantic beast slid out of the portal and into the water. Its body was a mix of crocodile and shark, armored yet sleek, bestial yet somehow beautiful as well. It was a creature that exuded the kind of regal air only predators could create.
And it was getting away!
Herbert and his followers ran after the beast. This was not going according to Herbert’s plan. He had meant to control the beast, presenting it to the world as a display of his power! Now he had merely set free another monster.
Days passed by, and with them more and more sightings of the creature occurred. The press began to call the new mystery kaiju “Crocoshark” based on the various eyewitness testimonies. A statewide search for the beast began.
Yet, as fate would have it, Crocoshark ended up stumbling across the best possible place it could choose to rest: the very woods Dr. Lerna and her task force had been using to house Bobo. The mammoth lake monster hoisted itself onto the riverbank and began to rest, opening its mouth wide and closing its eyes.
It was not long before Bobo found the beast. Being an ever-curious arachnid, Bobo could not help but investigate the hybrid monster. With a cheerful chirp the spider skittered toward Crocoshark, waving one of his hands in a friendly manner.
The amphibious abomination snarled in reply. Bobo took a step back, but he did not leave. Crocoshark hissed again and began to thrash her tail. She snapped her jaws a few times and let out another hiss. Bobo cowered and backed away, chirping softly again in confusion. Why didn’t the creature want to be his friend?
Angry that the spider had not left yet, Crocoshark lunged at it. Bobo screeched and jumped backwards, barely missing the hybrid’s snapping jaws. Crocoshark followed, hissing and snapping her jaws in fury.
Then, just as the spider was about to retreat, a third kaiju burst onto the scene. For days Tyrantis had been following Crocoshark’s scent, knowing it belonged to something big enough to give him good sport. Having finally found his prey, the massive tyrannosaur wasted no time leaping into the fray. Their battle was brief but furious, with each reptile using all the powers at their disposal to thoroughly pummel the other. Finally Crocoshark saw it was a lost cause and, hissing in displeasure, retreated back the way she came.
Tyrantis decided not to follow her at the moment, opting instead to lick his wounds and wait for round two. As he sat down on the riverbank, he finally noticed the pink spider that had been watching their fight from a distance. Too tired for another battle, the reptile merely grunted at the arachnid. Bobo chirped and scampered up to his newfound hero. As the arthropod curled up next to him, Tyrantis felt confused. His only social interaction up to this point had been fighting – either against another creature or by one’s side. The idea that there was more than that was strange to him, yet not entirely unwelcome. Deciding to allow the spider to stay by his side, Tyrantis finally fell asleep.
Meanwhile, farther down the river, Herbet Whately and his followers prepared for a third summoning ritual…
Important Dates: September 5 – 11, 20X0: Herbert Whatley summons three monsters from the Enigma Zone in quick succession: Bobo the spider, the hybrid creature named Crocoshark, and the destructive juggernaut Pathogen. Tyrantis befriends Bobo, assaults Crocoshark, and eventually all but utterly destroys Pathogen. Bobo is seriously wounded in the Pathogen fight, changing some of Tyrantis's priorities. Guilt over the spider's injuries eventually drives Tyrantis to help several of his fellow monsters fight Giganuuk.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Crocoshark here is literally the stuff of my nightmares. Well, okay, that's an exaggeration. He's really more the stuff of a dream that, while not truly a nightmare, did have a lot of scary shit in it. It's a long story I'll explain in another deviation sometime down the road, but basically Crocoshark was a monster in a dream I had where I was stuck in a SyFy Channel Original Monster Movie. Probably the most horrific moment in the dream was when the monster, who looked pretty much exactly like the design here, opened up its mouth and revealed that its tongue was really a giant squid - a squid that really was too big to fit in the monster's mouth. Crocoshark is one of the coolest creatures I have ever dreamed up, and I've been ruminating on a proper place to put her.
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