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Bloodlust
Bloodlust lives deep in the caves of the island, occasionally coming out to hunt. Bloodlust resembles a nameless crossed with an onyc that can’t fligh. It is the mightiest predator of the islands caves, Bloodlust thought he was the strongest creature on the island until one hunt out in the redwoods lead to a brutal battle which he quickly lost. Bloodlust retreated back into the caves, the left side of his face ripped off. The creature he battled was none other than Goliath. He swore to get revenge one day, he continued his life, hunting and battling many creatures until he felt strong enough to face Goliath, at this point he has grown to twice the size he was before. As he headed to the Redwoods he spotted something in the distance, the Red Legion preparing its ranks to take over the island. Soon, Bloodlust made it to the redwoods and met his old enemy...
-Apex
Goliath on Aberration
When Goliath ascended off Scorched Earth he ended up on Aberration, and things got weird...
Goliath was certainly shocked by the caves that surrounded him, life became lots harder for him and he had to adapt. Prey was very easy to get in Aberration, everything from raptors and ravagers to diplos and paraceras was a meal. He ventured across the fertile region, wrestling with carnos and spinos and dismembering the powerful Karkinos, before throwing their remains into the lake. He soon travelled to the bioluminescent region to continue his voyage. The boas and arthros were easy kills, but the megalosaurus and Karkinos were more of a challenge. He tore through packs of deadly nameless and swarms of seekers and even battled the mighty reapers as he journeyed to the element region. Now armed with a huge club built out of redwood wood and armour built out of the bones and scales of the mightiest creatures he had ever faced (including a reaper skull helmet), he faced Rockwell. The battle was long and hard, but eventually, Goliath decapitated Rockwell with one mighty swing from his club and ascended. Little did he know that he was now going to earth to face the Titans...
-Apex
The spikers
The spikers are vicious descendants of pteranodons native to the twilight ARK, instead of the peaceful scavengers that were their ancestors, to survive spikers have become horrifying predators, striking terror into all animals below, even the normally fearless furballs.
Spikers have razor-sharp six foot long beaks that they use to quickly impale their prey before it can fight back,
The spikers have no weaknesses,
If a spiker targets you before you can find somewhere to hide, that's it.
Poecilotheria metallica.
The second genesis ship
The second genesis ship was a different starship to the famous genesis ship, home of such creatures as the shadowmane, noglin and maewing.
The second genesis ship had four biomes;
Desavannah, a place mimicking scorched earth, and home of the same kinds of creature, from insignificant little jerboas to the mighty wyvern.
The refrigerator, an incredibly cold region populated by Pleistocene fauna and non-augmented managarmrs that had escaped the great element corruption.
the jungle: where most of the more common and well known ARK inhabitants lived,
And the caves, an Abberation like cavern system home to drakes, and with an underwater portion for aquatic life.
Eventually this ship autonavigated it's way to a new planet called MW-LSS2-4, just right for life but mainly lacking it, the creatures and humans on the ship spilled out and migrated all over the world,
Some strange things happened when they established an existence on the world;
A certain stock of achatina developed a prodigious size, carnivorous diet, and many tentacles with needles on the tips to catch prey, as well as sprouting ten all-seeing eyeballs mounted on the ends of lengthy stalks and burying themselves under the ground.
And some wyverns came into contact with the planet's only life;
Vivite, a type of sentient colony microorganisms that collected together into colourful crystals,
The vivite quickly established a symbiosis, fusing itself into the wyvern's craniums and giving any vivite infused wyvern the ability to control a mindless caste that would turn itself into a controller wyvern if it's past controller died.
The Draconis genus slowly developed sapience
And the Vivite infused wyverns became a hive mind species, with a monarch with immense size and controlling powers.
~Poecilotheria metallica
(sorry that was a bit long, I can't quite pack all the information harvested from my all of one week long establishment of Dracoverse lore)
Seeing as this is like APP's myths in that it's unique to my particular story universe, unless there's some unlikely crossover It cannot be used for anything
and yes I write myths now.
Aguiöl Magnificens
A group of Argentavis magnificens were once trusted, and viewed as gods, consisting of a misty white trio. They had protected the tribe for so long with their hooked talons and sharp beaks, along with the abnormal ability of passing through walls. The tribe once suggested fighting the Overseer, and the lead Aguiöl, known as Huanhugiga, flared up at the idea. The three Aguiöls destroyed the tribe with a pure anger, one that was never seen before. Some survivors believe it was the overseer in disguise, some believe they were working for it. Some believe it was the King Titan himself, but mostly they dismissed this idea. The survivors who had seen them now experience paranormal activities, such as cryptids like the Shadow Survivors, or the Desert Dome Dogman. Some say they get visited by the Aguiöl occasionally, but there is no proof for this. All we know for sure is that the Aguiöl Magnificens are out there, waiting for the next foolish tribe to fall into their talons.
-Seasnake
Choking Silence
[Free to use]
The Choking Silence is a deadly black mist, devouring all of the redwoods and mountains. A tribe of survivors once tried to escape it, but failed horribly and suffocated. Many many deaths trailed behind the cloud of dark, and once it moved its way to Extinction, things got a whole lot worse..
-Seaturtle, sorry I was busy spamming DTG about spamming in the discord and complaining about my stories and not respecting it so I warned him and knocked down his rank while waiting for the ban button. The myth is a bit short because I don't have time at ALL right now so bye I guess
The dinosauroid
Dinosauroids are troodon descendants found on the twilight ARK.
Highly intelligent, dinosauroids can be fluent in human language, build weapons or homes for themselves, and even tame animals.
They look like a slightly larger troodon with opposable thumbs and an array of decorative horns at the back of their skills that differ between every individual.
Due to the twilight ARK always being between night and day, dinosauroids and the smaller non evolved troodons are prone to spontaneous fits of mindless aggression.
~Poecilotheria metallica
The Acidosaur
The acidosaur is a species of small, dilo like creatures created for Project: Domination. They are similar in build to a ferociraptor, but much smaller, lighter and weaker, they can be quickly dispatched with a blood blade or mega bow. Acidosaurs use dilo DNA infused with BIO-X, creating acid spitting little creatures that are nothing but a real pain in the neck. Their role in Project: Domination is a mystery.
APP
The leviathan
The leviathan was a feared creature of the sea. There were only three leviathans in total while they were alive, but they mysteriously disappeared. They were the apex predator of the sea. They could take on an army of basilosaurus and squids. The three of them each had different abilities. The Roar, the weakest of the leviathans used terrifying roars to scare away creatures it didn’t want to fight. When it was hunting for food it would use either a distracting type of roar to get close and eat it, or a truly terrifying roar that could stun its prey for minutes, hours, or maybe even a month depending on what creature it is. The second strongest, the Mesmer (and no, that’s not a Subnautica reference.) would distract prey by switching its color in a mesmerizing way to get closer and eat it. The final and strongest leviathan, the dragon could speed through the ocean. It could create whirlpools to trap it’s prey. And also this one glows too. It is unknown what actually happened to the leviathans, but some theorize that they all fought each other and the remaining leviathan died because of how damaged it was. Another theory was that is tried to go on land. (Anyone can use this, I don’t care what happens to the leviathans.)
-Lamprey
Silvermane "The Ghost of the Sky"
[This is for free use, but he is mute, meaning he can't be given speaking roles. Also his death has been set in my story so you cannot kill him off ~CL1]
A silver colored Argent. Know for his incredible speed and unsettling silence, Silvermane was feared by smaller tribes, as he was notorious for stealing any creature he could carry. A few survivors found his body under a large swamp tree. One reported seeing a long shadowy figure in the tree, most likley the cause of Silvermane's death.
Dodo Tales S4 Ep4
A lonely man reached into a leather bag, pulling a revolver from it, and inspecting it to make sure it was full of ammo. Crawling out from rocks, the man, revealed by the light to be dirt-covered and scratched up, with a long unshaven beard. He whipped out his revolver, aiming it at his attackers. As a spear barely missed him, he pulled the trigger and one of the bandit's heads burst with blood and his corpse slipped off the rocks, his old cowboy hat falling off his head. Another bandit jumped to the man, attempting to punch him. The man dodged the punches, pistol-whipping the bandit across the face. He grabbed a knife from his left pocket and plunged it into the bandit's abdomen. The man turned and shot at several other bandits, some of them retreating. More bandits fell to the ground as time went on, none of them able to successfully hit the man. As the last bandit in sight rode away on an aberrant equus, the man aimed at his head, hesitant. The bandit resembled someone he had once known. Images of his old friend's death appeared in the man's mind, and he lowered his revolver. As the man rode away, the area once again fell into silence. "How long has it been since I've seen another person (before today)?" He thought, although he didn't have an answer. Those bandits may have been trying to kill him, but they were at least people, and not like the monsters in the darkness.
Rick was never a politics person, but still followed relevant events and people on this new ark. He knew enough about the completely dominant Abyssal Empire to tell that the bandits weren't associated with them, as the empire preferred more organized and standardized soldiers, not bandits from some time in the 1800s. Following the bandit attack, Rick continued his daily search. He had no home, and had traveled across the ark, through the darkness and through the light, learning everything there was to know. Still, he had made little progress tracking his old friends. On this day, however, Rick spotted a lazily put together house made from metal, and thought he recognized the design. Approaching the house, Rick discovered tracks in the dirt; some from a dodo, and others from a human. He stared up at the house, and started to walk toward the door. He pulled out his revolver once more, and burst through the door. "Hello!?" He shouted, met with nothing but the static whirring of machinery. Rick moved carefully and quietly through the house. When he reached another door, Rick tightened his grip on his revolver, finally slamming into the door. He stared in shock at what was in front of him, dropping his revolver as his arms fell to his side. It was Jerry's dodo. After grabbing his gun, he lifted to the bird slowly and gently, and walked through the front door. Jerry was gone, but why? Rick walked down from the porch, pondering whether he should stay and wait for Jerry, or continue his search and find him directly. As he was lost in thought, the dodo stared up at him, and he pet and offered it food. The dodo ignored the food in Rick's hand, continuing to stare in the same direction. Rick suddenly realized that the dodo wasn't staring at him, but over his shoulder. He grabbed his pistol and quickly turned to see a man atop a basilisk behind him. The man lifted a rocket launcher and started to destroy the house. Rick turned and ran with the dodo as small metal debris cut him and the first explosion gave him minor burns. He crawled to a nearby bush, his clothes covered in dirt and stained with sweat from the heat of the explosion and constant humidity of the cavern.
Jerry opened his eyes at a two-person table. It was made of high quality wood, and decorated nicely, much like the room around it. There was a fireplace too, but no doors or windows. There was a loud ticking noise coming from a large white clock on the wall. Jerry turned to the figure sitting across from him. He was strangely familiar. "Eden?!" He yelled in shock. "Yes, Jerry. Would you like some tea?"
"No thank you."
"So, is there anything you want to tell me?"
"No, why?"
"Oh I don't know, I just wanted to hear from the man who killed me."
Jerry stopped, growing visibly confused, and a bit concerned.
"What? That's not true. That's a lie!"
"No it isn't. Don't you remember, Ares?" Eden asked, turning to Ares, who was in third chair that was not there just a minute before. Jerry stared, realizing what this was.
"It's not real, it's not real, it's not real." Jerry repeated, closing his eyes and looking down.
"It's not real? Are you sure?" Asked the voice of Henry. Jerry kept his eyes shut, but heard familiar whispers from several others.
"You killed us."
"You killed us."
"You killed us."
Jerry finally awoke, breathing heavily from the safety of his bed. He was late for the speech.