Iztajuatl/Legacy

== Description ==
=== Behavior ===
 
* s are a primarily all-female pack-based species. As adult males are 10x smaller than a female, they tend to disregard or outcast any males. 
** Since there are more females than males, females can choose to pair with another female or be solitary.
** If an is born male, the females can send it back to the volcano lava soup, wait a few centuries or so, and come out female. (tldr; males are weak and scrawny) 
** MUST live near volcanic areas, especially babies and male s. If found too far from volcanoes, or in cold areas, the lava within them starts to harden and they turn into complete rock, ultimately "killing" them. 
** Male CAN NOT and DO NOT "RULE" a pack. 
** Female s have "no maternal instincts whatsoever. Forget them kids".
** do not have any reproductive organs, so they cannot lay eggs/birth/etc, they can only be born from a volcano.
* can have varying weapons on their heads, bodies, and tails.
** The sword on 's head can be pulled out and wielded.
* 's claws are hot enough to melt through rock.
* can use its tail in a similar manner to an axe.
(Copy and Pasted directly from Aelures's message with few wording edits) 
It is recommended to look in the "References" section of Gallery for accurate gender/age/size differences provided by Aelures. 
== Appearance ==
The is a fiery, multi-eyed, somewhat lizard-like creature with a glowing sword embedded into its forehead and several glowing joints and magma-themed decorations. Many weapons stick out of its back and tail tip, such as axes, spears, and knives. The back of its neck produces smoke and it also possesses an axe-shaped tail. The also has multiple eye-like decorations on its limbs, body, and tail. Tusks and blades protrude from its mouth and lower jaw. Its neck and tail are decorated by multiple rock-like spines.
 has no gender dimorphism.
== Abilities ==
== Gameplay ==
=== Pros ===
The is a carnivore with a huge appetite stat, ensuring it doesn’t need to eat for a long time, it also means they aren’t glued to meat spawns. Even as a baby it has a somewhat decent appetite. Thanks to Iron Stomach, needs to worry considerably less about eating rotten products (ignoring Sickness from any source), albeit still being careful of the water and HP depletion spoiled food deals. Being able to eat-on-the-run also helps in preventing this huge creature from getting stuck mid-eat-animation due to lag. With a high health pool and weight, as well as the unbreakable ability, 100% bleed defense ability and defensive burn, the can resist several hits from most creatures while not receiving any offensive melee bleed which could have equalized the field, while giving burn status to the melee attacker and ensuring no melee status effect breaks its bones or ligaments. Moreover, its defensive burn makes fighting with other high-HP, or high-HP-regeneration/slow/unbreakable creatures more effective. Its weight and diet also ensure many creatures can be grabbed by the .
Having ambush additionally gives an advantage to the , allowing for short bursts of speed, helping while stepping on uneven terrain and even giving a short-time advantage if trying to chase something underwater (or cross small water-masses, very useful in areas like swamp during winter to reduce hypothermia damage).
=== Cons ===
The has very low walk and run speed, as well as low stamina and stamina regeneration. This means hunting faster creatures and long-term chases are unlikely to happen. Its low HP regen stacks with this, meaning it takes a short time for the to start drowning and dying from it. Even then, unless desperate, it's not recommended to swim underwater for long since the defensive burn is still not enough to make it really effective underwater and you'll be unable to start ambush to boost your speed after submerging. All of this combined with its big size and tail makes the easy to defeat from ranged attacks such as concentrated %DPS breaths (even virus breath, because the unbreakability and bleed defense don't protect against that) and some fast but high-damage creatures (or an overwhelming number of small creatures) doing multiple attacks for a long period of time, wearing it down; even worse if the attacker has status the cannot defense itself from, such as poison, acid, burn and such.
While its damage is not bad, it's still not enough to one-shot any of the heavy-defensive-status-dealers like a fully grown Eulopii, Astrothi, or Momola, so those creatures, while unlikely to attack directly, are dangerous to hit.
Creatures with abilities that resist or remove burn status, such as Athulyth's Fortify, can also be a problem in a direct fight against the .
Its long growth time makes young somewhat vulnerable for a long time.
Also, due to its dark orange blood and black carcass' bones, it may be targeted just to see it bleed and drop a weird-colored carcass.
== Carry-able Creatures == 
== Trivia ==
* Concept by aelures.
** Inspired by Ares, the God of War, Hephaestus, the God of Fire and Forge, and Aatrox from League of Legends.
** Its name is referred from Iztaccihuatl, which is a dormant volcanic mountain in Mexico.
* The species, canonically, is the first lesbian species known to exist in Sonaria.
* Alongside this, according to lore, they are the only species in the entirety of Sonaria to be protandric hermaphrodites (where an organism is born as a male, and then changes sex to a female), though they are rare to find.
** Protandric hermaphrodites naturally occur in real life in some creatures, among them the most known example is the clownfish.
*** Interestingly, clownfish share a similar behavior to the (albeit less extreme and excluding the lava-motifs and only-spawning-from-volcano): the largest female clownfish is place on the top of its hierarchy, with a few non-reproductive small (juvenile) males as underlings and a single reproductive male. If, for some reason, the female dies, the reproductive male transforms into female and increases size considerably, as such, it's impossible for a male clownfish to be on the top of the group hierarchy.
* Legacy has dark orange blood. Due to this, it drops a dark orange carcass when dying.
** In real life, some creatures have orange shades of blood; for example, when cockroaches are carrying eggs, their hemolymph gets colored by the eggs' albumin protein. However, in this case, it's more of a reference to their status as magma dwellers in-lore.
* can more or less safely traverse through lava (idle animation, sitting, laying down, aggro, cower, hiding scent and moving without stopping over lava don't hurt the ) as seen here.
* As well as Kavouradis, is the first of the limited creatures whose price got changed over once (from 5,000 upon release to 3,000).
== Gallery ==
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This tab is intended to present official concept sheets, color palettes, and Glimmer (if applicable).
 
Iztajuatl_-_Original_Concept.png| concept art
Iztajuatl_Palette.png|'s primary color palette
IztajuatlTrialGlimmer.png|Default Glimmer day/night
IZTAJUATL GLIMMER.png|'s Glimmer; it only glimmers the eyes on its tail, which makes it difficult to tell whether it's glimmer or not
iztavoid.png|The Glimmer regions of the , highlighted with a Void palette
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Development = 
This tab is intended to present anything showcased during the process of development, such as the creation of models, animations, and poses. 
Iztajuatl_Rigged.png|'s rigged model
IztajuatlDev1|Clip provided by Triefelgrim (Wolfragon), CoS Discord, 08/16/2022
IztajuatlDev2|Clip provided by Triefelgrim (Wolfragon), CoS Discord, 08/16/2022
IztajuatlDev3|Clip provided by Triefelgrim (Wolfragon), CoS Discord, 08/18/2022
IztajuatlDev4|Clip provided by Triefelgrim (Wolfragon), CoS Discord, 08/18/2022
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References = 
This tab is intended to present anything to further observe a creature's design, inspirations, and changes in growth stages for reference.
Iztajuatl Gender Sizes.png| gender and age differences, illustrated by Aelures
IztajutalJuvenile.png|Juvenile 
Iztajuatl Juvenile Side View.png|Juvenile , side view
IztajuatlTeen.png|Teen 
Iztajuatl Teen Side View.png|Teen , side view
Iztajuatl Adult.png|Adult 
Iztajuatl Adult Side View.png|Adult , side view
IztajuatlCarcass.png|'s carcass features red-orange flesh and black bones
Iztajuatl Blood.png|'s blood, which is red-orange
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