Nyctoxon/Legacy

: Second Color Palette: 
== Description ==
=== Behavior ===
* The has a rivalry with the Arsonos, to the point of being its arch-nemesis, for unknown reasons.
* are smarter than Salrahn, an already intelligent species.
** "Salrahn are almost as smart as nycto but nycto is biggest brain" (quoted from JaxonBirb).
== Appearance ==
The is a front-heavy quadrupedal creature that resembles a cross between an owl and a bear. It has feathers and icy spikes that cover its body. The ice spikes form antlers on the 's head, a ridge down its back, as well as armor for its shoulders and legs. There also seems to be a set of four (4) non-icy spikes that stick out of the alongside the icy ridge on its back. It has a beaked face, deer-like ears, and feathers that dangle from its lower jaw. It also has a short, feathered tail. It has a slight resemblance to an owl bear from the D&D games. As a juvenile, they have a third eye on their forehead, which later becomes less visible upon reaching adult stage.
 has no gender dimorphism.
== Abilities ==
== Gameplay ==
=== Pros ===
 is a carnivore with a huge appetite stat and Winter Tag, ensuring it can survive for long periods without food or water, unimpeded on its quest regardless of season. Being capable of using ambush also gives it a decent advantage over non-ambushers, especially against terrestrials entering water or to go fishing.
 has the average HP and weight build of its tier, which lets it tank blows for a while except from the heaviest hitters like Arachyu or Sana'ata. Thanks to its Glacier Breath and Snow Shield, despite its slower speed, it can slow down and trap opponents in melee range, where its decent base damage and breath can keep pounding on the victim until it dies, making it a deadly opponent even at range. Alternatively, it can resort to utilizing its Snow Shield to pause to recover health and/or status effects inside its Snow Shield. Its bleed defense only makes it more resilient while its bleed guarantees vulnerable victims cannot move for long without keeping themselves from healing and suffering some absolute damage per second.
It also has an excellent night-vision, which lets it roam at night without problem. This also makes it the most vulnerable to nightvision-nerf abilities such as Night Stalker, but it also lets you pinpoint where the creature with such an ability is.
=== Cons ===
Even with a combination of Snow shield and Glacier Breath, falls incredibly short with its poor stamina stamina regeneration and relatively slow speed, being difficult to catch up with or escape some of the fastest creatures, such as Khiku. Most times, you'd have to be already on top of smaller creatures with larger health pools and have gotten a few bites in to finish them off.
Occasionally, they may accidentally trap themselves in their dome with a creature that has the advantage of a smaller turn radius or a creature with a heavier weight, giving such creature a possible advantage until the deactivates its Snow Shield ability. Snow Shield not perfect in that players can bypass the ability by sticking their creatures heads in and biting (with the heavier ones being capable of pulling the out) or using some special abilities such as radiation or Area Sleep.
== Carry-able Creatures ==
== Trivia ==
* Designed by @P.Manticore (Prince_Manticore) in the Creatures of Sonaria discord.
* Re-designed by Prince_Manticore and JaxonBirb. 
* Old model and re-design model by JaxonBirb.
* Jaxon revealed in a stream that her reasoning for choosing is because she likes fluffy things, she likes ice because it relates to the snow, she loves birds, and she likes brute things because of strength. All of this was combined into .
** The is an "Owl-bear" specifically, as confirmed by Jaxon.
* There used to be a color glitch that allowed players to make blue versions of the . These "Blue s" were highly popular and sought after, just like pink Lures. This no longer works, as your will be set to default.
* First creature to have the Snow Shield ability
* First creature to have the Glacier Breath ability.
* There is a UGC item for this creature called Nyctoxon Mask, which was purchasable for . It was made by TamBrush, and is now offsale.
* The 's calls were replaced with new calls on May 31st, 2021. [Expand] for Classic Calls. 
 
== Gallery ==
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Main =
This tab is intended to present official concept sheets, color palettes, and Glimmer (if applicable).
Nyctoxon redesign.jpg| redesign concept art
Nyctoxon.png| concept art
NyctoxonColorPalette.png|'s primary color palette
NyctoxonSecondColorPalette.png|'s secondary color palette
NyctoxonGlimmer.png|Custom Glimmer , front view
NyctoxonGlimmer2.png|Custom Glimmer , side view
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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.
Nyctoxon Development.png|Old development
Nyctoxon Development 2.png|Old development 2
Nyctoxon Development 3.png|Old development 3
VicTOey.png|Old development 4
Nyctoxon redesign.jpg|Redesign concept art
Iauhef.png|Old model pose
Uyghabner.PNG|Nyctoxon redesign model development
NyctoxonRedesignModelDevelopment.png|Redesign model development 2
NyctoxonRemodelDevelopment2.png|Redesign model development 3
NyctoxonRemodelDevelopment3.png|Redesign model development 4
NyctoxonRemodelDevelopment4.png|Redesign model development 5
NyctoxonRedesignModelDevelopment4.png|Redesign model development 6
My developer boi.png|Redesign model development 7
NyctoxonRedesignModelDevelopment5.png|Redesign model development 8
Finished Nyctoxon.png|Finished model
NyctoImportedModel.png|Imported model
NyctoGlimmerDev.webp|Glimmer development
Palette 6.PNG|2nd palette option 2/3 from the Discord poll
NyctoPose1.png|Pose 1
NyctoPose2.png|Pose 2
NyctoLaying.png|Laying pose
NyctoSitting.png|Sitting pose
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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.
NyctoScene.png|Scene
NyctoxonJuvenile.png|Juvenile 
Teen Nyctoxon.png|Teen 
Adult_Nyctoxon.png|Adult 
Pink Nyctoxon.PNG|'s secondary color palette skin
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Other =
NyctoColorGlitchedJuvenile.png|Color glitched juvenile 
NyctoColorGlitchedGlimmer.png|Color glitched Glimmer 
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Category:Glimmer/Legacy