Kaiju

Most people fear what which stalks the night, with good reason. Others, wizened by experience, fear what lurks in the depths of the oceans and mountain, the sudden darkening of the sky via slow moving clouds, the inexplicable tremors of the earth when no fault lines are nearby. These few and far between understand the power and presence of beings known as Apex Tyrants or Kaiju. These beings, often thought to be born of myth and legend solely, put skyscrapers and artificial islands to shame, towering far beyond the tallest man-made structures and easily dwarfing islands. They are not bound to land, sea or sky, more often than not being masters of all three and even beyond, reaching the depths of space. They are unaffected by temperature or climate, bursting from lava flows just as easily as they break free from frigid prisons thought to trap them for eternity. They are, without doubt, supreme monsters contending with the gods and Ancient Dragons themselves. And yet, for all their power do they rarely appear.
Kaiju, initially born from the will of a long forgotten divine being as it perished, a monsters beyond compare, with nary an equal, but many are more than that. After thousands upon thousands upon thousands of years, Kaiju adopted the forms of humans and similar beings, at first to better ravage and destroy their homes due to their wilder nature, but in time came to "co-exist" with the ones they hid among, having traded feral intellect with a more refined intelligence over the ages. Occasionally one would choose to return to his or her more monstrous form are wreak havoc upon the world around them when brought to an extreme fury, but just as often others would revert to protect those they lived among as stalwart guardians, nigh unkillable by the hands of lesser beings. As more time passed, the Kaiju grew in new ways, gaining new forms and specializations based on said forms, these being the Hydra, Amphibian, Dragon, Insecta and Fiend.
==Classifications==
===Hydra===
The Hydra-Class Kaiju are multi-headed monsters that, regardless of injury sustained, can regenerate in the blink of an eye. Voracious in their hunger, those with weaker wills succumb to their hunger and devour all in range while those with greater wills can tame this hunger and use it to fuel their near complete immortality. Hydra-Class Kaiju more often than not have multiple heads if not multiple bodies connected to a centralized core that keeps them unified. They can be reptilian as easily as they can be akin to giant leeches, which gives them a rather varied appearance. Older, more in control Hydra-Class Kaiju are masters of parallel processing or having their multiple heads and/or bodies acting autonomously from one another, making them downright deadly adversaries to those who underestimate them and mistake them for mindless beasts. 
===Amphibian===
Amphibian-Class Kaiju, while slower in their regeneration than the Hydra-Class, are better armored and more powerful, sporting powerful limbs and muscular frames made for swimming in the most inhospitable bodies of water. What they traded in speed and vitality, they made up for in savage power and ferocity, easily bringing forth the elements at their disposal with frightening power when wroth. The few that succumb to their savagery become living natural disasters far worse than modern civilization has experienced, while those who take this savagery in stride become masters of their domain. It is rather common to find Amphibian-Class Kaiju capable of breathing or otherwise generating some form of element, whether that be a beam of lightning or a persisting aura of hail around them when on land. Older, more powerful Amphibian-Class Kaiju tend to learn a secondary element and master their first, able to call upon it as an energy field, armor, enhanced natural weapons and/or remote strikes.
===Dragon===
Dragon-Class Kaiju, easily the most well known form of Kaiju due to their similarity to the genuine article, are both immovable bastions and powerhouses of the highest degree. Slow in regeneration, they have near impenetrable armor and the ability to grow ever stronger at the cost of sacrificing some of their armor. Imperious in nature, Dragons lacking in humility become true tyrants, whereas those able bow their heads become great leaders and stalwart bulwarks. When a Dragon-Class Kaiju sheds its armor, one of two things happen: The armor is either expended in a bright burst of energy, vaporizing it and all things near the Kaiju or the armor falls in pieces like rocks being shed from a mountain. In the latter case, the fallen armor is extremely valuable as it is often mineral rich or comprised of rare or unheard of ores, while in the former case super heated ash and molten ruin surround the Kaiju. An Elder Dragon-Class Kaiju or Kaiser Kaiju has multiple layers of armor that may be shed or expended for greater and greater amounts of power, but at the cost of lowered defenses and a long period of having to regenerate the removed armor. Very few have gone even further and no longer shed their armor but instead gather power in their core like a reactor of sorts and release said power as they get more and more into a battle.
===Insecta===
Insecta-Class Kaiju have the most varied forms, ranging from arachnids to moths to worms, and hold some of the more versatile abilities. Their true quirk, however, is their ability, similar to Dragon-Class Kaiju shedding their armor for power, to mutate into greater forms, only without drawback aside from temporary vulnerability as they shift. This transformation is often the result of trauma caused during combat or other activities and the form they take afterwards is meant to counter the source of damage or trauma without adversely affecting the Kaiju in the process. The Insecta-Class has a secondary ability to manifest their full power in lesser forms of transformation-in fact they can even reverse their mutations as necessary or to different extents to retain or gain benefits they may have lost while keeping the benefits of their new form or traits. Often accused of cowardice, Insecta type Kaiju lacking this perceived flaw are often the ones on the front lines in combat. An Insecta-Class Kaiju should by no means be underestimated for they are much hardier than Hydra-Class Kaiju, faster and more varied than both Amphibian-Class Kaiju and Dragon-Class Kaiju and hold a great deal of intelligence that makes them quite deadly should they be pushed into a corner.
===Fiend===
Fiend-Class Kaiju are the rarest and least seen Kaiju, but for good reason. The most humanoid in nature, these Kaiju are second only to dragons in defense, but in terms of power and maneuverability they far surpass them. Their main quirk is the ability to gather near infinite amounts of power and release it in an instant, devastating the area around them indiscriminately or in locations of their choosing akin to remote strikes like those of an elder Amphibian-Class Kaiju. Fiend-Class kaiju are also known for being able to summon weapons from the power they gather, which are not limited to blades or melee weapons and include weapons like rifles or projectiles. More than that the sinister aura they seem to emit at any given time, an aura that seems to burn through projectiles aimed at them and inspire a great deal of fear or other negative emotions in those with weak wills. What happens to Fiend-Class Kaiju who master this force is unknown, the few recorded appearing only briefly before vanishing and leaving utter devastation in their wake.
==Appearance==
While in human form, Kaiju are near indistinguishable from them, barring odd eyes or sharper, more striking features. Occasionally, they may have scales or pointed ears tinted with the color of their element or other features such as tails or wings, but all of these cases are extremely rare or a result of a purposeful incomplete transformation maintaining more of their humanoid nature than their monstrous nature. Kaiju can further transform to a more Kaiju-like form, retaining their humanoid size and shape, but not their features. Beyond that, Kaiju can fully unleash their true form and power. To reiterate, at base Kaiju have four forms, humanoid, partially transformed, incomplete transformation and full transformation, with more depending on the individual in question. In extremely rare cases, Kaiju can unleash their full power without transforming in the slightest. These few beings are thought to be Transcendent or in a classification beyond those recorded.
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