Viridex/Legacy

== Description ==
=== Behavior ===
* The becomes more passive and friendly during the cherry blossoms season.
* It can use its rope-like appendages to make itself look bigger and more intimidating to prey.
* es are typically best friends with Luxsces.
== Appearance ==
The is a fur-and-cherry-covered tetrapod with a horn protruding from the top of its face and four vine-like appendages attached to its back. Close to the end/tip of both horns and vines is a floating emerald. Both frontal and back extremities are covered by a tuft of fur at their base and some gem-like scales. Their long horned tail does not present any kind of special protrusions. At the base of their tail and jaws some cherry-like whiskers appear, in pairs. The most notable attributes of its head are the pair of pointed furry ears, the aforementioned horn and the disk-like shapes at the axis used by its lower jaw to move, akin to those seen in some mechanical cyborgs.
=== Males ===
Males present additional pieces of fur on the sides of the neck, at its base.
=== Females ===
Females present vaguely-heart/leaf-shaped props akin to those floating on the back legs, floating above their manes.
== Abilities ==
== Gameplay ==
=== Pros ===
The is an omnivorous creature with a decent appetite stat, meaning it can pick more food sources than herbivores and carnivores, allowing it to be less tied to food spawns of a certain type. This creature can also eat on the run, which prevents attackers from ambushing this creature while stuck on the eating animation. is decently fast and has an ambush multiplier, which can increase its speed even further when pressing the appropriate button. Ambushing into water causes terrestrial creatures to be able to move at ambush speed underwater, like a semi-aquatic creature, at least until the ambush runs out. This can give the an advantage when fleeing from terrestrial or flying-exclusive creatures as they can swim into an ocean or river, and surface somewhere else where the attacker cannot easily follow.
Its light bleed defense can allow the to resist a bit getting applied as much bleed per bite or breath, reducing the probabilities of suffering great bleeding and/or bleeding out when trying to run. Its high HP regeneration also allows this creature to heal pretty fast from non-status injuries.
Its damage output is decent for its tier, allowing it to defend itself against foes of similar weight, however its best weapon and defense is its breath: once reaching adult age, its energy breath can be extremely useful for damaging from a distance and slowing down targets, either to catch up with them or to keep them at a distance.
=== Cons ===
The is a bit slow for its tier and it's on the mid-lower end of the HP from it, meaning that while it cannot get one-shot, heavier creatures may just need two or three bites to do so. Its turn speed while not bad is still slow enough to make turning a bit difficult, specially on slower computers, something that attackers can exploit to attack the flanks or tail.
The lack of any defensive and offensive status effects, combined with its damage and weight being still low enough, makes melee combat ineffective against attackers of the , especially if they regenerate HP fast.
== Carry-able Creatures ==
== Trivia ==
* Concept by Nuxodus on the Creatures of Sonaria discord. 
** Inspired by cherry blossoms, mecha, and emeralds. Mainly supposed to be a reference to Kakyoin from JJBA (similar to Luxsces). 
** The name for originates from the combination of the Latin words "viridis" (green) and "opifex" (mecha). Naut is credited with coming up with the name. 
== Gallery ==
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This tab is intended to present official concept sheets, color palettes, and Glimmer (if applicable).
 
viridex reference sheet .png| concept art
ViridexColor.png|'s primary color palette
ViridexTrialGlimmer.webp|Default Glimmer female 
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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. 
VIRIG.png| rigged model
ViridexDev1|Clip provided by BlckBrry (BlckBrryJam), CoS Discord, 7/28/2022
ViridexDev2|Clip provided by East (BlueFlame950), Cos Discord, 7/28/2022
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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.
Babyvi.png|Juvenile 
Teenvi.png|Teen 
Viridex Adult.png|Adult 
Viridex Male vs Female Designs.png|A closer view of 's gender dimorphism
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Other =
Screenshot 2022-08-02 at 10-47-28 Sonar Studios.png| in the game's icon during its release, by thebearistoothic
viridex in menu.webp| in menu (Legacy version)
Viridex Energy Breath (Legacy).png|'s Energy Breath ability
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