Tynomera

==Appearance==
Tynomera is shorter and thinner than many other adult Snake Wyverns. The monster's scales have a beautiful sapphire blue coloration on the top while a pale seagreen on the bottom, the color gets darker closer to the head. The scales on the back are rough like shark skin while on the bottom they are smooth. The four short limbs are webbed with small claws at the end of the fingers. Tynomera's tail possesses a sponge-like structure at the end and a long scale sharp as a blade beneath that. The sponge has a deep dark pink coloration while the blade has a dark blue hue. The darker colored head of the Snake Wyvern is rather small with short wide snout and big nostrils that can be closed. The teeth are pointy but short, Tynomera also possesses small excrescences at the upper side of the head which seem like ears, the eyes are rather small.
==Habitat and Ecology==
Tynomera lives mostly in the sea but it leaves the wet element regularly to ingest organic material, most of the time plants which it stores within a sac. But this is not what it feeds on, the Snake Wyvern is a pure fungivore and only feeds on Abysshrooms. As these only grow within certain parts of the ocean, it fully adapted to these locales, namely the Submerged Boneyard and the Frantic Bay. Most of the time it can be found within underwater caves, but Tynomera can also be found in other sections of its habitat.
The Snake Wyvern is a quite restless monster, always on its way to find more material to store within its Fermentation Sac. Within that organ the material gets transformed into a nutritious jelly-like mass by bacteria living in there. But this jelly isn't for its own nutrition as well but for growing Abysshrooms. Tynomera spits this substance onto ledges within the underwater caves. By smearing the substance with its tail it also releases Abysshroom spores which stick within the sponge-like tail end. Smaller Abysshrooms grow within this sponge as well, but they are much smaller as the fungus only grows to its maximal size when growing on the nutritious jelly. After smearing several ledges and using up all of its jelly mass it leaves for more material.
The symbiosis between Abysshroom and Tynomera has advanced so far that both can't live without each other. While the mushroom is the main and only food source for the Snake Wyvern, the growth of the Ambient Species is completely reliant on the nutritious jelly. After re-applying the substance over and over again and the mushroom reaches a certain size, the monster uses its blade-like scale to harvest the Abysshroom which in response releases its spores which get stored in the spongey part of the tail. This is the cycle both species go through over and over again.
Besides the Fermentation Sac Tynomera also possesses two Water Sacs. While the monster ingests enough water by simply feeding on Abysshrooms, it regularly stores freshwater when it leaves the ocean to ingest organic material. The water is then used for defending itself by hurling blobs of water mixed with saliva. Aside from this, there's also effluvium gas within the spongey part of its tail which is produced by bacteria that live within the Abysshrooms and their spores. The intensity of the gas varies depending on the last instance of feeding when the spores get released into the tail. The usual amount outside of the period after harvesting is hardly enough to become dangerous though.
While the Snake Wyvern is very restless it's usually preoccupied with itself and ignores other creatures that are about the same size or smaller than itself unless provoked. Only when a much bigger monster appears it will flee into a hole or crevice between rocks and/or corals. Tynomera swims well enough but it isn't a very adept or fast swimmer. Due to its life style of staying close to the ground and rock walls as well as underwater caves, the Snake Wyvern hides itself rather than try to outswim a pursuer. Against monsters of a similar size or smaller it will fight back though. The ear-like excrescences are organs which are sensitive to vibrations and currents. With this sense it orients itself especially underwater but it also helps on land.
Tynomeras have no consistent social structure, some can be seen in small groups while others ignore their conspecifics completely and stay on their own. Groups can be seen to accomodate their mushroom farm together and there's hardly any fights. But the Snake Wyvern can be aggressive as well when the mating season starts when Tynomeras come to the underwater caves where they were born.. While they don't attack competitors, males will threaten each other by hissing and moving their body. The coloration of the sponge is important for the wooing, the stronger the pink coloration the better the chance to find a mate. After that the females give live birth and gives the newborn the spores from her tail. The youngs are self-sufficient right after their first meal of Abysshroom.
Among local tribes of sea folk in the surrounding areas, there are some who worship the Snake Wyvern as a holy being. Due to the usually peaceful behavior they view Tynomera as a symbol of peace, but also of hard work due to its constant restlessness in search for material. Other tribes don't have this ethos and sometimes hunt the Snake Wyvern. Especially the jelly is seen as a delicacy and some tribes have even assigned groups of people that get the freshly smeared jelly from the ledges underwater. Though the Abysshroom can cause light illness symptoms for many other creatures, so the harvest should be as early on as possible. The substance has to be prepared as it has a strong unpleasant smell when unprocessed. Tynomeras get also hunted for their jelly, sometimes even hunters get hired to do so, but the guild keeps a wary eye on these activities, so this kind of quest only appears rarely keeping the populations from decreasing from overhunting.
===Interactions with other Monsters===
Predators:
Tynomera is prey to many bigger monsters that are fast enough to catch them, but it falls prey mainly to ambush predators.
===Turf wars===
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==Abilities==
The Snake Wyvern often attacks with water spit and sprays, it seems to use the water in its sacs quite sparsely, only releasing small globs and short-lasting sprays. Tynomera relies more on precision and close range attacks, rarely going for distance. When enraged the monster may spit some of its jelly after releasing a certain amount of water globs successively. Due to the unpleasant smell the jelly will inflict the soiled status effect when getting in contact with it. A glob of jelly stays on the ground for a while so hunters have to be careful to not step into it. The attacks also vary depending if performed on land or underwater.
The monster's main weapon is the tail, from which it can release effluvium gases when it squeezes the sponge part, either by hitting it against a rock, moving it like a rattle or pressing it against the ground or another object. The amount of Effluvium gas released depends on when it had its last Abysshroom meal, reaching a few meters around its tail until a bit over a minute after it's done eating to a medium radius until a few minutes and then the usual radius of the immediate area around its tail for only about a meter or so. Other than that the blade on its tail gets used to slash into opponents. As the tail is flexible enough, it can aim in any direction with it.
==Attacks==
===On Land===
#Bite: Tynomera turns to an opponent and flings its head forward to bite at it.
#Aiming bite: The Snake Wyvern follows a target with its head without moving its body and then strikes down on them with a bite while realigning its body.
#Roll over: The monster looks at an opponent to its side and then takes a swing with its body to roll one rotation towards that side.
#Arm slash: It attacks a close-by target by slashing one of its arms at them.
#Slither charge: Tynomera aligns its body towards an opponent and then slithers towards them at high speed to run them over. Used to cover distance.
#Water spit: The monster approaches an opponent while keeping them in its field of vision and when it's close enough to the target it spits a water glob at them. In Rage Mode after a certain amount of uses in a short time interval the jelly comes out instead, inflicting the soiled status effect.
#Triple water spit: Similar to the regular water spit but before it starts the attack it looks around at all the hunters in the area. After the first spit the Snake Wyvern turns to the next closest opponent to spit at them and then to a third opponent that is closer than the fourth, the same without the fourth. With two party members the third spit goes back to the first target, while a single opponent gets all three shots at them. In Rage Mode after a certain amount of water spits in a short time interval the jelly comes out instead inflicting the soiled status effect.
#Water spray: Tynomera takes aim at a target and releases a spray of water at short range which inflicts waterblight and flinches a hunter despite the low damage.
#Water spray retreat: The monster lowers its head and releases a spray of water at short range same as above and uses the opportunity to slither back some meters.
#Tail slash: The Snake Wyvern moves its tail towards an opponent without moving the rest of its body and slashes from side to side at them. Can be chained into a tail rattle, tail squeeze or tail strike.
#Tail thrust: Again Tynomera moves its tail towards an opponent without moving the rest of its body, but then thrusts its tail directly into the target. Can be chained into a tail rattle, tail squeeze or tail strike.
#Tail reach: It moves its body to either side and then pulls the tail forward towards an opponent, trying to hit them with its tail while moving its whole body in this direction. Can be used right after a water spray retreat in Rage Mode and can chain into a tail rattle.
#Tail rattle: The Snake Wyvern moves its tail towards an opponent and faces them before shaking its tail quickly with powerful motions like a rattle. Through that movement gas gets released from the sponge of its tail and scatters around its tail. Deals effluvium damage when hunters come into contact with it.
#Tail strike: The monster holds its tail high and strikes it against a close-by rock or other object hard enough, if there's none it may also strike it against the ground. This releases the effluvium gas.
#Tail squeeze: Tynomera moves its tail around until it lays it on the ground between it and an opponent. Then it squeezes the sponge part against the ground releasing a big effluvium gas cloud around its tail. After using this attack it will often leave the area it's in in search for Abysshrooms to feed on.
===Underwater===
#Bite: Just like the land version.
#Aimed bite: Identical to the land version.
#Arm slash: Similar to Lagiacrus, an arm slash with which it turns to one side a bit.
#Charge: Tynomera adjusts its sight towards a target and then charges at it in full speed. Also used to cover distance.
#Water Spit: Identical to the land version.
#Triple Water Spit: Just like the land version.
#Water beam: The movements are like the ones for the water spray on land, but instead of a water spray, the Snake Wyvern takes in water and instantly shoots it out in a ahort-lived beam with high pressure through its throat muscles. Around the beam the currents get stronger, pulling at opponents close-by. Inflicts waterblight.
#Water burst: Like the water beam, but it takes in more water and then releases all of it at once. Through the water around being pushed away strong currents emerge that can pull hunters along, making them incapable of moving freely for a short time. Direct contact with the release will cause medium amounts of damage and waterblight.
#Summersault: Tynomera lowers its upper body a bit before rotating vertically backwards trying to strike the tail into the opponent. After the full rotation, it may use the momentum to chain into a tail slash, tail thrust or tail strike.
#Tail slash: Same as on land.
#Tail thrust: Identical to the land version.
#Tail reach: Just like the land version.
#Tail upward/downward thrust: Depending on the altitude of the target and the depth of the water the monster will rush below or above the opponent and then thrust its tail into it. In Rage Mode after the thrust the Snake Wyvern may rattle its tail to release gas.
#Tail whip: Similar to many Leviathans underwater, it takes a swing with its tail and strikes it forward from below its body. May be chained to a tail rattle.
#Tail rattle: Same as on land.
#Tail strike: Identical to the land version, but can only be used when a hard surface is close to it.
#Tail squeeze: Just like the land version, but can only be used when a hard surface is close to it.
==Notes==
*The weakness is dragon, then thunder.
*In Rage Mode it huffs visibly and the color of the underside of the neck gets a purple tinge.
*When exhausted the tail droops and Tynomera will search for a spot to feed on Abysshrooms.
**It will fail to spit water globs and only release a spray instead.
*About the ninth singular water spit attack in a certain amount of time will be a jelly spit. When it does a water spit in Rage Mode one gets added, every twenty seconds one gets subtracted. Even within a triple water spit attack, if one of them reaches nine, that one will be a jelly spit.
**After a jelly spit, it will be a dazed for a short while.
*Head, neck, back and the arms can be wounded, the tail can be damaged twice, first the blade and then the sponge.
**When the tail gets damaged twice, the gas output doesn't reach the maximal size even directly after feeding on Abysshrooms.
==Materials==
Tynomera Sensor (when head wounded), Tynomera Claw (when arms wounded), Tynomera Fang, Tynomera Blade (when tail wounded), Tynomera Sponge (only when tail wounded twice), Tynomera Scale, Tynomera Shell, Fermentation Sac, Water Sac, Abysshroom (reward only)
==Trivia==
*The name consists of a composition of Atta (a genus of leaf-cutter ants) -> Ty, Nōka (農家, Japanese for farmer) -> no, and Acromyrmex (another genus of leaf-cutter ants) -> mera.