Ladon

These aquatic bipedal monsters are the terror of the sea, seen off the coast of the Water Country most prominently and are the bane of sailors and coastal waters. These particular monsters are eight feet in length with webbed feet and a large muscular tail that acts as a paddle underwater. Their arms act as wings for both underwater and for limited flight for when they take come up on land and can fly for a short distance. These brutes are swift and deadly to sharks and like to try and prey on the squids and other aquatic summons in the gulf of the Fire, Wind and Tea Countries. Their jaws are lined with dozens of sharklike teeth capable of puncturing metal and are even known to sink ships with a single bite to the hull. These beasts are such a nuisance, sailors veil their vessels with silver metal netting along the hull to ward off Ladons.

Ladons are allergic to silver, causing a rash on their skin when they touch either metal that burns them. These pests of the sea travel in packs of five and prefer to hunt together for larger prey but will just as easily gang up on weaker prey. These monsters are closely related to fish yet can breath both air and underwater despite their appearance and will somtimes venture far inland in search of food. Ladons speak in a guteral tongue to one another of shrills and chirps, coordinating themselves to attack or warn each other of danger. Ladons were among the very first monsters ever spotted in the world and are a product of the Sero tree of Kirigakure and are thought to be a result of experiments on the local fish and are failed experiments to recreate the Samehada. However, the Ladon are actually the progenitor species of the Hoshigaki race and clan. These fish monsters are attune with natural chakra and can infect others with a toxic disease when they bite as a result of the tainted chakra.

## Techniques

### Basic Combat | Rank E-A | Complex

Ladons are swift hunters, attacking with their bladed fin wings and teeth. Their bites afflict tiered natural poison.

### Water Beast | Rank E-B | Spiritual

Ladons can manipulate the water with their mouths and spit Elemental Water Ninjutsu. This elemental jutsu is overwhelming against other techniques and does not suffer from its earthen weakness. Alternatively, the Ladon can spit a long stream of water to slice through solid material for a variable cost.

### Hoshigaki Progenitors | Rank E-S | Cost

Ladons are thought to be feral Hoshigaki which is not far from the truth. These creatures can utilize the Hoshigaki bloodline and all three PAs unique to them up to S-Rank.

### Aquatic Shift | Rank E-S+ | Stamina

The Ladon is quick underwater, shifting through the water with quick and sudden bursts of speed up to [10] feet per rank in an instant. This shift is a supplementary activation for the Ladon evading attacks of a similar rank or lower. This can only be used once per post.

### Ladon Senjutsu | Rank X | Senjutsu

A Ladon can utilize senjutsu for a limited amount of time [5 posts] and fuel their attacks with a reserve of [400] Natural energy. They recover [100] Senjutsu per post as long as they're in water, water techniques and basic combat used while in this state inflict senjutsu petrification. They cannot reactivate Senjutsu until their reserve is full.

### Lightning Vulnerability | Rank X | Passive

Ladon are extremely vulnerable to lightning chakra, enemy Raiton is treated as +2 Ranks against them. Ladon are afraid of lightning and thunderstorms and will actively flee from lightning, chakra or natural.

### Silver Vulnerability | Rank X | Passive

Ladon are strangely allergic to silver, contact by silver metal, armor or weapons instantly deactivates their senjutsu abilities and inflicts Tier 3 Mental Stress to the Ladon. They will actively avoid silver at all costs.

## Loot

* Webbing Material | Common
* Elemental Sac | Uncommon
* Toxic Fangs | Uncommon
* Venom Sac | Common