Taotie

**Ranking** | Four Fiend

**Taotie**, also known as the **Fiend of Gluttony** is one of the Four Fiends, one of the legendary demonic beasts feared as bringers of disasters and ill-fortune. and the Strongest among them.

## Appearance

In its dormant state as an Independent Avatar Sacred Gear, Taotie takes the form of a small four horned beaver like creature wearing a mask. In the Slash Dog Manga, an ancient painting of the Four Fiends depicted its original form as a large baboon like monster with four large horns, two long straight horns shaped like an antelope's antlers while the other two are curved resembling a goat's horns.

## Personality

Its original personality is unknown, however, after being sealed as an Independent Avatar Sacred Gear, Taotie is shown to be docile, obedient, and loyal to its current host Shigune. It still retains its voracious appetite as it requires to be fed a large amount of food during meal times in comparison to other Independent Avatar Sacred Gears, and even without Shigune's instruction, its would start eating anything it can get its hands on such as the shackles place on it during the Slash Dog Team meeting with the Five Principal Clans.

## History

Taotie was feared alongside Qióngqí, Táowù, and Húndùn for their immense power and malevolence, having brought great disaster to China during ancient times and was eventually exterminated. Like its fellow Fiends, Taotie's soul was sealed into an Independent Avatar Sacred Gear, throughout history when Taotie's Sacred Gear had awakened, there were a very few of its possessors who succeeded in controlling Taotie's power whereas there were also instances where Taotie ended up went berserk and devoured its own possessors. Currently, Taotie's Sacred Gear is owned by Shigune Nanadaru.

## Power and Abilities

**Immense Strength:** Taotie is stated to be the strongest of the Four Fiends which are stated to be as powerful as the Sacred Beasts of the Five Principal Clans, and the Sacred Gear possessing its soul is considered among the most powerful Independent Avatar Type Sacred Gears.

**Super Eating:** Being the Fiend of Gluttony, Taotie possesses an infinite appetite, able to devour absolutely anything from living creatures such as humans, animals and monsters, objects to even supernatural powers such as Magic and Sacred Gear powers and abilities at a limitless capacity. It is considered the strongest of the Four Fiends due to its monstrous appetite that is dangerously difficult to control even when sealed as Independent Avatar Sacred Gear. Even when in its dormant state as a small beast, Taotie can ingest the immensely powerful Holy Flames of the Longinus Incinerate Anthem which are powerful enough to kill Satans and Gods. According to Ddraig, Toutetsu is capable of even devouring things that are conceptual

* **Powerful Bite:** As part of its infinite gluttony, Taotie has tremendous jaw strength which allows it to bite through any materials, objects, and living creatures regardless of their toughness and durability. As shown when Poh can bite through the reinforced body of a Daiyoukai which was enhanced by the Wizards of Oz's powerful magic.

## Trivia

* In Chinese Mythology, Taotie is considered one of the Four Perils alongside Qiongqi, Taowu and Hundun. In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, it is described as a man-eating monster.