Akumvikara

Akumvikara is an invasive species of Fanged Beast introduced in Monster Hunter Solstice.

## Physiology

Akumvikara is structured much like other entelodonts, possessing a large body, slender legs, and a long muzzle. Its powerful jaws are filled with razor-sharp teeth, as well as two long tusks that protrude from its upper jaws. From the back of its head protrude two huge, curved, backward-facing horns. Its body is mainly bright grey in coloration, with its legs becoming darker further down. Its eyes are bright red. White fur coats Akumvikara’s lower jaw, back, and the tip of its tail.

## Ecological Information

### Placement in Food Chain

Akumvikara easily asserts itself as an apex predator in the areas it invades.

### Behavior Towards Other Monsters

Akumvikara is extremely belligerent, attacking other creatures on sight and without remorse. Very rarely does it tolerate even its kin.

### Tracks

The tracks that Akumvikara leaves behind are “White Fur”, “Hoofprints”, “Ravaged Earth”, and “Massacred Carcass”.

### Specific Locale Interactions

Akumvikara has no Specific Locale Interactions.

## Abilities

Akumvikara usually relies on its incredible brute strength to incapacitate prey and foes. Its jaws can easily crush rock and it can easily trample those who oppose it. However, when enraged, its body temperature skyrockets. In this state, Akumvikara can chew rocks and soil into a muddy paste, coat itself with it, and then use its heightened body heat to dry it into armor quickly.

## Cutscenes

Akumvikara lacks any cutscenes, introductory or otherwise.

## Rage and Tired States

* Enraged: Gaps between horns start glowing, white mist begins emanating from its nostrils, steam starts emanating from its body, starts covering itself in a muddy paste.
* Tired: Begins drooling.

## Mount

Akumvikara uses modified versions of Kirin’s mount animations. Its head and back are accessible.

## Ecology

### Taxonomy

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Mammalia
* Order: Artiodactyla
* Family: Entelodontidae
* Genus: *Caedetherium*
* Species: *C. saevus*

* Translation: Cruel Slaughter Beast

### Habitat Range

Akumvikara is native to Keudes. It has no set habitat or territory and is nomadic, sighted in every one of Keudes’ locales.

### Ecological Niche

Akumvikara easily makes its mark at the pinnacle of any food chain it invades. It preys on just about any animal below it, from small monsters such as Aptonoth, Anteka, and Galojoth, to larger monsters such as Great Kaatakos, Kajgatehi, and Akuubilos. Other Elder Dragon-level Monsters, such as Buakunych and Xeha Yafo, can stand their ground against the beast.

### Biological Adaptations

Akumvikara has an immensely powerful bite force, allowing the beast to smash and crack open bones with enough force to shatter stone. Overall, Akumvikara’s physical strength is impressive, and it is usually able to dispatch prey and threats with just that alone. The horns on its head are used for display, while its tusks are for foraging for smaller prey hiding underground should food become scarce. During its battles, it may occasionally swallow stones and soil, which it stores in its mouth. It can then spit those minerals out as projectiles if it must. When under immense stress, Akumvikara’s body temperature skyrockets. During this state, Akumvikara will spit out any mashed-up minerals it is storing in its mouth and proceed to roll around in it. The minerals will then harden, creating a sort of makeshift armor.

### Behavior

Akumvikara is a solitary, nomadic creature, roaming around the various locales of Keudes and violently attacking prey and potential threats. The only time Akumvikara even tolerates the presence of their kind is during the breeding season, where the males stake territories and kill rival males that enter them and try to challenge them. The ones with the biggest territories are those who can gain the affection of a female. Human and wyverian flesh has been incorporated into the regular diet of certain Akumvikara individuals, and they therefore regularly hunt and kill humans and wyverians.

## Attacks

### High Rank

#### Calm

* **Roar**: Akumvikara roars, requiring Earplugs to block.
* **Bite**: Akumvikara snarls, before moving forward and snapping its jaws at its target. Inflicts Earthblight when enraged.
* **Double Bite**: Akumvikara snarls, before moving forward and snapping its jaws twice at its target. Inflicts Earthblight when enraged.
* **Rushing Jaws**: Akumvikara plunges its jaws into the ground, before rushing forward, dragging its jaws through the ground, engulfing anything that comes its way. Inflicts Earthblight when enraged.
* **Rearing Stomp**: Akumvikara rears up on its hindlimbs and then stomps down on its target.
* **Charge**: Akumvikara snarls, before pointing its head down and charging at its target, attempting to hit them with its horns.
* **Brutal Kick**: Akumvikara growls and looks behind itself, before kicking both of its hindlimbs at any target behind it.
* **Tusk Slam**: Akumvikara growls before lifting its head and slamming it into the ground, attempting to impale its target on its tusks.
* **Mineral Spit**: Akumvikara makes a gargling sound, before spitting a glob of minerals at a target. Inflicts Earthblight.
* **Triple Mineral Spit**: Akumvikara makes a gargling sound, before spitting three globs of minerals forwards in a trident formation. Inflicts Earthblight.

#### Enraged

* **Violent Bellow**: Akumvikara begins its enraged state by vigorously shaking its head as the gaps in its horns start to glow and its body begins emitting steam. It then lets out a roar that requires Earplugs to block.
* **Mineralbath**: Akumvikara shoots a large glob of wet minerals at the ground, before laying down and rolling around in it. This covers it in the minerals, which rapidly harden into armor due to Akumvikara’s increased body temperature.
* **Wrathful Charge**: Akumvikara rears up on its hindlimbs for a moment and then stomps down, before charging at a target three times in a row.
* **Boulder Bullet**: Akumvikara jams its jaws into the ground, before unearthing a large rock. It then aims at a target before spitting a glob of minerals that helps propel the rock forward, which shatters once it hits something. Inflicts Earthblight.
* **Mineral Ray**: Akumvikara makes a gargling sound, before shooting a massive beam of minerals from either left to right, or right to left. Inflicts Earthblight.

## Breakable Parts

* **Head (X1)**: Akumvikara’s head will be scarred.

* **Head (X2)**: Akumvikara’s head will gain more scars, its left horn will be chipped, and its right tusk will be broken.

## Interactions With Other Monsters

### *With Rathalos/Rathian*

#### Turf War (Win)

The Turf War begins with the wyvern taking flight and landing on Akumvikara’s back, clawing at it. Akumvikara roars and shakes, before managing to shake the wyvern off just as it prepares to shoot a fireball. As the wyvern attempts to get back up, the Fanged Beast charges at it, trampling it. It then bites down on the downed wyvern’s neck, mauling and flailing it around. It lifts the wyvern up into the air, but before it can slam it onto the ground, the wyvern manages to slash at its flank, causing it to let go. The wyvern then flees, as Akumvikara is left the victor.

### *With Lagiacrus*

#### Turf War (Win)

Lagiacrus and Akumvikara size each other up, circling each other. Lagiacrus then lunges at Akumvikara, biting onto its flank. Akumvikara roars and jabs one of its horns into the Lagiacrus’ neck, causing it to let go. The Fanged Beast then clamps down on the Leviathan’s head, repeatedly biting down on it. In a fit of desperation, the Lagiacrus lets out an electric shock, causing the beast to let go, and allowing the Leviathan to flee, with only a highly damaged head and a humiliating loss to spare.

### *With Great Kaatakos*

The Turf War begins with the Great Kaatakos screeching at the much larger Akumvikara, only to have its calls answered by a much louder roar courtesy of its opponent. The Akumvikara stamps its feet, and the Great Kaatakos, now realizing that it is hopelessly outmatched, attempts to flee. The Fanged Beast rushes at its smaller foe, clamps down on its body, and begins violently flailing it around. It ends the Turf War by tossing the Great Kaatakos aside.

### *With Great Kerahnos*

#### Turf War (Win)

The Great Kerahnos begins by attempting to flee from the Akumvikara, realizing that this is a hopeless matchup, but is stopped when the Fanged Beast charges at it and attempts to trample it. The Bird Wyvern retaliates by clawing at the beast’s legs, which works for a moment. The Akumvikara clamps down on the Great Kerahnos’ body and proceeds to pick it and flail it around. In the middle of this, the Great Kerahnos manages to jab its tail spines into the beast’s side, poisoning it and making it drop the Bird Wyvern, allowing it to escape.

### *With Great Grigunos*

#### Turf War (Win)

The Great Grigunos and Akumvikara both begin the Turf War by roaring at each other. The Great Grigunos emits explosive powder from its tail, coating its tail club with it, before rushing at the Fanged Beast while it’s still roaring and slamming its tail into the side of the Akumvikara’s head. This staggers the beast for a moment, only for it to bite down onto the Bird Wyvern’s tail and begin flailing it around. It then tosses the Great Grigunos away, only for the Bird Wyvern to get back up and lunge at the Fanged Beast, only for it once again to be sent flying by a swift kick from Akumvikara’s hindlimbs.

### *With Buakunych*

#### Turf War (Tie)

The two ED-Level monsters begin by immediately lunging at each other. The Buakunych lands on the Akumvikara’s back, toppling it. It then begins viciously slashing and mauling at its downed opponent as Dragon element surrounds its claws. After a brutal beating, the Akumvikara bites down onto the Buakunych’s wings and slams it onto the ground. As the Buakunych begins crawling away and hissing at its opponent, the Akumvikara attempts to bite at it, always just a bite out of reach before it clamps down onto the bat’s tail. The Buakunych kicks the boar, causing it to let go, only for it to charge and begin trampling and biting at the Crimson Demise. The Buakunych kicks the boar off and regains its footing. The Buakunych and Akumvikara roar at each other before shooting beams of poison and minerals respectively at each other, resulting in the two beams clashing and eventually bursting, knocking away the two combatants. The two beasts roar at each other once more, before going their separate ways and ending the Turf War.

## Interactions With Unique Statuses

Buakunych can be affected by the Frenzy Virus and has the usual changes of a Frenzied Monster.

Buakunych can be affected by the Hyper Status and has the usual changes of a Hyper Monster.

Tempered Buakunych is a threat level 3 Tempered monster and has the usual changes of a normal Tempered monster.

## Quests

 **Client:** Leader of Operations
 **Notes:**
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 **Client:** Reporter
 **Notes:**
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 **Client:** Poet with Little Common Sense
 **Notes:**
*N/A*

## Trivia

* Akumvikara was mainly inspired by the Ao Ao, a man-eating sheep-like creature with a massive set of fangs.
	+ Other inspirations included peccaries, bighorn sheep, and Entelodonts.
* Akumvikara’s name comes from Akuma, Japanese for demon, svín, Icelandic for pig/boar, and kararehe, Maori for beast.
	+ Akumvikara’s name was suggested by Comet.