Destroyah

**Destroyah (**alternatively spelled as **Destoroyah**) is a colony of anaerobic Precambrian era crustaceans that were heavily mutated after a weapon known as the Oxygen Destroyer- a dangerous chemical that breaks apart oxygen molecules and causes organic matter to die or to disintegrate completely- was detonated to kill a monster named Godzilla in Tokyo Bay. Rather than dying to it, the colony adapted to the substance and incorporated it into their biology, forming a hive mind of deadly creatures. After 40 years of mutating, the colony surfaced and wreaked havoc across Tokyo until it presumably died.

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**EARLY LIFE**

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Lying undisturbed since the Precambrian era, an unidentified species of microscopic crab lived deep underwater in modern day Tokyo Bay. These anaerobic creatures peacefully sustained themselves by feeding on the carcasses of dead animals that sank to the bottom of the bay. This way of life was interrupted in 1954 when a kaiju came to rest deep underwater after being awakened and rampaged across the surface. As the monster slept, a man was sent down there to detonate a deadly weapon designed to kill the kaiju. As the weapon went off, it woke the monster and killed it before it could escape- leaving nothing but a skeleton behind. Over the coming decades, constant exposure to the deadly substance mutated the colony.

40 years later in 1996, Japanese scientists were sent down to the sea floor to study how

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**TIME ON DRAGON SIMULATOR**

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**PERSONALITY**

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Before attacking humans, Destroyah was nothing more than a mindless colony of crustaceans acting on instinct. Although he did brutally kill other animals and attacked humans, it was only out of self preservation rather than malice.

After killing a human and accidentally taking in some of their blood, he suddenly gained basic intelligence, being able to understand they were only attacking him because they were afraid of him. Although he briefly considered stopping his attack, he found that he enjoyed killing and spreading fear to humans. Afterwards, he became a monstrously brutal and highly sadistic monster that takes immense pleasure in causing widespread destruction and murder. His cruelty is best exemplified by his interactions with Godzilla Jr., mutilating his chest and injecting micro-oxygen into his bloodstream, and tearing the kaiju away from his father, lifting him up into the sky, and dropping him to his temporary death— all while his father helplessly watching on. He also appears to harbor a vengeful and misanthropic attitude towards humanity, hating them for mutating and removing him from his home.

Many years after his first appearance, his personality seems to have fully developed due to mysteriously gaining the ability to speak. He

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**POWERS/ABILITIES**

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* **Dividing and recombining:** He can split his body into smaller versions of himself or merge together to form a larger body.
* **Flight:** In his Intermediate, Flying and Final form, he gains a pair of wings that let him fly upwards to a 1000 miles per hour.
* **Micro-oxygen Beam:** In all forms except for Microscopic, he spews out a stream of purple energy from his mouth called micro-oxygen. It is a highly destructive weapon as it'll disintegrate flesh and melt steel, concrete, wood, and other building materials.
* **Katana Horn:** In his Final form, he can manipulate the horn on his head to slice apart flesh and buildings.
* **Rapid Evolution:** His body is constantly adapting and evolving to suit the environment around him.
* **DNA Absorption:** Through consuming the blood from something, he can "consume" or assimilate the DNA into him to evolve more efficiently and more powerfully. He will also gain abilities from the species of the DNA he consumed such as walking upright in his Final form (gained from Jr) and intelligence (humans).
* **Strategy:** Rather than relying on brute strength and his unique abilities, Destroyah is keen on outsmarting his opponents and learning from battles to apply it to later encounters.
* **Tail Pincher**: His tail has a powerful pincher that can grip onto opponents and easily crush their bones or drag them across the ground over long distances.
* **Arms:** Despite being very short, his arms are still tipped with sharp claws and can lift heavy objects with ease.
* **High intelligence:** Tying into his strategic mindset, Destroyah's a cunning creature that's knowledgeable on subjects he should have no idea about such as science, psychology, and philosophy. He's smart enough to know that his actions are wrong, but still indulges in the suffering he causes for no reason other than he finds enjoyment in it and has a nihilistic worldview.
* **Size:** At nearly 400 feet tall, he towers over almost all opponents and produces category 6 earthquakes which each step he takes.
* **Stomach beam:** If he has enough energy, the floral pattern on his chest will glow and fire off a blast of heavily concentrated micro-oxygen. It is far more powerful than his normal beam.
* **Hivemind:** Since every individual crab shares a single mind, they act as one organism when attacking or moving around. Even when a small portion split apart from the main colony, they retain the same memories and will feed information into the whole.
* **Intimidation:** Because of his demonic appearance and large size, many enemies may easily feel frightened when around him.