Grayken

Grayken was a Category V kaiju that emerged from the Atlantic Breach in September of 2027. It was the first category V to appear since Slattern. It engaged in a gruesome and extremely intense battle with the Mark VI prototype jaeger [Fist|Achilles Fist], which it lost and was killed.

## History

Grayken first appeared out of the Breach in September of 2027, giving off a massive radiation signature that alerted and worried the PADC. The second Category V kaiju to ever appear, it made its way to the American East Coast. The Boston Shatterdome deployed the newly launched jaeger Achilles Fist to combat it. Many were worried it and its new pilots would be unable to handle the kaiju, yet the Shatterdome sent in the jaeger nonetheless, hoping to "show it off" to the leadership of the organization.

Achilles was flown to Miami, where the kaiju was projected to make landfall, with several other jaegers from Boston and Rio De Janeiro and stand-by in case the projections were wrong. The category V destroyed several unlucky fishing vessels before arriving at Port Miami. It immediately went on the offensive against its mechanical opponent, and was without a doubt a difficult kaiju to take down. Its resilience to pain allowed it to soak up damage and be willing to use its own arms as meat shields against Achilles Fist's chain-swords (one of which it managed to break). It seemed to have claimed victory when it managed to grab hold of all of the jaegers limbs and began pulling on them, attempting to tear them off. However, it had one of its fingers chopped off by the ejection of the mech's remaining chain-sword. The jaeger freed its arm, chopped off the kaiju's hand, and gutted it right down the center of its body. Its battle with the American Machine became famous, and went down in history as one of the most intense fights in the war. Merchandise of the beast was popular after its death. In some ways, its emergence was what allowed the Mark VI jaeger program to get started, as the historical treatment the battle received helped sway the leadership of the PADC that the Mark VI jaeger program would be worth the extensive cost it warranted.

## Physical Appearance

Grayken was massive and bulky, with a pair of large forearms with almost disproportionately large hands which proved useful keeping jaegers on the defense. It was primarily a tan color, sporting some spots of light camouflage green. Both its vanes and eyes were a pulsating light blue color. While it did not have any actual armor plating, the skin on most parts of its body was extremely thick and much harder what was found on kaiju during the first war. That being said, protective spines did run down its back. Its tail was very muscular despite being slightly short. It featured a rectangular head structure, and a mouth that could open extremely wide thanks to the ability to unhinge its jaw. This gaping mouth worked in tangent with a pair of massive tusks on its bottom jaw, which it could use similarly to a pair of fangs, striking massive and deep holes into jaeger armor.

## Abilities

Durability - Grayken, like all kaiju, possessed incredible durability far beyond natural biology. It could withstand shots from heavy cannons, and missiles without showing much damage.

Resilience - Grayken possessed a resilience to pain that went far beyond the standard lack of-self preservation exhibited by kaiju. It could casually be willing to have its own arm stabbed and utilized as a shield, and still have the strength to continue fighting with said arm.

Strength - Its massive size granted it immense physical power. Its massive hands meant it could grab a jaeger with one hand and throw them around like a rag-doll.

## Weaknesses

Slow Speed - Unlike its predecessor Slattern, Grayken was not lean in the slightest, being a full on juggernaut of a creature. This meant it was slow in speed, and more importantly, agility. It could turn its head and upper body around fairly quickly, yet it had immense difficult shifting its body mass in a timely fashion.

Underbelly - The underbelly was the one place on Grayken that was not covered in immensely thick skin. There it was more fleshy and soft, allowing it to be cut more easily.

## Trivia

Grayken's design was inspired by the Mega-Kaiju from Pacific Rim: Uprising.