Kaijune: Year 1

## NEONGA

KICKING OFF KAIJUNE, where I will try and make as many kaiju as I can this whole damned month, what better way to start it than with a flashing neon nightmare!

Specifically NEONGA, the nightmarish creation that same from the shadow of The Lost Eras, the chunk of history that is missing thanks to what ultimately was the fall of Babel!

But that, is for another time, because this was from one of the many states that preceded it, a place of hedonism and opulence whose name is lost, whose inhabitants created a mighty titan to defend their lands by collectively ingesting a concoction of strange gasses and falling into a deep slumber, to produce the dream of an entire civilization in the form of opulent light and strange matters.

But then, the question happens, what happens when an entire civilization dies, but its dream still roams? For, that is what happened to the people who created Neonga, slaughtered, and the dream sealed within the very source of the gas that produced it. But, of course, dreams always come back.

Whether it be through digging too deep, research leading one to crack its tomb, or even the despair of one sad; lonely human being, they get through. And they are a terror to behold.

Their abilities include flight and selective intangibility, only negatable through advanced science or concentrated thought en-masse by a populace. Which means they can pierce armor to hit at the vitals of what they strike, which is dangerous even for those kaiju with fast healing. They also can produce a "psychoelectric" aura, and have a sting that can convert matter so touched by it into matter like itself which has... interesting effects.

They don't appear to be actively malevolent, even often times fighting far more antagonistic kaiju, but also seem to care very little about others, often times instigating fights or altering circumstances in fights it otherwise has no place in for o other reason than its own seeming curiosity.

It does not ppear to work beyond this curiosity and whim towards any other intentional goals, with those who have come into psionic contact suggesting the creature bears an almost nihilistic perspective on these things, a giant shell of hedonism to avoid confronting that it has no purpose to exist; none of its society remaining beyond itself.

In other words, they instigation hide a basic insecurity. No, I will not apologize for that reference.

And, for the record on film, they'd be done with a combination of a puppet and lots and lots of optical-printing-based animation.

## KAIDOL

This time, it's not an individual, but rather several entities of similar make. Specifically, the Kaidol, mysterious claylike statues found in the deserts of the world; whose systems appear complex yet elegantly composed enough that scientists still have not been able to figure out how they work. The fact that they are Kaiju-level invulnerable probably doesn't help that either.

They appear to be semi-magnetic and powered by both solar light and heat, with what appears to be an internal electromagnetic system that detects the movement of massive energized creatures, with what appears to be an electrophoglostonic drive that allows them to retract their feet and fly like a strange "rocket" to their location.

They appear to be relatively weak compared to other kaiju, usually at least a head shorter and vulnerable to their attacks, but their multiplicity allows for them to make up for this by attacking in numbers, with what appears to be a "cannon" in their chest using the same electrophoglostonic systems as their aerial propulsion for a simple "blast". Which also has the advantage of allowing their comrades to "heal" by fusing severed parts and fractures back together.

While there has been no ability to contact them, they appear to prioritize saving civillians over attacking kaiju, even seeming to directly intervene on behalf of seemingly insignificant individuals. They also appear to have what could be considered compassion for one-another; with observations of them even "morning" others that appear to have been destroyed beyond repair.

Curiously, their date of creation appears to be somewhere after the Lost Eras, possibly linked to the mysterious "Pyramid Society" that is of much debate amongst the Forteans...

[Note: As a bonus bit of trivia, this critter was not only inspired by the obvious Haniwa, but also by friend of the blog Arcadeengineer and how they draw goblins! Tho, sadly, not much of that art is on their blog...]

## KOLATIK

So, basically, for this bit of Kaijune, I made a creature design based on all those kaiju parasites! From Clover's parasites to the mini-Destroyahs to the Pacific Rim isopods!

Like the first one of those, the KOLATIK is also linked to a soft-drink brand, but a bit more directly! Specifically, it was created by a certain soda company, WHO CANNOT BE NAMED HERE FOR LEGAL REASONS, who decided that a good way to protect their interests was to make a monster.

Cause, who needs South American death squads when you have deadly metallic-ticks the size of buses that can drain the precious bodily fluids of those who defy your will and convert them into the fizzy delicious taste of [BRAND REDACTED]?! Which can also be spit in concentrated acid-form.

Naturally, the damn things have escaped and become a plague to both human and kaiju alike. Not helped by the fact that other companies keep engineering breeds of them based on other soft drinks with alternate abilities, because evil mega-corporations never seem to learn.

It's not helped by the rumors that many of them have gained a semi-symbiotic relationship with another corporate castoff. For color makes them hungry. Hunger makes them inhuman...

## LOGOSYNE

SO, with apologies to Neil Cicireiga, it's LOGOSYNE! Designed by a deranged branding agency using biology, cybernetics, and likely at least some synergistic Chaos Magick, this was originally designed as an attempt at brand revitalization for a type of soft drink that then slowly became a deranged attempt by the design team to usher in a new Aquarian age.

Almost immediately, this went wrong. And, now it wonders the world, as a threat only truly kept in check by other kaiju but also a monument to man's hubris. In addition to its unnaturally slick hide serving as a breeding ground for Kolatiks, its major abilities involve projecting sound radially from its body.

These can be sonic-destabilizing frequences to shatter both archetecture and bones, subsonic frequencies to inspired dread, hyper-hypnotic frequencies to inspire devotion of whatever kaiju may be ensnared by them (though its reach by them is limited) and a very sinister one known as its "song".

This song causes hallucinations in human subjects , along with a slow degenerative melting into a cola-colored effervescent sludge. Said sludge has been shown to still register neurological activity, on frequencies seen usually during sexual intercourse or religious experiences.

The entity can control the sludge as a weapon, or use it to heal itself from grevous wounds. Though, it is shockingly resilient despite its spindly appearance, and it has an extremely nasty bite despite its blunt teeth.

Psionic contact has been established, but it has left the participants dazed at best, traumatized at worse, continually spouting slogans and propaganda ad-nauseum, as if speaking to a neural network trained only on commercials and marketing jargon.

It seems dead-set to ensure it's the choice of a new generation. Even if it has to remove any other choices that stand in its way...

## KOROKORA

Seemingly a "blob," they're actually a sentient ancient amalgamation of coral polyps, able to alter their shape and coloration in strange ways!

This is part and parcel with their abilities, not only do their "stinging cells" have a nasty corrosive effect at their lowest power level, but they also have an ability to absorb ambient energy to further empower it, tied to the color-shifting properties of their cells! This can be the slow charge or a solar attack, or turning their enemies energy attacks against them; or even enacting a combined attack with an allied kaiju!

While amorphous-blob-things in the genre are usually antagonistic, this strange morphic entity is very much on the side of the angels, as they have come to humanity's defense many times. Well, excepting some times where they; arguably; kinda had it coming, but those tend to be forgiven/overlooked.

They can communicate with humans by means beyond telepathy, by altering the patterns on their skin to subliminally send into the minds of the viewers the messages they want heard, which they use for mostly non-antagonistic purposes. Though it can double as a psychic attack, as it has demonstrated on rare occasions (Though mainly to kaiju)

They're so ancient they've even forgotten their origins, though it most likely has to do with something aquatic; given that's where it tends to reside the most, and with the "eye" that seems to be at their core that is strangely pliable but near immune to non-kaiju sources of damage.

And, of course, another hint could be the most common threats they have to deal with.

What threats? Well...

## SEALEGG

So, this is the sort of thing that Korokora fights, a hybrid of piscean and carcinoid features first sighted in Baltimore, Maryland, named after the notorious imitation crab-meat in a bit of gallows humor.

Korokora has said that it and those related to it are from a deep undersea empire who worship the evolutionary principle of carcination, and have as a part of their imperialistic goals to spread their sacred form throughout all earth's organisms. To them, there is one end to the evolutionary cycle, and it is crab.

To aid it on this dark mission, it has not only its great bulk and devastating crushing-claw, but also micro-scales on what appears to be an exoskeleton but is actually a strange hybrid of chitin and piscine skin, which it can spread by shaking to disperse them into the air.

These scales are a miserable irritant to creatures of kaiju-scale, but to humans it does nothing except for, bizarrely enough, the fact that it smells and tastes almost exactly like the commercially available spice Old Bay. It also has a barbed tongue which it may use when grappled, but this is mainly as a feeding mechanism after its nastiest ability.

Which are, in two words, Barnacle Bombs. It can spit out parasitic barnacles that set up roots to a frighteningly quick degree in everything from skyscrapers to kaiju flesh, not only doing damage there, but also with the horrifying tentacles that emerge from the "beak" of the barnacle once it takes root.

This is also how SealegG feeds, via the tissue liquefied from its "bombs," though its tongue is not the best suited for doing so quickly; which can be a weakness as it cannot quickly gulp down its food like a proboscis but rather just has to grapple it and scrape. And lick. Scrape. And lick.

Psychic contact reveals a simple, almost childlike being who tends to do what their "masters" tell them to do, who doesn't seem to even be aware of the malevolence of their goals or the harm they do to others under their orders, and who even has expressed sometimes a desire to "be friends, after all this is over." They also seem to be increasingly questioning their masters after years of mistreatment, forcible "upgrades," and oftentimes neglect when not being used...

[*Note: Basically it's "my" Megalon, other than the other My Megalon, inspired partially by imitation crab in a similar way as Lewis Carrol's Mock Turtle, because I thought I was being clever*]

## VTX

The classification of VTX as a "kaiju" is problematic, because nobody's even clear if it even technically counts as alive. But, its behavior is certainly similar enough, as it destroys cities in its path, appearing most frequently in the context of "energy spikes" in the area, energy increasing enough that it may "absorb" it, which seems to technically "sustain" it.

It not only can absorb energy, it also appears to intensify weather-phenomenae in its general viscinity; which is troublesome given those tend to be the source of the energy spikes that attract it in the first place. But, said phenomenae also can attract other entities, and this is the part that is most... troubling.

Scientists, and one scientist in particular, have noticed patterns in its movement, even beyond the simple attraction to energy spikes, that show it may be "chasing" some other; larger entity. Said particular scientist also hypothesizes that VTX may not be "alive" but rather "proto-life" in a similar way to the organic molecules that presceded the evolution of life on earth, possibly linked to the hyper-spatial region known as "The Super-Sargasso Sea," and it may become more akin to a "true" organism in the future.

Whether this would be a good or bad thing, said scientist is very much unsure of...

## GORBUS

It looks like a furry pink sandworm; with huge teeth and great googly Cookie-Monster eyes. It also happens to be the ecological keystone of a small funnel-shaped pacific island, processing the “waste” that rolls down to its hole into a “felt” that enriches the soil; which also has mutagenic properties thanks to  as a bi-product that also transfer over to the plants that live in it; leading to a rich variety of flora and fauna on said island.

But, when developers for a huge snack food company started dismantling the island to get at the “Felt’ for their latest product, razing the environment and the other creatures within it. So, the creature started going on rampages within the nearest city (Which, ironically enough, contained the company’s headquarters) to devour the resources from human civilization to revitalize the island.

Though, thanks to the actions of a kindly professor and his daughter (Which would take too long to explain to write here), the matter was resolved; the company was no longer allowed to harvest the island (And was pretty much put out of business by revelations of massive financial fraud), and the creature lives in harmony with humanity, fighting malevolent kaiju if asked by those it considers allies.

In addition to the ability to burrow under the ground (As any proper sandworm should), he has the ability to create huge; flashy explosions from his side; to shoot explosive “cannonballs” from his gullet, and to call the wildlife of his island to follow him to his aid.

## JIIRA

A mutant gila monster who, after a series of mishaps post-mutation too stupid to list, eventually became sort of a "hero" kaiju for humanity. She's friendly to both more passive kaiju and humans who manage to make contact with her; and quite clever in combat when she needs to be, but not quite the brightest, usually confused about what's going on a lot of the time and just kinda wandering in and getting involved, sort of like a "chill" version of the Shonen Hero Archetype ala Goku or Vegeta.

Her abilities are a simple "Light Breath" that is actually a spewed gas, thought to be mutated from her species natural poison glands, that is then ignited by an internal reserve of atomic energy. She can do very clever things with both the gas and that internal "flare" separately from it, though she's only just begun to figure that out (In ways that include a particularly comical "unintentional auto-rocketry" incident).

She is also immensely strong and has an immensely powerful healing factor, even relative to other kaiju, to the point where some scientists speculate she may have more to her genetics than being "just" a gila monster. They're probably wrong though.

[*Note: A pre-existing kaiju design of mine, who I feel kinda became the Homestar to another character's Strong Bad, who is coming up later]*

## VIROKO

An entity found in a pyramid of solid light in orbit, which then crashed down to earth and immediately began a rampage, Viroko seems to have little motive but to fight other kaiju, for no other reason to prove she can, usually only teaming up to fight those she has a greater distaste for, or even seemingly just to prove a seemingly egotistical point.

And she is a frightening combatant indeed, immensely fast with her razor claws and striking tail; and shockingly ruthless, especially with her "breath weapon" which at first seems like a simple (albeit powerful) blast of cold, but all that heat has to go somewhere...

That "somewhere" is in her other energy attacks, whether it be the deadly plasma-electrolaser from her three horns or the deadly "plasma flare" from her already-powerful tail.

She tends to hold grudges for a long time, rushing immediately to fight a kaiju she's still sore at even when she has no stake in the battles she finds herself embedded in. Her biggest "rival" is Jiira, but said "rivalry" is comically one-sided, as she seems to be far more committed to defeating Jiira than Jiira does to her, and Jiira seems relatively clueless to this "rivalry"

Her origins are unknown, not helped by the... "colorful" contents of those times of psychic contact with her was made, but it is likely related to where she was found. The Pyramid Society, it is theorized, was preparing for something...

[Note: They are said Strong Bad to Jiira's Homestar, tho I also kinda came up with her as the "Vegeta" to Jiira's "Goku." For the record, her design's based on the old Slurpasaur archetype of "kaiju," because I see it done relatively rarely!]

## HALBIEL

An "evolved" form of VTX, as much as such a thing can be considered "evolved," Halbiel, it now seeks energy pre-emptively, actively inciting incidents to increase its energy input via its effects on weather, and with a "pattern" of seeking what seems to be the unknown alternate-entity much more actively.

It has abilities similar to its first form, but with one extra twist: When it absorbs energy from an area, a "shadow clone" of Halbiel appears, a space of missing energy in the shape of a semi-translucent monochromatic Halbiel, that nevertheless can physically effect and alter space, and serve as a secondary combatant alongside Halbiel; albeit one relatively easily dispatched with the proper use of energy.

The scientist who speculated on the entity's evolution was reportedly disappointed to be proven correct, but also gave it its new name; meaning roughly "The Half Of God" in Hebrew, because they speculated it may yet have a tertiary form we have yet to witness, tied to its unknown quarry...

[*Note: Fun fact, this one came from the fact I basically accidentally Ctrl-C-ed a paint layer on one of the other kaiju and thought "Hey, that'd make a badass design on its own! And, since I already had that foreshadowing in place...*]

## ROSENCROSS

Less a "Kaiju" and more a "Horrifying Other-Dimensional Event", this strange prismatic halo-ed cross of helixes with psychedelic eyes that appears in the skies, in a pattern yet to be deciphered, and yet it doesn't do much.

Well, aside from discintegrating everything that touches it and mentally compelling roughly one third of the people within viewing distance to climb to the highest elevation they can to touch it, even building "human bridges" akin to those built by army ants to reach it, despite such resulting in their deaths. It does do that.

The scientific conclusion is: That ain't good.

[*Note, Yes, this is an Eva homage. Tho more broadly it's a homage to surreal anime kaiju in general*]

## SSCHERENN/SCISSORMAN

Named "Sscherenn for its resemblance to a pair of scissors, and nicknamed "Scissorman" for the character from Der Strulwerpeter for its nightmarishly surreal appearance and behavior, this thing is certainly an unorthodox "kaiju."

It, of course, has various nasty cutting attacks and can project its red "lightning" from its jaws, though that "lightining" seems to behave far more like napalm or glue in its movement/adhesion, but the true strangeness comes when it begins to "cut".

It normally "walks" by rotating on each of the points of its lower "jaws," but; when cutting only; it seems to "fly" around the targeted object, as if it was cutting it out like a piece of paper, altering its dimensions and leaving it in orbit around it like some grim planet.

It can use these as projectiles, but it can also assemble them into "puppet monsters," which ironically do seem to ahve a "Will 'of their own even if they (With a couple of exceptions) don't seem to last very long.

Very little is known about the origins of this entity except for the fact that it seems to deeply loathe VTX/Halbiel, and psionic communication has not helped, given it seems to "think" in fairy-tales re-assembled by what seems like William Burroughs' "cut-up" technique with both a statement of intention in its "re-assembled" form and its "original" form, not just predicting its own actions, but also those of other kaiju...

## KLAMBEI

Klambei would be considered a more dangerous kaiju if it were more ambitious, with its deadly "lava" eyes (Actually a mix of acids and venoms with a violently exothermic reaction), its ability to control oceanic movements to ambulate; partially via its temperature control partially via means coloquially termed "Kaiju Bullshit Science," and its long; burning hot tongue that can jet out with speed enough to punch through even some kind of hypothetical flying battleship.

Oh, and also the fact that it is, coloquially termed, "fuckoff-huge" even by kaiju standards. That helps too.

It would be dangerous from all those if it were more ambitious and aggressive, but it mainly seems concerned with drifting around getting involved with fights to take off chunks of kaiju to feed its gullet for its high energy requirements, or even swallowing some smaller ones whole and then spitting them out. Which, given most kaiju tend to have a healing factor and to be downright autotrophic, is probably an intelligent strategy of predation.

Of course, it's still dangerous by proxy, given its alteration of ocean currents can have some... unfortunate effects, and some of the more unusual properties of its digestive fluids may leave the smaller kaiju mutated once spit out; or even mutate larger ones in freak occurences.

Psionic contact with it appears to be very, very slow going given its thoughts are very slow, but once that's established, we may actually be able to get an idea of its origins beyond "Shit's weird down in the ocean" and the fact that there's a small cult that worships it as a god...

[*Note: The name's based on a combo of "Clambake" and "Flambe," and the design was improvved via basically "How do I make something less-eye-searingly-bright than my usual designs?"*]

## MOKERAB

Made by the same crab-obsessed undersea empire that created Sealegg (Known as the CarciNation coloquially), this appears to be an attempt at a "proof" that the forces of evolution all point to crab. But, watching this thing waddle awkwardly on four fins converted into legs seems to have the opposite effect on most individuals.

Its powers appear to be a hodgepodge too, with the vague theme of electricity, such a the ball-lightning from the center's anglerfish-illycirium, the "plasma punch" from the Dunkleosteus head and the "electro-ESP"/chain lightning from the shark one. While these are powerful, their use seems hecktic and un-co-ordinated along with its sub-par strength and low speed leads to it getting repeatedly kicked to the curb when not in an aquatic location (Though it can be shockingly deadly in said aquatic locations)

This is not helped by the way the three heads appear to fight amongst one-another in a matter that has been described as "Three Stooges-like," especially after psionic contact has been established. Though, it is feared that this may not be as much a flaw as a test for the CarciNation keeping their powerful creations in check through, if you will, a crab bucket effect...

## WARLICK

This thing resembling a combination of garlic, a spider and a human nose is one of the weirdest kaiju around, not simply because its entire existence resembles some bizarre Wario Ware-esque joke.

For one, nobody knows whether it's organic, mechanical, or some combination of the two, or even the slightest inkling of its origins. Its main "weapon" is a beam of light from its "eye" that somehow spreads a powerfully slick oil that smells of garlic to a neurologically overhwelming level. Which, need I tell you, is probably not a thing that light beams can do.

The bouncing gooey bombs it expels from beneath it are still weird in their own way as well, but stranger yet is that it's one of the few kaiju to "speak" in human languages without the need for psionic interpreters. Of course, most of this language is swears.

But, it is willing to work with others for the greater good, if appealed to on the level of its personal grudges against specific other kaiju, because if nothing else this entity seems extraordinarily petty...

[*Note: WAH*]

## KLAWBOMINATION

The KLAWBOMINATION was a dire indicator that, after the defeats of their other kaiju (Beyond even the ones we have described here), shit was getting real regarding the CarciNation's assault on life.

The KlawBomination was simple to describe but terrifying in terms of power: A giant mass of crabs, unified into one hive-mind, able to not only morph their formation, but also adapt their full-body energy attacks to whatever was targeted at them. It is unknown if it is the case that they based this on the abilities of their enemy Korokora, but Korokora seems to think so, and it is a very likely guess.

They seemed to prefer formations akin to crab claws, and when communication was attempted, all but one of the psychics attempting such were rendered temporarily comatose until it was defeated.

They were eventually defeated by a group of other kaiju working in tandem to overwhelm its adaptive abilities, most notably the unlikely team-up of Viroko and Jiira, but there are fears that it was simply a prototype, and that far worse is yet to come. So, preparations must be made...

## MOGURIE

A kaiju only discovered after the circumstances of Klawbomination's disturbances, the burrowing kaiju Mogurie appears to be well defended for an entity of seemingly little ambition.

Its claws and drill-nose can become red hot, allowing it to burrow at shocking speeds; and its abilities to belch balls of "sleep gas" are increased by the fact it can used its claws/drill to ignite such, even further when one considers the fact that its tunnel-making ability allows it to focus this effect into what appears to be almost a "beam"through the apetures it has burrowed through.

But, it appears to be largely non-aggressive, more concerned with creating and repairing its massive oceanic system of tunnels, in which an astonishing variety of heretofore unknown species of saltwater amphibians live. Psionic contact has shown it appears to be fully aware of its autotrophic nature as a kaiju, and content with repairing its "garden" to help others...

[*Note: this design was a direct homage to Matt Furie's design aesthetics. And note that if there were a "Showa version" of this kaiju, it would totally be one of the ones made out of the Baragon suit .*]

## XERNOH

An attempt at creating a replication of the morphing abilities of the Klawbomination and Korokora, by an organization unknown because they do not want to take credit for this bumbling goober.

It has high fighting skills, but a combination of the sheer scale of computing combined with a very... quirky means of AI programming leads to it being comically prone to pratfalls and slapstick shenanigans.

Which tends to be less funny when it leads to millions of dollars in property damage, though to its credit it tries to make sure to avoid civillian casualties and re-direct its opponents from leading to *billions* of dollars in property damage.

Doesn't help how unstable its energy projection abilities are, which is why it uses them quite rarely . Because, above all else, its AI values human life.

KoroKora seems to be interested in the idea of serving as an impromptu "mentor" to the creature for reasons known only to themselves. The organization who created them's opinions on this are unknown...

[Note*, my attempt at doing a Jet Jaguar-type character, albeit with my dubious art*]

## BEEZLEBUD

It is unknown whether this kaiju is actually supernatural or simply an ancient, mutant organism, but one thing is known for certain, they are an asshole.

First known off the coast of Spain, where a local village placated them with sacrifices despite the entity not actually requiring food, this entity made its debut onto the broader Kaiju world stage when Jiira ended up stumbling upon it and being the first thing to actually challenge its power. Which drew its attention to the wider world.

Unlike most kaiju, Beezlebud seems to deliberately act to maximize casualties and cause terror, and could in every sense of the word be called a "bully," seeming to suck up to stronger kaiju and pick on weaker ones for no reason other than its seeming amusement.

Its cry in particular sounds like a combination of a fly's buzzing and a meaty mean-spirited guffaw, and psychic contact has resulted in screaming atropopaic oaths in latin before losing consciousness and waking up with no memory of what they saw. Its abilities are to seemingly induce spontaneous combustion via a stare and to spread a "plague wind" from spiracles behind its back with its wings; causing extremely short-lived but painful tissue necrosis.

While it does have that basic "kit," it also has a few other; more unusual properties. Such as seeming "teleportation" by means unknown that allows it to disappear from any type of detection when enacted, or the fact that its abilities change to adapt to the situation, despite no viewed biological properties

But, like all bullies, when its force and sadism are plowed through, they go down like a chump, and they tend to be very; very sore losers...

[*Note: The base concept was to make a character who's both based on Beelzebub (The Dictionaire Infernal version) and characters like Peg-Leg Pete from Mickey Mouse or Bluto from Popeye. I'm pretty sure I succeeded on the former, but IDK how well I did on the latter.*]

## S.E.E.D., AKA YIGGY

Yiggy is interesting as far as kaiju go, in that they're a seemingly eldritch, horrifying kaiju, having first appeared after an incident that cannot be legally spoken of; that's in all actuality a minor prescence that's not all that powerful.

They're relatively small as far as kaiju go, and their most used ability seems to be shifting the striped patterns on their body to cause disorientation. Of course, they have a much more powerful effect to simply shift their body through the fourth spatial dimension for devastating grappling holds that can tear off limbs and act like a meat grinder for seemingly immaterial foes, but it only seems to like using these as a last resort.

Its behaviors seem to mainly be "self defense" and "running away" despite its ludicrous ability to heal, and when psychic contact has been established with them, they have seemingly made attempts to make it less overwhelming than it would normally be.

They seem to have the personality of a small; scared child who "doesn't want to go back," When asked what they do not want to go back to, they talked about a "tree" with "many hands" and "if I showed you you'd be scared."

They've also developed an odd friendship with Sealegg, which may lead to a redemption-arc for the latter...

[*Note, the basic idea for them came from "What if scary eldritch monster was a jobber," but in writing the profile, I gotta say I got an attachment to the lil goober...*]

## KORANGU

A defender of nature and humanity, Korangu lives in its jungle protecting both the rare giant blue orangutans that live near it and the native tribe that worships it as a god. Which is extremely rational given how powerful yet surprisingly benificient the creature can be.

The creature has been seen not only protecting environmentally endangered areas from destruction; even well outside of its observed "range," but also protecting other humans from destruction by more powerful entities; often fighting the same entities when protecting the wild as protecting humans.

Its base abilities are not only its immense strength and rubbery; extremely flexible body that allows it to stretch or even inflate itself, but also the fact it can fire what is seemingly a physically unknown "pure force" from its horn, either as a grenade or as a series of long range seemingly undodgable missiles.

But, its power further increases due to its ability to cast what can only be described as "spells," though it seems to require preparation and ingredients for such, which may lead it to odd; seemingly erratic behavior; though it is possible to aid it if one understands it. Though, its seemingly metallic razored red-hot right hand may require darker ingredients, which it seems to obtain via combat via malevalent kaiju, but only in what seems to be the most desparate situations.

Most attempts to psionically communicate with it were met with mental labyrinths, tricks and riddles, but the tribe's spiritual leaders seem to communicate freely with it, forcing co-operation between the outside world and them for what seems to be

While the "base" being is likely an unnaturally long-lived mutant gigantopethicus, when asked of Korangu's origin the tribe gave a shockingly detailed summary of what seems to have been an ancient "magic" meteor strike, along with what are detailed summations of the sorts of space-time disturbances other researchers have noticed, with hints of a "deep world" from such filled with even more, perhaps stranger kaiju...

*[Note: I did basiclaly come up with this idea by thinking of "Orangutan kaiju wizard" and going from there. And kinda ended up with the "Mothra" archetype amongst my kaiju*]

## BUTTERFLY MOUTH

Seemingly related to Rosencross, this is also less a "Kaiju" and more a "Terrifying Anime Nightmare Bullshit Monster, appearing with one simple effect: Uniting consciousnesses in a mental "hive-world" formed of the collective consciousnesses of all those contained within it.

This affects a third of those viewing, but never the same third as Rosencross (More on that later), and those affected appear to excrete an extra-ordinarily electrosensitive material known as the "Citrus Sweats" for its swirled orange-yellow colors. Prolonged exposure to the effect has seen soft tissues observed to seemingly begin to "melt" into this substance, along with collective "relapses" into that "shared" world, but further research is required.

This can seemingly last for years on the inside even when only a few hours have passed in "our" world. And are far more dangerous in a kaiju battle than one might think, given that this effect also applies to kaiju. Or the fact that its radial sonic-bursts and focused sonic rays can be used to disable external help or combat kaiju that do break out of "their" world.

They appear to be of a similar nature as Rosencross and they seem (At least from what contact has been made with its "avatar" in the shared world) to have "benevolent" intentions, aiming to "protect" us from our "separation" and also from the "coming nightmare." And, they seem less angry at humanity's efforts to counter it and more saddened...

As with all the cavalcade of kaiju I plan to make for this time of year, this Surreal Anime Bullshit Monster is free to use as you see fit under a CC-BY 4.0 license so long as I; Thomas F. Johnson, am credited as their creator!

[*Note: This was totally meant to evoke instrumentality, partially inspired by the theme of "communication" inherent in not only the lips, but the cable-"wires" forming the butterfly "wings"*!]

## THE PIGGY

Not per-say a kaiju as much as a vehicle related to interaction with them, this surprisingly small vehicle is owned by maverick neo-gonzo reporter D.W. Devlin, connected to many things but especially to kaiju.

Nicknamed "The Piggy" because "You can't say 'The Pigfucker' on TV, so everybody just fucking calls it that," the machine is approximately the size of a bus, with a shocking amount of amenities for a vehicle of its size, able to deftly and quickly hover and equipped with a singular huge laser cannon that can punch through even a kaiju's hide, albeit still relatively shallowly and only to the capacity of distraction/supplementation of actual anti-kaiju weapons.

The creator of the vehicle, one Farrow Crown of the famous/infamous Crown family, mutters something about "Dark Matter" and "Orgone" when asked about its power sources, and implies something dark about its origin and Devlin's acquisition of it when asked. Devlin says they won it in a card game where they were both very drunk and very high and thinks Crown's just trying to save face.

D.W. Devlin themselves has been described by more generous compatriates as "ornery" and "irascible," and by their detractors in terms I cannot in good confidence reprint. They are often some variety of inebriated, inevitably chaotic, hot-tempered, quick to assume cynicism in the motives of others, and do not edit as much as they should, but as shown time and time and again they show they do care deeply about others and; in the end; about truth and justice whether it be in the realms of the mundane, super-scientific, supernatural, and all things liminally in-between, with a scrappy drive and burning passion that will ensure that they never stop fighting as long as they draw breath.

Though, god do some people wish they were less of a dick about it...

[*Note: Devlin's been a character in my stuff for quite some time, I just always felt it'd be redundant to draw 'em, given they're basically just Hunter S. Thompson appearance-wise. So, I may as well give them their profile via this!*]

## KIYAARA

One of the most fabulous goddamn kaiju, she is also one of the biggest, double the size of kaiju like Virroko and Jiira. And yet, she is also graceful, moving slowly but delicately through the world, drawn towards major population centers seemingly for the desire of being observed.

Certainly her powers are more flashy than one might thing, control over air through the crystal on her back, with a strange glow imbued to those she controls, she can blast gusts hard enough to take even other kaiju for a tumble or  or focused enough to cut skin. There is also evidence the "glow" in the winds she controls can do other things such as heal, but these have antecdotal evidence at best.

She appears to only really cause damage as a side effect of her main "goal," which is being noticed, wandering into highly populated areas to "display" with the lights and wind from her crystal. It's usually best not to attack her, it never works and makes her intensify things. But, she can be lured away with appeals to her vanity (As learned by DW Devlin in a series of events too stupid to detail bere) nd she does come in handy as an "ally" against more malevolent kaiju.

The tribe Korangu is linked to says she too comes from the same otherworldly jungle as Korangu, as part of a triad of apex kaiju from that place. But, the third one, oh boy they have some ominous warnings to give about the third one...

## NARAT

A psionic kaiju that appears to be both materially existent and yet made of a state of matter science has yet to understand, this creature appears to have psionic powers beyond any witnessed in humans or kaiju, with its absurd abilities of telekinesis; in particular its "mind bullets" that once caused the malevolent Yakrara to explode into a fine red mist covering a radius of two-hundred yards (Though this state was sadly temporary); and its abilities of mental bondage; mind-reading mental defense being the bare minimum, with it seen accomplishing far greater feats of essentially any variety of psionics one can think of (Albeit at far greater extremes)

Almost nobody knows where it comes from or why it seems to appear sporadically; though the pyramid on top of its head may give a clue to the former, and a few have realized that the latter seems to only occur when a very certain psychic, Tara Nemo, has her "blackouts" that cause her to go seemingly comatose for what may range from a few hours to weeks at a time.

Tara has been noted as one of the most powerful human psychics, and one of the go-to people for when communication with kaiju is needed, but otherwise very little is known about her. It is suspected by those who notice the connection that she is producing this kaiju subconsciously with her powers while "blacked out," but nothing could be further from the truth.

Really, Tara is simply a puppet of Narat, a being who is ancient beyond even the Pyramid Society allied with her. Tara is used to walk amongst humankind and only discarded when her full forces needed, though if she died, she could easily be regenerated (though she is loath to do this due to the neural circuitry possibly being usable for... terrible things). She has never told a soul amongst humankind about this, and if she had her way; she never will.

Of course, one might speculate why she is so secretive about her origins, given she's only acted benevolently towards humankind, and although in earlier stages of her appearances in modernity she was feared; she is now viewed as an enigmatic; albeit slightly unsettling; protector.

Perhaps she fears that the human connections she's made in her human form will disappear if they knew the truth, that they'd treat her as something other, something alien to them. Perhaps she fears they'd treat her like a monster, and then she'd be alone again...

[*Note: Yes, the Giygas influence was intentional*]

## ZIPACKY

This kaiju has been called a "goober" in multiple official sources of documentation, which should give you an idea of their temperament. Cheefully obliviously drifting in the air like some comical blimp, they drift cheefully, only really "attacking" when struck at, and even then they are relatively slow to attack with full force until sufficiently injured.

They are actually shockingly fast when they want to be, due to their ability to electrify their buoyant; airborne body to accelerate themselves as well as deliver a nasty shock to those touching. This is likely related to their "breath weapon," a cloud of steam that can range from temperatures of "refreshing" to "obnoxious" to "scalding" and creates lightning as it moves akin to certain types of volcanic eruptions.

It temds to get along well with Jiira because of their shared obliviousness, though Jiira's very much more powerful and able to seriously fight and Zipacky tends to be the first to get knocked out/bodied. The tribe of Korangu says they have been around for aeons, but do not originate from Korangu's otherworldly jungle, they're just Like This.

For some inexplicable reason, VTX/Halbiel, is absolutely terrified of them.

[*Note: Fun fact: While the caiman snout seems to be the most important part of the design nooling at it, at their core they were originally inspired by manatees/seals oddly enough. ]*

## SHIN KOROKORA

A version of Korokora that seemingly "upgraded" due to an extended period of hybernation, their abilities are mostly the same, but enhances by the simple capacity to more "solidly" link their constituent corals.

Meaning, that essentially they can far more readily produce locomotive "legs" and far more dexterous "arms" than they could before, due to finally being able to hold them together under their own power, allowing for far speedier and harder-hitting physical combat, and far more widely-ranged applications of its abilities.

And, they're going to need it; cause some bad mamma-jammas are coming very soon...

## DAIOGIN

An unsettlingly ominous figure produced by the CarciNation, the eerie void-faced crab is made more disquieting by its shell, a strange lighthouse that does not shine but in fact the opposite.

This "darkhouse" not only can project waves of darkness to obfuscate the sight of those in its path, but also can let out a devastating beam of "Dark Matter" which not only hits with a concussive impact; but keeps hitting well after the beam is turned off. That's not to mention its terrifying, violating "void bite" it can do from beneath its shell when within biting distance as well.

It's also one of the few kaiju from the CarciNation to be bound thanks to the re-appearing Korokora and their partner, with timely intervention by the fine featherless-biped friend Jiira, and when held it was found that the entity's biological systems were "wired into" the shell, which seems to be a highly advanced "lighthouse" of some sort.

When contacted, the Crab freely mentions disliking their creators, but they also seem to dislike everything else much more, and have a personality that can generously be described as "snarkily cantankerous," though it seems theoretically possible to reach out. But only theoretically.

There has also been contact from a few representatives of The Pyramid Society that indicates the "lighthouse-shell" is actually related to their organization, advanced technology from ancient Atlantis. They also note that Atlantis only became truly advanced after its submersion and colonization by the fish-people, so seeing their technology taken and assimilated is a... worrying sign.

The fact that one day Daiogin disappeared with a note from the society is only slightly less worrying. But most people're pretty sure they're trustworthy. We hope.

[Note: *This was inspired by an IRL type of very large hermit crab named after the philosopher Diogenes. I came up with the lighthouse gimmick based on the famous "lantern" story from that philosopher, and decided to tie it into the Pyramid Society because, hey, GOTTA CONTINUE THAT ARC! BEHOLD, A PHILOSOPHER!*]

## HONEX

Back and upgraded after their creators seemingly had time to work out the kinks in their design (Very likely inspired by analysis of Korokora's own cells after the battle with the Butterfly Mouth), Xernoh is now known as Honex and far more adept and androit.

Of course, this also tends to mean they are much more of a showoff, even with their energy abilities as a close-up selectively-manifestible "aura" now that they can *sometimes* make into far-striking pseudopods with some exertion, turing their limbs into bizarre contraptions and making elaborate; flashy gestures in battle, and sometimes bringing up the light of their "aura" or making movements for seemingly no reason other than showing off to the "audience."

Korokora seems more bemused than this by anything, and even with their upgrade; Honex still seems to prefer staying close to Korokora, almost akin to... family? Best friends? Mentor and pupil? Nobody's really sure!

## LAGALLE AND GUWAGH

Lagalle is an exceedingly mutated member of an undiscovered species of island velvet worm, who feeds only on heat, and mainly travels from volcano to volcano; inadvertently keeping them from erupting as she feeds.

Unfortunately, while Lagalle is otherwise relatively peaceful and would prefer to not get in fights; they tend to get mind-controlled a lot because of this relatively chill-ness, not helped by the fact that their ability to “release” that heat in an aura can easily be utilized by those trying to drain various power sources and use them to fuel their own death-weapon; if not as a death-weapon/super attack in and of itself.

Her main/most-often-used attack is basically a regular velvet worm’s adhesive attack, except it’s fucking lava that hardens into semi-elastic rocky strands after scalding the crap out of their opponents.

They tend to work well with other kaiju when not being mind-controlled, in “saving the planet”-type events, but usually just go back to lazing and consuming heat when they’re done.

Guagh, on the other hand, is named after the sound most people make when one see her. She was almost named Hentaikun by DW Devlin, because “She looks like a total fucking pervert!” but this was promptly edited out and ignored by the outlet publishing his article.

She’s basically a gargantuan naked mole-rat who burrows around the red hot inner layers of the earth, swimming through lava to consume the various bizarre species that live in those burning layers. Thusly, she is essentially not only immune to fire, but can even redirect it, like a mirror or a tennis racket.

And, as her description would imply, she is an excellent burrower, with her electric claws and long; sticky electro-charged tongue completing the picture. It is unknown why she would attack the surface world as often as she does, with some speculating she finds the stimulus of destruction and combat rewarding.

Or in other words, she’s a jerk who does it for kicks. She often ends up dragging Lagalle along, who tends to be passive enough and easily influenced enough to go along with her, and together they make a deadly team, with their most powerful combination attack being Guagh focusing the heat from Lagalle’s aura into a devastating beam.

Most people would call this Guagh being a "bad influence" on Lagalle. Neither of them would likely disagree with that statement.

[*Note: These two existed before Kaijune, and were conceptualized as equivalents of Gigan and Megalon*]

## DRACULA

The distractions from a series of devastating battles was the perfect  fodder for a very nasty organization to slip into Korangu's realm under the radar and to find the tomb of the third of the most ancient behemoths. But mere revival was not their goal, but rather, polymerization with their master's ashes.

And so, the dark ritual was done, the ashes grew unholy flesh from ancient bones, and Dracula stalked the world again.

This is no alias mind you, but the full on actual Dracula, revived in the body of the ancient and feared Bat Kaiju of the realm, with one major ability that not only struck terror into the hearts of his original prey, but proved very useful for the body's new owner. Namely: Nightfall.

Through powers unknown they had the ability to filter the waves of sunlight with an otherworldly almost moonlike sphere super-imposed over the sun. While the original Bat Kaiju was said to have far more extensive use of this ability (Though the Dracula-Bat's resurrection and defeat was only recent, and they may learn yet more), they have little need for it, as they still do have Dracula's original abilities, magnified by scale.

They can become fog enough to choke an entire city, can call hideous swarms of bugs and rats and humans and dogs that walk as one beast, they can manipulate the minds of even relatively hardy kaiju, and of course, they can exsanguinate others. In fact, unlike most other kaiju, they must.

And the process is quite gruesome too, opening up their maw from the neck down to their torso and swallowing their victims, draining their fluids and spitting them out as a withered; mummified wad.

While they were defeated by Jiira, Korangu, Kiyaara and a surprise intervention by Viroko, they still wait in torpor for the next one to awaken them...

[*Note: This was partially inspired by how Toho made Frankenstein into a kaiju. Though, this was before I knew that Ultraman basically already did this, and honestly this one ended up feeling sadly lacking in comparison...*]

## RATTYTUSKA

This kaiju seems mundane at first, a creature of greed hidden in the vast cave systems found bridging England and Norway, with lightning speed, deadly corrosive/venomous claws and spines, the ability to flash-mummify tissue with a touch (Which they use on other kaiju to take their parts home to add to their wildly-varied "treasure") and the only slightly unusual ability to "climb" on seemingly empty space.

Their personality seems blatantly petty too, with their main concern being A) Gathering objects that take its interest as "treasure" and B) Protecting that "treasure" from interlopers. Or, C) Going to a very specific network of spots to stare into space and glow.

That is not the only anomalous feature of them however. For example, there is the fact that a disquieting amount of its treasure also appears to have been taken from the Pyramid Society. Or the fact that its patterns of movement appear to co-incide with the appearance of especially-anomalous kaiju like Scissorman or Butterfly Mouth.

Or the fact that Yiggy is absolutely terrified of them. Or the unsettling fact that, when their DNA was analyzed, it was mostly mundane English red squirrel DNA, but with unusual patters that fit with no known DNA, but did fit with those observed in VTX/Halbiel.

Oh, and by-the-by, the lead scientist on the project analyizing the DNA was found dead in his laboratory, with words written on the walls in his own blood. There's that too.

And, by the by, said words in question were: **THE TREE IS THE SERPENT IS THE FIRE IS THE END**

Just so you know...

[*Note: This basically came from me uniting a grab-bag of ideas (Squirrel kaiju, porcupine spines and elephant-seal nose, toxic gimmick) and then tying it into the broader storyline with a mythologically-derived name...*]

## SUDOMEK

Sudomek is a “robot” that is speculated to be in actuality a biomechanical organism of unknown origin...

...And by "speculated" I mean it is almost certainly true, due to the fact that it bleeds when injured during its fights and its organs have been seen; though its tissues(?) do not keep well enough in a laboratory setting to one-hundred percent confirm this and its mind is difficult at best for human psionics to read at the moment.

It’s relatively small for a kaiju, a kaiju-head shorter than average, but it’s seemingly benevolent, being reported on numerous occasions as defending smaller humans from much larger kaiju.

This is despite the fact that it is relatively weak, with its still-resiliant armor largely vulnerable and its strength low enough , and the expandable force-fields generated by its claws for use in both shielding itself and others and wildly increasing its piercing damage being the only thing allowing it to actually punch through the hides of the more resilient kaiju.

But, what it lacks in power, it makes up for in resistance, refusing to stay down even though its healing factor is relatively slow and minimal for a kaiju of its size, and constantly fighting no matter what the odds to protect others.

It may possibly be related to another kaiju, but this also has not been confirmed or denied. They certainly seem to hate each other enough that it might be...

[*Note: This design was also a pre-existing kaiju I had rattling around, they are shaped like a friend*]

## PACHIFORCE ZAKORE

These "small-fries" are the latest in the CarciNation's innovations, mass-produced soldiers using the genetic templates of previous experiments sent in an army to attack the surface.

They are relatively small as far as kaiju go and have but a simple "helix beam" from the swirling "organ" on their chests and invisibility that is only usable when they are not using said "organ," though both their claws and bite are shockingly powerful for their size.

But, while one may be a relatively small threat, with a massive swarm of them, alternating between sending barrages of energy beams and ripping through kaiju flesh with invisible jaws and claws, they are terrifying en-masse, and took every bit of energy from most kaiju to repel the onslaught.

While it left the kaiju exhausted and devastated, everyone was in terror afterwards. Because, they wonder, what if this isn't their worst trick? What horrors are yet to come from the CarciNation?

[*Note: I actually made this one as a homage to kaiju suit-recycling, using parts from my other drawings and giving them the "invisibility" justification to explain how they work as an "army" with just the one suit available! The simple appearance and the arthropodal parts used combined to make the Mass Produced EVAs idea sort of a logical extension of the whole thing! Can you guess what kaiju I took the parts from?*]

## BRAKRAB MOBIUS

The Klawbomination was just the prototype. This mass, this shambling hulk, was the true apex of the CarciNation's power.

This entity, the towering monument to the CarciNation's power does not exist to do much but to assimilate those it can, merging the crabs in its body with other species to make them more crab-like, consume those it cannot assimilate as biomass to add to its considerable energy needs, and destroy those it can do neither with using its vast array of abilities drawn from any form of crab you can think of (Think Kars from Jojo but only for crabs and you'll get a good idea)

With most of the kaiju devastated by the previous Dracula attack, things seemed lost as it ravaged through the world, until Narat intervened in an unusual way. Namely, her contact with the mind of the collective crabs, containing not only the constituent crabs' neurologies, but also of several members of the CarciNation including one of their highest leaders, placed within this crowning jewel of the nation in their supreme hubris.

And, more unusually, Tara was awake as well. Albeit, acting as if in a trance, for they were using that body as a battery to add to that full force of Narat's "main" body to push it over the top. Though, nobody figured out their connection except one person. Namely, D.W. Devlin. But they're keeping quiet for now.

But, that aside, the battle was not won by physical force, though the other kaiju involved certainly kept them occupied while Narat/Tara worked, but rather by debate over the true purpose of the CarciNation and the truths of evolution they held sacred. They did not fully disprove it, but rather created enough discord amongst the multitude of minds contained therein to break up that mass. Not simply discintegeating it, but scattering the component minds , never to re-unite.

That and the almost certain considerable resources the CarciNation put into this entity means they will likely not be bothering the surface anytime soon, being occupied by the inevitable need to recover, regroup, and perhaps re-consider some things.

Humanity thought it could breathe easy from the mega-disasters, but fate had one last trick up its sleeve...

[*Note: I knew when I made the Klawbomination it'd have to be a "prototype" for something bigger. Hence this*.]

## The Pyramid Society Ship

Pyramids are fascinating things. Such a common shape throughout the world, massive monuments built at the apexes of civilizations. Some speculate they all come from some common source, Ancient aliens or spirit beings or whatever. But it was always the reverse.

The sacred geometries common to so many pyramids united those from around the globe beyond spatial limitations, as if many sides were converging to a point. And thus, they spoke of shared knowlege, and shared threats to humankind. Thusly, the Pyramid Society was formed, and thusly, they appeared more overtly after the Brakrab was destroyed, after previously they had worked in the shadows, in the simplest of their ships.

It is not powerful, even compared to The Piggy, with simple energy beams and a speed that seems leisurely until it can activate its spatial manipulation properties allow it to warp itself and those following it elsewhere and a simple ability to allow its pilots to communicate in a "polyglot tongue" with any being, human or kaiju. The beauty of it is that it is so simple to use and its mechanisms so simply designed, really, more of interest to an engineer or to a user. Which is good, given that most of their more intricate ships are stuck containing something big. Something horrible rising

Which they left to warn us to prepare for before it is too late. Something's happening, and all of earth must become ready and take action as the thing begins to rise. As its roots begin to sink...

[*Note: Yes, the idea was meant as a middle finger to/subversion of Ancient Aliens crap and the inherent racism therein. Tho, ironically it was in fact inspired by the sorts of weird geometry shit one might see in Lovecraft's work...*]

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**THE TREE IS THE SERPENT IS THE FIRE IS THE END**

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**THE TREE IS THE SERPENT IS THE FIRE IS THE END**

## KAIJUNE #????: YGGHOGGR

**THE TREE IS THE SERPENT IS THE FIRE IS THE END. THE TREE IS THE SERPENT IS THE FIRE IS THE END. THE TREE IS THE SERPENT IS THE FIRE IS THE END. THE TREE IS THE SERPENT IS THE FIRE IS THE END.**

**YGGHOGGR LIVES. *YGGHOGGR LIVES!***

The form of VTX/Halbiel combined with Rosencross, seemingly ferried to it by the actions of Rattytuska, the Pyramid Society was able to hold it at bay until an offense from others could be mounted.

The tree of burning serpents scraped the heavens with its size, broke through the clouds with its burning, many-lashing branches. Its roots stretched down from the earth to the oceans, slowly growing and changing the very fabric of the world, where things that should not be were licking their lips to be let in.

The fire it spread burnt royal; maddening hues of purple and could not be put out by conventional means, the creatures that fruited from its mass were hideous chimeric creations of fire and flesh; pachi parodies of the kaiju of the world and some perhaps beyond. To see it was to weep.

Every kaiju we have covered in Kaijune to this point was involved in the battle, from the wicked to the heroic, all fought for the survival of the world they lived on. To detail the battle would be to write for a week until my fingers bled, but they all fought with bravery and valiance.

But, in the end it was Zipacky who ended the creature's existence, doing something I will not detail here, but which was both comical, and strange in its implications, implying many odd things about the litte goober. The solid crystal form left behind after the flames faded; smaller and yet still the size of a large island... well, it was not alive in a way that we could consider a threat at least.

But, afterwards, things were safe. Or, as safe as they could be in a world of kaiju. And, things went back to what could be called relatively peaceful. Humankind breathes easy once again, and life; in its strange forms from human to kaiju; goes on...

[Note: This one, meant as a grotesque combo of Nidhoggr/Yggdrasil at once, was basically meant as the "Finale" of the story bits for this year. Or at least, the main ones. The rest are just gravy. And, speaking of dripping foodstuffs...]

## BIG CORNFLAKES

Almost certainly designed by the same deranged cabal of bio-engineer-marketers with thousands of shell-companies that created the Kolatik and Logosyne on commission, this creature's existence is pain.

Wandering aimlessly attempting to injure itself and feed its gnawing hunger, with psychic contact causing those who meet it to black out from experiencing even a fraction of its pain, its regenerative abilities not only keep it from the death it tries to inflict upon itself, but may even be malforming it further.

Its one "weapon" if you can call it that, is the honey it drips from its cereal skin, which causes gnawing hunger and; ultimately; autocannibalism. It is speculated that this was originally meant to provoke hunger for the original product that it was meant to promote, the failure of which likely being why it was discarded. The fact it tends to try and gnaw on itself with toothless jaws supports this.

Most authorities believe that the only option for this sad being is a mercy-killing, though DW Devlin says they only say that because they don't want to try to take the expense/care to actually find a way the poor thing could lead a non-tortured existence. And, they do have a point...

[*Note: Note, while aspects of this thing's design were inspired by the Honey Monster and this one scene from Akira, the most direct inspiration for this will probably be familiar to those of you into Jim Stephanie Sterling. The fact I was so proud of how grotesque this came out did influence how I did a certain faction in the sequel year...*]

## Starkiller Bidoll

Starkiller/Starsoldier Bidoll, the nemesis from space, was originally the bioweapon creation of a long-dead civilization, now kept alive by whatever johnny-come-lately empire finds out how to utilize or coerce her to work for them

She’s vicious and showboat-y, but ruthless when push comes to shove, with nigh-impenetrable armor; immense strength even amongst kaiju and ludicrous speed for her size.

But, her nastiest trick is the two “blasters,” filled with an unknown protean liquid capable of “adapting” to the situation at hand, whether that be becoming electric slime, gravity paste, or good ol fashioned hypernapalm.

And, they’re not just projectile weapons, but *stabbing* weapons too. Like, you know that knife that can shoot out compressed air when it’s stabbed into something? Imagine that but with cryonic antiplasma. Or chlorine triflouride.

She actually seems to care very little about who she’s working for or what their agenda is, being more interested in the combat itself as its own reward; even shirking orders for the sake of a good fight.

She even has what could be called a crude sense of honor, though more towards kaiju than the smaller individuals underfoot, which she cares almost nothing about.

Would it be possible to reform her? That depends on the story you want to tell…

[*Note: I created this as a Ghidora analogue, more or less, taking influences from the Xenomorph and, to a greater extent, the amazing artwork of Witnesstheabsurd. Given the history of the genre, I was surprised how few aliens I put in this, tho that was fixed in the next year, to be sure...*]

## NIONKI

Unlike many kaiju, this strange; gangly; glowing entity is not  notable for how old it is, but rather how young it is.

Nionki's origin has been puzzled out, a meteor fragment attaching to a kiwi bird in New Zealand and enlarging it to frightening size, and its powers appear to be simple gravity-manipulation, which it mainly utilizes in terms of trying to create "nests" for itself to lay eggs in by manipulating the landscape; levatating and de-levatating

None of these eggs has been observed to be fertile so far, and while psychic communication has not yet been established, its actions betray a certain frustrated; panicked quality; trying to lay eggs of children that; so far; have never seemed to come.

It's not helped by the fact that its eggs contain extraordinary materials unknown to natural or synthetic science, but reaching them or even deliberately cultivating them has its own blatant problems. Added to this is the fact that it has been confirmed by observation of both the Pyramid Society and Korangu's tribe that; in fact; the meteor fragment that created Neonki is of the same time that created Korangu and their metajungle.

Makes one wonder what else is up there, in space...

[Note: This was originally meant to be foreshadowing that basically went nowhere.]

## SLOFF

Sloff is one of the lesser kaiju in Korangu's jungle, who seems to have been aware of other places for a while now, it just took its sweet time getting there.

Most psychics tend to be reluctant to contact it psionically not because of any danger involved, but the sheer tedium of it, given how slow their thoughts are. BUt, it appears to be of little danger, given it just seems to want to plant mushrooms. Large and relatively palatable ones actually, on otherwise useless land.

Of course, when threatened, it can be extremely aggressive, with mushrooms exploding out of it like tumors as it seems to dash with a sudden adrenaline rush with its gargantuan claws and poison spurting tumor-shrooms.

Which leads to a problem. Because, large mushrooms also tend to grow from the sites of those battles, but they are much; much less palatable. In fact, quite the opposite really...

[*Note: I came up with the idea of mushroom + sloth from the way they keep fungus and algae in their fur and went from there. I was planning on adding aspects of shrew because of the contrast of low sloth metabolism + high shrew metabolism, but I kinda... forgot. Just as well, I think the slothlike face makes him feel more friend-shaped, as a good sloth monster should be.*]

## D0-RB

D0-RB is a mostly-top-secret (For now) project by the same organization that created Xernoh/Honex, the D0-RB is not quite something one might consider a kaiju. At first. She's certainly a large robot, with a gregariously friendly personality, but nowhere near kaiju size.

Even her abilities are minor, a semi-reliable "energy pulse" attack and the ability to retract her limbs into an orb to move at supersonic speeds. But, that second one is the key to her intended purpose.

Because, you see, she's meant to be a one-size-fits-all "pilot" to a series of much larger mecha, able to adapt the extremely expensive thinking parts into a condensed; mobile; nigh indistructible "black box" that can be transferred between chassis; that can learn; and that can interact positively with humans in a way that will give her some allegiance to humankind.

And, there are big things in her future indeed. But that is for another story...

[*Note: God I need to do something with her in Kaijune Year 3*]

## Licensing/Author Credit

All these kaiju designs/concepts/storyline elements/ect are free to use as you see fit under a CC-BY 4.0 license so long as I; Thomas F. Johnson, am credited as their creator!