Veznurom

The **Veznurom** is a monster of ??? classification. Being from a place of unknown origin, its arrival onto the New World leaves the Research Commission completely puzzled as to what it is and what its motives are. What they didn't know, is that it would create an emergency situation unlike anything they have seen before.

## Appearance

The Veznurom can take on a great many variety of appearances thanks to an ability it has. In its basic form, known as its Symbiote Form it takes on a formless shape, amorphous in nature. In this state it is nothing but a black, gooey sludge featuring multiple vein patterns along its body that appear in grey and white. It heavily resembles a monster of the Celloid classification, except that there is nothing inside the "cytoplasm" but thick matter. Not limited to being like a moving goop pile, Veznurom is able to cast out parts of its body as tendrils. Whenever a tendril attaches to something, the matter within it spreads over the object like liquid through cracks or roots and sticks to it. Veznurom can instantly move the rest of the body to that spot and spread out more tendrils to cover it. It is using these tendrils that the Veznurom can use its most infamous ability to take over the bodies of other organisms. Once on a chosen body, it seeps in through the main orifices, and can even move through microscopic pores on the skin to easily move into the body. The organism then becomes "Vezertic", gaining the same black matter over their body and gains off-white, pupil-less crescent eyes.

Once the Veznurom has absorbed enough bodily chemicals, meat and bone samples, and gathers enough intelligence from its host's minds, it can morph into its true form. Its colours are the same as before but it now gains an actual body, spouted four legs, two arms and two side-tendrils on the back that can rapidly change form to suit the monster's circumstances. It grows a head, somewhat reptilian and serpentine in shape, featuring the grey crescent eyes found on Vezertic monsters. These eyes still lack any pupils, with them being compound and looking as they have nothing but off-white sclera, small white markings that form around them, and very thin eye-lids. It also has a mouth, surrounded by gums made of meat samples it has absorbed filled with long sharp teeth also made from bone samples, and a long tongue. Part of the head grows backwards, like a long skull. If Veznurom is enraged in this form it can enhance its matter into a much more hazardous state in either two methods. Veznurom can harden up the matter in places, producing off-white jagged spikes over its body parts to try and defend itself more and make its attacks more deadly. Resembling the metal spikes of the Ruiner Nergigante they will give Veznurom a metallic shine while they are active. Alternatively it can instead release poison from inside itself to make the matter more runny, giving it a dark purple tint and allows Veznurom to use its matter to poison hunter in attacks instead of being restricting to breath attacks. When under huge threat the Veznurom can merge both these enhancements to create a poisonous and spiked appearance with metallic shines and toxic purple tints mixing together.

## Conditions To Unlock

In order to be able to begin the Veznurom questline story, the player will have needed to have completed the Obsidian Deviljho questline story, as well as having finished Iceborne's own story and special assignments.

After reaching these requirements the hunter must go to Astera at night with at least 10 cleared quests after completing the Obsidian Deviljho questline. It is then when hunters can talk to some characters and trigger the cutscene for the beginning of the Veznurom story. Hunters in Seliana are prompted by the Serious Handler to head for Astera when all conditions are met.

## Veznurom Questline Story

The questline begins much like any other World update monster questline. The hunter will arrive in Astera at night, and be greeted by the Upbeat Researcher. *Oh my, hunter. Have you not heard? There is to be a meteor shower tonight! This will be a splendid opportunity for us to record more information on the cosmos! Oh yes, the Handler wishes to see you about it. She seems pretty ecstatic about it as well!*. They travel up to the Canteen area and notice her looking up at the sky, *Come on! You don't wanna miss this!*. Upon that prompt all the hunter has to do is point the camera up at the sky and the first cutscene of the story begins.

The two of them look up to the sky, and amongst the stars a shower of meteors streak across the blackness. Moving in from behind the Upbeat Researcher comes in between them to get a look at the sight. The Wyverian is more than pleased by it, *This is splendid! Never before have I ever got the chance to study this phenomenon in such a clear sight. Got to have my notes ready...*. More meteors fly and dissipate in a near rhythmic pattern. It is something that the three could watch forever. However, something appears which catches the Handler's eye. She exclaims "Wow!", as a large bright light appears up high above them.

A large meteor, one bigger than all the rest descends from space and into the atmosphere, catching ablaze on entry. Loose pieces of it break off and join the shower beside it, adding to the spectacle of the event. The Meowscular Chef, cooking a dish looks up to view the meteor, and sees the flare get stronger and brighter. Even a smell begins to take hold. It is by this time he realises it's his food that's burning. The team of Felynes desperately try to put the fire out as the three watchers continue to look at the approaching meteor. The Handler asks a question, *Do you ever wonder where these things come from?*. The Researcher just replies back with, *Space probably.*. She is more curious about this than the Researcher is and begins speculating. *Yeah, but, what if it was part of something out there? That it was once a piece of a star or somethin'. Maybe even from another world?*. *That's nonsense.* The Researcher responds writing boring entries into his notepad. *What could be smart enough to get itself off its own world and come to ours alive?*. As he resumes writing again the camera shifts over to the meteor.

The flames begin to heat up the inside of the giant rock, one which is revealed to be hollowed out and held together by several minerals which are beginning to glow. As light begins to pierce in, it reveals a being. A being of a black gooey form, devoid of all bone and organic structure lying completely still in the centre of the meteor. The heat and movement vibrating internally is enough to draw the creature awake. Grey patterns, ones that resemble veins appear along the creatures matter as it begins to move. It extends out tendrils to parts of the meteor with clusters of mineral orbs, which appear to contain things that react to its touch. The creature vibrates as pressure builds inside the meteor, the heat beginning to have a negative effect on it. It moves around, seemingly using the orbs that it is touching to sense and look around the world below. Satisfied with its knowledge of the outside world, it builds up violent pressure and suddenly strikes outwards in an explosion of black matter.

The Handler emits a *Woah!*, the meteor has broken apart. Several large objects are jettisoned from the burst, sent flying towards the New World and one to the Hinterlands. The Upbeat Researcher is alarmed by this, *Oh my, I think we've got ourselves a meteorite here!*. Indeed the meteor turned meteorite hasn't completely broken up, only having become significantly smaller in size. The Huntsman goes to alert the Commander of the numerous objects that have now landed in the New World. *Commander! There's chunks crashing into the Ancient Forest, and more travelling further up. You're gonna need to have them checked out.*, the Commander is quick to respond, *When the sun breaks, I'll have the Sapphire Star hunter to investigate this. I'm more concerned about that big one coming right at us.*. Looking back into the meteorite, now having lost its blaze, the creature now begins to control the fall of its own capsule via its tendrils. The people in Astera watch as this space rock begins to steer away from them to the left towards the Ancient Forest. *Hopping Maccao! It's turning!* the Upbeat Researcher shouts, noticing the meteorite's unexplained movements. The Field Team Leader realises what is about to happen, *Gramps, that thing's about to crash next to the Ancient Forest shore! It'll be wiped out!*. The meteorite not only aims right for the coast it straightens out in time in its descent to approach it head on. *Partner, this isn't good.*, the Hunter hears from the Handler as they watch the meteorite close in. Finally, the meteorite impacts the sea near the Ancient Forest, creating a wide blast of water and rocks. During said impact the creature launches itself out of the breaking capsule and torpedoes through the water, racing towards the shore. A splat is heard as it begins to crawl and slither onto land, adapting to its location. It senses a pack of Jagras approach it, giving the incentive to emit a signal. It is not just any signal like a call but more rather a vast reaching telekinetic call to the orbs that it launched from the meteorite. As the Jagras approach it, one of these orbs, broken apart by its impact begins to crumble apart, making them stop in place. One Jagras goes to investigate the object and right as they put their face to it another creature coloured black and yellow, identical in form to that of the creature behind them latches onto the Jagras and knocks it to the floor. The others watch as the being begins a disturbing process with it. The being enters into the Jagras's body, and seeping in through any openings it can find. When it gets up, the Jagras is engulfed in black and yellow matter, its eyes turning curved and becoming white and pupil-less. The black and grey creature, appearing to be the other creature's controller seems to appear pleased by the scene, quivering in place. It extends out tendrils towards the other pieces of the broken orb, and on cue more black and yellow creatures burst out from them and rush towards the Jagras pack. The Fanged Wyverns try in vain to evade and escape them, but one by one they are ensnared, each by an individual being. The main creature turns to the Jagras, they all rise up and look at it. They act completely brain-washed, now acting as hosts to the creatures within them. Another signal is made, and trails of black and yellow ooze are absorbed from the Jagras into the creature. Upon taking it all in the creature appears to begin breathing through its mass, for it has been given that ability from its Samplers. After getting adjusted to its surroundings and its newly developed organs to survive this world, the black creature slithers off into the Ancient Forest, now moving better than before just having "seen" its sampling beings take over the Jagras. The creature's new goal is to allow its Samplers to find as much monsters of their own to take over and learn about them and their surroundings via their own telekinetic transmissions, and then take over a powerful monster itself. The creature is now a monster of this world, and while the New World is a new continent to the Research Commission, to it this place is an entirely new world altogether.

### An Otherworldly Sighting

Upon the dawn's break the hunter is soon summoned by the Commander to the council section in Astera.

* **The Commander**: *Good, you're already here. I trust you saw the meteor shower that occurred over the New World?*
* **The Handler**: *We did, and we saw one of them crash right into the shoreline of the Ancient Forest!*
* **Field Team Leader**: *We've confirmed that several loose pieces of the meteorite that impacted nearby the Ancient Forest have struck the main landmass of the continent. Thankfully, neither Astera or any of our field team have been affected by this sudden event.*

Almost as if on cue, a hunter from the fifth fleet comes running into the meeting.

* **Cool Fiver**: *Commander! Commander!*
* **The Commander**: *Fiver! What is it?*
* **Cool Fiver**: *Commander, I was out on a hunt for a Great Jagras when I heard a massive noise. When I went to investigate what it was, I was attacked by Jagras, ones like I have never seen before=. They... left me unconscious!*
* **The Commander**: *Jagras? How could a pack of mere Jagras take down a hunter like you? Describe what you saw.*
* **Cool Fiver**: *They were all covered in this, black slime. When I looked at them closely for the short time I could, their eyes were this insect like white colour and their fangs were protruding and razor sharp. And when they attacked, their body parts... they extended out like goo and struck me from afar! They had the Jagras shape, but they are too aggressive, too vicious, and far too unusual to be any normal ones.*
* **Field Team Leader**: *Are you sure that these were Jagras? Because I don't ever recall getting any reports of a Jagras being able to stretch its body parts to attack.*
* **Cool Fiver**: *Not even the Endemic Life I love to research is able to do the things I saw those things do. I don't even know if they are really Jagras or...*
* **The Commander**: *There is a chance it could be related to that meteorite.*
* **Vice Chief Ecologist**: *...and here was I thinking that I would just be studying space rocks for a change.*
* **Field Team Leader**: *Very well, what is our plan for this? We can't just let this go unchecked.*
* **The Commander**: *First and foremost, the Ancient Forest and other areas suspected of having been struck by those shards must be investigated. No people except for hunters and researchers may enter until the word is given. Since they have the most experience, the Sapphire Star will enter first. We need to know exactly what these "Jagras" are, and get intel on the meteorite's remains. Be careful, if what she says is true, these monsters won't be like anything you know. Head to the Ancient Forest in an Expedition and check for any clues of anything unusual.*

The hunter is then prompted to start a Special Assignment in the Ancient Forest, where they begin next to the gate that leads to Astera. It is shown on the HUD that there is only a Great Jagras present as a Large Monster. Immediately there is clearly signs that something serious has happened.

* **The Commander**: *It looks like the shoreline took the blunt of the impact, if that had been any closer...*
* **Field Team Leader**: *You should go there and search the area for any signs of significant damage to the surrounding area. We don't want the monster population to go haywire on us.*

What the hunter finds on a short walk is rubble scattered from the meteorite, still smoldering from the strike. Right after this they notice a skeleton of a Kestodon that has not a single remanent of meat on its bones. Around it is a trail of black slime.

* **The Handler**: *Look, a Kestodon! Or rather what remains of one.*
* **Upbeat Researcher**: *Oh my, it appears to have been stripped bare. From the looks of it it wasn't from the blast, it was by monsters! And... what is that, black ooze?*
* **The Commander**: *So we've got scavengers already taking advantage of the situation. Hunters, follow that trail and find those predators!*

In the area, hunters find the place has taken a huge beating from the impact, with the majority of the meteorite's shards scattered across it. Also across it is more of the black ooze, some appearing to have even came out of some in pod like shapes. If hunters go to check the shoreline they can hear a little more from the characters.

* **Filed Team Leader**: *That ooze appears to have been inside some of that shrapnel. We ought to keep an eye out on them.*
* **Vice Chief Ecologist**: *What is this? They appear to be in the structural shape of pods and the trails indicate that the ooze has managed to slither out of it. It must be a biological substance of some kind.*
* **The Handler**: *Slithered out? Could that mean?!*
* **Vice Chief Ecologist**: *No, no! The possibility of this meaning more than a extraterrestrial algue's natural reactions is astronomically high. For a creature to survive traveling to this world-*
* **The Commander**: *Save it for later! We've got movements up the way from the shore. Quickly!*

The hunter is prompted to travel up to Area 5 to see what these movements are. Upon arriving, they immediately trigger a cutscene that explains just what this is.

#### Vezertic Jagras Cutscene

**The Ooze is Alive!: Ancient Forest: Area 5: The Impact**

Arriving in the area, the hunter finds more of the black ooze splattered across the surroundings. As soon as they go to investigate it on the tree trunk that would normally contain a Vigorwasp, they spot a wounded Aptonoth limping into the zone. Noticeably, aside from the wounds on it, there is also traces of the black ooze on it, especially down and around its face. Hearing scuttling and with faint shadows in the canopy, the hunter goes into the tree trunk to watch from safety. Several Jagras jump down from the leaves and ambush the Aptonoth. To either the hunter's fortune or misfortune, they cannot see what exactly is occuring due to the bark obstructing their view. They do however see one of these Fanged Wyverns rushing from the side, and in that brief moment they notice that they couldn't see the usual patterns on its body. Instead all they saw was a black figure in the shape of a Jagras. All the hunter hears next is the sounds of the Aptonoth being taken down by the Jagras. They catch a few more half-second looks through the openings to see all these Jagras are all in this black colouration and are attacking more savagely than usual. After a few more seconds the Herbivore collapses right in the middle of a gap in the stump in clear view. The largest of the Jagras slowly crawls in front of it. As the hunter is in full attention of the two, suddenly something horrifying and completely unexpected happens. Instead of pouncing on its neck to deliver the killing blow, the Jagras's neck expands forward like a rubber band with its mouth puncturing right through the Aptonoth's neck deep enough for it to deliver the final bite into the spinal cord with a terrible crunch. The Jagras make uncharacteristic snarls as the kill is made, with the leader detecting something else nearby...

As the rest finish off the meal the leader turns around, with the hunter flinching from the sight of its eyes. Completely devoid of pupils, purely a greyish white, insect-like in texture, and with a curved shape one could call evil, they set their lock on the hunter. It appears to be completely covered in the black ooze, only this time it appears to be actively pulsing along the body in perfect coordination with the Jagras like a symbiotic parasite. The Jagras wanders up to the hunter menacingly and instead of an attack, it opens its mouth to reveal a maw lined with fangs more numerous and sharpened than any Jagras ever recorded. Upon this maw making a gurgling hiss the hunter is taken by surprise as the pack tears apart their cover, forcing them to make a quick break out of the way of the leader's swift bite. Recovering from their dive-roll, the hunter can now see that all the Jagras are contaminated with the ooze, all acting in unison like the largest Jagras was a Great commanding them on. All prowling to the hunter, who views that the Aptonoth is now a complete skeleton stripped raw in nothing more than six seconds. The leader Jagras makes a snarl for an attack, beginning the first battle of the questline.

The present Commission Members have some words to say about this.

* **Vice Chief Ecologist**: *Forgive the informality but, what in blazes sort of ooze is that?!*
* **The Handler**: *Woah, now this is one scary situation here!*
* **Field Team Leader**: *One thing's for sure, those aren't our standard Jagras anymore! You've gotta put them down and watch out, we don't know what this ooze makes them fully capable of!*

These Jagras share the same move-pool as normal Jagras, but are more powerful, move faster and take more damage. Additionally their necks can extend outwards to increase the range of their bite attacks. They are controlled by the Lashing Veznurom Symbiote, which is the only Symbiote to take control of multiple monsters at one time. When they are slain, hunter's notice the ooze eject small chunks of themselves with yellow vein like markings on them, away that speeding away and impossible to catch.

After slaying all the Jagras, the hunter now has a clear objective here.

* **Field Team Leader**: *Those Jagras are no joke! That, ooze must be behind their uncharacteristic behaviours. We've got to search the forest: slay any of these infected Jagras you can find. We can't let it spread to anymore monsters here!*

Slaying 14 of these Jagras across the areas of the low level of the Forest is required in order for the next prompt to occur.

* **The Commander**: *Heads up! We've spotted another one of those infected monsters deeper in the forest, and a big one at that! Get over there and destroy it!*

#### Vezertic Great Jagras Cutscene

**Expand Mouth: Ancient Forest: Area 12: The Impact**

#### Vezertic Great Jagras Battle

The first true Vezertic monster, controlled by the Gasper Veznurom Symbiote.

### Examination of the Sampler

Upon arrival in Astera, there is a significant gathering around the remains of the dead symbiotic creature. The Chief Ecologist has came from Seliana in news of this event to take over from the Vice.

### Extra Venomous Pukei-Pukei

#### Vezertic Toxifier Pukei-Pukei Battle

The second main Vezertic monster, controlled by the Gurgling Veznurom Symbiote. The monster is certain to be a Gold Crown large size.

### Hosts in the Vale

#### Vezertic Radobaan

The third Vezertic monster, controlled by the Plaguing Veznurom Symbiote.

#### Vezertic Odogaron

The fourth main Vezertic monster, controlled by the Plaguing Veznurom Symbiote.

### A Confrontation and a Discovery

#### Vezertic Legiana Battle

The fifth main Vezertic monster, controlled by the Flailer Veznurom Symbiote.

#### Vezertic Stygian Zinogre Battle

The sixth main Vezertic monster, controlled by Veznurom itself.

### The New Major Incident, and More Sightings

#### Vezertic Rajang Battle

The seventh main Vezertic monster, controlled by the Beserking Veznurom Symbiote.

#### Vezertic Glavenus Battle

The eighth main Vezertic monster, controlled by the Beserking Veznurom Symbiote. This form is unique among others as it is a mixture of a Glavenus and a Diablos.

### A Sampler in the Hoarfrost Reach

#### Vezertic Beotodus Fight

The ninth main Vezertic monster, controlled by the Mauler Veznurom Symbiote.

#### Vezertic Nergigante Battle

The tenth main Vezertic monster, controlled by the Mauler Veznurom Symbiote.

### Final Battle with the Veznurom

#### Vezertic Nargacuga Cutscene

The hunter steps into the dark forest in search of the ravenous Veznurom, who could be in the form of anything that lives in these parts. So far, they see nothing but a small pack of Jagras unrelated to the Vezertic individuals that began this crisis. Noticeably, they too are on the lookout for something

*Small, but simple prey... tasty none the less. Now it's best I enjoy something much more exquisite, and much more useful.*

### Vezertic Nargacuga Battle

The eleventh main Vezertic monster, controlled by Veznurom itself.

#### Hosting the Previous Threat

*If you think what Draxus and I did was bad... just you wait until I feast upon the heads of the "Elder Dragons" you denizens fear most... The aftermath will be delicious, the first of our race to conquer a world not of our origin.*

#### Vezertic Obsidian Deviljho Battle

The twelfth and final Vezertic monster, controlled by Veznurom itself.

## Veznurom Attacks/Forms

### Other Monsters

The Symbiote Samplers and Veznurom can take over other monsters and make them Vezertic aside from their main hosts if forced out of one. This is especially common to happen when the final quest is active, where Veznurom is actively creating and sending out more Samplers to take control of the ecosystems. Any other monsters gain much wider range to any biting, punching and clawing attacks, and besides that they don't get any new attacks.

### Symbiotic Form

The most basic form of Veznurom, which can be described as a Celloid-like form that slithers along the floor, searching for a good body to control.

### Veznurom True Form

The Hexaduran resembling true form of the Veznurom, which it takes after completely consuming the downed Obsidian Deviljho and gaining the last remainders of chemicals and meat needed for it to restore to full strength.

#### Enraged Only

**(Spiked Enhancement)**

Should Veznurom enter this mode it will snarl to the sky as the matter on its body hardens around, forming crooked spikes around itself. Veznurom will utilise these spikes to increase the range of its attacks, with several gaining the chance to cause Bleeding. It in turn cannot use any attacks that inflict Noxious Poison.

**(Venomous Enhancement)**

Should Veznurom enter this mode it will open its mouth and release poison around itself, toxifying its matter. This makes many of its attacks gain the chance to inflict Noxious Poison and its poison attacks are enhanced. It in turn makes its body softer to attacks and only its Head Rip pin attack can inflict Bleeding.

**(Venomspike Enhancement)**

When it gets close to death, Veznurom will merge its two enhancements into one. It releases poison around itself and then generates the spikes, which in turn absorb in the poison. Veznurom will gain the advantages of both the enhancements, meaning Bleeding and Noxious Poison is to be expected.

## Useful Information

### Basic (Gen Style)

Don't let you become its!

The Veznurom's slime resemblant matter is not only its body structure, it is also its limbs. Should you be ensnared by one of these tendrils a Symbiotic force will take over you and make you attack other hunters. Heat and sound have been observed as causing it to drop Symbiosis with any it controls.

### Advanced (World Style)

The Veznurom's gooey matter is resilient to ailments and most elements, but is extremely sensitive to heat and sounds which disrupt and damage the structuring of the monster. Use Fire Elemental attacks and Screamer Pods to damage it enough to force it into it's much weaker Symbiote form.

## Behaviour

Veznurom like too many a monster on this world has no issue with killing anything it sees as potential prey, including hunters. If it wishes to gain knowledge or power instead it will use its matter to seep in though the bodies of targets and create a Symbiosis with the being known as a Vezertic host.

In battle, it uses its incredible shape shifting matter to its fullest potential, creating organic weaponry and defensive shields, using tendrils with extremely lengthy range, forming limbs for itself and much more.

## Mount/Clutch Claw Effects

### Mounting

In a Vezertic monster, their mounts are the exact same as if they were normal.

For Veznurom's true form, it's head, back and lower body can be mounted. If knocked off the head, the Veznurom will throw down that hunter and begin its Head Rip pin-attack.

The Symbiote form is unable to be mounted.

### Clutch Claw

For Vezertic monsters, the same effects apply as if they were normal.

In the symbiote form, it cannot be affected by the Clutch Claw, and doing so will either do nothing, or if enraged will result in an automatic Head Rip pin-attack.

Veznurom's head, upper body, left/right arm, left/right side-arm, left/right legs, lower body, and tail can be softened by the Clutch Claw. Flinch Shots can be used, though only just one collision or fall is enough for it to become enraged.

Hunters must be careful about using the Clutch Claw on the Veznurom in its true form, as if they use it while it is moving, attacking using that part or try to abuse the mechanic, the Veznurom can grab them using its matter or mouth and throw them away, often into the Head Rip pin-attack.

## Rage And Tired States

* **Enraged**: In its true form, Veznurom will either generate spike-like formations around its body parts which extend attack range or toxify its matter, giving it poisonous attacks.
* **Tired**: The Veznurom in its true form will drool and have its tongue extended out, and will try to eat things it grabs very often.

## Carves

### Master Rank

* The Veznurom Spike and Veznurom Sludge can only be carved from Veznurom if it's defeated in one of its enhancements. They can also be found as a shiny dropped in those enhancements.
	+ Spike: Spiked Enhancement/Venom Spike Enhancement
	+ Sludge: Venomous Enhancement/Venom Spike Enhancement

## Breaks

Any breaks that apply on its Vezertic hosts apply to them as well.

The below are the breaks for its true form. Due to its non flesh body, the wounds appear as rips in the matter in those parts.

* Head Wounded
* Chest Wounded
* Left Arm Wounded
* Right Arm Wounded
* Left Side-arm Wounded
* Right Side-arm Wounded
* Left Legs Wounded
* Right Legs Wounded
* Tail Wounded

## Damage Effectiveness

In all Vezertic monsters, their physical weaknesses remain the exact same and all gain a three star weakness to Fire Element damage.

### Damage Chart Information

* **Bold** parts are weak points.
* Woundable parts can be made more vulnerable by Clutch Claw attacks.
* Breakable parts are body parts that can be broken.
* Severable parts can be partially or completely severed from the monster's body.
* Stars with (Brackets) indicate that a part's vunerablity changes due to a break or a condition.

* ✖ = Zero effect or damage
* ★ = 1-30% effective damage
* ★★ = 30%-70% effective damage
* ★★★ = 70%-100% effective damage

#### True Form Effectiveness

* **Bold** parts are weak points.

* ✖ = Zero effect or damage
* ★ = 1-30% effective damage
* ★★ = 30%-70% effective damage
* ★★★ = 70%-100% effective damage

### **Items**

Note: All hunter and Palico laid traps stop working in the final phase.

### Shiny Item Drops

#### Material Items

Vezertic Monsters drop their usual shiny materials.

Veznurom will drop shinies when it gets interrupted out of its Head-rip pin attack or forced by fire and sounds into its Symbiote form.

Veznurom in its true form can leave two shiny materials depending on its enhancement mode. **Veznurom Spikes** are dropped in its Spiked Enhancement, **Veznurom Sludge** is dropped in its Venomous Enhancement, and both are dropped in its Venom Spike Enhancement.

#### Slinger Ammo

Veznurom in its true form will drop Piercing Pods for the Slinger. All Vezertic Monsters will drop their usual ammo.

## Ecological Information

### Specific Locale Interactions

For Vezertic Monsters, the interactions that they would have as normal monsters remain.

### Special Behaviours

Veznurom and its Samplers can take control over a monster in a Symbiote form, taking control over them "Vezertic".

If hit with enough sound/heat based damage a Vezertic takeover or Veznurom's true form will be destroyed, rendering the creatures in their vulnerable Symbiote form.

## Interactions With The Frenzy/Hyper State/Apex/Tempered

Veznurom has not been seen in any abnormal statuses, and it is highly unlikely that any could infect it.

## Ecology

Veznurom is an alien species of the ??? classification.

### Miscellaneous Information

* Gender of Species Hunted: Unspecifiable(Draxus host implies Male, however the species itself is genderless)
* Blood Colour: Black(Vezertic monsters), Black Matter Pieces(Veznurom)
* Diet of Food: Carnivore

### Habitat Range

The Veznurom is not a monster that was born on the world where Monster Hunter takes place. Veznurom came from a distant planet whose live was dying out due to the world's unstable thermal activity. After carrying out a plan using all of the resources available to it, it managed to launch itself off the planet, flying through space until it finally reached the Monster Hunter planet in the region of the New World.

On the New World, Veznurom is able to survive in any environment except for ones of extreme heat, with none of its Samplers nor it going to the Elder's Recess, with the ones that landed in it having been quickly destroyed in the fire. The monster has even been able to travel through water without issue, having landed in the sea right next to the Ancient Forest on its entry and being able to awaken its released Samplers just moments later.

### Ecological Niche

Being an extra-terrestrial monster, it is completely unknown where it fit into its native planet's ecosystem. It can be heavily assumed that because of its signature ability to take over the bodies of almost any creature it can find, that the species was the ultimate apex predators of that world.

On the Monster Hunter world, that isn't much different. With its bone-less body, extreme versatility and the symbiosis seize, there is next to nothing that can match it in battle. With a single bite in its true form, the monster is able to tear off heads whole without a piece of tissue remaining on the prey's neck.

Their only main threats are anything that produces extreme heat and loud/high frequency sounds as that damages the functions of its matter, so monsters and anything able to use both are a significant challenge to it.

### Biological Adaptations

The Veznurom has a biology that baffles even experienced researchers who look at the reports and files made about the monster. It is not a monster born on this world and as would be expected the biological functions and adaptations of it completely differ from one found in the world of Monster Hunter. The creature upon first arrival is nothing more than slithering black matter, lacking any form of organs within it which would put it below even Celloid body standards. In order for it to possibly survive in the new planet, the Veznurom utilized its signature abilities before even reaching landfall.

The species that Veznurom belongs to are technically symbiotic beings, meaning that they depend on existing creatures around it. However, while it is indeed able to achieve a state of peaceful symbiosis in most cases, the method in which it does so is parasitic in nature. In order to grow and develop to a perfect or "true" form, the Veznurom needs to extract the DNA, genes, and essential organs of other monsters. This process involves the Veznurom entering into a host body through any opening it can find and through exposed skin using its matter. Symbiosis is achieved once the brain is infected to the point it stops resisting the aliens control, given the name of Symbiote in this form. Immediately, the Symbiote gains samples of genetics from the host, which increases as time passes and is enhanced when the host performs specific natural actions of its species. It will absorb such materials into its bodily matter, where the alien monsters own extremely alteratable genetic structuring copies the data that it has collected, adding such functionalities the host monster had for the Veznurom's own use. When completely fresh to the world, the Veznurom had no chances of truely surviving for more than a short time without gaining any adaptations from the local life, being just a living black slime. This is where the Veznurom species second unique function comes into play. It can discard parts of itself as sentient matter to go and take control over any creatures they can find. These beings, known as Samplers, pass whatever they gather from their hosts back to the controller Veznurom. Even these Samplers have natural functions, with them even being able to deploy a fail-safe tactic should they be fatally damaged by concentrating their gathered genetics into a small slither of matter known as Passers which is then jettisoned to be immediately sent with a single task to be absorbed by the Veznurom as so the data isn't lost. The Veznurom is not limited to gaining functionalities and power from Samplers as it is able to take over creatures by itself and do the same task, though it is far more risky than the former option.

Even the Veznurom must feed to maintain its energy just like any other monster. As its first host on the world was a Jagras, it developed a Carnivorous appetite, mainly preying on all monster it comes across that it already has the genetics of or has no use of. The leftover meat and bones of prey and hosts alike are utilized only to form a mouth filled with fangs to tear apart victims. Should it get the chance, the Veznurom will focus to bite the head clean off its prey. This is thanks to the brains containing chemicals that are highly beneficial for its growth and functionality. With all the combinations of genetics from sacs and digestion functions from its multiple hosts, it managed to forego an entire digestive system, instead forming a pancreas with a highly corrosive fluid to dissolve materials in place of a stomach and intestines.

It was fate that allowed the Veznurom to succeed in reaching its perfect form. Having been captured by the Sapphire Star of the Commission in the Coral Highlands, it was extracted from the Stygian Zinogre it has as host while sedated. This is where Draxus Viruk would encounter the Veznurom in its Symbiote Form and be ambushed by the alien, displaying its intelligence had reached the point where it could plan out methods of escape. From a human host, the Veznurom would develop the capabilities to speak, first through the mind of Draxus, and then by itself. Among all monsters of the world, the only other monster known to directly be able to speak in human tongue is the Black Dragon Cwealis. Through Draxus, a perfect symbiosis was formed, with both bodies functioning as one instead of Veznurom taking over the mind of him. Veznurom's matter was able to enhance Draxus's body with superhuman abilities through the combined power of its genetics, increasing as the Sapphire Star destroyed Samplers and had their DNA passed to it via their Passers. Taking on some personality traits of vengeance from him: using the gained human skill to bargain, Veznurom convinced Draxus to create a situation that would involve both of them to get their revenge. As the last Sampler was slain, Veznurom and Draxus kidnapped the Serious Handler in order to get the Sapphire Star to come and rescue her, where Veznurom would be able to bite the head off the one who had been interrupting its goals and Draxus to kill the Serious Handler for revenge against his scar and as a final act against the Commission. As expected, the response was swift, and vengeance was a pinpoint away. The fight was brutal, and Draxus was stabbed directly through the chest in the same place as his scar, by the same weapon, by the Serious Handler defending the hunter from a sudden use of the Veznurom's matter to pin him/her down. The two fully combined as the ultimate sign of their symbiosis to take on the hunter and the remaining members of Draxus's former team members, three of which had already died trying to detain Draxus. While the Onyx Wing fully fell that day, not even the dual force could defeat the hunter and Draxus fell for the last time. Before the Commission could arrest Draxus, Veznurom, disappointed with his failure devoured him to regenerate energy and after morphing wings, it fled for the forest.

Veznurom's perfect form would be achieved after it took control of an Obsidian Deviljho, another monster that had caused huge problems for the Commission and their hunter. Breaking the host's body inside its matter, the Veznurom took on a physical body for itself at long last. Resemblant of a Hexaduran, the Veznurom sprouted four legs, two arms, a tail and a head, all comprised of hardened matter that acted just as effectively as a monster with bones, only with obvious advantages of flexibilities. Two tendrils of matter acted as extra limbs that it could morph into various forms, be it claws, blades, hammers, they all made of from the genetic knowledge from all the hosts it had taken. The matter of Veznurom took on capabilities the hunter had not seen from any Vezertic monsters, being able to temporarily separate on being launched, and having enough force to seep into the ground itself and strike from below. With its two most comprised genetics, that of the Toxifier Pukei-Pukei and the Ruiner Nergigante the Veznurom would enhance itself with metallic spikes and potent poison. It used its body well, having limbs allowed it to climb walls with ease, jump and dash great lengths with four legs, use its tail to quickly pierce anything around it, lash its tongue around to ensure taste alone could pick up prey if the darkness piercing eyes couldn't see them and make optimal attacks with the various forms of its side-arms. All the matter on its body was now like muscle mass for the creature, which when used to ensnare prey, it had enough force to crush bone and tear off limbs. Veznurom's jaws had great enhancement from this hardened matter as the jaws now had proper mechanisms of strength into its bite. At this stage the Veznurom could tear off the heads of most monsters in a single bite, and if it couldn't, the compressing forces of its matter tendrils would make quick work of the skull and spine. In its last stand at the shore where it entered the world for the first time, the Veznurom unleashed all the extent of its genetic enhancements by both fusing the metallic and poisonous substances together for deadly effect and covered up the entire area in its black ooze to allow it to move and strike at the hunter from anywhere. Like the Raging Brachydios, this sealed off the exits from the area to ensure that there would be no escaping from it anymore.

There were two fatal flaws that brought the Veznurom down. Its biological matter structure, being unbelievably adaptable and resistant to any long term damage couldn't handle fire/intense heat and high frequency sounds caused its functions to become damaged and fail and even force a symbiosis and even Veznurom's perfect form to be reverted back to its base, vulnerable Symbiote form. It was due to this that the Veznurom's terror would come to an end at the hands of the Sapphire Star, and having done injuries that even the extreme healing factor of the matter couldn't regenerate, the Veznurom collapsed into a disfigured pile and died. As it did, a blood-red blob of matter of the victims it had eaten and what appeared to be some genetic materials gushed out of its remains into the sea, floating outwards into the horizon. What this Passer Symbiote resemblant thing has not been found since. People are on the outlook though, as this is speculated that it could be the Veznurom's attempt at at recreating itself, awaiting only a suitable host to restart its goal anew with whatever it can find next time...

Even after the Veznurom's death, Endemic Life remains on the New World of the various Samplers that were also created from it, or other Samplers on landfall. This endemic life, known as the Nurom Sampler and the rarer Xionurom Sampler that only appears at night alongside powerful monsters prove that the species is one that is next to impossible to truly kill, as even the spawn of a single individual can go on to create an entire colony. So now and again, Vezertic monsters would pop up, with the hunter dealing with such individuals as always. Fortunately, these Endemic Samplers are incapable of growing to the level of the main Samplers, due to weaker systems, allowing for the Sapphire Star to take what originated from an extraterrestrial threat into nothing more than another pet for their house, complete with them able to make their other pets Vezertic by merging one with them.

### Ecological Behaviour

The Veznurom has been observed as having several traits. On one hand it is a brutal being willing to sacrifice its own hosts in a moments notice to gain more power, even sometimes if the host disappoints the Veznurom, as both shown with the Commission Guard Aider's death. It prefers to kill those not worthy of being made a Vezertic Symbiosis by completely biting the head off and then devour any other remains.

It also shows to have high intelligence, having sent out clones of itself known as Sampler Symbiotes from the meteor as it broke apart, spreading them across the New World with the exception of the Elder's Recess of which none of any that did land there survived. Although weaker, the Veznurom gains all of the information and even the abilities they gather from their own monster hosts and being in their environments, having a connection to all of them through Passer Symbiotes, which expel from the Samplers once they have gathered enough data or are fatally damaged to prevent the DNA from being lost. The Veznurom was also able to use the knowledge it took from Draxus's mind to convince him to kidnap the Serious Handler and bring the hunter to him under the condition they both get revenge as a result.

Veznurom also gains the behaviour and personality of those it and its Samplers successfully control as a Vezertic host, including humans. The Commission Guard Aider, Draxus, was not instantly taken over completely by the Veznurom, who was curious to know the workings and mind of a human. Soon, the Veznurom terrifyingly became able to speak, via Draxus, a head projection and through Draxus's head. Not only that, it also gained much knowledge about the Monster Hunter world than it could ever think it would get that fast. From its peering into Draxus's thoughts it also got a perfect insight into his personal life, including his nature for holding grudges, particularly against the Serious Handler. Knowing already that the hunter had killed all its Samplers it took on the vengeful nature of Draxus, along with his cunning thinking.

Arguably the most astounding feat the Veznurom did was escape its own decaying planet of origin. Not the only one of its species, the Veznurom feared it would be burned away or starve to nothingness if it could not survive. Seeing no other option left, it headed for a colossal pressure vent that regularly unleashed extremely powerful bursts of gas. There, it saw several of other members of its species leap into the vent. Some never came back out, while others were launched beyond the limits of the sky, seemingly flying out of the world itself. Veznurom came to a conclusion, in order to live, it must abandon this world and escape it using the great vent. It went through with a complex yet ingenious plan, build itself a large capsule made out of rock and the most resilient minerals it could get, a powder that emitted a continuous burst like a missile stream and with careful timing, throw itself into the vent. Before it did this it made sure to feed and gather as much energy as possible to prepare itself for a massive journey ahead. With everything set, Veznurom generated several Samplers, weak but very useful copies of itself that would transfer everything they encountered and absorbed to it. Storing them in smaller capsules around inside the main meteor, the Veznurom crawled up the vent and jumped into it. Its plan worked. The vent and the powder rocks acting like rockets shot Veznurom out of orbit of the planet. For hundreds of thousands of years Veznurom laid completely dormant inside the meteor, the minerals produced energy kept Veznurom alive all the way until it finally reached a stopping point, the Monster Hunter world. Upon sensing the sudden heat and the movement inside, the Veznurom awakened. To prevent it from being destroyed before even reaching the surface, it jettisoned off all its Samplers out across the land of the New World and cast off much of the rocky structure of the meteor to dispel the flames. Sensing impact was near, the Veznurom used its matter to steer the meteor into a diagonal fall, aiming it towards a shore. Upon impact the Veznurom instantly burst out of its capsule for the first time in almost a million years and rushed onto the surface. With its energy greatly depleted and all the traits and matter of its organic victims now completely dissolved away the Veznurom's first action was to active its Samplers using a telekinetic command. Now on a new planet, the Veznurom headed into the environment with its two most basic Samplers already at work in the Ancient Forest. Its next plan, to build itself up and become the apex being on the continent, use its telekinetic command to bring more of its kind to the planet, and then take over the whole world.

## Gallery

Icon used when Veznurom is in the Symbiote form or the questline is not yet completed.
## Trivia

* Veznurom is highly based on the character of Venom, or to be more specific, the version from the 2018 movie.
	+ Chaoarren went through several ideas during its creation, including having more monsters based off the other Symbiotes, including Riot. This would eventually be changed so that Veznurom uses Riot's abilities during its enraged true form. The other Symbiotes were made into being creatures created from the separate parts of Veznurom's matter.
* Chaoarren started thinking of making Veznurom after seeing a previous creation based on Venom. However, he disapproved of it because it did not have the quality or any ideas to make it look. Soon after, Chaoarren decided to make his own Venom-monster interpretation that would take more from the source material while still having its own stuff to work in a Monster Hunter setting. Work began almost immediately after the Obsidian Deviljho revamp was done, which was the first of Chaoarren's to include a story. He though a story would be essential for Veznurom to be a special monster, and make its presence have an actual effect on the New World.
* Veznurom's questline story was made to be a direct continuation to the Obsidian Deviljho story, featuring the same characters from that story. The side-character of Draxus Viruk from that story was chosen to become a prime antagonist in this story, having taken the powers of Veznurom for himself to kill the Serious Handler and the hunter.
	+ It is the third part of Chaoarren's Fanon story-line the New World, one that started with the Obsidian Deviljho and continued with Tenastra. The fourth and next part is the Savage Obsidian Deviljho.
* Chaoarren put high effort into making Veznurom's story and the page itself as detailed as possible, as the concept of a monster both being Venom interpreted into the Monster Hunter universe, it speaking like Cwealis, another creation of his, and having come from another planet wouldn't fit well with several users. So Chaoarren made sure to try and explain the main questions people would have, and tried to make them sound as logical as it could be.
* Veznurom was originally meant to be posted to FanonMonsterHunter on October 16th 2019, a full since Chaoarren saw the Venom movie at cinemas. This couldn't be done due to personal issues preventing him from working on it.
* A possible continuation of the Veznurom isn't completely confirmed yet, as the reception of this monster must been taken into consideration first. Chaoarren has an idea to make it a Subspecies that is based around Carnage, and make it significantly more different than the Veznurom.