Aspaetusan

**Aspaetusan** is a bulky and powerful species of Fanged Wyvern.

## Physiology

Aspaetusan is a large, monitor lizard like fanged wyvern with a red and orange scale colors, that are covered somewhat by the tar like substance that it excretes from its glands, aswell as its head being shielded with osteoderms beneath the monsters hide, preventing its mostly unarmored head from being a weakspot for when they fight with eachother, as well as the Aspaetusan having a barbed tail, which it uses to whip at its rivals.

## Abilities

Aspaetusan has two distinct chambers within its body, one for storing excess tar it excreted, which it consumes and places it into the sac, the other sac is for lava it accidentally swallows while swimming, which it stores in another chamber, paired with that, the teeth of Aspaetusan are heavily serated, which it uses to tear pieces of its prey into chunks, which it then proceeds to eat, the barbed tail of a Aspaetusan, although mostly used for fighting eachother, aggressors can also be whipped with the barbed tail, which can cause heavy puncture wounds to whoever is hit, which can lead to bleeding out. the chambers of lava and tar can be released both individually and at the same time, which can lead to devestating results to a singular target if one is hit by the blast.

## Ecology

### Habitat Range

Aspaetusan live in volcanoes, but they occasionally go away from the volcano to hunt in the chance that there is no prey within the volcano.

### Ecological Niche

Aspaetusan are volcanic apex predators, one of the many, they are quick to anger, and are highly aggressive towards other apex predators, being capable of possibly taking down another large carnivorous predator who are encroaching towards their territory, they will eat carrion given the chance, but will prefer to eat a recently dead carcass compared to a already decomposing one.

### Biological adaptations

As said in the Abilities, the Aspaetusan have two chambers, a lava chamber and a tar chamber, both being able to release at will, singular and both at the same time, aswell as their barbed tail, that can sometimes get stuck in the targets, sometimes taking a while to get the tail barbs outside the victim,

## Rage and Tired States

* Rage State: Its tar is seen dripping off of its back
* Tired State: Tar can be seen dripping off its mouth, as well as saliva dripping aswell.

## Attacks

### Calm

* **Tar Blast:** Aspaetusan will spit out a coating of tar from its chamber, coating hunters within tar.
* **Magma Lob:** Aspaetusan will spit out a lob of lava from its mouth, inflicting fireblight upon hitting a hunter.
* **Tail Stab:** Aspaetusan will swing its barbed tail at a hunter, causing bleeding upon hitting
* **Burning Tar:** Aspaetusan will spit burning tar at a hunter, inflicting tarred and fireblight upon hit.
* **Biting:** Aspaetusan will try biting a hunter using its jaws, dealing a little damage upon hit.
* **Chomp:** Aspaetusan will try to bite down upon a hunter, dealing heavy damage if it lands a hit.
* **Claw Swipe:** Aspaetusan will swipe its claws at a hunter, dealing a medium amount of damage if it lands a hit.
* **Roar:** Aspaetusan will roar at the hunters, not much to say really.
* **Swimming Ambush:** Aspaetusan will swim in lava, immolating the tar on its body, before leaping at a hunter.

### Rage State

* **Asphalt Eruption:** Aspaetusan will attack the hunters with a combination of tar and lava, spitting four globs of tar and magma, each at a individual hunter.
* **Rapid Chomps:** Aspaetusan will rapidly bite, aiming at all the hunters.