Agsolestea

**Agsolestea** is a Snake Wyvern and the female counterpart of Aglunastos.

## Physiology

Agsolestea is a large Snake Wyvern which, unlike Najarala, has no limbs. This means that Agsolestea looks far more snake-like than Najarala. Agsolestea has large frills which she uses to gather solar energy for her light-based attacks. Agsolestea has large fangs which she uses to inject a deadly venom in her prey, but is also capable of spitting this venom out like a spitting cobra. Agsolestea also has small ridges going down her back similarly to Rathalos and beautiful scales going across her body.

## Behavior

Agsolestea has a behavior similar to Rathian in that she is very territorial and will become very aggressive to potential threats, especially when in close proximity to her nest and young.

Unlike her male counterpart, Agsolestea is most commonly found during the day and becomes harder to find when it becomes darker.

## Ecological Information

### Placement in Food Chain

Agsolestea occupy a position high in the food chain due to their large size, elemental powers and venom allowing them to easily feed on small monsters. These attributes also allow them to prey on several large monsters, but they have to compete with other strong monsters. Agsolestea have to worry about predation from powerful monsters and Elder Dragons.

### Behavior towards Other Monsters

Agsolestea will attack small monsters if they wander too close to the Snake Wyvern or provoke it. Agsolestea will also attack large monsters if they wander too close or decide to provoke the Snake Wyvern. Agsolestea will however try to get away from powerful monsters and Elder Dragons.

### Tracks

Agsolestea can leave behind a variety of tracks for hunters to utilize in tracking it down. These tracks include **"Large Slither Prints"**, which can be found on the ground, **"Majestic Blue Scales"**, which can be found on the ground, **"Beautiful Blue Shells"**, which can be found on the ground, and **"Glowing Scorch Marks"**, which can be found on the ground or on walls.

### Specific Locale Interactions

Agsolestea doesn't have any specific locale interactions.

### Special Behaviors

When Agsolestea is fought together with Aglunastos, not only will the other enrage if one of them enrages, they will also form a bond due to being male and female of the same species. The two Snake Wyverns will coil together and put their heads close together as they start charging energy, creating a blast in between them which slowly increases in size. The two Snake Wyverns will then quickly separate themselves dropping the blast and causing a large explosion of dark and light. The two of them will continue fighting the hunter together afterwards.

## Cutscene

### Hunt Cutscene

* Location: Jurassic Frontier
* Synopsis: As the Hunter enters Area 4 of the Jurassic Frontier, they notice that it's very quiet. They don't hear much besides the wind until suddenly they notice a bright light on the other side of the area. Before the Hunter can see where the light is coming from they get blinded by a bright flash. While the Hunter is trying to recover from the flash they can hear something moving around them. When the Hunter recovers they notice the bright light is gone. Suddenly they hear something behind them and when they turn around they see it's an Agsolestea, ready to bite them. As the Agsolestea tries biting them, the Hunter leaps out of the way. The Agsolestea turns back towards the Hunter and roars, starting the hunt.

### Ecology Cutscene

* Location: Great Forest
* Synopsis: The cutscene begins by showing off a Hypnocatrice asleep in Area 5 of the Great Forest. The camera then zooms out to show an Agsolestea slowly sneaking up on the Hypnocatrice. The camera then pans up as the Agsolestea presumably bites the Hypnocatrice, killing it instantly. The screen then turns to black until it lights up and shows what seems like the Agsolestea's nest. Several young start calling for their mother when the Agsolestea enters her nest, carrying the Hypnocatrice. There seems to be two types of children, ones which are dark-coloured, males, and ones which are bright-coloured, females. The Agsolestea drops the Hypnocatrice corpse infront of the children as the camera zooms in on the children. The Agsolestea then seems to rip off a piece of meat off-screen and gives it to the children which start eating it, ending the cutscene.

## Abilities

Agsolestea are capable of using the Light element by gathering solar energy into their frills which gets stored in special organs in the Agsolestea's body, so it can then be used in different manners. Besides this, Agsolestea are also very large and can use their massive bodies to constrict and crush their prey. Agsolestea also possess a deadly venom which they can inject into their prey or enemies, but also spit it out to create a small pool of poison like Gypceros.

Agsolestea are also capable of swimming, but they don't like staying in the water for too long. As such they use the water as a means of escape and not for hunting or fighting.

## Rage and Tired States

* Rage State: Agsolestea's eyes will glow bright green and her frills will glow.
* Tired State: Agsolestea will start to drool.

## Frenzy, Apex, Hyper and Tempered

Agsolestea can get affected by the Frenzy Virus and become Frenzied, but it is not known if they can get into the Apex State. Agsolestea can also get into the Hyper State and the Tempered State.

When Agsolestea becomes infected with Frenzy Virus, thus Frenzied, its frills and underbelly turn more purplish while the majority of its body becomes darker in color. There's now a chance that the venom that it spits out can cause Frenzy.

Tempered Agsolestea are considered Threat Lv1 Tempered Monsters and have the usual changes of a Tempered monster.

Hyper Agsolestea has the usual changes of a monster in the Hyper State and also gains a new attack. **Twin Sweeping Sunlight Beam**: Agsolestea will first fire a Light Beam from left to right and then fire another laser from right to left. Both can cause Lightblight.

While it's thought that Apex Agsolestea might be able to exist, because of the fact that Apex Aglunastos are known to exist, but none have been sighted yet.

## Mounts

Agsolestea has a mount animation similar to Najarala and can be mounted on her head, back and tail.

When Agsolestea is mounted on her head, the hunter will either be located above the Agsolestea's membranes or on either side of its head, behind the membranes. The Agsolestea will try to get hunters off by violently shaking her head around, by slithering around and by slamming the side of her head into walls.

When Agsolestea is mounted on her back, the hunter will be located somewhere from just past the neck to near the base of the tail and will be located on either side of the body. The Agsolestea will try to get hunters off by shaking its body, slithering around and by slamming the side of her body into walls.

When Agsolestea is mounted on her tail, the hunter will be located somewhere from the base of the tail to near the tip of the tail and will be located on top of the tail. The Agsolestea will try to get hunters off by violently shaking her tail around, by slithering around and by slamming her tail into walls or the ground.

## Ecology

### Taxonomy

* **Kingdom:** Animalia
* **Phylum:** Chordata
* **Class:** Reptilia
* **Order:** Squamata
* **Suborder:** Serpentes
* **Family:** Viperidae
* **Subfamily:** Viperinae
* **Genus:** *Lumenophis*
* **Species:** *L. divorsus*

**Name Meaning:** Oppositional Light Serpent

Agsolestea is a member of the Snake Wyvern class together with her male counterpart, Aglunastos. There's also a rare species known as Jet Agsolestea living within volcanic regions.

### Habitat Range

Agsolestea have been found living in a wide range of environments from tropical regions like the Old Jungle, Jungle, Primal Forest and Jurassic Frontier to environments like the Deserted Island, Misty Peaks, Ancestral Steppe, Verdant Hills, Everwood, Extinct Volcano, Heaven's Mount, Lost City and even the Marshlands. They are also found in the Stained Jungle and the Desolate Village.

### Ecological Niche

Agsolestea have a similar position in the food chain to Rathian. This means that they're high in it and feed on herbivores, like Kelbi and Aptonoth, and lesser predators, like Velociprey, Jaggi, Iodrome and Great Jaggi. While Agsolestea are powerful and capable predators they still have to compete with more powerful and capable predators like Rathalos, Lagiacrus, Tigrex, Plesioth and Espinas. Powerful predators like Elder Dragon-level monsters, Deviljho, Solmaron and Rajang, Deviants, like Dreadqueen Rathian and Dreadking Rathalos, and Elder Dragons can easily take down an Agsolestea.

### Biological Adaptions

Agsolestea have developed their frills in such a manner that they can use them as solar panels for gathering solar energy which they can use for their Light-element attacks. Agsolestea have also developed a powerful venom which they are able to not only inject into their prey but also spit out like a spitting cobra. Besides this they can use their massive body to constrict and crush their prey and are also capable of swimming through water for some time to escape from threats or, occasionally, chase down prey.

### Behavior

Agsolestea is very territorial and will patrol through her territory during the day, while her male counterpart patrols through their territory during the night. Whenever it is taking care of its young it can become very aggressive to potential threats.

## Interactions with Other Monsters

### Low Tier Large Monsters

* **Agsolestea versus Tzitzi-Ya-Ku:** The two start by roaring at each other after which the Tzitzi-Ya-Ku quickly flashes the Agsolestea, causing her to be Stunned. The Tzitzi-Ya-Ku leaps at the Agsolestea, causing rather low damage to the Agsolestea. The Tzitzi-Ya-Ku then tries to kick the Agsolestea, but the Agsolestea recovers sooner from the flash than the Tzitzi-Ya-Ku expected and misses due to the Agsolestea moving back. The Agsolestea then flashes the Tzitzi-Ya-Ku and then whips its tail at the Tzitzi-Ya-Ku, dealing rather low damage and knocking the Tzitzi-Ya-Ku over. The Agsolestea then shoots its Sunlight Beam at the Tzitzi-Ya-Ku, dealing continous damage and totalling up to a moderate amount of damage.

## Attacks

### Low Rank

#### Calm

* **Roar**: Agsolestea will roar in a similar manner as Najarala.
* **Bite**: Agsolestea will hiss at a hunter and then try to bite them which can cause Noxious Poison and knock them down.
* **Tail Whip**: Agsolestea will whip her tail at a hunter which can knock them back.
* **Constrict**: When Agsolestea pins a hunter, she will use her large and muscular body to start constricting them.
* **Lunge**: Agsolestea will lunge at a hunter with her body which can knock them down.
* **Slither**: Agsolestea will slither towards a hunter in a S-shape which can knock them down.
* **Venom Ball**: Agsolestea will spit her venom at a hunter which will leave a small pool of poison if it doesn't hit them directly like Gypceros. If the ball hits a hunter directly it can knock them back and cause Poison and if a hunter walks into the pool it can cause Poison.
* **Sunlight Gather**: Agsolestea will spread her frills and stay still for a bit to gather some sunlight. If she does this enough she will eventually be able to use her Light attacks.
* **Light Ball**: Agsolestea will fire a ball of concentrated light at a hunter which can cause Lightblight and can knock them down.
* **Light Flash**: Agsolestea will hiss at a hunter and then start concentrating light into her frills which will start flashing faster and faster. After some time it will cause a bright flash of light which can cause Stun like Gypceros' flash attack.

#### Enraged

* **Upswing**: Agsolestea will first hiss at a hunter and then swing her head upwards at them which can knock them upwards.
* **Lunging Bite**: Agsolestea will lunge at a hunter, but instead of hitting them with her body she will try biting them which can cause Noxious Poison and knock them away.
* **Sunlight Beam**: Agsolestea will concentrate the light energy into her mouth and afterwards will fire a large laser of concentrated light at a hunter. She will try to track them down with the laser for a short time. This attack can cause Lightblight and can knock them away.

### High Rank

#### Calm

* **Sideways Bites**: Agsolestea will lunge towards a hunter and try to bite them from the side two times in a row, once from the left and once from the right. This attack can cause Noxious Poison and knock them down.
* **Circling Upswing**: Agsolestea will first hiss at a hunter and then circle them similarly to Najarala. Afterwards she will hiss again and do an Upswing at them which can knock them upwards.
* **Slithering Upswing**: Agsolestea will slither towards a hunter in a S-shape and then do an Upswing. The slither can knock them down and the upswing can knock them upwards.
* **Double Light Ball**: Agsolestea will shoot two Light Balls in a row at a hunter which can both cause Lightblight and can knock them back.
* **Light Grenade**: Agsolestea will shoot a Light Ball at a hunter which will travel in an arc. When it hits the ground it will cause a small explosion of light. This attack can cause Lightblight and can knock Hunters away.

#### Enraged

* **Lunging Flash**: Agsolestea will first do a Lunging Bite at a hunter and then do a Light Flash. The Lunging Bite can cause Noxious Poison and the Light Flash can cause Stun. The lunge can knock them down.
* **Circling Bite**: Agsolestea will first hiss at a hunter and then circle them similarly to Najarala. Afterwards she will hiss again and try to bite them which can cause Noxious Poison and can knock them down.
* **Sweeping Sunlight Beam**: Agsolestea will fire a Sunlight Beam from left to right across the area which can cause Lightblight and can knock Hunters away.

### G-Rank

#### Calm

* **Venom Spray**: Agsolestea will spray out a large amount of venom in varying patterns across the area infront of her. If this attack hits a hunter directly it will knock them down and cause Noxious Poison and if a hunter walks through the venom it will only cause Noxious Poison and knock them back.
* **Fake-Out Gather**: Agsolestea will start out by doing a Sunlight Gather, giving hunters a chance to attack, but when they get close she will do a Lunging Bite or Light Flash. This attack is most often done when she's already fully charged.

#### Enraged

* **Light Flash Grenade**: Agsolestea will fire a Light Grenade at a hunter, but it will be flashing and when it hits the ground it will release a bright flash of light which can cause Stun.
* **Sideways Combo**: Agsolestea will first do Sideways Bites and then do a Constrict.
* **Light Grenade Bombardment**: Agsolestea will fire multiple Light Grenades in a row at a hunter which can all cause Lightblight and knock Hunters away.

## Breakable Parts and Shiny Drops

### Breakable Parts

* **Head(1)**: Agsolestea's jaws will be damaged.
* **Head(2)**: One of the Agsolestea's frills will be damaged.
* **Head(3)**: Both of the Agsolestea's frills will be damaged.
* **Tail**: Part of the Agsolestea's tail will be severed off.

### Shiny Drops

#### Material Items

* Agsolestea can drop an Agsolestea Scale/Scale+/Mirrorscale with the break on her tail.
* Agsolestea can drop an Agsolestea Fang/Fang+/Venomfang with the first break on her head.
* Agsolestea can drop an Agsolestea Carapace/Cortex when she's flinched.
* Agsolestea can drop an Agsolestea Frill/Frill+/Membrane with the second and third break on her head.
* Agsolestea can drop a Wyvern Tear/Lrg Wyvern Tear with all of her breaks.

#### Slinger Ammo

When Agsolestea receives a high damage impact, she can drop Piercing Pods for the hunter's slinger.

## Equipment

### **Armor**

#### Blademaster

***Skills:*** Sun Strike, Bond (+9), **Oxygen (-9)**

#### Gunner

***Skills:*** Sun Strike, Bond (+9), **Oxygen (-9)**

## Quests

### Low Rank (Village)

 **Client:** Bhernese Botanist
 **Notes:**

* This quest will play the Hunt Cutscene for Agsolestea when the hunter enters Area 4.

 **Client:** Airship Attendant
 **Notes:**
*None*

 **Client:** Artist
 **Notes:**
*None*

## Notes

* Agsolestea's roar requires Earplugs to block.
* Whenever Agsolestea is tired it will try to find a carcass and eat from it to regain Stamina.
* When Agsolestea is fought together with an Aglunastos, if either becomes enraged the other will too.
* Agsolestea will be stunned by Flash Bombs or Flash Pods for a shorter period of time than most other monsters and it will also regain some of its charge.
* Agsolestea is quite resistant to Poison, but less so when it comes to Paralysis.

## Trivia

* Agsolestea is based on the cottonmouth and spitting cobras.

## Credits

* **Rathalosaurus**: For the artwork and helping with the theme.
* **YukiHerz:** For the icon.
* **FrostSpino:** For the taxonomy.