Rodan

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**Rodan** is a powerful pterosaur, like daikaiju that is one of the fastest beings to ever exist.

## Overview

Rodan is a member of a prehistoric reptilian aerial superspecies that co-evolved alongside other giant monsters like Godzilla and the Titans and were in contact with humans during ancient human times. Rodan's species heavily resembles pterosaurs, though they don't seem to be directly related to them. The species shared many similarities with birds of prey, such as a bird-like head armed with a massive, serrated beak, and talons capable of grasping. Their heads were adorned with a crest of two bony horns that grew backwards. Their wings were extensions of their forelimbs, and they could be folded when standing or walking. Master Sergeant Nez suspects upon seeing a video feed of Rodan that he influenced the Navajo's lore of Tsé nináhálééh, the Rock Monster Eagle.

## Appearance

This incarnation of Rodan has a larger wingspan compared to any of his previous incarnations. His physique overall bears a strong resemblance to a bird of prey. His head possesses a large, heavy beak lined with tooth-like spikes and a pair of horn-like spurs curl down from the back of his skull. He has a pair of ridge-like brows and beady, yellow eyes with circular pupils. He possesses large, digitigrade avian legs, with sickle-shaped hooked claws on each foot's three large toes, and a smaller near-vestigial toe at the back similar to tyrannosaurids. The shapes of Rodan's wings along with his head give him a resemblance to traditional depictions of pterosaurs, while his tail is spade shaped. He has a hand on each arm that is partly detached from the wing, with two long fingers and a thumb which are each equipped with long claws.

### Roar

Rodan's roaring vocalizations are akin to shrill, grating screams and are quite different from the roars of his previous incarnations. He's also capable of lower-pitched, more avian-sounding vocalizations.

## Personality

Unlike Godzilla and Mothra, Rodan appears to be an overall neutral Titan, whose allegiance after Ghidorah's (separate) victories against him and Godzilla is to whichever Titan currently occupies the alpha position, regardless of said alpha's actions. Based on his presence at Washington DC pursuing the military, Rodan appeared to be particularly faithful to Ghidorah when the latter was alpha, and/or eager to slaughter the hostile humans. But in the aftermath of Ghidorah's death, Rodan was the first Titan out of Ghidorah's former pack to bow to Godzilla after receiving a domineering snort from the latter.

Rodan is an intelligent and ferocious fighter in combat, shown by his use of aerial maneuvers when slaughtering the Raptor squadron near Isla de Mara and by him snapping his jaws in an attempt to crush Mothra's head in Boston. However, Rodan also appears to be overly aggressive to a point which overrides pragmatism; shown by how he opted to clash with Ghidorah upon flying into the latter's storm near the former's territory despite his opponent's superior size, ferocity and abilities, and by leaving his shoulder open to attack by Mothra's stinger in Boston.

Despite his aforementioned aggression in Washington DC, Rodan only attacked following his awakening as a direct result of a Raptor squadron firing at him when he was atop his home. Beforehand, upon noticing the large human settlement that had developed nearby during his dormancy, he was content to curiously observe without becoming hostile. Rodan's decimation of the nearby town with a sonic boom when he took flight indicates he is either indifferent towards humans at large, or that he'd deemed all humans his enemy in response to the Raptors' attack on him.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Bio-Volcanic Nature:** Rodan possesses an internal volcanic combustion system; causing him to radiate heat, the temperature of which can reach up to 1200°C. As a result, Rodan's external body temperature is life-threateningly hot upon close contact, to the point that he was able to use it during his skirmish with Mothra to slowly burn the latter to near-death. When Rodan was stabbed by Mothra, a small amount of fire was seen erupting from the wound.
* **Cyclonic Drift Steams:** Rodan's massive wings are powerful enough to create a devastating sonic thunderclap beneath his flight, powerful enough to instantly decimate buildings and throw vehicles, debris, and people straight to the air with tornado-like force.
* **Extreme Heat Resistance:** Michael Dougherty claims that Rodan is able to swim in magma to travel if he needs to because the bio-volcanic combustion inside of Rodan can withstand the highest temperatures of magma.
* **Advanced Durability:** Due to his armor and size, Rodan can completely shrug off bullets from rifles to missiles, and he's unfazed by close contact with volcanic lava. He can even survive baring the full force of Ghidorah's gravity beams (though he was still knocked down). Despite his high body temperature and affinity for heat, he even recovered seemingly on his own from falling inert into the ocean. Even an open wound from being impaled through the shoulder by Mothra's stinger was something Rodan seemed to be able to shrug off once he'd recovered.
* **Flight:** Rodan has a skeletal structure similar to that of a *Pteranodon* and thus is capable of fast, long-distance flight. With the wingspan of over 871 ft, he has the capability of flying across oceans without tiring.
* **Super Speed and Agility:** Due to his immense wingspan, Rodan is fast enough to keep up with and outfly military fighter jets and the USS *Argo* with super-sonic speed, and intercept Mothra when she was in the middle of a dive. He is capable of acrobatic aerial maneuvers which made him a devastating foe who swiftly decimated and eradicated the aforementioned Raptor squad.
* **Super Strength and Combat:** Rodan mainly uses his beak and talons for combat and can use them to easily crush fighter jets. He even used his wings to knock off the Raptors he was attacking. Rodan is also strong enough to last a significant length of time grappling in the sky with Mothra and Ghidorah.
* **Volcano-Agrikinesis:** The novelization reveals that Rodan can make volcanoes erupt by simply flying over them.

### Abilities

* **Sharp Beak:** Rodan has a razor-sharp beak that can be used as a formidable weapon and can be used to inflict cutting, impaling, or crushing damage.
* **Sharp Talons:** Rodan has razor-sharp talons which are sufficient to rend and cut most materials.

## Weaknesses

* **Mothra's Stinger:** Mothra's abdominal stinger can pierce through Rodan's armor and body at close range. Though Rodan recovered from the blow after several minutes, the impalement was devastating enough to ultimately take him out of the fight in the meantime, leaving him to fall to and writhe on the ground.

## Trivia

* The MonsterVerse Rodan is somewhat smaller than his previous incarnations. However, the height may be a matter of posture, as this incarnation is often somewhat forward-bent.
* It was speculated that this incarnation of Rodan could breathe fire based on an official concept art on the right, portrayal of cave painting, and in the scene on the *Argo*'s arrival in Washington DC. However, Michael Dougherty denied the hypothesis.
	+ The same concept art shows Rodan was originally going to team up with Godzilla and Mothra to defeat King Ghidorah.