Rodan

"*Local legends call him, Rodan, the Fire Demon.*"
―Reiko Hirano[src]
**Rodan**, was a giant pterosaur MUTO that originated from the Cretaceous period of Earth. He was discovered by Monarch in 1991 after looking into the Volcán de Agua in Guatemala and connecting it with the local legends of a burning monster deep within the volcano.

Rodan had been the cause of many eruptions throughout Earth's history as he is often choose volcanoes to nest inside. As such, the many notable eruptions was the Tambora eruption in 1815 in which he came out of and traveled to Volcán de Agua to nest inside until his discovery by Monarch.

## Biography

### King Ghidorah Uprising

Rodan was awakened by Ghidorah's alpha call, and promptly destroyed the town surrounding his volcano. He began chasing the Monarch team, who lured him to Ghidorah which led to a brawl that ends in Ghidorah's victory, resulting in Rodan becoming his subordinate.

During Ghidorah's fight with Godzilla, he helped Ghidorah by counterattacking Mothra, who eventually defeated him. After Godzilla killed Ghidorah, Rodan recognized Godzilla as the true alpha.

## Powers and abilities

* **Fire demon physiology**:
	+ **Flight**: Rodan had a skeletal structure similar to that of a *pterosaur* and thus is capable of fast, long-distance flight. With the wingspan of over 871 ft, he had the capabilty of flying across oceans without tiring.
	+ **Bio-volcanic nature**: Rodan possessed 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.
		- **Extreme heat resistance**: Rodan was completely invulnerably to any form of heat, and was even 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.
		- **Magma attack**: Rodan had the ability to concentrate the magma in his body to spew it out of his body and mainly his beak, as seen when he attacked Megaguirus' swarm. Megaguirus was able to replicate this ability.
		- **Volcano-agrikinesis**: A theory states that Rodan can make volcanoes erupt by simply flying over them.
	+ **Super speed and agility**: Due to his immense wingspan, Rodan was fast enough to keep up with and outfly military fighter jets 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. His speed was fast enough that he could destroy the Xiliens' mothership by flying to it at full speed.
	+ **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.
	+ **Super 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.
	+ **Sharp beak**: Rodan had a long 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 had razor-sharp talons which are sufficient to rend and cut most materials.
* **High intelligence**: Rodan
* **Cyclonic drift streams**: Rodan's massive wings were 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.

### 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.
* **Gigan's**

## Relationships

* Mothra - former enemy
* King Kong
* Behemoth
* Scylla
* Quetzalcoatl - mate
* Wukong
* Crimson MUTO
* Megaguirus - victim
* *Cimexmalum guirus* swarm - victims
* Gigan - killer

## Trivia

* Rodan was considered to be the one who caused the Krakatoa eruption in 1883.