Giant Condor (The Monster King Universe)

The Giant Condor is a species of large condor that live in the arctic and cold places of Earth. A specific individual appears in Godzilla: The Monster King, briefly fighting Godzilla before being taken out. Two more would appear in Gamera: The Invincible and Godzilla: The Terror from Above, and both of them would be killed by Super Gyaos and SpaceGodzilla respectfully. The species is meant to act like vultures or normal sized condors, flying around and feasting on deceased and rotten bodies. They mostly live in the arctic however.

## Name

The generic name of the Giant Condor literally just the combination of the words giant and condor. However, the species name, Gymnogyps ärktik gigantis, which is based off the scientific name for the Californian condor.

## Design

The Giant Condor's design is incredibly similar to Gymnogyps californianus, also known as the Californian condor. The Giant Condors, or at least the males have large crests on top of their heads and long quills going down the back of their heads. They have extremely long talons and large wings. It is covered in a large coat of feathers acting both as warmth and as slight armour protecting its hollow bones. The condor's mouth extends beyond the beak into a fully formed jaw.

## Personality

Giant Condors thousands of years ago traveled from the Hollow Earth to the Arctic to avoid competition with food and being preyed upon, and because of it, they no longer can recognise predators, other than themselves. This makes them hyper aggressive beings. The only time a single Giant Condor has ever seemed to have fear is when one Giant Condor was confronted by an army of Gyaos and Super Gyaos. Giant Condors are extremely persistent creatures that have barely any self-preservation instinct. Giant Condors don't even like themselves, only allying when mating or parenting. In Terror from Above, it is noted that two males had fought over territory.

## Origin

Giant Condors evolved as a large species of bird that migrated to the arctic as they had no real competition there. They would travel across the entire world to find corpses or eat smaller animals, or even their own species.

## History

### Godzilla: The Monster King

The Giant Condor emerged from a bunch of snow a the top of a mountain in Antarctica sensing Godzilla's presence. The Giant Condor charged at Godzilla, who wasn't interested in fighting and moved out of the way. The condor continued to try and fight Godzilla by pecking Godzilla on the head. After twenty seconds, Godzilla got annoyed, grabbed the Giant Condor by the neck and slammed him into the ground. It is unknown if the Giant Condor survived.

### Gamera: The Invincible

A Giant Condor appears briefly. As a Gyaos was inspecting the icy tomb the Hyper Gyaos was in, a Giant Condor kicked the Gyaos down. As the condor approached the Gyaos, kicking it two more times, a Super Gyaos landed on the ground. The Giant Condor roared towards the Super Gyaos, not afraid. However, more and more Gyaos and Super Gyaos began to land. As they began to land, the Giant Condor began to feel true fear for the first time. The Giant Condor tried to escape, but one of the Super Gyaos fired its Sonic Beam, cutting the wing off. The Giant Condor stumbled around before Super Gyaos fired two more Sonic Beams, cutting off the other wing and the legs. The condor was then eaten alive by the Super Gyaos.

### Godzilla: The Terror from Above

A male Giant Condor had been pushed out of his territory and decided to search for a new one. As the Giant Condor was searching, he found a large amount of large crystals. The Giant Condor rested on the crystal before noticing the creator, SpaceGodzilla. The Giant Condor went on the aggressive, roaring towards SpaceGodzilla, who simply ignored him. After a bit, the condor flew closer to SpaceGodzilla and fired its acidic puke on SpaceGodzilla, which really did nothing. SpaceGodzilla, now annoyed, used his telekinesis. The Giant Condor tried to escape, but was completely torn apart by as SpaceGodzilla pull his arms out.

## Powers & Abilities

### Acidic Vomit

Like other vultures and condors, the Giant Condor can fire an acidic vomit. The acidic vomit can destroy condor feathers and blind weaker creatures if the vomit can hit the eyes. It mainly is used to mark territory and scare off predators and other Giant Condors.

### Flight

The Giant Condor has a 100 meter wingspan that allows it to glide for days upon end. At max, the Giant Condors can fly at speeds of mach 10.5.

### Strength

For a relitivly light-weight animal, the Giant Condor species is quite strong, able to lift up bodies that can weigh up to 8,000 tons, even heavier than the condors themselves.

### Talons/Beak

The Giant Condors are able to use both their beaks and talons as weapons, with the beak to blind opponents by stabbing them in the eyes and the talons to scratche enemies. The talons also allow them to pick up dead bodies.

## Weaknesses

### Hollow Bones

Like all bird, the Giant Condor species have Hollow Bones. This allows them to fly much easier but also makes them quite fragile, even with the large coating of feathers.

## Trivia

* The Giant Condor in Godzilla: The Monster King was originally meant to be destroyed by Godzilla's Atomic Breath, but it was changed due to it being out of character for Godzilla.

## List of Appearance(s)

* Godzilla: The Monster King
* Gamera: The Invincible
* Godzilla: The Terror from Above