Cancero

Underwater breathing

Crab goo

## Physical Appearance

Canceros are very resemblant of crabs. They have red and gray overlapping, serrated, chitinous plates covering the majority of their titanic bodies. While the lower section of their body are arched lower to the ground, their upper torso is arched more naturally like a bipedal creature. Much like actual crabs, Canceros have eight legs, however the tips of their legs and their knees are gray in color. They have two crab-like claws which could easily crush someone in half. But their claws are more like a lobster's claws than a crab's since they're serrated. They have long tails and a gray underbelly, with a fluke on the tip of their tails. Their heads look just like that of some crabs, most closely resembling a ghost crab or a coconut crab with long eyestalks, spikes on their head, and two, sheening curved horns. But the most notable trait of a Cancero is their dorsal shell which resembles stone. From the stony shell emerges a webbed dorsal fin and a fair amount of moss, coral, barnacles, and urchins growing off the shell.

## Fire Type

Canceros have a unique fire type in comparison to other dragons. They can blast out a tan-ish orange goo from their mouth at extreme speeds, This goo is flammable, however that is not its main purpose. Their goo sinks into the skin of whoever its fired at, as its a poison and acts as a hallucinogen. It causes people to see visions of crabs everywhere, as well as feel their pinching claws. The only thing that can cause these visions to cease is to wash off the goo in water.

## Abilities

**Being Stationary for Long Periods of Time**

Canceros will spend a majority of their lifespan hiberating beneath the sand and allowing life to flourish on their shells.

**High Durability**

The shells of Canceros are bulletproof as well as being incredibly resistant to explosions.

**Underwater Breathing**

Being aquatic creatures, Canceros can breathe through water through gills under the chitinous plates on their neck.

**Crab Goo**

Canceros can fire an orange and tan goo from their mouth which causes people to have sensory and visual hallucinations of crabs all around them.

## Weaknesses

**Breathing in Air**

Canceros are purely aquatic creatures, therefore, they cannot breathe in the open air.

**Melee Weapons**

While incredibly being resistant to explosions and projectiles, Canceros are not as impervious to melee weapons.

## Behavior and Personality

Canceros are a rarer breed of dragon, seeing as they're Legendary-Class. They actually reside in tropical, shallow waters near beaches, often showing their dorsal shell into the air. These dragons will stay sleeping under the sea for years at a time. This allows nature to overtake their shell, letting grass, trees, and other creatures flourish on their back. When awake, Canceros will just slowly scuttle across the seabed and eat fish, kelp, urchins, and krill so they can hibernate. Canceros are not aggressive creatures unless actively provoked. What does a Cancero view as being provoked? Having food withheld from it and actively hurting them.

## Eggs

Cancero eggs are red in color, rounded, slightly long and covered in gray-ish spikes.

## Trivia

-The Cancero's design was likely inspired by the Chelicerate from the 2019 game, Subnautica: Below Zero