Arrowtongue the Sub-Neuro Spinonyx

## Arrowtongue

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"**Hey, wanna see me drink this catfish?**"
—Arrow to Cano before feasting on a fish, knowing that Cano thinks the way he eats is super cool.

**Arrowtongue the Sub-Neuro Spinonyx** is a fan character designed by Frostbite Carno. Arrow resides in **The Isle** universe.

Arrowtongue is a subadult Sub-Neurotenic Spinonyx, and one of the first Neuros (Type-Ns) to hatch outside captivity. Arrow is doing his best to survive and adapt to the harsh and unforgiving world of The Isle.

## Biography

Arrow is part of a Neurotenic Spinosaurus' and Baryonyx's first clutch, which are not only the first spinonyx to enter the world, but also some of the first dinosaurs to be actually be *born* as strains. strains aren't a natural thing for a dinosaur to be, but rather they are mutated *int*o a strain, usually by humans. Strains are said to be sterile and incapable of forming bonds with even members of their own species let alone a different (albeit, a closely related) one. Despite **all** of that, by some miraculous odds, his parents were somehow compatible and brought him into the world. The fact that Arrow exists at all is a miracle, he is a miracle of nature. Or a freak of nature, depends on how you look at it. He hatched last and a little smaller than his siblings, and it took him over a year to catch up to them in size.

He also took longer than his siblings to start communicating with vocalizations, mainly choosing to communicate telepathically at the time, he eventually caught up but even now, he still isn't very talkative, but those who know him and pay attention understand him just fine. One possible reason is that he is sensitive to and sometimes stressed out by loud sounds.

One tragic day though, his family was taken from him in a wildfire. It's unknown how, but a wildfire started, and Arrow makes the mistake of getting the attention of a Hyperendocrin Tyrannosaurus. He and his siblings get separated from their father and are attacked by the hyper rex. Arrow's mother intervenes, but is killed in the process. In the aftermath of the fire, Arrow finds no signs of the rest of his family.

Not two long after, a few weeks later, Arrow is wandering around on his own one day, the juvenile subneuro spinonyx still lost, sad, and confused of what became, but then an egg hits him on the head, which houses a Minmi. Arrow is about to eat the egg for breakfast, but then the baby hatches. Arrow is still considering to devour him, until the baby jumps and cuddles Arrow, believing that Arrow was family, much to Arrow's surprise and confusion. Not being able to bring himself to eat the little guy after that, he decides to befriend him, having recently lost his family himself and going through the trauma of that. Volcano, or 'Cano' for short, who Arrow decided to call him, acts very loving toward Arrow, but during their early years Arrow remains emotionally distant to Cano, but as they grew up together, they soon became brothers. Now a subadult, Arrow considers it a wise approach to be wary of most things bigger than him, and of anything unexpected, which is reasonable considering he's only a mid-tier carnivore like his father and not an apex like his mother. But the special abilities he has inherited from his neurotenic mother have helped give him a bit more confidence, making him less fearful. No longer being the smallest one in a pack and having a smaller friend and family member to protect might also play a part.

## Appearance

Arrow mostly has the body structure of an Isle Baryonyx, but then having intermediate features between a neuro spino and a bary on top of that. While still being leaner than a baryonyx, he doesn't look horribly emaciated like a neuro spino, still having some weight to him, giving him an overall healthier looking appearance. He has a small sail on his back that is naked, having zero soft tissue between the spines. He also has a long flat tail for swimming, which is tipped with a retractable stinger. Arrow has scales on his dorsal side, even bearing small sparse osteoderms in some areas, but not on his belly/ventral side, his forearms, from his ankles down, and the latter half of his tail, which are bare naked where not an inch of scales can be found. Some of his veins are visible under his scales and skin, but Arrow has thicker hide than a neuro spino or bary. His skull structure is mostly like that of a baryonyx, with a characteristic sagittal crest above his eyes, on the upper mid-line of the nasals. This crest is triangular, narrow, and sharp in its front part, distinct from those of other spinosaurs in ending hind wards in a cross-shaped process. The lacrimal bone in front of his eyes forms a horn core very similar to those seen in Allosaurus, and is distinct from other spinosaurs in being solid and triangular. Arrow has a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth which are covered by lips; he notably has a larger tooth on the left side of his upper jawline that prominently juts when his mouth is closed, and it is sometimes drawn as an indentation of the upper lip rather than as an actual tooth. Arrow holds an enormous retractable tongue with a barbed arrow shaped tip (hence his name), acting as a harpoon which is capable of impaling prey, causing severe harm, and sucking the juices from other creatures. Like a baryonyx, Arrow has the distinctive feature of each of his arms exhibiting one abnormally long claw, a dangerous and lethal weapon, but he mainly uses them for fishing rather than combat. He has three-digit hands with the first digit (the one bearing the long sickle claw) being opposable, giving him great dexterity, and he is able to walk bipedally and quadrupedally. Unlike full neurotenics, Arrow has eyes, this being a result of him being a subneurotenic and not completely mutated. His eyes also exhibit light blue spots like starbursts or a dotted cross that stem from the pupil all the way down the iris. His eyes are a bioluminescent light azure-blue color.

Arrow is a vivid purplish-blue color, with a darker underbelly that doesn't reach his jawline. He has patterning like that of a baryonyx in lighter and darker shades of his base color. His head crests are iridescent blue. He has many bright azure-blue dots of bioluminescence across his body, including 3 dots on his cheeks, a small blotch on his snout, a ring-shaped spot on the left side of his neck and most notably, he has a heart shaped mark on his left thigh. These dots run down all the way down the length of his tail. Whenever he uses his bioelectricity, his veins light up and start glowing as well, resembling lightning. His Bioluminescent markings glow brighter when he is feeling strong emotions, be it pleasant or unpleasant. when he's enraged, his bioluminescent patterns fade from glowing blue to glowing red.

He has a few burn marks on his tail that he sustained during a wildfire when he was a juvie.

## Personality

Calm, friendly, Introverted, and a little shy, but tenacious. Arrow likes learning about the world around him, both by exploring and by wondering about things that may not usually occur to a dinosaur to question.

Arrow is a neuro, or sub-neuro specifically, which means he can easily communicate with other species, and because of this unique ability to talk with any species, Arrow that he, along with all the other dinosaurs he shares his ecosystem with are more alike then they are different. Everyone has their own lives, struggles, and is just trying to get by and survive just like he is. This revelation coupled with the fact he's naturally a mostly piscivorous creature anyway, has resulted in him not killing and eating other dinosaurs if he can help it, living on a diet of mostly fish, and scavenging when he can. Despite this, he will eat other dinosaurs if he is left with no other options and even starting to fall into his predatory instincts. He is still indeed a carnivorous animal at the end of the day, and that’s just the way it is.

Arrow’s friendly demeanor has an effect on the other dinosaurs he meets. For instance, he once saved a pachycephalosaurus from drowning to death, he’s also helped a downed pteranodon to fly again. He also once helped a troodon who was stuck under a fallen tree. He likes to be helpful and expects little in return.

Arrow's parents, his mother mostly, raised him to avoid humans. His mother shared memories to him of some of the horrific acts they do to creatures like them that she witnessed while in captivity. Arrow learned that due to humans being intelligent, social hunters and far more widespread in some areas, killing one is rarely without consequences from the rest. Though offspring of an animal who interacted with humans, Arrow has been raised to avoid humans instead, and that's exactly what Arrow does to the best of his ability. Which he seems to be doing pretty good at, since he's never seen a human in-person.

## Abilities

* **Hyper Intelligence:** Like other neuros, Arrow has an extremely powerful brain - so powerful in fact, that the energy emitted from his own nervous systems can read the minds and memories of other nearby creatures.

* **Telepathic communication:** Arrow can communicate telepathically with just about any species
* **Visual Blizzard:** Can blur the vision of other creatures through intense electrical radiation. When he does this, dinosaurs which are close to him get an optic distortion which has been coined as "visual snow". Going more in-depth, he possesses the ability to radiate an abnormal electromagnetic field from his bioluminescent spinal structures, the magnetic field operates at a frequency that not only disrupts electronics but also interferes with one's neural connection between the brain and eyes causing the optic distortion 'visual snow' and can even cause complete but temporary blindness depending on how much radiation he emits. He usually uses this as an escape, he will radiate a large amount of electrical energy, blind his opponent, and then dash to the nearest body of water.
* **Sound mimicry:** Arrow is able to mimic any sound, including the calls of other dinosaurs.
* **EMP Blast:** Can release a huge blast of bioelectricity, creating an EMP
* **Bioluminescence:** Arrow is able to produce his own light and glow in the dark. He is capable of intensifying this light to a high degree as a defense, and if any creature is standing too close to him while he’s at full glow, his bioluminescent light is able to temporarily blind the creature. He can also dim this light completely for better night hunting.
* **Prehensile Arrowtongue:** Arrow can snag and stab prey with his harpoon-like tongue which is roughly twice the length of his body. He can inject this tongue into his victims, liquifying their insides, and then slurping up their juices. He can also use this long tongue to grasp things.
* **Stinging tail:** Arrow has a retractable stinger at the end of his tail which he can use to stab other creatures, usually for defense to an attacker.
* **Telekinesis:** Arrow is able to use telekinesis
* **Semi-Aquatic:** Being a spinosaurid, Arrow is semi-aquatic, and feels most at home in and around water. He is a phenomenal swimmer, being able to swim fast, dive beneath the surface, and hold his breath for extended periods of time.
* **Mechanoreception:** Spinosaurids, just like most crocodilian species, can use mechanoreception to detect fish and other organisms in the water.
* Speed and Agility: Arrow is very fast, with a top speed of 41.3 km/h. He can also sprint for long distances and can turn nearly on a dime. He can also climb trees.
* **Bleed:** Arrow’s needle-like teeth, dagger of a tongue, deadly claws, and stinging tail make him very effective at bleeding out an opponent
* **Great** **Heal Rate:** Arrow can heal from injuries pretty quickly
* **Night Vision:** Arrow has excellent night vision

**Unique abilities**

* **Bite-Force:** Arrow has a more powerful set of jaws than either of his parents, making Arrow is a very dangerous spinosaur
* **Sonar:** Arrow can use sonar

**Skills**

* **Bilingualism:** An extension of his mimicking ability, Arrow has the ability to talk with any other species.
* **Fishing:** Arrow is an expert fisher, utilizing his long, sharp claws and piercing tongue to snag his prey.
* **Claw Sharpening:** Arrow has learned to sharpen his claws using trees and boulders for maximum fishing efficiency.
* **Prehensile Tail:** Arrow can use his tail to grasp things
* **Empathy:** Ah yes, the gift of empathy. Arrow doesn't just care about others in an abstract sense. He can actually quite literally **feel** another being’s emotions, from joy and elation to sorrow and regret. Because of this sensitivity, this is one of the reasons he tends to be thoughtful and kindhearted. He knows what others have been through. And having lived through his own tragedy when he was a juvie, only solidifies this. When Arrow says “I know how you feel” he really means it. Arrow has a sincere curiosity about the world to the ends of the earth. Introspective to the core, he's exquisitely attuned to his own thoughts and feelings, but he yearns to understand those around him as well.

## Relationships

### Family

* **Unnamed** **Neurotenic Spinosaurus** (†Mother)
* **Unnamed Baryonyx** (†Father)
* **Unnamed Siblings** (†Siblings)
* **Cano** (Adoptive Brother)

## Trivia

* Arrow's main theme is Boy Lilikoi, with Peaceful Day being his introduction theme, along with Sexfaldur, and Globe Trekking as his third and fourth themes.
* Arrow's name is a reference to Alien Planet's Arrowtongue
* I wanted to add more to Arrow's story, but not enough information about the origins of neuro spinos within The Isle's lore is currently available for me to do so, and in general the Isle's Lore as a whole is always changing so as the game evolves so will my characters.
* Arrow has some weaknesses, for starters, **Fire & Pyrophobia.** The cause of his parent's death was due to wild fire, and because of this, Arrow is terribly afraid of fire, it's the thing he fears the most. He doesn't wanna see it, hear it, smell it, he wants nothing to do with it. Even a small flame he would cower at the sight of, and if there is more of it, it can set him off, with all rationality being thrown out the window and going full primal mode, even accidentally harming those around him he might not have otherwise intended to. Second, **Empathy.** Empathy, while a strength, can also be a weakness at times, for empathy isn't helpful in every situation
* **Character profile page for my The Isle characters**