Goliath Milesaur

**Goliath Milesaur** is an irrelevant creature, but not quite as useless as the Snowdance Cinicula (which doesn't even deserve a link to its page).

"It was as if I was in a dream. How could such a beautiful, massive being exist? It was as if I was looking at the gods themselves, hidden within the majestic beast. Its strides powerful but gentle, it grazed upon the fields, giving me no acknowledgement. It truly was a God in its own right." - Bartholomew Barbaton IV, Adventurer and Scientist

## Appearance

The Goliath Milesaur, hailed as one of the largest terrestrial creatures, is a sight to behold. Reptilian in nature, it appears to be a massive dinosaur of sorts, with an extremely long neck. It has large, round eyes on either side of its flattened, elongated head, resembling an insect. It also has a massive tail trailing behind it, which just barely hovers above the ground. Its body is huge, covered in thick plated skin and huge, jagged crystals which store huge amounts of ether energy, as well as its vital organs. The Milesaur also has four massive feet, each large enough to crush a Cinicula. As the largest Milesaur species, their ether veins glow a bright orange, and they have a unique orange patch on their back, which spews massive amounts of superheated ether, almost like a volcano.

## Habitat

Due to their massive size, only a few habitats can sustain the Goliath Milesaur. The most common habitat of choice for milesaurs are plains, highlands, and grasslands. They like areas where it is warm, but also have access to food and water. Because of their huge bulk, they can only be an areas with large amounts of flat, even ground, but also enough vegetation to support their diet.

## Lifespan & Size

Milesaurs are truly massive creatures, reaching unimaginable sizes in adult form. While they are one of the longest and tallest terrestrial creatures, they are not the heaviest, being lighter than their appearance would suggest. Born from eggs, Milesaurs are already quite large at a young age, only slightly smaller than an adult Cinicula. After many years, they will slowly attain impressive sizes, larger than almost any creature. While most Milesaurs will live a good 300 years, Goliath Milesaurs can live much longer, as well as reaching even larger sizes. They can reach over 700 years old, a true marvel of a such a large creature.

## Diet

Milesaurs eat huge amounts of vegetation daily, stripping entire trees of their leaves and plains of their grasses, while rocks they have swallowed grind up this vegetation in their stomach, aiding digestion. They never eat any forms of meat, but may scavenge already-dead animals when plants are scarce. Due to the massive energy required to move their bodies, they drink huge amounts of water each day, and for extended periods of time.

## Behavior

Milesaur behavior is under constant study, as they seem to not follow a conventional behavior for a species. Scientists have concluded that Milesaurs are quite intelligent, and are capable of feeling emotions. In general, they tend to graze on grasses, plains, and trees by day, as well as drinking water for hours at a time, before resting at nightfall. Goliath Milesaurs are unlike other Milesaur species since they remain solitary almost their entire lives, only coming together during mating season. Goliath Milesaurs also tend to be rather oblivious to their surroundings, often trampling on other creatures, trees, and even the unlucky traveler. Due to their extremely large size and tough skin, they also rarely acknowledge attackers and simply continue walking or eating. During mating season, which occurs once every 700 years, Goliath Milesaurs will gather at the Gaur Plain. The Gaur Plain has been used since ancient times by Goliath Milesaurs as a breeding ground, and they always return to it during the mating season. TBC