Rodan (The Monster King Universe)

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Rodan, also known as Radon, is a kaiju that appeared frequently throughout the series, first appearing in the story Godzilla: The Monster King.

## Name

Rodan's Japanese name is Radon, however, when the Rodan film was brought to America, his name was changed due to the name Radon already being trademarked.

## Design

Rodan's design was based upon the MonsterVerse, Heisei, Final Wars and the first form of the Singular Point Rodan. These are because these are Footyzilla1321's favourite designs for Rodan. One of Rodan's most notable features are the several scars that adorn his body, showing his history and how much fighting this member had experience, and how strong this member of his species is. The scars are mainly only on his belly armour, as the scars that are everywhere else most likely healed. Rodan has an extremely large beak, resembling the MonsterVerse on in shape. However, the teeth are more similar to the Singular Point version, with multiple rows of shape, jagged teeth on the roof of his beak. His lower jaw also has several rows of teeth. Rodan's beak also has a crest on top of his head, something that only the males have. The crest is mostly used for display, however, it can be used to intimidate other members of the species if they need to. Rodan's nostrils are placed in the middle of his beak, an adaptation that allows Rodan to hunt aquatic prey, sitting or flying above a body of water before biting down on the prey he was looking for, before quickly biting down, and grabbing the aquatic prey. Rodan has two large crests on the back of his head covered in spikes, the spikes again being unique to the males of the species. Rodan has a decently long neck with a spiked back and a noticeable underbelly. His belly is covered in Final Wars-inspired belly armour, made to protect Rodan's stomach. He is armed with extremely long wings with an armoured shoulder, with spiked arms and extremely long claws. Rodan also has a short tail and muscular, small legs with large talons.

## Personality

In terms of intelligence and personality, Rodan is actually quite similar to Godzilla, although he seems much more aggressive. Rodan lives in unison with other Hollow Earth predators like Gorosaurus, as despite both being predators, they mostly hunt different prey. Rodan seems to have a bit of a history with Mothra, as once Godzilla refused to help defeat Ghidorah, Mothra and the Shobijin decided to contact Rodan, yet no other of the Hollow Earth kaiju, as Mothra and the Shobijin didn't seem to know the other kaiju. Rodan also has an implied history with Anguirus, as after defeating SpaceGodzilla, instead of returning to the Hollow Earth, Rodan tried to track down Anguirus' scent, implying that the two were ancient enemies. Rodan is one of the more intelligent kaiju, however, when fighting or competing with other kaiju, he becomes hyper-aggressive, clawing and biting at his opponent, or simply just roaring. This is except for his fight with Ghidorah, where he does strategies, knowing Ghidorah could most likely easily kill him if he fought how he normally did.

## Origins

Rodan was a giant species of pterosaur that lived below in the Hollow Earth, growing and evolving to be able to live in volcanoes to replenish his energy. He eventually became an apex predator of the Hollow Earth.

## History

### Kaiju: Prehistoric Age

Sensing something he had never before, Rodan emerged from the Hollow Earth to the surface to see what it was. Flying through the air, he eventually encountered Infant Island and Mothra, who assumed Rodan was here to eat her egg. The two engaged in brief combat, both being equally matched. Before they could finish the fight however, the Shobijin interrupted, revealing they had sent a signal to Rodan to inform him of the creation of the Gyaos, which would be created through a darkness that Rodan possessed. After being informed, Rodan flew back to the volcano that he emerged from and back into the Hollow Earth.

Rodan would later notice Gorosaurus in the Hollow Earth biting down on a Warbat. Realising Gorosaurus could rival him, Rodan tracked Gorosaurus down, stealing part of his kill. The two creatures began battling each other but the two would be interrupted by their rivals, Anguirus and Aemulus. Rodan and Gorosaurus decided to team up against the enemy kaiju, the two able to win the battle again their enemies. After winning the battle, Rodan and Gorosaurus decided to make a permanent pack which would grow and expand during the following millions of years.

During the Hollow Earth's equivalent of night, Rodan sensed a disturbance in the area. That disturbance would be Anguirus. The two began battling it out, their fight eventually approaching a river. This river contained the creature known as Manda, who noticed Anguirus splashing around in the water. Manda decided to attack Anguirus, causing the armoured ankylosaur to retreat. Rodan looked over at the serpent and crawled on all-fours before beginning to communicate with each other. Rodan eventually convinced Manda to join his and Gorosaurus' pack, in which the serpent excepted. The two creature's then walked back to Rodan's territory.

In 20,000 B.C, Rodan was flying on the surface when Mothra warned him that the creation of the Gyaos was soon. Confused, not remembering being told of the Gyaos' creation, Rodan noticed the Orb. Deciding to touch it, the darkness inside Rodan fused with the Orb's energy, the darkness getting away despite Rodan attacking it. Later on, Varan had run into Rodan's territory after being chased by Hyper Gyaos. This caused Rodan's pack, as well as other kaiju such as Titanosaurus, Ebirah, Kumonga and Kamacuras to join in. Eventually, all of these creatures decided to form what would be known as the Hollow Earth pack.

### Gamera 2: Attack of the Past

During a flashback scene in the story, Zedus began overpowering Mothra during their battle. Before Zedus could kill Mothra, Rodan teamed up. Though both kaiju were weaker on their own, combined they were able to damage Zedus to the point where the Shobijin could banish Zedus to a pocket dimension.

### Godzilla: The Monster King

After Godzilla had defeated Gorosaurus, the downed allosaurid began to call out. Before Godzilla could do anything, a nearby volcano began to erupt, and Rodan emerged from the molten magma. Rodan looked at Godzilla and then charged towards the King of the Monsters as fast as possible. However, as Rodan beard he talons, Godzilla dodged, and tail whipped him away. Rodan crashed into a wall of the Hollow Earth, before charging at Godzilla once again, grabbing Godzilla by the shoulders and head, dragging the King of the Monsters around. Rodan was actually knocked off once again, but began pecking at Godzilla. After a long and grueling fight, however, Godzilla grabbed Rodan by the neck and began chocking him, before firing a beam of Atomic Breath and knocking Rodan down. As Rodan was defeated, Godzilla walked out of the Hollow Earth out of guilt, leaving a confused, but grateful Rodan.

One year later in 1964, after Ghidorah had landed on Earth, Mothra and the Shobijin tried to get Godzilla to protect the Earth. After Godzilla refused, Mothra and the Shobijin went to Rodan, as they knew about Rodan. Arriving to the Hollow Earth, Mothra and the Shobijin requested Rodan's help to battle against King Ghidorah. Rodan excepted, and the two kaiju flew and swam off to Hawaii, Ghidorah's current location. Rodan began to charge a fireball, and shot it out towards King Ghidorah. Rodan then battled against Ghidorah, trying to drag Ghidorah around, however, the multi-headed beast resisted and beat Rodan senseless, carrying Rodan into the sky before smashing him down into the city. Just before Ghidorah could kill Rodan, Mothra came to his aid. Rodan and the Mothra larva fought against Ghidorah, however, Ghidorah was still too strong. However, Godzilla interrupted their fight, letting Rodan and Mothra heal.

Once Godzilla and Ghidorah were fighting underwater, Rodan inspected the water, waiting for either kaiju to surface. This happened once Godzilla fired his Spiral Ray, knocking Ghidorah out of the water. Rodan quickly dodged, and teamed up with Godzilla, Gorosaurus, Mothra and Manda to take him down. Rodan participated the most, distracting Ghidorah from actually killing Godzilla. Once Godzilla had finally killed Ghidorah with his Red Spiral Ray, Rodan accepted Godzilla to live down in the Hollow Earth. Rodan then left.

### Gamera: The Invincible

Rodan is mentioned in the beginning as being quite similar to the Gyaos. This comparison was quite accurate, as Gyaos was a spawn from Rodan.

### Godzilla: The False King

Rodan is seen in the Hollow Earth, watching Godzilla and Mechagodzilla fight. He then noticed the UFOs beaming up Mechagodzilla, sensing something suspicious.

### Godzilla Reawoken

As Rodan was resting, the Hollow Earth was attacked by the Xilien's cloned Ghidorahs. Rodan fought against the strongest of the Ghidorah clones, the Ghidorah that encompassed all of the beam weapons the Ghidorah species could possibly pull off. Rodan defeated and even killed this Dark Ghidorah. However, after beating this Ghidorah, Rodan noticed Mecha-King Ghidorah beating Godzilla, and carrying Godzilla away. Rodan saw this and, offscreen, told a now adult Mothra about the situation, and the two creatures flew off to the Xilien ship. Rodan and Mothra broke into the ship, and as Mothra fought off the Ghidorahs, Rodan grabbed Godzilla using his talon, and the two creatures returned to Earth. Rodan dropped Godzilla off and returned to the Hollow Earth.

### Godzilla: The Terror from Above

One night, Rodan noticed Godzilla entering the Hollow Earth with an egg. However, he really didn't question this. The next day, the egg hatched, and Minilla was the item in the egg. Rodan landed, inspecting the infant, as Rodan began to imprint on Minilla. Rodan then decided to fly back into his volcano to rest. However, this rest would be cut short, as SpaceGodzilla broke into the Hollow Earth, fighting against Godzilla. Rodan decided to aid Godzilla, going on the aggressive. However, SpaceGodzilla used his Crowned-Clone Beam, which hurt Rodan, and created a Crystallum clone of Rodan. While Rodan was able to stand up, he was quickly knocked out by his Crystallum version and dragged to the surface, trapped in several rocks to allow the Crystallum Rodan to drain his energy. However, Rodan would eventually be released, and he would take off to find other kaiju.

Rodan appeared in the final battle. Once SpaceGodzilla decided to take off into the sky, he was attacked by Rodan, who bit down on the crystals that allowed SpaceGodzilla to fly. However, Rodan would be tossed away by SpaceGodzilla. Once the fight was over and SpaceGodzilla was defeated, Rodan picked up on the scent of Anguirus, and began to track him down.

## Powers & Abilities

### Beak

Rodan is armed with an extremely sharp, eagle-like beak. This beak is quite large, and has an overbite, meaning once he closes his mouth, the sharp end of the upper beak is pointed and exposed. This lets Rodan stab and peck against opponents without even opening his mouth. Rodan can use his pointed beak to stab prey and lift it off the ground. However, if Rodan were to open his mouth, he would reveal all of his teeth. Rodan was at least 50 - 70 teeth in his mouth. Some of the teeth are smaller than others, and some are more jagged than others, however, each of them are extremely sharp, and some of them are even serrated. Rodan has an extremely powerful bite that can tear through flesh of even extremely scaly creatures. Very few kaiju can actually withstand the power of Rodan's beak in both the actual stabbing power of the pointed end, and the actual bite of Rodan.

### Bio-Volcanic Nature

Rodan's species had adapted to live in volcanoes, and Rodan is exactly the same. Rodan mostly rests in a volcano, and it lets him replenish his stamina much faster, and even heal extremely quickly. Rodan's natural temperature is extremely hot due to this, and many creatures can't actually survive it. Rodan's body system is also adapted to this volcanic lifestyle, in fact, Rodan even sometimes consumes lava to grow stronger.

### Cyclone Winds

Rodan has extremely powerful wings that are so strong, simply flapping his wings can destroy entire landscapes and cities if possible. Rodan can also weaponize these winds, which he basically did against King Ghidorah. Although it barely effected him, it did knock Ghidorah back, and considering how heavy Ghidorah is, this feat is quite impressive.

### Durability

Rodan can survive quite a lot of punishment. Some of Rodan's most impressive feats were fighting against both Godzilla and King Ghidorah. Rodan was able to survive a point black blast of Atomic Breath, and then eventually able to get right back up. Rodan was also able to survive being smashed around by King Ghidorah, even when being beaten up extremely badly, even getting dragged around into the sky before being smashed down into the ground. Rodan has also shown his much more impressive durability than the other Hollow Earth kaiju like Gorosaurus or Manda, as Rodan was the only one of the Hollow Earth kaiju that was able to stand up and regain consciousness after SpaceGodzilla had fired his Crowned-Clone Beam, and even landed a hit off of his Crystallum counterpart, though he was quickly defeated. Rodan has also been able to tank hits from the cloned Xilien Ghidorahs and getting thrown away by SpaceGodzilla. He also survived the massive explosion Godzilla and SpaceGodzilla had caused, an explosion that knocked Godzilla into the ocean and SpaceGodzilla through a mountain.

### Fireballs

Rodan can feed himself basically anything, including molten lava, and eat it. He then combines the thing he had consumed and use it to produce a powerful fireball, which did slightly hurt both Godzilla and King Ghidorah. Depending on Rodan eats, the fireball varies in power, with the pure molten lava being the strongest of the fireballs. Rodan doesn't normally use these fireballs, but when he does, it can be quite devastating if he charges it up for long enough.

### Talons

Like a bird of prey, similar to an eagle, Rodan has extremely large, three-clawed talons. Rodan's talons, along with his beak, are extremely powerful and sharp weapons. Rodan's talons can pierce targets. They are also good for grabbing prey, acting as basically arms for humans. When fighting against a kaiju around the same size, or even larger than himself, instead of using his talons as stabbing weapons, Rodan grabs him opponent and drags them along the ground with his incredible strength. He can even pierce other kaiju to add to the incredible hold of Rodan. Rodan's talons, which are attached to his legs, are extremely flexible and muscular, able to hold Rodan's body on only one foot as the other does something else, like scratch his head. Rodan can also use these talons for powerful kicks, able to break bone.

### Speed/Agility

Rodan is one of the fastest kaiju in the entire species, as well as only of the most agile. Rodan is one of the more lightweight kaiju in the franchise, especially when compared to other flying creatures, the Super Gyaos, which while a bit larger in terms of height and wingspan, are much heavier despite their more slim build. Rodan is also one of the fastest kaiju in the series, as his speed, combined with his agility, was able to swiftly outpace King Ghidorah. Rodan can also sit in molten magma to charge up his speed and stamina, and once fully charged up, can fly at his top speed for weeks. Rodan can also jump off cliffs and simply glide through the air, like some of the larger pterosaurs, who can use both strategies of flight as well. Rodan uses this agility and speed to ambush prey and disorientate opponents.

### Strength

Despite him seeming smaller than other kaiju like Godzilla or King Ghidorah, Rodan can contend with the best of them in terms of raw, brute strength. Rodan can grab opponents, like Godzilla, by the head and begin dragging them across the ground. Rodan can even lift a struggling Godzilla and even Ghidorah, who each weigh up to 85,000 and 150,064 tons respectively. Rodan gains his strength due to his short, but extremely muscular legs, and powerful wings. Rodan also has extremely strong neck muscles, able to lift around and throw giant serpents and even larger creatures like the male Warbats, which despite being apex predators, Rodan can easily hunt them down, especially the smaller males. Rodan's strong neck muscles are also able to allow Rodan to headbutt similar-sized creatures, and absorb the impact.

### Wings

Rodan has extremely large, powerful wings. They are tipped with volcanic magma that is extremely hot and can melt opponents. Rodan's wings are also armed with powerful claws tipped with lava that can pierce the largest and strongest of kaiju.

## Weaknesses

### Aggression

When fighting, Rodan doesn't think when battling, and just bites and claws, meaning he really doesn't think, which causes him to loose.

## Trivia

* Unlike the other kaiju, Rodan was always meant to be in the story to some degree. One time, he was even meant to be one of the main villains.
* Rodan was meant to look much more like his Final Wars incarnation, although that was changed.
* Once more monsters were added, Rodan's role was severely reduced, only appearing in the Hollow Earth scene. Once Ghidorah was added, Rodan's role was brought back again and he was in the final battle, along with the other Hollow Earth monsters.
* Rodan is the oldest monster that appears in the Hollow Earth, other than Godzilla himself.
* Footyzilla1321 wanted to give Rodan a solo story, however he decided to cut it as he didn't have any way to cleanly fit it in the overlining story.
* Rodan was meant to appear in Godzilla vs Gamera to fight the Gyaos, but it felt forced, so he was cut.
* Rodan wasn't meant to appear in the final battle of Terror from Above, however, Footyzilla1321 wanted more Rodan scenes, and decided to throw him in.

## List of Appearances

* Godzilla: The Monster King
* Godzilla: The False King
* Godzilla Reawoken
* Gamera: The Invincible (Mentioned)
* Godzilla: The Terror from Above