Bah'Elza

## **Description**

Bah'Elza is a very large, beetle-like Neopteron with an armor-like exoskeleton covering its body. The carapace of these colossal insects is primarily a lustrous grey and orange in color, but also features black stripes and small patched of yellow hair-like filaments along the underside. Structurally these Neopteron monsters are similar to their closely related kin the Seltas and Seltas Queen, although their body greatly resembles that of a Seltas Queen these Neopteron possess a pair of powerful wings hidden beneath their hard, metallic, elytron. Unlike their relatives these gigantic beetles lack the tail pincer and in its place is a large stinger-like ovipositor; in the place of the shield-like forelimbs are large scorpion-like chela.

## **Abilities**

Bah'Elza can use their large, heavy limbs or weaponized pincers to incapacitate prey. They can also utilize the ice element to shoot globs of ice balls from pores along their body and is capable of inflicting severe iceblight and frostbind to incapacitate their prey. When these neopterons become enraged their bodies emit the mysterious dragon element which Bah'Elza use to augment their physical attacks and inflict severe dragonblight. These beetle monsters are capable of flying and burrowing and are capable of launching surprise attacks from both the sky and from underneath the ground.

## **Ecology**

### Taxonomy

* **Kingdom**: Animalia
* **Phylum**: Arthropoda
* **Class**: Insecta
* **Order**: Coleoptera
* **Suborder**: Adephaga
* **Family**: Brachioscarabaeoidea
* **Genus**: Necrophagous
* **Species**: N. maximus
* **Name Meaning**: Greatest Corpse Eater
* **Common Name**: Beelza-Ka

### Rage and Tired States

* Enraged: When Bah'Elza become enraged its body will begin to cackle with dragon energy.
* Fatigued: Bah'Elza is incapbale of becoming fatigued.

### Habitat Range

Beelza-Ka are nomadic in nature, meaning they can be found just about anywhere though Bah'Elza have primarily been found in areas within forests. Some forested areas they've been seen include the Hidden Grove. Bah'Elza have also been sighted in the Snowy Mountains and the Volcano.

### Ecological Niche

Although these Neopterons are incapable of consuming the prey they kill they are still considered to be apex predators of whatever environment they find themselves emerging in. The only creatures capable of causing harm to an adult Bah'Elza are other gigantic monsters such as Akantor, Ukanlos and the titanic species of elder dragons and black dragons. These neopteron are known to kill large numbers of wildlife and can occasionally cause extinction level events while doing so.

### Biological Adaptations

These creatures are the largest known species of neopteron to date. In fact, they are so large that whenever they walk the ground will shake. The stinger-like tail of these monsters is used to inject eggs into their prey and to defend the adult from predators and competitors. Bah'Elza have massive and powerful legs that end with two clawed digits. The powerful limbs of these giant insects enable them to climb up rocky, uneven terrain with incredible ease and greatly make the task of burrowing easy. The large pincers on the forelimbs are mainly used for defense but, can also be used to manipulate and restrain their prey. The bodies of these neopterons are known to emit the dragon element and these insects seemingly infuse the mysterious element into their physical attacks to increase the power of their attacks. A Bah'Elza is also capable of spitting balls of high-pressured supercooled mucus from pores across its body to slow down and injure prey. Bah'Elza start their lives as larva that hatch within subterranean burrows filled with the remains of their parents harvest, after feeding upon the the stored cadavers the larvae will undergo a century long metamorphosis before finally emerging from their burrows as a fully formed asexual adult. The adult morph of Bah'Elza lack mouthparts and are incapable of feeding which leaves the neopteron in a constant state of starvation which causes the monster to instinctively attack any creature on sight. Any monsters that Bah'Elza are able to overpower are processed into a large ball of carrion in a similar manner to how a dung beetle creates a ball of dung. After the fearsome insect has acquired a large enough carrion ball it will inject eggs into the center before freezing the carrion ball and transporting the mass into a deep subterranean burrow where the adult will finally succumb to its starvation and block off the burrow.

### Behavior

Leading a mainly solitary lifestyle, Bah'Elza only have a single purpose on their mind which is to gather as many corpses as possible to make a carrion ball.

### Tracks

These monsters leave no tracks.

## **Combat Information**

### Attacks

* WIP

### Notes

* WIP

### Elemental Resistances

Canon Elements

 Water
 Thunder
 Ice
 Dragon

Fanon Elements

 Wind
 Aether
 Void

### Status Ailments

 Paralysis
 Sleep
 Blast
 Stun
 Corrosion