Raptor

A Raptor, Paravian, Eumaniraptoran or Asar is any dinosaur in the clade Paraves. Earlier species of paravians are characterised by slim bodies, a large claw on the 2nd digit of their feet, and an elongated or pointed snout. Later species are characterised by a lack of a bony tail, flight, and a beak. They are widely heralded as the most dangerous creatures in the universe. Unlike many characters in the Disco Dino universe, Raptors actually existed, and still do exist, in the real world.

They are currently at war with the Mammals, Reptiles (Excluding themselves), Amphibians, P.E.C.K, Laurasia Resists!, plants, fungi and the single-celled organisms.

There are many species of Raptors.

### Description from an old Shenian article of "Asaron"

*"The Asaron are terrifying beasts indeed, with feet made as forks of flesh and bone, and horrifying mouths that fused into their teeth. Their bodies are covered, save for their legs and their napes in some species, by hairs that mutated into leaves made of fur. Their arms are without hands, though some have claws at their ends, and lined toward the hind with huge hairs, sometimes a foot in length. The hairs are used to lift them skywards and above their prey. Many of the species live in the trees, but some live on the solid ground. They have tails made not of bone but of the same hairs on their arms, except often longer. They are reptillian, as they lay eggs and produce no milk for their young, but rather the young can either kill for themselves or their mother hunts for food.*

*The Asaron of olden days were even more horrifying than most modern species, with long tails like that of a cat, and teeth like a crocodile. On their second toes, there was a claw shaped like a scythe, used to hold down their prey. Many were predatorial. The only upside of these Asaron was that at this time they did not use their arms to fly, but rather used them to accelerate while running.*

*However, some modern Asaron have preseved more archaic traits, most notably the Cyanurosaurus Indicus, notable for its tail that while not made of bone, is longer than that of the Archaic Asaron, and the claws on its 2nd toe that it also shares with some cousin species are the largest on its feet and slighly more curved. They are built the same size as the archaic species Velociraptor Mongoliensis, with the tail included, and eat both fruit and flesh like the earliest archaic paravians such as Archaeopteryx and Anchiornis. It's also one of the few species that posess two claws on their arms. The Cyanurosaurus Indicus also features alluring colours on its hair that shimmer like gems. For its beauty, it is reknowned, but also dangerous as it can use its beauty to lure prey that see their colours in."*

### Origin and Evolution

Raptors evolved in Laurasia during the Middle Jurassic. They evolved from small, feathered coelurosaur dinosaurs related to Oviraptor.

## Raptors at the End of the World

The Raptors have one desire and purpose: To kill. They have been killing for 150 million years, and they will kill for a 150 million more. There is a bounty on the head of each raptor and their nests, going up per species and age. The most valubale bounty is an adult Cyanurosaurus Indicus nest at upwards of £50,000.

The raptors want to destroy and kill all Mammals, all Reptiles other than themselves, all Amphibians and all Insects. Their only counterparts when their work is done will be large trees and bacteria/viruses. On top of that, they do not care if the killing also affects their own kind. A raptor would rather kill another raptor and a mammal than kill neither.

Raptors are the harbingers of death, beings of pure malice and aggression and they will not stop unless they all die.

Many carnivorous dinosaurs, like T-rex and Carnotaurus were certainly formidable. But the largest ones, T-Rex included, were scavengers. The non-scavenger species were too rare induvidually to pose a threat in any place other than their home territories. But the Raptors? They were, and still are, the most numerous dinosaurs. It was the raptors who did the killing. The carnosaurs cleaned up their mess.

They survived the K-T extinction caused by P.E.C.K ramming Thanatos into Earth. They survived the ice age. They're thriving in the Anthropocene. For no reason, for no extinction event, for no species will they stop existing.