Keratos

*This article covers all three Keratos, rather than a single individual.*

## Summary

Keratos are somewhat godlike figures that resemble a Ceratosaurus.

Little is actually known of any of the Keratos, though they are definitely capable of teleportation and presumably almost instantaneous regeneration, and have been shown being able to literally tear apart even beskar. Keratos are also very resilient, being barely affected by blaster bolts, and the only weapons that have been shown to damage Keratos are melee weapons, such as axes. All three of the Keratos have also survived the nuking of SE-04, killed 2 of the original Night's Talon members, and heavily wounded almost all of the original NT at some point.

Keratos are somewhat odd beings, which can act from hyper aggressive to somewhat passive, though the former is the usual. They inhabit a cave in SE-04, which held an artifact as well as an odd prophecy of some sort, the latter being later destroyed by Jarr Dune. Keratos' origins remain unclear, and probably will forever be unknown. Oddly, Keratos almost always hunted the original Night's Talon as well as the 'new' NT, who used to possess the SE-04 artifact.

## Biography

### Pre-New Republic Era

Nothing is known of what any of the Keratos were doing before the New Republic era. It is safe to assume they were simply living in the cave in SE-04, or non-existent.

### New Republic Era

Somewhere during the New Republic era, one of the Keratos left its cave and murdered Chail as the rest of the Night's Talon escaped a base located somewhere in SE-04.

One of the three instances of Keratos appeared in Coruscant. Similar to how Chail was murdered, this Keratos proceeded to "kill" Cryll simply because he wasn't able escape into a ship in time. The Keratos began tearing apart Cryll's beskar armor and reached for his vital organs, soon skinning him and leaving only Cryll's helmet and skeleton.

One of the three instances of Keratos appeared in Hoth, heavily injuring Dimbus Lander at the cost of it's sight. It escaped despite the injury.

One of the three instances of Keratos appeared in Coruscant again, killing Ton Vevdold via decapitation.

Jarr, Dhaq'in, and Crak Too went to SE-04 to confront Keratos. One of the three Keratos appeared and demonstrated teleportation, making this the first time any of the Keratos visibly teleported. Eventually, it knocked out the 3 NT members, and after the three woke up, Jarr found writing on one of the walls in the cave, reading it and then immediately destroying it.

One of the three instances of Keratos would appear in Pletino, eating the corpse of Dimbus one by one.

One of the three instances of Keratos would appear in Tatooine, though Offshoot managed to tame it, being used to defeat StarShot. This Keratos remained passive only temporarily.

One of the three instances of Keratos would appear in Coruscant again, in a secret facility, fighting the Talons as well as IK-312 and Bow Jaws, and later teaming up with Ewok Man to fight the Talons. As the fighting continued, Rennlet accidentally hit a self-destruct button, destroying the facility. Keratos teleported away before the explosion hit.

### Rise of the First Order

One of the three instances of Keratos would appear in the SE-04 cave, defending an artifact from a few explorers. Eventually, the cave collapsed and all three Keratos appeared, only to be obstructed by rocks from the cave ceiling. The artifact and one of the Keratos found themselves at the surface with the explorers. Both the artifact and this Keratos were taken and transported to a First Order ship, though the Keratos rampaged the ship and obtained the artifact. Keratos chased down the explorers until they eventually escaped.