Skullcrawler (The Monster King Universe)

## Skullcrawler

Cranium Reptant are some of the lagrest spread species of giant monsters. More commonly known as Skullcrawlers, these giant reptiles are apex predators in most habitats and highly adapted to survive almost any terrain or landscape. Skullcrawlers are both pack hunters and solo hunters, with most of the smaller ones living in family groups of three to ten as the largest of the Skullcrawler specifically hunt alone relying on their sheer size and power. There are a couple notable Skullcrawlers members that appear in Godzilla: The Monster King, Gamera: The Invincible and Godzilla: The Terror from Above. While they briefly appear around much more powerful kaiju, all Skullcrawlers have survived so far.

## Name

The name Skullcrawler simply refers to the skull-like heads that they have, along with their mode of transportation, being crawling on the ground. Cranium Reptant can also roughly translate into Crawling Skull.

## Design

The Skullcrawlers are almost the exact same as their film, though some differences are noticeable. The eyes on a Skullcrawler are incredibly small but super effective. Skullcrawlers also have a large amount of spikes on the end of their tails, forming a club. Their arms are extremely muscular to the point that their tails can hang in the air like a dinosaur. Skullcrawlers obviously have a skull-like head structure, with the males having triangular patterns on the top of the skull. Skullcrawlers also have a forked-tongue and four claws on each limb, plus some spikes on the Skullcrawler's elbow.

## Personality

Skullcrawlers are some of the more animalistic monsters in the series. While they do show some intelligence, they aren't human level and above like others. The closest comparison would be a saltwater crocodile. While they are smarter than most people think, they aren't to the point where you could compare them with humans or even other monsters like Godzilla or King Ghidorah. Because of this, the Skullcrawlers don't display much personality.

## Origin

Skullcrawlers are distant relatives of snakes and lizards that evolved to be apex predators to most of the Hollow Earth monsters. Some of them eventually moved to both Farou Island and Infant Island.

## History

### Godzilla: The Monster King

As Godzilla is guarding Mothra's egg, a starving Skullcrawler not regognising the egg as Mothra's tried to eat it. As Godzilla tried to shoo it away, the Skullcrawler brought three more over. However, the two new Skullcrawlers ran off when Godzilla fired his Atomic Breath into the sky. The first Skullcrawler tried to keep its ground but slumped away. Godzilla, feeling bad killed a Giant Sea Serpent and threw it over to the Skullcrawler, who grabbed the sperpent in its jaws and ran to the other Skullcrawlers. Once Godzilla left and the Mothra egg started to hatch, the Skullcrawlers on the island came to watch the event.

### Gamera: The Invincible

When Hyper Gyaos appeared in the Hollow Earth, a Skullcrawler noticed and went on the aggressive, roaring towards the Hyper Gyaos. However, the Skullcrawler didn't expect a fight, however, instead of being killed, the Hyper Gyaos used his mind control on the Skullcrawler before ordering the Cranium Reptant to scout out, looking for Gamera's location. Once the Skullcrawler found it, the creature returned to Hyper Gyaos, telling the Shadow of Evil about Gamera's location. Once Hyper Gyaos knew the location of Gamera, Hyper Gyaos chased down Gamera as the Skullcrawler's mind control wore off.

### Godzilla: The Terror from Above

As a Warbat was chasing down Minilla, a Skullcrawler noticed the chaos. Being another apex predator, the Skullcrawler approached the Warbat, however, it was quickly knocked away.

## Powers & Abilities

### Clubbed Tail

Skullcrawlers have spikes on a tail that form a club. Skullcrawlers use it to stop other animals or prey items from running away. It also acts as an intimidation or a defense mechanism.

### Jaws/Claws

Being mostly a predatory animal, the Skullcrawlers have extremely sharp and powerful jaws and claws that they use as weapons. The Skullcrawler's claws can be used to climb surfaces and claw up enemies. The jaws of the Skullcrawlers are extremely powerful and some of the most powerful jaws of any Hollow Earth monsters and if it gets to a monster's throat that weighs around the same as the Skullcrawler, if could instantly die.

### Skull

The head of the Skullcrawler is extremely armoured and can be used to ram other monsters.

### Speed and Agility

Skullcrawlers are some of the most fast and agile monsters in the Hollow Earth. Especially with their strength, the Skullcrawler's agility is one of the most dangerous things that can be experienced if you don't have anything that can counter a Skullcrawler.

## Weaknesses

### Forearms

Skullcrawlers only have two legs, meaning that they are extremely unbalanced.

## Trivia

* Skullcrawlers are some of the few King Kong monsters in the series, though they did appear in Godzilla vs Kong.
* The Skullcrawlers were added because Footyzilla1321 thinks they are the best original monsters from the MonsterVerse.