Alllllllllllllllllllllrighty, some headcanon designs for the Gorons, featuring Yunobo and Daruk! :3 Here’s some headcanon on the Goron race in general!
-Gorons are a race of giant humanoid-like reptiles that often reside on the high peaks of mountains, almost always near active volcanoes. They’re turtle-like in appearance, with a cluster of literally rock-hard scales along their backs that act almost like shells, with short sturdy and rather heavy tails they use to help with balancing. All Gorons have rather large yet round-point fangs, and blunt, powerful claws tipping their fingers, which are utilized when digging into rock and hard dirt.
-They’re entirely immune and impervious to lava; in fact Gorons often use lava in their culturally unique cuisine, and even take lava baths. A Goron usually doesn’t feel entirely clean until they’ve taken their weekly soak in lava. This is made possible by their hide being the toughest in Hyrule and their near impenetrable, rock-like scales; a normal sword can and often does simply break when it clashes against the skin of a Goron. Their most vulnerable side is their bellies, but even the softer scales of their belly and chests are still strong and thick enough to withstand most weaponry and attacks. To kill a Goron, magic-infused weaponry is often required
-The Gorons are often rumored to eat nothing but rocks as their sole supplement of the diet, but while it’s true they normally consume hard minerals, it isn’t necessarily regular rocks, nor is it the primary source of their food. Given their environment commonly being close to volcanoes, while domesticated animals are common crops aren’t typically grown; much of their fruits and vegetables come from foraging. Mushrooms and roots are particularly popular given their abundance among their mountains. The staple meat for Gorons is typically from mountainous big-horned sheep and goats. Given their powerful digestive systems and hardiness, Gorons can and do serve their meat raw for meals. A unique dish they make is crushed gemstones mixed with a variety of ingredients (commonly venison, mushrooms, and a select fruit for added sweetness), before they’re mixed in a controlled amount of lava. The crushed gemstones are usually enough to keep the meal from just outright disintegrating and adds a unique flavor of “heat” to their food. Only the Gorons are able to eat this dish given their immunity to burning and active lava, but I’d imagine other races scramble to try and replicate it.
-Given their heavy-set stature and huge, long arms in comparison to their legs, while a Goron can run bipedal most of them prefer to run on all fours, almost in a similar gait to a sprinting gorilla. Another method of locomotion unique to the Gorons is their ability to curl up into a ball and roll forward. This method is typically used when the Goron is being more defensive than they are offensive, bringing the bulk of their hard rock-like scales to bare and tucking their heads close to chest to protect themselves. The Goron is probably at its safest in this position and still pose quite a threat when balled up, able to steamroll over threats if they continue their momentum or able to spring up and out of their defensive ball at the drop of a dime with surprising agility
-Being reptilian, the Gorons are an egg-laying race and can lay a clutch of up to four eggs, though two is the most common number seen. Their eggs are hard-shelled, almost rock-like, the shell so protective the parents often don’t worry about their eggs being crushed or damaged. In about a year and a half, the eggs will hatch, with the babies fully developed enough to begin walking and running within the first few days after their birth. While their scales aren’t nearly as hard as an adult’s they are still immune to lava and extreme heat, and they are still more durable than what’s typical of a child, and so they aren’t born completely helpless.
I’d like to think the Gorons, since their babs are born already walking and running mere days from hatching, would be completely in awe of a baby from the other races, who are born entirely helpless and soft in comparison
-Goron sex and gender is pretty unique in comparison to the other races in Hyrule. There are no distinct defining traits in them that could be labeled the traditional “male” and “female”; every Goron has the capacity to either lay eggs or sire the eggs, and gender as a whole is either a non-concern for them or they use pronouns that are entirely different from what would be common among, say, the Gerudo or Hylians
-Gorons being thought an all male race was a misunderstanding between the cultures due to olden times: Gorons originally thought “He/Him” was a gender neutral term upon first contact with the other races and used it to describe themselves before they fully understood what it meant. Gorons as a culture do accept common genders (she/her, he/him, they/them) since many of their own gender pronouns aren’t defined in the languages of the other races, with “they/them” being the most preferred
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