Starry Knight the Dragon

I have been involved in a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon style D&D game as Kaida the Salazzle Pirate Empress for several years now, and I had an idea for the next character I would want to play in the same setting, Sunny the Charmander, but my DM says while not impossible he does not plan on running a new campaign in the same setting any time soon, so I felt I might never get to actually play Sunny in a campaign until I considered I could play Sunny, just not as a Charmander and decided to draw what she would look like as a traditional Fantasy Setting RPG character.

Julien the Gabite and Jet the Shiny Charizard Both of them were born with very dangerous powers. Julien was born with the power of Plasma. He is like a living star able to produce and control beams of super hot ionized matter that burns like the Sun. If he were to use this on another pokemon he could kill them by mistake, so he has trained intensively with the support and help of his parents to be able to use his powers carefully as not to hurt anyone and mostly uses his powers to create shields and for mobility, never for attacking. Jet was born with the power of Endothermic Fire. Fire is typically an Exothermic chemical reaction, it releases heat outwards; An Endothermic Fire would draw heat from the surrounding area inwards and make the area around it colder despite the flame actually being very hot. Due to her abnormality she was not able to exist around other charmanders as a child as pokemon were afraid that her flame would consume the heat from other Charmander's flames and make them very weak or kill them. She was seen as a danger and unwanted by everyone except one...Instead of support she was manipulated by someone who saw her only as a weapon they could use, and she had no options but to be completely loyal or completely alone. She was used like an attack dog and grew exceptionally fast, becoming a Charizard relatively young.

Huehuecoyotl, The Old Man Coyote; Trickster God of Mischief, Dance, Music, Storytelling, Merriment, Worldly Wisdom, Guide of Adulthood and Adolescence, and Uninhibited Sexuality he can have partners of any gender and any species; Canonically a Pansexual King. He's part of Tezcatlipoca's family, but not an enemy or adversary of Quetzalcoatl however he is a Shapeshifting Prankster who loves playing tricks on mortals and the gods alike, though his schemes famously tend to backfire on him in often humorous ways which he will often take on the chin and have a laugh about it even if he's the butt of the joke. He has adapted very nicely to modern times traveling around the Americas with the Coyote Gods of other Native Cultures, often taking the form of an old wandering hippy musician playing music, having sexual relationships with anybody he wants, getting up to mischief, and inspiring freedom in others. He is also probably a riot at Furry Conventions.

I wanted to give my Modern Teenage Superhero version of Quetzalcoatl character a rogues gallery aside from his obvious arch nemesis Tezcatlipoca so I spent time looking through a list of Aztec gods to find ones that had beef with Quetzalcoatl.

Coyoxauhqui was one of the 400 children of Coatlicue the Earth Mother Goddess and leader of her sibling. One day their mother Coatlicue became impregnated by a ball of feathers, and feeling embarrassed and repulsed by such a weird miraculous way of getting impregnated, she rallied her brothers and sisters to murder their mother. She managed to cut off her mother's head...only for it to be replaced with Two Giant Serpents growing from her neck stump. She then gave birth to the twins Quetzalcoatl and Xolotl, and later gave birth to the Warrior God Huitzilopochtli as a full grown armored man wielding the Turquoise Fire Serpent Xiuhcoatl as a club who proceeded to tear all 400 of his siblings limb from limb and decapitating them throwing their heads into the sky and turning them into the Moon and stars, though while dismembered they are not dead yet and continue their war against all creation trying to consume the sun and then the earth for all eternity.

I feel like Coyoxauhqui would not care about adapting to modern times, but she also doesn't care about tradition either since she is planning on destroy everything anyway, and she doesn't want to get too attached anyone or anything, but I gave her a sport's bra which wouldn't have existed in authentic Aztec culture, cause I she is usually depicted with exposed breasts. She is mainly the Nemesis to Huitzilopochtli but she also hates Quetzalcoatl and Quetz certainly does not want her to destroy the world.

Tonatiuh was the former ruling god of the 5th Sun before being given the boot. Originally he was a complete nobody in terms of gods called Nanahuatl, who's name meant "Full of Sores" a relatively weak and pathetic god who didn't have a divine domain of his own, but he was humble. A challenge was held among the gods to decide who would be the god of the 5th sun since Suns 1-4 were destroyed, (Mostly due to Godly infighting mainly caused by Tezcatlipoca) Nanahuatl was competing against Tecciztecatl the son of the storm God Tlaloc who was Strong, Handsome, and Proud, who was seen as the obvious choice to win, but neither of those traits were of use to him in the challenge they were presented; The two boys had to leap right into a pit of fire! Tecciztecatl hesitated cause he had a lot to lose, but Nanahuatl did not hesitate for a moment cause he had nothing to lose and everything to gain. Not wanting to be shown up, Tecciztecatl leaped in second but it was already too late and he got badly burnt in the fire losing much of his strength and his beauty but was given a consolation prize of becoming the God of the Moon. On the other hand, the identity of Nanahuatl was burned away and reborn as the radiant and beautiful Tonatiuh "He Who Goes Forth Shining" Tonatiuh however was no longer the humble Nanahuatl. With the power to rule over everything as God of the Sun, he almost immediately became a tyrant, holding the world hostage by refusing to move the sun unless he had mass amounts of sacrifices from Mortals and Gods alike. While under his rule he hoarded luxuries like Music and Cocoa beans for himself in his Sun Palace so nobody else could have any, until Quetzalcoatl snuck inside on a gust of wind and much like a Mexican Prometheus stole Cocoa Beans and Music to share and allow to be freely enjoyed by everyone! Later the Warrior God Huitzilopochtli got fed up with Tonatiuh's lack of action until his absurd sacrifice quota was met while the Gods of Night gradually surround the Sun to destroy it, so he defeated Tonatiuh and took over the mantle of God of the 5th Sun only demanding a necessary amount sacrifices to keep up his strength and keep the sun moving. Now Tonatiuh is essentially back to being a God of Nothing clinging to dark embers of his former power, with a lust for power and blood.

Itztlacoliuhqui "Curved Obsidian Blade" is the Aztec God of Ice, Frost, Winter, Blind Justice, Harshness, Punishment, Human Misery, and Lifeless Matter. He used to be Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli the Lord of the Dawn and a God who served directly under Quetzalcoatl though even as Tlahuizcalpatecuhtli he was not a particularly friendly god known for firing arrows at mortals in the morning. Under the rule of Tonatiuh, he became fed up with the mass sacrifices demanded of all the gods and decided to take a stand against the young tyrant god shooting an Arrow at him thinking it would teach him a lesson, but Tonatiuh caught the and shot it back piercing him through the skull and transforming him into Itztlacoliuhqui who falls from the domain of Quetzalcoatl, into the service of Tezcatlipoca.

Itzpapalotl "The Obsidian Butterfly" is the fierce terrifying warrior goddess of Death, Queen of the skeletal star demons called the Tzitzimitl and rules over the paradise world of Tamoanchan where she protects the souls of children who died too young, despite being a scary war goddess she is also fiercely maternal making her even more dangerous when those she loves and protects are threatened. According to one story she had the goddess Mayahuel, goddess of the Maguey plant, trapped in her domain. Quetzalcoatl showed up to rescue and escape with Mayahuel and they ran off together. Enraged, Itzpapalotl sent the Tzitzimitl to find and destroy Mayahuel. Mayahuel used her powers to disguise herself as a plant but one of the Tzitzimitl recognized her and lead the others to tear her apart in plant form and killed her. Quetzalcoatl found what they did to her body and with righteous fury crated a hurricane that swirled the stars. It's unfortunate, I feel like Quetzalcoatl and Itzpapalotl could bond over their love of the people they protect if they were not at odds with each other. She has not changed her outfit to adapt with the modern era because she believes her look is Iconic and wants to be recognizable as something terrifying and brutal to strike fear into anyone who crosses her.

Mictlantecuhtli The Lord of the Land of the Dead who dwells in the lowest darkest layer of the Aztec Underworld Mictlan. In the Aztec afterlife, your fate is determined not by how you lived but by how you died; If you were a Sacrifice, a Warrior who died in battle, or a Woman who died in Childbirth, then you would be rewarded by being reborn as one of Huitzilopochtli Sacred Hummingbirds If you died in a way related to water, then you would be sent to Tlalocan the eternal spring paradise world of the rain god Tlaloc. Most people who die of old age end up in the world of Mictlan, a nine layered realm where souls are expected to make a dangerous 4 year spiritual journey through all of the layers with obstacles and dangers all along the way like Mountains that crash into each other and smash anything between them, Wind that blow flesh cleaving knives, and rivers of blood with dangerous wild animals, but the trek is worth it to get to the Land of eternal rest where the dead lay down their old bones returning them to Mictlantecutli and their soul renters the cycle to come back later as someone new. It's also not entirely a bad realm, there are parts of Mictlan that are very livable and you can find Xolotl a guide of the dead who leads souls through the safest passages in Mictlan to their final resting place. In the Aztec Creation Myth, the Gods grew exhausted from having to make new life to inhabit the world every time Tezcatlipoca destroyed it, so Quetzalcoatl and Xolotl traveled together into Mictlan to claim the Bones of the Past Inhabitants of the earth: Giants, Monkeys, Birds, and Fish, then use them as a foundation to create Humans. Mictlatecuhtli however did not want to give up the bones, so he decided to see if he could outwit the clever Quetzalcoatl by challenging him to an impossible task, asking him to play a proper song on a Conch Shell with no holes. Quetzalcoatl could not blow a Conch with no holes but he got the idea to fill it with BEES and their buzzing would create noise which Quetzalcoatl used to make music, thwarting Mictlantecutli's impossible task. Reluctantly Mictlantecutli negotiated with Quetzalcoatl to arrange a mortal lifespan so eventually he would get the bones back, but after Quetzalcoatl left with the bones he grew angry again and sent his minions to mess up Quetzalcoatl along his way to escape and caused him to break some of the bones on his way back to the surface (Which didn't really do anything bad but is the explanation for the vast diversity of human shapes and sizes. I imagine Mictlantecuhtli is not the most malicious antagonist to Quetzalcoatl but he does hold a grudge and will try to make Quetz's life harder with more challenges that he might just find entertaining trying to outsmart the God of Knowledge, but he's also a God of the Dead so putting mortals in peril is of no consequence to him since he will just receive their souls afterward...that might even be an incentive for him to want to cause lots of death. More Death means more Bones for the Bone Hoard (And he likes eating people's eyeballs). He does not adapt with the times and refuses to do so; Even in Aztec myth he was already sort of considered a stubborn old man who is set in his ways.

Tlaltecuhtli is the Aztec God of the Earth and the Giant Human-like incarnation of the Primordial Crocodilian Chaos Monster Cipactli, who is specifically a Female monster, and then becomes a Male God. Tlaltecuhtli is canonically a Trans-Masc God though they also sometimes are considered nonbinary being called "Our Mother, Our Father" who is also one of the most powerful gods feared by all the others. As Cipactli, she was a supermassive being who swam the primordial oceans of chaos before the gods consuming everything in her path with mouths on every joint of her body that are always hungry. Whenever the gods tried to create anything it would fall into the Primordial ocean and get immediately consumed. In order to stop her, Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca teamed up for the first and possibly the last time, since Tezcatlipoca used his leg as bait which is how it got bit off; A wound that will never heal and always hurts as though the bite was fresh. Then once on the surface they attacked Cipactli with all they had till she was defeated and bound up but not dead using her body as a foundation to create the earth. Over time of remaining dormant and ever hungry, Cipactli split off a fragment of their being and created the form that became known as Tlatecuhtli "Ruler of the Earth". Tlatecuhtli holds a grudge against both Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca for tricking them, beating it into submission, and then binding them for all eternity. They are an actual Monstrous Giant and a literal force of nature who wears human bones, they don't really have a reason to try to blend in with society.

The Ahuiateteo are a group of Five gods who are basically the Aztec version of the Deadly Sins, although, rather than "Sins" as we understand them from a Eurocentric perspective, these 5 gods represent 5 behaviors that were not in themselves considered abhorrent, but to be done in Excess becomes dangerous. If you do any of these 5 behaviors at most 5 times in one day then that is too much.

They are Macuilmalinalli "Five Grass" The God of Wasting Time Macuilcuetzpalin "Five Lizard" The God of Sexual Pleasure Macuilcozcacuauhtli "Five Vulture" The God of Gluttony Macuiltochtli "Five Rabbit" the God of Drunkeness and Macuilxochitl "Five Flower" The God of Gambling and

Phosphoantkeros The Phosphoantkeros is based on the Leaellynasaura, that is either a tiny Hadrosaurus, the family of "Duck Bill Dinosaurs" or some kind of Ornithopod from the early Cretaceous...but I gave it a horn and made it a unicorn...Centaur-Dinosaur...? They were actually lived around the Antarctic circle and would have experienced extended periods of daylight and darkness. They give off a soft shimmering phantom-like glow in the dark and then disappear in the daylight leading some to believe they are mythical.

Royal Blue Tanialbahr The Tanialbahr is based on Tethydraco a pterosaur closely related to Pteranodon with a hatchet shaped crest.

Tonatiltlapal The Tonatiltlapal is based on Nyctosaurus meaning "Night Lizard" was a mid-sized pterosaur with an absurd antler like head crest. It was first thought to have supported a sail like a mast on a sail ship used for stability in flight but there is no evidence for such a sail existing when we know of other Pterosaurs that have a sail membrane. Somehow thanks to aerodynamic studies we have discovered that even without a sail the large crest provided no significant negative effect that would have hindered it in flight

Tanialdaw The Tanialdaw was based on Phosphatodraco, until I just found some new information that Phosphatodraco might just be Tetydraco again, but for the sake of Soaring, this is a different species...

Tatatiguyra The Tatatiguyra is based on Pterodaustro a medium sized pterosaur with a lower jaw full of modified bristle-like teeth for skimming the water for small crustaceans, plankton, and algae like a flamingo. The Tatatiguyra's second pair of wings are connected to their first pair for greater surface area so they can glide and skim the water while in flight.

King Citlalpolziz The Citlalpolziz is based on my favorite Pterosaur Quezalcoatlus, the largest pterosaur and possibly the largest flying animal to ever exist (That we know of) it pushes the limits on the possible sizes of a flying animal growing to be about the height of a giraffe with a massive beak but all of it's body mass was also distributed very efficiently to be as light as possible for their size. For some time it was questioned whether on not Quetzalcoatlus was even capable of self propelled flight and lifting itself off the ground with one theory being that they could only glide after climbing up to a high location, then it was discovered that they actually were able to launch themselves from from the ground into flight with their powerful arms and fly up to about 80 miles per hour. They would have ruled the skies in their time period being able to show up almost anywhere and skim for fish, snatch smaller creature with it's giant beak or fight off other large predators and steal their kill using their beak like a spear! Citlalpolziz's name comes from a mix between "Citlalpol" the Nahuatl word for the planet Venus meaning "Great Star" which is associated with Quetzalcoatl the Feathered Serpent God, and the Ziz a mythical creature from Jewish mythology described as a Griffon-like bird with a wingspan large enough to block out the sun and was appointed to rule the sky and the birds just as the Leviathan rules the sea and the Behemoth rules the land. Like many giant flying creatures in soaring the Citlalpolziz has a levitation ability allowing it to get bigger and take off with disregard for weight, but they take it a step further having a radius of being able to cause other things around them to levitate like they are weightless and being pulled to the sky into the Citlalpolziz's domain where it can grab them without landing or having to dive to the ground to snatch them. It also has the ability to suddenly cause itself or other objects in it's levitation area to gain a sudden boost of speed in a direction of the Citlalpolziz's choosing, allowing them to gain a sudden burst of speed or throw off creatures that are used to maneuvering in the air.

Kuaraguyra The Kuaraguyra is based on Tupandactylus named for the creator god of the indigenous Tupi people of Brazil, "Tupan" who resides on the sun and the creator of the universe, humanity, and of Good and Evil Spirits. Because Tupan is said to reside on the Sun and controls "Light" I decided to call them Kuaraguyra from the Tupi people's language Guarani, combining "Kuarahy" and "Guyra" for "Sun Bird".

Teskazotz Tezkazotz is based on the tiny (and adorable) bat-like pterosaur Anurognathus, It likely had similar behaviors to a bat as well most active during dawn and dusk before it's completely dark or too bright for them and hunting flying insects. The introduction of Flying birds created competition for small Pterosaurs which birds were more adept at filling the small flying niche, but birds can't see well in the dark leading smaller Pterosaurs to either take up nocturnal niches or grow bigger and hunt the birds. The Tezkazotz are able to create sensory disruptions, not just trick of the light illusions but they can convince the target that there is something with mass where it isn't helping them confuse prey and predators into thinking there are more of them then their actually are.

Abzutani Abzutani is based on the Plesiosaurus, and named for the primordial Mesopotamian God of Fresh Water from underground aquifers which were thought of as being from a deep underground Ocean of Freshwater that was the source of all Freshwater on land.

Tiamatani Tiamatani is based on the Serpentisuchops, and named for the primordial Mesopotamian Goddess of Salt Water and the Ocean who with Abzu gave birth to the first generation of Gods and then gave birth to an army of Dragons and Monsters to get revenge against the gods after they killed Abzu to take his power.

Phostovanthos The Phostovanthos is based on the Phosphorosaurus, a small nocturnal Mosasaur with advanced sensitive eyes for chasing prey in poorly lit conditions. They are small and quick able to launch themselves up from the dark of the deeper ocean and snatch fish before they noticed they were there.

Thalathiras The Thalathiras is based on a Liopleurodon (AN ENCHANTED LIOPLEURODON CHARLIE!) While it looks like a Mosasaur, it was actually a relative of the plesiosaurus with a shorter neck and a longer jaw. It's four flippers (Now they have Six Flippers!) gave them very good acceleration making them a successful ambush predator and studies of it's skull have shown that it had a powerful sense of smell to identify the sources of certain smells in the water.

Blue Leviathan The Blue Leviathan is based on the Mosasaurus, a marine reptile that probably began as something similar to a Monitor Lizard, but with Dinosaurs dominating on Land they found their own niche in the ocean and became massive aquatic Predators that at full size had no threats...except one but I will get to the Kraken Later. The Leviathan is a sea monster that appears in the Hebrew Bible that is said to be so powerful that humans have no hope of stopping it; It is the embodiment of primordial chaos, it's skin is too hard to pierce by mortal weapons, it breaths fire, and is overall indomitable by mortal beings, only God himself can destroy the Leviathan who will be the last thing killed at the end of time and served at a feast for all the righteous in heaven.

Botoatl Botoalt is based on the Mixosaurus, a small Triassic Ichthyosaur who's name means "Mixed-Lizard" because it seemed to transition between an Eel shaped Ichthyosaur to a Dolphin shaped Ichthyosaur. In Soaring I imagine they have the power to shift between Eel and Dolphin form, one is for swimming fast in open water, the other is for swimming agilely in tight reefs and kelp forests. It gets it's name from the Boto Encantado, a mythical Amazon River Dolphin who has the power to transform into a human leading humans back to the water with them and turning them into Dolphins.

Cetus Levianthan The Cetus Leviathan is not based on a specific species of Mosasaur but just off the idea of what if a mosasaur species filled the niche of a killer whale. The Cetus is a giant sea monster in Greek mythology that Princess Andromeda was almost sacrificed to before being saved by the hero Perseus. They also lent their name to the scientific name of Whales "Cetaceans"

Michipitsi I actually can't remember what this one is based on, I must have forgotten what it was supposed to be and I am now having trouble matching it to any of the marine reptiles I have references for but it has more leg like flippers so I imagine it can probably waddle on beaches for a short period of time or use it's flippers to walk around the sea floor in the shallows. It's name is literally "FISH LIZARD" which I guess is also the meaning of Ichthyosaur...

Botonaue The Botonaue is based on the Ichthyosaurus, a marine reptile that has the fins like a fish and the general body plan of a Dolphin and filled a similar ecological niche being speedy predators. The name comes from a mix of the Amazon River Dolphin and Nanaue a Hawaiian myth of a shapeshifting Shark Man. The Boto Encantado can be identified in human form by a blowhole on the top of their head so they usually wear a hat, and Nanaue can be identified by a Shark Mouth on his back that takes over whenever he enters the water.

Akamptlaimos Akamptlaimos is based on the Tanystropheus, a protosaurian archosaur that is related to dinosaurs but is not actually a dinosaur but was related to them, and extremely recognizable by their elongated neck that could grow up to 10ft long made up of 13 individual extremely stretched rod like vertebrae, and we see long necks pop up many more times in multiple marine reptile species suggesting that is was a successful strategy to be able to catch prey in the water at a distance by moving your head and neck rather than your whole body, but unlike the successful Plesiosaur, the neck of Tanystropheus was rigid so it could not possibly move it's neck around as easily. This is a design that seemingly should not work but evolution went this way for Tanystropheus because it was a successful strategy for them for Millions of years. It was capable of moving around on legs with it's terrestrial limbs but was more comfortable floating and swimming in the water and eating fish.

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Ouraeusobelisk Ouraeusobelisk is based on the Spinosaurus, The Largest Terrestrial Predators (that we know of) and one of the most interesting dinosaurs in the modern day with all of the recent discoveries made about it that have completely changed our understanding of it's behavior and how it lived. We thought it only stood by the side of rivers like a giant heron and would snatch fish as they swam near it but then it was discovered to have a paddle tail so it must have been doing some swimming. Then we thought it couldn't go out into very deep water or the sail would throw off it's balance, but then we discovered it had a salt gland for getting rid of excess salt like an Marine Iguana, so it must have been swimming in sea water or at least water that was very brackish. I also named it after the Ouraeusobelisk after a cross between an Uraeus the crown of Pharaohs used as the simple of Divine Authority, Sobek the Crocodile Headed Egyptian god of the Nile River, Fertility, and Protection, and the mythical Basilisk which is said to be the King of Serpents, probably inspired by the Cobra. Despite appearing Human-Sobek is considered a more animalistic than other gods like he actually has the brain of a crocodile more than a person, however he is also considered benevolent and his fierceness could ward off evil and protect the innocent. The Ouraeusoblisk are called the King of Swamps and wetlands not because they are the most powerful or deadly beast, but because they are legendary for being able to provide for the land around them. Their sails are able to take in energy from the sunlight and then release that energy to make their environment flourish with life because the healthier the kingdom of their domain is around them the better chance they have to keep feeding on healthy prey. They also have a Paralyzing gaze that can stop not just creatures but moving objects in its track as though the King gives the command to halt in place.

Valasilisk The here Valasilisk is based on a mix between the Baryonyx, the Ichthyovenator and the mythical Basilisk. The Baryonyx's name comes from the Greek "Barus" meaning Heavy or Strong, and "Onux" meaning Claw for the Velociraptor-like Sickle Claw on their forelimbs rather than the back. Ichthyovenator means "Fish Hunter" due to it's assumed behavior but we actually do not have a full skeleton of this species but the tail suggests it may have aided in swimming and it's fossil has been found alongside bivalves, fish, and turtles. The Basilisk of myth has no completely set appearance, sometimes it's a snake, sometimes it's a multi-limbed reptilian creature, sometimes it's a Dragon, and other times it can be mixed with the Cockatrice. They are Small but considered the King of Serpents acting like little princes, and they are so deadly that their glare or their breath can kill someone in an instant, they also have venom is so deadly they leave a trail of death and decay behind them. In Soaring the Valasilisk is a creature with a roll in their environment not just a monster that needs to be destroyed before it destroys everything around it so I want to keep the spirit of the Basilisk without it just killing everything. The Valasilisk mainly hunt by fishing in wetlands terrain while hidden in tall grassy areas using their striped pattern to blend in, but if they feel like they are in danger then they can change the grasses in their vicinity to become sharp and poisonous blades for a short period of time. The Poison creates an painful stinging breakout of a ridged crust form on the victim's skin first slowing their movements or petrifying them bit by bit, it is not deadly if the cut is skin deep but it can be made deadly if it's introduced internally causing the petrification of muscle, blocking of the wind pipe, or clotting in the bloodstream

Benusobelisk The Benusobelisk is based on the recently discovered Spinosaurus Mirabilis, a species of Spinosaurus with a large horned crest on their head, aka a Unicorn Spinosaurus. The Benu or Bennu bird is the Egyptian version of the Phoenix and may have been the inspiration of the Phoenix in Greek mythology, but instead of being depicted like a bird of prey, the Bennu was a Crane or Heron. According to myth, the Bennu was self created, sometimes called "He who came into being by himself" and played a role in the creation of the world, it may also just literally be the soul (or the Ba, the personal component of the Soul) of Ra the Sun god and parodically revives itself like the cycle of sunset and sunrise and therefore also are associated with Rebirth so they are also connected to Osiris. The Benusobelisk generally has the same powers as the Ouraeusobelisk being able to absorb sunlight and radiate that energy to their environment, but also have the power to cast burning rays from the intensity of their gaze and burn threats but also set fire to the land and burn it to ash before revitalizing it.

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Horned Giant The is based on the Amargasaurus. There has been some debate whether the spines on the Amargasaurus were exposed spikes or sheathed in a sail. I believe the consensus was that they were spike not a sail, but I included a little bit of sail cause it looks cool and I can do what I want. Sauropods in Soaring have a few key similarities to Dragons though it is unclear if they are actually related or convergently evolved similar powers. One theory is that Dragons in the Tannin family are their own branch of their own in the Archosaur family or they ARE Dinosaurs, somewhere between the Sauropods and Therapods. Dragons in Soaring have a natural passive levitation ability that assists them in flight regardless of size and aerodynamics. In Soaring's Sauropods can not fly but the levitation ability in them helps to offset the weight of their bodies so they can get even bigger. They can also generate energy from vibrating the air sacs in their neck, and then once full of power they can release in a roar like a Dragon's ability to also build up energy and then release it as a breath. The Horned Giant's roar creates shock waves with an echo effect so it doesn't just hit once but as you move it creates repeat effects of the original shockwave that lessen in intensity as they continue till they fade.

Quake Titan is based on the Giraffatitan formerly known as the popular Brachiosaurus. The problem with Sauropods is that their heads are small and round relative to their bodies so they have a tendency to end up from the rest of the fossil so we have a bad tendency of getting them mixed up which lead to the who Brontosaurus/Apatosaurus division. Well what we once thought were the bones of Brachiosaurus have been determined to be a different relative, Giraffatitan, now Giraffatitan is one species and Brachiosaurus is a different species. The Quake Titan have the power to raise sand and earth storms from the ground that can cause mass destruction in an area around their migration path but they also create trails through rough terrain and raise fertile earth from the ground that can help boost the growth of plants so there are more plants to eat when they eventually migrate back around.

Tree Giant The Tree Giant is based on the Melanorosaurus, a very early sauropod from the Triassic, and while small compared to later Sauropods it was actually one of the largest creatures of it's time and also was an Omnivore, not a strict herbivore like later Sauropods. Thanks too it's small size, it can not use it to fly, but it can help climb moderately well and slow their decent while in the air and travel quickly through forests. They can also release a concussive sonic blast from their mouth that can paralyze possible threats or prey knocking them out or paralyzing them so the tree giant can get away quickly or swallow an small animal whole.

Club Giant is based on the Shunosaurus and the Spinophorosaurus, two Sauropods that had a spiked club and thagomizer tail! It almost feels like cheating, a Sauropod with Ankylosaur and Stegosaurus weapons, but as I have learned many times now, nature never gives anything to us straight and doesn't care about our preconceived notions or classifications. Rather than channeling the power outwardly, the Club Giant can channel it instead throughout their body so they can move with greater agility than their size would suggest, and stretch their tail like rubber in order to move it around with fluid motions

Metstlikuauitl

This one isn't based on any real dinosaur, I just made it up. It's WIP name was Lunaceratops "Moon Face Horn". I imagine they have elemental Moon Powers like the Tannin Dragons, maybe even even stronger connection to the Tannin because it is natural to them while the Dragons started harnessing Lunar power a few thousand years ago, however the Metstlikuauitl only have a connection with the Crescent moon which yields the powers of Water and Ice or Earth and Metal.

Eyikuauitl

The Eyikuauitl is the Soaring version of a Triceratops. In Chinese the word for contradiction can be broken down into the words "Shield" and "Spear" coming from a tail where a merchant shows the emperor the greatest weapons he has for sale; A Sheild that was impenetrable to any Spear, and a Spear that could pierce any Shield. The Emperor pointed out that the descriptions of both weapons were a contradiction invalidating both of them. The Merchant was at a lost for words because of this. The Eyikiauitl's power allows them to manifest a defensive barrier from sunlight that can not be broken as long as there is light available to restore it. If the Light around them is dim then the barrier may be able to take a few hits but will dim any available light around them to try to keep itself sturdy, and in total darkness they may be able to manage one barrier before it breaks giving them time to flee.

Ajakuauitl The Ajakuauitl is the Soaring version of the Diabloceratops. I actually drew a version of this previously with a white winter coat that looked like Appa the Sky Bison from Avatar the Last Airbender.

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Kalkuauitl The Kalkuauitl is based on the Stegosaurus. The Plates on a Stegosaurus were first thought to be a form of armor but this has been disputed as the bony plates are too fragile and do nothing to protect the sides of the body though they would probably make for good intimidation making them look bigger and harder to bite. Their main function was probably for thermoregulation being able to soak up sunlight when they were feeling cold, and displace heat when they were too hot. In Soaring I decided to exaggerate this by having the Kalkuauilt absorb sunlight as transform it into thermal energy making their plates and thagomizers burning hot!

Tlakuitlapan The Tlakuitlapan is based on the Kentrasaurus. As a relative to the Kalkuauitl they have a similar power to turn light into energy, but instead of releasing thermal energy from their plates they turn it into electrical energy that they charge through their spikes like a tazer

Tlatepacholi The Tlatepacholi is based on the Ankylosaurus. The Tlatepacholi is built like an armored tank with plates of bony armor covering it's back, and wide spread legs that are close to the ground preventing it from being turned over on it's back. At the end of it's tail it has a jagged hammer-like club that it can slam into threats and two spiked maul arms that it can raise and punch ahead with and hooked claws that can tear leaves and branches that are too high for it's mouth to reach.

Tlalihuitztli The Tlalihuitztli is based on the Stegouros, though it sounds similar to Stegosaurus, it is a smaller relative to the Ankylosaurus with a plated tail that resembled a Macahuitl, a weapon used by the Aztecs that resembled a sword made of a wooden paddle with an edge of obsidian razors. Obsidian has a unique property where it can make a edge that is finer than any similar metal blade but Obsidian is more brittle being made of Volcanic Glass. According to the account of a conquistador, an Aztec Warrior with a Macahuitl could cut the head clean off a Horse! The Tlalihuitztli has a bladed tail that it uses like a Macahuitl and it's single clawed arm act as a scorpion stinger to try to dive away predators with a single strike rather than getting into a drawn out fight.