Board Thread:Fan-made Monsters/@comment-35693391-20180527213354

- Family: Chimaera

- Type: Demon Beast

- Habitat: Wastelands, volcanic areas, mountainous areas

- Disposition: Ferocious, aggressive, cruel, eccentric, mischievous

- Diet: Carnivorous, wild animals, men's Spirit Energy, etc.

Named for a portmanteau of the terms "manticore" and "malika" (a term connoting a position of being a master, chieftain, or - especially in the modern era - 'queen'), Malikores are a mutational variant of normal manticores that can occasionally crop up in place of a typical manticore birthing or, very occasionally, as a result of a sudden, spontaneous 'evolution' of a standard manticore upon accruing a strong-enough personal reserve of spiritual energy from a mate (in which case the manticore in question will seemingly fall under the effects of a light - though non-painful - fever, during which she will begin to act in a somewhat erratic manner akin to mild intoxication, she will become possessed of a markedly good mood and cheer, her already prodigious libido will spike drastically, and her body will undergo the physical/mental changes of transforming into a malikore over the course of three days to a week). Malikores physically resemble their more common kin in most primary ways, overall, save for two particular traits - a larger build than the typical manticore (including an accompanying boosting to the natural strength of a manticore as well as the growth of a larger-than-average bust size), and - much more strikingly, the development and addition of two extra sets of fully-developed and functional forepaws (nine limbs - six forepaws, two hindpaws, and the tail - in total). Though much more subtle in nature, they have also been noted to possess an even greater flair for tactics of low-cunning and shrewd cleverness than their manticore kin. This particular mutational strain was something that would occasionally appear among manticores of the old world-order of the former Demon King. A malikore born to a manticore pride would normally be the type of creature to rise to the tiers of leadership of their birth-tribe, due to their powerful physical advantages. However, malikores were invariably marked as a dangerous rogues by their own prides, due to the unfortunate fact that malikores of that time were universally plagued with uncontrollably psychotic urges that came on just after maturation, turing them all into hyper-aggressive, blood-crazed beasts that proved an intolerable threat even to other manticores. Upon the pride noting the onset of the young malikore's psychotic trends, its peers would either turn on it en masse and drive it away from them into the wilderness, or else the malikore would be the one to brutally massacre said peers to the last with its own claws and fangs, before moving on in a snarling haze in search for more unsuspecting prey to slaughter. This mental instability would only grow more and more severe over time, leading the malikores to sow destruction and discord over an ever-wider area until, invariably, local communities or rival monsters were forced to take action against the beasts and put them down. In short, malikores of the Old Age were never seen outside vanishingly rare and violent incidents due to consistently becoming far too addicted to violence and destruction to even breed and further their numbers.

Mercifully - both for the malikores of the modern era, as well as anyone else around them - the influence of the current Demon King's prevalent atmosphere of succubi energy has *drastically* mitigated and alleviated the racial flaws of newly-appeared malikores. Modern malikores still bear certain trace hints of their old mental instabilities, but, most thankfully, these traces now no longer provide any more severe or debilitating that slightly eccentric quirks of character (that is to say, only slightly more eccentric than typical manticore behavior). Malikores of today retain the broad strokes of average manticore mentality, save for being even more wantonly and mischievously keen on the pastimes of terrifying and teasing humans with their aggressive, vexing posturing than other manticore - Both among ignorant masses and their captive husbands. Malikores still adore their spouses just as strongly and fiercely as average manticores do, but - continuing in the vein of proving themselves even more extreme in manticore behavior than even other manticores - they love to adopt positions of extreme femdom with their husbands, treating them in the manner of simple (though dearly beloved) children and personal playthings. Another noteworthy feature of their somewhat-altered mentality is an increased streak of sexual playfulness, as malikores tend to especially adore indulging in experimental techniques in their sexual endeavors, often eagerly adopting the use of various sexual toys/equipment, fetishized costume play, and role-playing games.

There is one final, yet strikingly remarkable feature that sets malikores apart from standard manticores, and that is the fact that in addition to their tail-spines possessing the potent trademark disorientation/aphrodisiac venom of the manticore species, malikores may, in fact, will changes upon the nature and effects of their spines tail-toxin by way of simple mental concentration - either whilst firing them directly from her tail or simply plucking them out by hand for precision use or storage/venom-milking. This trait allows the malikore to afflict their foes (and, on occasion, their friends and loved ones) with a vastly-wider array of effects than are available to a typical manticore. Depending on the situation, a malikore might opt to use a volley of their envenomed spines to sap an opponent of physical strength or mana, inflict ailments such as soporific drowsiness and fatigue or vivid hallucinations, or, in certain cases, inject females with concentrated doses of demonic energy in order to induce random monsterization. During their more utilitarian and recreational periods, the malikore may utilize her barbs in the manner of medical syringes, assisting herself or her allies/husband by way of beneficial effects such as anesthetic pain relief, immune system boosting, or - quite remarkably - even countering other forms of poisons in the manner of an antitoxin. As mentioned above, the malikore may even take her harvested spines and milk the contained venom into prepared ampoule to preserve the produced drugs for later use - either personal or for the purposes of trading to others. The only practical limits to this ability seem to be the malikore's own breadth of imagination, as well as the fact that, despite the versatility of this skill, the maikore cannot produce effects that are either A. outright lethal to a subject's vitality (despite it being a legitimate 'poison', the effects of their drugs seemingly cannot directly damage the physical health of those afflicted - Most likely as a result of the Demon King's wishes to not bring harm to humans embodied in her demonic energies), and B. the effects of the malikore's produced pharmaceuticals - other than her native, aphrodisiac venom or the delivery of monsterizing demonic energy - do not seem able to surpass the quality, potency, or ability of any mundane drug/toxin that could normally be produced without the aid of magical means. The psychotically-violent malikores of the Old Age never utilized this ability beyond producing ever-more debilitating and agonizing fates for their hapless victims, but it allows the malikores of the current age to actually serve in the capacity of wandering field medics and triage experts... That said, malikores are even more pernicious and mischievous than typical manticores, and thus it often proves quite difficult for the forces of the Demon King and her daughters to pry malikore away from their private playtime with their friends and husbands in order to effectively put them to use in the field in their efforts against the Order. Even when they can, a malikore's somewhat sadistic sense of humor can often get the better of her, even in otherwise serious situations, and her allies may find the tinctures that she produces for them to be plagued with occasionally embarrassing and exasperating side-effects.  