Board Thread:Fan-made Monsters/@comment-26545936-20170713023052

Family/Type: Mantis/Bug

Habitat: Deserts, wastelands, abandoned ruins (preferably fortresses and castles.)

Disposition: Selfish, inquisitive, kleptomania, (In-suit) haughty, prideful, (out-of-suit) cowardous, timid over time.

Diet: Carnivorous, wild animal etc.

An extremely rare cousin to the regular mantis species, the Atoraru was known in the past as a fearsome entity capable of lifting entire fortresses off of the ground to slam and crush their enemies into paste, armies would be destroyed in minutes as a result of their machinations and only specifically trained... hunters would be able to actually stop the beast. Now a little bit of context, Atoraru are indeed mantis-like in the olden days they shared the same body type as the insect and comparatively, monster, but there were noticeable differences in appereance. The male's carapace was golden, while the female's were brown, the species was cannablistic in nature and the more males a female ate, the more golden her carapace would become. Their 'preying' arms were a bit more dexterious then regular mantids and not nearly as made for combat others, though could serve admirably. What however stood out the most was their abdomens. To most it looked like a curled hand or claw in shape and is where their infamous golden silk is produced.

The silk was impossibly strong, most certianly stronger then those of the Arachne family and was sometimes used in a similar fashion as those spider-kin, to trap prey within... and how did they set it up? Why by using their dexterious arms of course! But the ingenious (horror) doesn't stop there, no, Atoraru were quite intelligent creatures and knew that for the most part, their bodies were fragile and easily broken when compared to the likes of a Lagiacrus or something similar... and within reach. But the humans and their ilk had created such marevlous things, things that the golden mantids would take and apply to their own body via the silk. That's right the Atoraru were raiders of a sort alright, rather then to kill and eat (which they still did, don't get me wrong.) They pillaged for metals, crafted supplies and stone, from things like fortresses.

With these, they would either use as improvised weapons or armors, or create as barrcaides for their homes... However some weren't satisfied, many weren't satisfied, they had to collect more and more, and more, AND MORE! Soon enough the silk mantids had years supplies worth of junk and sometimes not junk adding to their collection. And with these they would create massive mechinoid like creature from all of their raided stuff into a colossal fortress that some would use as a walking home, a walking treasure others would say. With this, they could and would crush armies sent to them within minutes, destroy and scavenge fortified areas in a less amount of time. All for more things to protect them.

There were weaknesses of course, destroying a part of the silk on the beast would disable the thing long enough for the Atoraru to jump out and deal with the intruders with its own claws, of course the silk itself was again impossibly strong and needed things like high-powered explosives to take down... not fun. And the Atoraru itself were weak to both water-based and electricity-based damage. It should be noted that Atoraru's can and will burrow around in light soil areas... Like a desert and infact may put their creations underground and wait for unsuspecting armies to walk in thinking they can take on the lone mantis, only for it to go underground and bring out the giant monstrosity of metal.

So... how do the Atoraru fare now as mamono? Well, since all of them are female now, their carapaces are brown, save for the ones that have survived back and fro from the previous to current demon lord and have eaten other males... As well as a couple other individuals. Their appereance is similar to that of the mantis mamono, but like above their scythes are more dexterious and a bit thicker then regular, instead of antenna they have 2 large half-oval shaped pieces of bone on their backs and their extra eyes are almost always purple. The most important part of them, their adbomen remains without much change other then size. Due to their hands they have a much wider range of dexterity when it comes to make things with their golden silk, which they jealously guard from any that try to take it from them.

They have retained their greedy personality, taking as much loot as they can store on their webs and backs from any place they can find that has some semblence of technology, if they have the time for money they may buy wares from shops in more civilized places rather then take by force. It all depends on their mood sometimes actually and are definitely not above stealing, especially with their golden silk that they can take with little to no trouble. Like before a Atoraru's lair is usually filled with all sorts of weapons, armor, and building material, expensive, cheap, broken, it doesn't matter.

Not only that, but they still have the ability to build those giant mechs, but not only that, this process has become even faster due to the introduction of... hands, not much faster, it does help however. Their personality taking on a prideful turn when they enter their creations, boosting none can stop them and very little of the orginial world can... Though they are quick to turn cowardly or perhaps rageful when their machines are wrecked fast or cheaply. Which is not a easy feat, as many armies will tell you. Sometimes Atoraru that have gone long without being inside their machine are much more quick-nerved then other of these golden mantids and is quite a curious sight to see.

When an Atoraru spots a man they fancy, which are usually the likes of blacksmiths or others of a similar vein, they are quick to trap the man within their golden threads and milk the spirit energy out of them, sometimes seen as frenzied for a while before going back to a more gentler pace. Of course those that do escape their clutches get to be chased by a golden mantis that can control giant mechs with silk... Which is fun. A Atoraru has no partiuclar sway over what kind of sexual experience they enjoy, although most pick up on the bondage fetish. Using their silk to bind the man they love and ravish him over and over.

Speaking of which, the more spirit energy a Atoraru absorbs the more golden her carapace will become, just like before but instead of being cannibals to get the colors, they just to have to... fuck, alot. Also, remember when I wrote of how they never share any of their silk to anyone? I lied, like the arachne, they are more then happy to make clothes for their beloved, however, unlike the arachne, they are not able to change its colors, certianly not without the help of a lot of cleaning/bleach agents. No instead the clothes of this golden silk are more like extremely light-weight, and durable armor, like full suit of plate mail... Looking like golden pants and shirt. And if convinced by their husband, the Atoraru 'may' sell off her silk for a fair amount of gold or similar payment. It also doesn't need to be stated but the more spirit energy they absorb, the better quality the silk, which comparatively... doesn't do that much.

On a entirely unrelated note, it is very rare for people to see two Atoraru's at once and if they do... They're both probably stealing from one another for their shit. 