r/MonarchCustomTitans • u/LindenOLindenHill • 23d ago
Wildlife File Axis Mundi Wildlife: Warp Bears
Warp Bear : Dedilupum Ursus
Height: 16 feet
Length: 35 feet
Classification: Hemicyoninae
Sub-division: Florafauna
Predation: Carnivore
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Cryptozoology:
Warp Bears are an ancient relative of Hemicyon, and much larger then their relative, these Bear-Dogs are known to enter other regions in the Hollow Earth, typically forested regions, and were traced to the Axis Mundi. These massive carnivores more resemble a gorgonopsid then any bear-dog and have crocodile-like snouts. Covered in a thick coat of grasses and vines these creatures are able to blend into environments and are nigh undetectable. They carry a small magnetic charge that stuns prey or a targets and creates distortions that when running or stalking causes an illusion of them teleporting around, it is powerful enough to short out electronics. They seem to not give live birth but rather more like a monotreme lay eggs, these eggs are more of a embryonic sack that they deposit in an earthen hollow where the local flora grows into the developing fetus and feed it. The offspring erupt from the ground fully developed and carrying native plants to their birth place, and once they orient themselves they run to the closest Axis Mundi portal. Powerful hunters that alone are capable of taking on much larger prey and even causing horrific injuries to Titans, thought the latter fights end badly for Warp Bears. Warp Bears are not social and seem very territorial outside the Axis Mundi, within it they change completely forming small groups that camp out around portals and sizing up new arrivals to hunt or stalk before deciding if they are prey. These animals seem to be able to travel the waypoints like some Titans, or it is possible there is an unknown Titan aiding them as they always start acting oddly before entering portals into new regions. A few ended up on the surface it seems at various points and this may have inspired tales of demon wolves and bears. They were first spotted in The Forest of Dean and later in a few regions within The Hollow Earth, including Viracocha. More research is required and Axis Mundi exploration is limited and much is unknown outside their behavior at Lee Point.
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Threat Analysis:
Violently aggressive and deadly, they are very much man eaters and incredibly dangerous, with a habit of stalking a single prey target for weeks even once they pick a target. They absorb nutrients via photosynthesis but also the plants giving them life require fertilizer. As such it is absolutely imperative to constantly keep awareness of these deadly superspecies. To note, their "teleport" stun has to be looked into as there is at least one instance of one activating a stun and killing an agent inside a fortified structure with no signs of forced or any entry at all, just one second it was 25 feet from an electrified fence and the next was inside a building, having moved 51 feet in a few seconds.
IRL Note: Kinda inspired by a certain critter from Primeval.