Meteyll

Meteyll is a Massive Elder Dragon, and the Flagship of Monster Hunter: Black Comet.

Description
“The mysterious Elder Dragon that came from the crater of the black comet. It’s powerful strikes is complemented by the ability to spew gouts of black fire, which is difficult to put out.”

Meteyll is exotic in nature and design. Its main body is like many other Elder Dragons, except that Meteyll has several sets of tentacles that allowed it to move through the upper atmosphere like a jellyfish. Instead of walking, Meteyll drags its body across the ground with its front legs, which resemble a human’s arms, and allow for grasping objects. In place of wings, Meteyll possesses several tentacles that each end in a sharp bone spike for slashing and stabbing.

Meteyll’s head and jaws are covered by several large bone plates that resemble a helmet, including having 8 eye-holes for its 8 beady eyes, which glow with a grey, baleful light. Its jaws are as wide as a canyon, and are lined with many rows of sharp, needle-like teeth. A long, forked tongue can be seen poking out of its mouth When its mouth is shut, the bony plates resemble the rounded bow of a ship, made for surviving re-entry.

Behavior
When the Player first meets Meteyll, it is seen dragging its front claw through the ground, drawing a tall, shielded mountain that reaches beyond the clouds, all the way to the upper atmosphere. A Gypceros emerges from the surrounding forest, and attempts to bite the Meteyll’s arm, but ends up being caught in Meteyll’s jaws. The Meteyll thrashes the Gypceros like a dog toy, and proceeds to eat it, throwing it into the air and catching it in its mouth, crushing it between its jaws. Blood sprays from Meteyll’s mouth, and proceeds to swallow the crushed Gypceros whole, and continue its “drawing”.

During the Player’s encounters with Meteyll, it is often heard… almost speaking, seemingly attempting to say the words “up” and “home”. During your fights with Meteyll, it is attempting to reach the peak of Heaven-Splitter Mountain, and the players’ job is to redirect Meteyll around the villages in its way. Instead of killing the Meteyll, the Player is paid to simply re-route the Meteyll, and let it leave peacefully.

Attacks
Cleaving Claw: A large swipe of Meteyll’s claws, which sends Hunters flying.

Impale: Meteyll attempts to impale the player with a wing-tendril, slamming it into the ground.

Attempt of Flight: Meteyll will attempt to fly into the air, then crash into the ground, dealing heavy damage and knocking hunters back.

Blackened Fire: Meteyll releases a gout of Black Fire from its mouth, dealing damage and inflicting Star Burn* on hunters hit (Star Burn deals damage equal to 5% of the Player's health every 1.5 seconds, and cannot be put out via rolling. However, it can be Put Out by being hit with Water-Element Weapons, or by consuming Null-Berries).

Rain Of Black Comets: Meteyll's signature attack. Meteyll fires a rapid barrage of Black Fire into the air. After a few seconds, the spheres of Black Fire will rain on the battlefield, dealing damage to hunters hit by them and creating pools of Black Fire, which inflicts Star Burn on hunters who walk on it.