Voluron

Voluron is a species of Leviathan most closely related to Lagiacrus and it's subspecies.



Physiology
A species only talked about in legends or through old hunters, which were often thought to be drunk because of the similar described appearance to a Lagiacrus.

Only recently truly discovered this species is larger than Lagiacrus. It's body has a similar structure to a Lagiacrus, but it is more eel or snake-like, the neck is shorter, the head is more of a rectangular shape and holds a lot of rows containing small sharp teeth and the feet are more paddle-like. The eyes are dark green, the front and back legs both have dark blue claws with a membrane between the black claws for swimming which causes a more paddle-like form and the top of the body is a dark grey or nearly black color with dark blue crystals which emit electricity, similarly to an Abyssal Lagiacrus. The bottom of the body is a dark beige color and the tail is the dark grey/black color and has a paddle-like shape. The frilled gills of Voluron glow a slight dark red. Voluron is capable of splitting it's bottom jaws like a snake to help swallow smaller prey whole.

Behavior
Voluron are passive most of the time, but when threatened they can become very dangerous and will try to ward off anything with their powerful electric powers and tail or dangerous claws and teeth.

It lives in the deepest parts of the oceans, close to the bottom but will occasionally swim higher up and will only come to less deep parts or the surface for food or to find a mate.

Cutscenes

 * Location: Deserted Island
 * Synopsis: The hunter enters Area 10. They notice a bunch of Ludroth as a Royal Ludroth jumps out of the water seemingly in panic. The Royal Ludroth looks at the hunter and immediately charges, but before it can get far an even bigger monster jumps out of the water and rams the Royal Ludroth. As the monster delivers the killing blow to the Ludroth it looks at the hunter. It is the Voluron the hunter was contracted to hunt. The Voluron roars and charges at the hunter and then the hunt begins.

Abilities
This Leviathan has a body shaped like an eel/snake causing it to be capable of moving and attacking with the speed of a Snake Wyvern, but with the strength of a Leviathan.

Voluron have electrical powers similar to Lagiacrus and it's subspecies, but Voluron are more powerful and thus need to charge more often if they use to much electricity which will leave them in a defenseless state. When not enraged Voluron will use their claws, teeth and tail more often, while when enraged they will use more of their electric powers.

Rage and Tired States

 * Rage State: Starts to use more attacks which cause Severe Thunderblight, spikes on back will glow blue and sparks of electricity will come from the spikes.
 * Tired State: Top and bottom of body both become a lighter color.

Frenzy, Apex and Hyper
Voluron can be affected by the Frenzy Virus and while there have been no sightings of Apex Voluron, it is presumed that they do exist. The same counts for Hyper Voluron, none of them have been seen, but since the closest relative of Voluron, Lagiacrus, can get into the Hyper State, it is presumed Voluron can too.

When Frenzied, Voluron's defenseless charge state will last less long and won't be defenseless anymore, because it will try to hit you away with it's claws or tail.

Mounts
Voluron has the same mount as Lagiacrus.

Taxonomy
Voluron are some of the largest Leviathans known to exist, even trumping the mighty Lagiacrus. While Voluron belong to the Order of Leviathans there doesn't seem to be much connection between Voluron and other Leviathans, besides Lagiacrus.
 * Order: Leviathan
 * Suborder: Sea Wyvern
 * Infraorder: Ancient Shell Wyvern
 * Family: Voluron

Habitat Range
Voluron can be found in a variety of habitats. While most often only found in very deep areas like the Underwater Ruin, they will come up from the water to find prey on land. The areas Voluron have been observed to hunt in are the Frozen Seaway, the Frantic Bay, the Deserted Island and even the Flooded Forest. It is assumed that they hunt in more areas, but there have been no further sightings yet.

Ecological Niche
Voluron are almost always at the top of the food chain, because of their large size and their powerful electrical powers. Voluron feed on anything that they can swallow whole, but when desperate they will hunt for larger prey, like Royal Ludroth, Daimyo Hermitaur, Shogun Ceanataur, and sometimes even monsters like Lagiacrus and Rathalos aren't safe from this Leviathan.

The large size of Voluron deters many would-be predators and if the size doesn't, the electric powers most of the time will. However, Voluron are still hunted by monsters like Deviljho, powerful Deviants and the occasional Elder Dragon.

Biological Adaptions
Voluron are large, dark gray aquatic Leviathans, adapted to living and hunting around and in the water. The spikes on the back of Voluron are larger and more developed than Lagiacrus' along with the electro sacs under the spikes. The paddle-like form of Voluron's tail and claws helps it with swimming and it works as a good way to deter other monsters. The jaws of Voluron are filled with rows of small teeth which can easily cut through flesh and cause large wounds.

Behavior
Voluron are large Leviathans which will be passive most of the time, until it is provoked. Voluron use their electrical powers to disable their prey and will then proceed to either swallow them whole or consume them normally because it is to large to be consumed whole.

Calm

 * Roar: Voluron roars in the same manner as Lagiacrus.
 * Claw Swipe: Voluron will swipe at you with either claw, which can cause Bleed.
 * Tail Swipe: Voluron will swipe it's long tail at you, which can cause Stun.
 * Bite: Voluron tries to bite you, which can cause Bleed.
 * Lunge: Voluron throws itself at you, which can cause Stun.
 * Roll: Voluron tries to roll over you, which can cause Stun.
 * Electric Bite: Voluron charges it's mouth with electricity and tries to bite you, if you are only in the AoE it can cause Thunderblight, but if you get hit directly it can cause Thunderblight and Bleed.
 * Electric Ball: Voluron shoots a large electric ball at you, which will explode when it hits the ground and can cause Thunderblight.

Enraged
Note: When enraged Voluron has all the same moves as when it's not enraged, but it does them faster.
 * Roar: When enraged Voluron's roar can cause damage, similar to Tigrex.
 * Swallow: This is Voluron's hold and it will try to swallow you whole.
 * Triple Combo: First Voluron will swipe at you twice before lunging at you.
 * Electric Ball Rush: Voluron will rush at you shooting Electric Balls allover the place, similar to Royal Ludroth's move.
 * Giant Electric Ball: Voluron shoots a giant electric ball which has a bigger AoE and will cause Severe Thunderblight.
 * Triple Electric Bite: Voluron will first do a normal Electric Bite, after which it will lunge at you to do another one and afterwards it will rear up and charge energy before delivering the final Electric Bite, which has a bigger AoE, causes more damage than the other two and can cause Stun, Bleed and Severe Thunderblight.

Calm

 * Belly Flop: Voluron tries to crush you with it's weight, which can cause Stun and will cause Tremors.

Enraged

 * Electric Claw Swipe: Voluron charges it's claws and swipes at you, which can cause Severe Thunderblight and Bleeding.
 * Electric Tail Swipe: Voluron charges it's tail and swipes it at you, which can cause Stun and Severe Thunderblight.


 * Electric Belly Flop: Voluron charges itself with electricity and tries to crush you with it's weight, which can cause Stun, Thunderblight and will cause Tremors.

Breakable Parts

 * Head(1): Head will have scars on it.
 * Head(2): Head will have more scars and some of the spikes on the head will be broken.
 * Front Claws: Front Claws will be broken
 * Rear Claws: Rear Claws will be broken
 * Back(1): Spikes on the back will be broken, causing weaker electric attacks.
 * Back(2): Spikes on the back will be more broken and some scales on back will be broken.
 * Tail(1): Tail spikes will be broken and tail will be have scars.
 * Tail(2): Tail will be cut off. To cut off the tail you will need to wound the tail first.

Weapons
Note: All of Voluron's weapons are upgrades from Lagiacrus' weapons.

Blademaster
Skills:  Negate Bleeding, Meat Lover, Speed Eating +2, Halve Hunger, Thunder Atk +1, Distraction, Fire Res -20

Gunner
Skills: Negate Bleeding, Ammo Saver, Speed Eating +2, Halve Hunger, TrueShot Up, Fire Res -20, Steadiness -1

Trivia

 * Voluron is based on Abyssal Lagiacrus, the real-life Frilled shark and has some elements from eels and snakes.
 * This is my first Monster Hunter Monster I've ever created.
 * The name is a combination of the Swedish word for frill (Volang) and the Spanish word for shark(Tiburon)