Menternus

Menternus is an Elder Dragon.

Physiology
An Elder Dragon with a vivid coloration, Menternus is mostly bright blue with swirly orange stripes. It has a large, elongated, almost conical head that is a mint green color with blue stripes. The eyes are red with black pupils. Its wings are extremely colorful, appearing almost psychedelic. They are marbled with a variety of pastel colors, such as red, blue, green, and yellow. A row of red spines span the length of its back, extending all the tap to the tip of its tail. A particularly tall spine is located in-between its wings, along with another long spine at the end of its tail that is covered in small barbs. The barbed spine on its tail somewhat resembles a large feather.

Abilities
Menternus is a truly bizarre Elder Dragon as it possesses psychic abilities. Specifically, it possesses telekinesis and telepathy. It can also create waves made of an odd psychic energy, and can generate electricity from its head that is fired off in the form of lightning bolts. Additionally, Menternus produces a strange toxin that interferes with the senses of prey, leaving it confused and disoriented.

Taxonomy

 * Order: Elder Dragon
 * Suborder: Psychic Dragon
 * Family: Menternus

Habitat Range
Menternus prefers to live in temperate to tropical environments, although it is occasionally seen in harsher habitats such as volcanoes. Its known habitats are the Ancient Forest, Elder's Recess, and the Guiding Lands.

Ecological Niche
Menternus is a cunning predator, using its psychic abilities to lure in prey, envenomate it with its special toxin, and then deal the finishing blow. Being an Elder Dragon, Menternus has few monsters to fear, excluding Elder Dragon-Level Monsters and other Elder Dragons like Teostra. Its only known predator is Nergigante.

Biological Adaptations
Thanks to its uniquely developed brain and neurons, Menternus is able to utilize powerful psychic abilities, a trait that sets it apart from other Elder Dragons. Unlike most organisms, its neurons are capable of mitosis even after becoming fully differentiated. Because of this, Menternus is believed to be highly intelligent, arguably one of if not the most intelligent Elder Dragon ever. It also appears to possess excellent memory, comparable to that of an elephant. It can remember anything and everything that happens over the course of its life. Its psychic abilities include telekinesis and telepathy. When encountering Menternus, hunters report hearing a strange chattering sound in their head. Researchers believe that Menternus might actually be trying to communicate with them via its telepathy. Its brain also generates vast amounts of electricity, which it fires off in the form of lightning bolts, a secondary defense mechanism if it cannot use its psychic power for whatever the reason may be. Menternus also possess chromatophores in its wings. This allows it to rapidly change the colors of its already colorful wings, allowing it to actually hypnotize prey and lure them towards it so it can feed. The various spines on its body, especially the particularly large ones on its back and tail, secrete a neurotoxin that interferes with the senses of prey by "overloading" their nervous system, as researchers like to describe it. This leaves its prey confused and disoriented. This neurotoxin is also secreted from its claws and fangs, allowing it to envenomate prey with a mere bite or a scratch.

Behavior
Menternus is actually quite docile compared to most Elder Dragons, but it will quickly turn aggressive when provoked and will not hesitate to attack whatever angered it.