Optiaster Cantios

Optiaster Cantios are the Rare Species of Cantios.

Appearance/Aesthetic Differences
Optiaster bear two different base colour stages depending on the time of day, but they have a colour scheme for its base element form. They have silver eyes, silver stripes, grey special veins called "elemental veins" on Optiaster Cantios, silver spikes, grey horns, silver fangs, bronze shading on its feet and the tips of the tail, and a grey chest.

In the day time, their scales are a bright gold.

In the night time, their scales are a shining black.

When threatened, their scales show their true colour, a vibrant red and crimson colour like that of a sunrise/set.

They also have slight differences to their head. Their horns are slightly longer and they have a small spike below on their jaw.

When they enter into elemental forms their gray, silver and bronze parts will change colour to match that element.
 * Fire:
 * Water:
 * Ice:
 * Thunder:
 * Dragon:
 * Earth:
 * Wind:
 * Nature:
 * Aether:

Behaviour
The Optiaster Cantioses see very little as threats, due to their exceptional range of elemental powers they can use at any time. Depending on the time of day, they take on the traits of either the Cantios or Shadow Cantios. In what area they inhabit, they will often kick out the previous apex food-chain monster and assert themselves as the new ruling monsters.

How To Unlock
Hunters must have hunted a Cantios and Shadow Cantios in G-rank, as well as complete the quest "All Time Hate".

Once completed, the Cantios Researcher appears in person and demands that the hunter assist in his findings of a yet examined Cantios that according to remarks, stops the conflicts between the normal and shadow species when it appears.

Introduction Cutscene
The Master Of Masters: Sherin Peaks: Area 10

Hunt Cutscene
Wyvern Of Elements: Sherin Peaks: Area 7

Attacks
Optiaster Cantios at first, in its own quests, will either be in a day or night state. In its day state, it will share attacks with the normal Cantios, and in its night state, it will share attacks with Shadow Cantios.

Ground
(True Flying Wyvern Stance)

(Pseudo Flying Wyvern Stance)

(Both Stances)

(Enraged Only)

Air
(Enraged Only)

Water
(Enraged Only)

All
(Enraged Only)

Rage And Tired States

 * Enraged: Undrea fumes from mouth and heat veins begin to glow brighter.
 * Tired: Drools from mouth, chest will shrink if not broken, elementveins glow fades, and Undrea attacks will fail. It no longer gets tired when it gets into its element mixing phase.

Breaks

 * Head (2x): Horns then scar up the middle of head.
 * Chest (2x): Spines broken which weakens hardness of the underside scales, then scars and fleshy wound which reveals its main weak point.
 * Tail Wounded: Tips of blades broken and wounds across tail.
 * Tail Sever: Tail must have been wounded first before it can be severed.
 * Left Wing
 * Right Wing
 * Left Wing Claw Weakens fire attacks from the left claw.
 * Right Wing Claw Weakens fire attacks from the right claw.
 * Back Spines
 * Left Leg And Left Foot Talons
 * Right Leg And Right Foot Talons

Land
(True Flying Wyvern Stance)

(Pseudo Flying Wyvern Stance)

Mount

 * Optiaster Cantios can be attacked on the back, head or chest and can be done in all three states. The land shake off animation can be of that of a Tigrexes/Nargacuga or the standard Flying Wyvern/Piscine Wyvern one depending on which stance it was in when the mounting attack occurred. The sea mount can involve it rushing around in circles.

Music Theme
Optiaster Cantios uses two different themes.

The first one is shared with the other Cantios species, which it uses when it is in day or night while heavily restraining power (when its scales are either gold or black).



The second theme is used when it stops restraining its Dragon element powers and turns its scales a crimson red. It is an intense remix of the previous theme. Since it begins in its "true" state in normal quests with the exception of its introduction and assignment quests, the Optiaster Cantioses main theme is the second.



Interactions with The Frenzy/Hyper State/Apex/Tempered
Optiaster Cantios cannot be infected with the Frenzy Virus, as it is a rare species and too powerful for it to take effect.

Hyper Optiaster Cantios will have its AOE attacks widened when the part the attack is preformed from is affected by the vapor. Along with that there's the usual faster attacks. These individuals are beyond the powers of common Elder Dragons.

Tempered Optiaster Cantios have yet to be confirmed or seen.

Body Biology
The Optiaster Cantios has a very similar appearance to the other Cantios species, and has several advanced growths in its parts.

Locations
The Cantios Species can live in any environment possible. The only locations they avoid are areas that are ruled over by an extremely powerful monster, or places that are completely uninhabitable.

All known species of Cantios have been seen in high numbers in the Sherin Peaks region. This is where they mainly gather in, as they are mostly solitary wyverns elsewhere. It is believed the Undrea filled ashes in the region are the main cause of their liking to this place.

In the Food Chain
Optiaster Cantios will eat whatever meat it gets its talons on. It has been seen eating herbivores like Aptonoth, Apceros, Epioth, Rhenoplos, Kelbi, Anteka, Popo, and fish. It sometimes will eat more dangerous monsters like the Larinoth, Bullfango, Maccao, Jaggi, Scofisl, Velociprey, and sometimes some wyverns like Yian Kut-Ku, Quropeco, Dromes and Carapaceons like the Daimyo Hermitaur. In occasions if a Optiaster Cantios is especially hungry it might eat a monster that tried to kill it.

Optiaster Cantios hold a dominance over the food chain, one that surpasses that of both its common species because of its abilities.

Hunting Style
Optiaster Cantios use the tactics of both normal Cantios and Shadow Cantios that switch depending on the time of day and the availability of light.

Evolution
The Optiaster Cantios Rare Species was created through natural crossbreeding between Cantios and Shadow Cantios with exceptionally advanced genes and health. The mixed genes gave them the traits of both parents, meaning they aren't restricted to time of day activity and possess both the power and agility of the two species. Over time, the Optiaster Cantios began to develop their own unique changes, thanks in part to the mixed, highly adaptive genes. Optiaster Cantios not only would visit any environment it could, it would also absorb in elemental properties from those places and store them in a special sphere inside them. The genes also allowed the Optiaster Cantios advanced growth in its body parts, as seen with its horns, scales, claws, spikes, wings and lungs. These growths allow the Rare Species to preform feats no common Cantios could do without a high risk of injury or death.

Unlike Hybrid Species, the Optiaster Cantios are completely fertile, meaning they can breed with each other and create more offspring, meaning more Optiaster Cantios.

Trivia

 * Optiaster Cantios was first conceptualised in Spring of 2017, but its page wasn't intended to be made until the 7th of February 2018, which was Chaoarren's 3rd anniversary on the MHFanon sites. Optiaster Cantios was to be published on that day to celebrate that anniversary. But unfortunately since the page took much longer to complete than expected, it couldn't be completed in time. Optiaster Cantios was instead made the 4th anniversary monster instead.
 * The 2nd anniversary monster was Solstice Conquest War Wiyska.
 * Elemential is a mixed element consisting of Fire(30%), Water(30%), Ice(30%), Thunder(30%), Dragon(30%), Earth(25%), Wind(25%), Nature(10%) and Aether(10%).
 * Although Optiaster Cantios would technically be classified as a Hybrid Species, it is developed so heavily from both Common and Shadow Cantios and being able to breed without problems that mostly produce more Optiaster Cantios, that it was declared a Rare Species of the Cantios.
 * Optiaster Cantios was originally going to have a phase before Elemential that involved it mixing together two elements, allowing it to utilize mixed elements. However, this idea was scrapped due to the amount of time it would take to think of attacks for every mixed element. Chaoarren also felt that having mixed elements would make Optiaster Cantios feel too overpowered.