Nayouvassa

Nayouvassa is a dangerous and weird Mollusk.

Physiology
Nayouvassa are very odd appearance-wise when compared to other Mollusks. The lower half of its body resembles that of a vampire squid, due to the membranes between its tentacles. On both sides it has four tentacles with a final one acting as a tail. Two of its front most tentacles on both sides possess claws with the one behind them possessing a singular claw. The upper half of its body resembles the head of a large monster with a beak. It has several horns, spikes and spots on its head. It also has many spikes and spots allover the lower half of its body. Its body is sandish in terms of color with the spots on its body being a deep bluish color. Its horns and spikes are white in color and the membranes between its tentacles are a lighter sandish color. Its eyes are white, its eyes are dark orange and its underside is a darkish brown.

Behavior
Nayouvassa are aggressive Mollusks known for commonly attacking humans with their arsenal of status effects which they gain from eating certain types of crab and absorbing their blood. This is what has gained it the title "Devil Squid".

Hunt Cutscene

 * Location: Underwater area
 * Synopsis: As the hunter swims into the dark underwater area, they notice how quiet it is. There isn't a single animal seemingly around. The hunter slowly starts swimming further, but seeming very worried and uneasy. As the camera zooms out, something moves in the shadows in the opposite direction of the hunter. The hunter looks to their side, but don't see anything. They then hear movement from a different direction, but again they don't see anything. The hunter now seems scared as they quickly look around continuously trying to find what's stalking them. Suddenly, something rises up behind the hunter as they stop looking around frantically. They then slowly turn their head back which is when they see the monster that's been stalking them, a Nayouvassa. It tries biting them, but the hunter barely manages to maneuver out of the way of the large monster. The area then starts lighting up which causes the Nayouvassa's true colors to be revealed. It looks at the hunter and roars, starting the hunt.

Ecology Cutscene

 * Location: Beach area
 * Synopsis: The cutscene starts by showing a quiet beach on a sunny day. There's several species of small crab walking around the area when suddenly a large monster comes out of the area and grabs one of the crabs. The camera first zooms in on several crabs which turn to look in the direction of the monster. The camera then turns and zooms in on the monster which is revealed to be a Nayouvassa. The Nayouvassa quickly chomps down the crab it got a hold of. The other crabs start panicking and trying to get away as the Nayouvassa starts crawling after them, pulling itself forward with its claws, but also occasionally with just its tentacles. It repeatedly captures several crabs and eats them, as color changes happen to its neck due to it gaining several status effects from the crabs. It then notices several fishermen on a boat back where it came out of the water. The Nayouvassa quickly crawls back into the water as it swims in the direction of the fishermen. The crabs watch it leave as the cutscene starts ending.

Abilities
Nayouvassa is a species of Mollusk which is capable of fighting both underwater and on land, but is more effective at it underwater. Nayouvassa are capable of attacking with their several tentacles which can make them quite unpredictable due to their erratic movements. Nayouvassa's main ability is the ability to gain a status effect from drinking the blood of a crab it eats. Not only is it able to gain a status effect from eating a crab, but it's capable of having access to several status effects at a time if not stopped from eating a crab.

Rage and Tired States

 * Rage State: When Nayouvassa becomes enraged, it will start huffing white smoke. It will also start going for special crabs which it will eat to gain a plethora of status effects and even several at once. It will also have changes to its appearance when it has eating a specific kind of crab and has gained a specific status effect.
 * Tired State: When Nayouvassa becomes tired, it will start drooling. It will also sometimes fail to use its status effect it has gained from eating a crab or start losing them.

Dire State
Nayouvassa is capable of getting into the Dire State and when it is in this state, it has the usual changes of a Dire monster.

Mounts
When Nayouvassa gets mounted, it will be mounted on its head. When on land the Nayouvassa will frantically and violently shake its head around, trying to get the hunter off. When underwater the Nayouvassa will swim around and frantically and violently shake its entire body, try to get the hunter off.

Taxonomy
Nayouvassa is a dangerous and unusual species of Mollusk which has no known relatives.
 * Order: Teuthida

Habitat Range
Nayouvassa are known to inhabit areas which have a large amount of water or are in close proximity of a large amount of water. This is due to the Nayouvassa's mostly aquatic life-style.

Ecological Niche
Nayouvassa have been found to be high up on the food chain. They are known to feed on smaller monsters and sometimes will take down large monsters for food if desperate. But, the most common prey of a Nayouvassa is known to be several species of crustaceans, mostly small crabs. Nayouvassa will commonly hunt several species of crab to drink their blood to grant a certain status effect which it can then utilize against foes.

Nayouvassa has to compete with other powerful monsters, but due to the Nayouvassa's aggressive nature and potential arsenal of status effects, not many monsters will take on a Nayouvassa unless necessary.

Nayouvassa's only known predators are Elder Dragon-level monsters and the occasional Elder Dragon.

Biological Adaptations
Nayouvassa is a very unique Mollusk which has evolved very differently from other Mollusks. This can be seen in the fact that it has a large head with several horns and spikes on it. It also possesses a beak which it uses to eat its favorite prey, crabs. By drinking the blood from a certain species of crab, the Nayouvassa will gain a specific status effect which will be signified with the Nayouvassa having a change in its appearance in some way. These can range from color changes to its claws extending. Nayouvassa has several tentacles with the set of two front tentacles possessing full claws, while the one behind the second tentacle possesses a singular claw. It has spikes covering its lower body.

Behavior
Nayouvassa are aggressive Mollusks which will often attack without even being agitated. This makes them very dangerous and thus people often try to get hunters to get rid of them as soon as possible with mixed results. Nayouvassa are known to be capable of inhabiting deep parts of the ocean.

Calm
(Both)
 * Roar: Nayouvassa will towards hunters in a comparable manner to Lagiacrus, but with different body movements.
 * Bite: Nayouvassa will try to bite a hunter which can knock them down.
 * Claw Swipe: Nayouvassa will try to swipe one of either set of its claws at a hunter which can knock them down.
 * Twin Claw Swipe: Nayouvassa will swipe either set of its claws at a hunter which can knock them down.
 * Double Bite: Nayouvassa will try to bite a hunter from both sides, first from the left and then from the right, which can knock them down.
 * Tail Swipe: Nayouvassa will swipe its tail tentacle at a hunter which can knock them down.
 * Head Swing: Nayouvassa will swing its head at a hunter which can knock them away.
 * Spin: Nayouvassa will do a quick spin in place with its tentacles spread out which can knock hunters away.
 * Poison Ball: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Poison Crab, it is capable of shooting a purple blast towards a hunter which can knock them down and cause Poison. If it hits the ground or has floated around in the water for long enough, it will explode with a small AoE which can knock hunters back and cause Poison.
 * Paralysis Ball: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Paralysis Crab, it is capable of shooting a yellow blast towards a hunter which can cause Paralysis. If it hits the ground or has floated around in the water for long enough, it will explode with a small AoE which can cause Paralysis.
 * Cross Claw Swipe: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Bleeding Crab, it is capable of swiping both of its claws in an X-shape towards a hunter which can knock them away and cause Bleeding.
 * Sleep Ball: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Sleep Crab, it is capable of shooting a light blue blast towards a hunter which can cause Sleep. If it hits the ground or has floated around in the water for long enough, it will explode with a small AoE which can cause Sleep.
 * Blast Ball: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Blast Crab, it is capable of shooting a dark grey blast towards a hunter which can knock them down and cause Blastblight. If it hits the ground or has floated around in the water for long enough, it will explode with an AoE which can knock hunters away.

(Land)
 * Body Slam: Nayouvassa will raise itself up and will then try to slam itself down onto a hunter which can knock them away.
 * Crab Feast: Nayouvassa will try to find a species of crab and go towards it. When it has the reached the crab, it will pick it up and chomp down onto it and drink its blood. Depending on which species of crab it got, it will gain a specific status effect to use which will be signified by a change in appearance. Nayouvassa is capable of having several status effects at a time if it gets to use this move several times.
 * Poison Crab: If Nayouvassa eats a purple crab, it will gain the Poison status effect. This will be signified with a purple hue to the spots on its body.
 * Paralysis Crab: If Nayouvassa eats a yellow crab, it will gain the Paralysis status effect. This will be signified with a yellow hue to its neck. If the Nayouvassa has gained several status effects, the colors on the neck will transition between each other slowly.
 * Bleeding Crab: If Nayouvassa eats a red crab, it will gain the Bleeding status effect. This will be signified with its claws extending and gaining a red hue. Its claw attacks can now cause Bleeding.
 * Sleep Crab: If Nayouvassa eats a light blue crab, it will gain the Sleep status effect. This will be signified with a light blue hue to its neck. If the Nayouvassa has gained several status effects, the colors on the neck will transition between each other slowly.
 * Blast Crab: If Nayouvassa eats a dark grey crab, it will gain the Blast status effect. This will be signified with a dark grey hue to its neck. If the Nayouvassa has gained several status effects, the colors on the neck will transition between each other slowly.

(Water)
 * Torpedo: Nayouvassa will quickly shoot towards a hunter in a torpedo-like shape which can knock hunters down.

Enraged
(Both)
 * Trash: Nayouvassa will violently shake its entire body allover the place which can knock hunters away.
 * Poison Stream: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Poison Crab, it is capable of shooting out a stream of Poison which will either fall to the ground when on land, or float around as poisonous cloud when underwater. This poison will dissipate after some time. If hunters get hit directly by the poison as it gets shot out, they can get knocked away and be afflicted with Poison, and if they walk into the poisonous pool or swim into the poisonous cloud, they can get knocked back and be afflicted with Poison.
 * Paralysis Bomb: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Paralysis Crab, it is capable of shooting out a large yellow blast which travels in an arc towards hunters. When the bomb hits the ground or has floated around for a while, it will explode with a large AoE. If hunters get hit directly by the bomb, they can be knocked away and be afflicted with Paralysis and if they are hit by the AoE, they can get knocked back and be afflicted with Paralysis.
 * Twin Cross Claw Swipe: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Bleeding Crab, it is capable of swiping both sets of its claws in an X-shape towards a hunter which can knock them away and cause Bleeding.
 * Sleep Bubbles: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Sleep Crab, it is capable of shooting out several light blue bubble-like blasts towards hunters which will slowly float towards them until popping by either hitting the ground or floating around for a while which will cause a small AoE. If hunters get hit directly by a bubble, they can get knocked down and be afflicted with Sleep, and if they get hit by the AoE, they can be afflicted with Sleep.
 * Blast Missile: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Blast Crab, it is capable of shooting a quick dark grey blast towards a hunter which has some homing to it. If the blast hits the ground or has floated around for a bit, it will explode with a large AoE. If hunters get hit directly by the blast, they can get knocked away and be afflicted with Blastblight, and if they get hit by the AoE, they can get knocked away.

(Land)
 * Crab Slam: After Nayouvassa has eaten a crab, it might keep the crab's body and hold it like a club. The Nayouvassa will then go towards a hunter and try to slam it down onto them. This attack can knock hunters away.

(Water)
 * Cannonball: Nayouvassa will curl up and launch itself towards a hunter at high speeds which can knock them away.

Calm
(Both) (Land)
 * Leap: Nayouvassa will leap towards a hunter and try to hit them with its body which can knock them away.
 * Head Slam: Nayouvassa will try to slam its head down onto a hunter which can knock them away.
 * Claw Slam: Nayouvassa will try to slam one of its claws down onto a hunter which can knock them away.
 * Twin Claw Slam: Nayouvassa will try to slam either set of its claws down onto a hunter which can knock them away.
 * Tail Slam: Nayouvassa will try to slam its tail tentacle down onto a hunter which can knock them away.

(Water)
 * Spinning Claw Swipe: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Bleeding Crab, it is capable of quickly spinning in a tornado-like pose with its claws extended outwards. This attack can send hunters flying away and cause Bleeding.

Enraged
(Both)
 * Triple Poison Ball: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Poison Crab, it is capable of shooting three purple blasts in quick succession of one another towards hunters which can knock them down and cause Poison. If they hit the ground or have floated around in the water for long enough, they will explode with a small AoE which can knock hunters back and cause Poison.
 * Triple Paralysis Ball: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Paralysis Crab, it is capable of shooting three yellow blasts in quick succession of one another towards hunters which can cause Paralysis. If they hit the ground or have floated around in the water for long enough, they will explode with a small AoE which can cause Paralysis.
 * Twin Claw Clap: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Bleeding Crab, it is capable of using both sets of its claws to try and clap a hunter between them which can knock hunters away and cause Bleeding.
 * Triple Sleep Ball: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Sleep Crab, it is capable of shooting three light blue blasts in quick succession of one another towards hunters which can cause Sleep. If they hit the ground or have floated around in the water for long enough, they will explode with a small AoE which can cause Sleep.
 * Triple Blast Ball: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Blast Crab, it is capable of shooting three dark grey blasts in quick succession of one another towards hunters which can them down and cause Blastblight. If they hit the ground or have floated around in the water for long enough, they will explode with an AoE which can knock hunters away.

(Land)

No new attacks.

(Water)

No new attacks.

G-Rank

 * Note: Nayouvassa is now capable of using its Low Rank Enraged attacks when not enraged.

Calm
(Both)
 * Poison Drip: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Poison Crab, it will be able to start dripping poison from its tentacles at which point attacks done with its tentacles will be able to cause Poison, not only directly, but by leaving small pools of poison on the ground or clouds in the water.
 * Triple Ailment Ball: When Nayouvassa has eaten several status effect crabs, it will be able to shoot three different status effect blasts in a different order towards hunters. Every single one of the blasts can be one of the status effects Nayouvassa is capable of gaining by eating a crab, except Bleeding.
 * Poison Laser: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Poison Crab, it is capable of shooting a purple laser towards a hunter which can send them flying away and cause Poison. If the laser hits the ground directly or hits something underwater, it will explode with a large AoE which can knock hunters away and cause Poison.
 * Paralysis Laser: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Paralysis Crab, it is capable of shooting a yellow laser towards a hunter which can send them flying away and cause Paralysis. If the laser hits the ground directly or hits something underwater, it will explode with a large AoE which can knock hunters away and cause Paralysis.
 * Sleep Laser: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Sleep Crab, it is capable of shooting a light blue laser towards a hunter which can send them flying away and cause Sleep. If the laser hits the ground directly or hits something underwater, it will explode with a large AoE which can knock hunters away and cause Sleep.
 * Blast Laser: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Blast Crab, it is capable of shooting a dark grey laser towards a hunter which can send them flying away and cause Blastblight. If the laser hits the ground directly or hits something underwater, it will explode with a large AoE which can knock hunters away.

(Land)

No new attacks.

(Water)

No new attacks.

Enraged
(Both)
 * Triple Ailment Laser: When Nayouvassa has eaten several status effect crabs, it will be able to shoot thee different status effect lasers in a different order towards hunters. Every single one of the lasers can be one of the status effects Nayouvassa is capable of gaining by eating a crab, except Bleeding.
 * Combined Ailment Laser: When Nayouvassa has eaten several status effect crabs, it will be able to start concentrating energy in its mouth which is signified by it raising its head upwards until it's looking upwards. After this, Nayouvassa will quickly lowers its heads and shoot a multi-colored, depending on which crabs it has eaten, towards a hunter. This attack will send hunters flying away and can cause multiple ailments, depending on which status effect crabs the Nayouvassa was able to eat before the attack. After using this attack, the Nayouvassa will lose the ability to use any more status effects until it has eaten more crabs.

(Land)

No new attacks.

(Water)
 * Shredding Cannonball: When Nayouvassa has eaten a Bleeding Crab, it is capable of curling up into a ball while its claws are still pointing outwards after which it will launch itself quickly towards a hunter. This attack can send hunters flying away and cause Bleeding.

Breakable Parts

 * Head(1): Several horns and spikes will be damaged.
 * Head(2): Large horn will be broken and it will have scars on its beak.
 * Claws: Either set of claws will be damaged.
 * Body(1): Several spikes on body will be damaged.
 * Body(2): More spikes on body will be damaged and some tentacles will have scars on them and others will have been partially cut off.
 * Tail: Tail tentacle will be severed.

Blademaster
Skills: WIP

Gunner
Skills: WIP

Quests
WIP

Trivia

 * The monster itself was thought of by Setheo and Dinoman0310 made all the information for it.