Cermakus

A monster native to the Ancient Forest, Wildspire Wastes, and Coral highlands, the Cermakus is an enigma. It's armor both harms and protects, it's Clamps move shields and traps, and it is extremely temperamental. Powerful 4-stars, Cermakus gain that ranking not only from difficulty, but due to general annoyance of fighting.

Physiology
Being Brute Wyverns, Cermakus are heavily built, with dermal armor scattering their hides. The shape differs from gender: Females have more rounded plates, while the males have spikier ones that can also assist in melee combat. It's skull has a build not unlike that of Albertosaurs; a thin profile with a stocky frame, yet it seems elongated, which would make it seem more like that of a Carnosaur.

The monster has rather well-developed forelimbs, unusual for a Brute Wyvern, and it seems to use these arms both as regular limbs and weapons, punching smaller creatures and grasping body parts like jaws for use in combat. These limbs seem to be developed to grasp the armor pods it deploys from it's tail, evidenced by special holes along the pods. The fingertips seem to be capable of oozing a toxin that prepares the victim for digestion, suggesting both a weak intestinal tract and the ability to poison monsters and hunters with one scratch. This pre-mature digestion is commonly referred to as "Cerma Rash", although it liquifies the animal partly rather than cause an actual rash.

The monster has a relatively agile form, one that allows it to keep moving once it has dealt with one assailant in a group. It's tail is long and droops down, with 10 armored bands, each with 4 spikes. These are it's Armor Traps, and it makes use of these to clamp hunters down, trap them in Armor Pods, grab monsters, or encase body parts. While for offensive use, it has been discovered that monsters with enough strength to break the pod bonding are rewarded with extra armor, making a Cermakus annoying to fight if another monster is in the vicinity.