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Lucius the Eternal (Warhammer 40,000)
MANTICORE
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Edited 2021-02-23 19:13 (UTC)

FELINE FEATURES

Fur on the upper arms, shoulders, and back that can be patterned after any type of feline & Fur on any other part of the body.
➤ Fur placement.
➤ Color pallet.
➤ Coat pattern resembles an ocelot's. (1, 2)
Cat-like ears which can resemble those of any type of feline.
➤ Grown out from normal ears, and therefore very much on the side of the head.
➤ Shaped like caracal ears: long and very triangular, with long, dark tufts at the ends. (1, 2)
➤ Patterned like serval ears. (1, 2)
➤ Same pallet as other fur.
Sharp fangs instead of teeth.
➤ As per this FAQ question, Lucius has three rows of feline teeth.
Clawed hands and feet with pads on the bottom.
➤ Claws are golden, with a superficially metallic appearance.
➤ Paw pads at the base of the palm and the heel, cute and pink :)
Any number of cat-like facial features, ranging from mild to fully feline.
➤ Cheshire Cat mouth: appears the same at rest, but is capable of pulling very wide.
➤ Spiny tongue. (1)
➤ Eyebrow whiskers.
Bright yellow eyes that reflect light at night.
➤ Golden in average lighting; bright yellow in darkness.
➤ Slit pupils.
A lion-like mane.
➤ Longer, shaggier fur growing from his collar and the upper center of his chest.
➤ Dark violet in color.

WINGS

Large wings capable of flight, which can be either bird-like or bat-like.
➤ Avian wings.
➤ The feathers resemble something like the shards of a mirror, and are naturally silvery and reflective. However, they catch and refract light very, very easily; as a result, they're an almost constantly shifting riot of colors, as any movement at all causes them to rapidly shift hues, with seemingly no relationship to what colors neighboring feathers are reflecting.
➤ Wings have clawed thumbs. (1, 2) As with his stingers and other claws, these are a metallic-looking gold.

TAIL

A scorpion-like tail with venomous barbs at the end. The tail can be singular, forked, or three-pronged.
➤ Three-pronged. The tails split about 40% of the way up the length of the central tail, which is a bit longer than the other two.
➤ These tails are covered in fur, the pattern here modeled after an amur leopard. (1, 2, 3) Same purple pallet as the rest of his fur.
➤ The stingers resemble the barbs on tails of Fiends of Slaanesh; the central tail has the shaggy, two-pointed bulb seen here, and the two on either side are crescent-shaped. The stingers all have the same gold and shiny appearance as his claws, and the shaggy hair on the middle bulb is again dark violet.
➤ Longer than he is tall. Curves above the ground at rest.

ETCETERA

As per this FAQ question, a small pair of horns.
➤ Similar in shape and placement to the top pair here, but much smaller—around five inches in length.
➤ Metallic gold in appearance, from top to bottom.
(MANA PURCHASE) A long, perhensile tongue.
➤ About a foot in length.

Edited 2021-02-23 19:16 (UTC)

Increased speed and jumping ability. Manticores are very fast and can leap far to pounce on their prey.
Sharpened senses. Manticores have sharper senses of eyesight, hearing, and smell than humans.
A venomous sting.
➤ Venom causes extreme pain AND has a paralytic effect. A victim may eventually die from their heart or lungs ceasing to function, but they will languish for a long time first :)
Weakness to cold. Manticores can tolerate high levels of heat, but will be weakened by freezing weather. They become easier to kill as the temperature drops.
The ability to withstand poison at twice the rate of normal humans or monsters that don't have a poison immunity.
➤ This also applies to drugs and other intoxicants, giving him a surprising tolerance.
The ability to change into a cat (either a house cat or a wild cat). In this form the character will be able to travel faster, however, they will also be more vulnerable.
➤ he's baby
➤ also purple
A melodic voice that can temporarily hypnotize humans and lure them closer.
A deceptive nature. Manticores are keen on trickery and delight in spreading rumors, telling riddles, and learning the secrets of others.
Hunger and hunting instinct. Manticores are strictly carnivores and prefer to hunt their own food down. Hunting animals will satiate them for a short time, but the longer they go without hunting a human, the more they'll be compelled to do so until they start losing their self-control.

I'll tidy up this information later but right now, here's a rough draft

● A fog form. This is an exaggerated version of their monster form that appears only during the fog and is a chance to make your monster more "horrifying" during the fog.
→ maximum increase in size. his skin becomes pale and waxy, and his facial features further shift to more closely resemble his "normal" face, with an even-wider mouth, flatter nose, and beady eyes.
→ fur extends to cover the hands and feet, with the feet becoming digitigrade and Lucius' arms growing longer to perpetually move on all fours. (neither the hands or feet change in shape enough to really look like paws, though, so they are instead Fucked Up Shaped.) mane also becomes larger and more wild, with some hair growing down his chest all the way to his navel.
→ base colors of the fur stay the same, but the pattern changes; the spots have warped in a way that causes them to resemble screaming faces, and the fur itself takes on an iridescent, shimmering quality that makes them appear to wail and contort as light moves over his fur.
→ wings shift to bat wings with their normal feathers covering the top half or so. the bat wings are the same color as his skin.