History Characters / Dauntless

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A big lizard-porcupine type critter, Quillshots are a little more of a ranged combatant than other Behemoths, though they're still quite deadly up close.

The first elementally-attuned Behemoth you'll encounter, the blazing Charrogg is quite the nuisance between its flame jets and homing fire-blobs.

First encountered in rogue form early on, then conspicuously absent, the canine/lizard-esque Embermane is the first Behemoth you'll encounter that can become Aether-Charged.

A serious wake-up call for overconfident Slayers, the Drask is a lightning-powered lizard that will quite happily open every engagement with its signature lightning bolt attack. Slayers would be wise to stay on the flanks of any Drask they encounter, and never approach from the front if possible.

Known as the Sovereign of Thorns, the Koshai uses its mastery over vines and the like to root Slayers so it can devastate them with little effort.

A variant of the Quillshot. Smaller and faster than Drask yet no less dangerous, Nayzaga isn't quite as directly powerful; it instead launches its electrically-charged quills out to act like turrets that harass Slayers with shock blasts.

Imagine a threatening Behemoth with mastery over Radiant aether, the abilities to fire beams and orbs of light at you and trap you in cages of hard light, and more than a passing resemblance to the Kharabak. That's the Rezakiri in a nutshell.

This Umbral beast has the ability to open and travel through umbral rifts (i.e. shadowy portals), allowing it to attack from angles an unprepared Slayer wouldn't expect. It can even transport an unwilling party into its own shadowy dimension, where it has home-field advantage.

* TeleportSpam: It uses umbral rifts to exit into its dark dimension, attacking Slayers from any direction once it emerges. When Enraged, it even goes so far as to create a pair of portals that cause it to fall infinitely, then fling itself out of more portals while traveling at terminal velocity for maximum hurt.

A gigantic gorilla-like behemoth that can jump and smash with blistering speed and power.

* SwallowedWhole: One of its attacks will completely swallow a slayer and cough them up for quite a bit of damage. It's similar to the Malkarion's and Torgadoro's pinning attacks in that teammates can interrupt it. The unfortunate Slayer-turned Behemoth Chow can also [[KillItThroughItsStomach contribute to a bad stomachache]] through {{Smashing Survival}}, causing the beast to throw them up sooner.

* SwallowedWhole: One of its attacks will completely swallow a slayer and cough them up for quite a bit of damage. It's similar to the Malkarion's and Torgadoro's pinning attacks in that teammates can interrupt it. The unfortunate Slayer-turned Behemoth Chow can also [[KillItThroughItsStomach contribute to a bad stomachache]] through [[SmashingSurvival]], causing the beast to throw them up sooner.

* SwallowedWhole: One of its attacks will completely swallow a slayer and cough them up for quite a bit of damage. It's similar to the Malkarion's and Torgadoro's pinning attacks in that teammates can interrupt it. The unfortunate Slayer-turned Behemoth Chow can also [[KillItThroughItsStomach contribute to a bad stomachache]] through {{SmashingSurvival]], causing the beast to throw them up sooner.

* HordeOfAlienLocusts: Was said in the lore to be the cause of the [[ApocalypseWow total collapse of the centuries-old Voidrunner Civilization, in only a single rampage.]] When one Thrax finds an entrance to new hunting grounds, the others follow.

* SwallowedWhole: One of its attacks will completely swallow a slayer and cough them up for quite a bit of damage. It's similar to the Malkarion's and Torgadoro's pinning attacks in that teammates can interrupt it.

* SwallowedWhole: One of its attacks will completely swallow a slayer and cough them up for quite a bit of damage. It's similar to the Malkarion's and Torgadoro's pinning attacks in that teammates can interrupt it, but for some reason the damage is dealt as soon as the attack lands instead of after it's finished.

* GigglingVillain: The Thrax looses a deep and beastly chuckle after several of its attacks, especially ones involving portals that can completely blindside a slayer.
* MixAndMatchCritters: It's difficult to pin down exactly what animals inspired it, but some guesses might include snake, worm, eel, and centipede.
* SwallowedWhole: One of its attacks will completely swallow a slayer and cough them up for massive damage. Mechanically, it works the same as the Malkarion's and Torgadoro's pinning attacks, and sufficient damage or a part break from teammates can interrupt it.

* OneHitKill: Malkarion will occasionally charge a Slayer with its mouth wide open. Should that Slayer be caught, Malkarion will gnaw on them for a moment before tossing them into the air and using its tail to spike them into the ground. This will instantly down any Slayer, regardless of Resistance or elemental affinity, unless the victim blinks with Koshai's Bloom or someone else boops it.

* SpinAttack: Once they're pissed off enough, Charrogg will light up a flamethrower jet on each corner of its body and begin to spin in place. The jets are positioned such that they make it a lot harder to attack the Behemoth's limbs without getting set on fire.

* MixAndMatchCritter: Canine + Lizard.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: The quote above, which is apparently one of his catchphrases.

* ForgingScene: His smithy provides a permanent [[ShirtlessScene Shirtless]] one, thanks to his apprentice/assistance Zebko hammering away in the background.

A particularly dangerous Shock-element Behemoth, this draconic foe lashes out at any Slayers lucky enough to find it with electric tail whips and attempts to catch them in its mouth. It uses its aerial mastery to its advantage, skirting out of reach of most Slayer weaponry; as such, they must take the fight directly to it by mounting it, a first for Behemoths. The only way to take it on is to get to level 40 in an Escalation run and make it to the last island.

Imagine a threatening Behemoth with mastery over Radiant aether, the ability to fire beams and orbs of light at you, and more than a passing resemblance to the Kharabak. That's the Rezakiri in a nutshell.

This hulking icy Behemoth is unique in that it doesn't fight alone. It psionically summons flying minions to back it up while surrounding its body with an ice shield that prevents Slayers from damaging it; fortunately, those minions are the key to taking down the shield, as taking them out charges the Slayers' weapons with energy powerful enough to smash through it.

* RollingAttack: One of Pangar's main attacks is to roll up into a giant ball and attempt to squish any Slayers in its way.

* FrickingLaserBeams: Its primary source of attack besides [[GiantFootOfStomping attempting to stomp you flat]] with an Aether-powered [[ShockwaveStomp Radiant Blast]].

!!Behemoths of The Uncharted Reaches and Beyond
[[folder:Nayzaga]]
A variant of the Quillshot. Smaller and faster than Drask yet no less dangerous, Nayzaga isn't quite as directly powerful; it instead launches its electrically-charged quills out to act like turrets that harass Slayers with shock blasts.

* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Sometimes launches a pentagram-like pattern of five quills; shattering this will stun/stagger the Nayzaga, leaving it open to attacks.
* MixAndMatchCritter: Has the porcupine-type spines, but is a bit more like a crocodile or alligator. A common drop from its legs, though, is ''chitin''; something you'd only really expect to find on insects.
* TennisBoss: The Nayzaga's electrically charged quill 'turrets' launch lightning orbs that can be launched back with well-timed strikes. This can make it much easier to destroy the quills. In its empowered Maelstrom variant, this is the only way to break the lightning 'shields' on the quills, which are otherwise protected against Slayer attacks.

* TeleportSpam: It uses umbral rifts to exit into its dark dimension, attacking Slayers from any direction once it emerges. It even ''weaponizes'' this ability when Enraged, creating a pair of portals that cause it to fall infinitely, then flinging itself out of more portals while traveling at terminal velocity for maximum hurt.

* RazorWind: The Shrike can throw out SwordBeam style 'blades' of wind that can deal some serious hurt. When Enraged, it throws two at once; one vertical, then one horizontal.

* RollingAttack: One of Pangar's main attacks is to roll up into a giant ball and attmept to squish any Slayers in its way.

* HPToOne: The Shrowd will occasionally set a shadowy time bomb onto the field. Fail to destroy it in time, and its explosion will set every slayer's health to 1 point. This may be the inspiration for the unique "when under 20% health, deal 150%" effect of Shrowd weapons.

* HarmlessFreezing: Skraevs will do this to Slayers ''a lot'' if they're no good at avoiding attacks.

* TennisBoss: The Nayzaga's electrically charged quill 'turrets' launch lightning orbs that can be launched back with well-timed strikes. This can make it much easier to destroy the quills.

* TheQuietOne: Compared to everyone else, Xelya speaks very quietly.

Not everyone can be a Slayer. Some are just Survivors. But that doesn't mean they aren't willing to help the cause if they can.

* TheBlacksmith: Compared to Wils, Moyra gives more of a WrenchWench vibe.

* TacticalWithdrawal: Most Behemoths will make one or two of these depending on how the battle is going, forcing the Slayer(s) to track them down again to finish them off.

* MoreDakka: In porcupine form. Quillshots are covered in spines they can launch a pretty good distance, to rain down upon Slayers from above. Breaking off their spines reduces the number of attacks they can make, though the spines also regenerate whenever Quillshots Enrage.

The hulking Skarn might look intimidating at first, as it uses aether to manipulate rock plating. Underneath all that, it's a fairly regular lizard.

* SpinAttack: Can turn itself into a spinning maelstrom of rock and wind that drags Slayers in close and bludgeons them repeatedly. This does render it vulnerable to being struck and staggered, though.

* HomingBoulders: One of its basic attacks is to sic a swarm of flaming, homing blobs on the Slayer team; one blob per Slayer. Whilst they're slow-moving, this means they're a SuperPersistentMissile as they can track you through most evasive maneuvers; your best bet is to try to outrun them (which requires sprinting).

* BullfightBoss: Embermanes love to charge and swipe at Slayers before bouncing away again.

A serious wake-up call for overconfident Slayers, the Drask is a lightning-powered lizard that will quite happily open every engagement with its signature lightning bolt attack.

* ShockAndAwe: Being electrically-powered and all. Drasks like to open combat by zapping the first Slayer they see with a powerful bolt of electricity. When they're Enraged, Drasks will fire three bolts in rapid succession, with devastating accuracy to boot.