History Characters / MonsterHunterFrontierMonsters

A magnetic Elder Dragon first introduced in ''Frontier Forward 1'', Rukodiora constantly lays siege on the Interceptor's Base. Unlike any other monster, it can drag itself around when paralyzed. ''Frontier G2'' adds a variant with purple scales and weaponized electricity named Rebidiora. ''Frontier Z'' introduces an older Zenith with differently shaped horns and wings and stronger control over magnitism.

!!Inagami

An airborne Elder Dragon first introduced in Frontier G with command over storms. You are sent out to research and hunt it, and it attacks you out of territorial behavior. ''Frontier G2'' adds a second stage of the fight where it destroys the Large Exploration Ship you fight it on and sends you into an unknown volcanic area, where you must fight it to the death while it is at full power.

* PlayingWithFire: In the final phase, Shantien is fought in a volcanic region and begins using fire attacks..

* CameBackStrong: At certain ranks, it can resurrect itself from its otherwise fatal freezing end for a third and harder phase.

A mammalian Elder Dragon with the ability to take control over bamboo, Inagami inhabits the Bamboo Forest. It is able to ooze a strange substance that heals wounds and hardens them. Once at peace with the village within the forest, it became violent after the villagers took advantage of its power in an attempt to grow their crops during a bad harvest season. By abusing its power, they broke their peace with it, and it promptly destroyed the village it peacefully coexisted with for hundreds of years as punishment. Since then, it has been aggressive towards any intruders that enter the forest, and was even responsible for the disappearance of a research team. ''Frontier Z'' introduces an older Zenith that has a blooming, glowing tail and white fur.

A king-like Elder Dragon that resides in the Cloud Viewing Fortress. It rules over small Flying Wyverns known as Egyurasu, who view it as their undisputed leader. It has two different forms, one of which allows it to use the Fire element and control the Egyurasu while the other allows it to use the Dragon element and use more destructive attacks. Ruler Guanzorumu is a white and gold Extreme version that can use both Fire and Dragon simultaneously as a golden flame, and commands more loyal servants that can use similar golden flames.

!!Duremudira (Dremdira?)

Originally possessing no official classification, Duremudira is a powerful and mysterious Elder Dragon. Little is known about it aside from the fact that it guards the Sky Corridor, and that it can inflict the rare Corrupted Poison condition, which drains your health and lowers your defense at the same time.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OBMeo1Om8M Locked Within the Ice Prison]], changing to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y1Ymj8EITk Incarnation of Ice and Destruction]] in its second phase.

* ShockAndAwe: ''Frontier Z'' introduces a Peerless variant that swaps its Ice element for Thunder.

!! Eruzerion (Erzelion?)

A strange ram-like Elder Dragon with the ability to simultaneously use fire and ice in battle. The left side of its body is covered in fire while the right side is covered in ice.

An airborne Elder Dragon first introduced in Frontier G with command over storms. You are sent out to research and hunt it, and it attacks you out of territorial behavior. '' Frontier G2'' adds a second phase where it destroys the Large Exploration Ship you fight it on and sends you into an unknown volcanic area, where you must fight it to the death while it is at full power.

* {{Leitmotif}}: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y8IOlJSls8 Shantien has]]'' ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJwnLjV3neo four different themes]]'' ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GfhwLd-tX0 that change as]]'' ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw0TSFIOH2s the battle progresses.]]''

* BackFromTheDead: At certain ranks, it can resurrect itself from its otherwise fatal freezing end for a third and harder phase.
* CameBackStrong: It resurrects itself prior to reaching its final phase, and becomes more powerful on top of it.

* {{Leitmotif}}: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUkRNJJIOTw It has three]]'' ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grlI6R7D6Xo different themes]]'' ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APTx5IcLRPY that change as the battle progresses.]]''

* PersonOfMassDestruction: Much like the Alatreon it is seemingly based on, who is already considered a living natural disaster, Disufiroa mere presence is implied to cause such extreme temperature fluctuations that any biome it chooses to live in turns into a barren wasteland.

* SNKBoss: Disufiroa is [[MadeOfIron incredibly durable]], utilizes many AreaOfEffect attacks and OneHitKill moves, has two [[TurnsRed states of rage]], needs to be killed in under 25 minutes despite said durability, and becomes stronger every time you fight it. It can become nigh-unbeatable if players aren't prepared for it as a result of these traits. When ''Frontier'' was about to close down its servers, Capcom released statistics that showed [[https://twitter.com/BannedDino/status/1237812052955205633 that]] Disufiroa ranked #4 in the list of monsters that carted/bodied the most Hunters throughout the game's history.

* {{Leitmotif}}: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhqXwZ4CRfk Battle / Inagami]]''

* {{Leitmotif}}: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2L74sBaOm8 Battle / Harudomerugu]]''

!! Guanzorumu (Guan Zorm?)

A king-like Elder Dragon that resides in the Cloud Viewing Fortress. It rules over small Flying Wyverns known as Egyurasu, who view it as their undisputed leader. It has two different forms, one of which allows it to use the Fire element and control the Egyurasu while the other allows it to use the Dragon element and use more destructive attacks.

* BlowYouAway: It has the strongest wind strength in ''Frontier'', with its wind being capable of sending hunters flying across the area. Its wind is so strong that even the Violent Wind Breaker (level 4 wind resistance) skill won't negate it.

* FlunkyBoss: Is aided by Egyurasu in battle.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyF1S4w09w0 It has two different themes]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Towgw7gzvus that change as the battle progresses]].
* MightyRoar: It has the loudest roar in the ''Frontier'' series. It's so loud that even the Super High Grade Earplugs (level 3 Earplugs) skill is useless against it.

* {{Leitmotif}}: ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OBMeo1Om8M Battle / Duremudira]]''

* PersonOfMassDestruction: Duremudira's power is said to rival that of Disufiroa and might be equal in power to the First-Class Elder Dragon.

!! Keoaruboru(Kearbol?)

* {{Leitmotif}}: Keoaruboru is an interesting case, as its theme is also the Interceptor Base's theme. However, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLpQS3omOLk it also has another theme that plays once it goes into its next phase.]]''

* StanceSystem: It has three phases with an increasing amount of power: Normal, Scorching, and Thermal Runway/Overheating. It starts out in the first phase but will go into the other two phases if it builds up enough heat, and can be brought back into the first phase by sufficiently damaging its arms and tail, slowing down the heating process.

!! Eruzerion(Erzelion?)

A strange Elder Dragon with the ability to simultaneously use fire and ice in battle. The left side of its body is covered in fire while the right side is covered in ice.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Its theme has two phases as the fight progresses. ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69ZqQFP-u8I Eruzerion (Phase 1)]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H66u3G-GJU8 Eruzerion (Phase 2]]''. Phase 2 immediately plays when fighting Burning Freezing Eruzerion.

* NintendoHard: Burning Freezing Eruzerion was an extreme individual monster, and was the equivalent to arch-tempered monsters in Monster Hunter Frontier. Players could choose to repel it (Which was the easier choice), that yielded less rewards, or slay the monster, in which you receive all the rewards that came with the monster. However, when the game was shutting down, [[https://twitter.com/BannedDino/status/1237812052955205633 Capcom released data]] on the monsters that had the most faints fighting it. Burning Freezing Eruzerion came in 1st place, over Disufiroa (A black dragon/First Class Monster that can wipe out entire parties with its attacks keep in mind) making it this trope.

An Elder Dragon first introduced in Frontier G. You are sent out to research and hunt it, and it attacks you out of territorial behavior. '' Frontier G2'' adds a second phase where it destroys the Large Exploration Ship you fight it on and sends you into an unknown volcanic area, where you must fight it to the death while it is at full power.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Amatsu. This is especially obvious during the first phase.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To the Alatreon line as powerful dragons that can use multiple elements. It's also a Forbidden Monster like Alatreon and Fatalis.

* WorldsStrongestMan: Is considered the most powerful monster faced by Mezeportan Hunters. Though it's unknown if it surpasses the [[BeastOfTheApocalypse Fatalis]] line in power.

* BigEater: Laviente are quite gluttonous creatures and once they are hungry they will devour anything in their wake. Their life cycles consist on consuming as much food as they can and then going on long periods of slumber. In fact, Lavientes only wake up naturally when they have run out of food and they are beginning to starve, which is the origin behind the Violent Laviente, a Laviente who recently woke up feeling hungry and the Berserk Laviente, an ancient Laviente who is hungry to the point of starvation.

* ZergRush: Not Laviente , but the Hunters going up against it, as hunting it is a server-wide quest involving up to 32 players attacking at once. During an event that went on from September 11, 2013-September 18, 2013, the joining limit was up to ''100 players'' against an extremely powerful Violent Laviente.

* ShoutOut: Eruzerion’s ability to simultaneously control ice and fire through different colored halves of its body is similar to Gill from ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' and identical to Shoto Todoroki from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia.''

* MakeMeWannaShout: It uses weaponized sound to attack hunters.

* MakeMeWannaShout: One similar to its Diablos and Monoblos's cousins. Varusaburosu's roar even causes the ground underneath to ''erupt''.

* MagmaMan: Lavasioth and Red Lavasioth.

%% * PlayingWithFire: Lavasioth and Red Lavasioth.

* PlayingWithFire: Midogaron and Zenith Midogaron

* NonMaliciousMonster: Pokaradon usually doesn't attack, snd prefers to look after its own kind. However, if you even think of laying a finger on the females or the pups, [[PapaWolf well... there's a good reason that it's only avaiable to fight from G-Rank onwards.]]

* MovesetClone: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed,]] since it only shares animations, not attacks. However, it holds the honor of the only monster that has shared Zinogre's animation/skeleton.
* NintendoHard: Burning Freezing Eruzerion was an extreme individual monster, and was the equivalent to arch-tempered monsters in Monster Hunter Frontier. Players could choose to repel it (Which was the easier choice), that yielded less rewards, or slay the monster, in which you receive all the rewards that came with the monster. However, when the game was shutting down, [[https://twitter.com/BannedDino/status/1237812052955205633 Capcom released data on the monsters that had the most faints fighting it. Burning Freezing Eruzerion came in 1st place, over Disufiroa (A black dragon/First Class Monster that can wipe out entire parties with its attacks keep in mind) making it this trope.]]

* BigEater: Laviente are quite gluttonous creatures and once they are hungry they will devour anything in their wake. Their life cycles consist on consuming as much food as they can and then going on long periods of slumber. In fact, Lavientes only wake up naturally when they have run out of food and they are beggining to starve, which is the origin behind the Violent Laviente, a Laviente who recently woke up feeling hungry and the Berserk Laviente, an ancient Laviente who is hungry to the point of starvation.

* ShockAndAwe: Berukyurosu.

* WhipItGood: They can use their long quill-like appendages to attack hunters.

!!Shantien
!!!Xiang Tien

An Elder Dragon first introduced in Frontier G. You are sent out to research and hunt it, and it attacks you out of territorial behavior. '' Frontier G2'' adds a second phase where it destroys the Large Exploration Ship you fight it on into an unknown volcanic area where you must fight it to the death while it is at full power.

* BilingualBonus /GeniusBonus: Its title, "Xiang Tien" may not sound right to western audiences, but if translated correctly, the meaning of its title translates to "Sky Dragon or [[WeatherManipulation ''Weather Dragon'']]", referencing its control over the weather as the fight progresses.

!! Disufiroa(Dhisfiroa?)

!!!Javon Dragon

!! Harudomerugu(Haldomerg?) / Zenith Harudomerugu

!! Guanzorumu(Guan Zorm?)

!!Duremudira(Dremdira?)
!!!The Guard of the Sky Corridor

And if any should appear to disturb its peaceful slumber...\

* BlowYouAway: It currently has the strongest wind strength in ''Frontier'', with its wind being capable of sending hunters flying across the area. Its wind is so strong that even the Violent Wind Breaker (level 4 wind resistance) skill won't negate it.

* MightyRoar: It currently has the loudest roar in the ''Frontier'' series. It's so loud that even the Super High Grade Earplugs (level 3 Earplugs) skill is useless against it.

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* DiscardAndDraw: The Zenith version loses all of its statuses in exchange for inflicting HeavyBleed with its spikes, and the embedded spikes also act as {{Improvised Lightning Rod}}s.

* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf: Attack the babies, and the adults will charge at you.

* ShockAndAwe: Farunokku.

** Thought regular Pariapuria and the Hardcore version were too easy? Try fighting the [[HarderThanHard Supremacy version]]. Not only does it [[LightningBruiser gain an insane boost to its power and speed]], it also receives four new attacks that will wreck unprepared hunters: a sliding side bite that throws rocks around followed by a powerful charge, a barf beam that sucks in nearby hunters followed by a giant slime ball, jumping into the air, producing wind that will knock you over, then slamming down onto you, and a near death flying attack that is surprisingly fast and powerful.

* StoneWall: They have high defense, and will not attack. [[GlassCannon That is, until they get enraged]]. This isn't merely CompetitiveBalance either; Espinas canonically has an ''absurdly'' durable shell and feels so safe and confident that it doesn't bother fighting back until its annoyance turns to fury.

* KnifeNut: Its wings are designed like knives.

* ManOfKryptonite: Its abilities basically make it a natural counter to Kushala Daora. Its entire body is covered with thorns filled with potent poison that weaken Kushala Daora's wind and its sheer weight and hardiness means that same wind won't be able to stop its charges and blow it down.
* NoSell: Meraginasu is immune to Flash Bombs due to it being blind. It is also immune to Sonic Bombs due to them having a different sound frequency.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: In lore, Espinas has achieved infamy for successfully driving off an unknown Elder Dragon (strongly believed to be Kushala Daora) in a battle over territory. In ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak]]'', Espinas has a Turf War with Kushala Daora and has a chance of leaving it in a Wyvern Riding state.

!!! Forbidden Venom, Thorn Wyvern / Brown Thorn Wyvern / White Thorn Wyvern / Black Drill Wyvern

* StatusEffects: Its physical attacks inflict poison and its fireballs inflict poison, Fireblight, ''and'' paralysis.

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->'''Appearances (Flaming Espinas):''' ''Frontier Season 2.5'' onwards, ''Rise: Sunbreak''.

A thorny Flying Wyvern first introduced in ''Frontier Season 2'', Espinas is unusually passive; it is often found sleeping, and even when disturbed, it barely responds to attacks. However, if enough damage is dealt, it becomes a lot more brutal, using quick charges and toxic fireballs to defend itself. ''Frontier Season 2.5'' introduces a brown subspecies (dubbed the Flaming Espinas in ''Rise: Sunbreak'') with orange spikes that resides in the Tower and Gorge, and ''Frontier Season 5'' introduces a white subspecies with purple spikes that resides in the Great Forest Peak, and ''Frontier Z'' introduces an older Zenith with much larger spikes and vines growing on it, each stronger than the last. ''Frontier G3'' introduces an even stronger Burst species with black scales and orange spikes named Meraginasu. It later made its debut in the mainline game series in ''Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak'', with the second Title Update reintroducing its Flaming subspecies.

->'''Appearances (Subspecies):''' ''Frontier Season 2.5'' onwards

A thorny Flying Wyvern first introduced in ''Frontier Season 2'', Espinas is unusually passive; it is often found sleeping, and even when disturbed, it barely responds to attacks. However, if enough damage is dealt, it becomes a lot more brutal, using quick charges and toxic fireballs to defend itself. ''Frontier Season 2.5'' introduces a brown subspecies (dubbed the Flaming Espinas in ''Rise: Sunbreak'') with orange spikes that resides in the Tower and Gorge, and ''Frontier Season 5'' introduces a white subspecies with purple spikes that resides in the Great Forest Peak, and ''Frontier Z'' introduces an older Zenith with much larger spikes and vines growing on it, each stronger than the last. ''Frontier G3'' introduces an even stronger Burst species with black scales and orange spikes named Meraginasu. It later made its debut in the mainline game series in ''Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak''.

* CanonImmigrant: With its appearance in ''[[VideoGame/MonsterHunterRise Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak]]'' Espinas is one of three ''Frontier'' monsters to appear in the mainline series, alongside Lavasioth and Hypnocatrice. Notably, it's the first monster exclusively designed for the former (the other two were planned for both and just launched in ''Frontier'' first) to cross over.