Ouroboros

Ouroboros (Draco Aeternitatis) is a bizarre, newly-discovered Leviathan that dwells in the Flooded Forest. Because of its ability to swallow almost anything, even large mosnters like the Nargacuga, whole, its discovery has been treated with the utmost seriousness.

It has been named so for its ability to reach around and bite its tail, which is what the snake (or dragon) depicted in the symbol known as Ouroboros does, although it is unknown what the Ouroboros expects to gain from this when impassive. Since such a gesture symbolises infinity, it has gained the title "Infinity Serpent". It also introduces a new status ailment called Venomblight, which reduces the hunter's health at double the rate of Poison and causes the player to become stunned each time his/her Stamina decreases naturally.

Its rubbery reptilian hide makes it immune to the Thunder element. It is impervious to all other elements except Dragon; the reason behind this is unknown (it wouldn't be immune to Thunder either but it is because of its hide, whereas its other immunities are natural).

Appearance
Ouroboros' hide greatly resembles the Armadillo Lizard; it has forest green skin and tough, spike-like scales. It's head resembles that of a snake, with serpentine eyes and all the other trademark features of a snake; a forked tongue, large, poisonous fangs (which retract when it's jaw closes) and a jaw that it can break in order to swallow its food whole and also to swallow larger creatures. It terms of size, the Ouroboros dwarves large monsters like Duramboros and Nargacuga, as well as hunters. It is double the height of a Lagiacrus, even when on land, and it 1.5 times as long, too. It's eyes are a light green, with the typical serpentine, slit-shaped pupils, but the eyes turn a bright red when enraged. Its spikes turn red as well.

Attacks
 Waterbomb Dive: In areas with enough water, the Ouroboros will hiss before leaping in the apprpraite direction and slamming its whole body onto the water, sending out far-reaching globules of water in all directions. Damage caused if the hunter is hit by the body slam is extreme, but if hit by the water the damage is medium. Waterblight is inflicted in both instances.

Rage Mode: Fatal if hit by body slam. Water globules reach twice as far.

Evasive Maneuvre: Diving is reccomended if close to the body slam hitbox, but the water splashes afterward may still hit. Any hunter with access to a shield is advise to use it. Those out of range of the body slam need just dive to avoid the splashes.

Taunt:  Ouroboros will stand still and gently slap its tail on the ground, its long forked tounge quivering wildly as it hisses at the hunter, a stance similar to that of a Nargacuga.

Rage Mode: May perform move twice in succession. Constrict often follows this move. If attacked during the move it will swipe the hunter with its tail, causing Paralysis.

Evasive Maneuvre: The Waterbomb Dive or Venom Bite may follow this attack, so the hunter is advised to maintain a healthy distance.

Constrict:  Ouroboros will shimmy its head and hiss before attempting to bind the hunter with its tail, squeezing the life out out of him/her. The player will quickly loose Stamina over time. If uninterrupted the move will end by flinging the hunter away (causing set low damage and) after 10 seconds, but it may be less if the Ouroboros is near death. Shields cannot block this attack.

Rage Mode: Move lasts 15 seconds and being flung away always causes Stun. Throwing Knives are ineffective.

Evasive Maneuvre: When the hunter sees Ouroboros' head shimmying they should begin preparing a dive or roll. Those out of the reach of its tail needn't worry. The hunter can escape by throwing a Throwing Knife (without an element) into the Ouroboros' eye or blind it with a Flash Bomb.

Venom Bite:  Ouroboros rears it's head back before lunging forwared at snapping its jaws. This causes moderate damage and inflicts Poison. If the head is reared back to the right, the Ouroboros will bite once, but if its head is reared back to the left it will swing its head in the opposite direction and bite again.

Rage Mode: Always bites twice, regardless of which dirction it rears its head back in. Venomblight is inflicted instead of Poison.

Evasive Maneuvre: Those with shields are advised to block, otherwise prepare to dive. Zig-zag running is more effective for the two-bite version.

Charge: Ouroboros hisses as it slithers across the ground toward the player. High damage, shields are ineffective.

Rage Mode: Slithers faster, uppercuts with its head as a finishing touch. Occasionally swivels around for another charge, with accuracy similar to the Tigrex's swerving charge.

Evasive Maneuvre: Run or dive.

 Roar: Ouroboros will open its mouth wide and hiss. This is performed upon discovering the hunter, entering rage mode, or upon whimsy.

Rage Mode: Nothing worth mentioning.

Evasive Maneuvre: N/A

Claw Swipe:  Ouroboros lunges at the hunter with one of its claws.

Rage Mode: Swipes twice; once with each claw.

Evasive Maneuvre: Roll, dive or block.

 Water Beam: Ouroboros fires a stream of concentrated water directly ahead.

Rage Mode: Water beam sweeps from left ot right and back again. Inflicts Waterblight.

Evasive Maneuvre: The beams physical force renders blocking useless. Dive ins is reccomended but in Rage Mode it is reccomended to stay on one side of the area and dive when the beam is imminent.

 Waterbomb:  Ouroboros spits a water ball at the player. Damage is low but Waterblight is inflicted.

Rage Mode: Ouroboros will sometimes fire the waterball into the air and let it fall on the hunter. Splash damage now occurs, so any hunters in close proximity to the site of impact should prepare to dive if necessary.

Evasive Maneuvre:  Hunters are advised to stay a healthy distance away if they are anticipating this attack. Blocking this move is possible but stamina will be severely drained in rage mode.

Tail Swipe: Ouroboros slides its tail across the floor, causing Paralysis.

Rage Mode: Tail will sometimes swipe in both directions. One-way swipes produce small splashes of water which can knock the hunter over if they hit them, though this causes little damage and can be easily blocked.

Evasive Maneuvre: Dive or roll away. Stay a clear distance away in rage mode in case of two-way swipes.

Cartwheel Charge: Ouroboros rolls over onto its back and curls far enough to cleach its tail in its mouth. It then proceedes to roll in any given direction, with a weak homing on the hunter. This attack is fatal without either full health or the Guts Skill.

Rage Mode: Rolling speed is faster and the move lasts longer.

Evasive Maneuvre:  Diving is highly reccomended, but sometimes Ouroboros may simply roll around in a circle and end up hitting the hunter anyway. Not much can be done about this attack without full health or Guts.

Ecology
As Ouroboros is so gargantuan it doesn't even bother with small creatures like Epioth, Kelbi, or even Dosufurogi, instead preying only on larger creatures such as the Nargacuga, Royal Ludroth, and even the Duramboros on occasion. It's main prey when underwater, however, is Lagiacrus; while Lagiacrus may be strong, it's thunder attacks will have no effect on Ouroboros and it's physical attacks will just hurt the creature because of Ouroboros' spikey scales. However, despite these advantages against the Lagiacrus, Ouroboros prefers to lurk nearby when a hunter has killed one, slithering in to devour the carcass when the hunter had finsihed carving and departed.

Ouroboros seems to disregard any small monsters that may attack it, such as Jaggi or Baggi, or even their Great counterparts. This is porbably due to the fact that Ouroboros is so large that it can barely feel it, or that it simply feels no need to retaliate as the spikes on its skin will do the retaliating for him. Whenever Ouroboros does actually kill a smaller monster it is almost always becuase the monster was in the path of an attack directed at something else.

Ouroboros holds no sense of rivalry with any other monster, and as such never competes with other large mosnters for food. This is most likely becuase it sees no need to beat another large monster to a meal when it can just eat the large monster instead.

Ouroboros is a carnivore and does not eat any vegetation whatsoever. In addition, any meat that hunters place on the ground will instantly be set upon by the Ouroboros when it is low on stamina or near death, regardless of whether it has seen the hunter or not.

Taxonomy
Ouroboros may be prominantly Leviathanistic in movement, but it is the most snake-like creature that has ever been witnessed; it will not chew any of it's food (it is most liekly incapable of doing so anyway), swallowing it whole regardless of what it may be.

Ouroboros lives its entire pre-adult life underwater, and only develops the biological adaptations to live on land in adulthood, implying that the Ouroboros' lifespan rivals that of the Lao-Shan Lung. It is this unfathomable lifespan and inability to survive above land unti adulthood that has kept it shyed away from human observation for the longest time. How it developed it's physical traits is unknown, but it is assumed that they are natural and simply came to be as the Ouroboros grew.

As an adult, Ouroboros is able to dwell on land as well as in water with ease. It has a keen mind and has developed many attacks to deal with threats (few though they may be) on land.

It was at first classified as an Elder Dragon due to its uniqueness and its immunity to all Elements except Dragon, but when further observations were conducted, the Elder Dragon Reserach Centre realized that it was far too Leviathanistic to be classified as an Elder Dragon.