Taniwha
“ In Aotearoa and Hokkaido, two of the three nonviolent islands, a mythical dragon emerged. Never hurt someone without cause until they are punished as a first warning on the throne of the Ring of Fire, deep within the ocean. ”
– Eostre
Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Aquanodraconidae
Subfamily: Nothoballaenodoninae
Genus: Nothoballaenodon
Species: Nothoballaenodon novazealandensis
Descendant: water dragons
Named by: Cynthia Taylor
Year Published: 1979
Type:
Reptiles (Dragons)
Mythical
Guardian
Elder Dragons
Title:
New Zealand Dragon
New Zealand Ryu
Aotearoa's Protector
Tertiary Superior
Maori Dragon
Crocodilian-Cetacean Dragon
Pantheon:
Maori
Japanese
Size: 18 - 44 meters in length, 4,666 kilograms in weight
Time Period: Pleistocene to Holocene Epoch (Middle Age, Age of Exploration, Colonization, World War II, to Future Era)
Alignment: Bad
Threat Level: ★★★★★★★★★★
Diet: Omnivorous
Elements: Water, ice
Inflicts: Waterblight, iceblight, frostbite
Weaknesses: Fire, electric, sound, earth, metal, bombed
Casualties:
PAPRIN
Countless Maoris
Countless Morioris
Countless Ryukyuans
TROQA
Countless people in Wharekauri to Hokkaido
Based on: itself
Conservation Status: Endangered (EN) - IUCN Red List
Taniwha (Nothoballaenodon novazealandensis) (Kanji: タニファ) is one of the mythical creatures. Considered an Elder Dragon by people and native in Aotearoa and Nihon as Wani. This dragon was introduced in Life for Bogatyr and Mahabharata, and Nunukia: Musket Wars. As part of a Japanese dragon than a Polynesian dragon because of their way of combining whales or sharks.
Etymology
Taniwha (Hiragana: タニファ) is from Maori word means for this dragon, than a shark translate in Old Maori language and shared with other Polynesian languages. In Japan as Wani dragon (Kanji: 鰐) means crocodile from Old Japanese.
Proto-Austro-Tai *(m)baŋiwak ("shark"; "crocodile", "monitor lizard"), posited by Paul K. Benedict and proposed by him to give rise to the Tai word, as well as Japanese 鰐わに (wani, “crocodilian; shark”), 魚うお (uo, “fish”).
Physical Appearance
Taniwha was described as having a grotesque form with tuatara or crocodilian scales on the back, whale fluke, Maori tattoo markings on the detail head, gill-like appendages that resemble shark's gills but didn't function as fish's breath, short horns jagged from eyelashes, fin ears, two fangs present, five short spikes on the shoulder, five pairs of prehensile spikes during enrage when rise up, a metallic blue skin tone (to a brownish color that turned camouflage for mistaken for a driftwood), shark teeth on the upper fangs, leopard seal's teeth on the lower fangs for filter feeder, and the eye color of taniwha was blue eyes like Europeans.
Abilities
Taniwha is capable of breathing water when the ice, upon impact, is enraged; in the subtropical regions, breathing cold water causes frostbite. Can camouflage it to form a driftwood for disguise, and the spikes will shut off, and the spikes will be shut off and made mistaken for the whale. Taniwha can float themselves with their own aura to guide a wind; if the aura exhausts, they will now be swimming or walking normally instead of flying.
Skills
Aesthetic Disguise: Taniwha capable of forming the spikes will be shut down until 4 seconds have elapsed, and then they will enhance their own damage.
Recollect Drift: Taniwha dashes faster and passes through the obstacles without any reason.
Cold Breath (Japanese: 冷たい息 "Tsumetai Iki"; Maori: マナワ マタオ "Manawa Matao"): Taniwha breathes frozen water beams.
Taonga's Blessings (Japanese: 天然記念物の恵み "Ten'nenkinenbutsu no megumi"; Maori: 秘蔵キタガ オ テ 恵み "Manaakitanga o te taonga"): Taniwha is able to give protection to allies, thanks for their blessing.
Weather Phenomenon
Taniwha is capable of cooling the water level and even controlling the cool temperature for their home.
Temperature Changing
Tsunami
Raining
Ecology
Taniwha was an ambush predator and a top predator in Aotearoa and Japan, without any reason. Taniwha hunts pinnipeds, tunas, snakes, dolphins, sharks, gulls, krill, squids, bats, wetas, and even moas (this flightless bird is now extinct by overhunting for the iwi), but humans to patupaiarehe or namahage are the only main prey for the sacrifice.
Taniwha was formerly the top predator on the shoreline of its prior ecosystem, but because of its current way of life, it is unable to easily catch some larger prey. Fish, lobsters, and even isopods are among the deep-sea prey that Taniwha now specializes in hunting.
Taniwha is semi-aquatic and lives both terrestrially and marinely, forging dolphins or skuas away from the sardines. If taniwha never harm Maoris and even Pakehas (Europeans, Asians, and Eurasians), only non-Pakeha and non-Maori residents will be messed up into the unstoppable and killed under the tapu.
Pania, or Tamatori-hime, was a princess who was abducted by Taniwha itself. Many rich women are also missing in action because of their natural beauty; even the children are actually Pakehas (Asians and Europeans only), and Japanese people also abducted due to the rules of tapu.
Behavior
Taniwha was very aggressive towards non-New Zealanders and non-Japanese people; no one else can eat whole.
Personality
Mysterious, aggressive, vengeful, intelligent, black-hearted, prideful, resourceful, overprotective, ill-tempered, sneaky, scary, abusive, calculating, overprotective, blasphemous, persuasive, dangerous, powerful, manipulative, irreligious, genocidal, betrayal, ruthless, murderous, ferocious, violent, reckless, clever, hungry, thirsty, voracious, savage, cruel, destructive, greedy, carnivorous, fatherly, motherly, intimidating, arrogant, mogul, articulate, malevolent, comical, selfless, bold, fearless, brave, religious, edacious, perfectionist
Distribution and Habitat
The formidable, 200-year-old species, the Taniwha, has grown enormously over the years, either totally relocating to the land or the black sea, or vice versa, due to its vast size. The Taniwha are said to live in the deepest part of the water. The South Island to Hokkaido is the only real place to hunt one down if one gets the chance to travel in it.
Movement Pattern: Nomadic
Individual Type: Solo
Population Trend: Unknown
Population: Unknown
Locomotion: Amphibious
Habitat: all
Earth: Aotearoa; Nihon
Berbania: East Coast of Kihangor
Reinachos: Coast of Thiponlia
Tamed
Taniwha likes sweet potatoes and eels. If you need palm leaf wrapping as a gift and feeds, only place near Taniwha's nesting site and now tamed.
Lore
coming soon
Known Individuals
Past and Present Incidents Individuals
Koraka (ancestor of Tadashi)
Aramoana (ancestor of Aria)
The Recollections of Queen Arianna Individuals
Aroha Tadashi (Berbanian male)
Kauri Aria (Tadashi's girlfriend, Reinachan national)
Gallery
coming soon
Chronological Appears
Independent Series
Main Theme Music
Phase One: Monster Hunter Dos - Tower Theme - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CLkBrqEuStI
Phase Two: Monster Hunter 3 - Rare Species Theme - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iL3sI0q4xY8
Phase Three: Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth - See You Again Instrumental - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzi2LrHOQDM
Foreign Languages
Maori: Taniwha (Maori Hiragana: タニファ)
Japanese: タニファ (Tanifa) / 鰐 (Wani; means crocodile/alligator)
Samoan and Tokelauan: tanifa (lit. "shark")
Tongan and Niuean: Tenifa (lit: "shark")
Dairk: Teneévas
Corachan: Tanivá
Dinojerullese: Tanifá
Delphian: Таниффас (Taniffas)
Delphian Creole: Та́нифва (Tánifva)