Lao-Shan Lung
“ A giant dragon that has only been rarely sighted. It periodically prowls close to inhabited areas, and the damage it causes is comparable to that wreaked by a natural disaster. Its habits are a mystery, and no one knows why it occasionally wanders. The Guild has built defensive barricades where they appear, but to what effect. ”
– Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Paleodraconia
Family: Montanodraconidae
Genius: Montanodraconis
Species: Montanodraconis gigantus
Descendant: drake
Named by: ???
Year Published: ???
Size: 45 - 75 meters tall in height; 13.4 - 26 m tall in height; 50,000 kg in weight
Type:
Reptiles (Dragons)
Elder Dragons
Non-indigenous Species
Title:
Old Mountain Dragon
Walking Mountain
Pantheon:
Terran/Gaian
Sawintiran
Yaddovian
Time Period: Pleistocene–Holocene
Alignment: Docile
Threat Level: ★★★★★★★
Diet: Omnivorous 🥩🌿🪨
Elements: Chaos, earth
Inflicts: Chaosblight
Weaknesses: Fae, light, dark, aether, chaos
Casualties: ???
Based On: itself
Conservation Status: Endangered (EN) – IUCN Red List
Lao-Shan Lung ® - This species is a registered trademark of Capcom Co., and it is used by Earth Responsibly and Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure spinoff as permission.
Lao-Shan Lung (Montanodraconis gigantus) is the one of the species of Elder Dragon introduced in Monster Hunter 1.
Etymology
Lao-Shan Lung's name in all languages is derived from the Chinese word for "Old Mountain Dragon" (老山龙/老山龍, Lǎo Shān Lóng).
Physical Appearance
A large Elder Dragon species with a body length of nearly 45 - 75 meters. The head is small for a large body, and the long neck and tail occupy about half of the whole body. It is a crocodilian-legged quadruped drake, with a well-developed red shell and a single horn on its head. Its mouth has small teeth with several larger teeth on the outside.
Abilities
Lao Shan Lung lacks any sort of elemental or special abilities. In near-death experience mode, Lao Shan Lung generates chaos energy from the mouth and energy stored in its body. Despite never utilizing it for combat, it has some Chaos Element energy stored in its body, hence it often being Chaos-elemental.
Weather Phenomenon
Earthquakes: From its immense size, Lao-Shan Lung can cause damage to settlements just by simply walking.
Ecology
Like many other Elder Dragons, Lao-Shan Lung has been around since ancient times and has been documented throughout history. Lao-Shan Lung is believed to feed on minerals, ores, insects, livestock, pine cones and even there are scavengers, also eat carcass; however, because little is known about it, a lot about its ecology is still correct. This dragon lead to bad luck on hunts with five or more for survivors or tames, with many hunts leading to the death of comrades in the end, but the sociologists and psychologists need to clarified the Lao-Shan Lung's curse forwards the monks.
From its enormous size, Lao-Shan Lung has no creatures to fear, but it has been reported that it seems to fear some kind of powerful monster like Safi'jiiva, Rukodiora, Radachalog, Drakolossia, Alatreon, Rathalos, Magnamalo, Stinkmink, to Kushala Daora; but many scholars don't believe in that old fairy tale and historical records. Though much is still unknown about the species, such as the juvenile form of a Lao-Shan Lung and their breeding habits, the ecologist is certain that those individuals are already mature. There are simply juveniles that haven't reached adulthood yet, but that is far from the truth.
It takes a long time for this shell to form on its body and it is estimated that the individuals encountered are about a thousand years old, showing how long this process takes. Unlike other Elder Dragons, Lao-Shan Lung lacks wings and breath-based attacks, which is considered to be unusual for an Elder Dragon, but its sheer size makes up for that. Exception during its near death, Lao-Shan Lung unleashes the form of cloud of Chaos element in their mouth to bite causing Violated.
Behavior
Lao-Shan Lung is extremely docile even when facing multiple foes. It appears to care little about survivors or creatures like Iopreys, it was fought it with Rathalos, a real male saurischian wyvern that breaths fire, as it mainly ignores them while on its way to the town Fortress. That said, it will put in a great deal of effort to break the fort rather than simply run away.
Distribution and Habitat
Lao-Shan Lung can survive in many environments, but prefers mountains and volcanic areas due to the high amount of minerals there. Lao Shan Lung was one of the invasive characters invade both Poland to Papua New Guinea in uncertain times.
Movement Pattern: Nomadic
Individual Type: Solo
Population Trend: Decreasing
Population: 6,000
Locomotion: Amphibious
Habitat: All
Earth: Papua New Guinea; Poland
Sawintir: Fhilleria
Tamed
Before getting onto Lao-Shan Lung's back, you wait for it to kneel. If you give it some meat or minerals, it will take off, but don't worry—you won't fall. Turning to the third party, it clenched its back. After the initial feeding, wait a short while before feeding it again.
Alternatively, to tame it, survivors must steal Lao-Shan Lung's egg. The kids must be fed any kind of milk after hatching from these eggs, which can be obtained from a variety of sources.
Lore
Project Pashneia was the Terran branch of Deities' scientific effort to make any creatures—animals, monsters, or humans—in terms of their own to be used as builders. Lao-Shan Lung was the ultimate weapon they produced.
Gallery
Main Theme Music
Capcom: The Moving Mountain of Sanctity (Lao-Shan Lung Stage 1 Theme) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kYW9nrA5m8
Capcom: Lao-Shan Lung Stage 2 Theme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_iw36QEGT4
Capcom: The Finale! (Lao-Shan Lung Stage 3 Theme) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9fs9lSw0BM
Capcom: The Moving Mountain of Sanctity (Orchesta) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIawKwYcgSI
Foreign Languages
Tagalog: Lao-Syan Lung
Indonesian: Lao-Sian Lung
Welsh: Layw-Shen Lung
Scots Gaelic: Láo-Sian Lúin
Irish: Lao-Sian Luing
Trivia
Lao-Shan Lung is one of many monsters to have its theme remixed at the Monster Hunter 5th Anniversary Orchestra Concert.
One day, the Guild had to find hunters because of a Lao-Shan Lung approaching for their town. It was later found out that said Lao-Shan Lung was running away from a Fatalis or Radachalog.