Flaming Espinas

Fittingly, 'Espinas' is Spanish for 'Thorns'.

The Flaming Espinas features a brown carapace with red spines, claws, and horns. When enraged, its body is covered in glowing orange veins. It is otherwise identical to the common Espinas.

The Flaming Espinas is capable of producing larger and more powerful bursts of fire than the common Espinas and is more resistant to damage. Its most noteworthy ability is to charge up and then launch a large fireball at its feet, which explodes into a massive firestorm covering a large radius. Unlike its cousin's poisons, which lack paralyze, the poison produced by the Flaming Espinas is much deadlier because of its acidic nature. The acid that Flaming Espinas produces is able to corrode armor with a single touch.

During near-death experience mode, they have the ability to charge at incredible speeds, scratching the ground as the only warning. A new attack they perform is ducking down while charging up a giant fireball similar to the ones they make huge explosions with, only it spits it into the sky, which bursts into multiple balls that rain on its enemies with incredible precision, aimed at up to four targets at once.

The Flaming Espinas gains several new attacks; for example, it will now jump into the air, land, then spin around before jumping again and slamming its tail into the ground while landing. After charging, Flaming Espinas can launch a fireball instead of charging again.

After reaching low enough HP, the Flaming Espinas will launch its ultimate attack a second time by flying in the air to charge before firing. The Flaming Espinas's roar requires HG Earplugs to block.

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The Flaming Espinas has all the adaptations of its green counterpart, though there are a few key differences. It gets its title, Brown Thorn Wyvern, or Passionate Poisoner, from its color. By charging up its attacks, it can kill prey with a single powerful blow. The charged attacks can range from giant fireballs, scattered fireballs in the air, a horn thrust, and more.

Similarly to the common Espinas, it is a docile and passive wyvern that will only attack when provoked. It sleeps for much of the day and is usually encountered in this state. Similar to the common Espinas, this monster is powerful enough to face Elder Dragons such as the Teostra and Kushala Daora.

The Flaming Espinas is known to inhabit the Tower and Forlorn Arena, where it resides in solitude at the very top or in an abandoned arena of the tower. where it resides in solitude at the very top. In addition, it can be found in the Gorge, Citadel, and Great Forest Peak.

Through the Collider Gate in Central Asia, the Espinas and its subspecies Flaming Espinas were invasive in prehistoric times in the tropical, subtropical, Mediterranean, and temperate ruins and woods of Afro-Eurasia, as well as in the woodland and ghost town regions. Norman Osborn categorized them as invasive species in the Monster Hunter series.

• Movement Pattern: Full Migrant

• Individual Type: Solo

• Population Trend: Unspecific

• Population: ???

• Locomotion: Airborne

• Habitat: Taiga; Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests; Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Salt Flats; Stone Forest; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Mushroom Forests; Mushroom Fields; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Graveyard Vale; Mountain; Radiated Citadel; Lava Tube; Volcano; Lava Trench; Basalt Delta; Warm Ghost Town; Cold Ghost Town; Ruined Skyscraper.

• Earth: 

  • Extant & Introduced (Resident): ???

Flaming Espinas can be captured and tamed as pets. Its favorite food is meat, poison frogs, or large or small insects.

In Weather Dragons as the main antihero, it was considered an invasive character to the Iberian peninsula and was ruled by Isabella of France during her ruling. This saurischian wyvern was native to the Iberian Peninsula, Michigan to Detroit, Colombia, Indonesia to the Philippines, and even the Solomon Islands before the Monster Hunter movie.

Espinas dominated worldwide and regional extinction in Central Africa during the classical period by Congolese pygmies to Bantus, causing the deaths of the couple and blaming this wyvern; it was recorded by Arab travelers. Declared by the United Nations and the Weather Dragon Association as an endangered species on Earth and least concern for Avalon and the world of Monster Hunter.

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See also: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Drscm7VnytmSqf1uthM8pOxPmTsYoW3Z

" Flying wyverns known for the red spikes on their tough green frame, forming both a means of attack and defense, thus generally keeping foes at bay. As a result, they are often seen sprawled out and relaxing in their domain. Once they sense danger, however, they expand their blood vessels to turn their hide and wing membranes a bright red, and they will run riot with noteworthy brutality. "

- Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak

• Capcom - Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak / Monster Hunter Frontier G (Great Forest - High Rank) = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxnhEKn1ssM

• Capcom - Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak Espinas Theme = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KE3KASKdV0 

• Tagalog: Espinas na Apoy

• Ilocano: Espinas ti Api / Espinas ti Gil-ayab

• Indonesian: Espinas Api / Espinas Hijau

• Hawaiian: Esupina'i Lapalapa

• Maori: Ehupinahi Mura-ahi

• Japanese: エスピナス橙 (Esupinasu Daidai) / エスピナス亜種 (Esupinasu Ashu)

• Romanian: Espinăsi Înflăcărat

• French: Flamboyant Épinasse

• Spanish: Flameante Espinasa

• German: Flammend Espinnäs

• Nahuatl: Kwesaltol Etspinasi / Cuezaltol Etzpinazi

• It and two monsters are Hypnocatrice and Lavasioth in Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, while Lavasioth is in Monster Hunter Generations to Monster Hunter World Iceborne as mainly famous for being the first Frontier monster with two relatives: Jyuratodus and Beotodus.

  • Espinas' design in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is slightly tweaked; the horn on its head is noticeably thinner, and the horns along its body are shorter.

• Espinas is the third Frontier monster to appear in the main series, 14 years after the inclusion of Hypnocatrice and Lavasioth in Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.

• Espinas' name had been spelled as "Espinath" in promotional material for Monster Hunter Frontier; however, this name is not used in its appearance in the main series.

• Flaming Espinas was voted 99th place in the Hunters' Choice for Top Monster during Monster Hunter's 20th Anniversary.

  • While a mostly idle account, Monster Hunter Frontier's official Twitter/X account congratulated Espinas' and Flaming Espinas' ranking in the polls.

• https://monsterhunterwiki.org/wiki/Flaming_Espinas/MHRS

• https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Flaming_Espinas

• https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Flaming_Espinas_Ecology

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• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Flaming-Espinas-927244473

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Flaming-Espinas-2025-1156575601