METABALO Another monster from 2007 or so.Backstory is that he is one of a trio of creatures cre
METABALO Another monster from 2007 or so.Backstory is that he is one of a trio of creatures created in the 1960’s by a rogue nation on an secluded island laboratory. Originally thought to be mutants when discovered by the rest of the world, they are soon revealed the the avatars of long forgotten deities dating back to the early Pleistocene, roughly around the time humans harnessed fire. The rogue nation was able to invoke and summon them within genetically engineered chimerical bodies (it took many tries to get it right, the failures still roam the island), hoping to use them as living weapons. Metabalo and his peers quickly reestablished the status quo of ‘we do whatever we want and humankind contends in vain’. A multinational raid on the island lead to their discovery and they escaped into the wider world. Agufaru (the rhino-ape rain god) travels by storm, sometimes brachiating from cloud to cloud. Unox (a purple godzilla-ish aggression god) walks along the ocean floors, spiting the water. Metabalo, the trickster, seemingly appears places at random, but considering how convincing his camouflage ability is he may be turning virtually invisible or disguising himself as passenger planes and boats to sneak into places. Has a voracious appetite and is known to fixate on certain types of food. Known to raid ranches, fish farms, shipments of produce and spices, and occasionally attacks refineries and mining stations to consume ores and alloys. Thankfully he considers humans too vile to eat.In the setting ‘Metabalo’ is an anglicization of his true name, which sounds more like ‘Muuwat-Abblo’.Here’s an old drawing from 2007: -- source link
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