Name: Wechuge (Weh-choo-geh) or "Gigarctos thalassios"



(When in bipedal stance)

General body shape.

Appearance: Similar to most polar bears, the kaiju has thick white fur, large clawed paws, and a stout core. Unlike other polar bears, the proportions of Wechuge is much heftier. Limbs that resemble pillars of muscle, paw pads larger than boulders, and a large maw that resemble caverns prove that giant bears are bad news.

Wechuge is mostly quadrupedal to evenly distribute his mass, especially on icy surfaces. Although it can stand on two legs and walk as such, it typically prefers to move on all fours for better locomotion. The Gigarctos thalassios also utilizes its wide paws as oars with an aquatic environment too. Overall, it still moves just like a regular polar bear.

Size: 45 meters (approx 148 feet) tall when on all fours, 90 meters (approx 295 feet) tall when on hind legs. Overall is said to be around thirty times the size and volume of a regular polar bear.

First Appearance: Wechuge was peacefully hibernating until miners in Alaska witnessed "living caverns" its slumber. Terra confirmed the sighting after disturbing the creature from deep sleep. Annoyed and cranky after the perceived home invaders rudely broke into the bear's territory, it roared loud enough to shatter windows. This was a mere warning, fortunately. After retreating, they noticed the same giant bear was not going after them. After the team has been repelled, Wechuge resumed slumbering until the spring. Once it awakened, it ventured to make up for lost time.

Abilities: Other than what's expected of a giant polar bear, Wechuge has abilities to help it fight other titans.

Ice Breath: Especially in the frigid zones of Alaska and the Arctic, Wechuge is able to expel a breath so cold it can envelop ice at a target. The colder the environment, the more potent the breath is.

Climbing: The clawed digits and opposable thumbs of the big bear allow it to climb most, if not every surface that can support its mass. Mountains are typically target of Wechuge's climbs.

Swimming: Wechuge's large paws able it to swim adeptly, especially in the Arctic waters.

Toughness: Copious amounts of fur, skin, muscle and fat all work as one to provide a high resistance, if not complete immunity, to conventional ballistic weapons. It also confers some resistance to melee combat, but not to the extent of aforementioned resistance to conventional ballistic weapons.

Running speed: Wechuge is surprisingly fast when running on all fours. Although it usually walks in a lumbering pace, it can give a sprint of up to 349 km/hr or 217 mph.

Bestial strength: The strength is already given to be tremendous. But in Wechuge's case, one swipe can knock down a skyscraper. The jaw strength is nothing to be ignored: Its jaws can give a crunch of 36000 psi (around 24821 Newtons per square-centimeter).

Weaknesses:

The most obvious weakness is that Wechuge sacrifices defense for offense when standing on its hind legs. Though standing on two legs allows it to swipe and attack better, the bear's body is more exposed.

Furthermore, the giant polar bear is not at all comfortable with high temperatures. The fur turns from asset into liability when it comes to heat or incendiary weaponry.

Activity is also dependent on seasons. During a winter season, it becomes more sluggish and less attentive. It is typically active for up to nine months out of an entire year.

Personality: The gigantic polar bear isn't very aggressive without provocation. While doesn't go out of its way to be a threat to humans, it always considered humanity to be a nuisance or an inconvenience. Just how humanity regards insects, that's how it regards humans. This translate into having no regard for collateral damage. However, if the Gigarctos thalassios regards another entity as a threat, it will set out to destroy it.

History: Named after a man-eating spirit in Native American mythology, Wechuge was known throughout tradition as a ravenous predator. It normally kept to itself as it typically preferred to devour seals. Conflicts with humans were rare as nobody wanted to provide a reason for the giant polar bear to destroy villages. In return, the beast kept to itself.

Rumor had it that the beast was created from an act of cannibalistic gluttony. Said rumors came from myths and legends to explain the nature of the beast as it devoured wildlife and humans who pick a fight with the giant bear. Also from said myths and legends, it is attributed to be a precursor of the wendigo myths.

While Terra suspected a kaiju somewhere in the frigid Alaska, the awakening of the Gigarctos thalassios validated all suspicions the organization had. At the time, Terra decided not to contain it as Wechuge resumed hibernation.

Other: The intelligence level of Wechuge is around primate level.

Theme:

Nessie is strikingly similar in appearance to the now extinct Plesiosaur. She has a large, egg-like body, with a long neck and tail, and two pairs of flippers. She is countershaded, with blue-grey on top, and creamy white on her belly and the bottom of her neck, flippers, and tail for camouflage. Her skin is smooth and reptilian in order to decrease resistance when she swims.


Around about the size of a typical bus, with a neck as long as her body.


Nessie's always just sort of 'been around', never as shy around human's as she shoud've been. When the invasion happened, she was just swimming around Loch Ness. Not much really changed for her, except now she's much cooler with popping her head up to say 'hi'.



Psychic Camouflage - Nessie's camouflage abilities go well beyond merely having good colouring to avoid detection. She is capable of warping the minds of those who see her to where they dismiss her as being just a part of the scenery such as a log or a particularly strange looking bird. This ability does not work, however, on those with a significantly active imagination, for whom seeing her would not be so strange or out of the ordinary.

Empathic Projection - Whilst she cannot communicate with words, she can project a general aura of an emotion onto the humans around her. In the past, she's used this to make sure that, even if they don't see her, tourists leave happy and satisfied with their trip.

Forced Recollection - She can bring to the mind of any individual any memory of her choosing, whether it be their own, or that of someone else she's met/come across.

Nessie's not exactly the strongest of monsters. She could probably be taken out fairly easily by even human tech, never mind another Kaiju. Hence, her main strategy is to try and avoid fights and conflict if at all possible.


(What is your creature like? Is it highly aggressive or more passive? What does it think of the humans?)

Nessie is a gentle giant. In the past, she's had a bit of a sense of humour, deliberately letting humans see her in order to cause a stir, but genuinely, she's pretty chill and just wants to get on with her life. As far as humans go, she's rather fond of them. She finds them amusing and curious, and would really rather they weren't wiped of the face of the planet.


Nobody really knows where Nessie came from, and before the invasion, some would say she was never there at all. A product of drunk scotsmen, of people eager for a taste of the mystserious and the magical.

Well. You know what they say about being careful what you wish for.

Name:
Edmund Shaw



Appearance:
Shaw seems quite pedestrian upon first glance. His skin is a touch more weathered than most but his build and height (5'10) are both very unassuming, he could almost be just another office worker. His eyes are piercing though and he speaks with soft intensity that people often describe as unnerving.

Age:
37

Occupation:
Poacher

Starting Location:
Guantanamo Bay

History:
Edmund had always been... a bit different. He was the child that would pull legs off spiders and as he grew older became fixated on animals and their nature and their predation. But despite this oddness he was a fiercely intelligent young man, excelling at school in England and eventually studied at Oxford gaining a first with distinction in Zoology. From there though he dropped off the radar for some years.

It was GreenPeace that eventually brought Edmund Shaw's name to public attention. He had become infamous in black-markets across the world leading a highly effective poaching operation dealing in rhino horns, whale meat and any valuable and illegal animal product you could pay for. He was alleged to brought at least six species to extinction before finally being apprehended.

Edmund stood out starkly from his colleagues, it became clear during interviews and trials that he did not poach animals for the money. He enjoyed killing and the challenge of a hunt, espousing a belief in Darwinian survival of the fittest and an almost tribal notion of gaining power from killing. His methods were as disturbing as they were effective and he was identified as an amoral potentially highly dangerous individual. Subsequently Shaw was but into special containment indefinitely.

Other:
Wasn't totally sure what kind of human characters you were looking for, so no worries if he doesn't fit the bill. My plan for his story was to have the/a government or Terra release him and provide resources to try and stop the Kaiju. Strong anti-hero.