Name:
Daniel Winters

Appearance:
Daniel has short and curly black hair, Caucasian. Tends to go for formal wear of fine quality, and his 'casual' clothes tend to match that sort of style. (Aside from when he's exercising). Physically fit for a man of his age, and he likes to keep it that way.

Age:
39

Occupation:
Bodyguard

Starting Location:
Seattle, Washington, USA

History:
Born as an only child in small town America, Daniel was always trying to get 'out there', to see more of the world beyond where he grew up. The military offered a way to do that, and he joined up with the army shortly after graduating from high school. Not particularly distinguishing himself in basic training, he would soon find himself deployed overseas as part of military operations in the Middle East.

It was in those that he would realize something closer to a calling. As it turned out, he was good at fighting and killing. Really good at it. Daniel distinguished himself under fire, earning a medal of valor and saving several of his squad mates during combat deployment in Iraq. While not advancing particularly rapidly since he liked to keep in the thick of things, he was certainly growing into a skilled and vicious fighter.

He would end up undertaking a second tour, during which he had his second epiphany. Perhaps it was all the explosions finally getting to him, or the bombed out villages, but he realized that he was losing his belief in the cause. Sure, there was nothing wrong with the fighting itself, it was just wearing him down. As a result, he ended up accepting an honorable discharge at the end of the second tour, returning to the states. He went back to college for a bit, listlessly drifting through life as he tried to fit in with society once again. And not doing a very good job at it.

Salvation eventually came at the hands of one of his old Army buddies, who informed him that he had a job that would be perfect for his cultivated set of skills. As it turned out, that was bodyguard work. In the age of social media, there were plenty of people willing to pay good dollar for those qualified to deal with lowlifes, the paparazzi, and any other menace that might show up. With few better options, he accepted.

As it turned out, he was pretty good at that too. The skills were similar enough, and most of the time you didn't have to be too rough as long as you could stand there and look intimidating. He'd picked that up a while back, and he found himself taking up a full time position. The fact that the pay was pretty nice helped too. He went through a couple clients, eventually ending up as a bodyguard for some rich CEO's daughter as she does the whole 'socialite' routine. It's a headache, sometimes, but not worse than getting shot at in a hole in the desert. Currently in Seattle on a trip, they would be returning to Chicago in a couple days, and he was looking forward to the off time that would come of it.

Other:
-Keeps in touch with old Army buddies
-Scars from shrapnel wounds on his left upper back
-Divorced, no kids.

Appearance:
Ceres appears to be mostly made of wood, albeit with some foliage and bramble within it's body, TERRA has observed. It stands in a hunched over, humanoid shape, with massive spiked branches poking from it's back, with thick vines and weeds spilling from the bottom of it's face. While it's eyes are definitely humanoid, they bear stronger resemblance to glassy plant fibres than any normal eye materials.
While unprovoked Ceres tends to lurch and move slowly, when threatened it has proven itself able to move quickly.
It's body's exact shape is ever changing, as it's rapid growth causes the coiling roots that make up its body to grow unevenly. Occasionally Ceres' "trims" itself, purposely chipping pieces of it's bark off for ease of movement.

Size:
75 meters tall

First Appearance:
South America

Abilities:

· Growth: Cere's plantlike body is composed of thick wood, capable of growing at rapid rates. It's capable of extending it's limbs to attack opponents from afar, as well as burrow it's appendages into the ground, causing them to uproot from the Earth as towering, tentacle-like weapons. So long as Ceres touches the ground, it can be capable of attacking from any direction around it's target.

· Regeneration: Even non-offensively, Ceres' rapidly growing body makes it an avid regenerator, capable of recovering severed limbs in a matter of minutes, and making small wounds almost inconsequential. It's even been observed to sever parts of it's own body to prevent fire from spreading.

· Master of Nature: Beyond it's own body, Ceres seems to have an ability to manipulate both local wildlife and flora, making plants grow rapidly and causing animals to become more aggressive. While this means little to other Titans, against bastions of civilization it is capable of turning the very environment they long subdued against them, creating chaos and disarray all around.
Over extended periods of time, Ceres is capable of creating bizarre, hostile environments that are nearly impossible to colonize, and could possibly even be hazardous to Titans to traverse.

Weaknesses:

· Vulnerability to Fire: As a titan made of wood and plants, Ceres is extremely vulnerable to fire. Left undoused it can cause massive damage over a short period of time while also cancelling out his regenerative factor.

· Photosynthetic: While Ceres requires no food to survive, it is dependent on sunlight. At night, Ceres becomes much more sluggish and tired, while also suffering from a weaker regenerative factor.

Personality:
While dormant for most of it's recorded existence, Ceres has displayed utter, white-hot rage towards technology, while showing a more docile, cultivating behavior towards nature. While aggressive to most cities and towns, it has been confirmed that it tends to leave extremely primitive tribes alone, albeit subjecting them to the same aggressive environment it creates over the corpses of civilization.

History:
Ancient records exist of Ceres acting as some sort of "Nature God", yet these few, fleeting records dedicated to it predate even civilizations such as The Aztecs or even the Mayans. From what archeologists could uncover, it's been seen as a benevolent God, that allowed for plentiful harvests and safety from disease so long as it's followers respected nature.

These limited records gave little preparation for the present, when Ceres was detected after deforestation efforts in South America hit a brick wall, coming across aggressive wildlife and difficult to remove flora. TERRA got involved after reports of entire villages being overgrown overnight, with plantlife that rapidly grew in the course of minutes. Upon investigation, they discovered a massive, megafloral entity beneath the Earth. Upon excavation and attempting to retrieve samples, the mass became animate, showing signs of sapience and mobility. TERRA responders immediately ceased attempts at harvesting and built a containment outpost around it, observing it's dormant behavior.

Ceres has been mostly inactive before and during it's containment. Yet almost as an automated response, as Containment fell across the world, Ceres awoke truly, devastating all traces of humanity around itself. While thankfully the plantlike titan is located deep away from civilization, it won't take long before it arrives to resume it's carnage...

Theme:

Name: Sovereign, Olgoi-Khorkhoi, Death Worm



Sovereign entertains an offer from a human.

Appearance: Sovereign is a sand-colored giant annelid. The coloration helps blend in within a desert environment. Extremely dense musculature helps him burrow deep into sand or even urban environments. What prevents it from being crushed underneath is a flexible exoskeleton-like exterior.

Size: He is approximately 400 meters long, give or take. The width of the giant sandworm is at least thrice as much as an ordinary bus or around 40 meters long.

First Appearance: Though he was preferring to stay behind the scenes, Terra eventually discovered him after persistently tracking the deserts across the globe. While it did not attack the team, it merely "spoke" to them telepathically. "You finally found me. What took you mammals so long?"

Then the realization hit some of them. The monster was more intelligent than it seemed. "Don't worry, I'm not going to devour any of you." Whether or not this was an act of mercy remains to be seen. At the time, the motives were too inscrutable to decide for certain.

Abilities: Most of Sovereign's abilities are psionic in nature. However, given that he is a sandworm, Sovereign can burrow underground and travel at a surprising speed.

Telekinesis: Sovereign's telekinetic ability has the ability to toss objects lighter than himself like rag-dolls. With regards to kaiju, he can use his telekinesis for combat. Precision is enough to manipulate improvised weaponry and make barriers if needed.

Telepathic communication: Sovereign can communicate with other sapient/intelligent beings via telepathy.

Inculcation: On weaker minded organic beings, he can slowly yet steadily take control. The mentally unstable or ill are especially vulnerable to Sovereign's inculcation.

Hallucination induction: Sovereign's telepathy can also induce hallucinations. Whether it is auditory or visual, these hallucinations can make someone sense something that isn't there. It is also good as a distraction in a pinch.

Psychic perception: As an extension of his telepathy, Sovereign is able to perceive the world around him. While it doesn't seem like he has visible sensory organs, tiny psionic nodes allow Sovereign to perceive the environment. This is especially important for whenever he burrows.

Weaknesses: While Sovereign is powerful in the psionics department, he's physically fragile. Plus all of his psionic abilities are limited by the laws of physics. Telekinesis for instance cannot lift kaiju from the ground and whatever barriers he can make can only hold up so many attacks. In other words, this means his psionics are by no means magic spells. Logically speaking, inorganic material is unaffected by the inculcation. Strong minds too can resist the abilities. Sanity especially can have an advantage in this context.

Personality:
What makes him insidious is not merely might, but his manipulative demeanor.

Sovereign is fully sapient and often communicates with humans he has inculcated. With his goals in mind, Sovereign doesn't see humans as prey but as pawns instead. The sapient sandworm has a vision of bringing order to the planet, even it means throttling it into submission.

Sovereign isn't stupid though, a psionic sandworm certainly knows how to bide his time. When it comes to his human servants, he harshly punishes failure. However, he lavishly rewards great success.

History:
While it did not appear until around 2020, Sovereign has been behind the scenes for quite a while. One scheme even manipulated the infamous Genghis Khan into starting conquest and slaughter. Even before that, the sandworm was behind the rises and falls of many desert civilizations. According to Sovereign himself, he has no beginning or end. He just simply is.

Rumor has it that he has formed a secret cult to enable a more subtle approach on humanity. Sovereign was able to evade the masses for so long thanks to his abilities and resources. By no means impulsive, the long game was planned out ever since the 1000s.

Other:
Yes, he is inspired not just by Dune, but also by THAT Sovereign from Mass Effect. The reason why Sovereign is referred to as a male is due to an extremely deep "voice" when communicating.

Theme:

Name:
La Fuerza Negra (c. 1531), Steinherz (c. 1938), the Heart (c. 1979), Angel of Vengeance (c. 2021)



Appearance:
Zeruel, technically speaking, is not the monster stomping around, but is instead a massive stone of unknown origins, carved into a perfectly spherical shape and giving off an intense green glow. The stone uses its energy to create a protective shell of stone, metal, and polymer debris, fused and morphed into a specific shape, that of a humanoid being of immense size with elaborate dressings and bladed weapons. The fused shell effectively serves as protection for Zeruel itself and allows it to interact with the environment as any other kaiju would. Details of its appearance tend to vary given the nature of the being, but it has consistently gravitated towards the form shown with the unique headdress and a propensity for blades to be incorporated into its design, as well as its glowing green eyes.

Size:
Zeruel- Diameter of 9 meters (~32 feet), approximately the size of a large tank.
Zeruel Shell - Height fluctuates between 70 and 80 meters.

First Appearance:
The transport carrying the Stone and its escort fleet vanished from the Atlantic ocean after sending several failed emergency broadcasts too corrupted to make out.

Abilities:

Rock of Ages
Zeruel on its own is an abnormally durable stone, impervious to damage by conventional means and able to emit a unique type of radiation that can reshape hardened substances and cause physical harm to living creatures.

Suit Up
Zeruel's unique energy signature is able to reshape hardened substances in its vicinity, such as metal, stone, and polymers, into a body comparable in size to other Kaiju that carries the stone around in its chest. While not quite as strong and hardened against damage as other Kaijus, the Zeruel shell is nimble and fast for a monster of this size and can adapt decently to most environments.

Regenerative Design
Zeruel is able to leech off of appropriate substances and regenerate itself, repairing and even replacing broken parts at an alarming rate. This ability is also used to grant it limited elasticity abilities and generate bladed weapons on its arms and hands.

Angel Beam
When encased inside a shell, Zeruel is able to focus its energy into a high-powered beam that can project out of the shell's eyes and can burn through most substances with ease.

Weaknesses:
Zeruel is a deadly attacker, but a somewhat lacking defender. Zeruel's shell is brittle compared to other monsters of its size, and while it regenerates quickly, Zeruel will struggle against sustained damage and repeated powerful blows. Zeruel also needs appropriate materials nearby to regenerate and struggles when isolated in an area that doesn't have hardened substances, such as sand or ice. The shell will also fall apart if Zeruel itself is disconnected from the shell entirely.

Personality:
Zeruel is highly aggressive, both against perceived enemies and those who would harm perceived friends or allies. Zeruel will generally react with hostility to military forces from Western nations, most notably the United States and Spain, and often will actively search for and destroy Western institutions such as military bases and corporate buildings. Conversely, Zeruel is passive and occasionally friendly towards humans and will even behave passively when confronted by non-Western military forces, only defending itself if attacked first, and will even attack other kaiju who deliberately cause harm to humans. Zeruel also tends to react passively towards other Kaiju as well, and will even be drawn to other kaiju that are being attacked, especially if they are being assaulted by a military force.

History:
Much of Zeruel's history has been covered up by the actions of the Catholic Church and various world governments, but the stone first appeared during the expeditions of Franciso Pizarro, who uncovered the artifact during his conquest of the Incan empire. Zeruel is believed to have been transferred to the Spanish crown after Pizarro's assassination, after which it vanishes from the historical record, save a few correspondences between Charles V and Pope Clement VII that refer to the stone as the "heart of a fallen angel".

Zeruel is believed to have remained in Spain until the Spanish Civil War, where it was sent to or taken by Nazi Germany and later recovered following the end of WWII by the Allied forces. Evidence suggested that the Germans attempted and failed to weaponize the stone, attempts that continued following the war after the United States secured the stone and the research staff working on it as per Operation Paperclip. The Stone has since been shuffled around between various black ops groups under the jurisdiction of the United States, only reappearing in Cold War hotspots such as Nicaragua and Vietnam, and was in transit to another area vital to US interests on June 17th, 2021, when the global frequency had a very unexpected effect on the artifact.

Other:
Zeruel is unable to speak, but it appears to possess some level of psionic ability, able to occasionally send visions to nearby humans and other Kaiju.

Theme:

Names: Lucky Dragon 5, Ken, Ōwatatsumi

Appearance:
Had difficulty finding a picture here...Lucky Dragon 5 resembles both a glowing angler fish and a leafy seahorse in the shape of a kaiju dragon not dissimilar to Shin-Godzilla. His skin is a charred, pock-marked and mutated mess; this is contrasted by the bright iridescent ends of his appendages that glow in an alluring iridescent green.

Size:
140 metres tall

First Appearance:
Dormant at a Terra outpost near Bikini Atoll

Abilities:

Weaknesses:

Personality:
Lucky Dragon 5 comprises of two separate beings vying for control. The first is that of the ancient kaiju Ōwatatsumi, an angry, bestial yet cunning mind that loathes humanity for what it has done to him and wroughts destruction upon those who once worshipped it. The other is that of Kensei Kuboyama, a former fisherman who was 41 when he was presumed dead from radiation; he's woken up after 65 years sleep, in the unfamiliar body of a god that he has only partial control of. He's confused and scared, but for the moment, good.

History:
In 1954 the united states conducted it's largest ever hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll, it lead to the crew of the Lucky Dragon 5 ship infamously gaining radiation sickness and a wave of anti-nuclear sentiment running through Japan and the world. But unknown to all but those with the highest clearance, it was not a test. Government forces had detected a colossal being in the vicinity and sought to destroy. They failed.

The prehistoric beast did not die, but he was severely irradiated and mutated beyond recognition, on a ship far above it a man staggered to the deck having being hit by a wave of radiation. His shipmates gave him a burial at sea, where his body sunk to the depths and met with the changing Kaiju. What was left of the two being became one. Each fighting the other for control and dimly aware of the other.

Other:
(Optional - Anything about the creature that one should know?)

Theme:
(Optional - No monster is complete without a badass theme song.)

Name:
Elena Henderson



Appearance:
5'5", with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a shapely physique, Elena's looks evoke the Hitchcock blonde. When on the job, her hair is tied into a prim and proper bun.

Age:
29

Occupation:
Intelligence Officer for TERRA

Starting Location:
Elena was by Outpost 4 when the Ultra Sound pulse disrupted operations. She was recently transferred there after serving her purpose at other outposts. While Akhult was her primary target for tracking, Elena was on the lookout for reports on other kaiju that could be a threat to humanity.

History:
The blonde beauty was raised under parents serving full time in the United States Armed Forces. While she wasn't able to be a soldier following in her father's footsteps, she was able to gain a position as intelligence. The military brat earned her position and career by thinking outside the box and cutting the Gordian knot as her parents taught her. Elena's hard work and resourcefulness allowed her to have promotions and be recommended to serve under TERRA.

When the frequency hit the base and the monsters broke out of containment, her lover got killed in an attempt to contain one of the monsters. While she considered the kaiju no more intelligent than animals, she swore to make sure no repeat incidents happen ever again on her watch. Recently, Elena requested to oversee the most dangerous arctic kaiju and attempt to divert them away from the human populations of Anchorage and Juneau.

However, she was not the type to be black and white when it comes to assessing the situation. Elena knew the difference between a threat and a nuisance. Surprisingly levelheaded, she entertained the possibility of "harmless" kaiju or the ones that didn't pose a danger to humankind. Ready to put her experience and her resources to the test, Elena's now giving it all she got.

Other:

She often uses her looks and guile to her advantage. Her favorite figure of speech is, "you'll catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar."

Name:
Phan Kim Xuyến



Appearance:
Kim is slender and a bit taller then average, as well as physically fit thanks to routine military training from way back when. When she's not in uniform she likes to dress semi-casually, preferring to blend into the background rather than stand out.

Age:
25

Occupation:
Acting Director of VKBT (Vụ sự kiện bất thường, or the Bureau of Extra-normal Affairs), a branch of the Vietnamese Intelligence Agency suddenly thrust into prominence by the rise of the Kaiju.

Starting Location:
Kim was in Hanoi coordinating with allies of the VKBT on foreign investigations when word of the extra-normal event waking the kaiju came in.

History:
Kim was born and raised in Hanoi, emulating her father who enjoyed a proud service in the Vietnamese army who in turn emulated his father, a patriot who fought to liberate Vietnam from the Western imperialists in the 1970's. Growing up comfortably in the economic boom times, Kim wanted to be a tank driver but her father and mother, wanting more from her then being a military grunt, encouraged her to go to university and put her burgeoning intellect to good use. While she still entertained dreams of serving her country, she managed to excel in school and upon graduating at a young age was snapped up by the Vietnamese intelligence agency, TC2, and hired as an analyst.

Kim was never one to settle for the mundane and the normal, and this interest was picked up by the head of the VKBT, a department made to fill the same roll that TERRA did for the Western world. Recognizing her talent, the Minister of the VKBT promoted her to Deputy Director and assigned her to coordinate intelligence gathering on abnormal objects, which she has been doing happily ever since.

Other:
The VKBT was founded by the Vietnamese government following the end of the Independence War after the new government rejected an offer to support TERRA, since the newly freed nation had zero interest in working with the Western-UN based organization. VKBT has since grown to encompass a loose alliance between several nations distrustful of Western and UN dominated institutions, with the intent of filling the same roll as TERRA for these disparate governments.

Name:
Sheldon Iggy Nielsen



Appearance:
A burly man of 6'0" with dyed blonde hair, he looks like a viking.

Age:
40

Occupation:
Originally he was a technician, now is an unknown but dangerous criminal.

Starting Location:
He was on a vacation and doing a tour in Dubai until the kaijus broke out.

History:
Thought to have been a casualty when the kaijus broke out, the technician from Minnessota grew up as a polite All-American worker raising a family. After working on hundreds of repairs and projects across his state, he found it high time to take a vacation. Recommended by a friend of his to check out Dubai, he booked a ticket to have he and his family have a weekend party and sightseeing trip across the Middle East.

He picked a bad time to vacation. As soon as the kaijus broke out, so did the chaos When it came to evacuating the city, he made sure his wife and kids got first priority. However, debris struck their rented car, causing them to spin out of control and have a bad accident. While rescue services got to them in time, Sheldon took the brunt of the damage as he attempted to shield his wife and kids from being pulverized. This in turn knocked him out cold and gave him plenty of brain damage.

Eventually, he was able to "awaken" from the hospital. Perceiving this as nothing but a miracle, he wondered how was his family. A voice and an avatar "spoke" to him. It told him that his family was safe and sound, which caught Sheldon's attention. The voice promised to Sheldon that he will see his family again, on condition that he does the tasks that would be given to him. Just as the hospital staff patched him up and finished up rehabilitating therapy, Sheldon set out on his quest.

Little did he know that he was going to be roped into madness. He was starting to see the kaiju as gods that protect the innocent and punish the wicked. He wasn't the same anymore...

Other:
Inspired by Gaear Grimsrud of Fargo.