Borius

A long while back, XEternalBarugon adopted one of my monsters, which was just a "spikosaur", something I typically drew a lot back then. It was a signature monster of sorts. This was almost five years ago and I've changed a lot since then, so I decided to make a new monster that was more in line with my type of monsters nowadays. I didn't proofread anything in the bio/stats below, so don't be surprised if you spot goofs.

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Name: Borius (“boh-ree-uhs”)
Aliases: Brutal Blizzard Beast, Bors, Bobo

Height: 130 meters
Weight: 390, 000 tons

Backstory: Thousands of years ago, a shaman protected his home – the Summits of Storms, a range of humongous mountains towering over the clouds and home of the fiercest blizzards and storms. He was one with the elements of cold and storm, to a point where he was unharmed by their power and could call upon them in times of need.

His abilities and power were not simply respected – they were wanted, for not all of the shamans in the world had a good heart like he did. They sought his power for themselves.

Though his mind was powerful, the shaman’s body was frail. He was unable to defend himself when his skull was clobbered to stop him from using his abilities as he was dragged away from his home for a dark shaman and his circle of followers to slay him and steal his power.

With his last breath, the shaman of the cold and stormy elements cast one last spell. His power left his body and instead struck the mightiest of the woolly rhino-like creatures that lived in the Summits and had befriended the frost shaman. The creature, known as Borius, became much more powerful than he already was.

The frost shaman’s last moments were of hope and happiness as Borius struck down the dark shaman, roaring a mighty sound of triumph.

As the most powerful protector of the Summits of Storms, Borius takes no kindness to any who would endanger his home – as he had demonstrated. His attacks inflict the harshest of wintery colds to the hearts and bodies of his foes, and only the most passionate of fires can at all fight back the freeze.

Description: Borius is a hulking brute of a monster. Covered in thick blue fur and protected by brown plates on his underbelly and jagged brown spikes running from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail, he is extremely tough and dangerous. His massive paws can send the heaviest of monsters hurting to the floor with a simple shove, his sturdy body can laugh off their assaults and his mind can brutalize and vaporize foes with ice and electricity. His maw is tusked and his eyes are an icy blue.

Personality: Had he not shown that he has a tender heart towards those who do not endanger his home or bother him, Borius would be thought to be a bully due to how rough he is, brutalizing and manhandling his foes without at all giving them to time to get back up after he strikes them down. To his enemies, he is a storm of pain. To his allies, he is protective and gentle. Borius minds his own business for the most part, roaming his mountainous home, but he may be called to help defend other parts of the world when needed.

Powers and Abilities:
- Waterbending: Borius is a waterbender, allowing him to manipulate water in whatever ways he sees fit. The water he touches, whether it is by his mind or by physical touch, becomes very cold and enemies struck by his watery powers will be chilled. Borius’ preferred use of waterbending is for icy abilities, such as conjuring storms of icicles and hail, or lowering the body temperature of his foes by his will alone. Borius has an aura of cold around him. Simply standing next to him can cause hypothermia by being there too long. Fortunately, his allies are protected from this aura.
- Thunderbending: Borius’ secondary psychic ability is power over thunder and electricity. He can conjure storms and strike enemies with lightning bolts. Should an enemy try to escape him, he is perfectly capable of grabbing them from afar and pulling them back towards him with magnetic forces. He is fond of using his icy and thunderous powers in conjunction with each other, such as freezing the rain from the storms he conjures into sharp needles of ice – among his techniques is one that lowers armor integrity at a frighteningly fast rate, by alternating rapidly between lightning and frost attacks to heat and chill the areas he is attacking. He can also fire special lightning bolts that freeze foes; while still causing jolts, they do not cause heat-based damage. Instead, they will spread throughout a foe’s body and chill them to the very core. This is thought to be a new element altogether, one that has frost and lightning working hand-in-hand.
- Frostfire: By absorbing his enemies’ bodily heat and using it to power himself, Borius can fire a blast of frost from his mouth. The attack not only freezes foes, but also assaults them with ice shards scattered amongst the blast. Alternatively, he can fire the frost blast in balls of ice. The hotter the temperature Borius absorbs, the stronger the frostfire blast will be.
- Mighty Glacier: Borius is physically a brute. Capable of lifting three times his weight above his head, he can inflict severe physical damage to his enemies with ease. His sturdy body can also absorb punishment as easily as he can dish it out. His muscles are tough enough to serve as armor, and they themselves are protected by thick hide and fur that insulates him from temperature extremes and melee blows to an extent; some melee weapons may even remain stuck, entangled in the fur. His underbelly is also armored.
- Rhino Charge: One move Borius can do against his foes is a fierce charge. Angling his horns, especially the nasal one, shoulder and elbow towards his enemy, Borius will sprint rapidly, muscular and powerful legs taking him to a speed one would not expect at all from him. The foe will be struck with absolutely immense force, skewered by the horns and smashed by Borius’ muscular shoulder and arm. Leaving foes completely and utterly winded, the Charge will bruise an enemy and crack bones, grievously wounding the opponent. The frailest of opponents should simply avoid the Charge at all costs, lest they find their bones broken or their bodies snapped in half.
- Physical Weaponry: Borius is armed with a powerful bite force and tusks to crush bone in his maw without effort. His claws both anchor him to the ground along with his weight and tail, and serve as weapons to maul his foes with. His tail is tipped with several spikes around the end of the appendage, serving as a spiked club. Borius will not push enemies away from him, rather, he will bring them towards him to maul them up close with the help of his strength and muscular back hump.
- Borius is not immune to heat. He is simply able to keep his temperature low when using his electric powers.
- Borius has good senses of hearing, smell and vision.
- While capable of understanding speech, Borius cannot talk himself.

Trivia:
- The name “Borius” comes from the word “Boreal”.
- Borius’ home land, the Summits of Storms, is inspired by the Storm Peaks, a place in the Warcraft universe. Beyond the similar names, the two areas are both snowy and stormy. 

Theme Song: “Bersaerkergang” www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ec1yJ…