Materia

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Materia
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CreatorXero
Information
Rank★★★★★★★☆☆☆ (Normal)
★★★★★★★★★☆ (Chromatic Materia)
Slime ColoursAny
Average Height140-220cm
LifespanEternal
PlanetAny
LocationsAny
StrengthsCertain Elemental Resistances
Near-Infinite Adaptability
WeaknessesCertain Elemental Weaknesses

Many new and old adventurers know the existence of the primordial and slow Gooy, a basic monster that serves as nothing more than a training dummy for those that know how to wield a weapon. These elemental blobs are living creatures that are often overlooked for their simplicity and are simply destroyed in a few hits or a single spellcast. Upon a Gooy's natural death after 5 years of surviving, the slimy structure of its body coalesces into a pool that may merge with the pools of other naturally dead Gooys to form a merged creature more powerful and dangerous that a hundred Gooys - A Materia.

Materias, like Gooys, are elemental monsters primarily comprised of a thick slime-like substance held together by aetheric force. In their default state, a Materia appears like a massive Gooy yet different from them is their ability to transform and adapt, taking the form of other liveforms found in the wild and replicating their behaviour near perfectly, allowing for the Materia to hunt unprovoked. They are intelligent enough to study their prey and transform to suit their every need.

An incredibly rare variant of a Materia, a Chromatic Materia, may spawn from a pool comprised of all six Elemental Gooys. These Chromatic Materias are capable of switching between using Fire, Water, Earth, Wind , Life and Death seamlessly, adding to a level of danger when facing one as elemental weaknesses may no longer apply.

In recent ages certain regions in the natural world have become Materia havens as they are places largely unhindered by Mortal activity. Here some Gooy go to die a natural death so they may become a Materia, though in the event of one emerging other nearby Gooys may become endangered as a Materia feeds upon them, adding their body to its own.

Powers

Materia behave in a similar way as Gooy, hunting with a primal instinct to sate their need to survival. They may take on the form of any living creature found naturally in the wilds, even Mortals, though they typically take the form of a Beast native to the region. When in a bestial form, they also replicate their behaviour and may in turn become more hostile or more docile as a result. They can seamlessly transform from animal form to animal form mid-attack, and in the case of a Chromatic Materia they can switch between elements as well or even mix two of them.

Compared to Gooy Materia slime is thicker and tougher, making it more difficult to defeat them and often requiring a small party to take one down.

When not hunting Materias scour their native landscape, scavenging for natural resources which they may merge into their bodies to create natural armour from stone and wood. When feeding on plants, Materias may grow bigger and stronger over time; this is more effective when feeding on flesh. Materia cannot procreate to make new Materias, instead they may lay Gooy spawn which may over time become new Materias if they escape the feast of their Materia parent.

There is no theoretical limit to what form a Materia may take. Some Materias have been observed to take the form of a Dragon even, though such forms seem to only come from Materias who have fed and grown long enough.

Physical Appearence

Materias are large Gooy-like monsters which may take the form of an animal to replicate, often becoming the shape of that animal though keeping their slimy texture mixed with an elemental affix.