#Gold Rathian

[damnwyverngems]

Monster Hunter Sunbreak Gold Rathian armor by n_h_molding

[hunterinkoseh]

Rathalos + Rathian = Savage love

[rocketbirdie]

forgot i had some golden eggs to sell and now i am saddled with parental responsibilities

[sryim]

late day 1 huevember

Gold Rathian

[lucyfloyenworkshop]

King of Skies, Queen of Earth and the Princess of Men

An Monster Hunter’s commission that I paint few months ago, based on a sweet interaction with Chichae aftermath a Silver Rathalos and Gold Rathian’s Quest.

The idea was that, in the futur, Chichae befriended with a Metallic Raths couple and the two Flying Wyvernes will stay at her side, looking together on their Kingdom ^^

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[wildcardsystem]

Everyone shush this is important.

The baby is here :>

[ahtal-ka]

Gold Rathian OC, yippee. also find me on bsky, username there is toktonki

[quitealotofsodapop]

Been watching videos by Unnatural History Channel on the biology of Monster Hunter creatures and I want to share a theory about the Rathian and Rathalos variants/deviants since I first started playing in MH4U;

The Rath variants are actually examples of Intersex/Gynandromorphic animals - a where a member of a sexually dimorphic species presents with one or more traits of the sexes. This is a trait most assiociated with creatures with distinct sexual dimorphism like butterflies, but has been seen in reptilian and bird lineages too. It's not a far reach for reptiles like the Raths to also display these traits.

Most often it a side-effect of Chimerism - where two fertilized eggs fuse into one, resulting in an individual who presents two DNA sets. If the eggs are carrying different sex chromosomes it leads to the individual being born/hatched intersex. Most often this is presented as a mutation called; Bilateral Gynandromorphism where the individual's traits are "split" down the middle.

In the case of the Raths; Male Rathalos have red scales and smaller bodies. Whilst, Female Rathian have olive-green scales and are larger.

It's not a far reach for sexually dimorphic reptiles like the Raths to also display intersex traits. The lore of Monster Hunter specifically describes Pink/Azure variants as genetic mutations. The different coloured variants also aren't very accepted by their more common counterparts - making it likely that there is a deeper difference than colouration.

Pink Rathian could very well be an intersex female whose body is producing the red pigmentation of a male Rathalos. Pink Rathian is more agile than it's usual Green counterpart because it lacks the size dimorphism of the female. She could also be more aggressive due to having the territorial nesting behaviour of Rathalos.

The vice versa being; Azure Rathalos is an intersex male with insufficient testosterone to produce the red pigment. He could be more aggressive than Red Rathalos due to being seen as same-sex competition by Rathian rather than a potential mating partner.

The regular Raths are violent towards them because they see them as same-sex competition rather than potential mating partners.

On the flipside;

The Silver and Gold variants however, could be individuals who've undergone a full dimorphic sex change - not unlike a Lioness who grows a mane and takes on the role of a male lion in a pride, or a male Clownfish who changes it's sex to become the dominant egg-laying female. The difference in scale-colours could be caused by sudden hormonal shifts in the body eliminating previous red/green producing pigment cells - leading to xanthochromism/leucism in the individual.

Basically they're transgender Raths.

They can only breed with each other simply because their bodies do not match the dimorphism of more common Raths. Though I can imagine there is at least one regular/variant Rath couple out there who fell in love, and don''t care a single bit that they don't seem to lay eggs together - instead adopting eggs left orphaned by hunters.

[sentientballofpeas]

Hey everyone! I drew a gold rathian badly.

Will post more soon.

[skyransketches]

Smaugust Day 20: Wyvern

A regal gold Rathian for today! They're one of my favorite dragons from the Monster Hunter series~

[dreadmothrosemary71]

Gregtober Day 19 Hunter

Hunters and Riders are always butting heads in the MHS universe aren't they at lest in some compacity.

@gregaverse

[damnwyverngems]

Silver Sun & Golden Moon by Karl The Krab

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[mizuxtsune-spoods]

[ognimdo2002]

Gold Rathian (Dilitirodispodus kokotonica) – Illustrious Queen

The Gold Rathian (Dilitirodispodus kokotonica) is a female Flying Wyvern and a mutated Rathian introduced in Monster Hunter G.

Physiology (Changes) Her body is protected by an incredibly robust golden shell, making an attack against it challenging because the Hunter's weapon would likely bounce off. She is a little bit bigger than the typical Rathian. This was changed in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, as it is considered an individual species.

The Gold Rathian's skin tone was now a shiny golden color, and the tipped color scheme was gone. The spikes on the shoulders and wings were changed to golden brown.

Abilities Gold Rathian is weakest to the Thunder Element and, like all Rathian individuals, is capable of inflicting the Poison ailment and shooting fireballs. It is able to wield its flame sac with greater control and ferocity than the common species. It can enter the Incandescent state where its attacks become even more aggressive.

Ecology Gold Rathian share their home with other large predators such as Elder Dragons and are most likely at the middle of the food chain, since Elder Dragons are known to build their nests there. It must therefore compete for its food and survival with powerful creatures such as Flaming Espinas, Violet Mizutsune, Soulseer Mizutsune, Pink Rathian, Unknown (Black Flying Wyvern), Lucent Nargacuga, Molten Tigrex, Kamu Orugaron/Nono Orugaron, along with the rare Piscine Wyverns Aruganosu and Goruganosu.

In areas outside the Tower, Gold Rathian is a dominant apex predator, even more so than most of her Wyvern brethren. Her powerful control of deadly fire and bright exoskeleton can intimidate other predators, though this makes her more easier to spot by herbivores and other prey species. In order to capture prey, she will often apply an ambush attack, sometimes from the air. Gold Rathian is occasionally threatened by top predators such as Brute Tigrex, Ebony Odogaron and Glavenus, though her tough exoskeleteton and bright gold colour of her shell is enough to discourage predation and attacks from such monsters.

Behavior Gold Rathian must be very aggressive to survive, accounting for its heightened aggression compared to the common species and subspecies.

Gallery

[zarienai]

A 35min speed paint. I would have liked to clean this up more, and render the foreground some but I just didn't have a lot of time today lol.

Part one of Rarhalaugust/Smaugust, the Metal Raths.

[symskellet]

today's warmup is under the sign of gold