User blog:TheShadowAssassin/Monster Appreciation Weeks - Basarios and Ruby Basarios

Hello, and welcome back to Monster Appreciation Weeks! It has been quite a while since I last made a MAW (Monster Appreciation Weeks) blog post, so I should probably refresh you all on what exactly MAW is.

Monster Appreciation Weeks is basically a series of blog posts dedicated towards showing appreciation for all kinds of monsters. Every Sunday, there will be a new blog with a new monster in it. In each blog, there will be an image of the monster and some basic information about the monster. It should be noted that in the previous MAW blogs, there was a rating system that rated each monster in "Adorableness", "Strength", "Ferocity", and "Intelligence". From here on out, there will no longer be a rating system. I have decided to remove it for my own reasons and because I thought it to be rather useless. Also be aware that there are some cases in which there may be more than one monster in a single blog. As always, you will still be able to request a monster that you want to see in a future MAW blog post. Just leave a comment below and I'll have your monster of choice in the next blog. Keep in mind, the first person to request a monster will be the first person to have their request accepted. First come, first serve, basically. I believe that is all you need to know, but if you would like to see what the previous MAW blog posts looked like, here are the links to all of them:

MAW Blog #1: Monster_Appreciation Weeks!_-_Gobul

MAW Blog #2: _Khezu_and_Red_Khezu Monster_Appreciation_Weeks!_- _Khezu_and_Red_Khezu

MAW Blog #3: _Barroth Monster_Appreciation_Weeks!_- Barroth

MAW Blog #4: _Shen_Gaoren Monster_Appreciation_Weeks!_- Shen_Gaoren

MAW Blog #5: _Plesioth_and_Green_Plesioth Monster_Appreciation_Weeks!_- Plesioth_and_Green_Plesioth

MAW Blog #6: _Congalala_and_Emerald_Congalala Monster_Appreciation_Weeks!_- Congalala_and_Emerald_Congalala

MAW Blog #7: _Gravios_and_Black_Gravios Monster_Appreciation_Weeks!_- Gravios_and_Black_Gravios

MAW Blog #8: _Rathalos,_Azure_Rathalos,_and_Silver_Rathalos Monster_Appreciation_Weeks!_- Rathalos,_Azure_Rathalos,_and_Silver_Rathalos

MAW Blog #9: _Diablos_and_Black_Diablos Monster_Appreciation_Weeks!_- Diablos_and_Black_Diablos

MAW Blog #10: _Gypceros_and_Purple_Gypceros Monster_Appreciation_Weeks!_- Gypceros_and_Purple_Gypceros

MAW Blog #11: _Akantor_and_Dementor Monster_Appreciation_Weeks!_- Akantor_and_Dementor

Now, without further ado, let's begin.

The monster we have today is the rock-hard Basarios and Ruby Basarios.



The Basarios is a miniature, rocky, flying wyvern. It is the juvenile form of the _Gravios_and_Black_Gravios Gravios and it dwells primarily in swamps and volcanos. Its rock-hard shell acts as a form of protection and as a camouflage for when it partially buries itself underground. The Basarios has the ability to release sleeping gas or poisonous gas to defend itself from predators such as the _Akantor_and_Dementor Akantor. It is also capable of charging at its enemies as a form of attack. While the Basarios does have wings, it rarely uses them, as flying is nearly impossible due to its heavy weight.

The Ruby Gravios is a subspecies of Basarios that dwells only in heavily forested areas. The main difference between the Basarios and Ruby Basarios is that the Ruby Basarios appears to have pink and red crystals in its back. This is largely due to the fact that the Ruby Basarios has a far different diet than that of its subspecies counterpart. The Ruby Basarios prefers to spend most of its time buried underground to hide from predators.