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Things You May Not Know About The Elder Dragon Observation Team(Info Comes From Hunter Encyclopedia 2, MH2, MHFU, and MH4U)


 * This observation team has been around for about several hundred years.
 * Their headquarters is located in Dundorma and is the large building many hunters gather in.
 * This place is the where we go take G-Rank quests in MH4U.
 * They strictly keep all info about Elder Dragons in storage from how little is known about many Elder Dragons. They give general info about those Elder Dragons to hunters.
 * Despite the name of the corporation, they do carry on research by the Royal Paleontology Scrivener Corp and study other monster classes like Fanged Beast. They also study Elder Dragons along with decrypt documents and scrolls left behind by the ancients since the ancients have discovered some monsters we haven't seen yet. They usually let their scholars or anyone with some experience decrypt them such as the hunters.
 * The Elder Dragon Observation Corp for the most part has the Wyverians working for them.
 * Predicting when an Elder Dragon is attacking is both a hit and a miss. Sometimes the weather or disaster is just normal in an area and sometimes it is being caused by an Elder Dragon but it is hard to say since Elder Dragons are rare and from not all reports being reliable. So they must be both suspicious and wary with each report they get of a possible Elder Dragon attack. Hot Air Balloons and skilled hunters are sent to investigate the report to prove whether it is real or not. If fake, than they wasted their time. If real, than we already know what is going down.
 * To help better debunk some claims or reports, they secretly use the Hunter's Guild to see how real the Elder Dragon attack is.
 * When this info is revealed, they will reveal it to the region that reported it and give a warning to surrounding regions in order to protect them so they can be prepared to evacuate if need be.
 * To alert the headquarters of an Elder Dragon in the area, they have trained a species of bird to go to Dundorma and to the Hot Air Balloons to send a message.
 * They use the Hot Air Balloons to actively gather info and search for non-Elder Dragon species. This is why hunters can sometimes see them in the horizon in some areas.
 * The Elder Dragon Observation Team has Elder Dragon Forecasters(古龍占い師).
 * These forecasters can only be Wyverians.
 * Their predictions come from their knowledge and experience of the area in question with the possible Elder Dragon, keen senses, and rotates Elder Dragons are known to most likely take to reach the area. This job really encourages vigilance.
 * These Wyverians have been doing this for several hundred years. They originally kept their own details and ran their own business for this profession before eventually coming together for the greater good so they can defend the areas from the Elder Dragons.
 * Today their predictions are pretty accurate.
 * The forecasters are some of the Wyverian women seen in Dundorma.
 * All of the forecasters live in Dundorma.

Minor Notes
 * In Mezeporta is the Elder Dragon Forecast Office(古龍予報所) and in MH4U a group known as the Flying Wyvern Observatory(飛竜観測所).
 * The Wyceum in MH4U is a part of the Elder Dragon Observation Corp.
 * There is a legend from them called Laokirin(ラオキリン). This legend was of a Kirin who had the strength of a Lao-Shan Lung.
 * In one instance, they used Emerald Congalala gas for the fuel of one their Hot Air Balloons.
 * The Dragon Element is a power that directly attacks the mind and consciousness of the monster. The more intelligent and sentient the monster, the more damage the element does to the monster.
 * Some things I mentioned about the Elder Dragon Forecasters along with other tidbits can actually be seen in Monster Hunter Dos' intro.
 * The Great Elder(His Immensesness) is the leaders of it.
 * He was able to slice a Lao-Shan Lung in two and even wrestles them from time to time.
 * It is estimated that while sitting he stands 600cm or more.
 * There were other Wyverians like him though unknown if there is more.
 * He actually helped rebuild Dundorma.