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Things You May Not Know About Toa Tesukatora and Yama Kurai (Info comes from MHF-G)

Toa Tesukatoru
 * Every year in the Snowy Mountains, massive blizzards are caused by Toa Tesukatora. Due to how unusually violent the blizzards were, the Hunter's Guild began to believe it was an Elder Dragon of some kind and later discovered Toa Tesukatora.
 * From its appearance, Toa Tesukatora is believed to be a close relative of Teostra by the Hunter's Guild.
 * Toa Tesukatora can walk straight through blizzards with ease, unlike most creatures that are stopped in their tracks by blizzards.
 * Toa Tesukatora has explosive powder that can come from its wings and by shaking its horns. This explosive powder rapidly cools water around it to produce snow and ice.
 * Its scales are as clear as ice with cold air around them. Even when cut off, the scales keep their beauty.
 * Toa Tesukatora's mane is completely frozen though keeps its form. Even in heat, this mane never melts.
 * Like Teostra, Toa Tesukatora horns symbolize power with their stunning beauty. This power even controls the sky.
 * Its tail has a blue shine that combines beauty and durability.
 * Toa Tesukatora's gem is a mixture of black and white with freezing cold air surrounding it. This gem shows how it is king.

Yama Kurai
 * Yama Kurai is a giant found in the Highland though it is unknown where it was in the Highland and why suddenly it has appeared.
 * There is no documents or archives on this thing, even from ancient times. No documents even mentioned sightings of them so it is likely it may appear in other habitats.
 * There is a theory that Yama Kurai could've been confused with Yama Tsukami due to different Yama Tsukami being seen before.
 * The Elder Dragon Observation Teams have encountered and found Yama Tsukami in Fonron that vary in size and color. Their theories are that they are either adults and juveniles, subspecies, or environmental conditions. Most of the teams agree that is due to environmental conditions that there is many different Yama Tsukami.
 * Yama Kurai is called one of the few ancient, origin monsters untouched by time. From this the Guild plan on investigating this species immediately.
 * Yama Kurai has plants and even trees covering its body, making it a sort of living forest. These plants and trees don't exist in any known areas. The plants are able to grow on Yama Kurai through the blood it produces, which are rich with nutrients.
 * While fighting, some of the plants on its body will fall off for some attacks but regrow on the ground extremely quick due to how rich nutrients are. This nutrients even rapidly grows some plants in environments sort of like Inagami.
 * Despite being similar to Yama Tsukami, Yama Kurai has one major difference from Yama Tsukami. Yama Kurai is able to produce substance that contains different types of poisons. It is theorized that Yama Kurai might have gotten the poisons from constant feeding after many, many years animals and plants.
 * It seems the gold eyes and gold teeth might be partly due to the poisons.
 * Like Yama Tsukami, it has special Great Thunderbugs living inside its body.
 * It is said that Yama Kurai can actually walk on the ground using its limbs.
 * It isn't said whether Yama Kurai is the ancestor of Yama Tsukami or not though it too is called the Oldest Elder Dragon. So there is a chance that Yama Kurai could be an older Yama Tsukami.
 * Its skin is stretchy.
 * Strangely, it has thick hair on its body that can faintly be seen.
 * The gold teeth get their color from both dirt and digestive juices inside Yama Kurai, damaging the teeth. From the teeth's size, they don't dissolve.
 * Some Yama Kurai have shiny gold teeth that glow like light.
 * Yama Kurai's blood is rich with nutrients. It is said that drinking this blood grants immortality.
 * On Yama Kurai's body are seeds. These seeds grew into trees rapidly with just a single powerful shock or hit. From this, it is very difficult to use them for materials.
 * Its tripe is where the Thunderbugs are raised up and where its poison is contained. The gastric juices inside of it are very powerful.