History Characters / MonsterHunterFifthGenerationMonstersRise

** Taken even further with Primordial Malzeno, who frequently chains his wing attacks together to repeatedly hit a wide range in front of him, and in his last SuperMode, he will TeleportSpam around you ''multiple times'' in a relentless frenzy of fast, hard-hitting attacks. Even Hunters in full Qurious Crafting gear/with full Spiribird buffs have to be careful with the damage it inflicts.

* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: Primordial Malzeno's final, permanent transformation is only dispelled when it's been mortally injured, upon which it reverts back to its original, knightly form and passes away[[FaceDeathWithDignity peacefully]]]].

* ItCanThink: Between its skillful usage of its limbs almost reminiscent of a human hunter, its ability to both coexist with humans and hold a grudge against invaders, and [[spoiler:seemingly showing gratitude and understanding towards Fiorayne and the player at the end of its urgent quest]], it can be assumed that Malzeno is considerably more intelligent than your average animalistic dragon.

** Across games, it has a counterpart to Nergigante in ''World'', as both are Elder Dragons [[spoiler:directly or indirectly responsible for keeping the ecosystem in check]] that fight with nothing more than physical strength. Their overall presentations are polar opposites though, as Nergigante is brutally aggressive with a fighting style that damages itself and an armor set evocative of a BarbarianHero or warlord, while Primordial Malzeno fights with refined grace and makes use of its wings as shields to both protect itself and bludgeon enemies, while its armor set is designed like the the quintessential KnightInShiningArmor. Malzeno also boasts a better record of actively responding to and dealing with problems [[spoiler:seeing as it will also show up to assist with Allmother Narwa]], whereas Nergigante's own actions in ''World'' [[NiceJobBreakingItHero also caused problems along the way.]]

** Across games, it has a counterpart to Nergigante in ''World'', as both are Elder Dragons [[spoiler:directly or indirectly responsible for keeping the ecosystem in check]] that fight with nothing more than physical strength. Their overall presentations are polar opposites though, as Nergigante is brutally aggressive with a fighting style that damages itself and an armor set evocative of a BarbarianHero or warlord, while Primordial Malzeno fights with refined grace and makes use of its wings as shields to both protect itself and bludgeon enemies, while its armor set is designed like the the quintessential KnightInShiningArmor. Malzeno also boasts a better record of actively responding to and dealing with problems [[spoiler: seeing as it will also show up to assist with Allmother Narwa]], whereas Nergigante's own actions in ''World'' [[NiceJobBreakingItHero also caused problems along the way.]]

* GoryDiscretionShot: If it manages to grab a victim, it will folds its wings around them while it drains their blood, obscuring the act from the player.

* HandicappedBadass: As a result of becoming the host of the Qurio, Malzeno gained access to a variety of powers it wouldn't normally have such as super speed and life draining, however it also cost them their natural strength. Notably, when side by side with Primordial Malzeno those hosting Qurio are notibly emaciated, being much thinner and lacking most of their natural armour. It's still a powerful Elder Dragon, just not as poweful as it used to be.

* PutOnABus: Narwa's original Thunder Serpent form is conspicuously the only monster that is missing in Master Rank, with her Allmother form completely replacing it.
* RareRandomDrop: The nominate species has Thunder Serpent Orbs in High Rank, while the Allmother has Origin Orbs in High Rank and Mantle of Origin in Master Rank.

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler: Malzeno, as it is fought in Sunbreak, is an aberration to its normal state due to harnessing the power of the Qurios and gaining new powers as a result. However, this is also a case of HandicappedBadass, as the Qurio have robbed it of much of its original physical strength despite granting it new powers. Its prime form far surpassses its afflicted one, to the point where [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome it was able to repel Gaismagorm in the past, only being afflicted with the Qurio afterwards.]]]]

* FightsLikeANormal: Primordial Malzeno, lacking the power provided by the Qurio, instead fights with its natural abilities, which turns out to just be being very physically capable and skilled with its limbs. [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer It still was enough to repel Gaismagorm in the past, and more than enough to triple-cart hunters with top-of-the-line gear]]. As the fight continues [[spoiler: Qurio flock to it more and more, corrupting it and granting it more abilities like the original incarnation seen, but made even stronger.]]

* RareRandomDrop: Malzeno Bloodstones in Master Rank, while the Primordial variant has Primordial Bloodstones.

** Across games, it has a counterpart to Nergigante in ''World'', as both are Elder Dragons [[spoiler:directly or indirectly responsible for keeping the ecosystem in check]] that fight with nothing more than physical strength. Their overall presentations are polar opposites though, as Nergigante is brutally aggressive with a fighting style that damages itself and an armor set evocative of a BarbarianHero or warlord, while Primordial Malzeno fights with refined grace and makes use of its wings as shields to both protect itself and bludgeon enemies, while its armor set is designed like the the quintessential KnightInShiningArmor. Malzeno also boasts a better record of actively responding to and dealing with problems [[spoiler: seeing as it will also show up to assist with Allmother Narwa]], whereas Nergigante's own actions in ''World'' [[NiceJobBreakingItHero typically only cause more problems.]]

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler: Malzeno, as it is fought in Sunbreak, is an aberration to its normal state due to harnessing the power of the Qurios and gaining new powers as a result. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome It also repelled Gaismagorm in the past, only being afflicted with the Qurios afterwards.]]]]

* FightsLikeANormal: Primordial Malzeno, lacking the power provided by the Qurio, instead fights with its natural abilities, which turns out to just be being very physically capable and skilled with its limbs. [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer It still was enough to repel Gaismagorm in the past, and more than enough to triple-cart hunters with top-of-the-line gear]]. As the fight continues [[spoiler: Qurio flock to it more and more, corrupting it and granting it more abilities like the original incarnation seen.]]

** Across games, it has a counterpart to Nergigante in ''World'', as both are Elder Dragons [[spoiler:directly or indirectly responsible for keeping the ecosystem in check]] that fight with nothing more than physical strength. Their overall presentations are polar opposites though, as Nergigante is brutally aggressive with a fighting style that damages itself and an armor set evocative of a BarbarianHero or warlord, while Primordial Malzeno fights with refined grace and makes use of its wings as shields to both protect itself and bludgeon enemies, while its armor set is designed like the the quintessential KnightInShiningArmor. Malzeno also boasts a better record of actively responding to and dealing with problems [[spoiler: seeing as it will also show up to assist with Allmother Narwa]], whereas Nergigante's own actions in ''World'' [[NiceJobBreakingItHero typically cause only more problems.]]

* LifeDrain: Being afflicted with Bloodblight makes the hunter heal less from Potions and slowly drains their HP, but attacking Malzeno will restore some of their health. Malzeno's armor set comes with a "Blood Rite" skill that allows you to do this to any monster by attacking broken parts (severed tails included), with higher skill levels increasing the amount of health restored per hit. Primordial Malzeno's gear feeds into this, with its weapons increasing the amount of HP restored from Blood Rite or Bloodblight, and its unique Blood Awakening skill increasing offensive power proportional to how much HP is stolen this way, regardless of whether you're actually healing health or not - even hitting a monster while using Blood Rite/are afflicted with Bloodblight at full health is enough to trigger the skill.

** Across games, it has a counterpart to Nergigante in ''World'', as both are Elder Dragons [[spoiler:directly or indirectly responsible for keeping the ecosystem in check]] that fight with nothing more than physical strength. Their overall presentations are polar opposites though, as Nergigante is brutally aggressive with a fighting style that damages itself and an armor set evocative of a BarbarianHero or warlord, while Primordial Malzeno fights with refined grace and makes use of its wings as shields to both protect itself and bludgeon enemies, while its armor set is designed like the the quintessential KnightInShiningArmor.

* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: It's primarily based on the Ningyo, which are Japanese mermaids; much like a ningyo, it looks much more unsettling than beautiful (less [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid "Little"]], more [[Manga/MermaidSaga "Saga"]]). However, its long, hair-like fin on its head and its high-pitched voice were more inspired off Western mermaids.

As they are slowly drainer of their life...\\

* JackOfAllStats: Ibushi's armor set, instead of focusing on a few select skills like most sets, has a total of 10 different skills, but at level 1 each, resulting in a set that is very well-rounded but rather inefficient at doing any one thing. [[spoiler:Upgrading it using Narwa the Allmother's materials allows it to take advantage of this using Stormsoul, detailed under Narwa's folder.]]

* TacticalSuicideBoss: Downplayed, but in his rematch fight, his LimitBreak move has him pull up several rocks to use as an OrbitingParticleShield... that happen have cannonballs in them, which explode when shot. While he does try to throw them at you, he takes a little time to do so, allowing hunters to get up to siege weapons and blast them, potentially toppling him out of the air.*

* GiantFlyer: Narwa and her mate are two of the largest monsters fought in ''Rise'', easily dwarfing Magnamalo and other large monsters. Her air sacs allow her to freely float around, unburdened by gravity. Notably, once her air sacs give out following her defeat, she crashes to the ground so hard, the floor gives way beneath her.

* JackOfAllStats: Narwa's armor set, instead of focusing on a few select skills like most sets, has a total of 10 different skills, but at level 1 each, resulting in a set that is very well-rounded but rather inefficient at doing any one thing. [[spoiler:Upgrading it using her Allmother's materials allows it to take advantage of this using Stormsoul, detailed under MagikarpPower.]]

* LightIsNotGood: She's bright coloured and uses electric attacks, and she's one of the few monsters to outright avert the NonMaliciousMonster trope by her want for [[OmnicidalManiac 'laying this land to waste'.]] The Japanese version downplays this by having her flavour text state that her rampage more or less stems from wanting to elimate any threats to her offspring.

* MagikarpPower: Both Narwa and Ibushi's armor sets initially border on MasterOfNone with their large number of low-level skills. However, [[spoiler:using her Allmother drops to upgrade the set pieces will give each one a "Stormsoul" skill that initially boosts Dragon/Thunder damage, but at 5 pieces additionally grants 2 more levels to ''every other skill on the armor''. This is enough to bring many of the skills on said armor to maximum level, and the skills can be picked out by mixing and matching the two sets, making the player just short of a MasterOfAll instead.]]

* FightsLikeANormal: Primordial Malzeno, lacking the power provided by the Qurio, instead fights with its natural abilities, which turns out to just be hitting things very hard and being very good with its limbs. [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer It still was enough to repel Gaismagorm in the past, and more than enough to triple-cart hunters with top-of-the-line gear]]. As the fight continues [[spoiler: Qurio flock to it more and more, corrupting it and granting it more abilities like the original incarnation seen.]]

* FlashStep: Malzeno is able to do this in its SuperMode, covering itself with its wings and leaving a cloud of red dust where it once was. While at first it appears to be teleportation, it is actually moving extremely fast.

** In lore, it is a foil to Scorned Magnamalo in its home game. Scorned Magnamalo and Primordial Malzeno are alternate incarnations of the mascots in ''Rise'' and ''Sunbreak'' who battled with Elder Dragons in the past with a samurai and knight motif respectively, but Scorned Magnamalo is an alternate form of the Magnamalo that attacked Kamura previously while Primordial Malzeno is a newly-arrived Elder Dragon who hasn't bonded with the Qurios.
** Across games, it has a counterpart to Nergigante in ''World'', as both are Elder Dragons that fight with nothing more than physical strength. Their overall presentations are polar opposites though, as Nergigante is brutally aggressive with a fighting style that damages itself and an armor set evocative of a BarbarianHero or warlord, while Primordial Malzeno fights with refined grace and makes use of its wings as shields to both protect itself and bludgeon enemies while its armor set is designed like the the quintessential KnightInShiningArmor.

* FallenAngel: Invoked with the description of the Archdemon Wingtalon, which mentions that it has "no hint of the divine heights it once knew". The implication is that Gaismagorm (or an ancestor of it) used to be able to fly but losing the ability by becoming an underground monster, but there has been no further information regarding this.

** Taken even further with Primordial Malzeno, who frequently chains his wing attacks together to repeatedly hit a wide range in front of him, and in his last SuperMode, he will TeleportSpam around you ''multiple times'' in a frenzy of fast, hard-hitting attacks. Even Hunters in full Qurious Crafting gear/with full Spiribird buffs have to be careful with the damage it inflicts.

* ThePaladin: Seemingly invoked by Primordial Malzeno; it's covered in gold and white armor that is described as pure or divine, is renowned as a heroic protector who defeated an "Archdemon" in the past, and wields its wings like a sword and shield alongside its tail as a mace or lance.

* TheWorfEffect: Its introductory cutscene sees it on the giving end of this, with a Rathalos it apparently lured in via the Qurio being sucked dry like a Slurpee. It also defeats Lunagaron in Turf Wars. [[spoiler: Malzeno in turn is on the receiving end of this against Master Rank Narwa the Allmother, where it invades the map instead of Magnamalo, Teostra, or Kushala Daora and meets the same fate as those three.]]

* {{Foil}}: Primordial Malzeno is one in the story to the Royal Knights, a personal monstrous counterpart to Fiorayne that [[spoiler:shares a common foe in the Qurio and their true master]]. In gameplay, it is a foil to the Sword & Shield (fittingly Fiorayne's own weapon of choice), with how it uses one wing to protect itself and another to attack at high speed. Primordial's official render even has its wings in a stance near-identical to [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mEtcWHBKpG4/maxresdefault.jpg an official render of the SNS]] made for ''Rise''[='s=] initial release.

* NonMaliciousMonster: Invoked. The discovered extra part of the fairy tale about the Archdemon of the Abyss mentions a "Demonlord" summoned by the Archdemon, whose silver spear would purify the land and leave nothing but ashes behind. Everyone initially assumes that Primordial Malzeno is the Demonlord in question and seeks to destroy the entire kingdom by establishing another connection with the Qurio. [[spoiler:[[ProphecyTwist The truth is]] that Primordial Malzeno ''is'' the Demonlord of the fairy tale, but ''protects'' the kingdom instead, and the purification mentioned was directed at the invaders Gaismagorm and the Qurio. Even so, it doesn't seem to protect the kingdom out of benevolence, but rather as a threat to its territory and is content with living alongside them otherwise - and it certainly doesn't seem to mind the accidental destruction it causes.]]

* NonMaliciousMonster: Invoked. The discovered extra part of the fairy tale about the Archdemon of the Abyss mentions a "Demonlord" summoned by the Archdemon, whose silver spear would purify the land and leave nothing but ashes behind. Every initially assumes that Primordial Malzeno is the Demonlord in question and seeks to destroy the entire kingdom by establishing another connection with the Qurio. [[spoiler:[[ProphecyTwist The truth is]] that Primordial Malzeno ''is'' the Demonlord of the fairy tale, but ''protects'' the kingdom instead, and the purification mentioned was directed at the invaders Gaismagorm and the Qurio. Even so, it doesn't seem to protect the kingdom out of benevolence, and seemingly just doesn't see it as a threat to its territory and is content with living alongside them - and it certainly doesn't seem to mind the accidental destruction it causes.]]

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler: Malzeno, as it is fought in Sunbreak, is an aberration to its normal state due to harnessing the power of the Qurios and becoming stronger as a result. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome It also repelled Gaismagorm in the past, only being afflicted with the Qurios afterwards.]]]]

** Taken even further with Primordial Malzeno, who frequently chains his wing attacks together to repeatedly hit a wide range in front of him, and in his last SuperMode, he will TeleportSpam around you ''multiple times'' in a frenzy of fast, hard-hitting attacks. Even Hunters in full Qurious Crafting gear/with full Spiribird buffs have to be careful with the damage they inflict.

* RareRandomDrop: Malzeno Bloodstones in Master Rank, while the Primordial variant has Primordial Bloodstones instead.

* StatusEffects: It can inflict a status called Bloodblight that makes the hunter heal less from items, but attacking Malzeno will restore the hunter's health. Also can breathe Dragon element, which inflicts Dragonblight, temporarily removing any elemental damage or status effects from the hunter's weapons.

* LifeDrain: Being afflicted with Bloodblight makes the hunter heal less from Potions and slowly drains their HP, but attacking Malzeno will restore some of their health. Malzeno's armor set comes with a "Blood Rite" skill that allows you to do this to any monster by attacking broken parts (severed tails included), with higher skill levels increasing the amount of health restored per hit. Primordial Malzeno's gear feeds into this, with its weapons increasing the amount of HP restored from Blood Rite or Bloodblight, and its unique Blood Awakening skill increasing offensive power proportional to how much HP is stolen this way.

** Taken even further with Primordial Malzeno, who frequently chains his wing attacks together to repeatedly hit a wide range in front of him, and in his last SuperMode, he will TeleportSpam around you ''multiple times'' in a frenzy of fast, hard-hitting attacks.

* LightningBruiser: Despite its lithe appearance and profound agility (especially in its SuperMode), it's capable of incredibly powerful physical blows [[StrongerThanTheyLook that can cause massive explosions or shockwaves]], can chain said attacks one after another with alarmingly little delay, and has quite a bit of health compared to most of the monsters that are fought alongside it. Its ability to inflict Bloodblight also makes its attacks considerably more punishing by neutering your healing.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Despite the sheer difference in size and power between them, Malzeno was able to defeat Gaismagorm in personal combat 50 years prior to the events of ''Sunbreak''. Then just to add insult to injury, it seized control of the Archdemon's Qurio and has been using them for its own ends ever since.]]

* LifeDrain: Being afflicted with Bloodblight makes the hunter heal less from Potions and slowly drains their HP, but attacking Malzeno will restore some of their health. Malzeno's armor set comes with a "Blood Rite" skill that allows you to do this to any monster by attacking broken parts (severed tails included), with higher skill levels increasing the amount of health restored per hit. Primordial Malzeno's gear feed into this, with its weapons increasing the amount of HP restored from Blood Rite or Bloodblight, and its unique Blood Awakening skill increasing offensive power proportional to how much HP is stolen this way.