Bolatra

The Bolatra is a quadrupedal creature that combines the features of a Hydra and mushroom, specifically the inky cap. Its default colors include different shades of purple, white, and black, with the main body being white. It possesses three heads, with the middle head being the largest; each head lacks eyes, and its cranium takes the shape of a sharp, wavy-edged mushroom's cap that drips tar-like, inky substances. The creature has serrated teeth, with the middle head having a split upper jaw. Its long, thin necks are subtly studded with four fungi-like structures colored purple underneath, resembling gills. Additional fungi structures can be seen on its chest, thighs, and the base of the tail, some of which have purple coloring on top. Its necks also bear wavy, fur-like structures, similar to the head caps, on the lower necks, back, and wrists/ankles of its dominant limbs, with the largest structure located at the base of the neck. The Bolatra has six limbs: two long front limbs with three toes/fingers, a shorter pair of theropod-like arms with four fingers, and thin back limbs with anisodactyl feet. Each limb ends in long, sickle-shaped claws. Additionally, the creature's long front limbs have a mushroom's cap on the elbows, and has black inky forearms. The Bolatra also has a black underside on the lower torso and a long, black inky tail with four mushroom's caps at the tail's end.

Bolatra has no gender dimorphism.

• Bolatras are colonial, parasitic organisms that live off of controlling the body of their victims. The tar-like substance their body gives off contain their spores and if it gets into a creatures' stomach, lungs or bloodstream it will allow for new Bolatras to develop, which take over the host.
• Bolatras have a short lifespan of only about 6 months to 2 years, as the body of their host deteriorates over time. The smaller the host is, the quicker it falls apart. Due to this, Bolatras take any chances they can get in order to infect other creatures and show great aggression towards anything moving.
• The Bolatra in game is an infected teen Varskela.
• Bolatras can only develop in healthy hosts. Weak or sick creatures usually die from Bolatra infections.
• Bolatras can only infect creatures that are in their tier range. This also includes the juvenile and teen forms of larger tier creatures. This is because larger creatures are capable of fighting off the fungal infection with minimal symptoms.
• Like most fungus-like organisms, Bolatras do not have a clear binary gender.
• All Bolatras are capable of infecting other creatures, by spreading their spores through Conidium Conidiogenesis.

• Concept by Renoray/Renorayz in the Creatures of Sonaria Discord. Inspired by inky cap mushrooms, Hydras, and zombies from The Last of Us. Bolatra's name is based on the Romanian word "boală", which means disease, and bolete, which is a type of mushroom.
• Modeled by JaxonBirb.
• Animated by Mukudori and Zyraphes.
• Bolatra is the 4th creature to possess 3 heads, the other 3 being Ahri'Tahmuk, Cavengauu, and Sylvesqual.
• Bolatra is the 3rd creature to have a mushroom-based designs incorporated into it, the other 2 being Shro and Arkmetta. Interestingly, Bolatra and Arkmetta has dark skin-color shooms, as they are both inspired by the inky cap mushrooms, while Shro has the in-game currency color and model ones.
• The Bolatra was given a slight model change only a day before release. This change made its cranial area significantly smaller.

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