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Name: Safi'jiiva
Title: Red Dragon
Average Length: 4799.78cm
Average Height: ???
Foot Measurements: ???
Order: Elder Dragon
Suborder: Dark Light Dragon
Family: Jiiva
Habitats: Guiding Lands (Secluded Valley)
Title: Red Dragon
Average Length: 4799.78cm
Average Height: ???
Foot Measurements: ???
Order: Elder Dragon
Suborder: Dark Light Dragon
Family: Jiiva
Habitats: Guiding Lands (Secluded Valley)
Xeno'jiiva was a newly discovered elder dragon that the Guild knew little about. Despite studying a specimen slain by an unnamed hunter in the commission in the New World, much still remained unknown about the monster.
Unknownst to the Hunter's Guild and Research Commission at the time, there was another Xeno'jiiva hiding in what we now know as the Guiding Lands. This individual was allowed to continuously molt as it further grew more powerful and reached adulthood.
This individual was no longer a Xeno'jiiva and had become a Safi'jiiva, the mature form of Xeno'jiiva. Some researchers suspected that Xeno'jiiva might grow through such a change as it further grew.
As Xeno'jiiva continuously molts to reach adulthood, it'll lose certain parts like its strange claws and those sensory organs since it doesn't need them anymore upon becoming Safi'jiiva. Remnants of those parts can be found on Safi'jiiva upon breaking its parts.
After Shara Ishvalda is slain, the Seeker finds that something peculiar is going on in the newly discovered Guiding Lands before heading there with the Admiral, Handler, and an unnamed hunter to discover the molted skin that litters the Secluded Valley.
Safi'jiiva was in the Guiding Lands reshaping the ecosystem for its own benefits, absorbing energy from the surrounding environment as it drained places of their vital energy. This behavior greatly impacts the ecosystem and can leave places devoid of life.
Safi'jiiva can affect an environment without some other creatures knowing until it's too late. It seems Safi'jiiva does this for its own preservation and propagation.
Stygian Zinogre came from a completely different location and was seemingly lured out of its original home by Safi'jiiva.
Recently, an Alatreon was seen in the Secluded Valley shortly after Safi'jiiva was repelled by hunters, but it's unknown why it even went there. It doesn't seem like it was trying to pick a fight with Safi'jiiva, but they seem to have some kind of connection with each other.
Despite Xeno'jiiva absorbing immense amounts of energy from the veins of the earth for many years while in its cocoon, it can't produce energy on its own. However, once it is fully grown, it can produce it on its own without the need of taking in energy from its environment.
Although Safi'jiiva can produce energy on its own efficiently, it needs a considerable amount to heal wounds it has sustained. To recover from injuries, it uses the land's energy instead of its own. By rapidly increasing its metabolism, Safi'jiiva can heal its wounds quickly.
Sources
1. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
1. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
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