Little Dragon Boi

Because of his deadly ability and his potential for indiscriminate destruction, Dragon Gregg is rarely seen.

Gregg is a quiet fellow with little social skills or manners. His limited education has left him somewhat naïve to normal society, showing a noticeable cave man like fascination with the various comforts and advances it has to offer, particularly eating better quality food (curiously though, he is aware of how to operate a shower stall onboard a space ship). While his social skills aren't well-developed, Gregg's intuition is quite acute. He's able to sense when someone is agitating a comrade and visibly reflects their anger, as seen when he defended someone from a sleazy person despite Gregg's size.

Although previous studies proposed that Gregg's saliva contains a variety of highly septic bacteria that would help to bring down prey, research in 2016 suggested that the bacteria in the mouth of Gregg is ordinary and similar to those found in other carnivores. He does actually have surprisingly good mouth hygiene.

Gregg's power originates from a bio-nuclear circulatory system. Activating when threatened, a neutron flux is triggered that travels up Gregg's spine to nucleosynthetic chambers in his throat and explodes into his atomic breath. His radioactive signature also makes it easy for Gregg to be followed and monitored.

History
** [ Past ]**

* An ancient alpha predator that thrived during the Alpha period, Gregg was disturbed by a Shinomura that landed upon a small island to feast upon the remains of a aquatic creature. Gregg arose and blasted the Shinomura with his atomic breath from behind. Around that time, a meteorite strike hit the Earth, triggering the Alpha extinction event and resulting in drastic changes to radiation levels around the world. This forced Gregg to retreat to the ocean depths, instead of feeding on the planet's natural geothermal radiation from its core. Gregg remained dormant underwater for hundreds of millions of years, including the extinction of the dinosaurs, appearing occasionally at various points in human history, inspiring the mythologies of several cultures. On December 5, 1950, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima awakened Gregg, who soon surfaced near the decimated city and observed his reawakened adversary flying away. He continued to chase Shinomura from all sites it attacked in the Pacific Ocean throughout the rest of the 1950s and was mass-reported by eye-witnesses. While Nekoi, who believes in Gregg's existence, no one else does.*

''*Gregg stands as king of all he surveys. Initially thought to be a threat, people now understand his potential to become our world’s ultimate guardian, a apex predator emerging from the mysterious depths of the ocean to battle aggressors that threaten the balance of nature.*''

* "His size and radioactive signature make him easy to monitor, with scans showing him traveling through various oceanic channels on routine patrol routes propelled by his tail. There are sporadic gaps where his signature disappears from tracking logs, and analytics is working closely with our mythography team to determine the cause. Dr. Nora's ’ ‘Hollow Earth’ theory is gaining more traction because of this finding and is currently leading the on-going investigation. It is possible that the epicenter of these sightings is proximal to a previously undiscovered vile vortex."*

* Gregg has a symbiotic relationship with Mothla, she assists him in their fight against Shadowclaw, using her webs to glue Shadowclaw onto a skyscraper, and incapacitating him for a short time after he fought her. Their ancient alliance had been defined in romantic terms, with Dr.Nora calling Mothla "Wife of the Dragon" and Commander Nekoi questioning if "they got a thing going on," though subsequently Dr. explains it as a "symbiotic Dragon." As she died, Gregg roared in grief while he absorbed her life-force unwittingly, allowing him to go thermonuclear. It was later revealed it was what Mothla wanted, and she was fine with it and accepted her fate. She was later revived by The Foundation.*

Abilities
*** Energy Absorption and Projection:*** *Gregg is capable of healing from his wounds by absorbing large amounts of radiation; however, the rate at which he heals depends on how serious his injuries are. An example of this is when he was fully healed following the Battle of Florida after presumably absorbing the radiation from the atomic bomb detonating off the city's coast, while it took him five years to heal from injuries inflicted on him by Shadowclaw Prime, as well as nearly dying from the effects by the Oxygen Destroyer, only to instantly recover after facing a head-on nuclear blast.*

***Amphibious Nature:*** *Though technically a Dragon-Kaiju Hybrid and not an amphibian, Gregg has an amphibious lifestyle. He spends half of his time in water and the other on land, which makes him an adept combatant in both environments. Capable of swimming by undulating his tail like a crocodile, and have displayed as being able to breathe underwater. Gregg possesses gills and amphibious lungs so he can stay underwater indefinitely. Gregg is capable of swimming at speeds exceeding 100 knots (115 mph) by undulating his tail like a crocodile.*

***Combat Adaption:*** *While fighting the Corrupted Dragons during the events of Corruption, Gregg figures out their strengths and weaknesses through repeated clashes with them. He lets the male Corrupted Dragon fly in close to attack him, and he then used his tail to slam him into a skyscraper, killing him. With the female Corrupt Dragon, he fired his atomic breath right into her mouth after forcing it open, making her neck explode, and decapitating her. In The Dragon: Chapter 8, Gregg lifted Maga Prime on his back so he can blast her up with his radiation stream. Gregg took advantage of his aquatic nature to drag Shadowclaw down, causing Shadowclaw to panic and allowing Gregg to remove one of his heads.*

***Atomic Breath:*** *Gregg's signature ability is to spit a focused, superheated beam of concentrated red unknown energy from his mouth. The energy is contained within glands inside his spine, as they glow red before he releases the heat ray. It can set fires to anything it hits and also kill even some of the strongest of monsters with a single shot. Gregg's atomic breath has varied in strength, appearance, and color but is usually portrayed as a thick, large, red beam of energy. Gregg's atomic breath was more of a focused, red fiery shaped energy beam that Gregg spews out. Gregg only uses it against the opponent after he has taken a severe beating and is growing weaker, showing that Gregg only uses it as a last resort against opponents he can't physically overpower on his own. Though it doesn't appear to have the same destructive properties as the incarnations prior, the blasts were strong enough to push back, severely weaken, and eventually kill, the female Corrupt Dragon, showing that while it may not have the destructive force of its predecessors, this incarnation of Gregg's atomic breath is uniquely incredibly deadly in its own right. It is entirely possible, however, it is to be noted that Gregg has never used his atomic breath at its full power, seeing as the glow from his dorsal plates was very faint. It is also suggested that EMP fields severely weaken his atomic breath.*

* As of now, Gregg's breath has grown more powerful. Like orignally, his Atomic Bteath was used to damage major human settlements as well as other foes. A point-blank atomic ray, however, had never damaged Maria's battle axe. His Atomic Breath has also shown, when fully charged, to be powerful enough to bore straight into a planets core within only a minute.*

***Prehensile Tail:*** *Gregg has a prehensile tail that he can use to help balance himself, use as a formidable weapon or even use it to hold opponents in its grasp. He first used his tail as an improvised whip to kill the male Corrupted Dragon by slamming him into a building with enough force, although he knocked it over by accident due to the impact. When he is underwater, Gregg is also capable of undulating his tail similar to crocodiles. During his fight with Shadowclaw in Florida, Gregg used his tail to knock back his former rival, hitting Shadowclaw with enough force to stagger him. In Gregg vs Maria, Gregg is able to wrap his tail around Maria before dragging her into the depths of the ocean in an attempt to drown her. Gregg's tail is even muscular enough that Maria could not escape while coiled in it and only got free when Gregg was distracted by depth charges, allowing Maria to swim back to the surface while Gregg's grip was released.*

***Super Durability:*** *Gregg was stated to have survived exposure to the nuclear tests carried out through time, even appearing to have withstood the detonation of "Kingdom Come", a 20-megaton hydrogen bomb, in the middle of the ocean while directly next to the bomb. A testament to his durability is his survival of numerous extinction events that occurred millions of years before his encounters with humanity. Additionally, like his previous appearances, Gregg has shown no outward signs of damage from any weaponry used by Armed Forces, including heavy gunfire, missiles, tank shells, and various other weapons. Gregg seemed to not even notice most of these attacks, only flinching slightly at artillery fire striking him at point-blank range and briefly showing visible pain after being struck directly in the gills.*

* It has also been shown that Gregg can survive a fall from thousands of feet after being airlifted by MechaMoth, though he is still weakened by the sheer amount of pain caused by the impact. While Maria was severely wounded and Mothla was even killed by MechaMoth's Alpha Beams, they did no lasting damage to Gregg, with him merely being sent backward by them.*

* Gregg was shown to withstand a punch from Maria, staggering only a bit. He is also shown to quickly recover after being stabbed by Maria's axe on his thigh and after he got knocked out by an explosion emitted by Maria's axe.*

***Extreme Tempature Resistance:*** *Gregg is highly immune to cold and freezing temperatures in Antarctica and in his burning form, he is highly immune to extreme heat as he is capable of withstanding burning temperatures.*

***Immortality:*** *Gregg has a seemingly infinite life span since he has lived for millions of years, thus he can never die from age unless killed through violent means.*

***Quadrupedalism:*** *Although he mainly stands upright in a bipedal manner, Gregg, like all reptiles, even though he is techicnally not a reptile, can also run and walk on all four limbs in a quadrupedal manner, shown during his fight with Maria.*

***Sharp Claws:*** *Gregg has razor-sharp claws which are sufficient to rend most materials. In one of his battles with Shinomura Prime, he manages to force her off of him by slashing her in the head, visibly drawing blood. In Clash Of Titans, Gregg slashed through Maria's armor as he knocked her over during their battle.*

***Sharp Teeth:*** *Gregg has razor-sharp teeth which grant him an incredibly lethal bite. He was able to bite into the bodies of the Corrupted Dragons as well as bite and rip off MechaMoth's left arm during their underwater fight.*

***Aquatic Adaption:*** *Gregg is able to survive and adapt to underwater environments, being able to breathe water in lieu of, or along with, a gaseous breathing medium, to swim well and to endure high water pressure and extreme water temperatures. Gregg is able to use his senses to perceive normally regardless of the distortion/pressure of the water, possibly including ignoring various impurities that would otherwise reduce his visibility.*

***Special Sensing Organ:*** *This system is found in most fish, including sharks. But for Gregg, It is a tactile sensory system which allows him to detect water speed and pressure changes near by. The main component of the system is the neuromast, a cell similar to cells present in the vertebrate ear that interact with the surrounding aquatic environment. This helps Gregg distinguish between the currents around him, obstacles off on his periphery, and struggling prey out of visual view. Gregg can sense frequencies in the range of 50 to 5,000 Hz. Even the slightest movement can disturb the Dragon.*

Burning Dragon Form
When his heart is overloaded with nuclear energy, Gregg reaches a state of critical mass and becomes covered in glowing red electricity and his eyes become bright red. As Burning Dragon, Gregg becomes considerably more powerful and his atomic breath is replaced with the hyper spiral ray. However, if Gregg's internal temperature reaches 100,000 degrees Celsius, his heart will enter meltdown and cause Gregg to implode like a dying star. Burning Gregg theoretically has enough power contained in his overloaded heart to cause a Big Crunch and destroy the universe, but the humans used freezer weapons to minimize the damage from his meltdown and prevented this scenario.

*** Thermonuclear Pulse:*** *Gregg can release pulses of radioactive energy when in his burning dragon form. He first demonstrated this in The Dragon: Burning Pride where, after absorbing the radiation of a nuclear blast and Nekoi's life force after her sacrifice, Gregg starts to heat up with a fiery red glow, burning and melting objects in his vicinity while becoming completely immune to Shadowclaw's shadow beams. This energy overload grants him control over tremendously powerful thermonuclear pulses that incinerates most of Shadowclaw's body and a large portion of New York with him. The shape of these particular pulses also resembles his creator's wings while the sound of the explosions resembles Gregg's ear piercing screech.*

Weaknesses
*** Excess Radiation:*** *When Nekoi detonated a nuclear warhead to revive Gregg, its radiation combined with that of the Hollow Earth was too much for Gregg's body to handle, and as such, he had a set amount of time before he explodes "like an atom bomb".*

*** Oxygen Destroyer:*** *Gregg can be severely wounded by Oxygen Destroyer missiles and almost killed by them. The Oxygen Destroyer can force him to retreat so that he can regenerate, but the process could have taken him atleast 10 years before he would be ready to appear again again.*

*** Limited Radiation:*** *Gregg seems to have a limit to how much nuclear energy he can use before he must enter a dormant state to restore his powers. For example, using his atomic breath in its focused red beam variant seems to quickly deplete his radioactive power, requiring him to enter his dormant state. Once Gregg accumulated enough energy, his eyes will start to glow red, although he may elect to remain immobile to speed up his recovery process.*

*** Gills:*** *The gills on Gregg's neck appear to be a weak spot, first demonstrated when he smashes through a wall after being hit there by a creatures fire. It was also able to draw blood from Gregg by stabbing his gills with a sharp object.*

Trivia
** [ Dragon Gregg Fun Facts! ]**

- Gregg was originally designed to have a personality that would evoke the "last samurai" archetype, an ancient warrior content with solitude and preferring not to be a part of the world but has to resurface when certain types of events force him to appear and set things right. Most of this personality was used during his creation, but another half of it scrapped.

- Gregg, in terms of muscular strength, would have the advantage against Maria and make an unfair fight heavily weighted in Gregg's favor. Nekoi would also go on to state that Gregg took none of his fighting with Maria seriously until Maria struck him with in the face with her axe.

- Although he mainly stands upright in a bipedal manner, Gregg can also run and walk on all four limbs in a quadrupedal manner, shown during his fight with Katey in California.

- As Gregg breathes with both lungs and gills, he is more similar to an amphibian as opposed to a true reptile. However, it was mentioned in a book Nekoi wrote to state Dragon Gregg has bare gill-pores on his neck, regardless of being it an official status or not. In this book, the Dragon Gregg was mentioned to be a godtile, a member of ancient semi-aquatic, gentle reptiles than a radiated mutant, and some individuals started attacking humanity to revenge for what had caused by nuclear testing.

- Gregg has sharp canine teeth that grant him a lethal bite. This was seen when he bites and tears off the tentacles of a Squid after killing it.

- The reason Gregg crawled on all fours during the Mona fight was because Gregg was literally done with her shit.

*** "Nature Has An Order. A Power To Restore Balance. I Am That Power."***

- Dragon Gregg

***"Dragon Gregg, Truly A God Incarnate."***

- Hikita Helplessly Watch As Shin Dragon Gregg Destroys An Entire City

***"Let Us Call This Creature... Gregg, According To The Legend Of Dragon Island."***

- Yuri Nohana