A PSA from Nergigante

Greetings to you all, this is your residential elder dragon Nergigante speaking. I feel it is my solemn duty to let it be known that the recent influx of destructive behaviors by hunters towards my peers and I, particularly in the Elder’s Recess, will not be tolerated any longer.

I would like to first address the misinformation and misrepresentation of the monster community that is currently circulating the internet. An excerpt from my wiki page on your monsterhunter.fandom.com reads, “Its penchant for destruction is well documented.” Lies! This so-called “fansite” is no more than a collection of well-curated lies! The same page also attributes the dexterity of my well-toned forearms to a “human” likeness, which I find incredibly insulting. I’ll tell you what’s NOT well documented are the incessant onslaughts that we monsters suffer in our own homes at the Elder’s Recess.

Speaking from my own personal experience, groups of hunters donning a garish collection of dead monster parts will set upon me as I go about my daily activity of eating, sleeping, and knitting (you too would find this a convenient hobby if you were naturally covered in needles). Yes, you read that correctly, attacked and sometimes slain while knitting! I ask you dear readers, who’s the “monster” now?

Unlike most of my other elder dragon peers, I have the distinct misfortune of shedding constantly. Every season is shedding season for me no matter the time and care I spent on self-grooming the spikes always lead them straight to me. Sometimes I’ve barely leaped into a hiding spot, just in time to witness the stalkers exclaiming excitedly over my fingernails clippings. It has been a most psychologically scarring experience. Don’t even get me started about my horns, my beautiful horns. Sometimes I still get nightmares about waking up surrounded by barrel bombs.

Aside from the killing and field butchering that follows, what I find most disturbing is the general attitude of disrespect from these hunters. These intruders come into our home, rob us of our natural resources, kick our frogs, doing anything and everything they that pleases them with no consideration for others!

I’ve tried the friendly route, reasoning with them even offering my own tail on several occasions hoping that they would just take that and leave us be. Nothing appeases them.

For some unknown reason, they’re especially keen on repeatedly vandalizing the common room/Gajalaka dance studio, AKA the area with the crystals. These broken crystals must then be swept and replaced after every encounter because SOMEONE has to clean up the mess!

Also, I cannot understand the obsession with mounting all creatures big and small here. This is not a rodeo and no monster willingly works in the rideshare industry. I’ve seen the poor creatures, backs bowed bearing the great weight of a hunter who’s too lazy to walk on their own two legs.

The Elder Recess has become such a hostile environment for its inhabitants that we can’t even host a guest properly anymore. A few years ago we were selected to host an esteemed visitor from another world, the magnificent Behemoth. We all watched in horror, helplessly cowering in our hiding spots as the barbarians loft off his tail then collected his tears as a trophy when Behemoth showed up to what was supposed to be a welcome tea party. I’ll never forget, his exact words were, “A fate worse than death,” before he left never to grace us again with his presence.

My fellow monsters, I believe the time has come for necessary actions to put an end to the invading threat. First and foremost, I propose eradication of the Scoutflies as they are ultimately traitors to their own kind and have assisted in the untimely death of many of our loved ones. Secondly, we must put aside the turf wars amongst ourselves to concentrate on the real enemy. Only then will we have true peace. Thank you all for listening to my plight. May your days be restful.

Also if anyone is interested, please visit my Etsy store for Nergigante knitted goods <3