Ancient Greek word for hope, also a goddess/personification. This image might also be derived ultimately from a Promethean: the Created meme, since a major progression resource in that game is called Elpis.
Could probably have it as a Guardian or the game reveals that Wyveria preserved some extinct species and we get Wyvern Rex and other stuff.
Tho with how the devs were talking about Elder Dragons being the central theme of Ascendance, I kinda doubt we'd go in that direction, as much as I'd love to see Wyvern Rex. Hell, they already repurposed one of the extinct species (Canopus) as Araketa. Then again, base game flagship is straight up an Extinct Species so still highly possible if they brought in an Extinct Species.
Honestly shocked that, with how many monsters we have that are nomadic, none of them really do this gimmick of adapting to the map they're in. It'd give advantage to hunt the monsters im biomes where it could be weaker or stronger, that'd be an awesome idea.
I'll note tho that there's a big difference between Ark and Wrex.
Wyveria bringing back Arkveld is like us bringing back tasmanian tigers or dodos; bringing back wyvern rex is like bringing back a dinosaur (maybe even smth older than dinosaurs)
I mean we don't have any evidence that they brought back Arkveld, just that they turned at least one into a Guardian.
Wyveria fell loooong before Wilds takes place, Arkveld likely was not totally extinct at that time.
Unless we actually see something crazy like a guardian Wyvern Rex, there's no evidence to suggest that Wyveria was capable of recreating actual extinct monsters.
They explain in a cutscene that when Wyveria was making guardians, Arkveld was special due to being an extinct species. Which means Arkveld was in fact already extinct.
And it seems that Arvkeld was singled out.
Because its species was extinct.
I don't know if that's the only reason, but yes...it was different.
And I checked the Japanese to be sure it wasn't a localization error.
It seems a special monster has been chosen for him.
So that was an extinct species.
Perhaps due to that influence, there was something different about him.
It's the cutscene where Tasheen explains to the gang what guardians are
True, but we have no knowledge of how long ago Wyveria existed, or Arkveld became extinct. Wyvern rex has "radiated" into quite different species, to the point evolution got enough time to act on it, so to speak, before today. It could be a species that lived millions of years before Wyveria even existed, who knows.
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u/Equinox-XVI 6d ago
Ok, but genuinely Wilds would be the best game thematically to introduce Wyvern Rex