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====''[[Monarch: Legacy of Monsters]]''==== | ====''[[Monarch: Legacy of Monsters]]''==== | ||
====="[[Secrets and Lies]]"===== | ====="[[Secrets and Lies]]"===== | ||
When [[Hiroshi Randa]] and his team landed in a remote location in Alaska, the Frost Vark destroyed their plane and killed their pilot. A year later, his children [[Cate Randa]] and [[Kentaro Randa]], their friend [[May Olowe-Hewitt]], Colonel [[Lee Shaw]], and Shaw's associate [[Du-Ho]] came to the same area in search of Hiroshi. While the group initially assumed Hiroshi's plane had crashed as reported, Du-Ho spotted massive claw marks on the wreckage which indicated its true fate. Panicked, Du-Ho yelled for the group to return to the plane, and began taxiing it toward them. However, the Frost Vark suddenly emerged from beneath the ground and destroyed one of the plane's wings, then froze Du-Ho alive with its inhale. The Frost Vark then reared up on its hind legs, smashing the plane with its forelimbs, and roared victoriously over its remains as the group watched in awe. | When [[Hiroshi Randa]] and his team landed in a remote location in Alaska, the Frost Vark destroyed their plane and killed their pilot. A year later, his children [[Cate Randa]] and [[Kentaro Randa]], their friend [[May Olowe-Hewitt]], Colonel [[Lee Shaw]], and Shaw's associate [[Du-Ho]] came to the same area in search of Hiroshi. While the group initially assumed Hiroshi's plane had crashed as reported, Du-Ho spotted massive claw marks on the wreckage which indicated its true fate. Panicked, Du-Ho yelled for the group to return to the plane, and began taxiing it toward them. However, the Frost Vark suddenly emerged from beneath the ground and destroyed one of the plane's wings, then froze Du-Ho alive with its inhale. The Frost Vark then reared up on its hind legs, smashing the plane with its forelimbs, and roared victoriously over its remains as the group watched in awe. | ||
====="[[Parallels and Interiors]]"===== | ====="[[Parallels and Interiors]]"===== | ||
After ripping the plane apart further, the Frost Vark turned its attention to the survivors. As the others ran, Kentaro stayed behind to grab a flare gun and fired it at the monster, missing it but distracted it long enough for him to catch up with the rest of the group and for all four of them to find a cave to hide in. The Frost Vark searched the ice that made up the roof of the cave, but couldn't find them and gave up. That night, Lee, May, and Cate made camp near the crash site after May had begun contracting hypothermia. Sensing their fire, the Frost Vark burrowed towards them and emerged from underneath their tent to consumed their fire. Realizing that the creature fed upon heat, Lee devised a plan to lure the Frost Vark to a fire made from jet fuel and Du-Ho's corpse. Before he could light it, the Frost Vark emerged and attacked Kate and May. The pair ran towards a rescue helicopter Kentaro had summoned, but May fell and Cate was forced to leave her to get the helicopter's attention. The Frost Vark fed on the head released from May's laptop until Lee lit the fire and caused an explosion that caught the attention of both the monster and the helicopter but knocked over Lee and left him disoriented. The Frost Vark left to feed on the fire, which allowed Cate to turn back and help May get back on her feet and Lee to catch up with them. The titan wasn't distracted for long however, quickly burrowing underground to chase them, lunging at the helicopter as it took off with the survivors, but missed and roared in vein as it watched the helicopter fly away. | |||
==Abilities== | ==Abilities== | ||
===Burrowing=== | ===Burrowing=== | ||
The Frost Vark is able to quickly burrow through icy terrain. | The Frost Vark is able to quickly burrow through icy terrain. From its burrows it is capable of launching itself into the air, barely missing the helicopter rescuing [[Lee Shaw]], [[Cate Randa]], and [[May Olowe-Hewitt]] as it was taking off. | ||
===Physical capabilities=== | ===Physical capabilities=== | ||
The Frost Vark can use the large claws on its forelimbs to shred planes apart with ease. | The Frost Vark can use the large claws on its forelimbs to shred planes apart with ease. | ||
===Freezing inhale=== | ===Freezing inhale=== | ||
[[File:ezgif-2-01cfb1f51f.gif|right|200px|thumb|The Frost Vark inhaling air, freezing Du-Ho]] | [[File:ezgif-2-01cfb1f51f.gif|right|200px|thumb|The Frost Vark inhaling air, freezing Du-Ho]] | ||
The Frost Vark | The Frost Vark feeds on heat by inhaling warm air with its mouth, causing objects to become frozen. Using this ability, it was able to freeze [[Du-Ho]] solid within seconds. | ||
===Thermolocation=== | ===Thermolocation=== | ||
According to a since-redacted tweet by Apple TV, the Frost Vark is guided by thermolocation.{{R|TitanFile2}} | According to a since-redacted tweet by Apple TV, the Frost Vark is guided by thermolocation.{{R|TitanFile2}} | ||
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The Frost Vark is an Alaskan mole-like Titan[3] that first appeared in episode 3 of the 2023 Apple TV+ Monsterverse television series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, entitled "Secrets and Lies".
Name
The Frost Vark's name is a combination of the English word "frost" and the Afrikaans word vark, meaning "pig." This may have been chosen to evoke "aardvark," a burrowing mammal whose name is similarly Afrikaans for "earth pig."
Though the creature's name is rendered as "Frost Vark" by a majority of sources, a Nerdist article refers to it as "Frost-Vark," with a hyphen.[1]
Development
The Frost Vark was patterned after the star-nosed mole and pangolin, with specific emphasis placed on creating a Titan that was, in the words of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters co-creator Matt Fraction, "a different kind of scary and dangerous" than other creatures in the show.[1] Following dissatisfaction with the way an initial design looked in context, the creature was redesigned by artists at Wētā FX. Additional detail was added by VFX company Framestore, and it was finished with advice from an Apple executive. As VFX supervisor Sean Konrad recalled, "One of our Apple executives had made a couple of suggestions of, 'Okay. Well, let's add a little bit more like snow and blood on it and make it look like it's just been through a little bit more.' And that sort of ended up being the sweetening thing that made it feel a lot more realistic."[3] Both Fraction and Konrad drew comparisons to Steven Spielberg's Jaws, in the manner that the creature stalks and chases the protagonists.[3][1]
Design
The Frost Vark's body is similar to that of quadrupedal carnivores such as canines, but with a long tail and large claws on each of its five toes. Most of its body is covered in dark blue overlapping plates resembling those of pangolins, with some missing from its arms and underbelly. Several scars can be seen across the front of its long snout. Its eyes are milky white and its face is covered in small, bristly hairs. Several tendrils surround the front of its upper and bottom jaws, resembling the nasal appendages of a star-nosed mole. The tips of each of these tendrils glow blue. The Frost Vark's mouth is adorned with large, jagged teeth, a noticeably-longer fang extending from either side of its upper jaw.
Personality
As described by Monarch: Legacy of Monsters co-creator Matt Fraction, the Frost Vark at one point stomps on the characters' plane "like a frustrated kid that's angry with a broken toy" in the third episode, elaborating that the behavior "not only makes it intimidating and ferocious, but communicates it hasn't found what it's looking for yet and, more frightening than that, maybe we don't know what it's actually looking for..."[3]
History
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (TV 2023-2024) [episodes 3-4]
Monsterverse
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
"Secrets and Lies"
When Hiroshi Randa and his team landed in a remote location in Alaska, the Frost Vark destroyed their plane and killed their pilot. A year later, his children Cate Randa and Kentaro Randa, their friend May Olowe-Hewitt, Colonel Lee Shaw, and Shaw's associate Du-Ho came to the same area in search of Hiroshi. While the group initially assumed Hiroshi's plane had crashed as reported, Du-Ho spotted massive claw marks on the wreckage which indicated its true fate. Panicked, Du-Ho yelled for the group to return to the plane, and began taxiing it toward them. However, the Frost Vark suddenly emerged from beneath the ground and destroyed one of the plane's wings, then froze Du-Ho alive with its inhale. The Frost Vark then reared up on its hind legs, smashing the plane with its forelimbs, and roared victoriously over its remains as the group watched in awe.
"Parallels and Interiors"
After ripping the plane apart further, the Frost Vark turned its attention to the survivors. As the others ran, Kentaro stayed behind to grab a flare gun and fired it at the monster, missing it but distracted it long enough for him to catch up with the rest of the group and for all four of them to find a cave to hide in. The Frost Vark searched the ice that made up the roof of the cave, but couldn't find them and gave up. That night, Lee, May, and Cate made camp near the crash site after May had begun contracting hypothermia. Sensing their fire, the Frost Vark burrowed towards them and emerged from underneath their tent to consumed their fire. Realizing that the creature fed upon heat, Lee devised a plan to lure the Frost Vark to a fire made from jet fuel and Du-Ho's corpse. Before he could light it, the Frost Vark emerged and attacked Kate and May. The pair ran towards a rescue helicopter Kentaro had summoned, but May fell and Cate was forced to leave her to get the helicopter's attention. The Frost Vark fed on the head released from May's laptop until Lee lit the fire and caused an explosion that caught the attention of both the monster and the helicopter but knocked over Lee and left him disoriented. The Frost Vark left to feed on the fire, which allowed Cate to turn back and help May get back on her feet and Lee to catch up with them. The titan wasn't distracted for long however, quickly burrowing underground to chase them, lunging at the helicopter as it took off with the survivors, but missed and roared in vein as it watched the helicopter fly away.
Abilities
Burrowing
The Frost Vark is able to quickly burrow through icy terrain. From its burrows it is capable of launching itself into the air, barely missing the helicopter rescuing Lee Shaw, Cate Randa, and May Olowe-Hewitt as it was taking off.
Physical capabilities
The Frost Vark can use the large claws on its forelimbs to shred planes apart with ease.
Freezing inhale
The Frost Vark feeds on heat by inhaling warm air with its mouth, causing objects to become frozen. Using this ability, it was able to freeze Du-Ho solid within seconds.
Thermolocation
According to a since-redacted tweet by Apple TV, the Frost Vark is guided by thermolocation.[2]
Gallery
- Main article: Frost Vark/Gallery.
Trivia
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters VFX supervisor Sean Konrad has cited the Frost Vark as his favorite Titan of the show.[1]
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References
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