Titanus 'Celia' Madre-De-Aguas

Titanus 'Celia' Madre-De-Aguas is a serpentine Titan, being one of the few Titans catalogued and verified during the Caribbean Mission. This Titan is among the many snake Titans but stands out in terms of behavior, appearance, and attributes, which may paint her in a different light compared to other snake Titans.



Name and Myth
Named for a serpentine creature in Cuban folklore, the Titan derives her name from the madre de aguas (which means 'mother of water' in Spanish), said to be a horned boa whose sheer ferocity and strength was enough to strike fear into the hearts of many, and anyone venturing out to capture or kill it was considered lost. It was also said that if the creature resides in a river or lake, that area will remain full of water for as long as the madre de aguas stays there.

Truth
'Celia' Madre-De-Aguas is a Titan closely related to the Cuban boa, though is different in various aspects besides size. For starters she is built for an aquatic/subaquatic lifestyle, as shown by her body, including the sail that runs down the latter end of her body down to her tail to aid her in swimming and combat, as well as various sensors along her skull and luminescent eyes for sensing in deep and dark aquatic environments. Despite these, the Titan is fully capable of moving in land, and is able to transition between land and water quite easily. Like her boa cousins, 'Celia' Madre-De-Aguas does not possess venom, instead using constriction to kill prey and/or opponents. Similar to Tizheruk, she can unleash waves, underwater shockwaves and whirlpools. She also has two interesting abilities: ability to activate dinoflagellates' bioluminescence, and emit incredibly diverse sounds. Using her tail she is somehow able to activate these organisms' natural light, though it is not known exactly how or why this is done. Also, this Titan is incredibly vocal for a snake, able to communicate with various different sounds, having been dubbed the 'reptilian equivalent of a whale song', and the Titan's nickname is attributed to the Titan's amazing vocals.

History
How and when exactly 'Celia' Madre-De-Aguas woke up is unknown, though strange sounds later attributed to the Titan were detected in the Caribbean, which attracted Monarch to set up shop there. Living in a cavern known as Casa de Aguas in a newly-discovered region of the Hollow Earth known as the Altahua Sea, she would make occasional trips to the surface, visiting various locations on the island nations in the Caribbean, which also happened to be the same areas where mysterious nests full of avian eggs were found, and most were destroyed intentionally by the snake Titan when she surfaced (on one occasion, she destroyed a nest under the cover of a storm). Because of this she was assumed to be hostile, but when Monarch journeyed to the Altahua Sea and then Casa de Aguas, she encountered them, and was actually peaceful with Monarch forces. The nests were later determined to be that of a newly-discovered flightless owl Titan known as Chickcharney, of which there was a mating pair. One nest not destroyed by her was revealed by satellite sensors to have some kind of mysterious energy signature that seemed to repel 'Celia' Madre-De-Aguas. At a sunken temple found beneath the Bahamas, ancient carvings were found depicting the two Titan species locked in mortal combat throughout time, signifying that these two have a rivalry. Afterwards, two battles occurred between the Titans, with 'Celia' Madre-De-Aguas winning the first battle taking place in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, and her losing the second battle taking place on the island of East Caicos, where the energy signature was found again.

Later discoveries seemed to indicate that the rivalry may have been sparked when the Chickcharneys were driven mad by some kind of natural cataclysm. Returning to Casa de Aguas, Monarch discovered a part of it the Titan never entered, which turned out to have been full of the same energy that seems to deter the Titan. Experiments with a shed scale of the Titan resulted in it being dissolved by the energy when near it, signifying that the energy was harmful to the snake Titan. A tablet found in the temple later proved this theory when the Chickcharneys held these energy crystals in their talons to ward away their enemies. The island of Curaçao off Venezuela would become an area settled by many new Titans, and eventually 'Celia' Madre-De-Aguas and her enemies showed up too, though they eventually disappeared after Monarch's Belize facility was attacked. Around this time Monarch tussled with an unknown group of people who seemed adamant on harming them, and when the city of Havana in Cuba was among many other cities on an intercept communication from them, and eventually the city became the stage of a battle between 'Celia' Madre-De-Aguas and the Chickcharneys, in which a draw occurred when all three combatants were in terrible shape by the end of it. After, she retired back to Casa de Aguas to enter dormancy and heal, though not before detouring through Cuba's waterways. Currently she lays dormant.

Constriction
Like her boa cousins, she can wrap her elongated body around her prey and opponents, and using her strength, is able to squeeze to the point of causing damage to internal organs and skeletal structure.

Aquatic Travel and Land Travel
'Celia' Madre-De-Aguas is able to transition from land to water and vice versa seamlessly, and being in either environment does not deter her.

Physical Attacks
Biting, scratching with her ventral sails, stabbing with her horns and whipping with her tail are just some of the attacks 'Celia' Madre-De-Aguas is capable of.

Sensing
Thanks to the various sensory structures around her skull, this Titan is able to detect whatever she seeks in usually dark and inaccessible environments, mainly being the dark depths of her ocean home.

Multiple Opponents
The Battle of Havana entailed her getting battered and bruised by the two Chickcharneys when they teamed up on her, and though she managed to land several hits back, it no doubt slowed the Titan down, and if her injuries by the battle's end are any indication, its that she has a rough time when it comes to taking on more than one opponent.

Trivia

 * The 'Celia' part of her name is in reference to Cuban singer Celia Cruz, who is renowned for her singing voice, and the connection between the two is linked by their vocals.
 * She was the first Titan to appear in the 'Caribbean Mission' series.