Varan (MA)

The Valan バラン (Baran) of the Planet of the Monsters continuity was a species of giant monsters that first appeared in the prequel novel, Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse.

Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse
Several individuals had been confirmed.

In the late 2030, maritime patrol helicopter of the US Army detected a group of monsters on Pacific ocean including the Valan (II), along with the second individual of Baragon (II) and Anguirus (IV) respectively with anti submarine sonar, all heading to Los Angeles. The three emerged on the coast of Los Angeles, but all were in the process of escaping something in a fearful manner, something evident to mankind, rather than targeting the city. Then another gigantic monster appeared and followed the three; this was the first official confirmation of Godzilla to humanity. Not only targeting humanity, but also including other monsters in his sight lines, Godzilla was driven to destroy and hunt down all, including the three who lost their wills to fight.

At that time, the US army situated strong anti-kaiju defense lines on Los Angeles, but a charged particle beam Godzilla shot at Varan produced a powerful EMP, crushing all of the area's weaponry and city functions.

Concerning its flight ability, Valan was the first of the three for humanity to target, and more than two hundreds of armor-piecing howitzer cannons were shot, but all the three neither recoiled nor retreated and tried to land on the shore.

It was when a blue beam penetrated Valan about to fly. After killing all three monsters, Godzilla started attacking humanity, destroying Los Angeles with casualties going up to 8.7 million. Raids of bunker busters by the US army didn't affect it at all, and humanity could only watch as the monster targeted San Francisco and burned the city to the ground.

The US army with all its technological advancements tried to search for Godzilla, who disappeared into the Pacific Ocean after the incident of San Francisco, but failed to locate the target due to its ironically stealthy nature.

Other
Along with Valans and Anguirus, humanity regarded Baragon as some of easier monsters to deal with equipments of developed nations because those didn't host any pathogenic bacterias.

Trivia

 * Anguirus, along with Varan and Baragon were to face off with Godzilla in the cancelled film, Godzilla X Varan, Baragon and Anguirus: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. Additionally, being shot by Godzilla's atomic breath also resembles this film.

List of appearances

 * Godzilla: Monster Apocalypse