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Post by StyxD on May 5, 2018 15:00:07 GMT
The hairless one looks like a necromancer's familiar. It's a bit freaky that their paws look like human hands. Other than that, it's sweet.
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Post by Harkovast on May 5, 2018 15:01:47 GMT
They are like little racoon mitts!
I liked the idea that the Tolpish have creepy hairless ones. The idea of a scar warrior stroking one like a bond villain is a cool image.
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Post by Harkovast on May 5, 2018 15:33:13 GMT
I will have the images to post later on, just taking a break now.
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Post by wordweaver3 on May 5, 2018 15:43:44 GMT
My phone won't let me see the image.
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Post by Harkovast on May 5, 2018 18:00:34 GMT
Runners up! Tempest Fennec- Gerfae Active during the day, polygamous with females coming into season in early Spring and giving birth to litters of 2-4 pups 6 months later, packs tend to consist of unrelated adults and dependent pups which are weened when they reach 2 months old while reaching adulthood at about 7 months. Overall lifespan is about 8 years with most dying before then (12 in captivity). Fur colour is generally brown or brownish-red but orange and black aren't unheard of. They are also purely carnivorous. (In a picture I went for a raptor vibe with its big middle fingers and toes.) Wordweaver3- The Bloodtide My idea is "The Blood Tide". This is made up of predatory microscopic ocean plankton that is normally only a nuisance, causing ann irritated rash if you come in contact with it. However, on rare occasions there are massive blooms of the ravenous plankton that results in swarms of trillions. Appearing as a slimy, red mass, these blooms are capable of consuming large amounts in a short time. Anything living or once living unlucky enough to be caught in the swarm will be eaten. Even the wooden hull of a ship can be devoured out from under sailors, leaving nothing behind except a few steel nails, cannons, swords, and brass buttons. The Blood Tide typically only lasts a few days to a week before dying off. StyxD Trap Worm Trap worm is a small invertebrate whose body consists almost entirely of a tooth-filled maw and five arms arrayed in a star shape. In essence, it could be called an upside-down starfish that lives in the forests of Vellastrom, buries itself into undergrowth and dirt and waits for small prey to walk onto it to be grabbed by the arms, immobilized and eaten. When threatened, the worm tries to burrow underground, though it's not particularly apt at it. Trap worms are too small to hunt sapient people, but many an unlucky traveller found their heels grabbed and bitten by these small pests. While getting caught by such a pathetic creature is a popular joke among Onrapa trappers, germs living in the worm's saliva, as well as the general uncleanness of places where it usually lives, can lead to some pretty vicious infections for poor fellows caught by them. Wearing heavy boots when walking through forests, or being an Ivos, can successfully prevent such mishaps from happening. Many cultures have tried to find some use for trap worms, however none were ever discovered. Their languish in their popular image as disgusting, diseased and pathetic pests. However, it's clear that trap worms don't care at all what weird two-legged creatures think of them. (I drew this creature with more arms, as I thought that looked interesting. StyxD had some other creature ideas I will draw later.) Renard (He didnt give his creature a proper name.) Big-Ass Vasp A large vasp about the size of a child, the females are dark grey, the males have dark green feathers, the underside of the males' wings (normally hidden from view) are are bright orange or yellow. They form a fan with the wings and loudly rustle the feathers during courtship displays, and to intimidate rivals and other animals (albeit in the latter case they don't turn their back on whatever they're trying to scare). They have relatively long legs and can run fairly fast for a vasp of their size. They can fly, though they're not agile, and since they tend to stay within a small area they normally only fly to escape danger or get past obstacles like rivers. They eat insects and small animals, and are known to attack people if cornered, or if the mood strikes them, they're often hunted for food. A few domesticated versions exist, they generally have lighter feathers, fatter bodies, and are less aggressive, usually raised for meat rather than eggs, but it's not unheard of.
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Post by TempestFennac on May 5, 2018 18:03:25 GMT
Gerfaes look pretty cute with your art style. The others are neat too.
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Post by Harkovast on May 5, 2018 18:14:46 GMT
Red Ned liked all the entries, the Blood Tide stood out because it was just so fucking strange and crazy. He was very torn between that and the Grib, but felt the Grib would be easier to fit into the comic and was thus more practical. He was still agonising if he made the right choice later that evening.
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Post by Canuovea on May 5, 2018 19:08:06 GMT
These are really cool.
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Post by Horsie on May 5, 2018 22:50:38 GMT
The Blood Tide is goddamned terrifying, solid proof that the Eslum are full of shit. Or being a Gotetra; it's not that their hooves would protect them from the Trap Worm, it's that they're so badass the worm wouldn't dare bite them. Personally I'd be tempted to throw it at someone. Big-Ass Vasp is it's proper name. I like the wings, they look like they'd be kind of membranous rather than feathered. Though the one on the right makes me think this would be it's majestic cry.
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Post by Harkovast on May 5, 2018 23:09:20 GMT
Vasp's have 6 eyes and bat like wings...because SCIENCE!!!
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Post by Horsie on May 5, 2018 23:13:41 GMT
I forgot about that, I suppose it saves time plucking them.
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Post by wordweaver3 on May 6, 2018 1:47:16 GMT
I suppose I could have wrote more about the nature of the bloodtide (I guess it's one word now ). Basically I just seized on the idea of a slime or ooze and tried to come up with a feasible way it might exist. Something triggers an unnatural bloom (exceptionally high food supply, pollution, abnormal water temperatures, magic, whatever) and high concentration of the plankton causes them to enter a defensive eating state where they eat way more than they need. They actually eat themselves to death.
The swarm itself is a mindless and directionless thing, subject to the current and winds. During the day it's easy enough to avoid as it can be seen as a greasy stain on the surface, typically redish brown in color. At night it can be easy for a ship to sail right into the sticky mass. The only warning being the stench of decay. Getting caught in it is usually a hopeless situation. Another danger is if a swarm is swept into a harbor. Even if everyone escapes the. bloodtide will surely destroy the harbor and any ships moored there. It can also lay waste to prime fishing locations.
Since it is such a rare and unnatural occurrence, exactly how large the bloom can be is unknown. Most observed cases have been several dozen to several hundred feet wide at the surface, and presumably at least the same in depth. Although most of these were swarms that have already expired or were nearly so, making it difficult to say how large they were at peak bloom.
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Post by Horsie on May 6, 2018 2:17:01 GMT
Even during the day you probably wouldn't notice it until you were fairly close. I think I'd insist on travelling on a ship with a coppered hull, no matter how rare this crap is.
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