Three water guardians inhabit in the earth. They are unique creatures, only one of each kind exist, that must remain submerged in water. As the ending of the 6th Age drew near and the Atharim ever gained more and more power, they captured the trident that belonged to Triton, king Read more…
In Dante’s Inferno, harpies inhabited the tortured wood where suicides have their eternal punishment in the seventh ring of Hell. Fitting, harpies were indeed created for that purpose. They are the agents of punishment, abducting and torturing those condemned by the gods. In legend, King Phineas used his gift of Read more…
Singers have souls tied to all things that grow on the earth. The talent may manifest as something as innocuous and unremarkable as a person being described as “green-fingered,” to an innate ability to encourage and direct the growth of plants. Though not connected with the One Power, there is Read more…
The cherufe is a snake-like creature which dwells alongside magma pools deep within volcanic caverns. Ancient civilizations satiated the cherufes’ appetite with sacrificial victims, practices long abandoned except in the darkest corners of the world. Twenty years ago, when the Ascendancy first came into executive power, and volcanoes long dormant Read more…
Strzyga is a vampiric demon in Polish folklore. It is born to human parents, but has two hearts, two souls, and two set of teeth. Often a child born with already developed teeth was said to be a strzyga. They are sometimes said to have bright red hair and blue Read more…
Originally ferocious foot-soldiers, Oni are hideous, ogre-like creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and long horns curling away from their skulls. They are humanoid in appearance but may have additional unnatural features such as scales, hide, or fur of deepest black color. In legend they are depicted as wearing cloths Read more…
Fawns of both genders were devised by a mind with a insatiable lust for art and beauty. They are stunning creatures at rest, but when they dance, it is breathtaking. Today’s fawns are long diluted in majesty from that of their ancestors, but occasionally, a miraculous child is born under Read more…
The Ijiraq were once used as spies and assassins by those who controlled them. They appear as half-man, half-mist but can take almost any form, making them particularly deceptive. When encountering one, you will see it out of the corner of your eye, then if you try to observe it Read more…
INTRODUCTION Modern paleontologists have identified the quetzalcoatlus as a flying reptilian bird, an azhdarchid pterodactyloid from the Latest Cretaceous that ended 65 million years ago. However, like other species of Dinosauria, their lifetimes existed in unknown Ages-past from an unknown number of turnings of the Wheel. The quetzalcoatlus has specifically Read more…
We’ve all been visited by a nightmare. Then, upon waking, we’ve all known that frightening moment where we cannot decipher reality from dream. For comfort, we tell ourselves nightmares are not real.But they are. Nightmares are described as small, swift creatures of deepest black fur that can move on all Read more…