Bestiary

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

INTRODUCTION The hellhound is a generic name given to large black dogs primarily found in western Europe. The dog is over sized, black and has fiery red eyes. They are typically regarded as portents of death, and may be invisible to all but whom the dog hunts. Many were also Read more

Legend says the thunderbird was an enormous bird with a wing-span so large the sweep of its wings clapped like thunder. Also associated with storms, it is believed the thunderbird carried lightning on its back. They are intelligent, powerful, and wrathful. They seem closest in form to that of an Read more

The truth of these monsters are based off a legend of a woman who a mistress of Zeus. She was cursed by Hera to devour all her own children she had with Zeus. As a result, she was transformed into mothering a race of creatures which breathe life into modern, Read more

The first Dreyken were the original test subjects meant to create superior eyesight in men during the Age of Gods. They succeeded. Dreyken have the eyesight of a falcon, especially in the dark, but at a cost. A defect in their nervous system keeps their body temperature unregulated. Their translucent Read more

Other names: none known. Aggression level: Medium (Once provoked: High) Origin: Russia Lore: There are many legends about creatures and spirits which haunt sweat tents, saunas and bathhouses. In Russia, a creature known as the bannik dwells within the Banya bathhouses, whose job it is to punish those which cross Read more