FASA 365 Day 182, Draco Orientem Minor, Small Asian Dragon. 6-12 inches. Omnivore, Fire breather, small line of razor sharp teeth.
Easily Domesticated. Loving cuddlers. Loyal. The demeanor of a small lap dog.
Artists Note: I started with a triangle shape, and stared at it for an hour and a half. I placed the eyes… and the tiny mouth… and the rest just fell into place. Thats the great part of what I do. Makin somethin’ outta nothin.
FASA 365 Day 180, Bastet, Egyptian Cat Goddess,
Depicted in FASA’s Graphic Novel, Ha’Penny Pie, The Case Of The Felonious Feline Filcher, Bastet is a benevolent side character. Helping, Detective Henry Hydesworth and his stalwart sidekick Smedley, solve the mystery of Londons disappearing feline population. Never imagining the nefarious reasons for their abduction.
Bastet is probably the best-known feline goddess from Egypt. Legend has it, she combines both nurturing and violent qualities, her shielding and motherly aspects typically are emphasized.
FASA 365 Day 179, Dragon Hatchlings. 2-3 ft. at hatching. Born hungry.
Imagine, if you will, 2 amateur adventurers and their guide. The adventures look down at the hatchings and start licking their lips. The guide is looking up.
GUIDE: We should go. NOW!
ADVENTURER 1: Are you kidding?
ADVENTURER 2: If killing the hatchlings bothers you so much, we’ll just take the third egg.
ADVENTURER 1 and 2 (look at each other, and in unison)
DRAGON EGG OMELETTES!!!
GUIDE: (Still looking up) We REALLY need to leave.
ADVENTURER 1 and 2: – but, WHY?
GUIDE: (slowly pointing upwards) Because. Where there’s eggs, and hatchlings, there’s ALWAYS…(gulp) a mother.
Artists Note: Ok guys… what happens next?
FASA 365 Day 178, Retributio Pythonissam, (Retribution Witch)
Summoned Spirit.
A spirit of justice? Karma? Retribution.
For those who believe they cannot get justice by any other means.
Blinded to any other truth other than the summoners, they will exact the summoners revenge.
How? Retributio Pythonissam will haunt their prey with physical pain, anxiety, starvation, and madness. The victim can’t or won’t eat. When they do, they can’t keep it down. The victim succumbs to frantic glutinous feeding, only to violently spew everything they have just eaten. Often, mid meal.
Soon after the victim falls prey to seizures, convulsions, and screaming fits of rage and terror. They see the shadowy figure of the witch everywhere. Death being the only release.
BUT, Let the summoner beware. These sprits hate wasting time.
You see, once they are done doing your dirty work, their focus turns to you. They have been quoted. “Now then, while I am here….”
So, before summoning, it would be best to remember the adage: “Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone.”
It pays to read the fine print.
Artists Note: All the “classics” have their “Men in Black”. Tolkien had his Ring Wraiths, Rowling has her Dementors. I am introducing the Retributio Pythonissam.
FASA 365 Day 177, Manchudda, (mahn-COO-dah) 15 ft. NOT amphibious, Not as evolved as a lot of its fish-man relatives. Equivalent to that of apes before evolution to neanderthal man.
It is the kind of hunter that could give a shark trouble. Sleek, smarter than most fish, and extremely fast… in the water.
Out of the water, you’d think it would be just as helpless as any other fish. Not so.
Its head can turn quick and with its powerful jaws, rip your head clear off.
The tail will slap back hard, and you will find yourself in the drink… and subject to its mercy.
Then, of course, there’s the well developed arms and razor sharp clawed hands that will reach out and rip you to shreds.
Therefore, it is suggested to fishermen, and anglers alike, if you have one of these on your line… just cut bait and move on.