FASA 365 Day 175, Mona Lisa Seal (Syreni Mare Bovem) 15-20 ft stretched out. Omnivore. Amphibious.
Somewhere… in-between. Not a dinosaur. Mammal? ish?
Fins like a fish that flow down the back of the head and neck.
Flippers like a sea lion. Surprisingly fast on land or sea.
Isn’t it strange how the barnacles that have taken root seem to favor places on the body that would denote… jewelry.
And behind that Mona Lisa Smile… teeth.
BIG teeth.
FASA 365 Day 174, The Mournful Dead.
NOT a zombie, by the strictest definition.
Yet, it is still technically an undead creature, it is self aware.
It knows it has been cursed by whatever transgressions it is guilty of during its life. It knows that the level of its grotesqueness it bares, is in direct correlation to those transgressions.
Its motivations are not to eat the living but to help or be of use to anyone that it can. To do good deeds. In the hopes that it will earn a more pleasant after life.
Most are killed immediately when they approach, and subsequently go straight to hell.
The lucky ones, are able to communicate well enough that their intentions are not carnivorous.
Now, here’s the tricky part. IF they have earned enough pity, and performed enough selfless acts. They can choose to go to whatever “angelic”, afterlife they believe in.
OR, they can have their former earthly form back… as a ghost. A friendly ghost…
BUT if they were to fall back to their old nasty ways, Its off to hell.
Artists Note: Now there’s an NPC for ya.
FASA 365 Day 175, Dragon, Gritahlkohn (gree-TALL-cone).
“An overheard briefing and an Adventurers Guild Hall.”
Guild Master: Let me tell you a tale of an epic battle between a Great Dragon, Gritahlkohn, and a decrepit old wizard.
Gritahlkohn was so big and so devastating and so… well, have you ever heard of the Northern Country of Kihpal?
Adventurer: No.
Guild Master: Exactly.
Guild Master: (continues) Now it is a Frozen wasteland of tundra and mountains. A historically preserved battlefield of perpetual winter.
You see, the wizard was SO powerful, he was able to “seal” the dragon. To freeze him. For all eternity.
Or until some cataclysmic global warming event occurs.
Adventurer: So, my quest is to go north. To check in on this Gritahlkohn. To make sure he’s still sealed in his Mountain?
Guild Master: (chuckling) No, no, The Dragon IS the Mountain.
Artists Note: How bout it, adventurers; would you take the quest?
FASA 365 Day 172, Lava Spirit, 1879.
The domain of these spirts is near any naturally occurring source of great heat or any fire that is not controlled. They embody the pure destructive force of fire as destroyer and cleanser. They manifest as beings of molten burning rock having no consistent form or shape but often shifting to mimic both summoner and foe. They are ornery creatures that will balk against any order that doesn’t lead to something being scorched or reduced to ashes, and will burn anything that the foolish summoner doesn’t tell them not to.
Highly recommended that summoning these spirits should be limited to only as a weapon of last resort.
Domain: Near to any uncontrolled fire and any natural source of extreme heat including lava and hot springs.
Banned: Any area where the temperature is kept below ambient.
Artists Note: Yup, he is truly, a hunka hunka burnin’ love.
FASA 365 Day 171, Dissimulato Canem, (Camoe’d K-9) 2-3ft. omnivore
A domesticated pet, to the “Earthdawn” races of obsidiman.
These dog rocks, being prone to laying still for long stretches; often find, when they wake, that vegetation has taken root.
Giving them the looks akin to the Eloko, (see “Champion’s Challenge Graphic Novel Vol 2, “Challenges of a Madman” pg 96).
This guy is now a living walking mound of grasses, mushrooms, and in this case; dandelions.
Which is why, when his human, farmer, “owner” adopted him; he named him… “Patch”
(See what I did there? Dandelion – Patch. Get it?)