World: Midgard Diet: Meat Length: 23 feet Lifespan: 20 years Habitat: Lakes Dobharchu are one of the oldest monsters made by mankind, a mostly simplistic upgrade of the ancient creatures known as “otters”. Like the otters, they are beasts of… Continue Reading
Wasps are, by and large, likely the most despised animals on the planet. In a world where even spiders are beginning to be recognized as the cute and beautiful animals they are, wasps are still regarded as vicious brutes who… Continue Reading
World: Jotunheim Diet: Meat Length: 60 feet Lifespan: 300 years Habitat: Jungle/Forest Often mistaken for dragons, conigond are nothing of the sort, being fully native to Jotunheim. They are common in the giant forests and jungles of Jotunheim, those of… Continue Reading
Here at Monsters Real and Fantastic, we are avid snake stans. We have covered before how cute they are, but we also admire them for just how successful they are. There are 2,900 species of snakes worldwide, which is pretty… Continue Reading
World: Midgard Diet: Meat, fish, eggs, birds Length: 5 feet Lifespan: 10 years Habitat: Rivers in temperate and tropical climates If you are in the old country, the most ancient civilizations of the world, do not respond to the crying… Continue Reading
World: Jotunheim Diet: Detritus Height: 10 feet Lifespan: 300 years Habitat: Rainforest In the deepest, dampest forests of Jotunheim, grunguslod fill the nights with their hoots and hollering. During the day, these creatures sleep in marshy soil, only their backs… Continue Reading
World: The White Void Diet: Light Length: 5 feet Lifespan: Indefinite Habitat: Most skies Encased in a shell textured like stone, diatombs hover in the sky above much of the White Void, only absent in places of extreme heat, cold,… Continue Reading
So dinosaurs are kind of a big deal. Their popularity so eclipses all other prehistoric life that people will be earnestly surprised that there was life before them, let along billions of years worth of it. I’ve seen people declare… Continue Reading
World: Midgard Diet: Roots and worms Height: 7’5″ Lifespan: 16 years as grub, 1 month as adult Habitat: Plains Long tracks of the great plains of our world are barren, paths through the grasslands wide enough for a wagon. Those… Continue Reading
The ocean is scary. Humans are firmly terrestrial animals who aren’t particularly good at swimming, and the ocean is a whole planet full of water where you can’t see more than a few feet down. Anywhere you can’t see the… Continue Reading