World: Jotunheim Diet: Anything, preference for plant matter Height: 16’5″ Lifespan: 300 years Habitat: Volcanos, plains, forests Activity Cycle: Diurnal The creatures known as fire giants have none of the inherent power over fire that their names might suggest. Rather,… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Any Organic Material Height: 9’1″ Lifespan: 3 months Habitat: Desert Activity Cycle: Diurnal There are no summer and winter in Alfheim, just wet and dry seasons. In the driest deserts, the wet season is usually extremely brief… Continue Reading
If you missed the original Boglins article, click here! The last gasp of the Boglins under Mattel was in the 2000s, after which the brand petered out. They seemed to be forgotten by all except a few enthusiasts, doomed to… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Fungal material Height: 8’5″ Lifespan: 30 years Habitat: Fungal jungle Activity Cycle: Cathemeral Swimming awkwardly through the air and casually walking on walls and ceilings, a gravigrum is simultaneously graceful and clumsy-looking. Their odd movements come from… Continue Reading
Hailing from the latter years of the decade before I was born and continuing well into the 90s, Boglins have been a fascination to me for a while now, and something I’ve wanted to cover on this site ever since… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Prefer grass, supplemented with other plant material Height (at shoulder): 4’0″ (female) 5’7″ (male) Lifespan: 15 years Habitat: Forest Activity Cycle: Nocturnal Hearing music in the many forests of Alfheim is not uncommon. Many fae have a… Continue Reading
There’s a common perception that crocodiles and alligators are fundamentally ancient creatures, unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs. They have been the same for millions of years, and they will be the same for millions more, should they survive.… Continue Reading
World: Any Diet: Meat Length: 1’0″ Lifespan: 25 years Habitat: Desert Activity Cycle: Nocturnal A powerful but puny form of dragon, basilisks are, thankfully, extraordinarily rare and restricted to the driest, most remote stretches of desert in every world, most… Continue Reading
World: Black Wastes Diet: Meat Height: 9’5″ (pyramid only) Lifespan: 150 years Habitat: Deserts, preferably with rocky or metallic structures Activity Cycle: Diurnal In the vast deserts of the Black Wastes, there are many breaks in the unending sea of… Continue Reading
Monster Hunter was on the verge of change in the late 2010s. The next generation was going to change the formula, making a more open world with all-new mechanics for movement and tracking. Unfortunately, this new style of game would… Continue Reading