World: Midgard Diet: Any meat Height: 2’6″-7’9″ Lifespan: 10 years Habitat: Deep ocean Activity Cycle: Nocturnal The shrempen are beings of the great depths, localized to a single trench in the sea floor. They are all children of the same… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: All organic matter Height: 8-23 feet Lifespan: 2 weeks Habitat: Erebus mushroom jungle Deep in the pits of Alfheim’s erebus, there is an equatorial ring of fungal growth, fueled by the damp and warmth that seeps through… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Meat, some fruit Height: 3’8 at the shoulder Lifespan: 200 years Habitat: Forests Activity Cycle: Nocturnal Blending into the trees with their branchy antlers, cernohunds are an ancient breed of fairy dog that guards sacred groves and… Continue Reading
World: Midgard Diet: Aquatic vegetation, meat after metamorphosis Length: 1-5 feet, 2-20 feet after metamorphosis Lifespan: 1-3 years before metamorphosis, 15-40 years after Habitat: Nearly any body of freshwater and adjacent territories Activity Cycle: Diurnal A common sight and a… Continue Reading
World: Alfheim Diet: Fruits, shoots, aquatic vegetable life, occasional scavenged meat Height: 9-10 feet Lifespan: 1 year Habitat: Deep jungle in the wild, any warm region if raised properly Activity Cycle: Cathemeral Deep in Alfheim’s equatorial jungles, frequenting both land… Continue Reading
Above, the watery chaos. Below, the world in its many layers. And in between, the domes, forged of crystal by the gods. Many worlds are there. Infinite domes under those waters of chaos. But of all these worlds, we can… Continue Reading
Last time we covered the archetypal mole, the true moles that shaped out expectations of what a mole is. They’re very much not the only moles in the world. Many, many other species have taken on a similar lifestyle, and… Continue Reading
When the first movie in the Dark Universe proved to be a box office curse, I wondered when we would next see Universal’s cast of monsters. I knew they would be placed back in the toybox for a few years,… Continue Reading
So a few months ago, I was in [REGION REDACTED] for [TASK REDACTED]. I decided to check out the local Fred Meyer because I hadn’t been to one in years and wanted to see if it was like I remembered.… Continue Reading
In popular culture, very few animals are themselves. Most boil down to archetypes. The all-devouring locust, the ever-loyal and playful dog, the mountable horse. All of these archetypes are then applied imperfectly to unrelated animals. Tyranids and the Zerg are… Continue Reading