World: Jotunheim Diet: Meat Length: 60 feet Lifespan: 300 years Habitat: Jungle/Forest Activity Cycle: Diurnal 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… 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 Activity Cycle: Nocturnal If you are in the old country, the most ancient civilizations of the world, do not respond… Continue Reading
World: Jotunheim Diet: Detritus Height: 10 feet Lifespan: 300 years Habitat: Rainforest Activity Cycle: Nocturnal 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,… 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 Activity Cycle: Diurnal Long tracks of the great plains of our world are barren, paths through the grasslands wide enough for… 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
World: Midgard Diet: Meat, some fruit Height: 3 feet at the shoulder Lifespan: 7 years Habitat: Forests and meadows Activity Cycle: Nocturnal Calopus are fearsome predators, famed for their ability to devastate forests. The saw-like horns of a calopus are… Continue Reading
World: Midgard Diet: Omnivorous Length: 6’6″ Lifespan: 80 years Habitat: Ocean Activity Cycle: Diurnal As humanity was once the dominant species of Midgard’s land, so mermaids dominate the seas. They inhabit the sunlight zone of every sea, with hundreds of… Continue Reading