The Coelboidae are the most ancient snakes. As the songs of creation burst forth from the heavens, the dragons began to rumble to wakefulness in the bowels of the earth. But those deep places also held other serpents, lesser serpents. As the waning of the time of myth, the lesser serpents faded into the snakes, and their eldest were the Coelboidae. They do not bear claws and wings like the wyrms, they are fully legless, but still at least as long as an elf is tall, and most of the are far larger. They are usually coloured to look like the place they live, and shed their skins often to blend into the area.
Read MoreInside every hero a fire burns bright enough to be seen by even some normal mortals. Heroes shine so brightly that they sometimes are seen with halos or as a burning pillar. Those heroes though sometimes falter. They sometimes fall. Lust, greed, and fear have broken heroes but that spark cannot die. These heroes leave behind their light, shattered and broken. Two burning points of leftover potential.
Read MoreThe Dendan is the larger cousin of the whale. The great beast of the deep, the fear and desire of ever sailor. The tales of the Dendan are told by firelight, when sailors remember their lost brethren. The shanties of those who have slain one are only sung to defy the very waves themselves.
Read MoreSome people do things too evil for the gods to condone. Ending heroes before their story is over. Inventing murder. Creating the first liches. These things the gods will punish by exiling the being. Not from a kingdom, city, or even a temple. These creatures walk the earth alone forever, with no options for succor, and the gods themselves preventing them from resting their heads.
Read MoreChimera are generally not naturally occurring creatures. There's a belief that they are the creation of the deities, or the children of deities. However, they are typically created by alchemical or magical accidents. In fact, they are not really a species in the same way other creatures are, each specimen is created as a result of a unique event (though sometimes you do get a brood rather than a unique individual). This means encountering a Chimera is often fraught with surprises, even by the most learned or experienced survivalists.
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