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An updated version of a piece I did four years ago, now with color and both being slightly updated regarding anatomy.

Inspired by prey animal, like zebras, putting up a fight against a lioness when desperate.

Here, an Edmontosaurus stallion, with no other options available, decides to put himself between the T.rex and the rest of the herd. The Tyrannosaurus rex is both surprised and a bit angry that the large herbivore has decided to fight back.

A powerful predator he may be, the sheer weight of the stallion means that the Edmontosaur has a good chance of winning this wrestling match.

A patron requested a fun scenario as a piece of fan art. Specifically this is a piece of fanart for the Artechocene by Specman34's Artechocene project.

Here, a descendant of Sleeper sharks, the Star-toothed shark, is about to lay waste to a most unfortunate flightless bird in the form of the Noisome Bokapner, among the heaviest of seabirds in the Artechocene.

The scenario is basically a case of unfortunate timing: the bird wanted to take a breath, only for the shark to pounce upon it, the sheer force of its momentum and the speed of it opening its jaws means the sea bird basically can't escape.

Context: No Man's Land is a worldbuilding project/speculative ecology/evolution project focusing on Earth where a we, as human beings, simply vanished. It focuses on the animals and plants we left behind, and the consequences of so many introduced species ending up in places where they weren't meant to be.

Finally exploring the world of No Man's Land again, this time featuring the Danube!

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The Danube Delta, the second largest river delta in Europe, and even during the time of humans, it was perhaps the best preserved river ecosystem in the area. During the time of humans, it already supported a robust ecosystem of fish, small mammals, amphibians and notably, birds. Supporting this ecosystem is a plethora of plantlife, from grasses to the poplar trees that dominate the marshes.

In the time of humans, this area was also a place full of wind mills and wind farms… though now without humans, all that is left are the hollowed out husks of their towers and propellers, slowly being consumed by the green of the Delta.

Birds like Great white pelicans, grey herons and pygmy cormorants all call this place home, before and after the time of humans, for the Danube continues to be a bountiful place teeming with fish… and one creature in particular might have had a hand in increasing this bounty; the common water buffalo.

The presence of the water buffalo can be considered one of the greatest legacies of rewilding in this world without humans, for their mere presence can change the entire ecosystem. In the Danube’s case, water buffalo help clear the rivers of excess plant matter, letting new plants grow in the river shallows. 

Tough vegetation like reeds and thickets that most other cattle would avoid are no match for these hardy creatures, and through their feeding open new water pathways that prevent stagnation, and the sheer weight of their numbers and trampling hooves help create everything from open grass areas to pools and puddles, vital for many animals like small fish and amphibians to breed and lay eggs, alongside creating more nesting areas for many water birds who feed on said fish and amphibians.

Such a large gathering of nutrients catches the attention of many animals, and the story of the Danube can also be described as the gathering place of many creatures either filling old niches of age past, or whose presence is only possible via the introduction of humans. Others have simply expanded upon their already present populations, and continue to do so without humans.

Bears roam about here to take advantage of fish, greenery and more for ample food to fuel their bodies. The Danube-Carpathian region was already home to one of the largest populations of brown bears in Europe, and their population is only going to increase now that the land is even more biodiverse than it was before.

Arriving from the south, a hippo descended from captive populations makes himself known that he is the biggest creature in the swamp. In ages past, his relatives used to call Europe home, before going extinct sometime during the end of the Pleistocene. Now the hippo has come to feast upon the green of the Danube once more.

Rose-ringed parakeets, already a common sight in so many countries of the world during the time of humans, are the newest birds to call this home. Tolerant of the cold due to being from the Himalayas, this hardy, omnivorous bird species have continued to spread throughout the whole of Europe.

From the north, another legacy of rewilding efforts has come to make the Danube its home: The Tiger, specifically, the Siberian Tiger, filling in for the Caspian Tiger. Water buffalo are the choice game for a beast like the big cat.

Two omnivores from feral populations have also made it their home here, though both are from places far away from Europe.

From North America is the raccoon, a curious, intelligent animal with a knack for finding food in any place it can find. Feral populations from Spain and the Caucauses have now spread to other parts of Europe, the Danube included.

From Eastern Asia comes the raccoon dog, already a prevalent invasive species in Western and Eastern Europe, but because it feeds upon the same resources as the American raccoon, it now faces some of the fiercest competition yet for its particular omnivorous niche.

Gazing upon them all, a lone golden eagle perches on top of an enormous turbine blade. In a time of many newcomers and returning faces, one thing remains constant: in this world without humans, the golden eagle remains the most powerful predator of European skies

This week man... It's been ROUGH.

It's Independence day here in Indonesia, so I made something to celebrate our paleontological history, specifically from the Pleistocene.

The Komodo Dragon as a species has existed for approx. 4 million years ago. All of the creatures behind the lizard presented all called what would become Indonesia home and lived at the same time as the Komodo throughout the time periodd the species existed. Of the bunch, only the dragon remains.

My biggest fear lately is that, one day, in several human lifetimes, wild populations might go the way of their former contemporaries.

The extinct species featured in are:

• The Timor Giant Rat (Coryphomys musseri)
• The Colossal Pangolin (Manis palaeojavanica)
• The Javan Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica)
• The Longhorn Water Buffalo (Bubalus palaeokerabau)
• The Wolverine Shark (Hemipristis serra)
• The Great Ape (Gigantopithicus blacki)

Inspired by the response in other places to this image I made here, and how much people really like seeing divine entities interacting with one another, or in this case both divine beings and the mortals with stories that involve the divine.

The context was basically this: I got inspired by a TREY the Explainer vidya, and made the piece above, where Odysseus and Moses have a candid discussion on leadership and the nature of men and gods, while in the heavens, above, Poseidon, God of the Seas wrestles with the angel Samael, the Destroyer. The logic goes that, so long as Odysseus is on the shore of a foreign land, and not in the seas, he's not Poseidon's to torment.

This got me wondering (especially since I have a setting entirely about gods in a science fantasy version of our universe), do the pantheons of your developed cultures in our world ever crossover an in-universe context? Do they influence and intermix in neighbouring cultures like myths did in our world?

Are they LITERAL gods talking with other gods like in Marvel/DC/Image comics? If the major religion of your worlds are pantheistic or animist in nature, how do they interact with pantheons that have more strict heiarchies?

Or are your gods more like in ASOIAF, where the gods are worshipped, but some are more involved in the lives of mortals than others?

I'm just really, REALLY fascinated by how people weave their pantheons in their world.

A little drawing I did earlier when Nanaimoteuthis was discovered. Originally more serious and "traditional looking" paleoart of an impossible situation considering one is a Miocene creature and the other is a Cretaceous creature... but Invincible S4 was playing I couldn't resist.

For Context: Beast Fables is a worldbuilding project featuring a world where everyone on land is some form of werebeast, alongside merfolk who live beneath the waves and beneath the notice of landlubbers, and the myriad of beasts and creatures that live among them. Those animals born with The Gift either become Chimeras, creatures that borrow traits from other animals, or Dire Beasts.

Uploaded these elsewhere last year, but now I can freely share here!

For those new to Beast Fables, Dire Beasts are essentially animals and creatures born with The Gift much like Chimeras, but instead of borrowing traits from other animals temporarily, they have a permanent transformation that makes them, essentially, a larger, more exaggerated version of themselves.

While the sea is filled with merfolk that resemble the creatures of the deep, and all the strengths (and drawbacks) that come with, oceanic dire beasts are rightly feared and respective. You can be the most skilled warrior in all the oceans, but a large enough, and powerful enough dire beast can still easily maim or eviscerate an overconfident merperson.

Meanwhile, on land, while every human is a werebeast, and all the advantages that come with their beast forms and the benefits of civilization, the surface world is still full of dangerous and formidable dire beasts, several that can tear apart many unfortunate werefolk.

Creatures of the Sea:

Sea Shredder

Base Animal: Orca

The famed dire beast form of bull orcas, these intelligent giants follow their pods to assist their mothers, sisters and aunts to hunt down the most powerful of giant prey. Their teeth are modified to slice even the thickest skin and scales of prey. Their size and strength allow these bulls to protect their pod better from the other giant dire beasts of the deep.

Diamondgrin

Base Animal: Great White Sharks and Whalehunter Sharks

Diamondgrins are named for both the sharpness and nigh-unbreakable nature of their teeth, allowing them to bite through armor and thick, blubbery hide of their preferred meals. Great White diamondgrins tend to be leaner and speedier, while Whalehunter diamondgrins tend to be more robust.

Shipbreaker

Base Animal: Sperm Whale

The most feared dire beast among cetaceans, for not only does dirification make these sperm whales larger, but also more aggressive. With a battering ram head reinforced with some of the hardest-to-pierce skin in the animal kingdom, even the hulls of First and Second rate ships of the line are no match for these whales.

Titanokrios

Base Animal: Krios

Unstoppable, that sums up the dire beast form of the orca-sized placoderm of the Krios. Not only is it larger, the shape of their skulls allow them to not only ram prey and rivals harder, but tears them apart in a grisly manner.

Knightlobster

Base Animal: Ambrosian and Erobian Lobsters

So named for their armour and their elongated rostrum akin to knight’s lance, the Knightlobsters are the heaviest of oceanic arthropod dire beasts, with enough raw strength to pulverize any natural armour, and are said to be capable of even breaking the chains of anchors.

Coraltrapper

Base Animal: Frogfish

Camouflaged to look like a portion of coral reef, even carrying bits of coral on its hide, the Coraltrapper is the dire beast version of the frogfrish, and uses its lure to imitate everything from a particularly large worm or an anemone. When its prey is in range, almost nothing can escape the vacuum motion of its maw.

Shellcruncher

Base Animal: Wolf Eel

One of the hardiest and hardest biting animals out there, it actively seeks out the dire beast forms of everything from clams to urchins, for only other dire beasts can satiate its appetite.

Sandfury

Base Animal: Bobbit Worm

Enormous bobbit worms big enough to snap up sharks and porpoises, the ‘fury’ part of its name is from the fact it doesn’t stop if it misses its prey once, it will actively chase prey with incredible ferocity. Male sandfuries are particularly aggressive, and actively go out of their way to try and hunt down any sandfury in its territory. Females are just as large and powerful, locking mandibles in contests of fitness and strength are common when it is time to mate.

Creatures of Land and Sky:

Atrox Bear

Base Animal: Buffalo Bear

The dire beast form of the Buffalo Bear (Arctodus simus), otherwise known as the short-faced bear or Arctodus. A truly unstoppable goliath, one that requires a full military response to even scare off, for not only is it powerful, its thick hide is reinforced by fur that feels almost like chainmail in its hardness. In the wild, what the Atrox bear wants, it gets!

Bloodfang Drake

Base Animal: Waral/Biawak Yago

Drakes are the Dire Beast forms of monitor lizards, and few are as famous as the Bloodfang. Red like the blood of the animals it feasts upon, this drake is most famous for its incredibly sharp teeth, able to slice through the hide of other dire beasts, its preferred prey. Known for its cunning and long term planning skills, though not exactly in the league of a dire tiger’s. The second largest drake, second only to the dire beast form of Megalania.

Jungle Warpick

Base Animal: Great Hornbill

An enormous version of the hornbill, with male Jungle Warpicks being almost twice the size of their female counterparts. Thorough, incredibly territorial to other dire beasts, they are quite sociable to other hornbills, especially in a congregation, and typically acting as the congregation’s chief guardian, scaring off any potential threat with a beak so sharp and hard to be able to punch through plate armor.

Gatebreaker

Base Animal: White Rhino

So named because it's strong enough to annihilate city walls in during ancient and Veridian (the Urvaran equivalent of Medieval) times, the Gatebreaker is famous for being able to shrug off most attacks, be they from man or beast, and return it tenfold with a mighty charge and a heavily modified, nigh unbreakable horn.

Cardinal Chameleon

Base Animal: Veiled Chameleon

Named for the bony crests resembling a cardinal’s hat, it certainly looks like a figure of authority among chameleons. Its bulk is fueled by an appetite wiith no qualms in whatever it ate, from drakonflies to large rodents and certain types of snakes. Famous for its supreme control over the colors of its skin, with the ability to create dazzling displays that can disorient prey and potential predators alike.

Redspine Echidna

Base Animal: Echidna

A powerful digging beasts with ruby red spines that deters from both predators and the bites and stings of its prey, consisting mostly of ants. Claws that are good at tearing the earth are also good at tearing apart men great and small.

Mountaintusker Macaque

Base Animal: Highland Macauqe

The even larger, meaner version of the largest species of Macaque, if its bright red face isn’t a warning enough, its tusk-like canines certainly will. Keratinized brows and thick fur provides protection for whenever this fearsome monkey needs to fight against a potential threat.

Forest Kingbeetle

Base Animal: Erobian Stag Beetle.

One of the few dire insects that grows in size comparable to many vertebrates, this pig-sized beetle has a carapace that shrugs off bullets, bright coloration that demonstrates its fitness, and particularly bold males will grab a person’s knee and try to split it in half.

Dusksnatcher

Base Animal: Spectral Bat

The beast of the evening and the night, and the only thing at night that can regularly compete with dire owls in the continent of Ambrosia. Frequently attacks humans entering its territory, especially were-arthropods.

Combative Shoebill

Base Animal: Shoebill

The bird equivalent of a mighty warrior that proudly declares that it wants to fight, and with the full confidence it will probably win, clattering its bill with sounds reminiscent of a musket dominated battlefield straight from the Twenty Years’ War. Hunts game comparible to itself in size, and frequently duels with Dire storks.

Tlahuele

Base Animal: Hummingbirds

Take a feisty hummingbird, make it bigger, make it even more fearless, and arm with a beak as sharp as arrows, and one has the Tlahuele. It doesn’t matter how big the opponent is, it will try everything to oust an intruder, including aiming for the eyes.

Warrior Fly

Base Animal: Robber Fly

The Lord of the Flies, the Dire beast form of the robber fly is an insect that regularly hunts other formidable arthropods, be they fellow dire beasts or fearsome chimera like the dragonfly. Even predatory birds are on the menu for this giant insect.

Made this earlier this year, now I can get to share it here! I feel like the Midwest is an underutilized aspect of Fallout lore aside from tactics, so I wanted to explore a critter that could be lurking in "Famous Dinosaur Capital", Hell Creek, Montana.

Lore: The Tyrant of Hell Creek, the Hellclaw.

No one knows where it comes from or how it came to be, but those that live in that specific area of what was once Montana knows and fears the nigh un-killable giant.

Perhaps it was born of a bored scientist who wanted to combine the strength of man-made abominations with that of Nature's greatest giants... or simply because someone really liked dinosaurs, and said someone added bits and pieces of dinosaurs, like Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex onto the Deathclaw genetic blueprint.

Whatever its true origins, everyone in the Hell Creek Wasteland, from traders, farmers, mercenary gangs and raiders, knows and fears the one that truly rules this patch of land.

A colossal thing, big enough and strong enough to tower above elder Super Mutant Behemoths and tear them to ribbons.

A young T.rex takes matters into his own hands, after one too many raids by Nanotyrannuses whenever his parents go on a hunt.

The older, more experienced Nano was NOT expecting this youngster to be THIS strong at such an age.

Context and Introduction

Beast Fables: A worldbuilding project featuring a world where everyone on land is some form of werebeast, alongside merfolk who live beneath the waves and beneath the notice of landlubbers, and the myriad of beasts and creatures that live among them. Said beasts, who share the Gift of Transformation like humans/werefolk do, turn into combination creatures known as chimera.

My interpretation on a classic staple of fantasy creature, the Ogre!

In Urvara the world Beast Fables takes place in, the Ogre isn't a single creature, it is instead a catch-all term for any big, strong chimera that had has a nasty pair of tusks, nastier tempers, and can tear a person in two with powerful arms.

At least two, the Cave and Southern Ogres, are associated with attacks on werefolk, up o and including eating them, with Cave Ogres actively hunting werefolk quite often. Meanwhile, the Ambrosian Ogre is simply good at tearing werefolk in two just to be on the safe side whenever it feels threatened.

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Grottebeast AKA The Cave Ogre: The classical Ogre from which all other similar chimeric morphs are named after, derived from various species of bear. The one presented here is derived from a brown/grizzly bear.

Famously aggressive, bears that transform into ogres are known to regularly hunt people, pursuing them for hours or even a full day without stopping.

The quills on its back are to dissuade ambushes from other powerful chimera and dire beasts, meaning that in order to slay an ogre, one has to fight it face-to-face.

Robos: The ogre morph derived from hippos, and by FAR the most territorial of the three ogre morphs in Urvara.

Responsible for many a human casualty in wartime (and peace time for that manner), and even with the advent of gunpowder, these ogres are notoriously hard to put down when angered.

Battles between roboses and other chimeras and dire beasts are legendary.

Kedhara: The final type of ogre morph, derived from ground sloths. The one most likely to be green, and will very much prefer that you leave its swamp!

It is the most defensive oriented of the three ogre types, and the least aggressive, if only because it's not willing to chase if you make it mad. It is still an INCREDIBLY dangerous opponent.

Kedharas derived from the largest species of ground sloth like Eremotherium are also the largest ogres of them all.

Note: You might be wondering why I didn't use the Mapinguari. Well, for one, it may be a cryptid, but before that it was and still is a creature of folklore and legend, much like Mokele Mbembe. Meaning that if I ever use a Mapinguari, I want to give it proper gravitas.

Meanwhile the name Kedhara is derived from Kida Harara, the Karitiana word for "Laughing Beast", and a synonym of the more famous name.

Beast Fables: A worldbuilding project featuring a world where everyone on land is some form of werebeast, alongside merfolk who live beneath the waves and beneath the notice of landlubbers, and the myriad of beasts and creatures that live among them.

An introduction to courtship ceremonies in Merfolk society:

Courtship is a nigh-universal aspect of Merfolk society, from all types of waters and in both settled and nomadic cultures. Besides being a ritual couples go through if they really want to get married, it is also vital in maintaining inter-community politics and trade. For many Merfolk of high status and authority, courtship and marriages are vital in maintaining good relations with everything from neighboring tribes and city states to nomadic merchant and warrior societies.

Merfolk society is typically matrilineal, most prevalent in mer-shark, mer-billfish and mer-anglerfish families and societies, and typically governed and managed by a clan Matriarch. While many family matriarchs may respect whom their daughters wish to marry, the potential suitor frequently needs to impress or gain the approval of a clan's matriarch.

As the daughter of the Matriarch of Clan Otodona, who just happens to also be Tridentsfall head councilwoman, Kara is considered one of the most eligible bachelorettes in the southern oceans and seas. Being a wealthy city state that is close to rich, biodiverse waters, marrying her would make a suitor one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the waters surrounding Ulmaroa and the Evergreen Isles.

But only IF Kara herself accepts, and she's very much well known for rejecting a plethora of suitors

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Suitor No. 1: Cassius "Casey" Magnomanus

"I killed an apex predator, YOU killed an apex predator! We're meant to be, Ms. Otodona!"

"Wow, you slew a sub-adult turtle. I feel sooooooooooo much safer. Yay."

Many communities pride themselves on being a culture of warriors and hunter gatherers. Mer-cuttlefish are among these groups, with the Giant Cuttlefish folk being the most prominent.

Cassius "Casey" Magnomanus, son of the great Brutus Magnus Magnomanus prides himself as the heir of one of these great clans, and he has the fangs of skull of great oceanic hunters as a testament to his skill. He also has known Kara since they were kids, and both their parents are both friends and close allies.

However, his bragadocious and entitled attitude more than outweighs any positives of being a good hunter could be in the eyes of Kara.

There's also the matter of the fact Casey just does not like doing more mundane stuff that is crucial to maintaining a town (like counting pearls), which is unacceptable to the diligent and notoriously workaholic Kara.

Suitor No. 2 Finnaeus Efaradis, for learned men are always a boon to a community.

A suitor sponsored by one of the archeological societies that Kara's dad, Galeo, works for. He is blessed with great knowledge, experience, and the legacy of many great learned men before him.

He takes his profession SO seriously, he REALLY doesn't like the concept of a daughter of some politician thinking she has anywhere near the knowledge or experience to handle precious artifacts of Merfolk history and culture.

"A politician's place is politics. You are a future politician. Leave history to those who TRULY understand and revere its importance!"

He says to Kara, who works in Tridentsfall's museum among other duties, and is a very adept student of history herself.

In short, the living emobodiment of someone saying "Um... but actually-".

Suitor No. 3: Kazuo "Kaz" Makokiro

During courtship, what a son or daughter wears has great meaning, as it is one way to gauge their accomplishments at a first glance, as well as what their town, tribe or city-state can provide.

Kazuo "Kaz" Makokiro is the son of one of the wealthiest Merfolk clans in general, his homeland being the waters surrounding Hinode. He owes much of his wealth from his families extensive trade networks, and hopes to marry into the Otodona in order to get access to Tridentfall's seasilk trade.

He's charming, fashionable and said fashion sense is a symbol of his great wealth. He's also a serial philanderer, and primarilly sees Kara less as a person, and more a prize to be won in order to bring more wealth, honor and glory for his own clan.

On a cultural note, unlike Mersharks, many Mercrab families are patrilineal, usually ruled by the biggest and strongest member of a clan's family members.

Kara ultimately rejects Kaz... because not only can she sense he doesn't particularly value her as a person, he also seems to be a kind of guy that prefers to delegate when push comes to shove, instead of trying to find solutions on his own. He's also not that great when it comes to physicality, which is important considering Kara's family are an entire clan made of warrior women (Kara's little sister Petra being the exception).

Suitor No 4: Manu Fulumako, big as a boulder, strong as one too, member of a proud clan of Merlobsters that are appropriately tough as the stony bedrock of the seas themselves.

He is however, very much scared of his own shadow. The main reason why he has a coat of a Giant Mahi Mahi was because he ducked at the last second during his initiation into manhood, and the great fish hit a rock by accident.

Everything else, he'd very much flee than... well... talk, let alone fight.

Kara understands he's a nice guy... buuuuuut Tridentsfall prides itself of punching above its weight for a reason, and the most ideal warrior is one that... well... can actually fight.

Suitor No 5: Uzdur Gantuor, a giant merman whose people are based on beaked whales. Dense in both bone and muscle, his people and tribe are some of the greatest warrior nomads around.

The skull of a Tizheruk he slew is a testament to his might.

Of all the suitors, he's the one that impressed Kara the most, for not only is he strong enough to defend himself and his people, he is honorable, respectful of her own people's traditions, and respects her own strength.

Sadly, Kara had to turn him down, mostly because his people's philosophy of "all things can be solved with ritualistic brute force" isn't yet compatible with Tridentsfall's more diplomatic policy to trade. Plus, Uzdur, really neglected the more administrative parts of ruling.

Uzdur takes it in stride, because he did better than the others! So long as there's no big, lifechanging events or someone who actually meets Kara's standards in a year's time, he has a good shot at being chosen by the matriarch's daughter!

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Kara Otodona, for the second year in a row, has rejected all her potential suitors, solidifying the reputation of the heir of Tridentsfall as one of the hardest bachelorettes to impress in the southern seas.

The courtship process of the ruling families can be a lengthy one, especially one who routinely attracts suitors from many a great family, and in the case for many merfolk clans, especially mersharks, the choice always comes down to the decision of the matriarch's heir.

Routine rejections however, are a political headache for the Clan Matriarch, especially one who manages a place as interconnected to oceanic seaways like Tridentsfall. As a trading hub, it is the center of a large network of allied city states and towns, and the last thing Carol needs in this most uncertain of times is the straining of said relationships.

From left to right:

- Brutus Magnus Magnomanus: The Great Cuttlefish himself, ruling over a clan of warrior cephalopods, with an impressive record against raiders and great beasts. One of Carol's most loyal allies and a good friend.

- Carol Otodona: Kara's mother, and Matriarch of Clan Otodona. Wise, VERY strong, but also increasingly exasperated and worried about the general path of Merfolk-dom. Respected by all of Tridentsfall for her patient guidance combined with enough physical might to send troublemakers swimming.

- Finnaeus Efaradis the Elder: Sometimes known as Finny the Elder, he's the boss of Kara's dad, Galeo Otodona. Incredibly intelligent, and runs his archeology guild as a well run unit. Incredibly insecure about his skills as a parent, and deeply afraid of disprespecting other figures of authority.

- Taksho Makokiro: One of the richest men in the seas, and Patriarch of Clan Makokiro. Runnning a network of trade stations beneath the waves, he's always looking for any new opportunity to expand his reach. VERY peeved that Clan Otodona's rejected his son.

- Byru "the Lucky" Fulumako: Named for his blue shell, he's the chief of an entire clan of mer-lobsters famous for their strength. It's a shame his own son isn't what one would call "mighty and brave warrior" material.

- Bardur Gantuor: The nomadic chieftan of fearsome beaked whale folk, he's pretty much an older version of his son, which includes love of fighting and winning. One thing he has above his son, is that he has a strong grasp of logistics.