Nothing says Sword & Sorcery like strange looking animals from bygone eras. While we might be used to seeing dinosaurs that managed to survive to meet humans how about carnivorous horses, giant Amphibians and predatory flightless birds.
Check out these YouTube channels which provide loads of inspiration for Sword & Sorcery type beasts and monsters.
I learned from from one of these videos that there is evidence that humans in South and Central America hunted the Wikipedia: Gomphothere up to 11, 000 years ago.
And here's a clip from 10,000 BC. A cheesy movie but I do take some inspiration from it.
I've always been partial to Megalania, with two reasons being probably the most important as to why:
ReplyDeleteFirst, it was located in the same general area as Sundaland, being known in Australia up to the time human beings arrived there;
and Second, it resembles to a great degree the dragons found in the early parts of Robert E. Howard's Conan story, "Red Nails".
So, it's got a great lineage for swords & sorcery and also Sundaland, making it a perfect addition to the setting.
I agree! I highlighted them in a previous article.
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