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Bestiary artwork for Endless Realms, a D&D-like "pen and paper" fantasy RPG I'm working for.
While normally I get a mix of different kinds of creatures, this monster block consisted of entirely corrupted spirits. The world(s) of Endless Realms has a number of gods, but they are normally quite removed - spirits, on the other hand, thrive in the Corporeal Realms of mortal races, often creating symbiotic relationships with its people, places, and principles, inhabiting places such as villages, forests or rivers, or representing concepts such as harvest or war. However, sometimes these spirits grow hungry for power and become corrupted, twisted versions that feed off the world rather than nourish and balance it - for these various concepts, I've tried to capture the darker, nastier essence of what they represent. The art director required all the spirits to be humanoid, but requested that they all be "eerie and strange" - I took that quite liberally. There's a lot that can be done with the basic humanoid shape, and alternatively making them all "people with different horns and bits on them, or wearing different outfits" seemed terribly boring.
In my mind, imagining a cave spirit that has become corrupted in its ways is a creature of the deep, damp darkness, something that dangles unseen from the dripping ceiling, something whose form seems unnatural to day-going eyes, something that embraces the shadowy depths of its home and uses it to prey on the fears of its victims. I imagine this guy was perhaps once more elegant in appearance, perhaps even beautiful in an otherwordly way, but has since warped into something more malevolent.
Concept & Artwork © 2014-2017 Lunar Games Inc.
Endless Realms FAQ
While normally I get a mix of different kinds of creatures, this monster block consisted of entirely corrupted spirits. The world(s) of Endless Realms has a number of gods, but they are normally quite removed - spirits, on the other hand, thrive in the Corporeal Realms of mortal races, often creating symbiotic relationships with its people, places, and principles, inhabiting places such as villages, forests or rivers, or representing concepts such as harvest or war. However, sometimes these spirits grow hungry for power and become corrupted, twisted versions that feed off the world rather than nourish and balance it - for these various concepts, I've tried to capture the darker, nastier essence of what they represent. The art director required all the spirits to be humanoid, but requested that they all be "eerie and strange" - I took that quite liberally. There's a lot that can be done with the basic humanoid shape, and alternatively making them all "people with different horns and bits on them, or wearing different outfits" seemed terribly boring.
In my mind, imagining a cave spirit that has become corrupted in its ways is a creature of the deep, damp darkness, something that dangles unseen from the dripping ceiling, something whose form seems unnatural to day-going eyes, something that embraces the shadowy depths of its home and uses it to prey on the fears of its victims. I imagine this guy was perhaps once more elegant in appearance, perhaps even beautiful in an otherwordly way, but has since warped into something more malevolent.
Concept & Artwork © 2014-2017 Lunar Games Inc.
Endless Realms FAQ
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This is always, in my mind, the best example of a "corrupted spirit" in any media.
I think "beautiful in a otherworldly way" is exactly what this is. It reminds me of a cave spider.
It can be frightening in the right environment but when you really look at it, there's definitely elegance.
I think "beautiful in a otherworldly way" is exactly what this is. It reminds me of a cave spider.
It can be frightening in the right environment but when you really look at it, there's definitely elegance.