The 'Wonderland'-Inspired Faces of the RAGE OF DEMONS

Take a peek at some of the art from D&D's upcoming Rage of Demons storyline. This art is by Richard Whitters, who is the art director for D&D and used to work as a concept artist for Magic: the Gathering. WotC's Chris Perkins has indicated that one of the influences on Rage of Demons was Alice in Wonderland, and I think the influence is clear when you look at the characters below.

OUGALOP, kuo-toa cave cricket catcher extraordinaire.

YUK YUK and SPIDERBAIT, goblin adrenaline junkies.

THE SOCIETY OF BRILLIANCE, the Mensa of the Underdark.

GLABBAGOOL, awakened gelatinous cube.

RUMPADUMP and STOOL, myconid followers.

PRINCE DERENDIL, a quaggoth who thinks he's elven royalty.

TOPSY and TURVY, svirfneblin wererat siblings.

THE PUDDING KING, svirfneblin devotee (i.e., flunky) of Juiblex the Faceless Lord.

D&D's "Legion of Doom." What a wonderful bunch of malcontents.
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[Nebulous]

That is AWESOME.

 

[Banesfinger]

That is AWESOME.

Seconded...awesome.

 

[steeldragons]

Those are pretty amazing.

I've got Yeenoghu [Guess who's coming to dinner? Ye Know Who. ;P ], Grazzt, Orcus, Baphomet, Jubilex, and DG...and that poor poor sap of a hero for scale reference...yeah, he's toast before breakfast.

Stumped on the red female-appearing one (Malcanthet?...if I'm remembering/spelling her right...the Queen of Succubi, whatever her name is. Or maybe Zuggtmoy? Since Underdark, mushrooms/fungi is obviously going to be a thing) and the smaller winged toadie-looking guy.

Who do we think they are?

 

[jamesjhaeck]

I love love LOVE the Society of Brilliance.

 

[steeldragons]

Oh yeah! And the Society of Brilliance, I'm going with Derro, Mindflayer and Orc, obviously...but that third guy...I'm kind of at a toss up whether he/she might be a trog, yuan-ti...or maybe they're going to reintroduce ye ole Ophidians as a new race? ...though they weren't inherently evil, as far as I remember. Troglodyte is the most likely, I guess.

 

[CrusaderX]

GLABBAGOOL rocks. Great name, great concept.

 

[pming]

Yay! Saturday morning cartoon-level caricatures with silly names! Now I don't know about you, but this screams "terrifying underdark story involving demons and mad villains" to me.

Add in Drizz't and I'm pretty sure this will be the most awesomest of awesome $60 story-books the world has ever seen!

^_^

Paul L. Ming

PS: In case you missed it...that whole post was SARCASM. Just FYI. In other words, I am not a fan of this new "multi-media story" thing they're doing. Ick.

 

[raphaelus]

Thumbs up!

 

[TwoSix]

These have the kind of whimsy that I associate with DiTerlizzi's work in Planescape. Kudos to all involved.