Wow! Great work in both art and writing. All I can say is 'awesome'!
Hopefully somebody in here might find my little creations interesting enough to invest some time on doing one pic or two
. Here are their descriptions:
The Tharsûnian dwarves:
Dwarves with stone colored skin (sometimes with veines like marble), oftentimes bald, eye color of precious metals (gold would be cool), very well muscled, short or rasta braided beards, lightly pointed ears, maybe a (red) dragon tattoo on the temple(s). A priest would be wearing a hooded robe (mostly red or crimson with golden highlights). A warrior would wear armor with a hooded mail cape (maybe some dragon parts on the armor eg. scales, claws, teeth, bones). The priest holding a staff or cepter with a stilized hammer on the top (something like the Hammer of Kharas from
Dragon Lance) in the one hand a heavy holy tome in the other hand (runes and forge symbols on the cover, some metal pieces). The warrior wielding a
two-bladed sword that somehow resembles a battleaxe. They are native outsiders with some connection to both the Elemental Planes of Earth and Fire, their nemesis are red dragons and their allies are holy stone and fire elementals with the souls of deceased dwarven heroes (encased in the soulfire stones those elementals carry) sent by their god .
The Aerlhún:
At first sight Aerlhún are often mistaken for humans. Although mammalian and humanoid in appearance the Aerlhún also show some avian and reptilian vestiges (eg. their thick hair that evolved from feathers and the fact that they are oviparous).
Aerlhún lay their eggs in caves wich are called collective womb. This is the place where all eggs are laid and hatched. Usually the eggs are entrrusted with particularly skillful individuals called brood fosterers, but brood care is in general a sacred task to the whole community.
They can fly (no wings) powered by their will and magic granted by their god.
The Aerlhún typically stand from a little over 4 1/2 to 7 feet tall and weigh from 70 to 140 pounds, with men noticeably taller and heavier than women. Despite their low weight they have well built and athletic bodies that could have inspired the aesthetic criteria of old Greek sculptors. Their skin shade is usually a light blue with patterns of blues and greens that resemble the reflections of the light underwater. Their hair is usually silvery white sometimes with very light greenish or bluish shades and streaks of darker greens or blues. Their hair consists of hundreds of very thick single hairs.
The color of their eyes is that of precious metals with pale silver and gold being the most common. Aerlhún have no facial or body hair.
Their favored classes are ranger and druid.
An Aerlhún reaches adulthood at about 120 years of age and can live to be more than 700 years old. By the age of 400 years most Aerlhún are completely bald. Advancing in age Aerlhún become more and more frail up to a point where they become almost unable to perform physical activities, while their mental abilities grow to admirable dimensions.
Aerlhún do not die of old age, but eventually leave their almost burnt out physical body behind to ascend to a state of pure sentient energy. These spirits, also called Alhgonnáre are their god's proxies and emissaries.
The Amazarakh:
A reptilian stellar empire from which all other reptilian humanoids descended. They have some draconic features (no wings), and black scaly hides. They start as bipedal humalike creatures (lokking a little like emmerich's version of Godzilla) growing with age finally being too heavy (not to say fat) hence moving on all fours. They have long tails (like dragons). They are almost godlike in their use of negative energies and magic (necromancers). They ruled for some millenia over great parts of the universe and enslaved an ape like race that eventually evolved to become humans. I'd die to see a pic of a young Amazarakh necromancer or of an old one that is connected to a human (looking like a neandertal) slave with the chain around the masters neck.
Hope somebody likes those and helps me out a little. Looking forward!
