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Description That's a idea of my taste, Zinnorokkrah starts recently his own realistic fantasy project. On the first sight it's typical high fantasy, but at a closer look you will find many interesting new ideas.
He published so far two texts about the cultures/creatures of this world (Kthonera). For me the most interesting thing so far are the trolls. No hominids, giant ground sloths are the ancestors of this, now predatory and more aglie creatures. This specimen is a mountain troll, a big nocturnal beast with enough osteoderms under it's Skin that people believe they turn into rock during daytime.
Edit: I change the pic a bit, the snout of the mountain troll is now shorter and I use the drawing again for another, near related species, the forest troll. It's smaller, active at daytime and lives in small groups.
Here the texts.
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codylake [2018-05-19 18:52:04 +0000 UTC]

Would it be possible for ground sloths to evolve from plant eating into meat eaters like these?

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Tello640 [2017-07-31 19:44:09 +0000 UTC]

Wow, very interesting usually they make the troll a primate/simian or humanoid it's nice to see a different interpretation of this fantasy creature.....Good job and keep up the good work

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Owlbaskingshark [2017-05-03 20:32:09 +0000 UTC]

The description shows just how much better you've gotten at english, and a world with carnivorous armored ground sloths is a world I don't wanna live in.

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to Owlbaskingshark [2017-05-04 00:48:36 +0000 UTC]

Don't remind me...

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Owlbaskingshark In reply to Hyrotrioskjan [2017-05-04 03:46:44 +0000 UTC]

sory

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Yokaiou [2015-12-17 12:44:26 +0000 UTC]

So are you making a "realistic" LOTR?

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to Yokaiou [2015-12-22 22:29:17 +0000 UTC]

Nope, not me,this is just a little fan art, I'm not so much in high-fantasy.

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HUBLERDON [2015-10-12 15:38:01 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME!

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to HUBLERDON [2015-11-02 17:52:32 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Viergacht [2015-09-09 19:01:21 +0000 UTC]

Oooo, super neat idea!

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to Viergacht [2015-09-15 20:49:27 +0000 UTC]

Not my idea, but thanks

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AndornArakh [2014-04-21 16:04:54 +0000 UTC]

love all your stuff, specially the dragons and these trolls. Reading zinnorokkrah's description of elves is intriguing, have you thought of giving them a try?

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to AndornArakh [2014-04-22 21:54:34 +0000 UTC]

Not artistic yet

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PonchoFirewalker01 [2014-01-02 23:56:00 +0000 UTC]

NICE Β Ground sloths are perfect for that

This is pretty similar to a thought experiment I have that if ground sloths ever crossed the Bering Land Bridge and what would happen.

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to PonchoFirewalker01 [2014-01-03 00:22:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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PonchoFirewalker01 In reply to Hyrotrioskjan [2014-01-03 00:27:36 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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Zeonista [2013-10-17 00:46:26 +0000 UTC]

Wow, these are fascinating creatures! I am planning a SF campaign that uses late Cenezoic megafauna not too unlike these creatures. They are very interesting, and an inspiration for me.
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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to Zeonista [2013-10-17 22:47:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot

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Wolfsoul36 [2013-08-06 16:51:18 +0000 UTC]

Those sir look like Preostoric Sloths...

But whatever floats your Boat.

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to Wolfsoul36 [2013-08-25 00:59:20 +0000 UTC]

TheseΒ have indeedΒ evolved from ground sloths

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Wolfsoul36 In reply to Hyrotrioskjan [2013-08-25 01:09:58 +0000 UTC]

MmhmΒ Β 

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Deceptiicon [2013-07-05 11:15:59 +0000 UTC]

Looks like magatheriums :3 keep up the good work

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to Deceptiicon [2013-07-05 22:52:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Deceptiicon In reply to Hyrotrioskjan [2013-07-06 00:54:53 +0000 UTC]

Np ^^

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MistaSilentKiller [2013-04-23 18:19:09 +0000 UTC]

Awesome

It would be interesting to see how orcs, giants and elves would look like.

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to MistaSilentKiller [2013-04-23 21:25:35 +0000 UTC]

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Aloodonguy67 [2013-04-21 21:02:39 +0000 UTC]

Adorable!!!!!

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to Aloodonguy67 [2013-04-22 09:02:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Aloodonguy67 In reply to Hyrotrioskjan [2013-04-22 22:08:28 +0000 UTC]

You welcome!!!!!

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Superdude327 [2013-04-14 23:03:51 +0000 UTC]

It'd be cool if there was an aquatic troll that lived in ponds and such.

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to Superdude327 [2013-04-15 19:31:34 +0000 UTC]

I like the idea, tell it ~Zinnorokkrah

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DoodleDude44 [2013-04-10 21:50:21 +0000 UTC]

It is certainly an interesting idea.

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to DoodleDude44 [2013-04-10 21:58:37 +0000 UTC]

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Miam-Pepin [2013-04-08 20:08:13 +0000 UTC]

haha, very cute

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to Miam-Pepin [2013-04-08 23:18:52 +0000 UTC]

until they open their maw...

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Miam-Pepin In reply to Hyrotrioskjan [2013-04-09 16:55:18 +0000 UTC]

haha

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vasix [2013-04-08 03:35:37 +0000 UTC]

So these are ground sloths being

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Deceptiicon In reply to vasix [2013-07-05 11:16:47 +0000 UTC]

:3 great minds think alike!

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to vasix [2013-04-08 23:19:04 +0000 UTC]

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vasix In reply to Hyrotrioskjan [2013-04-09 03:50:23 +0000 UTC]

Yeeehhh,that felt pretty cheesy....

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vcubestudios [2013-04-05 19:59:21 +0000 UTC]

Hmm. Interesting idea. If you like that kind of stuff, you should check out my Hollow Earth stuff I've posted. Just in case you're interested.

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to vcubestudios [2013-04-06 00:30:03 +0000 UTC]

I saw it already and you have indeed some interesting ideas

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vcubestudios In reply to Hyrotrioskjan [2013-04-06 01:06:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. & I've got a few others I hope to fet out there soon. Hope they go well.

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Felipenn [2013-04-05 18:04:46 +0000 UTC]

Do you never get tired of surprising me? hahaha
The first time you draw the nordic dragon, my first thought was how would you depict trolls, orcs and wargs... now I see it! What would be your orc/goblin theory? Maybe an overgrown Gibbon? A weird evolution for the naked mole rat? (because of the underground collonies...)
Anyway, what an amazing interpretation for the trolls! Very good!
My only changes woulg be shorther, more naked noses and shorter tails!

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to Felipenn [2013-04-06 00:37:30 +0000 UTC]

Well, this are not my trolls, I would really like to adopt the concept but because ground sloths never take a step on european ground it becomes impossible. I had ideas for european trolls in the past, but they are all very unlikely (inter alia I depict biped turtles with nose-like beaks, and big baboons). Today I lead back most tales about anthropomorphic creatures like trolls to humans, bears and lesser shapeshifters.

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tigerbreath13 [2013-04-05 14:10:13 +0000 UTC]

It's interesting that my trolls are sloths too

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to tigerbreath13 [2013-04-06 00:00:24 +0000 UTC]

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FabrizioDeRossi [2013-04-05 11:26:00 +0000 UTC]

Trolle muss man einfach lieben, haha. Großartige Farbgebung, vor allem beim kleineren. Wirken sehr glaubhaft. Das einzige, was mich ein bisschen stârt, sind die sichtbaren Rippen. Ansonsten, wieder thumbs up for that!

lg,
Fabrizio

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to FabrizioDeRossi [2013-04-05 23:58:03 +0000 UTC]

Danke
Das sind keine Rippen sondern Reihen von Osteodermen die ΓΌber den Rippen liegen

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RainFreckles [2013-04-05 09:48:50 +0000 UTC]

otherwise known as Yeti and Bigfoot?

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