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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.

Up until last night, this one was going to be a corrupt dream spirit, a spirit mad with power who now feasts upon the chaotic, vibrant energy of dreams and nightmares. In my head, this translated into a creature overwhelmed by its own greed and hunger, morphing into something all grasping hands and gaping maws, like a drug addict who can no longer control his own needs, addicted to the power of dreams.

However!

The art director came to me and said she felt making it a corrupted spirit of passing was more appropriate - that once, it was a spirit that escorted the souls of the dead as they passed from life, and readied them for reincarnation, holding their hands and keeping them close, protecting the vulnerable souls from spiritual predators. However, once corrupted, the spirit instead feeds on those it used to protect.

Concept & Artwork © 2014-2017 Lunar Games Inc.

Endless Realms FAQ

Description
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.

Up until last night, this one was going to be a corrupt dream spirit, a spirit mad with power who now feasts upon the chaotic, vibrant energy of dreams and nightmares. In my head, this translated into a creature overwhelmed by its own greed and hunger, morphing into something all grasping hands and gaping maws, like a drug addict who can no longer control his own needs, addicted to the power of dreams.

However!

The art director came to me and said she felt making it a corrupted spirit of passing was more appropriate - that once, it was a spirit that escorted the souls of the dead as they passed from life, and readied them for reincarnation, holding their hands and keeping them close, protecting the vulnerable souls from spiritual predators. However, once corrupted, the spirit instead feeds on those it used to protect.

Concept & Artwork © 2014-2017 Lunar Games Inc.

Endless Realms FAQ