Bestiary – Brett the GM

Omukade

An Omukade is a giant centipede yokai from Japanese folklore – an enormous, venomous predator with black-red armored plates and fiery orange legs. It lurks in mountains and deep forests, […]

Oni

An Oni is a malevolent spirit in Japanese folklore, usually depicted as a towering, muscular humanoid with red or blue skin, horn, ad a fearsome, almost demonic presence. They embody […]

Onryo

Onryo are vengeful spirits, born from a person who died carrying overwhelming rage, sorrow, or betrayal. They are driven not by malice for its own sake, but by the unresolved […]

Gaki

In Japanese folklore, Gaki (often called Hungry Ghosts) are tormented spirits born from freed, jealousy, or selfishness in life. It wanders the world in a condemned state of endless hunger […]

Sohei were Buddist warrior monks who emerged in the 10th century as temple guards, and over time became powerful mercenaries. Unlike samurai, they often acted as independent, heavily armed forced. […]

Drah’acane

The Drah’acane were formed from the magic of their ancient Drah’acon masters. Each group was formed with a magical bond of servanthood to their master and will serve to protect […]

Raving Drake

Growing to a whopping 50 feet in length, the Raving Drake is a sub species of the Drah’acon with much less intelligence. This creature mainly inhabits caves and volcanic regions. […]

Tsuchigumo

Tsuchigumo are creatures from Japanese folklore often depicted as monstrous, earth-dwelling spiders that lurk in remote mountains and forests. They’re described as enormous and intelligent with the gruesome face of […]

Drah’acon

The drah’acon is the most feared and mythical of all creatures on Arcus. Once quite numerous, they roamed the land and flew the skies with absolute authority. Now they are […]

Mamoru

aka: “Titan of Stone”, “Defender of Bacu” A figure from the Demon of Flame legend. Said to have come from the northern ocean depths, answering the pleas from the Bacu […]

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