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My take on Ray Harryhausen's Troglodyte. I reckon his creatures were one of the major factors in my childhood that led me to love fantasy and, later on, RPG.
Trogs are large and somewhat dim-witted older cousins to mankind. They have a thick hide that protects them, and a powerful and stout body with a heavy frame of thick bones and wiry muscles. Their small brain is protected by an exceptionally thick skull and a horn that they use to fight each-other during mating season.
They are omnivores and subsist mainly on hunting and scavenging, and are known to follow other predators and then wait for them to do the hard work before scaring them away, taking advantage of their size to steal their prey.
Although they can hunt and fight, they are usually calm creatures and will not attack without feeling threatened in some way. They are capable of language and culture, in a rudimentary form, and can even bond with humans. Due to their somewhat gullible nature, these beings are commonly captured and sold into slavery, where they can end up being labourers, gladiators or even employed in warfare as shock troops. This example depicted here bears scars from the irons in his wrists and ankles, as well as a branding iron mark on his abdomen, meaning he is an ex-slave and possibly an outlaw.
Trogs are not known for their smarts, but a few display wisdom in their own way, and tend to be benevolent creatures strongly tuned to nature. They act on instinct though, and can be as simple minded and unpredictable as a wild beast.
The ones that have developed a friendship with those beings say that they are very loyal and that they have an innate sense of primitive morals and culture, despite their bestial appearance. They are ultimately people too, albeit in a very different way.
Trogs are large and somewhat dim-witted older cousins to mankind. They have a thick hide that protects them, and a powerful and stout body with a heavy frame of thick bones and wiry muscles. Their small brain is protected by an exceptionally thick skull and a horn that they use to fight each-other during mating season.
They are omnivores and subsist mainly on hunting and scavenging, and are known to follow other predators and then wait for them to do the hard work before scaring them away, taking advantage of their size to steal their prey.
Although they can hunt and fight, they are usually calm creatures and will not attack without feeling threatened in some way. They are capable of language and culture, in a rudimentary form, and can even bond with humans. Due to their somewhat gullible nature, these beings are commonly captured and sold into slavery, where they can end up being labourers, gladiators or even employed in warfare as shock troops. This example depicted here bears scars from the irons in his wrists and ankles, as well as a branding iron mark on his abdomen, meaning he is an ex-slave and possibly an outlaw.
Trogs are not known for their smarts, but a few display wisdom in their own way, and tend to be benevolent creatures strongly tuned to nature. They act on instinct though, and can be as simple minded and unpredictable as a wild beast.
The ones that have developed a friendship with those beings say that they are very loyal and that they have an innate sense of primitive morals and culture, despite their bestial appearance. They are ultimately people too, albeit in a very different way.
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When they wrestle, maybe they stab each other in the armpit to try and kill their opponents.