It's been a long time since I read the actual books, as compared to the fanfiction, but I thought Hedwig ate a spell aimed at Harry and passed on.
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It's been a long time since I read the actual books, as compared to the fanfiction, but I thought Hedwig ate a spell aimed at Harry and passed on.
Dakkan Sall
Random Encounter
- Location
- On the world map
Putting aside the detail of it being Hedwig in particular or not, unless HP owls' magical locating/finding effects are extremely OP the answer is likely 'no'. The Blind Eternities tend to dissolve any living creature that isn't a planeswalker down into undifferentiated energy; the only reason Atregos being able to lug people around is by resurrecting them with soulstones they've been bound to once he arrives in another reality. If an owl could even manage to exit its home universe in a similar fashion, it would just 'poof' out of existence unless it somehow has a Spark itself.
You are now thinking of a Planeswalker Owl making a lucrative business as a cross-reality messenger service between other 'walkers.
So it didn't occur to me until this chapter, but...
Atregos's Planeswalking method isn't related to his amnesia at all, is it? To Planeswalk, he has to replicate some aspect of his first Walk.
Atregos needs to feed away all his magic because he comes from a zero-magic world. There's no specific 'cost' - he needs to replicate 'has no magic'!
Atregos's Planeswalking method isn't related to his amnesia at all, is it? To Planeswalk, he has to replicate some aspect of his first Walk.
Atregos needs to feed away all his magic because he comes from a zero-magic world. There's no specific 'cost' - he needs to replicate 'has no magic'!
BUT the BE isn't the only way to cross planes. What is it Loki said when the Birfrost was broken? Not the "If it was easy, everyone would do it." The thing about there being more than that way in and out of Asguard?
Dakkan Sall
Random Encounter
- Location
- On the world map
Doesn't quite equate that way. MtG and MCU are two very different settings, so something being possible in one does not mean that something only related in general (traveling between worlds) is possible in the other.
Also, in Marvel the Nine Realms that Bifrost grants travel between are within the same cosmos, if not simply different planets in the the same universe, such as how Azeroth/Draenor/Argus are in the same plane. Compared to that, travel between things like the World Of Warcraft and, say, Elder Scrolls is a much different affair.
Krazyfan1
Worrying for the future.
- Location
- Australia
Yes, yes i am.
Earthbending, just because.
Airbender because he can fly under his own power (and just to include all 4 in the options
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Reality crashed in around me and I ran muzzle first into a thick brush. What in the… growling I pulled out of the bush and looked around.
Not pinetrees, looked jungleish actually. Sound of animals in the distance, plants all around. Trees, bushes but the underbrush was somewhat clear.
I sniffed the air. Seemed clear. Animals making sounds in the distance, but nobody up close. Likely because they felt there was a large predator around, wonder what that could be?
Shaking my head, I did a slow turn and looked around.
Yep, looked clear.
Enough space? Yep. She was in mortal form.
Turning I cast a telekinesis spell to fish Zrazta's soulstone from my satchel and sent it a burst of magic.
It quickly dissolved into a stream of smoke and fire, whirling around until she reformed, dropping to one knee with a gasp, "I'm never getting used to that!"
"You okay?" I asked, nosing at her shoulder.
Nodding, she worked to regain her breath before she stood up, her hand on my snout for support as she looked around, "…Where are we?"
"No idea," I answered and shrugged my wings, "New Plane."
Zrazta nodded and looked around, walking over to pick up a fallen branch, smelling it before dropping it, "It's a normal forest. Some new scents, but just a forest."
I chuckled, "Not all worlds are exciting," and stretched, "But having a good fly around and having a good look before you relax is always a good idea."
Zrazta frowned, "Not enough room for me to turn back or get into the air. You might be able to, barely."
"I'll carry you until we find a better place. There have to be a mountain or large clearing around here somewhere."
Sighing, Zrazta nodded, "If nothing else, you can fly high and I jump off, turning back in the air," as she walked over to climb into the saddle built into my armour just by the wings as I lowered myself down so she could climb into position.
"Without any place to land, that seem stupid."
"…Good points," she sighed again and hug onto the handholds, "Let's have a look then."
Nodding, I took a couple of quick steps, spreading my wings and throwing myself into the air, carefully avoiding hitting any of the trees.
Taking off from a forest was difficult. Hard things everywhere and everything is narrow and the worst thing was the canopy.
You had to find a place where you could see open sky.
I wove through the trees, moving between the trunks before I caught a glint of sky and I threw us upwards.
Then we were in the blue sky, Zrazta laughing on my back as I beat my wings, rising into the sky. Barely clouds in the sky and the sun was warm. Even with the forest below, the thermals were surprisingly good as I rose quickly.
The forest stretched out below like a mat of green in all directions. Not that it said anything really, for all I knew this could be a Earth like world and we simply ended up in the amazon or something.
But all in all, it didn't overly matter. Not if it was just a stop over location on our way to our real destination. One more 'Step' should get us there.
I scanned the horizon as I wove a Blur spell around us, keeping is hidden from easy view from the ground and distance.
"See anywhere?" Zrazta asked over the wind, "I think there is a mountain to the south!"
I banked, looking in that direction. Far to the south there was a change in the land, barely visible through the haze of the air. I headed in that direction.
The sun above was pretty warm. It seemed to be a jungle after all, of course the sun was hot.
"Not too warm?" I asked her as I beat my wings, "Could fly higher."
"Please?" Zrazta answered with a smile, "Though the wind is nice."
Beating my wings, I went higher and higher until we reached high enough for things to drop around freezing. Much nicer.
Also, made it easier to keep hidden with the Blur spell, the further away you were, the more effective it was.
"Zrazta… I don't think that's a mountain. Does that look too regular to you too?"
"It does," she agreed, "That's a construction of some kind. There are thinking beings here."
It did. Which was great news! New people meant new trading opportunities! Or if they were hostile, new places to 'acquire' knowledge.
I rested on the wind, slowly flying closer.
As we got closer and the haze of the atmosphere cleared up, things got clearer, revealing smooth lines of almost a absolutely massive set of ziggurats centred around, surrounded by a large city.
I banked slightly, moving parallel to the city as I wove a quick scrying spell, forming a viewing portal before us before sending the 'point of view' flying down towards the city.
Not the world's most useful scrying spell, it needed line of sight to work. It was basically a set of binoculars. But for this, it was awesome.
It revealed the inhabitants to us. Reptilian beings, small and large ones. Almost dinosaur likes. Beings like dinosaurs used as riding creatures and beasts of burdens.
If the smaller ones were young or a different sub species, I couldn't tell.
"Seen anything like them before?" Zrazta asked, "Do we land?"
"…No," I finally said and moved parallel with the distant city walls, "It would take quite some heavy spellwork to keep disguised among them and we don't know how their relationship with humans or elves is or if those even exist here."
Didn't mean I didn't have plans to return later with a custom crafted ring of illusion though.
"So, keep our distance?"
"Yep," I agreed and banked away, "Let's fly and find a clearing or something, we can spend the week hunting and other things."
"Mmm. Sound nice."
AN// Many thanks to Commissar Carnifex for betaing this section.
Not pinetrees, looked jungleish actually. Sound of animals in the distance, plants all around. Trees, bushes but the underbrush was somewhat clear.
I sniffed the air. Seemed clear. Animals making sounds in the distance, but nobody up close. Likely because they felt there was a large predator around, wonder what that could be?
Shaking my head, I did a slow turn and looked around.
Yep, looked clear.
Enough space? Yep. She was in mortal form.
Turning I cast a telekinesis spell to fish Zrazta's soulstone from my satchel and sent it a burst of magic.
It quickly dissolved into a stream of smoke and fire, whirling around until she reformed, dropping to one knee with a gasp, "I'm never getting used to that!"
"You okay?" I asked, nosing at her shoulder.
Nodding, she worked to regain her breath before she stood up, her hand on my snout for support as she looked around, "…Where are we?"
"No idea," I answered and shrugged my wings, "New Plane."
Zrazta nodded and looked around, walking over to pick up a fallen branch, smelling it before dropping it, "It's a normal forest. Some new scents, but just a forest."
I chuckled, "Not all worlds are exciting," and stretched, "But having a good fly around and having a good look before you relax is always a good idea."
Zrazta frowned, "Not enough room for me to turn back or get into the air. You might be able to, barely."
"I'll carry you until we find a better place. There have to be a mountain or large clearing around here somewhere."
Sighing, Zrazta nodded, "If nothing else, you can fly high and I jump off, turning back in the air," as she walked over to climb into the saddle built into my armour just by the wings as I lowered myself down so she could climb into position.
"Without any place to land, that seem stupid."
"…Good points," she sighed again and hug onto the handholds, "Let's have a look then."
Nodding, I took a couple of quick steps, spreading my wings and throwing myself into the air, carefully avoiding hitting any of the trees.
Taking off from a forest was difficult. Hard things everywhere and everything is narrow and the worst thing was the canopy.
You had to find a place where you could see open sky.
I wove through the trees, moving between the trunks before I caught a glint of sky and I threw us upwards.
Then we were in the blue sky, Zrazta laughing on my back as I beat my wings, rising into the sky. Barely clouds in the sky and the sun was warm. Even with the forest below, the thermals were surprisingly good as I rose quickly.
The forest stretched out below like a mat of green in all directions. Not that it said anything really, for all I knew this could be a Earth like world and we simply ended up in the amazon or something.
But all in all, it didn't overly matter. Not if it was just a stop over location on our way to our real destination. One more 'Step' should get us there.
I scanned the horizon as I wove a Blur spell around us, keeping is hidden from easy view from the ground and distance.
"See anywhere?" Zrazta asked over the wind, "I think there is a mountain to the south!"
I banked, looking in that direction. Far to the south there was a change in the land, barely visible through the haze of the air. I headed in that direction.
The sun above was pretty warm. It seemed to be a jungle after all, of course the sun was hot.
"Not too warm?" I asked her as I beat my wings, "Could fly higher."
"Please?" Zrazta answered with a smile, "Though the wind is nice."
Beating my wings, I went higher and higher until we reached high enough for things to drop around freezing. Much nicer.
Also, made it easier to keep hidden with the Blur spell, the further away you were, the more effective it was.
"Zrazta… I don't think that's a mountain. Does that look too regular to you too?"
"It does," she agreed, "That's a construction of some kind. There are thinking beings here."
It did. Which was great news! New people meant new trading opportunities! Or if they were hostile, new places to 'acquire' knowledge.
I rested on the wind, slowly flying closer.
As we got closer and the haze of the atmosphere cleared up, things got clearer, revealing smooth lines of almost a absolutely massive set of ziggurats centred around, surrounded by a large city.
I banked slightly, moving parallel to the city as I wove a quick scrying spell, forming a viewing portal before us before sending the 'point of view' flying down towards the city.
Not the world's most useful scrying spell, it needed line of sight to work. It was basically a set of binoculars. But for this, it was awesome.
It revealed the inhabitants to us. Reptilian beings, small and large ones. Almost dinosaur likes. Beings like dinosaurs used as riding creatures and beasts of burdens.
If the smaller ones were young or a different sub species, I couldn't tell.
"Seen anything like them before?" Zrazta asked, "Do we land?"
"…No," I finally said and moved parallel with the distant city walls, "It would take quite some heavy spellwork to keep disguised among them and we don't know how their relationship with humans or elves is or if those even exist here."
Didn't mean I didn't have plans to return later with a custom crafted ring of illusion though.
"So, keep our distance?"
"Yep," I agreed and banked away, "Let's fly and find a clearing or something, we can spend the week hunting and other things."
"Mmm. Sound nice."
AN// Many thanks to Commissar Carnifex for betaing this section.
Lustria?
Stepped temples, multiple sorts of reptile-like humanoids, dinosaurs, and thick jungle...
Stepped temples, multiple sorts of reptile-like humanoids, dinosaurs, and thick jungle...
I'm really liking how you don't spend ages in each plane - most other MTG fics have the characters spend 30 to 40 thousand words in every place they visit, even if nothing much really happens, so it's quite refreshing.
Lizards and ziggurats.
It amuses me that, while this narrows it down... it doesn't narrow it down that much.
I can't tell, yet, if this is Warhammer Fantasy or Dinotopia or a Dungeons and Dragons setting! Well, Atregos will explore it more when the time comes.
Hopefully after his vacation, so that Kalecgos doesn't have to yell at him much.
It amuses me that, while this narrows it down... it doesn't narrow it down that much.
I can't tell, yet, if this is Warhammer Fantasy or Dinotopia or a Dungeons and Dragons setting! Well, Atregos will explore it more when the time comes.
Hopefully after his vacation, so that Kalecgos doesn't have to yell at him much.
Vaalintine
Wild Wondorous Wolfalope
Assuming this is WHF, the Lizardmen are the best people he could have met. Especially with both them and dragons having been created by progenitor races.
Can you imagine what the Slaan could do if they didn't need to depend on the Warp for magic?
Can you imagine what the Slaan could do if they didn't need to depend on the Warp for magic?
- Location
- Terror Australis
Warhammer dragons where not created by the Old Ones, they are one of the surviving species from before the arrival of the Old Ones.
Also the Slaan aren't dependent on the warp in any way, Warhammer Fantasy metaphysics are different to 40K metaphysics, the Aethyr is not the warp and behaves differently.
Also the Slaan aren't dependent on the warp in any way, Warhammer Fantasy metaphysics are different to 40K metaphysics, the Aethyr is not the warp and behaves differently.
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Malbutorius
C'est le bien qui fait mal
I was hoping for Jurassic Park honestly.
Who's to say they don't already? Warhammer fantasy is a big setting. An entire world even. It may not be as big as 40k, but there have probably been at least a few born with Planeswalker sparks even if they never ignited.
Algalon
Herald of the Titans
- Location
- Celestial Planetarium
The Slaan have no issues with magic, they were designed to be the perfect magic users and they prove again and again that they are just that. WHF's magic functions on a different set of rules than WH40k, as @Aeondrac already pointed out. The true problem is their lethargy and whatever is fucking with their minds and memories. It's the only thing preventing them from fixing the world.
The Lizardmen are also incredibly xenophobic due to the Great Plan saying 'Humans belong there, Elves there, and and Dwarves there', so when one of these shows up on Lustria they flip the fuck out and try to 'fix it'. So their first contact isn't going to be friendly unless they are in Dragon form.
Rinn
Coffee Addict
- Location
- Cornfield County, Ohio
So is Warcraft, and World of Warcraft only expanded on it. If even the Titans didn't really know that you could cross the Blind Eternities (merely skate along the border), then I doubt the Chaos Gods of Warhammer are currently aware of it. They might know of the existence of a place where even they would be destroyed, but I doubt they're aware that people can cross over. Else, they would have made moves to expand their games...
Beyond that, Planeswalkers are SUPER RARE. Certainly, every world has a few potentials, but if Atreus had not encountered Ajani, how long do you think it would have been before he ever encountered another Walker? He could have gone on for decades, centuries before finding someone else. Not every plane has someone who awakens their spark, and if I had found a way to Walk out of Warhammer Fantasy, I sure as hell wouldn't want to go back!
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I yawned and then ripped a piece of meat from the fallen prey, swallowing it down before I settled down with a sigh. "Ugh, so full."
Zrazta was the one who made the kill, I would not have been able to take down something this big. Well, not without cheating with magic or something. But where was the fun in that?
Raising her head, she licked some blood from her snout as she finished with the liver. "Good. This was good prey. Easy takedown, plenty of meat, tasty."
I purred in agreement, shifting a bit to roll onto my side as I stretched out. You know, after Earth and everything, relaxing like this was amazingly nice.
Just being able to relax, hunt and just… be a dragon.
Kalecgos and Alexstrasza were right. I needed more of this. I do wish there was a way to properly share this with Sheila.
Maybe… maybe I could bring up the ritual with Kalecgos again. I couldn't lose her. If it worked, I wouldn't lose her. Not to time. Nobody could protect someone from everything, but at least there wasn't a constantly ticking clock.
As soon as we got back, I'd talk to him and if he thought that we could really do it, I'd talk to Sheila about it.
…Wonder what she would look like? Blue or Black?
I traced my claw in the dirt as I watched Zrazta lazily I yawned and started to lick the blood off my snout.
Zrazta moved away from the half-eaten prey and yawned, shifting to settle down next to me, her wing shifting to lay across me.
Purring, I rolled onto my paws and shifted to lick the blood off her snout as she dug her claws into the ground.
"Good kill."
"Thank you," she purred and nuzzled me. "Next one is yours."
Sighing happily, I shifted to relax against her side, closing my eyes. Yes. Definitely more of this. Bring some enchanting gear and a library of unread books and this was basically as close to heaven as you could get.
Closing my eyes, I listened to the birds and monkeys in the canopies. When we stalked the… stegosaur-looking thing… they were quiet, sensing large predators around. They started up again while we were eating.
They knew we had gotten what we wanted and that it was safe again.
After a second, I opened my eyes.
"Zrazta?"
"I know, it's quiet." she answered and raised her head, looking around and getting to her paws. I quickly did the same and looked around.
"Something is stalking us," I said quietly and turned slowly. "Something big enough to think it can take a pair of dragons."
Predators didn't go for prey they didn't think they could take down without getting hurt, that's part of the entire equation of hunting.
Thing about dragons, we look like dragons. Like predators. No matter the Plane, no matter where in the world, things know to keep the fuck away from messing with us unless there is no other choice.
We are big, we have claws and teeth and generally look like predators even if they haven't seen anything like us before.
Predators don't go after us.
They simply didn't, we just look like more trouble than we are worth. If something was outright hunting us, it was because it thought it was big enough of a badass to not have to give a shit about that.
"Where are you…" I whispered softly, shifting to duck under Zrazta's neck, moving to her other side as we scanned the forest.
Come on, if you are that big of a badass, you can't be that good at hiding. You must be too big.
Or maybe a pack of things. Packs could go after larger things. Wolves and bears come to mind.
A branch broke like the crash of thunder through the silent forest and the entire forest seemed to move.
Something massive and dark blue charged on its rear legs, jaw kept wide open as it ran towards us.
Larger than a T-Rex, almost big as a Wyrm, it ran on two legs, long tail keeping its balance as it crashed through the underbrush like a freight train.
I dug into my mana, channeling into the ground, reaching for the roots of the trees and they reached up with the strength of ages.
The large predator's feet hit the first thick root and it stumbled. More lashed up, wrapping and pulling at its legs and it went down, sprawling on the forest floor with a roar. Roots and wood lashed and reached, around it, pulling it close to the ground.
The predator roared and snarled, struggling, but they held it tighter and harder, pulling it down, wrapping around its throat and mouth, hugging it to the ground and the forest itself held it down as root after root, some feet across, reaching from the ground to wrap around it.
Letting my breath out, I slowly padded closer.
"Good spell." Zrazta said, slowly folding her wings and relaxing slightly.
"One of the first major ones I figured out." I answered and tried to get my heart to slow down its pounding. "Don't use it much. Only works in forests."
Strangely enough, I don't fight much in forests. Not sure when I used it last. Skyrim, maybe? Must have been years.
"Know what that looks like to me?" I then asked as I moved closer to the snarling apex predator.
"What?"
"New summon."
AN// Big thanks to Grey Rook for betaing this section.
Zrazta was the one who made the kill, I would not have been able to take down something this big. Well, not without cheating with magic or something. But where was the fun in that?
Raising her head, she licked some blood from her snout as she finished with the liver. "Good. This was good prey. Easy takedown, plenty of meat, tasty."
I purred in agreement, shifting a bit to roll onto my side as I stretched out. You know, after Earth and everything, relaxing like this was amazingly nice.
Just being able to relax, hunt and just… be a dragon.
Kalecgos and Alexstrasza were right. I needed more of this. I do wish there was a way to properly share this with Sheila.
Maybe… maybe I could bring up the ritual with Kalecgos again. I couldn't lose her. If it worked, I wouldn't lose her. Not to time. Nobody could protect someone from everything, but at least there wasn't a constantly ticking clock.
As soon as we got back, I'd talk to him and if he thought that we could really do it, I'd talk to Sheila about it.
…Wonder what she would look like? Blue or Black?
I traced my claw in the dirt as I watched Zrazta lazily I yawned and started to lick the blood off my snout.
Zrazta moved away from the half-eaten prey and yawned, shifting to settle down next to me, her wing shifting to lay across me.
Purring, I rolled onto my paws and shifted to lick the blood off her snout as she dug her claws into the ground.
"Good kill."
"Thank you," she purred and nuzzled me. "Next one is yours."
Sighing happily, I shifted to relax against her side, closing my eyes. Yes. Definitely more of this. Bring some enchanting gear and a library of unread books and this was basically as close to heaven as you could get.
Closing my eyes, I listened to the birds and monkeys in the canopies. When we stalked the… stegosaur-looking thing… they were quiet, sensing large predators around. They started up again while we were eating.
They knew we had gotten what we wanted and that it was safe again.
After a second, I opened my eyes.
"Zrazta?"
"I know, it's quiet." she answered and raised her head, looking around and getting to her paws. I quickly did the same and looked around.
"Something is stalking us," I said quietly and turned slowly. "Something big enough to think it can take a pair of dragons."
Predators didn't go for prey they didn't think they could take down without getting hurt, that's part of the entire equation of hunting.
Thing about dragons, we look like dragons. Like predators. No matter the Plane, no matter where in the world, things know to keep the fuck away from messing with us unless there is no other choice.
We are big, we have claws and teeth and generally look like predators even if they haven't seen anything like us before.
Predators don't go after us.
They simply didn't, we just look like more trouble than we are worth. If something was outright hunting us, it was because it thought it was big enough of a badass to not have to give a shit about that.
"Where are you…" I whispered softly, shifting to duck under Zrazta's neck, moving to her other side as we scanned the forest.
Come on, if you are that big of a badass, you can't be that good at hiding. You must be too big.
Or maybe a pack of things. Packs could go after larger things. Wolves and bears come to mind.
A branch broke like the crash of thunder through the silent forest and the entire forest seemed to move.
Something massive and dark blue charged on its rear legs, jaw kept wide open as it ran towards us.
Larger than a T-Rex, almost big as a Wyrm, it ran on two legs, long tail keeping its balance as it crashed through the underbrush like a freight train.
I dug into my mana, channeling into the ground, reaching for the roots of the trees and they reached up with the strength of ages.
The large predator's feet hit the first thick root and it stumbled. More lashed up, wrapping and pulling at its legs and it went down, sprawling on the forest floor with a roar. Roots and wood lashed and reached, around it, pulling it close to the ground.
The predator roared and snarled, struggling, but they held it tighter and harder, pulling it down, wrapping around its throat and mouth, hugging it to the ground and the forest itself held it down as root after root, some feet across, reaching from the ground to wrap around it.
Letting my breath out, I slowly padded closer.
"Good spell." Zrazta said, slowly folding her wings and relaxing slightly.
"One of the first major ones I figured out." I answered and tried to get my heart to slow down its pounding. "Don't use it much. Only works in forests."
Strangely enough, I don't fight much in forests. Not sure when I used it last. Skyrim, maybe? Must have been years.
"Know what that looks like to me?" I then asked as I moved closer to the snarling apex predator.
"What?"
"New summon."
AN// Big thanks to Grey Rook for betaing this section.
QafianSage
Ascending Ape
- Location
- United Kingdom
Good to see he's not lost his Spirit of Munchkinry(TM)
I still don't know what this is. And it still amuses me.
Giant superlizard that overestimates its ability to predate on dragons? Yeah, there's plenty of places with those. Not a lot of places where they're common, of course, but they exist on plenty of fictional worlds.
I very much liked the description of the entangling roots. It even gave a good impression of the G/W/U approach Atregos has - the roots started by just unbalancing the predator a little, not trying to oppose it strength-for-strength. But then it unbalanced it more, started pushing and pulling, then wrapping and securing and imprisoning until, finally, by applying leverage in dozens of places, the forest has completely locked down a giant that could have uprooted all of those trees in a mere contest of strength.
Power, nature, but applied with trickery to tangle the opponent until they're helpless and everything just stops with Atregos free, and his opponents... not.
Giant superlizard that overestimates its ability to predate on dragons? Yeah, there's plenty of places with those. Not a lot of places where they're common, of course, but they exist on plenty of fictional worlds.
I very much liked the description of the entangling roots. It even gave a good impression of the G/W/U approach Atregos has - the roots started by just unbalancing the predator a little, not trying to oppose it strength-for-strength. But then it unbalanced it more, started pushing and pulling, then wrapping and securing and imprisoning until, finally, by applying leverage in dozens of places, the forest has completely locked down a giant that could have uprooted all of those trees in a mere contest of strength.
Power, nature, but applied with trickery to tangle the opponent until they're helpless and everything just stops with Atregos free, and his opponents... not.
Dakkan Sall
Random Encounter
- Location
- On the world map
Nah. They're still in the same world from the previous part with the Aztec-Saurians (whatever they actually are). While MH does have "Wyverians" who are supposedly descended from Wyverns/dragons, in terms of their actual appearance they look more like elves at a distance due to elongated ears. Otherwise the main aesthetic difference from humans are having only 4 fingers (counting the thumb) and bird/dinosaur-like legs in terms of the ankle/toe structure.
Lol, thought you were in Ark, survival evolved with the gigantic T-Rex. Gigasaur I think?