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Canopy Talrashan

Talrashan are medium-sized ambush predator, native to the jungle of Daavos Ravan.

They hunt by waiting in high branches, and dropping on prey from above, dealing a killing blow to the spine. This way, they can hunt much bigger prey than them.

Their modified ankles can lock in a flexed position, letting them hang upside down for hours. They have heat pits along their jaws to detect the heat of prey underneath.

Talrashan are social animals living in small groups, from 5 to 10 members, composed of one leading female, her mates and close relatives, and her pups. They make nest in hard to reach places, sometimes taking over abandonned nest of bigger predators.

Talrashan exist in two main locality.

Canopy Talrashan are smaller, and lives in upper grounds of the jungle.

Veiled Talrashan are bigger, and more aggressive, lives closer to the ground.

Both can mate with each others, but it is much more common for Veiled Talrashan to kill their smaller counterpart instead.

Canopy Talrashan, with their social nature and smaller size, have been used as hunting companions by Aslaveni since the dawn of time. If it was , and still is, a feat for someone to tame a wild talrashan, thei domestication created breeds more suited for nomadic lifestyle with humanoids.

They make loyal companion, very attached to their handlers, but it is recommended to wear leather shoulder pads if you have one, as they tend to jump on their handlers from high grounds, as a form of play.

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D&D writing, by and large, encourages a lack of questions. The surface runs deep. "Go into a cave and chop up goblins." Why are we doing this? "Goblins are bad." All goblins? "Yes."

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Once the party encountered him though they immediately saw what I totally missed: the guy who became the wererat was absolutely the victim of this story. I did my best at thinking on my feet and made the wererat this defeated guy who only followed the mad scientist because he felt like his life was ruined. So they, through good rolls, convinced him to help them fight the mad scientist and it made for such a better story.

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So, It can be stressful not knowing exactly what the artist wants from you as a commissioner, especially first timers, so I’ve whipped up a lil something!  (gotta say, this is what I want as an commissions artist, can’t speak for anyone else!)

REFERENCE GUIDE 💖

-  So first thing, I personally prefer having a PDF/word/page doc or a google doc for references, rather than loose images on an email. It’s much easier for me to find the information I need and not have to go from tab to tab!   If that’s something you can’t do, let me know when you email me and we can work something out! - In that Document, written description and visual references are key, both are preferable! I’m happy to charge a little extra to work from written description only but Visuals (sketches, previous commissions, photos) give me something to base off, so I don’t spend the whole time researching for your piece! Colours, patterns, face claims are all helpful!

 the following info is generally what I need (you’re welcome to copy paste this into your doc!) :

VISUALS

Age/Race/height/body type:

skin colour/ scars/ freckles/ skin conditions etc:

eye colour/shape:

hair colour/style/decorations:

Any additional details (prosthetics limbs/no limbs!/tattoos/piercings/wings):

CLOTHING

brief description of any clothing, their colours/pattern :

ITEMS:  (items such as weaponry, jewellery, bags, accessories and or animal companions!)

PERSONALITY

Brief personality description (are they suspicious, happy go lucky? What’s the general vibe?):

Background information that could be important in the design (their ancestry, where they come from, any inspirations?:

any preferences on posing/expressions:

EXTRAS

If there is more than one character on your ref sheet, please separate your descriptions/images out by character for ease.    I’d also want to know the character’s relationship to each other; family, friends? enemies to lovers? are they physically affectionate to each other? How would they interact in this scene?

if your commission has a background/scene, visual and written references are brilliant along with the vibe you want for the scene and time of day! Below is a badly sketched Ref of what all this could look like!: