Art made by the wonderful @connorricks! Go commission him right now! Do it.
When humanity was young, and the world was ruled by monsters, there were some that stood by their side. Ones that defended them, that guided them to survive and thrive after they had all vanished. One of the most iconic, and disturbing of this group was the GraphVine. A kaiju sized slime mold, it ws able to graph itself onto skeletons of kaiju and use them as a form of locomotion and defense. It gained the trust of humanity, and guarded it until the first age of monsters ended, and it retreated into the temple that humanity had built for it.
As the legends go, if one wishes to revive the GraphVine, they must travel through hundreds of miles of jungle, to a secluded valley that houses both the the terrifying monster itself, along with a variety of other creatures of myth and legend. While awakening it will help humanity, the rumor that it can provide the hive mind knowledge of thousands of years proves more of a lure to those that wish to find the temple. And for a Dr. Cornelius Snertch, that quest is one of a lifetime’s work to find a cure for his wife...
And once again, another wonderful piece by the brilliantly talented @connorricks! I just absolutely love his style, and the Graphvine was one that he was very interested in illustrating as well. His skill just brings the GraphVine to shambling life, and will be really helpful for inspiration and references while writing this story. Wonderful job that he did, and if you haven’t considered dropping a few bucks his way or on the edge, lemme tell you now. Do it. You literally can’t regret it.
I also realize that this is like the third skeleton monster in my universe,, though that’s not a bad thing.
