#rakkida

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I'm so out of pocket for this

Starting off with the Arathim, more specifically the Spitters.

There are two types of Spitters(at least, shown in the shows): Poison and Silk. Poison Spitters barf up a venom which can cause blindness, while Silk Spitters spit a ropy silk material which could be used in combat to ensnare their enemies.

They're also a hive mind which means they can come together to form faces, which is not okay in any shape or form and if I saw a bunch of spiders in my house pull this I would simply dip off the face of the earth.

Next up are peeper beetles.

This scorpion with extra steps eats mainly small animals, and, as you may have guessed from the name; eyes. Honestly I don't have anything else to say about this. It just gives me the Ick.

Third, we have fizzgigs.

These meth head pomeranians have a mouth full of razor sharp teeth and make absolutely ungodly sounds. Since their fat little legs are too small to get them anywhere they move around by rolling. They'll also run fades for no other reason than to be a dick.

Next is the Garthim

And uh...

I think we all know about the Garthim

Finally we have the rakkida, which are crackdogs the size of a horse with vestigial wings and teeth so big they can't ever close their mouths completely.

I was gonna make a joke about how with legs like that they could make it onto the front page of Vogue but honestly? This shit isn't even funny, because there's no telling these mfs don't Run Shit over there

@accursed-one The moment Azra catches wind of Eri having a pet Rakkida, she will be the first one to pet Vatuú so calmly lol

I had to draw the spooky witch, she loves all creatures of Thra that are ugly, scary and misunderstood. Here we also have a rare soft expression on Azra! I might do another one and reblog it after I get the last two asks done because there is one Oc who will give Eri the reaction she’s looking for lol but I had to draw my girl Azra!

Go check out more about Eri and all of her shenanigans on @nurloxx page!

Also Eri, she’s still such a cool Oc, and her pet Rakkida- he was fun and different to draw! Fizzgigs and Tumbeloths are the only animals I kinda get how to draw, but I’m so proud of myself with this sketch!

     I agree. I initially wasn’t too thrilled with the Arduff’s redesign. Especially comparing it to the other manga exclusive animals such as the Mounders and Rakkida who have gone unchanged. Just drawn in a more realistic style to fit the universe better. My friends and I ( @juliejewel24 specifically ) have come up with a theory that they may have combined, or misinterpreted Whouf with the Arduff that SkekLach has. Since it’s body shape and face look very similar to Whouf’s! But in a feircer style to reflect the Arduff’s nature. But I agree it is weird how they made an entirely new design when the old one is solid, and again, the Mounder and Rakkida were left unchanged.

     Good news for folks like us who have liked these guys since the begging, the bestiary Arduff are said to come from the Crystal desert, and the Manga ones are native to The Endless Forest and the Spriton plains (Or at least the manga’s equivalent of it.) So our antlered moose-doggos are still completely valid to have in Thra! These are animals after all, and they’re is so much variety within the real world that I think that it’s 100% okay to have both! Heck, when I was working on my species sheet for these guys back in april, I was thinking of the possibility of regional variants! So that’s how I’m viewing them.

     In my opinion, the bestiary is hit and miss. There’s a lot of really good content in there!! But there’s some other things that are both major and minor retcons and contradictions that I’m not too thrilled about. Ultimately this is supplemental material. It’s not 100% canon but it does help us get a broader sense of the world of Thra. So with that, it’s completely fair to pick and choose whatever bits you want to view as canon. Although I may dissagree or critique the bestiary a little, it’s a fantastic book!

With the Arduff situation, I was initially kinda sad and angry about it. I thought I would have to throw all of my creature design and character vulding out the window. Like I thought I had to do with my version of UrSen once the canon one came out. That’s my own problem I have since I’m much too critical on myself. But think of it this way, we now have two Arduff Subspecies like you said earlier!

My best friend @kaijukian put it in a funny way. Using a meme about worrying who’s cake was made better. We don’t need to fret about who’s cake is better, There’s two cakes!! More content to enjoy! And just because you don’t like a certain direction things went doesn’t mean your opinion is invalid!

I’m also a huge Manga!Arduff fan, and Lach’s main Arduff pack will still be of that kind for me. I’m gonna incorporate some of the new ones in there for variety, but ultimately the originals will always be the true ones in my heart.

That's so cute! I love them more now

When I first saw them, I dubbed them "Chicken wings".