A Guide to Dangerous Dragons

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Do you know how to survive a dragon attack? A journey through the burned pages of the ‘Dragonslayer Codex,’ a worldbuilding project by Sawyer Lee
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Have you heard of a dragon whose tail releases a spray of explosive slime? Or a dragon that hunts with noxious fumes? Or one that vomits spires of super-heated glass? Across various myths and cultures, dragons have taken on many forms. But few are more fearsome than the terrors that lurk within the pages of the Dragonslayer Codex - a worldbuilding project from the brilliant imagination of artist Sawyer Lee.
The volume is written as a survival guide to the world’s most dangerous dragons, explaining their abilities, behavior, and how to slay them if necessary. But be warned: many of these scaly tyrants will not go down without a fight. So, for this entry into the archive, we’ll learn critical things about each species that can mean the difference between survival and searing flames.
Now, let’s dive into the burned pages, and discover the secrets of the Dragonslayer Codex…
0:00 Dragonslayer Codex
1:18 Scarlet Lasher
3:07 Sicklemouth
4:26 Wailing Bishop
6:01 Tasseled Thundermaw
7:38 Gaping Kilnneck
9:26 Black Blisterwhip
10:52 Hellbasker
12:26 Rattle Dread
13:48 Emerald Bombardier
14:58 Veilwright
16:42 Hullbreaker
18:19 Great Kinsbane
19:37 Support the Project
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  • @GarryDKing
    @GarryDKing Жыл бұрын

    the sicklemouths are such a funny dragon to me, they literally fight with their chins and can even outwit human fencers. Truly a chivalrous dragon.

  • @Roanan.

    @Roanan.

    Жыл бұрын

    And you can turn their face into a one-handed switch axe.

  • @Pigen_

    @Pigen_

    Жыл бұрын

    And they will fight you if they think fighting u will be cool, absolute gamer mentality

  • @WizardMan420

    @WizardMan420

    Жыл бұрын

    Gigachad of the dragons

  • @CoralReaper707

    @CoralReaper707

    Жыл бұрын

    can we just call them "Gigachad Dragons" please?

  • @astastaria5987

    @astastaria5987

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Pigen_ imagine if you challenge one and it just let you go, that would be so bad.

  • @thesilliestgoose5990
    @thesilliestgoose5990 Жыл бұрын

    This feels like a version of How to Train your dragon made for adults, which is everything I’ve ever wanted

  • @mariobalestrieri7488

    @mariobalestrieri7488

    Жыл бұрын

    scarlet lashers and wailing bishops are my favorite dragons the scarlet lashers give me vibes of the monstrous nightmare and the rattle dreads remind me of the gronckles .

  • @Inuxxus

    @Inuxxus

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@mariobalestrieri7488 i like the Veilwrites

  • @zanegabriel1375

    @zanegabriel1375

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@Inuxxusand I like the gaping kilnneck

  • @qlockwerk553
    @qlockwerk553 Жыл бұрын

    I like the musculature of the dragons, they feel so potent and powerful. Unlike other dragon designs, these creatures are structured as more bulky and less aerodynamic, a fitting evolution to the hardy environment this world is set in

  • @alorianimz87

    @alorianimz87

    Жыл бұрын

    But when you think about it, more muscular dragons would not really make sense and it will slow there flying. But I agree with you!!! I love muscular dragons and I think there should be more.

  • @alorianimz87

    @alorianimz87

    Жыл бұрын

    But they also could have stronger wings but idk

  • @marcusaaronliaogo9158

    @marcusaaronliaogo9158

    Жыл бұрын

    The creatures here look like monster hunter monsters

  • @qlockwerk553

    @qlockwerk553

    Жыл бұрын

    I imagine the dragon would flap once and it would propel itself up in a powerful movement, so you can see the muscle on them in their flying

  • @justinthompson6364

    @justinthompson6364

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alorianimz87 I think these designs are actually pretty reasonable by dragon standards. For one, I get the impression many of these dragons- particularly the heavier species- are primarily terrestrial. Like the hullbreaker is described as "gliding" rather than truly flying. The ones that do seem to rely heavily on flying are comparatively slim even by classic dragon standards. The exception to this is the Great Kinsbane, but most of their bulk seems to be in the chest and wings, which is where it will do the most good keeping them in the air. Something the size of a dragon would need extraordinary flight muscles anyway.

  • @leonicle4473
    @leonicle4473 Жыл бұрын

    I love the combination of terrifying mythical feats and behaviors that are based in real life, it’s such a cool detail.

  • @joshuagonzalez4183

    @joshuagonzalez4183

    Жыл бұрын

    👍🏻

  • @CaptainPilipinas

    @CaptainPilipinas

    Жыл бұрын

    'But are they Real? like YOU and us~' - [Bones].

  • @familyjobe853

    @familyjobe853

    Жыл бұрын

    i hope tha a story book comes out of this one. it clearly could deserv it.

  • @CaptainPilipinas

    @CaptainPilipinas

    Жыл бұрын

    '-Some people say you should have 'No [Wish]-granters'. Some people say you need to have the right '[shapeshifting] dragons'. All we know is that YOU are Not an Illusion. Understand? This 'world(s)'|'existence(s)' around you, the 'people' you meet- they're a little Thin, right? Cardboard and Drywall. Cheap theater.' - some [Bones].

  • @familyjobe853

    @familyjobe853

    Жыл бұрын

    So it IS "yes" for the Book?

  • @TheGreatAuk
    @TheGreatAuk Жыл бұрын

    Dragons are so cool, glad there's a lot of dragon related projects being made!

  • @concept5631

    @concept5631

    Жыл бұрын

    Dragons are pretty based.

  • @TheaSvendsen

    @TheaSvendsen

    Жыл бұрын

    Which projects are you thinking of? Just curious, I might’ve missed one.

  • @somerandomdragon558

    @somerandomdragon558

    Жыл бұрын

    Rur! ^,..,^

  • @forgettable8300

    @forgettable8300

    Жыл бұрын

    I love dungeons we should combine our two loves and make something maybe we could call it dragons and dungeons I'm sure it's never been thought of before we will be filthy rich mate

  • @lilyfhonazhel2675

    @lilyfhonazhel2675

    Жыл бұрын

    Dragons are pretty overused tho But am I gonna complain if I'm being offered a good Dragon related work? Of course not

  • @infinitetaquito4484
    @infinitetaquito4484 Жыл бұрын

    I like to imagine that this man bends reality itself and travels to different universes for videos

  • @mawlbun

    @mawlbun

    Жыл бұрын

    The curious is a cosmic entity that explores secret realms in all parts of the cosmos, creating an incredible Archive for the world to see via a popular platform. Just had to do it!!

  • @steppin-razor

    @steppin-razor

    Жыл бұрын

    He's like Pariah in DC comics

  • @steppin-razor

    @steppin-razor

    Жыл бұрын

    Or no, he's like Metron, observing and collecting information

  • @UGNAvalon

    @UGNAvalon

    Жыл бұрын

    The Templin Institute leaves their bestiary fieldwork to him. ;D

  • @armageddon7432

    @armageddon7432

    Ай бұрын

    canonically the worlds he explores exist in the Archive

  • @ethanpolley1085
    @ethanpolley1085 Жыл бұрын

    I would love a video of how to train your dragon dragons. Dream works have kind of already done this but that was quite a long time ago and new dragons have been released since then

  • @saalkz.a.9715

    @saalkz.a.9715

    Жыл бұрын

    "...extremely Dangerous. Kill On Sight!" 🙂

  • @GojiRex93

    @GojiRex93

    Жыл бұрын

    Xd

  • @GojiRex93

    @GojiRex93

    Жыл бұрын

    Me tooooo :D!!!

  • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860

    @brawmankerlexterminateurde860

    Жыл бұрын

    Know why this was mentioned It feels like HTTYD and hope it gets a video as well

  • @connordorsey9959

    @connordorsey9959

    Жыл бұрын

    This sounds awesome

  • @dudotolivier6363
    @dudotolivier6363 Жыл бұрын

    I like when we speak and there is creatures like the non-dragons species in this video. That, in a spec evo project centered around a particular subject lifeforms, unrelated species to the targeted animals are also described and showned. That give always a more vast and constructed world vibe, and is good to see that outside the main subject, there others things to speak about !

  • @unselliecontinents3338

    @unselliecontinents3338

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I’m glad there’s also creative non dragon creatures in this world. Usually the other animal species in a world of dragons are just common earth animals like cows and sheep 😂

  • @Martin-yh7vi

    @Martin-yh7vi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@unselliecontinents3338 Now you mentioned it, it makes sense other animals would evolve with dragons to either survive or hunt them.

  • @unselliecontinents3338

    @unselliecontinents3338

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Martin-yh7vi yep, it makes no sense for only dragons to be fantastical

  • @047cjoshuaanthony6

    @047cjoshuaanthony6

    Жыл бұрын

    Tf you trynna say, I'm surprised people understand

  • @epicgamer5231

    @epicgamer5231

    Жыл бұрын

    @@047cjoshuaanthony6 bro same this man having a seizure

  • @gloomyallo1830
    @gloomyallo1830 Жыл бұрын

    Would be interesting to see you take a stab at the biology of Monster Hunter's elder dragons.

  • @thyomnipotentgalacticpickl2188

    @thyomnipotentgalacticpickl2188

    Жыл бұрын

    That would be interesting 'cuz elder dragons are designed NOT to make sense in biology unlike flying, brute, bird, and picine(I don't know how to spell) wyverns which are somewhat [realistic?].

  • @thyomnipotentgalacticpickl2188

    @thyomnipotentgalacticpickl2188

    Жыл бұрын

    It would make an entertaining video though.

  • @gloomyallo1830

    @gloomyallo1830

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thyomnipotentgalacticpickl2188 Several of them do (To a certain extent), many even have coherent and visible taxonomic relationships and clear evolutionary histories that explain their strange anatomies or powers.

  • @thyomnipotentgalacticpickl2188

    @thyomnipotentgalacticpickl2188

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gloomyallo1830 ok you're right there ARE exceptions

  • @thyomnipotentgalacticpickl2188

    @thyomnipotentgalacticpickl2188

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gloomyallo1830 as long as I can remember there are wyverns that descend from elder dragons.

  • @robwalsh9843
    @robwalsh9843 Жыл бұрын

    I like these kaiju-style killer dragons that are just ridiculously monstrous and dangerous. The more grounded realistic ones like VikasRao's Draconology are great, but I love a good "end boss" dragon.

  • @nelly5954
    @nelly5954 Жыл бұрын

    Please do a Part 2 of Draconology! Vikasrao is constantly updating it with way more detail, and new species like unicorns, giants and mermaids!

  • @ryonhatcher4561

    @ryonhatcher4561

    Жыл бұрын

    He also made the Dwarves in the form of the Ana'aku.

  • @nelly5954

    @nelly5954

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ryonhatcher4561 They're not really fantasy dwarves like in norse mythology, it's just a name he's given to homo eretus.

  • @yourimmortalenemy1308
    @yourimmortalenemy1308 Жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love this project, I’ve seen comparisons to Dragonology and How to Train Your Dragon in the comments but I couldn’t help to notice it shares a lot in common with the Monster Hunter franchise. Even then, it has set up a world all its own with a distinct aesthetic that I can’t wait to see more of

  • @Bake-kurijra

    @Bake-kurijra

    Жыл бұрын

    Who would win . The dragonslayer codex vs dragonology ?

  • @joshmerchant8737

    @joshmerchant8737

    Жыл бұрын

    in the first minute of this my first thought was monster hunter.

  • @chaselandry2962

    @chaselandry2962

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joshmerchant8737 when he said explosive slime I was like that sounds like my favorite brute wyvern.

  • @MrSoso1050

    @MrSoso1050

    Жыл бұрын

    The weird weapon that turns into a blade from an axe is literally a monster hunter reference.

  • @its_sisha_not_chair505

    @its_sisha_not_chair505

    Жыл бұрын

    The last one reminds me a lot of the Diablos lol

  • @stevenphang1376
    @stevenphang1376 Жыл бұрын

    This is like a hardcore version of How to train your Dragon

  • @giorgigarsevanidze6334
    @giorgigarsevanidze6334 Жыл бұрын

    I've been following Lee for a while now, he's a super imaginative Artist. I'm glad he's finally getting attention!

  • @GallowglassVT
    @GallowglassVT Жыл бұрын

    I love how alien the dragons look when compared to a lot of designs. Also, scientifically, how could you get a six-limbed dragon without bipassing tetrapod evolution entirely? I had an idea that they could develop wings via heat regulating sails that eventually become fully-functioning wings, but I'm not so sure.

  • @melkerahtagadatsoin-tsoin6016

    @melkerahtagadatsoin-tsoin6016

    Жыл бұрын

    I think I saw somewhere that a mutation would theoretically be possible to go from four limbs to six, but as far as I understand it would be highly unlikely. Unfortunately I can't remember where I found this information so it might not be accurate

  • @WeAreInYourWall

    @WeAreInYourWall

    Жыл бұрын

    It's not that unlikely or unusual there are many animal lineages with more than four limbs, it was only by chance our aqautic ancestors had less fins than average otherwise our lineage would have been six limbed , as it stands fish who stayed in the water are generally six or more limbed , the genes exist and there is a mutation other than absorbing a twin, that can cause multiple sets of limbs although usually non functional , there have been several recorded instances most recently I believe a duck between 2006-2016 had four fully functional legs and a set of wings, although it lost a leg in an accident whilst young.

  • @WeAreInYourWall

    @WeAreInYourWall

    Жыл бұрын

    @@melkerahtagadatsoin-tsoin6016 TLDR: there are several lineages on earth with six limbs, and multiple mutations which can cause functional duplicate limbs, genetic bottlenecks and mismatches could propogate them theoretically. (There was recently a fuck with four legs and wings)

  • @foxhoundslug

    @foxhoundslug

    11 ай бұрын

    you should look into the biology of the Avatar films! they have a whole world where almost all life forms developed six limbs except for the navi people for intelligent diety-related reasons. super interesting stuff.

  • @Raiethstar

    @Raiethstar

    10 ай бұрын

    It would just be a different lineage of fish that moved to land. It would even be possible for both tetrapodal and hexapodal animals to exist at the same time. There would need to be a whole history of this different line for it to be believable though.

  • @admiralcat3809
    @admiralcat3809 Жыл бұрын

    Man these dragons just gives me the urge to hunt them and then craft badass weapons and armors off of their body. just imagine these guys in a new MH series and their move sets.

  • @bobaa4268

    @bobaa4268

    Жыл бұрын

    Poachers in a nutshell:

  • @monkey1053

    @monkey1053

    5 ай бұрын

    The urge to skin these creatures and wear them as armor kinda scares me

  • @Inuxxus

    @Inuxxus

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@monkey1053puts some armor for a spin and throw a body in the bin repeat until you win

  • @spicedapples3283
    @spicedapples3283 Жыл бұрын

    Realizing I’m in a small discord server with this dude is crazy. His art style is so recognizable

  • @ErickHerreraW
    @ErickHerreraW Жыл бұрын

    I would really love a live-action or animation series based of this unique mitology , it will be sooo coool

  • @TytoT-pj9lz
    @TytoT-pj9lz Жыл бұрын

    This is a great episode, as always, but I do want to point out a small inaccuracy; snakes don't actually "unhinge" their jaws. Their jaws simply open very wide. I hope this information can be useful for future projects! :)

  • @Bake-kurijra

    @Bake-kurijra

    Жыл бұрын

    Um a he was talking about pythons . And actually yes snakes jaws do unhinge . Only some snakes species can chow . How do you think they eat

  • @TytoT-pj9lz

    @TytoT-pj9lz

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Bake-kurijra I never said anything about snakes' ability to "chow". Also, can you cite where you got your information about snakes unhinging their jaws? Because all the credible sources (both books and webpages) I've seen prove it is a myth.

  • @error404idnotfound3

    @error404idnotfound3

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TytoT-pj9lz yeah. They actually don’t have lower jaw bones that fuse at the chin. Their Lower jaw bones are connected by a ligament that allows them to split their jaws and “walk” their prey down their throats.

  • @TytoT-pj9lz

    @TytoT-pj9lz

    Жыл бұрын

    @@error404idnotfound3 I. Never. Said. They. Didn't. There's a difference between that and "unhinging" their jaw. It's a flawed term that promotes an anatomical myth.

  • @error404idnotfound3

    @error404idnotfound3

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TytoT-pj9lz absolutely was not arguing with you. I am agreeing with you, and providing interesting facts about snake anatomy, dispelling the myth.

  • @Vaul.
    @Vaul. Жыл бұрын

    It’s interesting how projectile weapons seemingly were never invented by humans in this world

  • @ericward8459

    @ericward8459

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe they have them, but the dragons hides are too tough or thick for standard projectile weapons short of siege engines

  • @jeremybarrett3616

    @jeremybarrett3616

    Жыл бұрын

    They do have them. They have records of a Great Kinsbane face tanking a cannonball. Judging by what is shown I'd say humans are presently in a period analogous to the Late Medieval to Early Renaissance. Dragons are clearly common enough that human cities are mentioned as being built underground. (In the Scarlet Lasher segment) And the dragons appear to be intelligent enough to learn from observation. Inferring they have a sense of object permanence. The main issue with fighting dragons would be that they have many advantages. 1. Flight. 2. Size,speed and strength. 3. Deadly breath weapons ranging from flash melts steel to rot shotgun or electric shock. 4. Thick scales and hide,with some cases being exceptionally so such as the Great Kinsbane and Hullbreaker. 5. Their intelligence. Dragons do get killed despite this,but the teams of slayers still tend to take heavy casualties. Any fight with a dragon is likely to end with death or maiming. While a dragon fighting humans can learn if it survives and is less likely to suffer significant injury. Most dragons will attack from above and besides a shield you don't have a whole lot of options. Attacking from range with a crossbow would be ideal,but you'll be shooting upwards and have to account for its speed,the range, the elevation and the power of the bow. Most shots won't connect at all or will have minimal effect past a certain range. Reloading a weapon good enough for the job will take too long. Around 30 seconds using a goats foot to winch a good war crossbow. Then you need to remove the goats foot,replace the bolt and ready the weapon again to aim. Ammo is also a limited resource. If you're in a fortified position you can hide and reload. But it can also leave or breathe fire into your hiding place. It won't just stick around to be plinked at. And some such as the Hullbreaker will likely come through the walls or roof to get you. Poison could work but you need a delivery method and they are both large and seemingly quite hardy creatures. If you're especially unlucky it may even figure it ate something bad and vomit it up. Or it could smell/taste the poison and just not eat it. Most methods to kill dragons would require a team of trained individuals armed and armoured,aware of the type of dragon,with a terrain advantage and a tactical advantage. Polearms,spears,crossbows,axes and warhammers would be wise. Shields would be very useful in most cases to at least take the brunt of the breath. With armour swinging between covering as much surface area as possible;to staying light and ideally wearing treated wool that's somewhat resistant to flames at minimum.

  • @mllhild

    @mllhild

    Жыл бұрын

    Its just that writers of fantasy worlds tend to either over estimate or underestimate humans severely. If the humans indeed reached the Iron/Steel age as those drawing imply then those dragons are only to be found in zoos for the most part.

  • @magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479

    @magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@mllhild bro by the time we would have made kingdoms and these fucks showed up my bloodline would not wxist even if we had 16th century tech, good luck aiming scattershot or grapeshot at flying dragons with poison smokescreens without peppering an entire street of people

  • @off6848

    @off6848

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mllhild medieval zoos with fire/explosion proof cages??

  • @robert2german
    @robert2german Жыл бұрын

    More dragons are always good.

  • @Butchthalamu_kuma

    @Butchthalamu_kuma

    8 ай бұрын

    I agree

  • @ignister9366
    @ignister9366 Жыл бұрын

    Those first two in the beginning, I’ve seen something like the one that shoots explosive slime in the show “Dragons: Race to the Edge” called the cavern crasher, & the second dragon I’ve also seen, called the smothering smoke breath.

  • @nagendraprasadsingh4489

    @nagendraprasadsingh4489

    Ай бұрын

    Do you mean the general world of httyd

  • @ignister9366

    @ignister9366

    Ай бұрын

    @@nagendraprasadsingh4489 yes, think; it was about a year ago though.

  • @Dystopian-toast
    @Dystopian-toast Жыл бұрын

    I like the adaptation of the animals that defend themselves from dragons

  • @nono9543
    @nono9543 Жыл бұрын

    This art style is badass

  • @AnimeRyker2001
    @AnimeRyker2001 Жыл бұрын

    this reminds me of How to Train Your Dragon, i wonder if a future book will come out saying how to tame some of the more peaceful dragons :D

  • @buckhunt6832

    @buckhunt6832

    Жыл бұрын

    Fool. There are no peaceful dragons. Forget that again, and they'll surely come for you

  • @mariobalestrieri7488

    @mariobalestrieri7488

    Жыл бұрын

    Some of the dragons in the codex remind me some of the dragons From how to train your dragon.

  • @sumrandomstuff
    @sumrandomstuff Жыл бұрын

    This is incredible, and I've been using those designs as a reference to creating my own dragons, most of the ones I've drawn in the past look almost exactly identical, so this really helps. Also, this would make a really good adventure game sort of thing, whether video game or board game.

  • @mawlbun
    @mawlbun Жыл бұрын

    The designs of the dragons are awesome. I hope to make detailed and in-depth beings for my projects one day!

  • @matthewterlaga3022
    @matthewterlaga3022 Жыл бұрын

    This was cool, I’d love to see you do a similar video based on the book “The Wildlife of Starwars” by Terry Whitlatch. It has beautiful hand drawn illustrations like these, and covers wildlife on over a dozen planets.

  • @MissBeeBonnet
    @MissBeeBonnet Жыл бұрын

    I love that the lashers have mating and nest-building behaviors similar to those of Shrikes!

  • @wynsonrao5177
    @wynsonrao5177 Жыл бұрын

    Just a few days ago I reignited my interest in dragon design and here you drop this gem... thank you! The anatomy and silhouette of their heads and wings are so unique in this project!

  • @maddorori817
    @maddorori817 Жыл бұрын

    If anything, I'd want to tame a hullbreaker for it's sheer tankyness and the ability to _one-two-punch_ any other dragon that would fuck around my domain

  • @enriqueramirez0615
    @enriqueramirez0615 Жыл бұрын

    The dragons of Sawyer Lee are awesome and fascinating maybe someday his dragons will be featured in the 6th edition of the popular fantasy role playing board game "Dungeons & Dragons" with approval by the games publisher owners "Wizards of the Coast"

  • @trendyfish5652
    @trendyfish5652 Жыл бұрын

    Please make a part two to this I love these narratives and speculative biology projects

  • @enriqueramirez0615
    @enriqueramirez0615 Жыл бұрын

    15:05 The Veilwright is an enigmatic, rare dragon that veils itself in a constant cloak of smoke. A herbivore, it consumes poisonous plants that others wouldn’t touch, isolating and weaponizong the chemicals to integrate into their cloud. A dragon with 10 extra nostrils makes the Veilwright Dragon breathing the air better and exhale smokes at it's enemy.

  • @enriqueramirez0615

    @enriqueramirez0615

    4 ай бұрын

    1:26 As elegant as they are lethal, the Scarlet Lashers weave through the sky like malignant dancers. Legend says their tail can slice a bison in two, & many Slayers bear marks, amputated limbs, and deafness from fighting these wyrms- for the lashers can emit a sound so loud that it stuns victims and leaves their ears bleeding. Perhaps the most dreadful feature however is their intelligence. Lashers will build traps, pitfalls, and other entanglements to capture and toy with Slayers. Usually this ends with the victim being impaled on a branch of their corpse tree, used to impress mates. I would have to imagine this dragon as a dangerous bloodthirsty feared villain/predator in the Jungle and the Great Grass and given him an individual name "Khan" after the Tiger from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. Like the tiger, the Scarlet Lasher Khan has two sworn enemies in my imaginative take on Kipling's story "Ruby Gillman" the Kraken protagonist raised by the various troll clans in the Jungle, and "Grimmel the Grisly" the overarching Genocidal Poacher from the Village.(plus he too is also an enemy of Ruby while during her time in the village)

  • @hypersonic6160
    @hypersonic6160 Жыл бұрын

    Now I really wanna see a video on the many different dragons from How To Train Your Dragon

  • @firebrand_fox
    @firebrand_fox Жыл бұрын

    I've been watching your channel since the very beginning and I'm so happy that you've found your well deserved success. You've certainly found your niche (pun intended) in the speculative evolution community, but I hope you continue to do more worldbuilding videos! Spec evo is awesome, but at least for me, it's part of my greatest love of worldbuilding. It's such a great community and there are literally endless worldbuilding projects to explore in possible future archive videos. I've really enjoyed the videos you've made lately that explain more about the worlds that the creatures exist in than just the biology of it. Anyway, whatever you do, I'll always be a fan of your videos!

  • @theprehistorichubert9448
    @theprehistorichubert9448 Жыл бұрын

    2:13 : if Trevor Henderson was a medieval themed artist

  • @maxximus6418
    @maxximus6418 Жыл бұрын

    I love how the blisterwhips wings look like the wings of bats and the face and body too They are probably my favorite dragon, they’re so unique and dangerous and stealthy And unpredictable too, with their flammable slime that is shot out of their tails And like, not the tip of their tails, the *middle most* part of their tails, which is colored bright yellow-green to warn creatures and humans about their deadly and surprising weapon Also, something unrelated to the black blisterwhips, is how I love that they made other unique creatures that are built/bred to counter, attack, and survive against dragons, like the king hound which has less fur to make it less flammable than a normal dog, and are bred to be bigger and stronger to be able to stand a chance against most dragons and even kill some dragons

  • @shzarmai
    @shzarmai Жыл бұрын

    Please consider making speculative biology videos on Phoenixes, Three-legged crows and Qilins.

  • @nerdpoopoo9516
    @nerdpoopoo9516 Жыл бұрын

    Its great that dragonslayer codex is finally getting some recognition. Ive been following Sawyer and this project for a while, and its really great to see how far its come.

  • @spikeweed420
    @spikeweed420 Жыл бұрын

    I’d say my favorite dragons are the Scarlet Lasher, the Sicklemouth, the Gaping Kilnneck, the Emerald Bombardier, and the Great Kinsbane.

  • @mariobalestrieri7488

    @mariobalestrieri7488

    Жыл бұрын

    My favorite dragons are the scarlet lashers , gaping killneck, wailing bishops , rattle dreads and great kinsbanes the scarlet lashers and rattle dreads kinda remind me of the monstrous nightmare and gronckles.

  • @Insanity_TM
    @Insanity_TM Жыл бұрын

    Love this channel It was what made me interested in speculative evolution and worldbulding

  • @badassbillyb
    @badassbillybАй бұрын

    i honestly love how for something so clearly in the fantasy genre, it incorporates real world animal behaviors and explanations for how the dragons act. great worldbuilding!

  • @zipperozicvideodump
    @zipperozicvideodump Жыл бұрын

    everything about this feels like it should belong in a soulslike game. From Transforming weapons to Fighting against Dancing abominations-- God, it'd be fun to play.

  • @vishadlamba1161
    @vishadlamba1161 Жыл бұрын

    I love how realistic and original the designs are.

  • @mateuszbanaszak4671
    @mateuszbanaszak4671 Жыл бұрын

    Many fantastic ideas he made. I am for sure gonna adapt some of them. I hope book is gonna be thick, because it will for sure go on my shelf.

  • @jabloko992
    @jabloko992 Жыл бұрын

    I especially appreciate the creative names!

  • @Marsdog02
    @Marsdog02 Жыл бұрын

    I love world building projects like this. The dragon designs are awesome and I love how they share common features, suggesting there are evolutionary trees and such which is a cool detail. Plus the world building is done perfectly. It gives off how to train your dragon vibes (which is already a pretty good movie) but kinda takes it to a new and interesting level. Thanks for sharing this CA, your work does not go unnoticed!

  • @aarav_sharma
    @aarav_sharma Жыл бұрын

    man ur topics are always 'Out of this world'...Glad i found YOU

  • @bringmechaos666
    @bringmechaos666 Жыл бұрын

    This one is bad ass, big fan of this world building project

  • @lovesickening
    @lovesickening Жыл бұрын

    This has very quickly become my favorite youtube channel of all time!!! I love dragons and all the videos are so thorough!

  • @dudotolivier6363
    @dudotolivier6363 Жыл бұрын

    A very good video ! I love these kind of projects, the ones on the nets like this one. Because knowing they are made by one single very great artist person is really amazing and respectful by itself ! The worlbuilding, scientific accuracies that make realisticay viable such fictive lifeforms, the story, the graphism/draws etc... A very lot of work, like for all the others spec evo project that the channel have covered, done in a very long time and who continue even currently, is very incredible to see !

  • @SpaceDragon14
    @SpaceDragon14 Жыл бұрын

    Lee draws some real fucking amazing stuff, real inspiration for sure

  • @kentaur7148
    @kentaur7148 Жыл бұрын

    The creature design and world building is so amazing. I really like how horrifying the dragons seemed, imagine one breaking into your home. Also the fact that the dragons don’t take all of the spotlight is very nice. Having realistic adaptations In normal animals makes a lot of sense when they worry about being hunted by huge flying lizards

  • @joratto2833
    @joratto2833 Жыл бұрын

    Nothing will ever beat the Dragonology book

  • @Lambily192
    @Lambily192 Жыл бұрын

    We need a part 2 cause he has much more dragons now

  • @noahhecker6672
    @noahhecker6672 Жыл бұрын

    Well this looks like an absolutely practical bit of information that I can use in my daily life

  • @manganerd_69
    @manganerd_69 Жыл бұрын

    Pls do more of this type of videos like dragons and stuff, i like it.

  • @SerEmils
    @SerEmils Жыл бұрын

    "Super heated glass" ngl that's a new one

  • @BRITISH_AIRLINES_NO-FLY_LIST
    @BRITISH_AIRLINES_NO-FLY_LIST Жыл бұрын

    Scarlet lasher, Sicklemouth, Wailing Bishop, Tasseled Thundermaw, Rattle Dread, Veilwright, Great Kinsbane. My favssssss

  • @wendylacey2745
    @wendylacey2745 Жыл бұрын

    Great video! I hope you have considered doing a biology video on the creatures of The Eternal Cylinder.

  • @DolusVulpes
    @DolusVulpes Жыл бұрын

    I've always really enjoyed the idea of mythical creatures redesigned as realistic animals that retain their fantastical abilities through weird biology. It's always really cool to see what solutions different people come up to stuff like how dragons would breathe fire or acid in real life.

  • @SuprememeCeratosaurus
    @SuprememeCeratosaurus8 ай бұрын

    You should make a part two to this since there have been so many new dragons and non dragon creatures added onto this world

  • @denizwithz9589
    @denizwithz95893 ай бұрын

    This feels like a "How to train your dragon" book and I love it

  • @saiyanelite338
    @saiyanelite338 Жыл бұрын

    This needs to be a game I’ll buy it.

  • @Wash-tq7ed
    @Wash-tq7ed Жыл бұрын

    DRAGONS!!!!! LETS GOOOOOOO!!!!!

  • @SpaceSha_rk
    @SpaceSha_rk Жыл бұрын

    These videos are just amazing, the narration is just on another level.

  • @timversteeg2826
    @timversteeg2826 Жыл бұрын

    Never thought i'd see Sawyer's project on this channel, but i am pleasantly surprised!

  • @muckyesyesindisguise3854
    @muckyesyesindisguise3854 Жыл бұрын

    Veilwright move set for a game (that doesn’t exist): M1: Claw Combo: a three hit combo that does decent damage First ability: Smoke Screen: once used the Vielwright will produce a cloud of smoke that makes it impossible for anyone to see them, while using their superior senses to catch them off guard (lasts 15 seconds, you get beast-o-vision if you know what I mean) Ability two: Scavenge: the Veilwright scavenges for a myriad of poisonous plants, depending on what they find their First and third abilities will have a different special effect (Lone-wart: Disables one move randomly once they enter the fog Dead-leaf: once they enter the fog they will stunned for 2 seconds completely BUT the fog has a higher start up Throat oat: The fog now does very small continuous damage after entering and disable in game chat. Third ability: Smoke Dash: the Veilwright cloaks itself is smoke and dashes forward leaving a trail of smoke behind. (Retains affects of poison)

  • @CoralReaper707
    @CoralReaper707 Жыл бұрын

    Now these are some kickass designs!

  • @locoraptor12
    @locoraptor12 Жыл бұрын

    This Dragon book i think it needs a movie

  • @atkguy7109
    @atkguy7109 Жыл бұрын

    Would love a video on How to Train your Dragon, surprisingly one of the best speculative biology franchises on the planet

  • @buckhunt6832

    @buckhunt6832

    Жыл бұрын

    Have you seen this channel? Htyd is good but not one of the best

  • @brawmankerlexterminateurde860
    @brawmankerlexterminateurde860 Жыл бұрын

    19:11 "even a sleeping kinsbane is a serious threat" I think Espinas from mh are like this if hunting them wasn't just a game

  • @SerpTheCrafter
    @SerpTheCrafter7 ай бұрын

    I love these so much, the creativity with each trait is incredible!

  • @sargentgullible2794
    @sargentgullible2794 Жыл бұрын

    This is basically How to Train Your Dragon if the Vikings were knights, and they never learned how to get along with these dragons, mostly because these ones are much more dangerous and meaner.

  • @StudioHolocene
    @StudioHolocene Жыл бұрын

    I wanna see “Biology Of Made In Abyss” next because the abyss has soooo many creatures worth exploring! Corpse Weepers are my favorite!

  • @user-pn2px3de1f
    @user-pn2px3de1f4 ай бұрын

    The author has his own channel on KZread called:Sawyer Lee

  • @thelonewanderer3015
    @thelonewanderer3015 Жыл бұрын

    I would love a game where you can just randomly encounter these beasts in the wild or hunt them for materials that would be an amazing game if done right.

  • @matezelenka1323
    @matezelenka1323 Жыл бұрын

    This is awesome! i'd love to see you cover more of this project!!

  • @iffinilssonkuylenstierna7503
    @iffinilssonkuylenstierna7503 Жыл бұрын

    good video btw i love your typ off content with all this documentary style i just love it keep up the good work my man. 👍

  • @benjamindebo9283
    @benjamindebo9283 Жыл бұрын

    I love this channel

  • @TyrannosaurusRex..
    @TyrannosaurusRex.. Жыл бұрын

    Man, I LOVE designing dragons.

  • @gameslacker2711
    @gameslacker2711 Жыл бұрын

    This feels so nostalgic, really reminds me of How To Train Your Dragon, loved every bit of it, please, hopefully you'll cover more this

  • @mimirthelegend7836
    @mimirthelegend7836 Жыл бұрын

    Great video once again. Great job!

  • @ImreHardeman
    @ImreHardeman Жыл бұрын

    Amazing intro, as always, keep up the good work!

  • @sandmangreen4
    @sandmangreen4 Жыл бұрын

    This is top tier material. So creative and magnificent drawings. Impresive!

  • @KfrancisArt
    @KfrancisArt Жыл бұрын

    Love the artist work and sick video as always.

  • @avocado1714
    @avocado1714 Жыл бұрын

    I would love to see a continuation of your monster hunter series!

  • @lad8907
    @lad8907 Жыл бұрын

    Man why haven't i ever imagined a dragon with a sword for a face, it's so sick.

  • @hexarrock9131
    @hexarrock9131 Жыл бұрын

    I think i might make them into D&D Stat blocks , cuz the creativity in this is awesome.

  • @lilyevolson5532
    @lilyevolson5532 Жыл бұрын

    Dragon: I’m gonna eat you Me: I really wanna pet you though

  • @fatorc4228
    @fatorc4228 Жыл бұрын

    This is giving me strong Monster Hunter vibes and I love it!

  • @Yoshuggutha
    @Yoshuggutha Жыл бұрын

    I love this so much. The designs are amazing! How can I support the making of this book? This is absolutely something I want in my library!

  • @in-craig-ible6160
    @in-craig-ible61604 ай бұрын

    These illustrations are incredible!

  • @cxireen2193
    @cxireen2193 Жыл бұрын

    "Many of these scaly tyrants will not go down without a fight" Vaughn: You can say that again

  • @kanseiyamazaru435
    @kanseiyamazaru435 Жыл бұрын

    Considering how I'm following a few dragon survival games in development, YES I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE DRAGONS!

  • @lutho7693
    @lutho7693 Жыл бұрын

    The Biology of the Creatures reminds me of a Mix of "How to train your Dragon" and "Dragon hunters". Good old child hood memories...

  • @MrSeahawk77
    @MrSeahawk77 Жыл бұрын

    Great project, I hope you feature more creative projects such as these.

  • @squashbird9426
    @squashbird9426 Жыл бұрын

    Can you do the sequel please, the more news species of dragon and giant dragon-eating “weasel” too.

  • @danjaminmonster
    @danjaminmonster Жыл бұрын

    You should DEFINITELY do a video on Hollow Knight! It’s such a good game and even has a mini-guide to all of the creatures in it in-game!

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