Y'know I was travelling with a guy from the dune sea once. He tried to sell me 'the scale of a mighty pope' that his granddad had slain. Apparently, the old man used to go around the desert at night dressed up as a cactus digging up dune moles and tying a collar made up of various intertwined posionous plants around their necks before letting them go. Before long, a pope terrorizing the local farms dropped dead, and now its skull is used as an impractical family table back home. I can't say I believed him, but it was an interesting story.
Ahh yes, the Bishop! An absolute unit and probably the best executed desert dragon I have ever seen! Despite how Strange it is, it is far from the weirdest of the codex beasts.
my loyal companion, cathedral the wailing bishop. we defeated a scarlet lasher together, and he has been my only companion for many long trips through mostly uninhabited lands.
@@wen9157 Feel like one of the significantly greater concerns is the Gaping Kilnneck's 10,000 degree inferno blast. There could probably be some kind of armor or shields that the Bishop's molten glass would slide off of, but you can't block a wall of fire that can melt armor and flesh alike
You know, I have been following your project almost since the beginning (like, since your fourth or fifth post of it) and seeing it in a documentary-style presentation was always a dream of mine. Really happy that it's finally happening!
I once went on pilgrimage through the dune sea i had the rare chance to hear the mating song of two bishops luckily i was far enough from to not be seen but it was quite a beautiful song.
Absolutely loved your work the moment I saw it from curious archive, I hope to see more of these in the future! your work would be so cool to have as a monster hunter-ish game aswell!
@@sawyerleeart Yepp! I remember when I first followed you on Twitter, I'd scroll your page for a long time to get quench my desire for more of your world. Now fans, new and old, can easily access all the info they could ever desire because of these videos.
Excellent new video, the editing and pasting is really good and I also can see an improvement is sound quality. The art accompanied by your skills in story telling and different sound effects allowed me to be immersed by the video, which is extremely welcomed and make the overall experience a true pleasure; The only critique i would have is not because of something that is missing, but rather just something that i find would make the experience even better, and as i was saying, its to put more ambiance sounds and music to accompany the story telling, as I think it would make the experience even better. The dragon itself is absolutely fascinating, a massive inspiration for my world building projects and a impressive creature, with all the things they have to survive in such harsh conditions. Absolutely love the project 💙
As a trader of dune sea... mph mph... collector who collects coals(we ussualy leave coal peaces in sands becouse it will be diamond like in month due to heat) we ussualy wear skins of dune moles and ships which we do not remove meat layer from skin becouse it will keep it cool when wear despite being stinky and uncomfortable, its only choice to trevel in that heat.
What an amazing job ! As a world builder and creature maker too, I find your work so impressive and interesting ! I would love to see more videos like this ! It's very well explained and complexe, I'm in love with it !
Have you used vampire bats as a reference for terrestrial wing folding of the wailing bishop? Your creatures look very naturalistic and life-like (but at the same time alien) because they have subtle traits from real animals.
Great episode man! The bishop is one of my favourite dragons with their reflective scales and heyna like body posture. I particularly love their mating ritual and how they build obsidian "cathedrals" to house their eggs. One minor criticism though, 2 tons is extremely heavy for a flying animal. Quetzalcoatlus, one of the biggest pterosaurs, only weighed about 200 kg thanks to a structure of hollow bones and air sacs that reduce the weight of the animal. The wailing Bishop would of course be heavier due to tough scales and a much more massive body and tail but two tons might be a tad extreme.
They are indeed heavy for a flying beast! I let it be one of the realism boundaries I push however- as this same beast also melts and stores molten sands in its stomach- something no beast would realistically be able to do! It’s a push and pull with the mythical feats vs realism
There’s a bird that feeds in a similar way, the black skimmer, and occasionally, they break their beaks, even though it does grow back. Does anything like that ever happen to these dragons??
Do the dragons constantly grow teeth to compensate for their lack of lips? It seems like their teeth may be damaged easily due to environmental conditions and erosion
IN THE DESERT by Stephen Crane In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, “Is it good, friend?” “It is bitter-bitter,” he answered; “But I like it “Because it is bitter, “And because it is my heart.”
i am curious as to why the audio when you speak only outputs on one side of my headset while the ambience plays in both. But my curiosity aside, you did a wonderful job this time around, can't wait for the next video.
I only have one thing to dislike about these videos is the volume of your voice...it is very VERY low...is not even your tone ore the way you talk, ore the quality of the sound..it is actually only the volume of the registration...every other thing is just chef-kiss perfect. Thak you for creating all of this
"You find a crumpled letter on your doorstep. It looks like it was stained with the saliva of a swamp dragon." Read it? Please master, can you tell something, about not a dragons, just an animals in our world. Like a moles, or kinghounds(dog breed) . I just a Vagant looking for knowledge. I hope for your understand Sir Dragonslayer. Unknown Bard.
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