Lady of fire

A beautiful fire elemental lady dressed in molten rocks and lava (CassiopeiaArt)

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Monster - Illithid (Mind Flayer) brain eater creature from Dungeons & Dragons RPG (helmuttt)

Mind Flayer  (Illithid) - one of the most dangerous creatures in Dungeons & Dragons
fantasy role playing game, Forgotten Realms version by Helmuttt

In the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game (D&D) , illithids (commonly known as mind flayers) are monstrous humanoid aberrations with psionic powers. In a typical Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, they live in the moist caverns and cities of the enormous Underdark. Illithids believe themselves to be the dominant species of the multiverse and use other intelligent creatures as thralls, slaves, and chattel.

Illithids have a basically humanoid body, but their head is octopus-like. They have four tentacles around a lamprey-like mouth, and require the brains of sentient creatures as part of their diet. An illithid who snares a living creature in all four of its tentacles can extract and devour its living brain. Their eyes are pale white, and they can see perfectly well in both darkness and light. Their sense of hearing is slightly poorer than a human's; they have difficulty distinguishing between several sounds mixed together. Their skin is purplish blue to gray-green and covered in mucus, and is very sensitive to sunlight. Though sunlight does not actually harm them, they loathe it with incredible ferocity.

One of the most feared powers is the dreaded Mind Blast, where the illithid emits a cone-shaped psionic shockwave with its mind in order to incapacitate any creature for a short amount of time. Illithids also have other psionic powers, generally telepathic in nature, although their exact effects have varied over editions. Other powers include a defensive psionic shield and powers of psionic domination for controlling the minds of others. More about Illithids on wikipedia

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You can find Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations (Dungeons & Dragons d20 3.5 Fantasy Roleplaying Supplement) on Amazon with plenty of informations on this and other aberrations.

Cerumnos the horned god of celts (aryundomiel)

An interesting naked version of the arcane Horned God of Celts by aryundomiel
perfect picture for a fertility god isn't it ?

Cernunnos is the conventional name given in Celtic studies to depictions of the horned god of Celtic polytheism. The name itself is only attested once, on the 1st-century Pillar of the Boatmen, but depictions of a horned or antlered figure, often seated in a "lotus position" and often associated with animals and holding or wearing torcs, are known from other instances.

Nothing is known about the god from literary sources, and details about his name, his cult or his significance in Celtic religion are unknown. Speculative interpretations identify him as a god of nature or fertility. - More infos on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cernunnos

[aryundomiel]

Minotaur (innerabove)

Raging minotaur with great spiked club (by innerabove)

[innerabove]

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur (Ancient Greek Μῑνώταυρος [miːnɔ̌ːtau̯ros], Latin: Minotaurus, Etruscan Θevrumineś), was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, "part man and part bull". He dwelt at the center of the Cretan Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like constructiondesigned by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete. The Minotaur was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus.

The term Minotaur derives from the Ancient Greek Μῑνώταυρος, a compound of the name Μίνως (Minos) and the noun ταύρος "bull", translating as "(the) Bull of Minos". In Crete, the Minotaur was known by its proper name, Asterion,a name shared with Minos' foster-father.

Minotaur was originally a proper noun in reference to this mythical figure. The use of minotaur as a common noun to refer to members of a generic race of bull-headed creatures developed much later, in 20th-century fantasy genre fiction. - more on wikipedia

11-11-11 Skyrim time!

Skyrim screenshot - undead and warrior

11-11-11 is near, only 2 more days and Skyrim will be out! The new Bethesta games looks awesome. Enjoy this screenshots and a great video. Can't wait for Elders scrolls V.

Skyrim screenshot - Argonian female mage

Skyrim screenshot - Argonian male mage

Skyrim screenshot - Warrior in vilalge

Skyrim screenshot - city

Skyrim screenshot - Dark elf warrior

Skyrim screenshot - City exterior

Skyrim screenshot -  Frost atronach

Skyrim screenshot - Giant

Skyrim screenshot - Giant spider

Skyrim screenshot - Horse

Skyrim screenshot - Guard

Skyrim screenshot - Frost wraith

Skyrim screenshot - Kajith hunter

Skyrim screenshot - Kajith warrior mage

Skyrim screenshot - Kajith warrior

Skyrim screenshot - Mammooth

Skyrim screenshot - Marsh

Skyrim screenshot - Hunter

Skyrim screenshot - Warrior 

Skyrim screenshot - Orc warrior

Skyrim screenshot - Orc warrior vs mage

Skyrim screenshot - Dark elf female ranger with dog

Skyrim screenshot - Hunter with storm bow

Skyrim screenshot - standing stone

Skyrim screenshot -  Troll

Skyrim screenshot - undead lord

Skyrim screenshot - undead

Skyrim screenshot - warrior in dungeon

Skyrim screenshot - wolves and magic

Now, video time! enjoy these great locations

or this incredibly beautiful 20 minutes gameplay video

Are these screens enough or you want more ?

You can preorder this great game on Amazon!

The wild hunt (Genzoman)

The wild hunt (Genzoman)

[Genzoman]

Character - Gryphon hunter (len-yan)

Elven gryphon hunter with bow and leather armor (len-yan)

[len-yan]

Character - Demonic hunter

Demonic archer by samikichan

[samikichan]

Spirit of october (ceruleanvii)

The spirit of october (ceruleanvii)
I really love the colors of this!

[ceruleanvii]

Character - Hellbreed browser game concept art, magic user fighting undeads

A magic user fighting some undeads in new hack & slash browser game Hellbreed - Image by Velinov

Monkey King (saryth)

Monkey King (saryth)

“ Journey to the West ” are the great fantastic adventure stories. Be fully of a deva, god, angel, mara, demon, devil and etc. as symbol of godnes and badness. The routh march journey for Tripitaka ( Buddhist Scriptures ) be like a diligent goal of living.

Journey to the West is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It was written by Wu Cheng'en and published in the 1590s during the Ming Dynasty. In English-speaking countries, the tale is also often known simply as Monkey. This was one title used for a popular, abridged translation by Arthur Waley. The Waley translation has also been published as Adventures of the Monkey God, Monkey:  Folk Novel of China, and The Adventures of Monkey, and in a further abridged version for children, Dear Monkey.

More on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West

[saryth]

Character - QiLing Zhang, oriental warrior (feimo)

QiLing Zhang, oriental warrior (feimo)

[feimo]

Character - Warrior of light

Character - Warrior of light

Character - Elven armored warrior with sword

Elf warrior with sword and armor

Character - Dark elf archer (GuzBoroda)

Dark elf archer (GuzBoroda)

[GuzBoroda]

Drakensang online - free mmorpg concept art - The wild hunt

Drakensang online - free mmorpg concept art - The wild hunt

I always loved the "wild hunt concept", and started to play the free game after seeing this image. Drakensang online game looks cool, is browser based and with no download. I suggest you to check it. You should find a banner with it around here : )

About the wild hunt:

The Wild Hunt is an ancient folk myth prevalent across Northern, Western and Central Europe. The fundamental premise in all instances is the same: a phantasmal,specteral group of huntsmen with the accoutrements of hunting, horses, hounds, etc., in mad pursuit across the skies or along the ground, or just above it.


The hunters may be the dead or the fairies (often in folklore connected with the dead).The hunter may be an unidentified lost soul, a deity or spirit of either gender, or may be a historical or legendary figure like Theodoric the Great, the Danish king Valdemar Atterdag, the Welsh psychopomp Gwyn ap Nudd or the Germanic Woden (or other reflections of the same god, such as Alemannic Wuodan in Wuotis Heer ("Wuodan's Host") of Central Switzerland, Swabia etc.)


Seeing the Wild Hunt was thought to presage some catastrophe such as war or plague, or at best the death of the one who witnessed it. Mortals getting in the path of or following the Hunt could be kidnapped and brought to the land of the dead. A girl who saw Wild Edric's Ride was warned by her father to put her apron over her head to avoid the sight. Others believed that people's spirits could be pulled away during their sleep to join the cavalcade.

more on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Hunt

Monster - Hybrid myth (sakimichan)

 Hybrid myth (sakimichan)

Really a strange hybrid creature, human torso, horse body, goat feet, dragon tail, dog head and ram horns ... amazing!

[sakimichan]

Character - Tatooed warrior (Elvire)

Shirtless martial artist, nice drawing of tatoo and muscles.
Really like the 6 fingers on right hand and overall anatomy. Great work by Elvire

[elvire]

Hold On (ertacaltinoz)

Hold On (ertacaltinoz) . magical fight scene with dragons, magic, warriors, griffins and fantasy things :)

[ertacaltinoz]

Run (ertacaltinoz)

Run (ertacaltinoz) - some good guys need to run ... NOW!!!

[ertacaltinoz]