As the predators pressed forward, the jungle gradually fell silent. It was the eerie sort, the kind of hush that was expectant, as if the Skimmers had paused and turned as one to watch wide-eyed what might happen next.
Ahead, thick tree trunks barred all sight, yet any lingering Red Sense would pick up the heartbeat dead ahead, mere yards away. And... up.
And then one of the trees moved. Then another. They were dark grey, slate--no,
blue, a shade different from the gray-brown all around them. And not wrapped in vines, and clinging leaves; instead the bark was ragged, in a coherent pattern. No-... No. Not bark. Scales.
Scutes.
The trunk-like
legs stepped back. One, two. A third and a fourth. A low, long whistle drifted lazily through the leaves far beyond as a long tail slid whip-like through the air. No doubt the two would crane their heads back, as much as anatomy would allow, trying to look
upward at where this creature ended. And they would find a massively heavy body, a long, powerful neck and a rounded little head staring right back down at them.
It was the sort of behemoth that screamed "I'm too big for you to even
think of touching" without saying a single word. And it had not yet really reacted, bar taking a step back and staring, blowing a loud exhale through glowing cyan nostrils. But... those were
glowing a little brighter.
Maybe it could be tackled with powerful magics, from afar, but this thing could knock down and crush either Rex or Brother with a single trampling rush. Assuming that's all it had in its bag of massive tricks...
Brother (with Rex) has discovered a giant, as-yet-unnamed sauropod. Brother is free to decide on a name for this creature in-character, at which point it will be added to the Lesser Gembound Guide and Bestiary entries. Any special abilities this creature possesses have yet been discovered. (Art by Gortys!)
