https://www.redruin.org/wiki/ 2026-05-02T19:02:08+00:00 https://www.redruin.org/wiki/ https://www.redruin.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2023-12-05T18:49:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:annis&rev=1701802154&do=diff The Annis (Paul Partington) The door opened into an enormous cavern, impossibly contained within the boundaries of the house. Stairs carved out of rock lead to the floor. Before descending, I looked around. The walls were daubed with strange symbols in a dark red paint and the floor was littered with bones. Against the wall to the left was a bed that looked more like the nest of a giant bird and to the right was an old woman in a tatty grey dress, shackled to the wall. She appeared to be aslee… text/html 2023-11-29T22:25:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:barbegazi&rev=1701296754&do=diff The Barbegazi (Brock) [Barbegazi by Brockprint]The Barbegazi are shy creatures that inhabit the mountainous heights of eastern Chaubrette, the County of Braeburg, and northern Kurland. They prefer to avoid contact with men; few have seen them and accounts of their appearance vary according to the storyteller. text/html 2023-12-31T14:03:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:bestiary&rev=1704031394&do=diff The Bestiary A collection of creatures fair and foul to include in your adventures. A The Annis B The Barbegazi The Blood Fiend D The Drac F Fairy Knight Ferryman Flesh Golem Frost Phantom G Ghasts Gloomviles Guardian Spirit J Jack-O-Lantern M The Marsh Beast Mere Troll Mi'raj Moon Maiden N The Newtling The Ngokla P Patchwork Man R The Redcap S S'asabonsam The Serpopard Snakes T The Tallow Man The Tatzelwurm Trollbear … text/html 2023-12-04T22:21:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:blood_field&rev=1701728466&do=diff Blood Fiend (Andrew Wright) [Blood Fiend by Andrew Wright]From out of the southern swamps, the Blood Fiend staggers; a hulking humanoid brute covered in armoured scutes, with razor-sharp claws and a toothsome crocodile-like head. Is it a highly-adapted archosaurian or merely an evolutionary dead-end cousin of the Dracomen? Scholarly conjecture is deeply divided on the issue. Regardless, lowering its snout to the ground to sniff for prey, the beast picks up a scent from a scarlet stain: fresh b… text/html 2023-11-29T10:26:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:drac&rev=1701253560&do=diff The Drac (Brock) The ferryman rows his boat back across the River Rodubris, returning to the shore north of Sauvesse Port. As he struggles against the river's relentless current, a glint of gold catches his eye. He looks again -- a golden arm ring lies in the shallows, just a few feet away from his skiff. Quickly steadying his boat, he leans over the side and reaches down into the chill waters. He reaches as far as he can, his fingers feeling the hard edge of metal, when something unseen wraps… text/html 2023-12-31T14:23:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:ferryman&rev=1704032585&do=diff Ferryman (Chris Jolliffe) [Ferryman by Chris Lawson]It is known that to cross the river of the dead, one must pay a toll to a ferryman, who will take you to the far side from which there is no return. Sometimes, these grim boatmen do not wait for the dead to arrive and instead wait by the water's edge in mortal lands. text/html 2023-12-03T20:31:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:frost_phantom&rev=1701635473&do=diff Frost Phantom (Wayne Imlach) Frost phantoms inhabit areas where corpses have been interred or left to rot, such as graveyards and battlefields. These invisible entities feed on the remnant life energy left after death. Under certain conditions freezing fog or mist crystallises around them, conferring form and shape. In this way empowered, they seek the life energy of the living. Their appearance echoes the dead on whose lingering energy they subsist, shimmering white spectres floating above th… text/html 2023-12-04T22:20:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:gloomvile&rev=1701728414&do=diff The Gloomvile (Andrew Wright) Many are the demonic denizens of the infernal regions and mysterious are their motivations and obligations. One such pack of strange and rare lesser fiends are the ragged Gloomviles. These are gaunt, human-like figures in dark robes that spill out behind them like pools of shadow and their flesh is a bloodless grey-white. Their grim visages are cruel and twisted, with bleak, malice-haunted eyes, and their thin hands end in claw-like nails. text/html 2023-12-04T22:12:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:marsh_beast&rev=1701727927&do=diff The Marsh Beast (Andrew Wright) [Marsh Beast by Andrew Wright]Ancient tales tell of the mysterious Marsh Beast, a half-formed creature of the primordial mire, little-known but much feared by all who dwell near the fens and swamplands of Legend. Late at night, when the mist hangs low, the warbling calls of frogs and toads will cease, and one can hear the sound of something large and bulky moving slowly through the reeds. There will be a sudden scream or howl, and another victim text/html 2023-12-03T20:34:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:mere-troll&rev=1701635682&do=diff Mere Troll (Wayne Imlach) Mere-trolls are malevolent, humanoid creatures typically found in Mercania (where they are known as “fyrd-trulls”), Krarth, and the Gnawing Wastes. Tall and gaunt, they are easily mistaken for a man if glimpsed from afar. On closer inspection, the illusion is broken text/html 2023-12-03T14:54:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:miraj&rev=1701615254&do=diff Mi'raj (Brock) “Oh, it’s just a harmless little bunny, isn’t it?” The Mi'raj, or (often incorrectly) the Al-Mi’raj, is a relatively rare creature that can be found on the coastal lands of the Emirate of Marazid and in the kingdoms of Minj. Legend says that the Mi'raj was native to an island known as Jazirat al-Tinnin (the Dragon's Island), located in the Deeps of Rasakna, and that one was presented to an Emphidian hero as a gift for slaying the dragon that had been terrorising the island's in… text/html 2023-11-29T10:26:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:moon_maiden&rev=1701253560&do=diff Moon Maiden (Damian May) [Moon Maiden by @tentaclesofgloom]These hellish beings are otherworldly horrors, called down by worshippers of the ancient lunar demon, detailed in the Hunter's Moon (Sleeping Gods) and The Torc of the Moon (DW Wiki) adventures. They are unnatural beings, constantly flickering in and out of focus when called to the earthly realm. text/html 2023-12-04T22:13:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:newtling&rev=1701728001&do=diff New Old Monsters - The Newtling (Andrew Wright) The lands of Legend are wide and vast, and much lore has been published about them and their many diverse denizens. But, occasionally, in the footnotes and asides, we find small fragments concerning obscure creatures otherwise ignored. Here's another one! text/html 2023-11-29T10:26:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:ngokla&rev=1701253560&do=diff New Old Monsters - The Ngokla (Andrew Wright) The lands of Legend are wide and vast and much lore has been published about them and their many diverse denizens. But, occasionally, in the footnotes and asides, we find small fragments about obscure creatures otherwise ignored. Here's one for starters. text/html 2023-11-29T22:28:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:redcap&rev=1701296927&do=diff The Redcap (Paul Partington) “I heard the sound of iron-booted footsteps on the cobbled courtyard before I caught sight of the bizarre creature. It resembled a wizened old goblin, but despite its appearance and the heavy iron boots it wore, it was fairly spritely, racing after me at great speed. It had sharp teeth, long clotted hair beneath a filthy red cap, and in one of its taloned hands, held a wooden staff. text/html 2023-12-03T20:37:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:sasabonsam&rev=1701635822&do=diff S'asabonsam (Damian May) [S'asabonsam by @tentaclesofgloom]The S'asabonsam originates from the forests of Southern Mungoda, but can also be found all along the Western Coast of the continent as well; wherever there are forest trees big enough to support them. Little is known about this creature outside of the local tales and folklore, which are thought by Coradians and Ta'ashim alike to be prone to exaggeration and contradiction. text/html 2023-12-03T19:43:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:serpopard&rev=1701632589&do=diff The Serpopard (Paul Partington) We made our way through a square archway to a wide gallery with sandstone walls and a floor of white marble. Before we could progress further, we had to deal with the creature lurking here. A huge cat-like animal, with light brown fur and black spots sat in the middle of the gallery. Its long serpent-like neck ended in the head of a great cat, with draconic ears and mouth and ferociously sharp teeth. text/html 2023-12-07T19:18:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:snakes&rev=1701976721&do=diff Snakes (Brock) [Snake by Brockprint]Lithe, limbless, scale-covered, and cold-blooded, snakes can be found everywhere except in the coldest regions of Legend. There are thousands of different species of snake, of which only 600 or so are venomous and, of these, less than one in ten have poison capable of harming a human. It is this last group that concerns us here text/html 2023-11-29T16:21:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:tallowman&rev=1701274893&do=diff The Tallow Man (Christian Hagga) Dark, sooty smoke fills the room, accompanied by the rancid smell of burning tallow. The silhouette of a thin hunched figure can be seen in the haze. His malicious smile is briefly glimpsed through the smoke before he vanishes and the screaming of his victims begins text/html 2023-11-29T10:26:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:tatzelwurm&rev=1701253560&do=diff The Tatzelwurm (Brock) [The Tatzelwurm by Brockprint] The Tatzelwurm is a rare, serpent-like creature with the head and forelegs of a cat. It lives in the northern mountains of the Coradian mainland. Known as the Stollenwurm in the County of Braeburg, it has been sighted in the mountains of eastern Chaubrette, in the County of Braeburg and in the western reaches of the Drakken Peaks. Tatzelwurms grow to between 2.5m and 3m in length and it is these that can cause trouble for villagers, shepher… text/html 2023-12-03T20:38:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:trollbear&rev=1701635891&do=diff Trollbear (Andrew Wright) [Trollbear by Andrew Wright]Legends speak of the many monstrous horrors that stalk the uncharted depths of the Svartgard Forest, one of the most brutally terrifying being the hideous Trollbear, a foul and fey amalgamation of Troll and Bear, whose horrific origins are perhaps best left unknown. Though initially they may appear to be simply a large Bear, at close quarters, their inherent weirdness becomes apparent; rolling bloodshot eyes, mangy, parasite-infested pelts,… text/html 2023-12-04T22:21:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.redruin.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bestiary:zombie_beasts&rev=1701728510&do=diff Zombie Beasts (James Healey) [Zombie Bear by Outland Entertainment (c) Jeremy Mohler]“I returned from the forest that night, aching from tree felling, everywhere as black as pitch, save by the glow of my lantern. When I first saw it, I thought a bear woke from its slumber by my passing, but then I smelled it -- rotting flesh and vegetation. I was gazed on by cold dead eyes.