Halloween inspired ideas

This is a long list of ideas that I had over halloween that I wanted to share.

Trolls:
Appearance
Felarya’s Trolls are not like the normal ugly dimwitted trolls that are portrayed on other worlds, no their features are more human like with the main difference being that they have very long mostly hairless tails except for the tip of the tail which has a tuff of hair similar to that of a lion. Their ears are also a dead give away as they are very pointy and sometimes have hair on the tips. Their bodies and faces have mostly normal features to them, Their skin comes in many different colors from purple, to green, some have even been seen that have been pink in color. The hair of a troll is rather unusual not because it always seems to be a little messy but because it is constantly changing color’s this doesn’t mean that their hair changes to every color but instead changes to colors that are similar to their natural skin color such as if their skin is purple their hair will change color in different shades of purple. On average trolls tend to be more of a giant size mostly reaching 90 feet. For the most part they don’t wear cloths although some have been seen wearing loincloths and warriors have been seen wearing leather armor.

Habitat
Trolls can be found in rather dark places such as caves, they have been known to live in other places mostly in abandoned ruins where they often hunt adventurers looking for treasure. But probably the easiest place to find one would be in the forest of horrors where the troll kingdom is located.

Abilities
Trolls probably have the lowest grade of weapons out of any creature in Felarya as their weapons tend to be more of a primitive level being mostly made of sticks and rocks while their armor is made of thick leather. It is unknown why Trolls have such low grade weapons especially since they get along well with dridders it probably has something to do with their stubborn nature. However even with this low grade of weapons Trolls are still considered to be highly dangerous, because of their special ability that allows them to transform people into other creatures, for example a troll can turn a naga into a human or a human into a mermaid or a mermaid into a tonorion. This ability is rather restricted though as it is mostly temporary so if by some chance that their catch manages to escape they will eventually return to normal, although there are case’s of it being permanent such as if someone is transformed too many times they tend to be stuck in that form. Also a Troll can’t just keep changing someone over and over again for example if a troll turns a naga into a dridder the troll would have to turn the dridder back into a naga before it could be turned into anything else. While this is a rather dangerous ability trolls normally try not to use it unless they have too. After all if they did it too much they could make enemies with all the other races or even provoke the guardians.

Behavior
Trolls for the most part are aggressive and stubborn, there are very few creatures that they get along with, but if one was to be singled out as their allies it would have to be dridders, Trolls tend to be a little slow in thought sometimes but this doesn’t mean that they are stupid, many adventurers have tried to outsmart trolls only to find that they themselves have been outsmarted. When a troll catches prey they like to toy with them by giving them a chance to get away by having them answer a set of questions, these questions depend on the troll some are easy to answer while others simply can’t be answered like “what is the exact number of guardians in Felarya?”. One surprising thing about trolls is that they have a deep hatred toward fairies and as of now is the only known race to have had open conflicts with them. Probably the only reason a troll can go up against a fairy who are masters of size shifting magic is because of a trolls transformation abilities, for instance if a fairy shrinks a troll a troll will then turn the fairy into a human or other creature.

Society
Troll society isn’t really war like although they are rather barbaric, their capital is obviously the troll kingdom that is located deep inside a mountain located in the forest of horrors. Trolls are ruled by the powerful troll king, no one knows what he looks like since few people have ventured into the troll kingdom and came out alive although it is said that he is massive even by felaryas standards. Trolls that live outside of the troll kingdom normally live in small groups of about five normally in caves. Trolls normally have a leader in their group most of the time being the biggest and meanest.

Hunting
Trolls normally hunt humans and other smaller races by waiting patiently in various places such as under bridges or well travelled paths, when a troll catches their prey they normally give them the list of questions they have thought of if the questions are answered most of the time the troll will let the person go. When they hunt larger predators they normally turn them into smaller races.


Brier Dryads:
Appearance
Brier dryads are a little different from normal dryads for one their plant half isn’t a tree but instead are more thicket like with many vines with several thorns on them, these vines often hide their human half as well since their thicket halves tend to spread out over a large area. The skin of the dryad is more brown in color and like a bramble dryad they have thorns all over their skin. Also like a bramble dryad they can retract their thorns.

Hunting
Brier dryads tend to place themselves on travelled paths were they completely cover the path leaving only a narrow passage to travel through, this narrow passage is only small enough to let their prey in so nothing big can get through without getting ensnared. Because of this a lot of travelers have unknowingly ran into these dryad traps attempting to flee from another predator. Once the prey is in the thicket there is no way out other then from the dryads mercy. The dryad normally cuts off all exits trapping the travelers inside most of the time ensnaring them with vines.

Behavior
Brier dryads are rather social and often talk with each other via the mental network.


Forest of Horrors:
Danger: High
Sub zones: Troll kingdom
Inhabitants: Trolls, Brier dryads, Mothfolk, Dridders, Banshee’s, Koumoris, Shadow stalkers, Flying angler fish, Great hyena’s, nightmare geckoes, Ghosts, Succubi, Gorgons.

Located south of the dridder forest the forest of horrors has indeed earned its name. upon entering the forest of horrors people notice that is seems to be devoid of life, the tree’s all seem dead and bear fruit that appears to be rotted and the ground is littered with dead leaves, the sky always seems dark even in the daytime. However this is not the case as it turns out this almost wasteland like terrain is very much full of life. Even the fruit that appears to be rotted is in fact edible it may not be the juiciest fruit but still edible. The forest of horrors is a very dangerous place in Felarya as some of the more terrifying creatures of felarya live here. Not only the creatures that live here are terrifying many things happen here that are hard to explain and chill people to their very soul, many people claim to see past loved ones or other occurrences that simply can’t be explained by logic. Those who are lucky enough to leave this place alive often suffer from mental scars and often have horrible nightmares. As of now there doesn’t seem to be any reason to enter the forest of horror other then to explore it however this may be a grave mistake.

Troll Kingdom:
Danger: High
Inhabitants: Trolls

Located deep in the forest of horrors the troll kingdom is a very unknown place. From the outside it appears to be nothing more then a mountain however upon closer inspection it is noticed that there are several caves all over this mountain that lead deep into it’s interior, only a hand full of people have been in the troll kingdom and came out alive and with very little information at that. But from what we do know the caves lead to the mountains hollowed out interior where a large city resides other then that nothing else is known.

Shadow stalkers:
Size: 40
Threat: High
Shadow stalkers are probably one of the top predators in the forest of horrors, this creature looks like it came out of a nightmare it stands up right on two legs is normally grey in color with a massive toothy maw and large clawed hands. One unusual thing about this creature is it has no eyes or nose so it hunts from sound and since the forest floor of the forest of horrors is covered in dead leaves it is rather hard to be stealthy. This thing can literally come out of nowhere and is often in groups of five, you see they seem to reside in a shadow dimension and when prey pass by the entrance to their dimension they jump out and drag them into the shadows only to disappear.

Flying angler fish:
Size: 70
Threat: High
A rather odd creature the flying angler fish is just that a giant flying angler fish. This creature often settles it’s self somewhere on the forest floor where it appears to be nothing more then a large mound of dirt this however brings us to its unusual and disturbing lure. The lure of the flying angler fish often resembles a small human child. This lure is attached to the flying angler fish by an almost transparent tentacle, the lure looks exactly like the real deal the lure skips, waves, runs, even giggles. This lure is very effective for both small prey and larger ones as small prey see a helpless child and just want to help while larger prey sees an easy meal. The lure then lures the prey back to the angler fish once close enough the fish strikes and devours it’s prey.

Great hyenas:
Size: 40
Threat: Medium
Virtually the forest of horror’s version of the kensha beast, the great hyena has only four legs although they do have poisonous claws like the kensha beast, Great hyenas constantly laugh which adds to the eeriness of the forest of horrors. Great hyenas are very intelligent and are even able to speak language which is very freaky in its own right. They often travel in packs of five or more, and when they have cornered their prey they always have wide grins on their face while their laughing which often causes many people to go mad.

Nightmare Geckos:
Size: 20
Threat: low
The nightmare gecko is probably one of the freakiest creatures in felarya, in many ways these creatures are a lot like a clobbersaurus is the since that it doesn’t eat or sleep or drink anything. In appearance they don’t seem to be anything other then a giant gecko however when you approach this creature you will be in for a big surprise as it has a special ability to morph it’s skin making it into whatever it think will scare the explorers that are approaching it. Most of the time it will make a human face appear on it’s skin with a happy expression on it’s face, this is not the end however since not only can it make the face look real it can also make the face talk and often has it say something along the lines of “Hi, won’t you come in? It’s nice and warm in here.” In the end the nightmare gecko is believed to gain sustenance by scaring the crap out of people.

Some excelent idea here !
I especially liked the horror forest and the hyenas one

Thank you

I think that this is a pretty sweet Idea. It seems like it could be a fun new addition to Felarya.

Thanks

Some really awesome ideas here!

Thank you

The forest is an awesome idea, as well as the trolls and drayds. You really should post these ideas on the wiki

I actually added the hyenas for now ^_^

Karbo wrote:

I actually added the hyenas for now ^_^

Sweet

Here are two more ideas I had.

Cannibal weeds

Threat: Critical

A plant that is only found in the forest of Horrors, the cannibal weed has been labeled the most dangerous plant in the forest. The cannibal weed only appears once every fifty years which is the only time when the sun is visible in the forest leaving people to believe that the sun is what brings the weed out. The Cannibal weed has a primary body that is surrounded by hundreds of long vines covered in thorns that drag food into the mouth located on the primary body. The thing that makes the weed so dangerous is its ability to spread and grow at an alarming rate, in fact within seconds of the exposure of the sun the weed starts to grow and within an hour has spread over several miles. Luckily the weeds time is short as the sun is only visible for one day after the sun leaves the weed instantly starts to wither and die.

Wraiths

size: 60

Threat: very high

A wraith it probably one of the most dangerous and mysterious creatures in the Forrest of horrors, This creature always appears as a humanoid female often wearing a dress, they are more ghost like hovering in the air and being able to be seen through, another noticeable thing about them is that their eye’s are gone leaving only void like black holes that constantly have tears running down their cheeks. While they appear to be sentient beings there doesn’t seem to be anything in their behavior that shows any sign of any real intelligence, all the creature seems to want to do is float around and cry all the time. When you see one the first thing you should do is stop and not make any sudden movements, as long as you do not provoke a wraith it will leave you alone, if you were to provoke a wraith it would instantly be noticed that it’s sad expression turns to an expression of anger it’s face often turns into something horrible as it screams and charges at you. Running or using weapons on a wraith is futile, so your only hope is magic. The wraith attacks by sucking the life force out of it’s victims leaving a withered husk after the attack.

here are a few more ideas I had related to the forest of horrors.

Boneclaw apes
Threat low to critical
Size 4 feet tall

Like their name suggests bone claw apes are a species of blood claw apes that are found in the forest of horrors. Bone claw apes are about a foot shorter then blood claw apes and while for the most part they look alike but there are a few differences. For one bone claw apes are hairless and appear to be suffering from starvation since their ribs and spine are visible. Their eyes are also very cloudy giving them the appearance of being dead. Behavior wise they act just like a normal blood claw ape.

Corpse elementals

Corpse Elementals are a type of elemental that can be found in the forest of horrors that like their name may suggest make their bodies out of the remains of deceased creatures. They are able to reshape the dead body into whatever form they wish just like a normal elemental can with what ever matter they pick. Depending on what corpse the elemental chooses to take it could gain natural abilities from said body such as getting venom glands from a dead dridder or wings from a dead harpy.

Underworld

Threat level: low

Sub zone of the forest of horrors

Underworld is a city located in the forest of horrors it is roughly less then half the size of negav and is considered the only safe place in the forest of horrors. Like negav Underworld is surrounded by a great wall and has several large guns mounted on its walls. The population of underworld mostly consists of thugs, thieves, assassins, slavers, and just about any other type of criminal which is why underworld is considered a low level threat because of the high crime. Underworld is also known for having the largest population of vampires in Felarya which probably is the reason that Underworld hasn’t been destroyed yet. The vampires of underworld are not restricted to night time hours since the sun never shines in the forest of horrors making underworld the perfect haven for a vampire. The reason that underworld has survived for so ling is most likely do to the large vampire population.

Nice ideas. The wraith sounds very creepy. It adds a new level to the fear inspired by Felarya.

As a point of detail, a "cannibal weed" would be a weed that feeds on weeds. Cannibalism means eating your own species. What you mean is a carnivorous weed.

French snack wrote:

Nice ideas. The wraith sounds very creepy. It adds a new level to the fear inspired by Felarya.

As a point of detail, a "cannibal weed" would be a weed that feeds on weeds. Cannibalism means eating your own species. What you mean is a carnivorous weed.

thank you
I named it that because I couldn't think of a better name ^^:
but honestly I'm not sure I like the cannibale weed idea anymore.