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"Gulper Daemon" by Isabelle L Davis

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Gulper Daemon by Isabelle L Davis

Species: tharleseer (aka 'Gulper daemons')
Class: Greater Daemon

The tharleseer, better known as 'Gulper daemons' are a particularly vile species that inhabit certain regions of the Lower Planes where they prey upon any unfortunate being small enough to fit down their sizeable maw. They serve no particular god or daemon prince and fortunately stay mostly in the underworlds but there are always exceptions. Despite their beastly appearance, they are highly intelligent and are capable of speech through a sort of 'one way' telepathy (i.e. they're not mind-readers but can speak into other minds). They also exude constantly strange, sweet but sickly smelling pheromones that tend to lower the guard of other creatures in their vicinity, making hunting more easy. This scent is instantly recognisable to anyone who has encountered a tharleseer before although for most a first encounter with a gulper is one's last.

Tharleseers received the term 'gulper' by merit of their eating habits: since their jaws are not capable of a sideways chewing motion, they simply gulp their (preferably alive and screaming) victim down whole a it like a snake only quicker. The sagging flesh all along their underbelly is highly distendable, allowing for the consumption of large amounts of food. Rather unpleasantly, this skin is also translucent allowing an onlooker to view those unfortunate enough to have become the contents of its digestive tract.

Occasionally a Gulper will find its way onto the mortal plane. When this happens they prefer to find a remote settlement somewhere not too sunny, perferably in terrain where there's plenty of places to hide and pick off stray individuals. Frequently such blighted settlements are totally unaware of the daemon's presence and the vanishing of their neighbours and travellers is a complete mystery (and they tend to give dragons, rocs or griffins the blame).

Date	Name	Comment
17 Nov 2005	E. Son	Loading... Aww, he has a tentacle tongue. That's so sweet! This is so awesome<3
17 Nov 2005	Michelle Kast Monger	Loading... LMAO i knew this was one of your pictures Izzy you seem to have associated your art with the dark grey/browny colours =p thats a really creepy beast too X) looks like the kinda creature that would inhabit some majorly untidy persons basement XD
17 Nov 2005	Simi Landau Muffin Queen	Loading... Oh, that's freaky. Well done! It's giving me chills. Congrats on Mod's Choice!
17 Nov 2005	Kristina 'Nighty' Knapp	Loading... hmmm... this wouldn't be, perchance, inspired by the deep sea gulper eel? The head does look a fair bit like one (I did a report on deep sea life spring quarter last school year). In any case, cool stuff, very creepy. 'Grats on mods choice!
17 Nov 2005	Lizzi 'Paws' Scoones	Loading... Those front pincher like legs look particularly menacing, certainly a very good idea. The colouring is very good too, I like the texture you got on it.
17 Nov 2005	Rufus	Loading... I mean, I'm not going to tell you it's a great piece of art--and I know you didn't intend it to be taken as such. You are into comics and this reflects your interest in illustrations. A vivid rendering, to be sure.
18 Nov 2005	Louisa field	Loading... U guy r such stupid freaks!!!! That is soooo ewwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!
18 Nov 2005	Jamie L. Billings	Loading... top 100 things you don't want to see in a dark ally way when you're already paraniod. This ranks somewhere on this list above the cerial killers and what not. I skiped the story, looked at the pick, and thought, "Eww, creepy icky things, though well done" Then i read the story. "Eww, super creepy icky things that I really dont want to meet, though well drawn and nice background."
26 Aug 2008	Alexandra Busch	Loading... hahaha. i like the sounda these things! geeze, this would make a very goodstory if it wasn’t already, and it also makes for awsome art. the problem is i can’t describe it in any words more than what has already been said. even though it deserves so much more.
12 Oct 2008	Lydia stephanie Barker	Loading... wicked job here.
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