A Guide to Dangerous Dragons
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2024
- Do you know how to survive a dragon attack? A journey through the burned pages of the ‘Dragonslayer Codex,’ a worldbuilding project by Sawyer Lee
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Have you heard of a dragon whose tail releases a spray of explosive slime? Or a dragon that hunts with noxious fumes? Or one that vomits spires of super-heated glass? Across various myths and cultures, dragons have taken on many forms. But few are more fearsome than the terrors that lurk within the pages of the Dragonslayer Codex - a worldbuilding project from the brilliant imagination of artist Sawyer Lee.
The volume is written as a survival guide to the world’s most dangerous dragons, explaining their abilities, behavior, and how to slay them if necessary. But be warned: many of these scaly tyrants will not go down without a fight. So, for this entry into the archive, we’ll learn critical things about each species that can mean the difference between survival and searing flames.
Now, let’s dive into the burned pages, and discover the secrets of the Dragonslayer Codex…
0:00 Dragonslayer Codex
1:18 Scarlet Lasher
3:07 Sicklemouth
4:26 Wailing Bishop
6:01 Tasseled Thundermaw
7:38 Gaping Kilnneck
9:26 Black Blisterwhip
10:52 Hellbasker
12:26 Rattle Dread
13:48 Emerald Bombardier
14:58 Veilwright
16:42 Hullbreaker
18:19 Great Kinsbane
19:37 Support the Project
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the sicklemouths are such a funny dragon to me, they literally fight with their chins and can even outwit human fencers. Truly a chivalrous dragon.
And you can turn their face into a one-handed switch axe.
And they will fight you if they think fighting u will be cool, absolute gamer mentality
Gigachad of the dragons
can we just call them "Gigachad Dragons" please?
@@Pigen_ imagine if you challenge one and it just let you go, that would be so bad.
I like the musculature of the dragons, they feel so potent and powerful. Unlike other dragon designs, these creatures are structured as more bulky and less aerodynamic, a fitting evolution to the hardy environment this world is set in
But when you think about it, more muscular dragons would not really make sense and it will slow there flying. But I agree with you!!! I love muscular dragons and I think there should be more.
But they also could have stronger wings but idk
The creatures here look like monster hunter monsters
I imagine the dragon would flap once and it would propel itself up in a powerful movement, so you can see the muscle on them in their flying
@@alorianimz87 I think these designs are actually pretty reasonable by dragon standards.
For one, I get the impression many of these dragons- particularly the heavier species- are primarily terrestrial. Like the hullbreaker is described as "gliding" rather than truly flying. The ones that do seem to rely heavily on flying are comparatively slim even by classic dragon standards.
The exception to this is the Great Kinsbane, but most of their bulk seems to be in the chest and wings, which is where it will do the most good keeping them in the air. Something the size of a dragon would need extraordinary flight muscles anyway.
I love the combination of terrifying mythical feats and behaviors that are based in real life, it’s such a cool detail.
👍🏻
'But are they Real? like YOU and us~' - [Bones].
i hope tha a story book comes out of this one. it clearly could deserv it.
'-Some people say you should have 'No [Wish]-granters'. Some people say you need to have the right '[shapeshifting] dragons'.
All we know is that
YOU
are Not an Illusion. Understand? This 'world(s)'|'existence(s)' around you, the 'people' you meet-
they're a little Thin, right?
Cardboard and Drywall. Cheap theater.' - some [Bones].
So it IS "yes" for the Book?
Dragons are so cool, glad there's a lot of dragon related projects being made!
Dragons are pretty based.
Which projects are you thinking of? Just curious, I might’ve missed one.
Rur! ^,..,^
I love dungeons we should combine our two loves and make something maybe we could call it dragons and dungeons I'm sure it's never been thought of before we will be filthy rich mate
Dragons are pretty overused tho
But am I gonna complain if I'm being offered a good Dragon related work? Of course not
I would love a video of how to train your dragon dragons. Dream works have kind of already done this but that was quite a long time ago and new dragons have been released since then
"...extremely Dangerous. Kill On Sight!" 🙂
Xd
Me tooooo :D!!!
Know why this was mentioned
It feels like HTTYD and hope it gets a video as well
This sounds awesome
This feels like a version of How to Train your dragon made for adults, which is everything I’ve ever wanted
scarlet lashers and wailing bishops are my favorite dragons the scarlet lashers give me vibes of the monstrous nightmare and the rattle dreads remind me of the gronckles .
@@mariobalestrieri7488 i like the Veilwrites
@@Inuxxusand I like the gaping kilnneck
I like when we speak and there is creatures like the non-dragons species in this video.
That, in a spec evo project centered around a particular subject lifeforms, unrelated species to the targeted animals are also described and showned.
That give always a more vast and constructed world vibe, and is good to see that outside the main subject, there others things to speak about !
Yeah I’m glad there’s also creative non dragon creatures in this world. Usually the other animal species in a world of dragons are just common earth animals like cows and sheep 😂
@@unselliecontinents3338 Now you mentioned it, it makes sense other animals would evolve with dragons to either survive or hunt them.
@@Martin-yh7vi yep, it makes no sense for only dragons to be fantastical
Tf you trynna say, I'm surprised people understand
@@047cjoshuaanthony6 bro same this man having a seizure
Would be interesting to see you take a stab at the biology of Monster Hunter's elder dragons.
That would be interesting 'cuz elder dragons are designed NOT to make sense in biology unlike flying, brute, bird, and picine(I don't know how to spell) wyverns which are somewhat [realistic?].
It would make an entertaining video though.
@@thyomnipotentgalacticpickl2188 Several of them do (To a certain extent), many even have coherent and visible taxonomic relationships and clear evolutionary histories that explain their strange anatomies or powers.
@@gloomyallo1830 ok you're right there ARE exceptions
@@gloomyallo1830 as long as I can remember there are wyverns that descend from elder dragons.
I like to imagine that this man bends reality itself and travels to different universes for videos
The curious is a cosmic entity that explores secret realms in all parts of the cosmos, creating an incredible Archive for the world to see via a popular platform.
Just had to do it!!
He's like Pariah in DC comics
Or no, he's like Metron, observing and collecting information
The Templin Institute leaves their bestiary fieldwork to him. ;D
canonically the worlds he explores exist in the Archive
I like these kaiju-style killer dragons that are just ridiculously monstrous and dangerous. The more grounded realistic ones like VikasRao's Draconology are great, but I love a good "end boss" dragon.
Please do a Part 2 of Draconology! Vikasrao is constantly updating it with way more detail, and new species like unicorns, giants and mermaids!
He also made the Dwarves in the form of the Ana'aku.
@@ryonhatcher4561 They're not really fantasy dwarves like in norse mythology, it's just a name he's given to homo eretus.
I've been following Lee for a while now, he's a super imaginative Artist. I'm glad he's finally getting attention!
I absolutely love this project, I’ve seen comparisons to Dragonology and How to Train Your Dragon in the comments but I couldn’t help to notice it shares a lot in common with the Monster Hunter franchise. Even then, it has set up a world all its own with a distinct aesthetic that I can’t wait to see more of
Who would win . The dragonslayer codex vs dragonology ?
in the first minute of this my first thought was monster hunter.
@@joshmerchant8737 when he said explosive slime I was like that sounds like my favorite brute wyvern.
The weird weapon that turns into a blade from an axe is literally a monster hunter reference.
The last one reminds me a lot of the Diablos lol
This is like a hardcore version of How to train your Dragon
Realizing I’m in a small discord server with this dude is crazy. His art style is so recognizable
I would really love a live-action or animation series based of this unique mitology , it will be sooo coool
I love how alien the dragons look when compared to a lot of designs. Also, scientifically, how could you get a six-limbed dragon without bipassing tetrapod evolution entirely? I had an idea that they could develop wings via heat regulating sails that eventually become fully-functioning wings, but I'm not so sure.
I think I saw somewhere that a mutation would theoretically be possible to go from four limbs to six, but as far as I understand it would be highly unlikely. Unfortunately I can't remember where I found this information so it might not be accurate
It's not that unlikely or unusual there are many animal lineages with more than four limbs, it was only by chance our aqautic ancestors had less fins than average otherwise our lineage would have been six limbed , as it stands fish who stayed in the water are generally six or more limbed , the genes exist and there is a mutation other than absorbing a twin, that can cause multiple sets of limbs although usually non functional , there have been several recorded instances most recently I believe a duck between 2006-2016 had four fully functional legs and a set of wings, although it lost a leg in an accident whilst young.
@@melkerahtagadatsoin-tsoin6016 TLDR: there are several lineages on earth with six limbs, and multiple mutations which can cause functional duplicate limbs, genetic bottlenecks and mismatches could propogate them theoretically. (There was recently a fuck with four legs and wings)
you should look into the biology of the Avatar films! they have a whole world where almost all life forms developed six limbs except for the navi people for intelligent diety-related reasons. super interesting stuff.
It would just be a different lineage of fish that moved to land. It would even be possible for both tetrapodal and hexapodal animals to exist at the same time. There would need to be a whole history of this different line for it to be believable though.
Man these dragons just gives me the urge to hunt them and then craft badass weapons and armors off of their body. just imagine these guys in a new MH series and their move sets.
Poachers in a nutshell:
The urge to skin these creatures and wear them as armor kinda scares me
@@monkey1053puts some armor for a spin and throw a body in the bin repeat until you win
It’s interesting how projectile weapons seemingly were never invented by humans in this world
Maybe they have them, but the dragons hides are too tough or thick for standard projectile weapons short of siege engines
They do have them. They have records of a Great Kinsbane face tanking a cannonball. Judging by what is shown I'd say humans are presently in a period analogous to the Late Medieval to Early Renaissance.
Dragons are clearly common enough that human cities are mentioned as being built underground. (In the Scarlet Lasher segment) And the dragons appear to be intelligent enough to learn from observation. Inferring they have a sense of object permanence.
The main issue with fighting dragons would be that they have many advantages.
1. Flight.
2. Size,speed and strength.
3. Deadly breath weapons ranging from flash melts steel to rot shotgun or electric shock.
4. Thick scales and hide,with some cases being exceptionally so such as the Great Kinsbane and Hullbreaker.
5. Their intelligence.
Dragons do get killed despite this,but the teams of slayers still tend to take heavy casualties. Any fight with a dragon is likely to end with death or maiming. While a dragon fighting humans can learn if it survives and is less likely to suffer significant injury. Most dragons will attack from above and besides a shield you don't have a whole lot of options. Attacking from range with a crossbow would be ideal,but you'll be shooting upwards and have to account for its speed,the range, the elevation and the power of the bow. Most shots won't connect at all or will have minimal effect past a certain range. Reloading a weapon good enough for the job will take too long. Around 30 seconds using a goats foot to winch a good war crossbow. Then you need to remove the goats foot,replace the bolt and ready the weapon again to aim. Ammo is also a limited resource.
If you're in a fortified position you can hide and reload. But it can also leave or breathe fire into your hiding place. It won't just stick around to be plinked at. And some such as the Hullbreaker will likely come through the walls or roof to get you.
Poison could work but you need a delivery method and they are both large and seemingly quite hardy creatures. If you're especially unlucky it may even figure it ate something bad and vomit it up. Or it could smell/taste the poison and just not eat it.
Most methods to kill dragons would require a team of trained individuals armed and armoured,aware of the type of dragon,with a terrain advantage and a tactical advantage. Polearms,spears,crossbows,axes and warhammers would be wise. Shields would be very useful in most cases to at least take the brunt of the breath. With armour swinging between covering as much surface area as possible;to staying light and ideally wearing treated wool that's somewhat resistant to flames at minimum.
Its just that writers of fantasy worlds tend to either over estimate or underestimate humans severely. If the humans indeed reached the Iron/Steel age as those drawing imply then those dragons are only to be found in zoos for the most part.
@@mllhild bro by the time we would have made kingdoms and these fucks showed up my bloodline would not wxist even if we had 16th century tech, good luck aiming scattershot or grapeshot at flying dragons with poison smokescreens without peppering an entire street of people
@@mllhild medieval zoos with fire/explosion proof cages??
This is a great episode, as always, but I do want to point out a small inaccuracy; snakes don't actually "unhinge" their jaws. Their jaws simply open very wide. I hope this information can be useful for future projects! :)
Um a he was talking about pythons . And actually yes snakes jaws do unhinge . Only some snakes species can chow . How do you think they eat
@@Bake-kurijra I never said anything about snakes' ability to "chow". Also, can you cite where you got your information about snakes unhinging their jaws? Because all the credible sources (both books and webpages) I've seen prove it is a myth.
@@TytoT-pj9lz yeah. They actually don’t have lower jaw bones that fuse at the chin. Their Lower jaw bones are connected by a ligament that allows them to split their jaws and “walk” their prey down their throats.
@@error404idnotfound3 I. Never. Said. They. Didn't.
There's a difference between that and "unhinging" their jaw. It's a flawed term that promotes an anatomical myth.
@@TytoT-pj9lz absolutely was not arguing with you. I am agreeing with you, and providing interesting facts about snake anatomy, dispelling the myth.
More dragons are always good.
I agree
This art style is badass
Those first two in the beginning, I’ve seen something like the one that shoots explosive slime in the show “Dragons: Race to the Edge” called the cavern crasher, & the second dragon I’ve also seen, called the smothering smoke breath.
Do you mean the general world of httyd
@@nagendraprasadsingh4489 yes, think; it was about a year ago though.
This is incredible, and I've been using those designs as a reference to creating my own dragons, most of the ones I've drawn in the past look almost exactly identical, so this really helps. Also, this would make a really good adventure game sort of thing, whether video game or board game.
The designs of the dragons are awesome. I hope to make detailed and in-depth beings for my projects one day!
this reminds me of How to Train Your Dragon, i wonder if a future book will come out saying how to tame some of the more peaceful dragons :D
Fool. There are no peaceful dragons. Forget that again, and they'll surely come for you
Some of the dragons in the codex remind me some of the dragons From how to train your dragon.
You should make a part two to this since there have been so many new dragons and non dragon creatures added onto this world
Please make a part two to this I love these narratives and speculative biology projects
DRAGONS!!!!! LETS GOOOOOOO!!!!!
I love that the lashers have mating and nest-building behaviors similar to those of Shrikes!
Just a few days ago I reignited my interest in dragon design and here you drop this gem... thank you! The anatomy and silhouette of their heads and wings are so unique in this project!
I've been watching your channel since the very beginning and I'm so happy that you've found your well deserved success. You've certainly found your niche (pun intended) in the speculative evolution community, but I hope you continue to do more worldbuilding videos! Spec evo is awesome, but at least for me, it's part of my greatest love of worldbuilding. It's such a great community and there are literally endless worldbuilding projects to explore in possible future archive videos. I've really enjoyed the videos you've made lately that explain more about the worlds that the creatures exist in than just the biology of it.
Anyway, whatever you do, I'll always be a fan of your videos!
I like the adaptation of the animals that defend themselves from dragons
Now I really wanna see a video on the many different dragons from How To Train Your Dragon
Its great that dragonslayer codex is finally getting some recognition. Ive been following Sawyer and this project for a while, and its really great to see how far its come.
This was cool, I’d love to see you do a similar video based on the book “The Wildlife of Starwars” by Terry Whitlatch. It has beautiful hand drawn illustrations like these, and covers wildlife on over a dozen planets.
15:05 The Veilwright is an enigmatic, rare dragon that veils itself in a constant cloak of smoke. A herbivore, it consumes poisonous plants that others wouldn’t touch, isolating and weaponizong the chemicals to integrate into their cloud.
A dragon with 10 extra nostrils makes the Veilwright Dragon breathing the air better and exhale smokes at it's enemy.
1:26 As elegant as they are lethal, the Scarlet Lashers weave through the sky like malignant dancers. Legend says their tail can slice a bison in two, & many Slayers bear marks, amputated limbs, and deafness from fighting these wyrms- for the lashers can emit a sound so loud that it stuns victims and leaves their ears bleeding.
Perhaps the most dreadful feature however is their intelligence. Lashers will build traps, pitfalls, and other entanglements to capture and toy with Slayers. Usually this ends with the victim being impaled on a branch of their corpse tree, used to impress mates.
I would have to imagine this dragon as a dangerous bloodthirsty feared villain/predator in the Jungle and the Great Grass and given him an individual name "Khan" after the Tiger from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. Like the tiger, the Scarlet Lasher Khan has two sworn enemies in my imaginative take on Kipling's story "Ruby Gillman" the Kraken protagonist raised by the various troll clans in the Jungle, and "Grimmel the Grisly" the overarching Genocidal Poacher from the Village.(plus he too is also an enemy of Ruby while during her time in the village)
I love how realistic and original the designs are.
these dragons are so cool! will these be in a book series? or are they for the video?
A very good video !
I love these kind of projects, the ones on the nets like this one.
Because knowing they are made by one single very great artist person is really amazing and respectful by itself !
The worlbuilding, scientific accuracies that make realisticay viable such fictive lifeforms, the story, the graphism/draws etc...
A very lot of work, like for all the others spec evo project that the channel have covered, done in a very long time and who continue even currently, is very incredible to see !
The dragons of Sawyer Lee are awesome and fascinating maybe someday his dragons will be featured in the 6th edition of the popular fantasy role playing board game "Dungeons & Dragons" with approval by the games publisher owners "Wizards of the Coast"
Many fantastic ideas he made.
I am for sure gonna adapt some of them.
I hope book is gonna be thick, because it will for sure go on my shelf.
This has very quickly become my favorite youtube channel of all time!!! I love dragons and all the videos are so thorough!
This is like HTTYD.
the designs remind me of the dragons from it and even the names like Black Blisterwhip, Tasseling Thundermaw and Sicklemouth remind me of dragons like the Razorwhip, Smothering Smokebreaths and Snafflefang, it’s really interesting!
Please consider making speculative biology videos on Phoenixes, Three-legged crows and Qilins.
man ur topics are always 'Out of this world'...Glad i found YOU
Love this channel
It was what made me interested in speculative evolution and worldbulding
We need a part 2 cause he has much more dragons now
I love how the blisterwhips wings look like the wings of bats and the face and body too
They are probably my favorite dragon, they’re so unique and dangerous and stealthy
And unpredictable too, with their flammable slime that is shot out of their tails
And like, not the tip of their tails, the *middle most* part of their tails, which is colored bright yellow-green to warn creatures and humans about their deadly and surprising weapon
Also, something unrelated to the black blisterwhips, is how I love that they made other unique creatures that are built/bred to counter, attack, and survive against dragons, like the king hound which has less fur to make it less flammable than a normal dog, and are bred to be bigger and stronger to be able to stand a chance against most dragons and even kill some dragons
I love world building projects like this. The dragon designs are awesome and I love how they share common features, suggesting there are evolutionary trees and such which is a cool detail. Plus the world building is done perfectly. It gives off how to train your dragon vibes (which is already a pretty good movie) but kinda takes it to a new and interesting level. Thanks for sharing this CA, your work does not go unnoticed!
Scarlet lasher, Sicklemouth, Wailing Bishop, Tasseled Thundermaw, Rattle Dread, Veilwright, Great Kinsbane. My favssssss
Pls do more of this type of videos like dragons and stuff, i like it.
Never thought i'd see Sawyer's project on this channel, but i am pleasantly surprised!
I especially appreciate the creative names!
i honestly love how for something so clearly in the fantasy genre, it incorporates real world animal behaviors and explanations for how the dragons act. great worldbuilding!
good video
btw i love your typ off content with all this documentary style i just love it keep up the good work my man. 👍
This needs to be a game I’ll buy it.
This is awesome! i'd love to see you cover more of this project!!
Well this looks like an absolutely practical bit of information that I can use in my daily life
This one is bad ass, big fan of this world building project
"Super heated glass" ngl that's a new one
I love this so much. The designs are amazing! How can I support the making of this book? This is absolutely something I want in my library!
Great video! I hope you have considered doing a biology video on the creatures of The Eternal Cylinder.
Lee draws some real fucking amazing stuff, real inspiration for sure
This feels so nostalgic, really reminds me of How To Train Your Dragon, loved every bit of it, please, hopefully you'll cover more this
These videos are just amazing, the narration is just on another level.
I’d say my favorite dragons are the Scarlet Lasher, the Sicklemouth, the Gaping Kilnneck, the Emerald Bombardier, and the Great Kinsbane.
My favorite dragons are the scarlet lashers , gaping killneck, wailing bishops , rattle dreads and great kinsbanes the scarlet lashers and rattle dreads kinda remind me of the monstrous nightmare and gronckles.
Amazing intro, as always, keep up the good work!
Now these are some kickass designs!
Can you do the sequel please, the more news species of dragon and giant dragon-eating “weasel” too.
Nothing will ever beat the Dragonology book
2:13 : if Trevor Henderson was a medieval themed artist
I love these so much, the creativity with each trait is incredible!
If anything, I'd want to tame a hullbreaker for it's sheer tankyness and the ability to _one-two-punch_ any other dragon that would fuck around my domain
I would love to see a continuation of your monster hunter series!
Great video once again. Great job!
This is top tier material. So creative and magnificent drawings. Impresive!
Great project, I hope you feature more creative projects such as these.
Them dragons done made gas attacks
The Biology of the Creatures reminds me of a Mix of "How to train your Dragon" and "Dragon hunters".
Good old child hood memories...
Man, I LOVE designing dragons.
This Dragon book i think it needs a movie
Would love a video on How to Train your Dragon, surprisingly one of the best speculative biology franchises on the planet
Have you seen this channel? Htyd is good but not one of the best
Considering how I'm following a few dragon survival games in development, YES I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE DRAGONS!
This looks great! One thing I want to suggest is notes on how to combat one if necessary or a list of the slayer's arsenal and what is most effective in dragon slaying. Maybe some passive or more friendly dragons would be cool. Defiantly going to be a patreon tho.
10:17 This hability reminds me of the Brachidios's ability, is a monster from the game Monster Hunter btw
This is giving me strong Monster Hunter vibes and I love it!
The author has his own channel on UA-cam called:Sawyer Lee
Cool. Reminds me of this book I once had that was written like Darwin's naturalist notebook, with sketches from an adventuring naturalist describing all the life and dragons he encountered on his journeys. This was years ago, though, can't remember the name but it was probably published back in the early 2000's... Good video. I love putting this channel on and falling asleep.
Love the artist work and sick video as always.
everything about this feels like it should belong in a soulslike game. From Transforming weapons to Fighting against Dancing abominations-- God, it'd be fun to play.
The creature design and world building is so amazing. I really like how horrifying the dragons seemed, imagine one breaking into your home. Also the fact that the dragons don’t take all of the spotlight is very nice. Having realistic adaptations In normal animals makes a lot of sense when they worry about being hunted by huge flying lizards
I love all of love all of your videos! Especially your subnatica ones. Watching your videos has helped me come up with reasons for why the creatures that I've made have what they have and how they survive in their world. I think it'd be cool if you could do a video on the biology of the Monsterverse titans, especially the ones we've seen in the Hallow Earth so far.
You should cover the biology of realistic kaiju project next
Another really interesting one, nice work!
Here's a video idea: [[ Creatures from 'The Book of the New Sun' series by Gene Wolfe ]]
You've got Cacogens, abominations, Hierodules, Beast-Men, 'Destriers', The Alzabo, and various other weird beings from a far flung future either evolved totally out of recognition to their present-day counterparts or imported from distant solar systems (or even built or bio-engineered via unknown sciences!). There's even things like the 'avern' if you want to dip into otherworldly (and terrifying) fauna.
Anyway, awesome stuff. Love the content so far!
you know it's a good day when curious archive drops a longer video
I love listening to this when I need to get some sleep; it's just that listening to endless ramblings can calm me down even during a monthly panic attack! 👍
10/10 would listen again.
You should DEFINITELY do a video on Hollow Knight! It’s such a good game and even has a mini-guide to all of the creatures in it in-game!
19:11 "even a sleeping kinsbane is a serious threat"
I think Espinas from mh are like this if hunting them wasn't just a game
This Project is amazing, thanks for the video