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Y’all voted on this one to be Mythosaur Anatomy so let’s get going!
Find more stuff here: Caburs/Kirirs , Vocalizations , Random Lore
Now onto anatomy break down! Let’s start at the top and work our way down. I did draw these out of order at my own fancy so have fun with that
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Now for their skulls as you can see I used a horse as part of my rework of these guys. The teeth were giving horse and when I put the skulls side by side you can see from the front why I used a horse to rework the bone structure. Also I’m sure y’all have seen edited images of horses with incomplete cheeks 👀 that’s horrifying and I love it. I also just hate the flat face it’s so goofy and I felt like it did these beasts of legends dirty with a being pug nosed like that.
I added in the secondary tusks for fun cuz I liked them lmao not really any other reason. They do affect the shape the mouth a little shown in the next image. Cosmetically some clans might cut the secondary tusk during infancy stunting the growth (similar to how pigs tusks are cut). Some bloodlines would cut them though for practicality where later in life they risked them curling and causing bodily damage to the owner.
Dentition (teeth) wise they have the sheering flat front incisors like seen on the skull but mixing those with sharp canines and molars giving them a set of teeth made for omnivorous diet. Though due to their size and energy output they tended to be more carnivorous and supplemented with plant mater.
(For those that don’t know a honing complex is where the teeth make contact with the teeth surrounding them. During the biting motion the teeth grind together and sharpen them. This is found in quite a few primates and resulting in some WICKED sharp teeth. Mythosaurs have this on their canines)
This one is the messiest of my anatomy doodles lol but it was mostly just to showcase a few random head anatomy things.
THEY HAVE SQUISHY NOSES!! I just had to have that carry over from the horse skull. I don’t know if any y’all ever squished a horses nose but it’s a delightful thing and these space murder horses needed to have squishable noses (: it was a must. There’s a few anatomy traits I flushed out particularly for their aquatic to semiaquatic habits. Their nostrils and ear canals for example are similar to seals in that they both air tight. The sealing ear canals protects ear drums when diving to great depths.
The secondary eyelid is semi-transparent and thick, protecting from debris when burrowing and digging out dens. They eyelid is a little reflective and causes an interesting effect if pulled over the eye which can be spooky in the dark. They do have excellent eyesight in low light. If in complete darkness they rely more on hearing and their force sense to navigate in a kinda echolocation kind of way
The neck of a mythosaur is decently flexible which helps with the fact a mythosaurs tusk and nose makes for some good blind spots. I don’t have to much to say about this part of the body but feel free to look at the notes for anything fun.
The neck alongside the waist/belly are the most vulnerable parts of the body on a mythosaur
The chest and shoulders are the widest and most muscular part of a mythosaur. They sit higher than the hips due to muscle mass at the withers and the way they stand on their forepaws (see paws and claws image). Where the ridged plating turns to smooth right above the shoulder is typically where a saddle goes when a mythosaur is battle bonded and working as a mount.
The muscles in a mythosaurs shoulders are STRONG and allow for some pretty mean swipes and hits from both the paws and shoulder checks. They do have a good range of motion with their shoulders but it should be noted they can’t reach up and over their shoulder. There in lies the importance of carrying a Mando on your back! They keep any smaller hard to reach targets off you!
Mythosaur hips are slimmer then their shoulders but no less powerful. Karirs are know to do some pretty good jumping and vaulting with their legs but their heavier set Cabur counterparts can take a good leap at you if they wanted.
If you note the distinct shape of their pubic bone shape is to help support the hips and tail when resting in a down position. The skin in that area along with the sternum is thicker plated to protect from pressure brake down wile stationary for long periods of time. (On my Mythos you’ll spot the area as lighter colored in some art)
A mythosaurs tail is easily as long as their body, and often grows longer than the body into adulthood. After the shoulders this is arguably the next strongest part of the body. The tail is used for swimming as well as a counter balance for sharp turns wile running. Cabur tails tend to be thicker with a higher fat content the. Karir usually resulting in a the tail dragging on the ground towards the middle to end. The scales of the underside are thick though so it doesn’t usually cause any damage unless the terrain is particularly corse. But adult Caburs tend to keep to their deep waters and dens so it’s not typically a problem.
The thicker plating at the end of the tail functions a bit like a sudo club. It’s not really a club and smacking your tail into things repeatedly will do damage. Instead a thicker spot a bit like sticking a nail on the end of a wip. The ridges if caught right will tear the object their hitting and the majority of the force comes from the pull back and the snapping of the end.
The thickness of the base of the tail also interferes with the position of sitting. Mythosaurs tend to stand or lay down when idle.
Lastly but certainly not least the paaaaws! Now our canon Mythos are a three toes bastard but I went for a five fingered approach.
Wile semi-aquatic in nature Caburs are more aquatic and Karirs terrestrial. I worked to incorporate that into these feet. They sport a good thick webbing between the digits of all toes. Even the dueclaw of the hind feet are webbed. Those duclaws are also opposable and can help grip when climbing. The pads of their feet are setae covered like most lizards, helping with grip on sheer surfaces and overall lessening the strain on their claws and fingers wile hefting their big mass up objects.
The webbing, like the secondary tusk is cosmetically cut by some clans. Typically Karir clans that live farther inland with no big bodies of water would trim them. Some like to cut small brakes into the webbing along the side of the finger to allow for armor to cover the fingers and claws. The webbing though is quite sturdy and flexible so it doesn’t easily tear.
Their claws, like their tusks, are another beskar heavy area of the body. Mythosaurs will click their claws along side verbal vocalizations to assist with sensing things with their force sense.
This is taken directly from my Cabur/Karir post but was relevant anatomy and wanted it here as a comment on mythosaur bones specifically:
"Their claws, teeth, and tusks have strong deposits of beskar in them, giving them their shiny silver coloring, though it should be noted that all their bones contain it in lattice work of support structures. When the sport of hunting mythosaurs became a thing before they disappeared the beskar pulled from their bones had a slightly easier time being made into armor vrs the stuff pulled from the mines. This had to do with the fact it still contained a fair bit of its host mythosaurs magic and ability to change forms, wile the older beskar in the grounds had time to settle into and ‘know’ it’s shape better. A skilled Armorer can tell if their working with ‘young’ beskar vrs ‘settled’ beskar. Despite being harder to work with settled beskar is more favorable because it holds up better under pressure."
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