#ollipheist

[amylouioc]

A slightly lesser known story about St Patrick is his encounter with Caoránach, a large olliphéist and mother of demons, who was banished to Loch Dearg

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[dwollsadventures]

Daily D&D Monster: Red Dragons [NEW]

Britain, despite being an enclosed island, has almost more dragons per km^2 than most other countries, except possibly for Greece. No one really knows why dragons are attracted to the place, perhaps because of its culture having several foreign sources or perhaps because they're responsible for shipping their culture and therefore their monsters and faeries and dragons all over the world. To start off, we'll be looking at the wyverns of Britain, of which there are three varieties. The smallest, but arguably most harmful are the strange bat/frog-like Water Leapers (Llamhigyn ydwr). Because of their habit of nesting in ponds and streams, they often come into close quarters with livestock and humans. To protect themselves, they, like many other wyverns, have stings on their tail capable of felling a bull. These are treated more so as pests than anything else. Golden or Mordiford Wyverns (Pendragon buforda) were once a nuisance, raiding farms and cities for prey like stork-sized foxes. But with the revolutionary techniques pioneered by Ms. Maud Wye, the species has been able to coexist peacefully with humans and promoted to a national symbol, much like the noble bin chickens of Australia. Sockburn Wyverns (Pendragon jabberwocky) however, still remain a true threat to small animals and lambs all across Northern England. Their ungainly appearance and habit of sloppily eating their kills where they lay inspired author and mathematician Lewis Caroll, and the name of his trademark dragon is often attributed to the wyvern, or jabberwocky.   But, it's Britain's water dragons that draw most people's attention. The Knucker (Nicor sussex), a smaller, caiman-sized relative of the nicor, are common sights in rivers and ponds, where they create their eponymous knuckerholes. In the North, Beithir (Electroserpens beithir), spirits of lightning in the shape of serpents swim within wells and lakes, their presence only known by their quick, harmless flashes of light beneath the water. And of course their much more harmful bites. Recent studies suggest the traditionally Scottish monsters may be related to the Canadian Haietlik. Ireland, aside from faerie dragons, is devoid of all types of dragons. However, evidence suggests that Ollipheists (Uilepheist patricus) used to crawl on Irish (and to a lesser extent, Scottish) beaches to lay their eggs before making the switch to live birth. They are one of the few dragons to go from semi-aquatic to entirely aquatic. Arguably the most famous British water dragons are the Lambton wyrms (Lambton weara), odd beasts with traits of both amphibians and reptiles. As is true to the legends, a wyrm cut in half will regrow its body with astonishing speed, but most worms are able to evade predators with their slick bodies. A smaller relative of the Greater Sea Serpent, Stoor wyrms (Midgardsormr assipattle) are more similar to orcas, making migratory trips from Iceland to the Faroe and Shetland isles year-round. These serpents are both smaller and less dependent on their venom than Greater Sea Serpents. Ask anyone what British dragon is most famous, and they'll tell you the Welsh Dragon (Ddraig goch). Their large, bull-sized forms are instantly recognizable, and the subject of much fascination, despite not being obligate carnivores. Despite being omnivorous like bears, these beasts are able to coexist quite well with humans. Even shepherds are able to sleep easy when one is sighted in the area, as they primarily eat fish and smaller game. This does not extend to other welsh dragons. Males and females alike will fiercely defend their territory, with fights often resulting in death. Like some birds, welsh dragons come in two different morphs depending on genetics, red morphs (pictured above) and white morphs. Contrary to their name, welsh dragons are found all across the wilder parts of Southern England, and have even been sighted as far North as the Wharncliffe Crags. -- OH BOY. This took less time than I thought to make and write, but dang does my hand hurt from yesterday. The Welsh Dragon has had three forms over its day, but I liked the one from the Tyranno entry the best. Rauisuchians are the coolest.

[kittychins]

Sleep over Saturday: ace Matt Murdock. That's it. Matt Murdock is just furiously asexual and didn't take anybody's acephobic bullshit

ace!matt murdock is the motherfucking law

ace!matt will sit ur ass down and honey :) you for 3 hours if u so much dare insinuate that he’s not ace bc he’s had gfs in the past

ace!matt becoming so comfortable w his sexuality he actually fucking teases foggy whenever he can

bro ur heart race is over the roof are u well

v funny murdick stop touching my thigh like that

aCE MATT MURDOCK

sleepover saturday sexual and romantic minorities edition

[whoisbuckybarnes]

The two gif thing of Seb Stan in the blue shirt is from Labyrinth I believe, its either that or from a photoshoot

ahhhh, thank you!! :D i'm glad i can always count on you guys to help me figure out stuff. I've actually never seen Labyrinth...maybe I'll host a screening of it someday...hm...

[wolftraps]

ollipheist replied to your post “i’ve decided. my derek/parrish tag is gonna be bonfire hearts. ”

is it horrible that i hope this is for the irony that dereks family died in a fire but parrish is all like fire cannot kill a dragon

Yes. Absolutely horrible and completely accurate. Also amusing to me that you even asked me that.

Welcome to my blog, where "horrible" is one of the highest compliments I give.

[cheekboney]

may the stars align to give you a peasant night (basically happy birthday g)

tytytyytytytytytytytyyty :) it has been just frickin dandy thankkksss

[tim-lucy]

But how rad do you think it'd be if Parrish was a selkie?

LMAO Very rad! ;)

[wynonna-earp]

[first] Okay but I was just doing my homework when sudden realization that Captain America: The First Avenger was about Steve as Cap and so the second is Captain America: The Winter Soldier and so I'm thinking, you know, Chris is taking a break from

[second] acting after his contract with Marvel expires which will be right after they finish Captain America 3 but Seb is signed on for 8 more so I'm thinking the title is hinting at Bucky being Cap or I'm just insane and sleep deprived bc school

Firstly, I love the fact that this thought hit you while doing homework, Captain America making us lose our focus since 19something! 

Yeah, I agree with you, I think Marvel is setting up for Bucky becoming Captain America, but I also don't think (and hope) that Chris Evans is done with the role, so I think he'll come back after Seb has done his part as Cap! 

I just want more Chris and Sebastian having feelings together IS THAT TO MUCH TO ASK? i don't think so

i might also be sleep deprived shhhhhh