Thauxiel Creature Sculpt Sheet

Thauxiels, also known as root fiends, spend most of its life lurking within the roots of the giant trees on Guinvale. It will use it’s tail like a lure to attract unsuspecting prey and will constrict its prey and use its powerful beak to deliver the final killing blow.

The surface of Guinvale is covered by gargantuan trees. Guinvale is smaller than Earth and has lower gravity, allowing some of the trees can grow to heights of 30,000 feet, rivaling the tallest mountains on Earth. Their roots reach deep into the crust of the planet and use the heat of the core and pressure below to fuel biological functions. This gives them a massive amount of energy and allow them to grow so large. These trees have such a thick canopy that much of the ground below is covered in darkness. All other plant life would either have to be symbiotic or parasitic to these trees.

Experiment 18 is a world building project I started with help from my friend back in college for my capstone project a couple years ago. Trapped on a dying planet, humanity seeks salvation in the stars. But after every effort ends in tragedy, it looks like all hope is lost. Until one day a forgotten experiment suddenly activates, sending a handful of scientific and military personal halfway across the galaxy. Throw into worlds of alien life, both civilized and savage, our protagonists seek the answer to one questions, "If so much life was just beyond our star, why have we never heard from them? Or them from us? With more being manipulated than just politics, will Humanity find a new home amongst the Galaxy at Large, or be relegated to extinction on their blighted world?