Also Known As: Sometimes spelled “ghul,” the Arabic word for “demon.” Description: Ghouls who are well-fed on human flesh are indistinguishable from normal humans. The longer a ghoul goes without feeding, the less human it looks. A ghoul in the later stages of starvation will be extremely thin and pale, with veins clearly visible through…
Also Known As: Ewah or Ew’ah (Cherokee). Description: The Wampus Cat is a demonic creature that looks like a bipedal mountain with large yellow eyes. BMA Classification: The Wampus Cat is listed on the Bureau of Monster Affairs’ Official Monster List. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Also Known As: No other known names. Description: The Enfield Horror is described as bing 4.5-5 feet tall and grayish in color with large “flashlight-sized” red or pinkish eyes. The creature has two short, arms growing from the front of its chest and three legs with, one smaller than the others. Its tracks are similar…
Since I can’t think of any new archetypes to do every week, we’re switching gears and doing the Monster of the Week. Some of the monsters covered here will be classics from folklore and mythology, some will be inspired by fiction, some will be cryptids that some people say actually exist, and some of them…
After almost a year and 40 columns, I’ve run out of archetypes. I can think of others, but most of them are either specific to a certain genre or variations on Archeypes I’ve already covered. So I’m putting the column on hiatus for now. I’ll still post new archetypes if I think of them and…
