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Chapter 1, The Dragon                    Concept Chapter 1
                  The Dragon      
  There I woke up one morrow, it is not know what more I accomplished by waking up other than the action itself, or how it adds any more to the story, but the point is, I woke up in what seemed to be the middle of the night, albeit abruptly.  As I pondered half-awake as to what woke me so suddenly, I tried to fall asleep again at the though  that I must be imagining things, but I heard a sound from outside; I looked outside the window, slightly off from lack of sleep. Outside, under the silky moonlight, there were crops lying askew all over the ground, "It's those ac

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Another Europan organism. This guy belongs to an extinct (?) branch of Brachiostomates that branched off very early in history. They are called Archaeobrachids due to the archaiac arm structures, which, unlike more modern brachiostomates, cannot not fully retract their oral arms. They also have a more primitive internal structure.
There is the possibility of creating extant groups that evolved from these guys, or their relatives. I may also use an idea :iconpousazpower: gave me for vermiform Brachiostomates, seeing that archaeobrachids can a more flexible body plan than modern groups. I've been playing with the idea of some extant vermiforms that lurk like eels and grab prey from the gaps in the rocks.
Archaeobrachids like Teuthimimus use to rule the seas of Europa in many diverse forms. (Which I may do soon.) They were lated replaced with more advance predators.

Excuse the terrible handwriting. Also, if the image is too bright, I can darken it to make it more readable if anyone wishes.

Europa Main gallery: [link]
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~Dragon11138 Aug 5, 2008
Yay thingy!
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~Saxophlutist Aug 5, 2008  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Yes! It will eat our enemies faces!
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~Dragon11138 Aug 6, 2008
Yum!
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~OishiiFeawen Jul 28, 2008
Lets make a battalion with these little guys ^-^
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~Saxophlutist Jul 28, 2008  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Yes! We shall!
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~Stahlhelm Jul 27, 2008
I like it, especially the anamalocaris-like tentacles, suitably alien. My only question is, can it swim well with those small flippers?
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~Saxophlutist Jul 27, 2008  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thanks. The flippers I agree do need sizing up though.
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~nodachichiri Jul 26, 2008
Yay! More drawings of species with names I cannot pronounce! :D
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~Saxophlutist Jul 27, 2008  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Oh well, they'll be your aquatic friends anyways! :D
I want to swim with them!
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~nodachichiri Jul 27, 2008
lol Can I ride them around like dolphins??? :O
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