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Kieran 🦘🇨🇦 @hellbendermuseum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Proud to present my lifesize T. rex head, affectionately named Hannibal. I created this myself from start to finish- digital sculpture, resin 3D printing, painting, etc. Huge thanks to my friend @rj-palmer.com for instrumental crits and redlines during the sculpting process.

Life-size t rex head model from front 3/4 view. I am also in frame

Life size t-rex model, from front and staring directly down the barrel of the camera

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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Keenan reached out to us for consulting on this episode 2 months ago, adamant on restoring cheetahs. It's incredible to see the level of effort and detail Keenan puts into his work because it wasn't at all necessary; Kaimere is fictional work, yet he wants it to feel believeable.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Cheetahs are remarkable predators, with peerless speed and surprising adaptability. Though wild cheetahs are extinct in the known world, they are quite successful in realms beyond, thriving in the badlands such as deserts, mountains, and arid forests. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojSu...

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Lords of the Badlands: Cheetahs of Kaimere

YouTube video by Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

@himmapaan.bsky.social’s ask shall be answered. The bit is drawn! Behold, the definitely real and totally-not-just-a-joke new species of scansoriopterygid: Yi haw.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yes, yes,I know it’s bad to leak SVP abstracts under embargo but I simply can’t restrain myself. Get ready for a second species of the Scansoriopterygid Yi, this time unearthed in mid-Jurassic Texas. *places 10 gallon hat over tiny dinosaur, fully encasing it* Meet Yi haw.

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Wildlife Wire @wildlifewire.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our new video is finally here! Dominic had the pleasure to interview the legendary Jonathan Scott for Big Cat Diary’s 30th anniversary. Learn more about the show, the process in making it, and general advice for wildlife documentary presentation: youtu.be/rWCzW6Ld5gE

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JONATHAN SCOTT Discusses Big Cat Diary for its 30th Anniversary | Special Wildlife Wire Interview

YouTube video by Wildlife Wire

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Some Kaimeran cheetahs and their prey:

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Permian Islands have a great many domesticated flora and fauna. Among the most important are the manticores ridden like horses, gorgons used for meat and labor, and fauns with long wool. Link to episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm0y...

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In tomorrow's episode, among many other subjects of domesticated fauna, we will discuss the three main types of dragon (shortwing, longwing, and broadwing), their origins, their distinctions, and their possible future.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Unofficial chart (sizes may change a bit) of dragon characters I've drawn for Pact of the Dragon! Thanks to those who have sent in funds for these guys. I deeply appreciate it! Since the book would be a lot more expensive with color illustrations inside, I'm gunna fit as many on the back as I can!

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Some half-baked dragons from the past two nights:

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Two of the Laughing Sisters (red) and one of the Blackthorn Banshees, two of the three female dragon packs in the northern territories of Ka’he Kahn Island where Pact of the Dragon takes place.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A selection of dragons we’ll meet in my upcoming novel, Pact of the Dragon:

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Gorgons are a kind of palathere, one of the major Permian Island herbivore clades. Most palatheres are small and nocturnal burrowers, but the gorgons and behemoths have grown enormous, being among the most abundant and successful herbivores on the archipelago. Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqeX...

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

1. Common Wyvern 2. Roc 3. †Giant Mormolycan 4. †Giant Chimera 5. †Eastern Bear Croc 6. †Mountain Wyvern 7. †Giant Tapir Croc Cousin 8. †Fuckass Anomodont 9. †Giant Hodgepodge 10. Meridian Behemoth 11. †Meridian Oliphaunt 12. Questing Beast 13. Bird 14. Stallion Bird

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A couple little gomphocorn ‘spade-hogs’ we’ll meet Tuesday!

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This draft of Pact of the Dragon is 241 thousand words. It was 14 thousand in April. Matters may have gotten *slightly* out of hand. Off to my editor she may need a liiiittttle more time than we anticipated.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Megafauna that thrived on the pre-dragon savannas of Occidia and Western Meridia:

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Quick letterlocking concept for Pact of the Dragon. Way I was taught eons ago had the hole through the text so wanted to make a portion without text to be folded and used for the lock. I mention a few different styles but this is the only one I show, so wanted my own version to make sure it worked.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Some gorgon palatheres we’ll meet on the 14th!

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

A commissioned scene from Tempus Aevum, an upcoming project of timeless beasts abandoned on the planet Venatus-Prime by the entities who established the settings to establish a new status quo!

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Dynamognathus @dynamoterror.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Behold, a non-mammalian shovel-tusker: (Trunk-lipped Tritylodont concept for my Kerguelen spec-evo project) #specevo #creaturedesign #synapsid

Quick pencil sketch of a very concerned/frightened stick figure person side-eyeing the head of a large gomphothere-like tritylodont (close cousin of mammals) from my personal speculative-evolution project.

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Rinaldo aka Molusko🐙 @expmollusko.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Smonkey is famous!!!

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Sphinx is strictly applied to a group of cat-like therocephalians found on Kaimere's Permian Islands. The bast is a small member that has been domesticated for companionship and pest control. Cheers to @shinygander.bsky.social for the thumbnail! Link to episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo3X...

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

A selection of native birds and beasts from Mokao Ka’he Kahn, the island on which a vast majority of Pact of the Dragon takes place:

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

A selection of Mexican dinosaurs commissioned for an upcoming program at a local library: Acantholipan, a nodosaur with a large spike somewhere on its back. Xenovenator, a dome-headed troodontid. Mexidracon, an ornithomimid freak with long hands. Magnapaulia: BIG PAUL.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

In the context of Pact of the Dragon, 'wyvern' is the term I use for wild species of Dracotherium, while 'dragon' refers to the population of domesticated mountain wyverns that have since gone feral after the collapse of the dynasty of witches that made them oversized familiars.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Though feral dragons are primarily derived from the now-extinct mountain wyvern, the dragonriders are said to have incorporated both green and common wyverns into their domesticated stock for a range of traits.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Luhokewa the Copper Guardian is an old dominant male we meet in Pact of the Dragon. The green pigments in his skin and fur are relics of early integration of jungle wyvern into the population of domesticated mountain wyverns. He bears tall horns and long beard of a resident buck.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Snagglehorn is one of my dragon characters and I'm so excited to design him. Was inspired by these fuckass goats with extra and wonky horns. Most dragon bucks shed horn sheaths in winter or spring but not Snagglehorn. Inspired by cervids that get 'devil's antlers' and don't shed.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

*Gunna make their neck longer in photoshop I ran out of space because of the other dragon on the page

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The green or jungle wyvern is the smallest of the three species of Dracotherium. They are proficient climbers though often hunt on the ground. They have short yet very broad wings compared to their relatives, helping to fly in their dense forest home.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The Laelaps, Therocephalian Hound of Kaimere Link to episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNtW...

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Some mosasaurs and a mosasword. The sigil of Clan Vugalanex, a noble Briken family, is a roaring white serpent. Their ancestor was said to have been saved from drowning by an albino mosasaur. This motif is often worked into their swords, such as that of Lord Anakules, here.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The Ka’he Kuln sphinx (top) and the bast (bottom) are two sphinx species we will meet in Pact of the Dragon. Sphinxes are a family of gomphocorn eborfeltherian therocephalians, and are small to top order carnivores in forested habitat of the Permian Islands.

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Dynamognathus @dynamoterror.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Some sketches made for the recent #Kaimere episode on Manticores, depicting a wild individual grooming itself with its wrist/ankle glands and a small caravan of domestic individuals returning home from a roo-hog hunt. #specevo #fantasy #cynodonts #permian

A black-and-white pencil sketch of a wild Manticore (vaguely horse-like fictional cynodont) sitting down to groom itself with glands. One arm is lifted over its downward-pointed snout, and behind it the porcupine-like spiked tail lays flat on the ground.

A black-and-white pencil sketch of a group of three domestic Manticores (fictional horse-like cynodonts with spiked tails) walking in single-file on a well-worn dirt road, surrounded by dense ferns and tall trees on either side. The first one (furthest from the viewer) has a rider wearing cone-shaped headgear, the second one has the large, kangaroo-like hind-limbs of a hunted Roo-hog tied to its back, and the third one has the horned head of that Roo-hog tied to its back. The two individuals in the back have various amounts of spotting on their fur, the one in front does not.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Laelaps lore dump: deviantart.com/illustratedm... These small eborfeltherians are remarkable for their endurance, social hunting, domestication, and among the most complex and precise auditory apparatus known to the Assembly.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Roo-hogs are hopping, horned therocephalians with numerous species found throughout the Permian Islands. They are formidable combatants. Numerous species, including the Septenian roo-hog or Satyr, have been domesticated. Link to episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni3t...

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Working so much on a spitting cobra-inspired dragon has me contemplating other projectile venom concepts. This is a multituberculate that ‘spits’ venom from its foot spurs.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

There are numerous proposals for why draconiiformes eject venom. Pithedactyl cynodonts like Papiognathus are thought to be the most likely factor. These were very successful arboreal omnivores that competed with and hunted little dragons, and may have been capable throwers.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The basilisk, called vanyu by Kaimerans of the Free-States, is a small therocephalian dragon found in much of the temperate range of the known world. Like their legendary namesake, they are rivals to mustelids that compete for the same small rodent prey. youtu.be/4cJgIga_Rz4

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

A quick birthday newsletter: www.patreon.com/posts/birthd...

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Sometimes you gotta take a break from speculative biology to dabble in speculative theology (or as normal authors call it: worldbuilding basics).

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David Glenn @davjglenn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Earth Day special is up featuring art from @talesofkaimere.bsky.social and Emily Stepp youtu.be/sRD6LF9v9uA?...

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Plants of Aos Talun: Earth Day Special!

YouTube video by David Glenn's Writing Desk

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Major update to eborfeltherians: instead of trying to figure out how herbivorous descendants of Euchamberisa might re-evolve post-canine teeth, I stole from baleen whales and gave them keratin molar-analogue 'gomphoceratian teeth'. More info here: www.deviantart.com/illustratedm...

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Yes, *another* update of the motomazor, Kaimere's marine apex predator! The motomazor in the northern oceans episode was close. Very close, and they work fine as individual characters, but I wanted something a bit more streamlined for the profile representing typical specimens.

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The capricorn, or reef dragon, is a marine predator found just northeast of the known world, thriving in the warm waters of the inland sea. Link to episode: youtu.be/DIadunrliJo

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Keenan Taylor @talesofkaimere.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Concepts for arms and armor for Pact of the Dragon. The helms use split dragon fangs, inspired by boar tusk helmets described in the Iliad. Pronged bronze swords homage dragon horns, inspired by Zulfiqar, sword of Ali. They are crafted more to evoke dragons over efficiency.

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