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Okie I had a quick minute, so this guy is partially made up of shadows and his scales are functionally a black hole that suck in light (hello solarbeam) and make him hard to locate. Parts of it's body are wispy because, due to it's shadowy-makeup, it doesn't have a full corporal form. It would...
@zyrefredric I love the idea of a tree monster, a la old fairy tales.
@Orivexes if he's gonna be called picklebear, he might need some greater connection with pickles mayhaps?