#0002 - Cawith

The naming conventions behind most of my drawings are simply taking two words, possibly trimming off a letter or two, and pasting them together. So it is with the Cawith (pronounced with a short 'a'), my Cat With a Horn. "Cat" and "With". Remove the first 't': Cawith.

I was partially inspired in its design by the Orc designs in the Rankin-Bass Hobbit productions. Really in just some of the facial features. Cawith also was initially #0009, but just like the Gelee, made the way up that scale (replacing other drawings that I felt needed working on).

Another of my inspirations you will come to find out is "Pallette Swapping" that goes on in most Turn-Based Role Playing Games. It may have been a fairly cheap cost cutting measure back in the day, but I grew a fondness for finding creatures almost identical to those you found earlier, but this rat is pink now!

     

In that same regard, I made a few various biome changes between the Cawith. You have the Evergreen version in the Emerald Forest, Warm and earthy fall tones from the Cawiths in the Autumn Grove, and the smoldering wooden horns of the Cawiths from the Cinder Thicket

 

Bestiary Description:
With a horn-like timber growing directly from the tops of their heads, Cawiths are the certain kinds of cat you don't want crossing your path. Their horns grow fairly quickly after reaching maturity, usually growing to full-size within about five days. Meaning, when they aren't hunting prey or defending their nests, they are found sharping their horns against rocks and other trees so as the bring the tips of their horns to fine points