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* LongLived: The Arctic Saurians have sparked numerous stories because of this. While Helionix is around 350 himself, sightings of his now deceased father are believed to have inspired legends of an impossibly old Arctic Saurian that knew the founders of all the major tribes and witnessed the rise and fall of the empire of the extinct pterosaurian Forefathers.


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* {{Precursors}}: Ruins belonging to a pterosaur-like race known as the Forefathers are scattered across the land. Seeing themselves as their successors, the Bluesong are obsessed with discovering their secrets and have sought out Arctic Saurians for information as their longevity has fostered legends that one of them was old enough to have witnessed them.
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* LizardFolk: The Solisaurians are a barbarian species who has two subspecies, one resembling a ''Ceratosaurus'' and another looking similar to a ''Carnotaurus''. The trailers also include the pterosaur-like Fell and one individual who is a white, horned theropod man. This is averted with the Avisaurians, who look more like BirdPeople, and the Arctic Saurians downplay this trope, having both reptilian and mammalian characteristics.

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* LizardFolk: The Solisaurians are a barbarian species who has two subspecies, one resembling a ''Ceratosaurus'' and another looking similar to a ''Carnotaurus''. The trailers also include the pterosaur-like Fell and one individual who is a white, horned theropod man.Fell. This is averted with the Avisaurians, who look more like BirdPeople, and the Arctic Saurians downplay this trope, having both reptilian and mammalian characteristics.
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* LizardFolk: The Solisaurians are a barbarian species who has two subspecies, one resembling a ''Ceratosaurus'' and another looking similar to a ''Carnotaurus''. The trailers also include the pterosaur-like Fell and one individual who is a white, horned theropod man. This is averted with the Avisaurians, who look more like * BirdPeople, and the Arctic Saurians downplay this trope, having both reptilian and mammalian characteristics.

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* LizardFolk: The Solisaurians are a barbarian species who has two subspecies, one resembling a ''Ceratosaurus'' and another looking similar to a ''Carnotaurus''. The trailers also include the pterosaur-like Fell and one individual who is a white, horned theropod man. This is averted with the Avisaurians, who look more like * BirdPeople, and the Arctic Saurians downplay this trope, having both reptilian and mammalian characteristics.
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* LizardFolk: The main sapient races of Sauria include humanoid dinosaurs such as the Solisaurians, a barbarian species who has two subspecies, one resembling a ''Ceratosaurus'' and another looking similar to a ''Carnotaurus, and the Avisaurians, an advanced species of troodontid humanoids. The trailers also include the pterosaur-like Fell and one individual who is a white, horned theropod man.

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* LizardFolk: The main sapient races of Sauria include humanoid dinosaurs such as the Solisaurians, Solisaurians are a barbarian species who has two subspecies, one resembling a ''Ceratosaurus'' and another looking similar to a ''Carnotaurus, and the Avisaurians, an advanced species of troodontid humanoids.''Carnotaurus''. The trailers also include the pterosaur-like Fell and one individual who is a white, horned theropod man. This is averted with the Avisaurians, who look more like * BirdPeople, and the Arctic Saurians downplay this trope, having both reptilian and mammalian characteristics.
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* TerrorDactyl: The Fell, a race of swamp-dwelling witches, resemble menacing, anthropomorphic pterosaurs with atrophied wings.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The thumbnail art of "Winter Weathered" depicts Helionyx defending the mammoth herd he befriended against a pack of ''Nanuqsaurus''. This scene never happens in the actual short, where instead a single ''Nanuqsaurus'' frustrates Helionyx's hunt and he meets the mammoths shortly after.
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* OutlivingOneOffSpring: Helionyx lost his son and his grief drives his actions through "Winter Weathered". A mammoth mother is also seen mourning her dead calf.

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* OutlivingOneOffSpring: OutlivingOnesOffspring: Helionyx lost his son and his grief drives his actions through "Winter Weathered". A mammoth mother is also seen mourning her dead calf.

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* ArcSymbol: The helix in "Winter Weathered".

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* ArcSymbol: The helix in "Winter Weathered".Weathered", placed on Helionyx's home, the empty sheath of his son's knife, and [[spoiler:the shoulder of the grown cub]]. It's not until the end that it's revealed that it means the helix of life and death, fitting the episode's themes.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Given the time passed, it's highly unlikely that [[spoiler:the knife in the ''Smilodon'''s shoulder]] would still be bleeding when she and Helionyx cross paths, but the dripping blood is what draws Helionyx's attention and his anger.



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* AudibleSharpness: Happens when the ''Therizinosaurus'' is on screen, or when Taurox drags his mace across the ground. In the second episode, the sabertooth's fangs get the same treatment when it's about to make a kill.



* TheCameo: In "Winter Weathered", a group of Bluesong warriors, on ''Parasaurolophus'' walk by as Helionyx is hiding in the bushes, but unlike in "Blood for Blood", they play no role in the story.

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* BookEnds: "Winter Weathered" begins with Helionyx offering a prayer before hunting, but is interrupted by a nanuqsaurus claiming the kill before he can. At the end, he hunts again, [[spoiler:with the sabertooth cub at his side]], and makes the kill, finishing the prayer.
* TheCameo: In "Winter Weathered", a group of Bluesong warriors, on ''Parasaurolophus'' walk by as Helionyx is hiding in the bushes, but unlike in "Blood for Blood", they play no role in the story. There's also a brief shot of two dead Kindred in the snow.



* MixAndMatchCritters: The Bluesong Empire looks like a cross between raptor and ornithomimid dinosaurs. Some of them also have antlers. The Tusk appear to be humanoid ''Ceratosaurus'', and the subspecies Taurox belongs to look like humanoid ''Carnotaurus''.

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* MixAndMatchCritters: Saurians are a mix between human, dinosaur, and occasionally other influences.
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The Bluesong Empire looks like a cross between raptor and ornithomimid dinosaurs. Some of them also have antlers.
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The Tusk appear to be humanoid ''Ceratosaurus'', and the subspecies Taurox belongs to look like humanoid ''Carnotaurus''.''Carnotaurus''.
** Arctic Saurians are primarily based on therapods, but they also have mammalian features to match the wildlife of their home, including fur, eyebrows, and horns.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Helionyx breaks down in horror when he realizes that his desire for vengeance drove him to kill the ''Smilodon'' that ate his son, forsaking his usual respect for Sauria's wildlife in the process.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Helionyx breaks down in horror when he realizes that his desire for vengeance drove [[spoiler:drove him to kill the ''Smilodon'' that ate his son, son]], forsaking his usual respect for Sauria's wildlife in the process.



** Helionyx, the Arctic Saurian, is a hunter living in harmony with nature, only killing what he needs to survive.

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** Helionyx, the Arctic Saurian, is a hunter living in harmony with nature, only killing what he needs to survive. Of course, his case is more complex as his desire for revenge battles with and briefly overcomes his religious convictions, although he deeply regrets it.
* OutlivingOneOffSpring: Helionyx lost his son and his grief drives his actions through "Winter Weathered". A mammoth mother is also seen mourning her dead calf.


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* ThankYourPrey: A version. Helionyx and those that worship Maia ask her forgiveness before killing their prey, addressing it as a needed sin and promising to make use of it. [[spoiler:When Helionyx kills the ''Smilodon'' out of rage, he's horrified at having killed without necessity and pleads her forgiveness.]]
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* ArcSymbol: The helix in "Winter Weathered".
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Helionyx breaks down in horror when he realizes that his desire for vengeance drove him to kill the ''Smilodon'' that ate his son, forsaking his usual respect for Sauria's wildlife in the process.


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* SnowySaberTooths: Saber-tooth cats are featured in "Winter Weathered", which obviously takes place in Sauria's snowy northern regions.
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* AnachronismStew: While this is a fantasy story, most animals appearing are from the Late Cretaceous, but "Winter Weathered" also features several Pleistocene species, and according to the trailer the third episode will feature earlier Mesozoic animals.

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* AnachronismStew: While this is a fantasy story, most animals appearing are from the Late Cretaceous, but "Winter Weathered" also features several Pleistocene species, species as well as ''Diplodocus'' from the Jurassic, and according to the trailer the third episode will feature earlier Mesozoic animals.
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* AnachronismStew: While this is a fantasy story, most animals appearing are from the Late Cretaceous, but "Winter Weathered" also features several Pleistocene species.

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* AnachronismStew: While this is a fantasy story, most animals appearing are from the Late Cretaceous, but "Winter Weathered" also features several Pleistocene species.species, and according to the trailer the third episode will feature earlier Mesozoic animals.
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* AnachronismStew: While this is a fantasy story, most animals appearing are from the Late Cretaceous, but "Winter Weathered" also features several Pleistocene species.


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* TheCameo: In "Winter Weathered", a group of Bluesong warriors, on ''Parasaurolophus'' walk by as Helionyx is hiding in the bushes, but unlike in "Blood for Blood", they play no role in the story.

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* MonsterIsAMommy: [[spoiler:In "Winter Weathered", the ''Smilodon'' who killed the protagonist's son is a parent itself, with a small cub. After killing the parent in a vengeful rage, the hero quickly regrets what he did even before seeing the cub, and decides to adopt and raise it.]]

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* MonsterIsAMommy: [[spoiler:In "Winter Weathered", the ''Smilodon'' who killed the protagonist's Helionyx's son is a parent itself, with a small cub. After killing the parent in a vengeful rage, the hero Helionyx quickly regrets what he did even before seeing the cub, and decides to adopt and raise it.]]



* NobleSavage: The brutish Kindred of the Tusk are fighting to protect and save their home from getting taken over by the Bluesong.

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The brutish Kindred of the Tusk are fighting to protect and save their home from getting taken over by the Bluesong.Bluesong.
** Helionyx, the Arctic Saurian, is a hunter living in harmony with nature, only killing what he needs to survive.



* PantheraAwesome: "Winter Weathered" features a powerful ''Smilodon'' as the main adversary to the protagonist. [[spoiler:Her cub also grows up into a tough and deadly predator.]]

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* PantheraAwesome: "Winter Weathered" features a powerful ''Smilodon'' as the main adversary to the protagonist.Helionyx. [[spoiler:Her cub also grows up into a tough and deadly predator.]]
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* MonsterIsAMommy: [[spoiler:In "Winter Weathered", the ''Smilodon'' who killed the protagonist's son is a parent itself, with a small cub. After killing the parent in a vengeful rage, the hero quickly regrets what he did even before seeing the cub, and decides to adopt and raise it.]]


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* PantheraAwesome: "Winter Weathered" features a powerful ''Smilodon'' as the main adversary to the protagonist. [[spoiler:Her cub also grows up into a tough and deadly predator.]]
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The official trailer was released in March of 2023, with the first episode, ''"Blood for Blood"'', being released on Patreon in July of that month. It became publically available on August 11, 2023. The second episode, "Winter Weathered", was released on April 5, 2024.

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The official trailer was released in March of 2023, with the first episode, ''"Blood for Blood"'', being released on Patreon in July of that month. It became publically available on August 11, 2023. The second episode, "Winter Weathered", "''Winter Weathered''", was released on April 5, 2024.
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''Sauria'' is an upcoming 3-part {{Anthology}} series created by animator Creator/DavidJamesArmsby, hot off the success of WebAnimation/{{Dinosauria}}. Little is known about it so far, but what is known is that it takes place in a DarkFantasy setting dominated by both sapient humanoid reptiles and a variety of prehistoric wildlife. As seen in the trailers, the many factions are at war, and every day is a fight for survival.

The official trailer was released in March of 2023, with the first episode, ''"Blood for Blood"'', being released on Patreon in July of that month. It became publically available on August 11, 2023.

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''Sauria'' is an upcoming 3-part a three-part {{Anthology}} series created by animator Creator/DavidJamesArmsby, hot off the success of WebAnimation/{{Dinosauria}}. Little is known about it so far, but what is known is that it takes place in a DarkFantasy setting dominated by both sapient humanoid reptiles and a variety of prehistoric wildlife. As seen in the trailers, the many factions are at war, and every day is a fight for survival.

The official trailer was released in March of 2023, with the first episode, ''"Blood for Blood"'', being released on Patreon in July of that month. It became publically available on August 11, 2023.
2023. The second episode, "Winter Weathered", was released on April 5, 2024.
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* LizardFolk: The main sapient races of Sauria include humanoid dinosaurs such as the Solisaurians, (a barbarian species who has two subspecies, one resembling a ''Ceratosaurus'' and another looking similar to a ''Carnotaurus'') and the Avisaurians (an advanced species of troodontid humanoids). The trailers also include the pterosaur-like Fell and one individual who is a white, horned theropod man.

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* LizardFolk: The main sapient races of Sauria include humanoid dinosaurs such as the Solisaurians, (a a barbarian species who has two subspecies, one resembling a ''Ceratosaurus'' and another looking similar to a ''Carnotaurus'') ''Carnotaurus, and the Avisaurians (an Avisaurians, an advanced species of troodontid humanoids).humanoids. The trailers also include the pterosaur-like Fell and one individual who is a white, horned theropod man.
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* LizardFolk: The main sapient races of Sauria include humanoid dinosaurs such as the Kindred of the Tusk (a barbarian species who has two subspecies, one resembling a ''Ceratosaurus'' and another looking similar to a ''Carnotaurus'') and the Bluesong Empire (an advanced species of troodontid humanoids). The trailers also include the pterosaur-like Fell and one individual who is a white, horned theropod man.

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* LizardFolk: The main sapient races of Sauria include humanoid dinosaurs such as the Kindred of the Tusk Solisaurians, (a barbarian species who has two subspecies, one resembling a ''Ceratosaurus'' and another looking similar to a ''Carnotaurus'') and the Bluesong Empire Avisaurians (an advanced species of troodontid humanoids). The trailers also include the pterosaur-like Fell and one individual who is a white, horned theropod man.
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Downplayed and deliberate. While there's obviously no way to make the Saurians accurate, as dinosaur people never existed, the Tusk barbarians' design draws from outdated paleoart to fit their "older and more primitive" look, while the Bluesong use more current designs as their inspiration to fit their refined and advanced empire.
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* ApeShallNeverKillApe: Despite being quite brutal towards other sapient races, the Kindred of the Tusk has one holy rule that is unforgivable to break: No killing your own.

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* ApeShallNeverKillApe: Despite being quite brutal towards other sapient races, the Kindred of the Tusk has one holy rule that is considered an unforgivable sin to break: No killing your own.
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* LizardFolk: The main sapient races of Sauria include humanoid dinosaurs such as the Kindred of the Tusk (a barbarian species who has two subspecies, one resembling a ''Ceratosaurus'' and another looking similar to a ''Carnotaurus'') and the Bluesong Empire (an advanced species of troodontid humanoids). The trailers also include the pterosaur-like Fell and one individual who is a white, horned theropod man.
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* AntiHero: The Kindred of the Tusk are a tribe of savage ceratosaur/carnotaur-like bandits and pirates feared across the land of Sauria for their brutality and violent ways. However, as revealed in the first entry of the lore of ''Sauria'', their ferocity and rebellious behaviour make them the prime opposite of the despotic Bluesong Empire, making many to label them as heroes against the oppresion of those who want to conquest Sauria despite their unheroic qualities.

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* AntiHero: The Kindred of the Tusk are a tribe of savage ceratosaur/carnotaur-like bandits barbarians and pirates feared across the land of Sauria for their brutality and violent ways. However, as revealed in the first entry of the lore of ''Sauria'', their ferocity and rebellious behaviour behavior make them the prime opposite of the despotic Bluesong Empire, making causing many to label them as heroes against the oppresion oppression of those who want to conquest Sauria despite their unheroic qualities.conquer Sauria.



* TheBeautifulElite: How the Bluesong Empire seems to present itself as, with their elegant forms and society in contrast with their more primitive and war-ready enemies, the Kindred of the Tusk.

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* TheBeautifulElite: How the Bluesong Empire seems to present itself as, itself, with their elegant forms and society in contrast with their more primitive and war-ready enemies, the Kindred of the Tusk.



* CurbStompBattle: Every time the Bluesong generals are pit against Taurox, he wipes them out easily.

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* CurbStompBattle: Every time the Bluesong generals are pit pitted against Taurox, he wipes them out easily.



* GladiatorGames: Taurox is pit against Bluesong generals and domesticated animals in an arena, while crowds of Bluesong watch.
* HiddenDepths: The lore video about the Kindred of the Tusk reveals Taurox likes to breed ''Carnotaurus'' in his spare time, hinting a more gentle side in his otherwise ruthless character.

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* GladiatorGames: Taurox is pit pitted against Bluesong generals and domesticated animals in an arena, while crowds of Bluesong watch.
* HiddenDepths: The lore video about the Kindred of the Tusk reveals Taurox likes to breed ''Carnotaurus'' in his spare time, hinting a more gentle side in his otherwise ruthless character. It's even more reinforced by the borderline-brotherly bond shared between him and his former steed, a ''Carnotaurus'' named The Bull.



* HorseOfADifferentColor: The ''Parasaurolophus'' serve as steeds for the Bluesong army.

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* HorseOfADifferentColor: The ''Parasaurolophus'' serve as the main steeds for the Bluesong army.

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* AllThereInTheManual: As the animation consists in three short stories, most of the lore concerning ''Sauria'' is discussed in a separate video in Armsby's channel.
* AntiHero: The Kindred of the Tusk are a tribe of savage ceratosaur/carnotaur-like bandits and pirates feared across the land of Sauria for their brutality and violent ways. However, as revealed in the first entry of the lore of ''Sauria'', their ferocity and rebellious behaviour make them the prime opposite of the despotic Bluesong Empire, making many to label them as heroes against the oppresion of those who want to conquest Sauria despite their unheroic qualities.



* HiddenDepths: The lore video about the Kindred of the Tusk reveals Taurox likes to breed ''Carnotaurus'' in his spare time, hinting a more gentle side in his otherwise ruthless character.



* MixAndMatchCritters: The Bluesong Empire looks like a cross between raptor and ornithomimid dinosaurs. Some of them also have antlers. The Tusk appear to be humanoid ''Ceratosaurus''.

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* MixAndMatchCritters: The Bluesong Empire looks like a cross between raptor and ornithomimid dinosaurs. Some of them also have antlers. The Tusk appear to be humanoid ''Ceratosaurus''.''Ceratosaurus'', and the subspecies Taurox belongs to look like humanoid ''Carnotaurus''.
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* CurbStompBattle: Every time the Bluesong generals are pit against Taurox, he wipes them out easily.
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* GladiatorGames: Taurox is pit against Bluesong generals and domesticated animals in an arena, while crowds of Bluesong watch.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The four tribes seen in the trailers come in red-orange (Kindred of the Tusk), blue (Bluesong Empire), dark green, and white respectively. Amusingly, the creatures that live in their domains follow the same principle (though WordOfGod notes that the Bluesong's animals weren't always this way).
* CosmicHorrorStory: As Armsby has stated, there's a bit of Creator/HPLovecraft in this story. Sure enough, the main trailer features some very creepy-looking pterosaur people engaging in what can only be described as some sort of arcane ritual.

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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The four tribes seen in the trailers come in red-orange (Kindred of the Tusk), blue (Bluesong Empire), dark green, green (the Fell), and white respectively. Amusingly, the creatures that live in their domains follow the same principle (though WordOfGod notes that the Bluesong's animals weren't always this way).
* CosmicHorrorStory: As Armsby has stated, there's a bit of Creator/HPLovecraft in this story. Sure enough, the main trailer features some very creepy-looking pterosaur people known as the Fell engaging in what can only be described as some sort of arcane ritual.
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* FeatheredFiend: The people of the Bluesong Empire are birdlike dinosaurs that seek to conquer all of Sauria.

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* FeatheredFiend: The people of the Bluesong Empire are birdlike dinosaurs saurians that seek to conquer all of Sauria.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The four tribes seen in the trailers come in red-orange (Kindred of the Tusk), blue (Bluesong Empire), green, and white respectively. Amusingly, the creatures that live in their domains follow the same principle (though WordOfGod notes that the Bluesong's animals weren't always this way).

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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The four tribes seen in the trailers come in red-orange (Kindred of the Tusk), blue (Bluesong Empire), dark green, and white respectively. Amusingly, the creatures that live in their domains follow the same principle (though WordOfGod notes that the Bluesong's animals weren't always this way).
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* AudibleSharpness: Happens when the ''Therizinosaurus'' drags its claws on the ground.

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* AudibleSharpness: Happens when the ''Therizinosaurus'' is on screen, or when Taurox drags its claws on his mace across the ground.

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