Ghar (the Armored River Monster)

This illustration is from my Kickstarter project to create drawings of all of the inimical nonhumans and sea creatures from Professor M.A.R. Barker's wonderful Tékumel (aka Empire of the Petal Throne) role-playing world setting.

"These heavily armoured beasts are mostly river or seashore dwellers. They have three powerful sets of jaws hidden in protected cavities beneath their carapace, and they can extrude these to a distance of 10 feet. They also have a spiked tail which they use upon any attacker from the rear. The Ghár is about 12 - 15 feet long and has a turtle-like shell. The inside of this shell is iridescent and rather like mother-of-pearl; it is worth 80-1,600 Kaitars."

My depiction of the Ghar shows it with its head retracted. Its secondary and tertiary jaws are partially hidden beneath its neck.

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