King Fossil is the first boss from Darius and the best known in the saga, it is shaped like a coelacanth.
I decided to make this version to see how it would look in graphite pencils.
Also appears in:
Darius Plus
Darius Alpha
Super Darius
Sagaia (Gameboy)
Darius R
Darius II (As captain)
Super Darius II (As captain)
Darius Force (As cameo in the opening)
Darius Gaiden
Dariusburst series
King Fossil from Darius
King Fossil belongs to Taito Corporation.
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The Wilds of Sagaia: Artwork, Plotcraft, and Language Evolution
As I sit down to write this, I can hardly believe it, but just a week and 100 days from now, on November first, I’ll be embarking on an ambitious journey – my Million Word Year. The goal is to challenge myself to write one million words within a single year. Exciting, isn’t it? And unsettling. Even, one might say, worrying. I’ve never tried this before. But I think it’s doable, and I’m determined…
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gahal
/ˈgɑ.hɑl/, /gɑl/
From Classical Sagaian gahan, Old Sagaian gauhran, Irish gaothrán.
Fan; blower. Lit. "wind-gust."
The /gɑl/ pronunciation, common in eastern Sagaia, is likely influenced by English gale.
Ex. lalgahal, hand-fan, a handheld fan popular at court.
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SAGAIA (Game Boy) Nintendo Switch Version - PLAY READY GO!
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(1992) Darius II
also known as Sagaia outside of japan
surprisingly filled with some super serene bops and delightful soaring melodies. good stuff
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Return to Sagaia: Reimagining a Classic Tale
Né láal dal á né.
“He is not a tame Lion.”
In “Return to Sagaia,” the land of Narnia, created by the brilliant C.S. Lewis, is reimagined with a modern, pagan, feminist perspective. This is not a retelling, but a reworking of the beloved classic from the ground up. It’s a satirical yet dramatic adventure that nods to the long-standing tradition of parody in fantasy (Gulliver’s Travels; Terry…
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Lexember 2022: Sagaian
Instead of my Cretaceous languages, I've been working on Sagaian this year. Sagaia is the primary country in my Narnia-inspired fantasy; it is a country of talking animals, centaurs, satyrs, fauns, river-dwelling naiads, and dryad-filled forests. The story itself is a feminist exploration of the explicit and implicit themes in Narnia: spirituality, nature, gender, social inequality, and how to build a just, diverse community.
Sagaian is a mix of Irish and Latin. The first settlers were humans from early 20th-century Ireland, but it was later conquered by a witch who spoke a variety of Latin, and imposed her language on the country. (The name "Sagaia" is "Land of the Witch" in Latin.) One of its most distinctive features is a sapient / non-sapient distinction in the grammar: all nouns may be marked for sapience with definite determiners "an/na" (for sing. / pl.) or post nominal modifier "fár" (for indefinites).
Here are the words I've created thus far for Lexember:
alaané
/ɑ.ˈlɑ:.ni/
From Irish amhránaí (singer), OS avrané, CS amrané.
Vocalist; singer.
A siren (aquatic creature).
An alternate name for the banoa (bittern), one of the loudest birds in Sagaia.
canéa
/kə.ˈni.ə/
From Irish coinín (rabbit), OS canén, CS canél. Compare Eng. dialect coney.
Rabbit; bunny. Distinguished from *góéa*, hare.
Ex. canéatargha: rabbit-speech. Compare dénatargha, human-speech.
eléa
/ɛ.ˈli.ə/
From Irish ealaín ("art, artifice"), OS elén, CS elél.
Art, skill, craft.
Ta nadú aghat eleá aghat póit aghaa, aghat muaa láu šir, cadh iš láu?
I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough? -- Van Gogh
athú
/ˈɑ.θu/
From Irish athrú, OS athrú, CS athú.
Change, shift, move, alter.
Ex. Šéadh šér nas bú ir ar a irtia a athú, né fádi ló rúdabith a athú.
They self not be in them their mind to change, not possible with-them anything to change.
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. -- Shaw
ištta
/ɪʃt.tə/
From Irish uisce, Old Sagaian išca, Classical Sagaian išca.
Water, sea, ocean, lake.
Ex. Iš šir fár a fá midh is rilt išttaša:
Be self-our that find we in PL water-the
It's ourselves we find in the waters. -- e e cummings
rilt
/rɪlt/
From Irish roinnt, OS raint, CS railt.
Plural marker for all nouns except sapient creatures (which take a special plural article, na.)
Some, a few, several, a sample.
Ex. Cúhia gas ac rilt mâ.
Creates every evil some good.
Every evil begets some good. - Voltaire
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