World of the Dragonslayer Codex pt. 1: Overview & Themes

Hey! Thought to make a succinct video establishing some of the themes and general world rules in my setting. It runs on logic slightly different to earth’s, which the creatures have adapted to. Imaginative Realism in action!
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[@feildpres]

BABE WAKE UP, SAWYER LEE IS DROPPING A HISTORY OF HIS WORLD!

[@plfaproductions]

THAT'S WHY HE IS THE GOAT 🐐

[@KylerBrazda-we9kb]

I’m seven hours late yet geeked out as hell for this episode.

[@Insanity_TM]

2:23 Wow… This world just keeps getting better and better. I look forward to the next videos.

[@firebloodearthborn8633]

Biting and shaking your world like a dog this is so good, your world building has infected my brain like a worm!!!!

[@hinskiemaso9198]

"More on that soon" in a context of Ethernal Sandstorm?! OHHHH YEAH BABY! It's Crowned Sunscourge time :D

[@denisovan_the_menisovan]

I can see why you want to write books. The prose in this video - especially about the world’s history - is fantastic!

[@sawyerleeart]

Hey thanks so much!

[@armata_strigoi_0]

Excellent video. Man's place in nature is perhaps our most primordial philosophical question. By no means a unique central theme, but that's why it resonates so deeply (it's something I love to explore in my own world-building too). What I think you do so well, however, is that in taking that archetypal story of man vs nature and flipping it on its head, you've made everything revolve around that central conflict, including the world itself. Each aspect of the setting converges upon that single point. It's a great demonstration of well executed world-building, so hats off to you Sawyer haha Would be very interested in more videos about the world at large - in particular, I'd love to see overviews of each biogeographic region. The habitats they provide, the ecosystems they support and the fauna that live within. While there's a lot to be gleaned from each individual dragon video, I think it would be helpful to zoom out and give a broader view, to better demonstrate the connections between them. Cheers

[@sawyerleeart]

Ah thank you kindly! I do my best to take that common theme and carve it into each thing I do, so I’m glad you see it. Good idea with the habitat vids, it’s something I will likely do

[@notbaud2634]

You, sir. Sawyer of house Lee, are truly and undeniably a writer and creator of fictions most enrapturing, this world you have crafted and the creatures within are amazing and inspiring, that I and many others would surely adore to explore further, for as long as you may wish to appease us.

[@sawyerleeart]

You honor me! And worry not my friend for as long as I have hands to write I will continue to do so!

[@endless_ocean7987]

One hell of a way to introduce the history of this world, and I love how in contrast to many settings it civilisation that’s on the back foot to the relentless force of nature. I’m intrigued though about what sort of life existed before the mass extinction, even if we only see it in the form of fossil it would be a fascinating subject to explore.

[@sawyerleeart]

Will definitely give looks at fossils

[@tristancausa3766]

Life is good upon a day where sawyer lee posts. Thank you universe 🙏

[@sawyerleeart]

Haha thanks for watching!

[@tristancausa3766]

@@sawyerleeart video dropped right before lecture hall to 😭 love your work man. Some of my favorite stuff on the internet as a whole!

[@Skeletonarchmage]

We must bring attention to this guy now he deserves more!

[@DrLunarz]

Primordial beasts? Now in this world I’m thinking dragons were almost the first things to evolve but now I know there was something before them! That’s cool

[@alcyon7536]

I wonder if there are any megafauna survivors from before the apocalypse

[@misterio8756]

I wish I could learn more about existing human civilizations and their countries. And about the system of government in them, the social structure in general, as well as about religion, it would be interesting to learn.

[@sawyerleeart]

I’ll have vids on it in the future

[@disgruntledbob2812]

Love a lore droooooooooooooop You’ve done a pretty great job putting an imposing world before us, where nature rules like its own elder entity

[@LamarjorieQueen]

*Sees Sawyer post* I LIIIIIIIIIIIVE!

[@billyholland5156]

I thought of a fan hypothesis for Dragon Flight. hyper-buoyant non-flammable gasses produced within each cell. Thus they can use buoyancy to offset the heavy gravity, and not be flammable to their own flames, all without the vulnerability of being a living gas-bag.

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

The thing is those types of gasses are usually noble gasses like helium, which tend to not be produceable by biological processes we know of. You also need a large amount of “balloon” to creature ratio if you want it to be significant, which would necessitate the whole creature to be a lot lighter, and we end up having the same problem again.

[@billyholland5156]

@@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 True enough, well these dragons stretch biological principles however we slice things.

[@Eadragonixius]

Man, as someone who also has a backlog of his own world like yours, you’ve inspired me to try harder at improving my spec evo creations, keep this up man, it’s absolutely amazing

[@sawyerleeart]

Best of luck to you!

[@WALMARTSHOPINBAG]

PLEASE MAKE A BOOK WITH EVERY SPECIES IM BEGGING YOU BRO THIS IS INGENIOUS

[@lividcoffee1962]

Perfect timing!! I was just about to look for something to watch 😂

[@CDio-vr3bx]

SAWYERRRR !!!!!! DROP ANOTHER DRAGON VIDEO AND MY LIFE IS YOURSSSSSS

[@user-hq6re1ff6v]

Only 4 👍 lets fix that.

[@ultraextraorca7644]

Wow this really is amazing! I lobe the atmosphere of a dangerous yet beautiful world. Like all Dragons are monsters but also animals that reproduce and live as well. The fact that the world itself is dangerous with the sandstorms and brine filled oceans. It's fascinating. I really look forward to preording your books when the become available

[@sawyerleeart]

Thanks man!

[@sirchandarius]

The monsters are the pollution is such a fresh take on fantasy I'm super into this.

[@nolanbaker2360]

Ill be buying every book

[@sikmunkee]

love the teasers of new dragons/creatures :0 banger as always

[@Thial1000]

Your content is super bingeable I love it and I will even buy your books as long as you got more of your amazing pictures of dragons and the world! Hell I wouldn't even mind a videogame or a show in like 10 or so years.

[@sawyerleeart]

Would be the dream!

[@spookybones2248]

How does warfare work in this universe? Do they use smoke to smoke out enemies out of their cities or do they fill up their cities with water to drown their enemies there’s so much cool stuff you can write here

[@ibccreamsoda3811]

The Peppermen. Seeing as they possess a form of gunpowder, metal casting, and a really big threat, would it not be reasonable to assume cannons would be invented, used, sold, and spread amongst the humans given enough time? I mean, driving a dragon away is great and all, but punching a hole through it is better...

[@Stooltoad5017]

Punching a hole through it might not as good as one would think. Trying to aim even a small cannon at a fast moving dragon would be rather hard at the technological level they are at. Why go through the effort of trying to kill a dragon when you could send it running to the hills with a pepper gun?

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

I believe it has been mentioned before that there are cannons. Though said cannons are limited in terms of effectiveness.

[@sawyerleeart]

Cannons exist for when a dragon is landed and right on the city, ballista are more effective against fliers. The reason they prioritize driving it away is so that it learns not to return, rather than the city needing to fight a new dragon each time the prior’s territory is newly vacant

[@ibccreamsoda3811]

@@sawyerleeart Okay, that's reasonable. However, would it not be advantageous for the humans, especially the Targoers, seeing as they are on an island continent, to actively hunt down/exterminate the dragon population to increase their chances of survival? I am genuinely curious.

[@GrimHarvest-br9tm]

THATS IT, YOU FORCED MY HAND, I HAVE TO BUY THIS BOOK THE SECOND IT COMES OUT. HMPH

[@sawyerleeart]

LOL OH NOOOOO (thank you sm!)

[@javierruizferrandis9076]

Same

[@lordrandom1631]

this is so good, I'm in the process of watching all videos and each one is just better than the last, I'm buying those books the day they come out

[@LilPitbuII]

I love this guy’s work sm

[@JonathanGhost42]

I wanted to go on a date with my imaginary girlfriend, but when you drop a video it is a must for me to drop everything and watch! Okay, now besides the jokes: This overview was pretty much needed with such a big world like yours and i think that it can help build an understanding for the bigger picture of everything... And like said before, i really love this concept of yours of a world in which humanity is not on the top. Many fantasyworlds have big monsters and all of that, but humanity oder humanlike races are ALWAYS pretty much on the top, despite everything around them being so overpowered. In settings with some ultrapowerfull mages i can understand it partly, but even then: What is with the lifes of the common, normal people? Most of the time it is like in our world even with big napalm-lizards flying around. And because of this creative way to handle civillisation in the face of such animals i am impressed with your setting (besides, you know, all the other creative aspects). A question that came me to mind: Why is humanity now on the decline?

[@sawyerleeart]

I agree! Humans are experiencing a slight decline due to relative isolation and the general hostility of the world taking more lives than not. I see it analogous to life in the Neolithic

[@JonathanGhost42]

@@sawyerleeart Aha, okay. Humans also have become a to big population and nature is now balancing things out, if i understood it right?

[@MarshalMarrs-eu9yh]

@@sawyerleeartI wish that your reimagined dragons were real so nature could heal itself quicker but I don’t care if I end up getting digested in a nuclear reptile’s stomach and a huge chunk of the human population gets wiped out!

[@JonathanGhost42]

@@MarshalMarrs-eu9yh That sounds pretty edgy to be honest.

[@MarshalMarrs-eu9yh]

@@JonathanGhost42 yeah, it kinda does but it would be worth it for the planet!

[@_Jordy_P_]

I get the struggle of making a world work, with experience in my own book writing journey. But when you figure it out and things come together, oh man it feels good! Love the world man!

[@sawyerleeart]

Cheers!

[@erikvlad3655]

WE NEED MORE

[@leefletcher7580]

Primordial sky terrors...Now I wanna see what those are about.

[@jarcake6581]

Pterosaurs and Dinosaurs may in general have been much more monstrous if these are the current ecological regime

[@272arshan]

I would absolutely love a tar barrens video! - shadow

[@yamatanoorochi6203]

Something I would like to know is if some species of dragons, especially those that most frequently attack human settlements, are known to accidentally transmit diseases to people.

[@absentfish1706]

Did whales in this world survive the ancient apocalypse, or did they evolve after?

[@sawyerleeart]

After

[@starscream548]

Another banger video, you truly have an amazing imagination. Also what music do you use for these videos

[@sawyerleeart]

Thanks! I use a variety of either classical or stock music!

[@starscream548]

@@sawyerleeart could you list them in the description of your next videos, there are a few tracks that have really caught my ear

[@Trosvvo]

What a great way to start the day

[@catgymforcats]

I’ve read all of your world notes on deviant art, this world keeps me up at night gnawing at my nails like tectonic plates scraping against one another

[@sawyerleeart]

Haha thanks so much!

[@bryanwulfric]

YOOO HELL YEAAHH!! LOREEE!!!!

[@DINOS_3000]

Ik this doesn’t exactly relate to the video, but what do the people of this world think of the bones of dinosaurs?

[@sawyerleeart]

Something they wish to study but must put aside for the priority of the living giant reptiles- but some scholars pry them from the earth in the dead of night, tinkering and researching off the clock for their own interest

[@DINOS_3000]

@@sawyerleeart nice

[@wolfroninxd4226]

The red headed serpent needs a video

[@lhamaseveramenteirritada9760]

It's called Tide Baron if you wanna know

[@rageface6667]

Thank you! you're keeping me from giving up on my own world

[@sawyerleeart]

Love to hear that

[@JarOfTarOfficial]

I find your content so inspiring, it motivates me constantly to develop my worldbuilding projects too. I aspire to your level of expression someday!

[@sawyerleeart]

Thank you so much!

[@evaander]

I’d buy an actual codex…just saying

[@sawyerleeart]

It’s comin

[@Squirelton]

W

[@ibccreamsoda3811]

You are awesome. This is awesome. It helps me immensely. Thank you.

[@sawyerleeart]

Love to hear this!!’

[@Bluedinoaur]

Cant wait to see the books you mentioned. Id buy a whole collection. I think beastiaries are so cool and i want to try to make my own some day.

[@mr.calamity]

Peak

[@Neoth40k]

I enjoy this, and I shall let you know 👍🏿

[@malekahmed7960]

Wake up babe new Dragonslayer Codex video dropped

[@fernando-6742]

WATERRRR DRAGONNNNNNNNNNS

[@sawyerleeart]

Soon!

[@happyphiri4237]

I absolutely love your world building and writing It's so inspirational and inspiring to see how you think about the nitty gritty stuff such as the characteristics of the Dragons and the societies I wanted to ask when it comes to how you describe your Dragons specifically , how do you do it so well? It feels so professional and well thought out.

[@sawyerleeart]

Aw thanks! I just enjoy a specific style of writing and try to convey the emotion I want to share with it

[@happyphiri4237]

​@@sawyerleeart ohh I see It makes sense as there's generally a sense of pride that I can feel when watching your videos and it feels great to see that

[@kumudhadhanapal9449]

Omg sawyer lee posted

[@CozyFlowz]

YESSSS NEW VIDEO 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@Wroldormis]

So I have one question about the veilwright. Since it constantly sits around in its smoke cloud, how does it not tar up its lungs like a chain smoker?

[@Wroldormis]

As a compliment, if you were trying to make your world sound vast, epic, and unforgiving, than not only did you hit the nail on the head with that but gave one of the most powerful descriptions I’ve ever heard come from a person.

[@sawyerleeart]

Wow thanks! And lung related disease is indeed a factor of illness for older veilwright, a side effect of their ability

[@Wroldormis]

@@sawyerleeart well since ram horns pierce their skulls at a certain point, this ain’t surprising. Keep up the good work.

[@duartetavares329]

HOLY SHIT BROTHER, not only is your imagination to create dragons amazing, your an AMAZING world builder as well! My god, fucking amazing. I just finished watching the Scarlet lasher and wailing bishop video as well... i see why your remaking em. The audio is quite poor. I must ask again though (bcs im an idiot) somr questions.. So, can scarlet lashers fly (im pretty sure they can). Can they breathe fire? And how fast can their tails whip? Cause like, it must be insanely fast for it to cut through meat. And the wailing bishop... ik it can fly, but, i dont think it can dly to high up into the sly right? Seems too big for it? Which he also wouldnt need since he tende to stay close to the ground... Great vid again man, keep it up. And sorry im too stupid to hear all details

[@t-r-e-x452]

I can hardly imagine how big this planet is if everything, even the Great grass said to be the size of Atlantic, is big! I do wonder how long ago this mass extinction was? You say millions of years. That could mean anywhere between 1 mya to 999 mya.

[@sawyerleeart]

A long time- life needed to evolve and adapt, so I’d imagine a timescale similar to the explosion of life in the Triassic

[@t-r-e-x452]

So roughly 250 mya ago.

[@daniell1483]

If the size isn't an exaggeration, then the size is almost hard to comprehend. I do like the idea that this world is sort of like an Uno Reverse of the real world; a wilderness so wild that human attempts to tame it have fallen short of historic reality. A very uncomfortable world for mankind it seems to me!

[@sawyerleeart]

Oh yea- and so large that humanity is painfully small in the face of it

[@hilmikapukaya2749]

3:13 whats that eagle doing there ?

[@jaquavyontavius7644]

thats the hawk tua

[@potatoad5]

I hope its a set of physical books if you can get them published Nothing like a book in your hand after all! I'll buy 'em all

[@sawyerleeart]

That’s the goal!

[@lorcanmcloughlin3686]

Oh this videos gonna be great

[@pangeaman0395]

Were there dinosaurs (or dinosaur equivalents) in the lands of the Dragonslayer codex?

[@mattb.7079]

Please make it a full series😭😭😭🙏

[@samneugebaur2064]

Well done Sawyer! Nice video. Speaking of which, would you like to hear what I’d been cooking up in my mind to enter the upcoming contest once there are 30k followers on your Instagram account? There are quite a few creatures I have in mind, but I think one might be the best of them all to work on. For dragons, giants and humans seem to dominate in this world… what if a creature that can rival all three? Yep, I plan on working on… [beware this spoiler]… the TROLLS!😁😉

[@SalkolianLegion]

Hey!, Dragon folk these guys (Hex studio something) are working on a tabletop RPG Bug world called (World of Colony). Imagine bug-like dragons juking it out here!

[@lorcanmcloughlin3686]

Any island dragon species? Feel like tiny weird island dragons might be fun

[@endless_ocean7987]

I believe the Sicklemouth would fit your description, granted it’s only small for a dragon so still intimidating to a human

[@ashsimpson8700]

This is amazing sawyer! Will we get detailed explanations for all the continents and landmasses in your world?

[@sawyerleeart]

Yes

[@nebricback1430]

Let’s go

[@sueanoimm]

i enjoy this video!

[@user-pn2px3de1f]

I would like to ask, have there been major wars between the countries of your world?

[@kingrex1606]

2:42 WoW your world is realy HUGE!!

[@sawyerleeart]

Lots of room for all the dragons!

[@kingrex1606]

@@sawyerleeart true, big lizards need big spaces

[@Sup_Aqualine369]

The real "man after man" book we need

[@andreaslois3074]

Are we gonna get a redux of the wailing bishop and scarlet lasher? Since they have the "old" label on them I was wondering.

[@sawyerleeart]

Yes

[@sarico7827]

This is a big world a fantastical one. I remember when you talked about some places sizes but the world is double the size wow yeah.

[@shmee123ful]

i know its unlikely that your want to do this but i personaly love to see all these creatures and even the humans of the dragon slayer codex world given dnd stats

[@sawyerleeart]

I will eventually!

[@shmee123ful]

@@sawyerleeart happy dragon slayer nooses

[@mazz22x]

SAWYER LEE POSTED DROP EVERYTHING

[@parmesanman2908]

Question: when you’re done making all the dragons for the codex, are there gonna be no more dragons? Are you gonna move right into the giant book, or are there going to be multiple dragon books?

[@sawyerleeart]

there will be more. Codex itself has proven to be massive and will be split in two parts, then there will be a giant book and an ocean-themed book. Its safe to assume more creature books will follow too

[@parmesanman2908]

@@sawyerleeart cool. Are all of the dragons shown so far just part 1?

[@GaMaster7]

Let's gooo new dragon lore!

[@chancegivens9390]

0:55 god it bums me out how true this is. Atleast your world is the opposite, primal ferocity incarnate!! Edit 4:55 fuck.. i hope we can see some of the prehistoric beasts of the pre cataclysm days!!

[@carlosbecker7035]

I want it noooow

[@chancegivens9390]

Goddamn!! I fuckin love this!!

[@CrazyStarr_]

What music do you use for your videos? It really adds to the atmosphere.

[@generaljedi8691]

Aight, had to stop for a bit when you showed the scale of the map compared to Earth. Do you understand how big that is? I dont think I can, that is absurd. Cool, but absurd!

[@sawyerleeart]

I do, it’s quite large!

[@generaljedi8691]

@@sawyerleeart I was originally thrown off my how "small" the areas that some species inhabited since they were so specialised and specific. but now I understand those areas arent small at all XD

[@lorcanmcloughlin3686]

Primordial sky terrors :0

[@SavageNodosaur]

Besides the K.T. extinction its cause and effects, plate tectonics, and planet size, are there any other changes in this world, are the Mesozoic and Paleozoic eras altered in any other major ways?

[@alexroy9912]

It's great that we get to know more about how the world works but I due wounder what was this world ancient pass was like before the Armageddon was it rule by dinosaur or did they went extinct before and was rule by strange mammals before the Armageddon?

[@javierruizferrandis9076]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@_ManIdk]

Actually, your dragons could POSSIBLY fly since your planet is much bigger than earth, allowing them to fly since the atmosphere is denser and would support their weight so it works out in the end!

[@sawyerleeart]

That’s the idea!

[@TheAntiAzdarcho]

Hell yeah

[@Che-jg7go]

Can I get a discord link?

[@sawyerleeart]

Yes! Over on the community posts side

[@javierruizferrandis9076]

2 time watching

[@sawyerleeart]

Hell yeah

[@Yeitsjames]

Cool

[@couragewolf720]

a large planet would not cause life to be small. gravity is not actually that big of a factor on size.

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

Well gravity that is not much different from today’s that is.

[@javierruizferrandis9076]

Allso density of the Planet affects Gravity. Bigger plante does not equal bigger gravity

[@user-hq6re1ff6v]

Why tf every video im watching 10× 😅 😂

[@Cinnwanz]

I'm not first

[@joacodiazh4770]

Wait a second, there is a discord?

[@sawyerleeart]

Yea! Check community posts

[@joacodiazh4770]

@@sawyerleeart oh my goooooood, joining RN!!!

[@elshebactm6769]

🚬🗿👍

[@PrehistoricSketchbook]

First

[@saberq6413]

For all have sinned and the wages of sin is death but the free gift of god is eternal life in Christ Jesus God alone

[@lhamaseveramenteirritada9760]

Sir, this is a video about a world of dragons.

[@kumudhadhanapal9449]

This comment was timed perfectly thank you whoever you are