Zenimax peels back the curtain on the creation of their latest enemy.

Are you interested in The Elder Scrolls Online? Zenimax Online sure hopes so! This week, they aim to stir your excitement with a new behind the scenes look at the velociraptor-like Clannfear. This delightfully creepy race has appeared in past Elder Scrolls games, sure as Morrowind and Oblivion but is being revisited for to fit into the second-age of Tamriel.

With this re-imagining, the developers have taken to the birds and injected its animations with predatory, avian qualities. They describe the creatures as “brutish” but also “intelligent and cunning.” Animations wouldn't mean much without audio and to create the Clannfear's unique sound, the engineers at Zenimax blended together bird sounds with the distorted grunts and whines of horses and other farm animals.

It's important to remember that the Clannfear are not actually dinosaurs, despite their reptilian qualities. Instead, these creatures are a form of feral Daedra, the supernatural inhabitants of the plane of Oblivion. It is safe to assume that they present a bigger threat to roaming adventurers than a mere lizard.

Chris "Syeric" Coke

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