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The Lernean Hydra is a mythical creature in a Total War Saga: Troy, part of the Mythos Expansion Pack. The Mythic Expedition for the resurrected Hydra will take the player through the swamps of Lerna, deep into the domain of the Monster’s fledgling cult. The deeper you go, the more you will ask yourself... have you also answered a call? Defeating the Lernean Hydra was one of the twelve legendary labours of Herakles, but it provided a unique challenge: every time Herakles would cut off one…

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an image of some people in the water with large monster like creatures surrounding them and one person holding a candle

I had the pleasure of creating the ingame Hydra and the marketing images for Total War: Troy's Mythos DLC, my first actual creature and probably the hardest one I've worked on so far. Special credits to Plamen Genov for creating the creature concept, Georgi Y. Georgiev, Ted Boyadzhiev and Simeon Sokerov for the useful feedback during the creature modelling, Nikolay Toshev and my cinematic team for the feedback on the poster image, the Art Director Stoyan Stoyanov, the Character Lead Artist…

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two black dragon attacking each other in the water

The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna (Greek: Λερναῖα Ὕδρα, Lernaîa Hýdra), more often known simply as the Hydra, is a serpentine water monster in Greek and Roman mythology. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, which was also the site of the myth of the Danaïdes.

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The Lernean Hydra is a mythical creature in a Total War Saga: Troy, part of the Mythos Expansion Pack. The Mythic Expedition for the resurrected Hydra will take the player through the swamps of Lerna, deep into the domain of the Monster’s fledgling cult. The deeper you go, the more you will ask yourself... have you also answered a call? Defeating the Lernean Hydra was one of the twelve legendary labours of Herakles, but it provided a unique challenge: every time Herakles would cut off one…

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Hercules/Heracles waded out into the swamp and attacked the many-headed Hydra with his club. Each time he crushed a head, two or three more grew in its place. - Peter Connolly (The Twelve/12 Labors of Hercules/Heracles/Greek Legends Myths) Hydra From Hercules, Heracles Nemean Lion, Heracles And Hydra, Hercules Hydra Painting, Hydra Greece Mythology, Hercules And The Lernaean Hydra, 12 Labors Of Hercules, Age Of Mythology, Labors Of Hercules

Hercules/Heracles waded out into the swamp and attacked the many-headed Hydra with his club. Each time he crushed a head, two or three more grew in its place. - Peter Connolly (The Twelve/12 Labors of Hercules/Heracles/Greek Legends Myths)

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Hydra, also called the Lernean Hydra, in Greek legend, was the offspring of Typhon and Echidna (according to the early Greek poet Hesiod's Theogony), a gigantic water-snake-like monster with nine heads (the number varies), one of which was immortal. Info is taken from: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hydra-Greek-mythology This is commission work. If you like my style, feel free to DM me :]

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