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They are creatures fitting Halloween. And because there is barely some art of Ghoul Rats here and everywhere else, have some Ghoul Rats.Ghoul Rats... they cling everywhere, really - everywhere.
No wonder Midna screams a lot... Pervy mice! They respect no privacy.
For everyone that is in need of privacy and references of Ghoul Rats.
More information can be found here for example: zeldawiki.org/Ghoul_Rat
Study of White Wolfos (TP & ST): lyoth737.deviantart.com/art/St…
Study of Summer Wolfos (TP): Study - Summer Wolfos
Study of Wolfos (OoT & MM & White Wolfos): lyoth737.deviantart.com/art/St…
Study of Wolf Link and Midna: lyoth737.deviantart.com/art/St…
Do not claim the picture as your own. Usable as reference for own drawings, but nothing else.
Footage entirely out of the original game.
The Ghoul Rat respectfully belongs to Legend of Zelda.
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and the best thing is - they don't attack you!
They just cling on you and weight you down (creepy nonetheless.... )
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Dude I cannot tell you how long I've been looking for a good picture of ghoul rats to reference from in case I decide to stick them in my comic XD!
Think you can do one for shadie (both true and wolf) and kargrocs? can never find really good pics of them >n> plus I would like to see what a "normal" wolfos would look like in TP, I saw a model but it wasn't very clear/full XD
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that's what I made them for!
(because it really sucks that there're almost no drawings of them, sigh..)
You wanna do a comic? Wit Ghoul Rats? SWEET!!
"shadie"? who? (sry 
You would like one with Kargarocs? TP or WW - edition?
They were also on my list (almost all kargarocs I find are feathered ones)
well, for a "normal" wolfos in TP I can only speculate about...
but maybe my studies on TP white wolfos lyoth737.deviantart.com/art/St… and OoT wolfos lyoth737.deviantart.com/art/St…
might help? Otherwise... I could try "creating" a normal wolfos type in TP style...
but one thing for sure - TP normal wolfos would be dirty guys (hiding in holes, in tall grass and behind bushes)!
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I'm still not entirely certain if ghoul rts will appear, but their is a good chance just cuz their so cool XD
And shadie is well, the Hero's shade that you meet several times in game XD I just like calling him Shadie or Shade for short XDDDD
and yaeh I meant the TP versions XD you jus can't find too many of them online and I'm hoping to include them in my comic too XDDD
And I f you could create "normal" wolfos TP style that would be cool since you only see the white variety XD
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hmmn... I think I can do that
but I can't tell you how fast I'll be drawing them (have pretty much I want to do right now, grmpf
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Almost feel bad killing them since they do no damage...
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yeah, sad - how many enemies won't kill you in Legend of Zelda?
Being the friendly enemy they're really underrepresented everywhere
They would make super training partners - invisible weights you have to carry around...
with them, daily routine would turn into hardcore training
or they would be good for spying or hindering enemies
I don't even know if they would need food - being all bony and skinny
...the only problems would evolve with not being able to see them. Just too bad.
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I actually really like the monsters that don't actually attack you! only thing id with ghoul rats and poison mites if you try to go through the sinksand, well, you sink like a rock if you have a lot of them on...shame...they're cool...XC
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some cool variety from all those boss battles and fighting
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I know right!!! Too bad you have to fight Stallord and Argroc, their cool >n>
Heyz...Kargroc...Argroc! ....XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
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they were great bosses (including Armogohma because you can whack-a-mole there with a giant hammer
Did you whack yourself in the battle? I did accidently xD )
the suffix -roc is often used for birds in Loz - inspired from the giant bird of mythology, called Roc
(this bird is told to prey on elephants like a hawk preys on mice) 
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I've heard of the Roc, according tyo my Dragonology book sometimes people would mistake an African wyvern for a roc since they're supposed to be quite similar.
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..... my Monsterology book states the same!
Is it by any chance this book or of the series? www.amazon.de/Monsterology-Olo…
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I think it's part of the series but I'm not sure...is it by Dr. Chest Drake by chance?
(I do want to get that book though )
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nah, by Dr. Ernest Drake - but my version is in German, so it might be Dr. Chest Drake in English ?
The book is about all kind of mythological creatures - sadly no dragons...
and I've a book about Dragonology specified in ice dragons from the same series
is your version about dragon kinds?
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Then it is part of the series XD
And you've got the book on frost dragons too? TnT
I got Dragonolgy (on basic species) and the handbook with all the activitives for a budding dragonologist. I do want to get more though, its how I got so into dragons! XDDDDDD
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and I actually wanted the Dragonolgy and got the one only with the frost dragons
Dragons for the win!! xD
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^U^
Spreading the holiday cheer!
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In Arbiter's Grounds I saw flecks of dirt coming off the ground and was like ,"Really Nintendo? You implement FLEAS into the game?!" When I first encountered these, I thought my game was glitched and Midna was spazzing out, after I looked on the internet to see if anyone else experienced this, and it said to turn on senses and voila there were these rats on me!
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xD having fleas would really be the worst enemy
probably they would drain your hearts at slow pace
and everybody would try to avoid you (at least the Hylians like they do when you're a wolf)
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Yeah, they would be probably the worst and most annoying.
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worse than these termites and the moths, because they would stick to you all over the place
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What would you consider the poison mites then? XD
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Very interesting! This will work great as ref if I ever need to draw these little creatures.
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I just hate them, but the first time I saw some I was in the desert tower and I was in wolf form. I was walking and then I saw Midna dancing, and I was like what the hell xD
*do ya see these moves !?* XD
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XD I first got them in human form and I had no idea why he was suddenly like wearing iron boots
until I changed out of curiosity into wolf form
the dancing of Midna is absolutely the best thing about those Ghoul Rats, indeed
she should do that more often! XD
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Yessss she soulddddd XDD
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i hate them so much... when it first happened to me i had no idea what it was, it took me so long to figure out.
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yeah, they're really bothersome, but they only weight you down
they don't take any hearts (although they would have the teeth for that 
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that is actually awesome
I want one of those 
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unless you're an animal you would have problems - they're invisible to sight
you have to use smell as well for that
but on the other hand, they won't bite and are very clingy xD
zeldawiki.org/Ghoul_Rat if you want some other informations
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ooow that is cool cool work man
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I love stuff like this. When things get broken down all-science-like, it makes the world more fun!
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xD yeah, chop it down! (though, I guess we'd only find bones in the Ghoul rats... but we'll never know 
taking an aspect of life and studying it also makes us more aware of it and helps understanding it
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exactly! I did something similar (but a bit lazier) with Zoras:
leoma-silfren.deviantart.com/a…
leoma-silfren.deviantart.com/a…
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oho! looking accurate and detailed! Also fitting for Halloween!
I've focused more on appearance (because I don't know whatever these Ghoul Rats and the other enemies
have inside of them - we never see the insides, so we cannot know for sure if there are bones and blood
or something entirely different ^^ - I mean, they puff up in smoke, how do they do that???)
and also behaviour (instant solved question - they attack! XD )
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Thanks! I always assumed the rats were ghosts, essentially, but because of the unique haunting magic of arbiter's grounds they can exist outside the norm. This also explains why you can only see them as a wolf which can see spirits.
Perhaps they aren't necessarily malignant, and are actually just trying to get back? so they latch onto the one who has that connection trying to follow him.
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that would be quite possible
and would also explain why they don't attack Link despite having huge fangs ready
they're really out of the norm because they're one of only very little existing types of enemies that don't really 'attack'
... if the game would be a real world, they would also work great as weights for building up muscles
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