Sphinx is depicted as a large creature of leonin lower body, female human upper body, and great feathery falcon-like wings. While highly territorial, they provide multiple warnings before acting, and most of their kind shares love for riddles.
It is said eight different Sphinx subspecies exist in the world where the most common one is called a gynosphinx, the creature mentioned here, one that is also commonly found guarding tombs, temple entrances, or other important locations.
Many often find work as guards and soldiers in different human armies, finding purpose and a way to increase their wealth, power, and prestige, where their actions make their names famous, names like Risana, Achirios, Kuruli, and Pasiuenekht.
Good Sphinx Names
Sometimes, when Sphinxes are mentioned, they are thought of as having both direct and indirect ties to Egyptian and Greek culture, and the names can often remind us of such societies.
- Peliargus
- Gipaya
- Dvaratama
- Hritvisnu
- Hattunetta
- Aleleta
- Gautejas
- Fenne
Melina
So far her guard duty has proved to be rather uneventful, apart from her having to convince a couple of adventurers it was in their best interest they leave and forget about the tomb she was protecting. However, deep in the nearby forest, an ancient power stirs, one that could unsettle the balance that has been preserved for so long.
- Laririssa
- Daelix
- Arnuzili
- Datayara
- Debika
- Olyndia
- Zanirise
- Zetkhemet
- Calilemus
- Admetos
Naitipin
She’s serving as a member of an elite army unit, all filled with her own kin, specialized in ambushing and surprise attacks of all kinds, and they are more than tolerated in both the Queen’s eyes and the eyes of the commoners, a fact that allows them to live in peace.
- Yolarene
- Shrunika
- Sudhalini
- Akufut
- Faenne
- Aninas
- Hasamsulubi
- Ugranuka
- Sotebu
- Zanie
- Khathunnas
Thothmuzu
After being saved by a brave elf, she swore her life to the young adventurer, promising him to never leave his side and to protect him until his dying breath. Together, for over half a century, they’ve been roaming the lands, looking for whatever life has in store for them.
- Helawiya
- Bektabah
- Yashomati
- Baladava
- Pala
- Sabaphos
- Ugravis
- Giyara
- Jamidisa
- Khavrit
- Enrys
Kamaki
He’s always been rowdy, looking for trouble, testing his own limits as well as those of his parents, and it has been no different since he became an adult. Every week he seems to wander off further and further away on one of his adventures, to the point where everyone thinks there will come a day when he’ll just fail to return, one reason or another.
- Rudradari
- Khaliya
- Senouhekh
- Sabamion
- Garatikhet
- Bhaketu
- Senahaya
- Ahitavant
- Masidah
- Nitenat
Ranaro
With his parents killed in an ambush by a human poaching gang, he fled his home in fear for his life. Now, many years later, he proudly returns to the same region he spent his youth in, determined to kill any and all humans brave enough to venture into what he considers his territory from this day onward.
- Sarmou
- Uskhitili
- Admekon
- Caseaperos
- Katan
- Taunaro
- Katuhaya
- Arnuriki
- Manerys
- Khalpanawa
These rather strange creatures, despite being seemingly made out of at least three different beings, are powerful and quite intelligent, capable of both flying and moving fast on the ground. In combat, they let their claws do the dirty work and they try to ambush and pounce whenever possible. They are very territorial, although the smarter ones will discern mere travelers from real trespassers, always knowing who is a true threat. Think about where the creature was born, how they were raised, what they had to go through during their upbringing, what are the current and future goals, and think of a name worthy of the tenacity and viciousness that will always follow this character, no matter where they go.
