Mindfire
Istar
Exactly how much latitude do you get when you use an old term in a new sense? For example, if I created a species of giant, terrible, man-eating, but non-chimerical cats, could I get away with calling them "manticores"? I'm thinking probably not. They're basically saber-toothed tigers, but that's not exactly a catchy name. It's too long. I'd like to boil it down to a single word. Smilodon? Panther? Liger? Suggestions?