Ice Age Creatures in Fantasy Novels

[Venusaur26]

Some of you may notice that the Direwolves are actually creatures that existed in the most recent Ice Age.
You may blame George R. R. Martin for many to use Direwolves in fantasy stories, but this makes me wonder, what other Ice Age creatures makes the most sense to be included in fantasy stories?
Saber-Toothed Tigers, or Sabertooths is already something in my mind.
I also have the Megalodon in mind because of how myth-like it is to the point there’s conspiracy theories that it still lives in the abyssal waters today.

 

[PeacefulMyst]

Uhh, The caribous?

 

[Ymadthepirate]

sounds cool

 

[Linko]

Mammoths

 

[Maze_Runner]

Dinosaurs . . . Cause technically they are ice age
Either that or short-faced bears

 

[BenJepheneT]

I'd like to see this fucker survive an Ice Javelin Hailstorm to the throat

 

[BigBadBoi]

I'd like to see this fucker survive an Ice Javelin Hailstorm to the throat

You know that Ice Age just made Sid look retarded. Actual Ice Age sliths were brutal killing machines.

 

[Western42]

Some of you may notice that the Direwolves are actually creatures that existed in the most recent Ice Age.
You may blame George R. R. Martin for many to use Direwolves in fantasy stories, but this makes me wonder, what other Ice Age creatures makes the most sense to be included in fantasy stories?
Saber-Toothed Tigers, or Sabertooths is already something in my mind.

Skyrim has mammoths.

 

[Jemini]

Some of you may notice that the Direwolves are actually creatures that existed in the most recent Ice Age.
You may blame George R. R. Martin for many to use Direwolves in fantasy stories, but this makes me wonder, what other Ice Age creatures makes the most sense to be included in fantasy stories?
Saber-Toothed Tigers, or Sabertooths is already something in my mind.

errr... I'm pretty sure Dungeons and Dragons pre-dates George R. R. Martain's popularity, and they've had a strong presence of Direwolves since the earliest versions.

In fact, you can also blame D&D's Direrats for turning the term "dire" from something just attached to direwolves to something that generalizes to monstrous versions of almost any creature in the animal kingdom.

 

[longer]

Skyrim has mammoths.

You mean walking soul gems

 

[ConansWitchBaby]

Megasloths

 

[BenJepheneT]

You mean walking soul gems

not in my LoversLab mod they aren't

 

[joeblow12]

If your fantasy is based on the idea that our earth had,(or even in secret still has) magic, then earlier sapient variants can be constructed as some kind of magic race.
So neanderthals, because they have larger brains can maybe be elves. With earlier homo types being orcs.

 

[Daitengu]

There's some overlap between when Atlantis could have existed and dire wolves. If you consider the younger dryad impact hypothesis.

 

[Bartun]

Terror birds?

 

[Mandark]

Giant Penguin… not impressive sounding? Well look..

 

[NotaNuffian]

Steppe bison, big bison with nice fur coat.
Giant beaver, giant beaver with nice fur coat.

Too bad there isn't a giant squirrel.

 

[Western42]

You mean walking soul gems

...You mean soul gems guarded by giants, right?