The only other creature allowed at the Pack Council - Baloo, the sleepy brown bear who teaches the wolf cubs - rose upon his hind quarters and grunted.

"The man’s cub?" he said. "I speak for the man’s cub. There is no harm in a man’s cub. I have no gift of words, but I speak the truth. Let him run with the Pack, and be entered with the others. I myself will teach him."

- Rudyard Kipling, "The Jungle Book"

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"It is the bone of a man’s head," [Mowgli] said quietly.

"They came to take the treasure away many years ago." The White Cobra fairly shook with evil delight.... "I spoke to them in the dark, and they lay still...."

- Rudyard Kipling, "The Second Jungle Book"
🎨 David Ljungdahl

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1 point straight away for the voice. Granted, your DM needs to be a performer to makes this work, but Shere Khan has all the gravitas....

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http://gamerpeak.com/2026/02/11/shere-khan-greatest-disney-bbeg/

“Oh, it’s you,” said he. “What are you bothering for? All the cobras are dead. And if they weren’t, I’m here.”

Rikki-Tikki had a right to be proud of himself. But he did not grow too proud, and he kept that garden as a mongoose should keep it, with tooth and jump and spring and bite, till never a cobra dared show its head inside the walls.

- Rudyard Kipling, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"

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Talking about Mowgli (Jungle Book) with Eastern Bloc partner and realizing it's not the same Mowgli:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Mowgli

I found one with English subtitles here, if you have the time. Seems much less Disneyfied!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPkNG-wFAuk

There's also eastern Winnie-the-Pooh, but we figured that one out years ago because she has a plushie that sings his song when squeezing the paw.

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"Everybody knew Bagheera, and nobody cared to cross his path; for he was as cunning as Tabaqui, as bold as the wild buffalo, and as reckless as the wounded elephant. But he had a voice as soft as wild honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer than down."
- Rudyard Kipling, "The Jungle Book"

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India’s First Hollywood Star Sabu Gets Biopic as Almighty Motion Picture Acquires Film Rights (EXCLUSIVE)
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https://variety.com/2025/film/news/india-first-hollywood-star-sabu-biopic-1236460946/