<Flora and Fauna>

Shades Of Grey · Post by **Shades Of Grey** » Fri May 09, 2003 11:40 pm

Zomp,
I was curious to know what are some really bizarre and odd organisms living on Almea? Other than the sentient beings of course. I was just wondering about what sort of oddities you would have.
--- Shades

Jaaaaaa · Post by **Jaaaaaa** » Fri May 09, 2003 11:54 pm

HUMANS!!! HUmans are really, really wierd! Honestly!

DF · Post by DF » Sat May 10, 2003 9:41 am

I agree with Jaaaaaa...Verdurian humans be kinda creepy....

Though those wierd, scaly people kinda freak me out (what's their name?!). Oh yeah...and they have the freaky teeth too...KTUVOKI!!!! That's it! I also think Elcari look kinda wierd....

Dudicon · Post by **Dudicon** » Sat May 10, 2003 9:52 am

That's all well and good, but he said besides the sentient beings.

Jaaaaaa · Post by **Jaaaaaa** » Sat May 10, 2003 11:18 am

...oops. Shoot me now.

Dudicon · Post by **Dudicon** » Sat May 10, 2003 11:55 am

Jaaaaaa wrote:...oops. Shoot me now.

Nah.

Warmaster · Post by **Warmaster** » Sat May 10, 2003 2:25 pm

i was thinking shipomi, but they sort of belong with the senteint beings anyway...mmm, time to go almea hunting

Jaaaaaa · Post by **Jaaaaaa** » Sat May 10, 2003 2:33 pm

Shipomi?

Warmaster · Post by **Warmaster** » Sat May 10, 2003 2:49 pm

they are related to the iliu, look under the bololgical bits and it says there,

Jaaaaaa · Post by **Jaaaaaa** » Sat May 10, 2003 2:59 pm

Ah, I musta missed that part. Thanks!

Dudicon · Post by **Dudicon** » Sat May 10, 2003 3:05 pm

Warmaster wrote:i was thinking shipomi, but they sort of belong with the senteint beings anyway...mmm, time to go almea hunting

Not so:

The descent of les?asi wrote:There are two main branches of lutinids, the shipomi and the ilii. The former exist in many species, and have only about the intelligence of monkeys.

Warmaster · Post by **Warmaster** » Sat May 10, 2003 3:15 pm

i did say "sort of" on pourpose.

Still can't think of any others though, there must be something said somewhere on the site, or perhaps on the old board. mmmmmm

Jaaaaaa · Post by **Jaaaaaa** » Sat May 10, 2003 3:20 pm

I remember Zomp said summat about dragons on the old board... they had no wings though.

Dudicon · Post by **Dudicon** » Sat May 10, 2003 3:24 pm

Jaaaaaa wrote:I remember Zomp said summat about dragons on the old board... they had no wings though.

Yeah, that's right. Supposedly they had numerous legs, though, and could run incredibly fast.

Warmaster · Post by **Warmaster** » Sat May 10, 2003 3:28 pm

Doh! i only read effect/countereffect a couple of days ago! Stupid Stupid Stupid

Damn those dragons! any others?

Post by **zompist** » Sat May 10, 2003 10:56 pm

Hmm, the only ones I can think of offhand are the airswallows described in the epic of the Sojourner. You can read about them in the Secret History-- it's easiest to go to the end of the page and scroll up.

To save some searching, here's what I said about dragons on the old board:

Dragon tales originate with the southern Horselords, who like to frighten children with tales of huge, many-legged reptiles which hunt horses (and their riders), riding them down on the vast plains. (There's a kingdom, Dracn?e = 'dragon-land', on the edge of the plains; evidently named because it seemed like a good place to find dragons.)

The Cadhinorians took up and elaborated these stories, making the dragons malignant creatures of Shkagon, allies of the ktuvoki, and giving them an interest not only in chasing horsemen but in breaking into castles to eat the livestock and humans within. (Almean dragons can't fly, but on their many legs they can run frighteningly fast.)

The horselords were no doubt inspired by the large lizards found on the Barbarian Plain. It's not hard to find some the size of a large dog, though they go after much smaller prey than horses. No one really knows how big these lizards can grow, however...

DF · Post by DF » Sun May 11, 2003 8:18 pm

so...are dragons real creatures in Almea, or just stories the Horselords made up or became exaggerated tales of these large lizards on the Barbarian Plane?

Raphael · Post by **Raphael** » Mon May 12, 2003 2:12 am

DarkFantasy wrote:so...are dragons real creatures in Almea, or just stories the Horselords made up or became exaggerated tales of these large lizards on the Barbarian Plane?

The last paragraph of Mark's post gives a clear "maybe" as an answer to that question- from what I know about Mark, he seems to like retaining some mystery about some things sometimes.

Drydic · Post by **Drydic** » Mon May 12, 2003 3:56 am

Raphael wrote:The last paragraph of Mark's post gives a clear "maybe" as an answer to that question- from what I know about Mark, he seems to like retaining some mystery about some things sometimes.

And you've been on these boards for quite a while, eh, Irgend?

Raphael · Post by **Raphael** » Tue May 13, 2003 7:46 am

Drydic_guy wrote:
Raphael wrote:The last paragraph of Mark's post gives a clear "maybe" as an answer to that question- from what I know about Mark, he seems to like retaining some mystery about some things sometimes.
And you've been on these boards for quite a while, eh, Irgend?

Hey, that has nothing to do with the atmosphere of conworlds!