Do ktuvoki have tails?

WeepingElf · Post by **WeepingElf** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:23 am

Hallo!

The subject says it all. On the page about Cadhinorian paganism, there is an image of a basrelief depicting Enäron vanquishing a ktuvok - in which the ktuvok looks like a crocodile with funny frills on its head. How crocodile-like are ktuvoki actually?

Gremlins · Post by **Gremlins** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:50 am

I think Ktuvoki are more Shark-y than Crocodilic. Bear in mind very few Cadhinorians actually SAW a Ktuvok really up close, so artists would have to speculate on various rumours.

Post by **zompist** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:54 pm

I'm going to say they have tails, to serve their swimming in place of a dorsal fin. The bas-relief is intended to be a picture of a ktuvok made by someone who's never seen one-- the tail won't be a long crocodilian thing.

NakedCelt · Post by **NakedCelt** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:11 am

zompist wrote:I'm going to say they have tails, to serve their swimming in place of a dorsal fin. The bas-relief is intended to be a picture of a ktuvok made by someone who's never seen one-- the tail won't be a long crocodilian thing.

Bugger.

WeepingElf · Post by **WeepingElf** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:08 am

Hallo!

NakedCelt wrote:
zompist wrote:I'm going to say they have tails, to serve their swimming in place of a dorsal fin. The bas-relief is intended to be a picture of a ktuvok made by someone who's never seen one-- the tail won't be a long crocodilian thing.
Bugger.

Nice!

That's pretty much what I always imagined the ktuvoki to be like: humanoid beings with sharp teeth, claws and funny frills on their heads, but more or less tailless. The crocodile-ktuvok in the basrelief I mentioned in my first post is, as has been said before, a rendition done by someone who has never seen an actual ktuvok. But as with all things Almean, Zompist has the final word, of course.