General Q and A

Black Aquila wrote:

Jætte_Troll wrote:

The harpy parents let them out. Only after they hear the chicks asking to be "let the @#$#@ out of this @#$@% @#@# egg you @#%@ing @#^!. Anything more polite and they have to stay in.

I have to go with Jætte answer, since Harpy do care for their young.

I think that's a joke (a good one) since I doubt harpies can talk even before they can hatch. Speaking is a learned ability.

Jasconius wrote:

Black Aquila wrote:

I have to go with Jætte answer, since Harpy do care for their young.

I think that's a joke (a good one) since I doubt harpies can talk even before they can hatch. Speaking is a learned ability.

Yes, but the idea's still there...

could one hide from a pack of kensha beasts by hiding in something like a dark recess or in a grove of tree roots thats semi exposed?

and another question: are there sinkholes In Felarya?

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Would one hide from a pack of kensha beasts by hiding in something like a dark recess or in a grove of tree roots thats semi exposed?

I don't see why not. However if they're actively looking for you're going to have to disguise your smell too.

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and another question: are there sinkholes In Felarya?

No sinkhole prone areas are known on the map but they could technically exist somewhere in Felarya.

Is the existence of the Guardians common knowledge? I'd think after some of the stuff they've done it would be, but I want to be sure.

Hmmm...
I think that mages (of all species) would have no doubt of their existence.
For normal Negavians, They'd be a kind of semi-real beings. They'd see/know of the evidence, like Ur-Sagol and other locations, but they wouldn't really understand it.
As for giant predators, I'd say no. The guardians would probably be hearsay to them. Except of course for Faeries and friends of Fairies. They'd know of Nemyra.

zersergathant wrote:

Is the existence of the Guardians common knowledge? I'd think after some of the stuff they've done it would be, but I want to be sure.

I dunno. I think you'd have some legends and myths floating around Negav, since some of the ancient Sagolians probably fled to the area Negav would originally come to stand in. The Magiocrats probably know, and probably have some ancient Sagolian books in their archives.

The Dridders would know of them, but given all the time that has passed since the fall of Sineria, the guardians would probably be semi-legendary to them.

As for everyone else, probably not. I don't even think Nemyra would be more than a myth to most Fairies. She hangs out in her pocket dimension and almost never even comes to the real world.

Indeed. The overalll answer is "No, not common knowledge."

I did write a story where Temi openly mentions Nemyra and even refers to her as their queen.

i do not see wheres the problem sean :/

Yeah, I figure fairies would know of Nemyra, at least as their Queen, though I figure very, very few of them have actually met her.

zersergathant wrote:

Is the existence of the Guardians common knowledge? I'd think after some of the stuff they've done it would be, but I want to be sure.

I agree with everyone above... they wouldn't be common knowledge.

Do all shadow fish develop more eyes and teeth with age (starting out with with a pair of eyes and no teeth), or is "Five Eyes, the Devourer" the exception, due to his origins?

I thought that there were a variety of sub-species of shadow fish, that all looked a bit different.

(Five-eyes used to be Six-eyes until someone/something poked one of his eyes out).

Ya I remember reading about the variety, I just wasn't sure if they all kept on changing in appearance as they grew older.

(And I remember the fact Five-eyes was once Six-eyes, though I don't think Six Eyes, the Devourer has as much as a ring to it. Too bad Fenja didn't knock him down to four, though getting him to vomit "light" with the aid of her companions must have been painful for him.)

This is more a question to Karbo, but I'd like to see what the general consensus is.

I've always assumed nekos (at least in known Felarya) to be a human size only species.
Then I was told that Karbo's Vore comic takes place in a different part of Felarya with different characters. When it was revealed that one of these characters was I giant Neko, I assumed that there are no giant nekos on the currently mapped continent, but there are in different, unmapped parts of Felarya.

Is this assumption correct?

I'd like it to be, regionalised species is a good thing, it lends variety to the world. If all jungles have the same flora, fauna and intelligent species, what's the point?
It also allows for story devices where a character visits a region that has species that aren't found in his/her home region and has to deal with it.
Edit for Clarification: This also means that Giant Nekos could venture onto the mapped part.
I thought that the region that giant nekos come from could not have giant nagas or some other giant.

Yeah, AJ does have a point there. There's been no documented case of a giant Neko in the Tolmeshal Jungle, or anywhere on the main map for that matter, until the vore comic. It would just be wierd to go "Suddenly there are giant nekos!" out of nowhere.

Maybe the comic could be set in a different region? Maybe northeast past the lakelands, or something. Not sure on the plot yet, but if the humans aren't a party of new arrivals (people who got sucked into Felarya randomly, in other words), maybe they hail from a previously unknown human settlement/colony/city that is off the edge of the map. It could be used as an opportunity to lend some development to a new region AND be a vore comic : )

Wasn't there an island that Notys was rumored to have altered, where human-sized things got made giant? Maybe the vore comic is set there, and the giant nekos and elves are descendants of the ones that Notys' passing made giant. Just an idea.

I had assumed the vore comic was non-canon and just had a random giant neko for the heck of it

The whole "suddenly, there are giant nekos" is completely silly. Like when new ideas for animals, you could stretch it to "suddenly, there are Drakewillow Nexolts". The idea of the island, I find it far fetched since the previews doesn't give the vibe that it's on an island.

Sean Okotami wrote:

My take on it: Why are we discussing this? Giant nekos could exist, it's just that they happen to be rare. We don't see Giantesses crawling out of the woodwork, do we? If someone wants a giant neko, let him or her have a giant neko. It's not an sin, it's not violation of canon, it's just something that was never done before. In fact, the neko entry never states "There can be only human-sized nekos".

Sean, this is the Q and A thread, not discuss the potential for giant nekos thread. AJ asked a valid question, why don't we give Karbo a chance to answer?

The good thing about AJ's question is that it could give the vore comic a chance to contribute something positive to the canon of the setting, instead of just being about "giant sexy nekos eating poor lil humans". It would give it the chance to be more than just a filler comic between two issues of the main manga.

Also, we gotta draw a line somewhere. Not EVERY species needs a giant, human-sized and micro version. If Neera are ONLY tiny, then of course some human-sized species are ONLY human-sized.

*NOTE: Sean edited his original post to be less confrontational. My point is still valid though**

Yeah, I assume that comic will take elsewhere in Felarya.

I'm personally against giant nekos - I don't think everything should have all sizes. If you're going for giant cat people, I think that's where the pantaurs come in.

True, there are giant elves, but they are suggested to be a created species and giantesses, but I'm pretty sure that Felarya has no native giantesses - they are all from offworld.

So... maybe the giant neko is from offworld as well?

Hmmm... how would Crisis react to a Giant Neko?

probably the same as a giant human.

I agree, not every species needs giant versions. It might be easier to process if I learn that the giant neko is from another continent. Sometimes I wonder just how much we're going to cram into the current map.

Also, I know some people have tried to do their part in promoting underused species like Inus, and Harpies to a lesser extent, but I believe we could use just a little more help from you Karbo.

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True, there are giant elves, but they are suggested to be a created species and giantesses, but I'm pretty sure that Felarya has no native giantesses - they are all from offworld.

So... maybe the giant neko is from offworld as well?

That is actually an interesting observation. But what happens when you look into it further?

- Elle: Offworlder
- Milly: Offworlder
- Jade: Offworlder
- Jora: Offworlder
- Tanny: Offworlder (she isn't in the wiki, but she's the only other giantess I know of by name)
- Nearly all of the fan-fic giantess characters I've seen around DA have all been offworlders as well.

All known giantesses are offworlders. Milly and Elle were giants on their world of origin, and all the others used to be human-sized and were made giants by some kind of dimensional hiccup.

Given this evidence, I don't think it is too much of a stretch to assume that Felarya has NO native-born giant humans, and that humans only come in the normal and tomthumb variety (hell, for all we know, the original tomthumbs could have been offworlders).

I do agree that not every species needs a giant, normal and tiny variant. If the giant neko of the vore manga isn't an offworlder, then I strongly suggest we either make the vore comic take place in a location off the map, another continent, or on that rumored island where a dimensional anomaly made the nekos, elves and other human-sized races giant.

This could be a potential opportunity to develop an entirely new region some, along with the giants and humans that live there. I know the vore comic is supposed to be nearly done, but really, all Karbo would need to do is change some text here and there to represent a location we haven't seen yet.