Yep, I was thinking about that when I asked the question whether the 'average' Ilujanka height was between what Hannibus and Vindicta are.
Another thing I come across, while most likely just a case of reused assets, Ilujanka Eggs are identical aside from colour to Dragon Eggs.
See the Egg Vindicta hatches from compared to Blue Dragon egg.
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in a fantasy setting a difference in size needs an explanation
didnt know who hornswoggle was so i looked him up. hannibus and his great-great-(great*65) grand daughter definitely aren't hornswoggle since they seem like they're 'normal-sized'
It also comes to mind that females of many species are larger than males. Reptiles and insects both have variances in the sizes of males and females. Combine that with the influence of magic, diet (grotworm remains, fish, etc), and the physical regimen Vindicta probably put herself through: easy to why She is bigger.
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It also comes to mind that females of many species are larger than males. Reptiles and insects both have variances in the sizes of males and females. Combine that with the influence of magic, diet (grotworm remains, fish, etc), and the physical regimen Vindicta probably put herself through: easy to why She is bigger.
watsisface's 'daughter' is the same size he is
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More thoughts I had while at work.
This time on relationships.
As known off Sharrigan, Hannibus had children on Iaia before he left for Gielinor.
Whilst on Gielinor, Hannibus and Morvannon had Vindicta.
My question is, was Morvannon Hannibus' partner on Iaia? Or did he have another and Vindicta was a, shall we say, 'happy accident.'
Of course we don't know much about Ilujanka culture, and with a race facing extiction from an infertility problem taking multiple partners may have been commonplace.
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More thoughts, this time on Ilujanka's ...fins? No idea what to properly call them.
Anyway, those things on an Ilujanka's back that you could describe as either wings or fins.
Was at first thinking that Vindicta probably has a set of those under her armour but that's off the main point, what I was thinking afterward concerns the fact their tails have those 'fins' down the side and their feet are webbed too, which brings to thought that those 'back things' are fins more than wings.
Perhaps Ilujanka are a somewhat aquatic race? We know Iaia has marshes so they may have evolved in such a way to make travelling through them easier.
Actually, reading through Last Riders made me notice something else.
Hannibus states there were no children born for decades in his time on Iaia.
And yet the race managed to cling on to life for over 6,000 years since he came to Gielinor.
(6,000 years is about the time difference between the Second and Sixth Ages.)
For a dying race with a lifespan similar to that of humans, how did they survive through that this long?
Not to mention Sharrigan saying that there were no births for a decade currently in Iaia, which sounds like it wasn't as bad as when Hannibus left. (Sharrigan's decade vs Hannibus' decades.)
Something happened on Iaia after Hannibus left, something had to have happened, it sounds like matters were much worse 6,000 years back than they are now.
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Not too sure if they're wings or fins, really. I mean Kerapac started experimenting on aquatic creatures since making the QBD, and she might be aquatic. Something as big as her could never really be able to fly, or at least not efficiently. The case may be that dragons either evolved wings from fins themselves, or Kerapac perfected making wings after KBD.
As for relationships, it is possible that the females are dominant. This is something that applies to many animals both real and mythical, such as insects, spiders, the spotted hyena, and dragons (the mothers are larger and more ferocious). It also makes me wonder if there are female Dragonkin left, and if they are stronger and/or more ferocious than the males.
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Actually, reading through Last Riders made me notice something else.
Hannibus states there were no children born for decades in his time on Iaia.
And yet the race managed to cling on to life for over 6,000 years since he came to Gielinor.
(6,000 years is about the time difference between the Second and Sixth Ages.)
For a dying race with a lifespan similar to that of humans, how did they survive through that this long?
Not to mention Sharrigan saying that there were no births for a decade currently in Iaia, which sounds like it wasn't as bad as when Hannibus left. (Sharrigan's decade vs Hannibus' decades.)
Something happened on Iaia after Hannibus left, something had to have happened, it sounds like matters were much worse 6,000 years back than they are now.
It's possible that the fertility rates have not dropped across Iaia equally. It could be that the area where Hannibus' village was located was among the earlier areas to suffer from the full impact of the infertility, while in other parts of the planet fertility has remained the same. After all, Iaia seems to be roughly the same size as Earth, and Mod Raven has stated that in 6,000+ years the Ilujanka have gone from populating the entire planet to having only one city left, so it could very well be that by this point even the most remote Ilujanka settlements have succumbed to the infertility, and the survivors from across the world have banded together in an effort to survive in the increasingly emptier world.
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It also comes to mind that females of many species are larger than males.
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As for relationships, it is possible that the females are dominant. This is something that applies to many animals both real and mythical, such as insects, spiders, the spotted hyena, and dragons (the mothers are larger and more ferocious). It also makes me wonder if there are female Dragonkin left, and if they are stronger and/or more ferocious than the males.
This made me have another think about the size debate.
It's possible that the females are larger than the males, we've only seen 3 Ilujanka in game (excluding Gower Quest), one is Hannibus who is at least referenced to be somewhat old in Sharrigan's dialogue, other two are of course Sharrigan and Vindicta. It could be that Sharrigan is a fairly young Ilujanka and can still grow to a larger size, Vindicta was under that whole weird stasis thing so we have no idea how old she is physically.
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