My man single-handed dropped the best season of worldbuilding episodes of all time and then left us at a cliffhanger for the next season. Thanks for all the content!

@kylejohns2288

6 ай бұрын

Any news about where he went I am really learning a lot from him and want more

@lordbeetrot

3 ай бұрын

@@kylejohns2288same here

This is only a semantic argument, but I would use the word "resource" over "food" as a reason for domestication. For example sheep. While they can be, and are, use for food, I think it's safe to assume the bigger value is their wool. I just think this distinction would help broaden how people look at the possibilities for domesticated creatures. Those "pathers" you mentioned... Perhaps there's a breed that sheds its segments of its exoskeleton periodically. Those sheds could be useful in some fashion, I'm sure, as bowls or even armor. Maybe it's heated and soaked like horn then flattened into sheets which in turn is used as material for something else.

@clintcarpentier2424

Жыл бұрын

Work animals can be deemed a resource. Sheep would fall into this category. Much like Human Resources, even though most of us wouldn't think to eat humans. All three categories are covered by "Resource"; sometimes it's best not to be a try hard.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Great point! And you are definitely correct, when I talk about animals domesticated for food, it includes animals involved in food production, even if they are not eaten themselves. A well known example is egg laying hens. Great idea for the Pathers! That's a likely development that at least some cultures would utilize. Thanks for the input! 😊

@MammothMorals

Жыл бұрын

​@@WorldbuildingCorner egg laying hens still get eaten at the end of their lives.

@faarsight

Жыл бұрын

Sheep were originally domesticated because they were food. Early Sheep did not produce great wool. That was later selected for.

@georgekerscher5355

Жыл бұрын

​@@MammothMorals Yee, a better example would have been honeybees producing honey

WHERE ARE YOU BRO? We needed you, you were the chosen one, the one who'd uplift us all and turn us into awesome world creators "but when we needed him the most he disappeared" (nah I rly hope you're doing fine if you don't come back knows that this series of videos is one of the best I've seen and one of the most useful and maybe the most original and easy to understand on that subject and if you ever comeback we're all eager to see your next video 👌🏾)

I really hope you intend to keep going with this series, I was very much enjoying it. Sad to see no updates for the last 2 months. Hope all is well.

@electroninja8768

11 ай бұрын

I agree.

@princeatie2231

9 ай бұрын

Me too, been waiting 4months now. Honestly a big big fan

@botchamaniajeezus

Ай бұрын

@@princeatie2231things arent better a year later

I'll just add myself to the voices clamoring for another part of this series. I just binge-watched it all in one day because it is that good, please do continue it

Having seen the military episode, it’s likely the Na’qwuil also breed powerful war beasts. Large animals to serve as living battering rams, Magic-using animals to serve as living tanks or artillery, high speed cavalry creatures, stealthy or well-armored defensive and/or ambush animals, plus aquatic and flying animals to serve similar purposes, etc.

@andrewthorpe3377

Жыл бұрын

Considering the Na'qwuil are parasitic creatures who take other creatures as hosts, if they bred powerful beasts it would probably be to create more powerful host bodies rather than simple (when compared to the Naq'wuil's intelligence) war beasts.

@commandereclipse5373

Жыл бұрын

I just realized the Na'qwuil are pretty much akin to the Yeerks from Animorphs. Relatively helpless parasites that take the forms of bigger stronger creatures against their wills as host bodies.

Putting my hand in with the ones who want (need?) this series to continue: it's so good! And it really helped me along on my project. Hope all's well!

Ever since this video was about a month old, I've been binging this whole playlist repeatedly at work. I've internalized many of the things laid out so far in my own worldbuilding, and I would *SUPER* love an update. I hope you're doing well! We look forward to the next exciting chapter of Locus' history!

I love how listening to this reminds me of discussions with a game developer friend. It really points out to me that the secret to good world building is just to care about your world, and to personally want to know more about it as the author of it. Because if you do, you'll wind up with entirely too many details just from the countless brainstorming sessions you got into out of being excited to add something.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Definitely! A lot of my work is condensing my thoughts and research into a palatable 15-20 minutes of cohesive video. Otherwise it would go on forever!

@SomethingEternal

Жыл бұрын

@@WorldbuildingCorner aka the part I'm no good at xD. I'll leave all the organization to you and keep watching as I work.

This is the best world building series on KZread, can’t wait for the next episode!

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the positive words! Glad you are enjoying the series 😊

@faarsight

Жыл бұрын

No it's not. Not by a long shot.

@sunday1379

Жыл бұрын

@@faarsight In my opinion and for me it is. Apologies I didn’t realise I needed to clarify that. Of course there is no world building series that’s the best for all people at all times. It’s subjective but this is my favourite

I don't usually comment, but I just got through the entire playlist and I have to say, this is literally what I've been missing. My world is meant to be based on science, as is my magic system, but given my limited knowledge of geography, evolution and all the rest of the things you cover, my worldbuilding really left something to be desired. I didn't set out to make an entire planet when I started, but it seems so much more doable now thanks to you and this series. Thank you so much! I'm waiting to see the rest of what you have in store!

One thing you didn't mention is that neotonous traits often show up as unconscious traits in domesticated animals.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

This is true, especially extended immaturity!

Just binged the whole series in the last week and now there is nothing coming? This series is one of, if not the, best videos on worldbuilding I have seen so far. I hope you are fine man!! Hopefully we will see more of you soon.

Instant click, I love this series so much. Found you a couple weeks ago and binged the whole thing

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Welcome! And thank you for the kind words, very glad you are enjoying the content! Stay tuned for more 🙂

Hey, hope the series is still good; its a fantastic resource and really great walkthrough for everyone. Either way, hope all is good and stay cool!

I only recently discovered this series and I just realized how long ago this video was posted! I hope all is well and we see more content from you soon!

I like the way you're setting up the octopus people (Na'quil?) to have a naturally antagonistic relationship to the other sapiens this early in the world's development. Their parasitic nature makes them natural villains, and the general distrust of the "Returned" adds the possibility of a third faction when (presumably) a war breaks out between the all the races of Lotus against the army of Taken.

Please make more!! Your series is amazing!

Are you doing well man? Your videos are amazingly well done, I hope nothing unfortunate has happened and you are simply taking a break or something.

Awesome video. I can't believe I didn't consider what the squid-yeerks might do to their sentient slaves, the idea they breed them into a whole new submissive species, maybe even crossbreeding different sentients, is a thought experiment I hadn't considered. Just a question, when the squids mind control someone, do they disappear into the head of the Taken, or are they visible outside the body of a Taken and thus are easier to remove?

@clintcarpentier2424

Жыл бұрын

The first thing that came to my mind about the squid's mind control, was how the domesticated sentients would develop a culture around it. It was tongue-in-cheek, but very poignant... "Bobby. You have come of age. It is time. You will walk out into the serf and submerge yourself until you are bonded. Upon your return, you will be a man. You will be granted work, and a mate. Go forth and make us proud." I think the most interesting question, is how often the squids will attempt to crossbreed sentients with other animals or other sentients. You can't say that they won't, because our own human history is replete with fucktards getting their kyuks off and inflicting upon us STD's we're forever stuck with.

@alsatusmd1A13

Жыл бұрын

The whole mind control aspect of the squid-yeerks struck me as a horror version of the concept of human “self-domestication” the first time I heard it!

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

I imagine the Na'qwuil piloting a creature to be external, with their barbed piercer that they use to penetrate through the skull of a creature to access their brain the only part that is internal. I also imagine 'removing' a Na'qwuil could (and likely does) cause extreme catastrophic damage as the barb is forcibly removed, almost certainly killing the parasitized creature. Perhaps a method could be developed to coax the Na'qwuil to remove its barb safely itself? I'm kind of imagining like the way smoke is used in beekeeping, or how fire can remove a splinter.

@sketjtheinkle8268

Жыл бұрын

@@WorldbuildingCorner or maybe, and this has morally ill implications, the Na'qwuil can remove the barb safely... if they want to. The Life or Death of a parasitized creature is in the hands of it's parasite. Are you a valuble specimen, or did you fail your controller in some way? Id your parasite benevolent enough to let you live after you have served well, or are you nothing more than fodder to an indifferent parasite? Its entirely down to the Na'qwuil you are a host to. Better hope Ka'sano is nice to it's host bodies.

@NearQuasar

Жыл бұрын

@@WorldbuildingCorner Perhaps the Na Quil could take control of enemy rulers to use as a bargaining chip in negotiations and release them only when they come to an agreement.

I have now watched all of your videos in this series. Eagerly awaiting the next one! They're good to listen to while exercising!

Okay, the concept of sapient species becoming domesticated by others is absolutely terrifying

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, the Na'qwuil are staying true to their lovecraftian inspiration haha

@christianschwietzke8959

Жыл бұрын

@@WorldbuildingCorner - As creepy as the Na´qwuil are, I would not be surprised if, as soon as the technological basis exists to project sufficient amounts of force over long distances, all or most other civilisations band together to wipe out the Na´qwuil. Or to try, at least.

I stumbled across a random video in this series about a week ago. Since then, I went back to the start and watched all of them. Great series so far. I've never done any world building myself, but I'm looking forward to learning more and more about the fascinating world you have created.

Have binged this whole series over the last couple days. This has been so incredibly inspiring for me and I have just learnt so damn much about geography, biology, chemistry, physics, history, politics and wow you have a brilliant ability to simplify it all to be so palatable! Can't wait to hear 'my name is Matthew, at least...' again when you're back from your break! I cannot wait to learn so much more!

Hmm... I think I am starting to notice a pattern here... "Okay, so we are done with the humanoid animals and actual humans, now let us take a detour to the spacefarer-relic given, electric powers having, psychic, mind control octopi!"

Thanks so much for this entire series! I've binged the entire thing in the past three days, and will probably binge it again soon for inspiration. I have two worlds I'm working on for TTRPG campaigns (one Egyptian deity meets gothic fantasy, the other sci fi cold world colony) and this has been really helpful in focusing how I think about each.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you have enjoyed the series and that it has been helpful! Good luck with your projects, they sound very interesting! 😊

matt you planning on coming back bro? i like your vids a lot and they help me a lot sooo pls come back

You do such a good job of clearly explaining how and why things happen in worldbuilding. Thank you.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm really glad to hear that, I put a lot of effort into making the understanding process as easy as possible. Glad you are enjoying it 😊

@StoryGirl83

Жыл бұрын

@@WorldbuildingCorner It shows. Thank you.

I've been looking forward to this video and finally found time to sit down and watch. I'm so glad you included discussion of domestication! Great video and I can't wait to see the next one on agriculture!

Thank you so much for all this great content Matthew! It's a spectacular outline for worldbuilding interconnected systems and it's got my brain flooded with ideas. The way you tease out building Locus with these principles at play shows others how to apply the outline so perfectly. I hope you and yours are doing well. Let us know if there's any way we can support you and I'll look forward to your next video. All the best!

I'm waiting for the dragons, that early in series you say that is your favourite creature...

your world building videos are truly top tier!

I’d say there are other sapient species. Whales, dolphins, some birds, etc. Not even including other great apes. The real issue is our difficulty to communicate with them though we do get closer as time progresses.

This was really interesting, lots of inspiration :) I haven't really done much with domesticated animals in my world so far. Only decided that we have "housewolves" instead of dogs, because I have a phobia of dogs and since D&D is just imagination, calling them housewolves makes me not scared of them lol. They're also all extremely friendly and would never ever attack or bite anybody, since I'm uncomfortable with that, which my players have exploited numerous times. But I think it's funny, I've embraced it.

We must be brothers; we both have cats, love world building from a scientific perspective and are Australian.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

🙌😃🐈

@bjorncorvin4568

Жыл бұрын

I to am an Aussie worldbuilder with a cat

I am so glad, my feed actually suggested your first video about how to start world building, I ended up binging everything two days ago.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Welcome! I'm so glad you have enjoyed the content so far, stay tuned for more! 😊

still very much looking forward to the next video in this series!

Really dope video series it’s helped me a bunch I hope the series keeps going

Sweet! New video! Awesome, thanks. I've been following this series and binge watching it to create my own science adjacent fictional world.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Glad you have been enjoying the series and it's been helpful! Good luck with your own project 😊

WHEN THE WORLD NEEDED HIM MOST

The wild thing is, we are still domesticating new species. This process never stops, so you can easily end up in a rabbit hole of adding domesticated species to your world

@intelligencecube6752

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! We’ve got domesticated foxes, so I see no reason that given enough time and effort, anything COULD be domesticated. Just comes down to what we’d get out of the animal after a certain point.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Domestication, like many other processes, has only increased over time.

@MrBlack0950

Жыл бұрын

@@intelligencecube6752 its arguable that weve already domesticated certain zoo species too, tho more for the preservation of a species than to get something out of it, but its still technically within the definition of donestication.

Smolcat wanted to be part of a video. This was not what he was intending. XD The Pathworms are awesome, and I love the image of Centipede-Riding Humans! And once again, the Tarna'qwua are an utterly baffling race. They are seriously the scariest, best race in this series. I love them all! The Silarin tickle my dinosaur-loving side and the Senanatgru have so many special aspects that make me want to live among them (though the ritual cannibalism is a little worrying o.o) but those parasitic octopi are just a phenomenal example of developing distinct cultures. I can't wait for part 2!

Been loving your vids lately

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you are enjoying them 😊

Great video! Thanks!

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

Is he coming back?

My favorite fantasy domestication I've done was having domesticated cheetahs. The tribes who used them had huge hunting advantages, and the cheetahs had a safe environment for bringing up their young

@ckl9390

Жыл бұрын

Cheetahs are domesticated, or were in antiquity as hunting animals. Admittedly not commonly, but there were fully domesticated lineages.

Best series

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you are enjoying it :)

"Domestication syndrome" does NOT refer to unforseen negative health consequences but to a series of traits that tend to come with selecting for being more tolerant of humans and less flights (specifically floppy ears, spots and more varied coat patterns and so on).

Very nice i was just thinking about getting back to this.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Welcome back then! Glad you are enjoying it 😊

Listening to this as I headbutt my cat. Alright, fpcusing back on the video. Having recently rewatched the climate zone videos the animals were fresh in my mind, and it was so cool seeing them being brought back in, especially the Perilux! When they didn't become a sapient species I was sad to see them go, but here they are! I'm so glad.

I honestly want to go back and start making my world now step by step. Wish me luck lmao

@SomethingEternal

Жыл бұрын

Find a friend who also wants to make a world and who you can share your ideas with. It's not even that two heads are better than one. Just that having someone to tell about all your cool ideas will keep you more invested in your own world. It really makes a massive difference.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Good luck with your new project, sounds exciting!

Awesome!

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

A related topic would be how domestication leads to new diseases. Measles, small pox, influenza, etc all had a major impact on humanity and those viruses started in farm animals. Diseases can easily be its own video topic so maybe more on them will come.

Been working on mapping out my own world for a few years, finally got around to making a climate map and a Biome map thanks to your videos. The Continent totally doesn't make sense but now i at least understand why it doesn't make sense. Also, I would love to do some art and design for your world at some point! As an aspiring Graphic Designer, i'm always looking for opportunities to flex different muscles, and this would flex my inner nerd and designer greatly.

I really do enjoy watching these videos I hope he is doing well

Just binged the whole playlist for the 3rd time, when will you continur?

WAITING FOR THE NEXT VIDEO ❤

Can U do a seperate video series, worldbuilding the second universe? Maybe it can be similar to Dnd's Feywild, home to more typical fantasy creatures like Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs and Goblins?

The Zel‘sa‘rian Salt crab aka Neyd Zel (Younger Zel) Like their domesticators, the Zel (particularly the northern Zel, the Konchaz), they are crustacean predators evolved in a similar environment, wich made them an easy ally as the two species required similar foods and housing. They are called Salt Crabs because they live in caves in wich the renowned Zel‘sa‘rian salts occur as these give them high nourishment and some act as narcotics. The Zel used them to find those caves to live in as few other predators live in these caves. They would also hunt with them as the Zel are very humanoid and lack the strong pincers of the Neyd Zel. Both species communal nature meant that massive Choirs of Zel and Cohorts of Neyd Zel would form even in prehistoric times, giving them extreme dominance over the areas in wich they lived, as the two could hunt and gather in large hordes covering wide areas. Over the years the Neyd Zel would be bred into a plethora of subspecies like the Vosza kirsho (Iron scratchers) named as such because they were used for manual labor during the Zel Metal Ages like cutting strong ropes and chains with their uniquely powerful pincers. The Neyd Zel also had a massive cultural impact on the Zel. During prehistoric times the Zel would be inspired by them to also cover their shells with similar materials to appear more like them, and using the shells of dead pet Neyd Zel as ornaments would become tradition. Leaders of the Choirs would eventually dress in uniquely ornamented shells. During ritualistic dances and festivals, particularly after Neyd Zel mating season, they would also imitate the behaviors of happy or excited Neyd Zel, leading to literal crab raves as the Zel used instruments specifically designed to cause vibrations wich excited the Neyd Zel. This impact can also be seen in their cave-paintings. The Konchaz paintings portray themselves as more jagged and in grounded poses similar to the Neyd Zel, whereas the southern Zel, who were influenced more by Molluscoid allies portrayed themselves more fluidly and often floating.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

This is so cool! You are developing science adjacent crab raves I love it! Crustacean worldbuilding is one of my favourites, very lovecraftian!

@requiemlul3140

Жыл бұрын

@@WorldbuildingCorner Oh Zel lore gets so much more lovecraftian

@David_Fellner

Жыл бұрын

Craaab people, craaab people, Walk like crab, talk like people But in seriousness, those are cool ideas.

It has been 1 full year 🙁

Waiting for next video ❤

I think you should do something about virus' and diseases because that would be awesome!

You got recommend to me and I subscribed immediately, your content is so good! Hope you get more subs soon.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the positive words! Glad you are enjoying the content :)

Finalmente me puse al día.

KZreadr trick: Set your video to be released a few hours after you upload it, so early birds won't need to get by with your pixelated 360p mug.

How long do you think this series will go? How many episodes are you aiming for?

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

I have long considered this, and I believe it will continue to a point where I (and I hope others) would be satisfied with the level of detail in the world. At some point, I plan on 'zooming in', and focusing on a more specific area, perhaps a particular kingdom or empire. Whether you would consider that the 'same' series is up to you!

Fine. I'll turn the bell on... Really want the plant episode to be out now... In my impatience, I feel angry. For no fault on you, as your content is amazing, hence why I'm impatient.

In my setting, horses were never domesticated, so it was kind of fun to look up alternatives. Rather simple since oxen and goats are already utilized. Does change military though due to cavalry limitations.

Is this channel is alive? Hope your ok and doing well

Domestication is not exclusive to sapient species. Different species of ants have independently domesticated fungus as well as aphids. There are even slaver ants that that rely on capturing worker ants of other species for their own survival and repruduction.

I’m still waiting patiently for that part 2 😢

There's another distinction that can be useful to consider: "Wild animals bred in captivity" technically could be called domesticated, but are just an early stage of the process. For those species to be called domesticated, some physiological and/or behavioural genetic change should occur. Also, don't forget about self-domesticating species. Rats...

This was excellent! As a less important side to types of domesticated animals, animals may also be used for a specific purpose like science such as lab rats, live among sapient beings intentionally like pigeons, or even be completely reliant on living in sapient creatures homes like bed bugs.

My immediate thought to the title is that Na'quil would probably raise animals or sapient creatures to manipulate. Glad to see that's gone as expected.

@ChasePhillips7

Жыл бұрын

I personally think that a race of "BIG DANG STRONG" creatures for the armies would be a priority for them. It was mentioned in the warfare episode that the leaders try to find the strongest that they can for war, so I fully expect a "royal" line of dinosaur/elephant adjacent creatures that are consciously selected for strength and size (and possibly selected for difficulty to control to "prove one's royalty"). But yeah, it is chilling but true that the sapient laborers would be selected for as well.

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Great minds think alike! Or perhaps it is a point of concern for us considering how horrifying the concept is haha

I jumped when you said that one of your creatures was called Grillus. My worldbuilding project also has a Grillus, although mine are called Gryllus.

Wonder if you could talk about food chains in fantasy worldbuilding

Domesticated giant flying cats that knights ride into battle go burrrrrr! For the glory of evening star!!!

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Now that's an image I would love to see art of!

@Spiceodog

Жыл бұрын

@@WorldbuildingCorner it’s from a dnd game on KZread , nights of evening star.

I definitely could see the other 3 sapient species banding together to wipe out the squid bois in the future.

@intelligencecube6752

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, just due to their society, there’d be strong arguments that they’re demons and must be exterminated for the safety of the “Civilized” Races. I can see something like a Holy War braking out like the Crusades 😅

@WorldbuildingCorner

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, it is really difficult to imagine a scenario where the other sapient cultures are okay with them, and wouldn't work to eliminate them as a threat. I actually didn't deliberately plan it this way, but I'm really happy the Na'qwuil are mostly separated from the others by either a continent or a vast desert, for that reason haha

@NearQuasar

Жыл бұрын

Well I think that would be extemely difficult as the naquil are far more intelligent than any of the other sapient species and they will develop new technology much faster than the other species.

Been a while since your last update. Hope you are doing okay.

Aw, i made it to the end of the playlist and it hasn't been updated in 4 months. Side note i now want a Siheth as a pet.

van you make a video on making star maps and constellations?

Exellent video ! The Nawquil (hope I spelled that right) are creepy. For my worldbuilding, the elves are very particular with their livestock and domestication, since they would see animals we humans value as livestock as better in the wild, nuisances or worthless. That doesn't mean they never eat vertebrae, but they do so with much less frequency than humans. Elves cannot digest large quantities of fat, therefore, are more likely to select arthropodes as livestock. The most northern Ice Elf, living in the North-West, raise Snow Crabs, and it plays the same role in their feeding habits as pork play for many Western cultures. They are bread for size and endurance (most Ice Elves are nomadic), creating quite bulky creatures. This has the negative effects of this, that to support their larger body size, these crabs might attack and eat their owners if food is scarce. Also, as they are nomads living in frigid tundra, they would sometimes go to human or dwarfish settlements that have recently suffered epidemic, famine or other natural disasters, and let their crabs feast on the decomposing bodies of humans and livestock. Elves' ability to use tools allow these crabs to gain access to proteins sources they might otherwise not be able to, such as bone marrow and brain of large mammal (which elves have trouble digesting anyway because of how fatty these tissues are). The feeding frenzy there is a breeding frenzy. Most of these crabs are slaughtered for meat, but Ice Elves always make sure to leave enough to ensure there would always be a next cycle. For the Drow, on the other hand, use domestication for less ill effects. They have domesticated common cave spiders for their silk, and they are strongly selected for intelligence, since it allows elves to communicate their wishes to these spiders and allow to trade off silk in exchange for food. Spider-silk is basically the only fiber available in a cave environment, and thus these spiders are considered very precious. These spiders are sacred to the Drow, and thus they tend to avoid breeding them in ways that would create genetic problems if it can be avoided. Also, the Pyroxene Drows would feed them their own wings, (a ritual made as the persecution forced them to give up the outside environment, and for their wings to grow properly and not necroes, they need moonlight). This traumatic amputation cause some of them to develop PTSD-induced arachnophobia, which is yes, a problem to peaceful cohabitation. To ensure their troglodyte lifestyles, dark elves domesticated certains cats, the catacomb cat which is a naturally occurring variety of cat, and small brown bats. They are essentially kept to fetch things from the surface and bring them to the caves. They are allowed and encourage to eat it themselves if they can. Genetically speaking, these breeds are nearly indistinguishable from their wild relatives, since the main thing the Drow need from them is poop, dead leaves and companionship. Drow try to select for intelligence and discretion, since it allows them to more easily communicate with these creatures who are something as both fertilizer producers and pets. Since hunting mice and eating them in secluded areas is normal behavior for cats and for bats consuming fruits and insects is pretty much their normal behavior, nobody suspects they are actually the companions of Dark Elves. All Dark Elves, cultures present and extinct, would engage in cannibalism and anthropophagy if given the opportunity, and are the only elves who consider this socially acceptable behavior. They rarely do it as a funeral rite, but as a way to get rid of individuals they consider enemies. As long as you don't murder anyone nor try to damage their salt deposits that the primary producers of the cave depend on for survival, you would be relatively safe. Dwarves are pretty much similar to humans in their needs, and thus the kinds of animals they domesticate are pretty much the same. However, spending more time underground than the average human, they also breed spiders, with practically the same desired traits as the Drow.

@WorldbuildingCorner

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Fascinating, as always! I love the giant crabs, and you've raised a really cool point in domestication for a trade resource in silk from spiders. I am enjoying learning more about your world through your comments, I love elves and seeing your world of them be drawn even through text is really cool! If you have not already, you should consider putting the world into a novel, it is truly fascinating!

@Lilas.Duveteux

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@@WorldbuildingCorner I am considering. I have begun a novel with a tragic love story between a human woman and a drow monk. Also, I forgot to mention, but Drow also domesticate blindfish as livestock, for both their skins and their meat.

In my ancestral culture, horses were livestock, working animals, and companions with more religious than "pet" connotations. Kinda like the mounts of the blue people in Avatar.

hey quick question, will you go into the biodeversity, i mean just because there are multiple biomes doesn't mean all the flora and fauna are the same, for example there might be normal flower sized ultima on the main continent but maybe on the squid continent there are ultima the size of trees pouring out loads more water than what the normal ultima would make creating an oasis, or a version of the mortabello (I think that is what the zombie shroom is called) that instead of feeding off of corpses they feed off of a being's severance/synthesis. I mean the possibilities are Infinet, this goes for separate races as well, for all we know the ursans from the main continent are completely different from the island ursuns in fur coating and magic?

I have finally catched up to the latest video, and there are a few questions i got while watching thos series: 1. Are there no birds? 2. how do the squidpeople reproduce? If the take over bodies, they would have to change everything related to sex of that bodie so it is suited for mating with every body controlled by an other squidguy.

@WorldbuildingCorner

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Great questions! There are birds, I wanted to wait until I had introduced magic and other systems, to allow for magical birds to be present, but since then have focused on other topics. They will come soon in the future though! Regarding Na'qwuil, they themselves reproduce independently of their parasitized creatures. That is, they would remove themselves from any creature they are 'piloting', and mate with another Na'qwuil. However, as we have seen from our own human history when it comes to domestication, the Na'qwuil are likely to experiment heavily with the breeding of other species, including forcing interspecies interactions, and possibly even interactions with themselves. Ultimately however, biology is still a thing, and Na'qwuil cannot breed successfully with other species.

@zombie1356

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@@WorldbuildingCorner I was just confused about the Na'qwuil because their brain dies if they stay attached to a creature for a long time, so they wouldn't be able to detache themselves.

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@WorldbuildingCorner

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When I try to enter the calculation formula for the average surface temperature from Episode.7 into my calculator, the result is about 40 degrees Celsius too high. even if I use the same numbers as in the video.

I'm...not sure how I feel about giant ridable centipedes. :(

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About fantasy races domestication, I think environment plays a very good role in which species we choose to domesticate. For example, many aquatic animals would be very efficient livestock, the only issue with using them as livestock is that we are not aquatic.

@Bird_Dog00

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Well, we do that IRL. Fish and oister farms are a thing. And at least oisters - and other bivalves - have been "farmed" for quite some time. Fish were probably a bit more difficult, but those could be caught in quite large amounts in the wild and didn't seem to ever die out until modern industrial fishing ruined it for all...

As and archaeologist I must put forward that the overwhelming majority of animals species are functionally undomesticable. Out of the millions of species of animal only a score or so have become truely domesticated. A tragic side effect of this that some area may have little or no domesticated animals at all, putting them at a permanent disadvantage. It our world all the America's pretty much only produced LLlamas and guinea pigs out of all the biodiversity of the amazon rain forest.

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the taken remind me of all tomorrows where the men are cattle for future lizard sapients, and the species that are like a hat on bipeds.

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Re: unconscious selection not always being positive? This is true, however I would also say that you can unconsciously select desirable traits. For example, if you put down breeding stock which kills its domesticators, the animal will lose its lethality, which is probably desirable in most cases.

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Can you make a video on how to make 2 cultures Merkin 1 I like your videos have an amazing day week and sentury

So... I'm sure it hasn't gone unnoticed by you, but I was wondering whether you were going to wait till the Iron age to introduce aquaducts and sewage removal systems? I think that most successful civilizations on Earth had water in and waste water out systems in place or at least planned by the beginning of their respective bronze age...

@WorldbuildingCorner

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Absolutely, that is something I will be introducing when we zoom in to a more regional level, talking about building cities themselves. You're definitely correct though, they are crucial infrastructure, and I believe some primitive aqueducts were very ancient indeed!

Dude passed long ago guys, there's no need to ask for further episodes

@eustress7428

2 ай бұрын

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