Mirefa was quite satisfied with her visit so far. She saw all sorts of interesting and useful things magic can do, although some were confusing in their use. She still had no idea what that device with two arrows was really for, since the sun setting or the sun rising is enough to tell time.
She was reluctant to admit it, but the meal Sofare cooked was indeed tastier than even the deer back home. That being said, she was sure that if deer were cooked with all those random plant parts, it would be even better. She also had to admit that the plants themselves were also tasty when prepared and mixed with the meat.
The best part of all was that she left with a nice present. That shiny knife made of unknown material was really sharp, and she couldn’t wait to use it to cut up some deer. The elf, Never Mind, even was nice enough to magically create something to cover the sharp part so she could wave it around without any worry. Although every time she said the elf’s name, Sofare seemed to cringe a bit. Maybe she’d been pronouncing it wrong?
And now they were going to leave those weird tree houses so they could do magic safely. Mirefa did see Sofare use magic to hunt deer, which wasn’t great, but apparently elves are much better at magic. Was Never Mind going to kill some deer from a ridiculously far distance? Or maybe even do magic that could kill mass amounts of those giant rats? Sofare did say that the elves could also stay in one place and ignore those rats because of magic.
As they walked back out of the gate, Mirefa remembered her manners and made sure to give the guard his greeting by sticking out her middle finger. The guard seemed rather upset though. Was it because Never Mind didn’t bother to give her greetings? The guard and Never Mind did have a bit of a shouting match too. She guessed that they must have had some issues between them.
When Never Mind actually performed the magic, Mirefa was somewhat disappointed. The explosions of flashy colors were pretty and could probably be used to give messages from far away, but that was it. Not only that, apparently the elves really hated the color purple since Never Mind did not have a single purple thing in her home, and went through all the colors except purple during her magic showcase.
Mierfa asked, “Why do the elves avoid the color purple?”
Her sister thought about it for awhile, and replied, “I never really noticed until you mentioned it. Let me ask.”
Sofare scribbled whatever it was in the dirt, while Never Mind responded. It continued on for awhile, and Sofare even had to produce purple light in the middle of the discussion, until Sofare finally said, “It turns out they can’t see purple.”
“What?” Mirefa exclaimed in shock. “But then what color do the elves see when they look at the sky when the sun is up?”
“Apparently blue.”
“What? But it’s clearly purple.”
“Yes. But if you can’t see purple I guess it looks blue.”
Mirefa still couldn’t see how the sky looked even remotely blue. She did hear something about partial color blindness that affects a few of the population, but for all elves to have partial color blindness? Well it doesn’t really concern her though, so she decided to request what she really wanted to see before going back home.
“Can you ask Never Mind to hunt deer with magic, or some magic that could kill hordes of those giant rats?”
Sofare replied, “Before I even ask her, the answer will be no.”
“Why not?”
“Because she finds deer cute and loathes the idea of killing them. It’s also why I told you to not bring a deer carcass over. As for your other request, any wide area of effect spell would also destroy the trees too, so that won’t happen.”
Well that was disappointing. Also, finding deer cute instead of tasty? Mirefa thought that was weird, but acceptable since that meant more deer for herself. Well, as long as they don’t find the deer cute enough to defend them the same way they did with the trees.
Mirefa asked, “So I guess that’s it then?”
“Yeah. Take care and see you.”
Mirefa gave Sofare a quick hug, then ran off yelling, “Bye-bye!” with the knife in hand. She couldn’t wait to show off her new present to everyone. They would be so jealous.
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Human Votes: 12 13.6%
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Beastkin (humans with ears and tail variety) Votes: 41 46.6%
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Beastkin (More beast than human variety) Votes: 31 35.2%
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Dwarves Votes: 18 20.5%
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Goblins Votes: 13 14.8%
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Dragons Votes: 31 35.2%
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Orcs Votes: 8 9.1%
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Eldritch Abomination Votes: 29 33.0%
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Dark Elves (Regular elves that have bathed in purple — I mean UV light for too long) Votes: 27 30.7%
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Lizardmen Votes: 15 17.0%
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Fairy Votes: 39 44.3%
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Harpy Votes: 26 29.5%
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Demons (Not evil variety. You can think of them as people with handlebars on their heads.) Votes: 28 31.8%
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Centaur Votes: 21 23.9%
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Dryad Votes: 51 58.0%
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Hobbits Votes: 9 10.2%
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Other (Please specify in comments) Votes: 4 4.5%
people with handlebars on their heads, huh?
What a bunch of horny people *giggle
@Rizkid1412 I know right?
I would be interested in seeing Kobolds personally, small industrious mining folk that they are, very clan oriented, tend to live in caves/ boroughs, probably would get along with the lupoy alright.
Aren't they kobolds? They look like dogs but are humanoid?
@Octocat hmm... depends, dog-like kobolds originate from a translation error from D&D when translating from English to Japanese. Back then kobolds were classified as goblinoid and described as having a "dog-like" face, This was mistranslated as having a dog head. More modern D&D has them reclassified as draconic with a much more in-depth lore. Lupoy COULD be kobolds or could be beastfolk, it all depends on which direction binarysoap wants to take it. though I would appreciate their input on this.
Edit: Kobolds are also seen in European folklore and are generally depicted as goblinoid/transfomative (some appear as bricks, IDK) this includes pretty much every goblin, hobgoblin, and even brownies under kobold as an umbrella term.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobold
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobold_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)
I deliberately left out Kobolds in the list precisely because I have seen to many widely different interpretations of what they should be, so if people voted for them I'd be unsure what they'd want.
@boristheboar Long time ago (back in 2019!), I made this post https://forum.scribblehub.com/threads/what-should-i-call-the-race-of-my-character.1022/ which might answer your question, although if you asked me, your question of "Lupoy COULD be kobolds or could be beastfolk," I would say they are lupoy are... lupoy. What do you mean by that? If it helps, "lupo" comes from the elven word of "wolf", and "lupoy" the elven word for "wolves." That, and if you asked me what a Kobold is, I'd reply the scaly version.
@binarysoap Thank you for replying. This does help, though I didn't expect the reason for kobold exclusion, but I can see why you would shy away from them for that reason. looking at the current poll stats it seems Dryads and more humanoid beastkin are in the lead with fairies pulling in third, considering the elves view of the lupoy I wander if the dryads will be more or less belligerent towards them? I can see both sides of that one in particular. The beastkin I have no idea on their relationship with the lupoy. The fairies... probably don't like them? Small flying beings getting chased by larger wolf like beings... sorry my cats chase flies around the house and my dogs are no better, I know the lupoy are more intelligent, but kids will be kids and given the size difference a child would still be an attack on titan size problem if they grabbed a fairy, magic or not.
And to my Lupoy could be kobolds or beastfolk question I was just seeing if you preferred fluffy kobolds or smooth kobolds or set them as a beastkin race. Sorry just woke up about 15~20 minutes before posting that.
@boristheboar
Kobolds are also seen in European folklore and are generally depicted as goblinoid
The german translation for goblin is kobold. If you know this fact it is weird to read about kobolds and not think about goblins. But thanks for the D&D background story.
@Octocat Your welcome, folklore and D&D often don't match, though D&D does take inspiration from folklore, sometimes you get large changes and sometimes complete rewrites of the material. I often times when reading a story about non-human character think 'what could the inspiration of this be?' Elves are usually Tolkien simply due to popularity and D&D uses Tolkien elves, same with goblins, orcs and several other races. Folklore is often not used due to regional/ religious differences, Take for example folklore goblins are seen like invisible housekeepers/ annoying pranksters who when angered just tear everything up, instead of short angry green jerks who when angered just tear everything up.
@boristheboar The folklore ones are often more interesting as the story ones are overused. It's always refreshing to see folklore characters used instead of the adapted ones. Disney movies and the actual tales are a good example too.