Realms Beyond the Known World: The Desert Forest of Western Arvel

While the word Arvel comes from 'Fertile yet Dangerous Land' in the most common Arvelith language, this only applies to its humid eastern coast. To the west, deserts and hot steppes dominate. However, for a few months a year, the wind shifts and blasts the coast with storms, supporting a striking seasonal jungle.
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[@dboot8886]

So this whole time Kaimere's "theme song" has been a dino call. Very appropriate, never would have guessed.

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

THICC Episode.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Bringing the HEFT

[@MrT_Rex]

DAMN

[@x100689]

Everything is better by virtue of being THICC

[@transnewt]

wait... its shorter than the firebird episode.

[@transnewt]

EVEN THE FIRST DYNASTY IS SHORTER KEENAN WHY

[@jeffreyseamons5514]

I want you to know that I'm currently purging a lot of my subscriptions because I have way to many, BUT YOU ARE STAYING. Kaimere's combination of speculative evolution and fantasy has me hooked, I am always excited to see what's next, and your stuff is only getting better!

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you so much!

[@liambrandley2716]

What other realms beyond the known world would you like to make videos of?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Arguably the highlands of Pakardia, since so few outsiders explore there, and there are so many places in Kairul that would be worth exploring. Also the north polar continent and the large island nearby have some fun plans.

[@hellno9859]

i would like an episode of arthrapods

[@mr.sauropod5058]

@TalesofKaimere is there anything interesting going on in the crown of kairul?

[@skistorm739]

@@TalesofKaimere can some demons become actually species or just mutations or what are they Idk?

[@IanPendleton-gh6ox]

If I'm remember right from a previous conversation, Mr. Taylor should be doing an overview of Kaimeran arthropods sometime in November, as well as an episode on trilobites shortly after.@@hellno9859

[@Andrey.Ivanov]

This monsoon forest is a very neat biome and I really like the animals showcased in this video. There aren't many giants that are able to live there but they still form a unique cast of beasts with interesting dynamics and adaptations for their environment. Once again, superb development of the ecology.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks so much!!

[@hinskiemaso9198]

Can someone explain why after all those episodes I still have smile on my face when remembering that "Infernogallus" means "Hell's chicken"?

[@AlexandrePereira-cr6hx]

I sure hope Kratakh survives the story, being a Notzokideu makes them already my fav character.

[@TalesofKaimere]

I can say that he is the safest position. Bored and anxious quarantined in the watch and communications tower, but at least he’s safe

[@AlexandrePereira-cr6hx]

Good.@@TalesofKaimere

[@brolociraptor9577]

Grand idea using hero forge for quick character creation, of course there's no substitutes for traditional sketches, but for minor characters it must be a godsend

[@TalesofKaimere]

Definitely, and it’s especially useful to get ideas for appearances before I draw them

[@alghoulaj7172]

I have no words to describe this amazing land of feast and famine, but I am seriously worried about many of the residents... The Carnosaurs and Drakes are metal. Also, mammals and unarmed titans were able to survive made my day. Matter of fact, I loved this episode.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Love to hear it! Really proud of this one

[@alghoulaj7172]

@@TalesofKaimere So we are. Well, please do take care, stay fantastic and see you soon hopefully. But, there is one thing I was wondering... How many animals in Kaimere were extinct by predators? And... What animals that would've fared amazing in Kaimere but were unlucky?

[@chancegivens9390]

@@alghoulaj7172 I'm interested in that question aswell

[@Stooltoad5017]

@@alghoulaj7172 I would think Basilosaurids would fare well in Kaimere if they where harvested, being largely coastal predators (at least Basilosaurus was ). They would probably not do well in the extinction and would probably not be found in the known world, but derived generalists might survive on the planet if they were harvested.

[@alghoulaj7172]

@@Stooltoad5017 These would definitely thrive if you ask me. Also, another one is arnoseritherium.... Hope I spelled it right. Their large horns would be a good defense against Theropods... Brontotheres did well, but went extinct by a combination of Tyrants being their predators, Titanosaurs and Hadrosaurs causing their favorite plants to go extinct, and how late as a specie they were.... The very last ones barely surviving on Earth..... Tbh? So many animals would have thrived, but either lack of numerical harvest, interrupted harvest and lack of luck.... But yeah. Some would've fared pretty amazing..

[@aaronbeckett4062]

I love this episode, and everything about it, especially the buildup to the amphicion. Gave me an idea for a giant, bear-like baboon species, and a giant Dracula bat as well, and not live in the high plateaus jungles of Southern Khirojord

[@izdatchiken4mz571]

We’ve all heard of sanctuary extend fauna can come home so I don’t go Extinct but never have I ever heard a sanctuary attached to the mainland

[@hankskorpio5857]

Ive said before but one more time wont hurt. This absolutely needs an animated show or movie. I wanna see this world in motion so bad lol

[@TalesofKaimere]

I’d be all about it!! A dream of mine tbh

[@MrT_Rex]

The size difference between male and female Kaimere saltwater crocodiles is impressive (and next to the max😳) 13:00 I like the face of this little guy😄

[@Stooltoad5017]

It probably helps that they are the only large crocodile in the bay allowing them to get a lot bigger than in the inland sea. I wonder why the Female is so small though. (In comparison)

[@MrT_Rex]

​@@Stooltoad5017imagine when it's reproduction time...oof

[@TalesofKaimere]

Worth noting that it’s not dramatically off from real life size differentials. Saltie males can often get between 15 and 18 feet long, 21 in extremes, while females are more like 8-10 feet

[@Stooltoad5017]

@@TalesofKaimereGood to know

[@shingtiong9425]

This might just be my favourite realms betond the known world episode.I love all the animals shown here and their colours.Also can't wait for argunite's next story as he is my favourite character.

[@TalesofKaimere]

He’s a full little chaos monster I love him dearly.

[@skistorm739]

@@TalesofKaimere question are theirs the shouldn't do in the 3d dimensional space with magic like extra-dimensional if the magic can do quantum entanglement what energy because magic going to space for millions of years? new biology and powers/rules alter for used 5th energy?

[@TRKPurgatos]

That enormous 🐫 is hella cool

[@Stooltoad5017]

The Camel looks like it wants to turn all of my insides into outsides. Although to be fair the other fauna would probably do that to us as well.

[@ananslator3655]

Perhaps in the future this could be all created as an actual documentary a fictional one at that but still that will be cool you deserve more recognition

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you! I would be very excited by such a thing

[@buckstoeffler8363]

A pleasant treat after (finally) finishing the first anthology last night, and that synopsis of Sprint of the Seasnake has me sold on reading the next one.

[@the_blue_jay_raptor]

14:13 I want the blue bagpipe drake as a pet, it's blue and white which is my favorite color scheme, it's small so I won't have to worry about food, and it's a dinosaur. Nice lil guy

[@landenriley8442]

The bagpipe drakes fit perfectly in Scotland

[@BigBossMan538]

This has been a really exciting year for exploring beyond the known world and seeing what creatures live beyond. Hope you have more in store!

[@TalesofKaimere]

Best believe it!

[@BigBossMan538]

@@TalesofKaimere Awesome 👏🏻

[@sivanlevi3867]

Well done, yet again! I've got a question though. Do you think the Darun of the Known World and this Western Carnosaur are in the same genus? Plus the way that you described this western Megaraptoran killing with bacteria is a total reversal of what we found out about Komodo Dragons on Earth. It used to be that they killed with septic bacteria, but now it's been found that monitor lizards in general have actual venom glands and the bacteria in the mouths of Komodo Dragons is more harmless if anything. Still, it's speculated that some dinosaurs could've had venom, or killer bacteria in the mouth, even T-Rex, so anything is possible.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Indeed both the darun and western carnosaur are in the same genus, Styraconychus. It was a fun reversal. Also inspired by bacteria in cat saliva. Not something we can readily know about fossil taxa, but makes sense as a supplement for a predator. Regularly preening their claws means the bacteria is also present there. They still usually have to kill conventionally, but if prey gets away, they can often circle back and finish them off pretty easily.

[@BatesRacing]

I know you don't really specialize in plant life much, but I could imagine something evolving like a "potato tree" living in an environment like this. The plant primarily lives underground during the dry seasons and stores its energy for massive growth spurts into large trees (many dozens of feet tall. Maybe partial diet of the giant camels, hugoldun, and other canopy feeding giants?) during the monsoon season... above ground growth dying off as the winds change direction. Some animals could have evolved to dig up these giant tubers to survive long treks between oasis, or even survive underground permanently, supported by tubers as the base of a type of subterranean habitat in the seasonal desert sands. Just a crazy 5 minute idea!

[@TalesofKaimere]

I like it! The digging adaptations of the hammerhead was done with the idea of rooting for tubers and whatnot. Something similar to what you described could work quite well!

[@vasantmasurekar4826]

Extremely informative video. I really loved the great Jessie's camel and the Hedgeback. I wish there were more of the Hedgeback surviving they would be a great sight to see. Great to see my favourite crocs the Salties dominate this area. How many species of Seals survive in Kaimere? and which harvest did they arrive in?

[@zedbee2736]

Hey quick question, how do you make/where do you get the creature sound effects you use for the intros? I'm consistently impressed with them

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks! They're almost all from Epidemic Sounds, the same audio rights platform I subscribe to for the music. I often just slow down bird songs for the dinosaurs for example, though sometimes I play two sounds over each other (cockatrice was a mix of alligator and hawk if I recall correctly).

[@tnevy511]

Hedgeback: Final inner peace. Sliver Cockatrice: shows up Hedgeback: Now what?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Cockatrice: peace was never an option

[@settrasurfs1780]

Keenan: Mentions vampire exist in Kaimere Refuses to elaborate further Leaves

[@Stooltoad5017]

This isn’t the first time and probably won’t be the last lol. The Makers of Silence got a similar treatment as well.

[@pepperedbell7363]

So is the Blue Titan another remnant of the Tyrant Dynasty? It looks distinctly less armored than the other extant species we’ve seen so far.

[@TalesofKaimere]

It is indeed! It’s a relic from the titanosaurs of Arvel. Kairul might have some relic titans from the dominant clade on the tropical continents too

[@IanPendleton-gh6ox]

Another excellent video from Mr. Menagerie! Thank you so much for creating this, and I'm eagerly looking forward what you have planned for the rest of the year. Also, I love the music choice for this episode; to me at least it sounds like something you'd hear in Game of Thrones or some other epic fantasy series.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks so much! I'm very glad you enjoyed!

[@crabert8045]

This was flipping amazing!! Love watching kaimere stuff

[@Littlekoji-df1cf]

The introduction never gets old. One day I can say it out of my head

[@TroyTheCatFish]

Keenan, do you have any plans for this Spectember?

[@Stooltoad5017]

The Monsoon forest and wider Arvelith desert has quickly become one of my favorite habitats in Kaimere. I find it interesting that of the three Miocene predators harvested, only Amiphicyon exists today with both Epicyon and Barbourfelis going extinct since the harvest. I respect anybody that can tame such a foul beast of a camel. I imagine all sorts of large carnivores flock to dead titans during the breeding season. I would think you could watch the Monsoon pecking order all at once.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Heck yeah it was a ton of fun to work on! Indeed there are many large predators at titan falls, which keep away potential nest raiders. A very beneficial situation for everyone except the male that loses lol

[@Stooltoad5017]

@@TalesofKaimere I could imagine all three of the Monsoon kings feasting on a large Blue Titan. Although as more and more carnivores show up the Carnosaur might get a little agitated.

[@IanPendleton-gh6ox]

I can easily see the Carnosaur taking down an annoying Hedgeback or cockatrice and eating it for dessert.@@Stooltoad5017

[@BigBossMan538]

@@TalesofKaimerepredators watching titans fight: This gonna be good! 🍿

[@NP3GA]

I don't know why but my eyes were constantly fixated to the Prairie above the northern desert

[@TalesofKaimere]

I’ve got some fun stuff planned for up there. Not as dramatic as this forest, with rain year round but less abundant

[@NP3GA]

@@TalesofKaimere western Arvel is being a blast so far, it has breathed even more life into an already very living world.

[@bonemarrow3439]

37:42 minutes of good quality world building. God bless

[@spencergauta8160]

Would really love to see a map of some of Earth’s continents/countries overlaid on the continents of Kaimere to better gain context of the size of the lands of Kaimere relative to Earth lands. Would vastly help in understanding the continents and their flora and fauna dispersal

[@loisonnut]

Seconded HEAVILY. The 1000 miles bar just does not help me visualize size.

[@leoornstein3963]

You know Keenan, a short Kaimere animated series would be a banger, that or an open world game.

[@barybarsboldia197]

I’ve always loved that piece with the silver cockatrice v hedgeback

[@themadkipaerys6713]

The heroforge models are great lol. Didn’t notice Argunite’s nails until now, a great touch

[@TalesofKaimere]

Like his partial inspiration Jack Sparrow, he likes to flair himself up

[@dudotolivier6363]

Question : On the Western Arvel maps, we can clearly see that the Central Arvelith Mountains Channel (which separate the Highland from the Lowland) reach and touch the Moonson Forest (even more when it's the Rain season). And more important, completely split the desert that separate the Moonson Forest from the rest of Arvel. Giving that this part of the mountains more or less served as a "land-bridge" between the Moonson Forest to both the Highland and Lowland of Arvel equally, why there not so many animals using it to go-and-back at any moment at their will ? The Hedgeback could use it to go in the Highland were it can potentially established (locals Cockatrices species being ok to handle, zero permanent giant theropod, have fur to support cold, etc...). Sure, it will enter competition with Cave Lion, the only similar mammal sized predator that fitt more or less the same niche, but I think that it is more powerfull in term of muscle and bite to impose himself. Can also continue to be in good part a scavenger, being able to drive off all the others Highland predators such Cave Hyenas, Homotherium and Wolves. (Which however will give it to the Cave Bear which will loose another part niche that made his survival). And the Common Oliphaunt could use this land bridge to reach the Moonson Forest whithout being forced to travel by one of the two deserts. In addition that Elephants are said to be efficient in very barren mountains, whithout falling on the ground, in high elevation. Really, that there any Fauna Interchange thank to this "land bridge" would be an very weird oddity...

[@dudotolivier6363]

Great episode as always !

[@seanessdracosaurus2793]

Awesome

[@TroyTheCatFish]

Amazing Video as Always! :) 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 💖💖💖 ❤❤❤

[@ryanchen1819]

Nice video about a place for relics.

[@feralaquarist8805]

Glorious as always, I'm so excited for your next book!

[@TalesofKaimere]

Heck yeah! Liking how it’s coming along

[@Grant_Scarboro]

Looks like the ranges of the western carnosaur and highland mammoth overlap. Seems like the mammoths have one more predator to worry about.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Indeed. Carnosaurs only occasionally go that far east but when the camels go that far sometimes their paths cross with mammoths

[@Aerostarm]

Love the use of heroforge

[@TalesofKaimere]

It’s a very cool platform and allowed for much quicker character concepts than I could draw in the time frame I had

[@koopajuniorsavannah5170]

Excellent!

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you!

[@Aerostarm]

Very nice

[@Brairthecliff2540]

Are you going to do a video about the aero plankton of kaisheil

[@TalesofKaimere]

If someone sponsors it I’d definitely explore it further!

[@andrewsart123]

I was wondering where the new video was can’t wait to watch

[@brandonshmandon1799]

Fantastic episode! I’m almost finished reading your second anthology so I’m really looking forward to the third. I did want to ask if Zentaur ever wander out into the desert and if that’s how they occasionally get to the highlands?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you so much I’m glad you’re enjoying! It’s not an ideal path for zentaur to take. No regular migrating herds for them to follow and they need a lot of food. Might happen occasionally but it’s not a regular occurrence

[@justinianthegreat1444]

Speaking of Humans in Kaimere, can there be Byzantines in Kaimere? The presence of medieval Romans in your world would be interesting

[@TalesofKaimere]

The cultures and peoples of Kaimere are primarily indigenous, and humans are either enslaved descendants of Bronze Age peoples or very recent researchers working with the Assembly.

[@justinianthegreat1444]

@@TalesofKaimere but the existence of Byzantines be possible in Kaimere? It'd be cool to see Byzantines in Kaimere

[@maozilla9149]

good show

[@dudotolivier6363]

The Helmeted Runnendrake's Head remind me, personnaly, highly a lot Kron and Bruton characters from Disney's "Dinosaurs" from 2001 ! A really good family movie that I recommen everyone to give a watch ! Everything in it is on top ! Of course, everything here is pure coincidences. There any inspiration from it to that. But I find fun that there sometime such small details that independantly rise up and me to put them forward ! It a little game of mine and allow to put forward how smaller our world can be time to time.

[@Feranogame]

Amazing video as always!! I'm so happy to see even more of the unknown world! One really small correction: The Orcaella genus is written with two "l"s!

[@TalesofKaimere]

Oh shoot! That’s what I get for typing instead of copy pasting lol

[@dudotolivier6363]

Random Question : 1 - Given that it is convergent to Giraffes, the Jessie Camel have, like them, the same problem to drink when it come to take water from an oasis ? 2 - Why the species that have their range in the Highland (a good one in addition, all the northen western part of this region, which isn't nothing), like the Jessie Camel, Helmeted Runnendrake or Western Carnosaur, don't spread in all the entirety of the Highland ? Why they didn't go farer ? Due to cold ? Competition with analogs/relatives not presented yet or the locals animals ? 4 - the Western Carnosaur could spread in the entire Highland and feed on the Highland Mammoth, Mooses and similar size preys, given it isn't at the Zentaur's level and come from a area that made him resilient to long period whithout eating ? 5 - the Blue Titan is the very last of the Titan Gardeners clade of Titanosaurs ? It's possible that others species that weren't outcompeted by the Armored Tillers clade could exist ? 6 - Since there were rhinos part of the Harvest from which most of the fauna of this region descend, was one species planned before being scrapped for a reason or another ? Or was just because this region wasn't good and viable enough for a rhinoceros species ? 8 - Great choice for the soundtrack as always ! 😊👍

[@Serpentking789]

Since you mentioned a Vampire being a member of the Assembly naturalists, I was wondering: do Vampires in your setting NEED human blood, or can they make due with feeding on any animal? And also, how often do Vampires need to feed & what happens to them when they go too long without feeding?

[@TalesofKaimere]

A great set of questions! Vampirism is theorized to be at least partially influenced by the metabolism of heterotherms. If they want to be regularly active, not age, and utilize their supernatural strength and speed, they need a few meals of around a liter a day. If they drink nonhuman blood or don’t drink a few times a day, there’s a decrease in their energy. Eventually their bodies shut down. They don’t *need* sleep per se, but it’s a way to conserve energy. They don’t age if they regularly feed on human blood, and eventually look in their prime if they go back to feeding on humans after a hiatus. Most Assembly vampires do not feed on humans or if they do it’s voluntarily drawn or provided by bank or hospital surplus, and they age maybe one year for every ten that passes, and need to go into more regular stasis. They’re also a lot weaker. Still supernaturally strong, but can quickly exhaust themselves if they perform a few feats of strength. Abernathy goes through a lot of this in Sprint of the Seasnake

[@BobBob-tr7wi]

I absolutely love the bagpipe drakes.

[@TalesofKaimere]

They were a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to other species

[@BobBob-tr7wi]

​@@TalesofKaimereIf its possible, you GOTTA make the biggest species have classic bagpipe colors XD

[@levinjoseph233]

Your next anthology gonna be a treat for all of us I would like to kratak interact with all the hominids it gonna be exciting

[@CrazyFlamingGaming]

Those bagpipes scared the $#!t outta me 😅 Out of curiosity, I couldn't help but notice that the Blue Titan doesn't have any noticeable body armor unlike most of Kaimere's Titanosaurs. Is it because it's less efficient to form body armor in a habitat where food and nutrients isn't as readily available as in say, the Titan Gardens, or are they just unrelated to the other Titanosaurs that we've seen?

[@Stooltoad5017]

They seem like they are unrelated. They overall look rather different and seem to lack the features of the Tillers. Keenan could probably give a better answer. They seem like they have the same temper though.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Mostly just not related. They have some very small osteoderms, but not something their clade invested in. Might have been a good adaptation, as some Kipourotitan osteoderms are hollow and store mineral supplements, but they are overall pretty expensive to grow.

[@richie_0740]

@@TalesofKaimere ah interesting, i did distinctly remember that the gardener titanosaurs are mostly extinct in the known world, but could this blue titan be one of the last remaining gardeners that managed to survive in kaimere?

[@Abyssaracnis]

Your mention of homo erectus descendents makes me curious, will you ever make a general overview of all the homonid peoples of kaimere? Since the passing mentions of the natives on the permian islands, permian continent, and other such places made me really want to learn about them, unless you have a video already covering this then shame on me, but if you haven’t, it’d be rather interesting to see.

[@troycoley-cn5bb]

W video :)

[@terrionrhodes7704]

When will you make the video about dinobirds I asked a few months ago

[@TalesofKaimere]

I only do sponsored episodes, not by request. That said, the Firebird episode is next month and covers some dinobirds

[@terrionrhodes7704]

Ok

[@a.r.h9919]

Imagined that hedgebacks constantly had to prey on cockatrice eggs and chicks as it would be a realistic way of niche partitioning and controlling their population and competition as there would be some heavy partitioning, it's very rare two animals competing for the same niche but rather partitioning

[@TalesofKaimere]

They aren’t smart enough to conduct focused genocide. Sure, they kill young cockatrices when they find them, and sometimes seek them out, but the same happens to their cubs. They may be ecological rivals, but cockatrices have a much wider niche being able to catch and subsist on much smaller prey so while hedgebacks always compete with cockatrices, cockatrices don’t have to compete with hedgebacks, which is part of why they’re doing so much better

[@a.r.h9919]

@@TalesofKaimere yeah I don't mean genocide but instinctual culling in a way of how nature balance itself having competition for similar role as many animals tend to do for example as how many animals either from wildebeests to servals and baboons kill lion cubs to avoid pressure in future, because it's actually as I've said two animals almost never outcompete each other as mainly climatic change erases one more specialised than the other more with animals used to one another and generally one end up being nocturnal which I could see the amphicyonid being and the raptor being diurnal to avoid the most competition and would balance by the raptor high rate of reproduction but aswell of mortality by infighting and predation during infancy and the amphicyonid being more slower reproduction like bears but less mortality, the cockatrice being more abundant than the amphicyon but the amphicyon more resilient and whilst scarce higher longevity That's what I meant more than anything

[@juanisol8275]

🏜️🌳🦕🦖More like the Desertic Forest of the Colossi Draconics Wonders!! 🏝️🌵🐊🐉 Getting More Wild Every Day!! Into the Uknown!! To Arvel and Beyond!! Yay!!

[@dragonking8085]

Would love to know what tyrant dynasty animal would be most successful in modern kaimere the two I would assume to be would be one of the great titans or Agricolasaurus

[@paleo-zoo-keeper-association]

Were the creatures that were thought to either be diprotodonts or ground sloths found there, as mentioned in you Sahul episode?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Those are further south along that coast

[@paleo-zoo-keeper-association]

@@TalesofKaimere Oh okay, thank you :) You know, as I was listening to this video over and over, it reminds me of one of my favorite "Walking with" episodes (Land of Giants) and I feel that you should do something like that with this ecology in mind, probably following a Hugoldun mother and calf.

[@Stooltoad5017]

@@TalesofKaimereinteresting.

[@liambrandley2716]

Were there any abelisaurs or noasaurs in arvel? Considering that during the tyrant dynasty arvel was dominated by gondwanan fauna.

[@TalesofKaimere]

There were indeed noasaurs and abelisaurids, though cockatrices and mammals outcompeted most. A Ni’Khari clade of noasaurs is being developed as we speak though

[@user-hu7qs7cp1u]

​@@TalesofKaimere Are you ever going to do a video on the abelisaurids of Kaimere? and also, where in Gondwana did the harvest take place?

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

The mention of fire weapons being restricted to basically "stop guns" makes me wonder if the 2 Ga. ever got any use by Assembly workers ☠️

[@TalesofKaimere]

I don’t have a ton of firearm experience but to my understanding those guns are more novelty and basically useless for the sort of fieldwork self defense the Assembly requires

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

@@TalesofKaimere Neither do I, though I had some cursory interest, basically those were ridiculous high caliber black-poweder guns from the XIXth Century used to stop charging megafauna, which I picture is pretty close to the idea of a self-defense weapon with little militaristic application.

[@dariusrose9909]

May I ask what the song is. I looked it up in the description and it was a different song.

[@TalesofKaimere]

My bad! Just fixed it. "Across the Ocean by Bonnie Grace"

[@JoshuaLE-ff7ph]

is there life outside the known world and if so are they very diffrent?

[@ryanchen1819]

Any rumored relic diprotodons?

[@Stooltoad5017]

Doesn’t seem to be so given they are not in this video. I would think they would have a hard time with the Carnosaur if they did.

[@dudotolivier6363]

Keenan said that they are rumored to be on an island, a true one, not this metaphorical that is the Moonson Forest separated by two desert which are mean to be seas separating it from the rest of Arvel.

[@glasslaughter824]

Are there any cold deserts in Kaimere? Similar to the northern parts of Mongolia? I think such places are very interesting as they have such harsh conditions, and I'd love to see what you implement they

[@TalesofKaimere]

Certainly not in the known world. At coldest it has some temperate regions like southern Arvel and Pakardia. Kairul might but still probably too warm, and a lot of temperate zones are islands so not going to be heavily desertified

[@glasslaughter824]

@TalesofKaimere NOOOO, ITS OVER SO OVER FOR COLD DESERT CELS

[@rylanbrewer3320]

@@TalesofKaimerebeyond the known world

[@Stooltoad5017]

@@glasslaughter824Arctobufo lives in an somewhat similar environment. Although it Isn’t made up of sand.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Permian continent has one to the far north@@rylanbrewer3320

[@grendel8342]

So are any of these creatures featured in stories or is this world building going to comprise a book all it's own

[@taiko1237]

How long are Kaimere's days, months and years? I assume its not the same as Earth's.

[@pyroteknik8415]

Wait. Is the know world called ‘known’ because it’s the area Earth knows the most about? Or because it’s where most major civilizations are, the intro brought this question into my brain. Great epsiode btw.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks! It’s all that’s known to a majority of Kaimerans in. Basically like how people in Bronze Age Greece might call the Mediterranean and it’s connected lands the known world. Some learned people knew of the realms beyond, and obviously the people who lived beyond the Mediterranean knew about their own regions, so the known world is only that to the people who live there. To the Akanuk of the southern waters, they actually don’t know much about the Empire or Pakardia, but include Qajar, southern Arvel, the southern islands, and Kaishel in their understanding of the known world.

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster Exactly. The peoples of the known world might not know about them, or think them decentrilized barbarians, but there are several large civilizations beyond the known world, including Kaishel, the Permian Islanders, and several culture groups in Kairul.

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster I have a potential sponsor for the subject and hopefully that clears some things up! It's not set in stone but I'm hopeful. A few quick things: 1. First Children are not and have never been Homo floresiensis. They weren't even inspired by them, they were inspired by fairies of European folklore. Homo floresiensis was a useful precedent in how they got small but that's about it. I don't believe I've said otherwise, but if I did it was likely misunderstanding a question someone asked. It is not known by the Assembly if the First Children were descended from Homo sapiens or erectus, but certainly not floresiensis, as it had not yet evolved by the time of that harvest. 2. Homo erectus was harvested from Southeast Asia 1.5 million years ago, not from Africa. They and H. sapiens harvested from the subject of this episode are the only human species with living descendants in Kaimere. If H. heidelbergensis or other archaic humans were harvested from other events, they left no descendants.

[@jorgedelatorre8897]

If many mythological creatures are coincidentally creatures of this world such as dragon and hippogriffs... Quetzoalcoatl (feathered serpent) could be a species of theropod that lost its limbs but kept its feathers... convergent evolution to snakes, a giant feathered serpent hehe . I have found the pleasure of looking for mythological creatures and justifying them to this world

[@bloodstoppin]

whoa, that sex dimorphism between male and female western saltwater crocs is crazy. why is it so extreme? at some point you'd thinking drowning or injury during mating would start to be a real problem.

[@TalesofKaimere]

It’s actually pretty in-line with real salties, wherein females are usually 8-10 feet long and males often hit 15-18 feet and hit 20-21 in the biggest bulls. I imagine females needing to be mobile on land is a limiting factor in size but don’t quote me on that it’s just my assumption

[@waranontwiwaha9385]

Poor female Kaimeran saltie... If she encounters a max-sized male that happens to fancy her... It's gonna be a rough day.

[@ryanchen1819]

Are the old Arvelith ankylosaur clade designs going to be used for Kairulan ankylosaurs?

[@TalesofKaimere]

No. All scrapped. The widest nostrils are now used for this clade, and I may also be reusing that coloration.

[@dudotolivier6363]

It's very apparent how the Abernathy's Horse and Hugoldun have co-evolved, having developped the overall same "light grey skin with black stripes at the legs" pattern ! With such coloration, Abernathy's Horses must use it to pass as youngs Hugoldun that adults will instinctively protects, as well to came close to them permantly to use them as great predators repelent. Because whatever a Western Carnosaur, Silver Cockatrice or a Hedgeback will not, or at least think twice before attacking a full healthy Hugoldun species. Especially males. Of course, both the Abernathy' Horse and Hugoldun must be very often find togethers (as well than the others small animals of the forest with all the other big herbivores in the region. In such context, animals aren't picky), with the horses acting as watchers to alarm of a predator approach, and the Hugoldun acting as defenser. From this relationship, both received benefit !

[@ewaszot1243]

Are oliphants common in the monsoon forest??? does the fauna of the highland steppes, such as foxes, deer, kangaroos, wombats, etc. found in the monsoon forest ????

[@Stooltoad5017]

Keenan has said Common Oliphaunts aren’t suited to migrate. Let alone over large expanses of desert. I can’t speak for the others though.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Some highland steppe animals make the crossing, but most don't. Oliphaunts and mammoths aren't built for the desert passage. Occasionally either might find themselves there (large animals in particular are pretty regularly able to travel far) but neither regularly inhabit the area. The oliphaunt range included this forest before I'd developed the area much, so that being part of their range is no longer canon.

[@ryanchen1819]

@@TalesofKaimere What about drenduga, do they occasionally wander there?

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@ryanchen1819 Not with enough regularity to warrant confirmation. They would have no reason to cross a thousand miles of steppe without forest, and a thousand miles of desert, just to get to a seasonal forest. Sure, happens occasionally, but most die on the journey

[@dudotolivier6363]

With the Jessie's Camel, we both have a Giraffe and a Dromedary Camel on Kaimere, at the sale time in one single animal ! Because, here, with such size and long legs and neck, this species (which really obviousely descend from Aepycamelus since the Moonson Forest is basically a big First Post-Dynastic Harvest's legacy sanctuary pockect) eat vegetations and leaves high and on the top of the trees both in the Moonson Forest and the Deserts. And fitt the same ecological niches than the extinct giant North American camels that existed during the Pleistocene, which were giraffes-like too ! And given they are themselves camels and live most of the year in the deserts, this camel act as well, too, as a typical camel on Earth in the Sahara desert !

[@timothystuedemann5390]

I would say these Calicotheres could be domesticated due to their size but unlike the others they are not really herd animals. Not to mention their birth rate but they would take less resources than the ghlanos.

[@TalesofKaimere]

With a long pregnancy and childhood, low sociality, specialized diet, and high aggression, they would be terrible domesticates

[@ryanchen1819]

If the largest Western saltwater crocodiles sometimes prey on Western carnosaurs, then technically they be may as well be the true full on apex predator.

[@chancegivens9390]

Man... those camels are awesome! I can only imagine the brutality of a life and death struggle between a hedge back and jessie's camel!. Also, i have a question for you. Is the boar seal a Kaimerian name for elephant seal? Or is it a distinct animal? I ask because ive seen elephant seals that look exactly like that.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks! The boar seal is a relative of elephant seals, but is a distinct genus. Elephant seals didn’t coincide with any harvests

[@Stooltoad5017]

The Hedgeback certainly lead tough lives.

[@chancegivens9390]

@@TalesofKaimere Good to know, thank you.

[@chancegivens9390]

@Stooltoad1401 Absolutely, and yet they're sticking through! That's one of the reasons why I like them so much.

[@Stooltoad5017]

@@chancegivens9390My thoughts exactly.

[@pablocaceres7378]

What is the animal held by the Western Carnosaur in its arms? At first I thought it was a young chalicothere, but it seems to have a dinosaur-like tail and I don't find one that matches

[@TalesofKaimere]

It’s an elasmerian, like the helmeted runendrake or bagpipe drake. There are other species.

[@pablocaceres7378]

@@TalesofKaimere Ohh cool, thank u

[@Luca-kd2sg]

Is the boar seal supposed to be related to elephant seals or are the similarities due to convergence?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Not super close relatives, different genera but same family. Similarities are down to convergence

[@Luca-kd2sg]

@@TalesofKaimere Nice, thanks for the answer!

[@TedShatner10]

Any cycloptic ruined cities left by the First Children within the depths of the deserts?

[@Stooltoad5017]

I wouldn’t think so even with their Advanced technology they probably wouldn’t want to live in a place so barren most of the year. If they had any interest in the area they may have built outposts though.

[@TedShatner10]

@@Stooltoad5017 Remote locations like the far West deserts and Bay of Timugai may have not just had outposts and frontier settlements (around or nearby sites of resource extraction, etc) but maybe especially remote private walled in estates or lairs for the equivalent of billionaire industrialists from First Children society...

[@charliethepaleonerd9023]

why does so many animals have blue and silver in their fur/feathers

[@Stooltoad5017]

Silver probably blends in well with the sand, blue is probably useful for seeing others of your own kind from far away. I am still unsure though.

[@ryanchen1819]

Some prey could be colorblind to blue.

[@owenstockwood5040]

Is it just me, or is there a bit of batesian mimicry going on between Abernathy's Stallion and the Hugoldun?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Sure is! Mostly benefits the horses since hugoldun moms are very protective, but horses can also be surprisingly aggressive so it does benefit the chalicotheres

[@1998topornik]

It seems that Darun design went to western carnosaur.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Same genus, distinct species. Darun is still found in the mountain range to the north

[@lucassmith992]

Vampire??? I think I missed something lol. You have vampires??

[@TalesofKaimere]

Sure do!

[@landenriley8442]

I imagine this having Domain of Dust and Desolation from Monster Hunter rise

[@mariamkeita4993]

Is the western carnosaur a basel monarch

[@TalesofKaimere]

Yes

[@TheGBZard]

Is the Blue Titan a descendent of the Tiny sauropod that survived the Dynastic extinction?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Their ancestor was indeed a small titan but distinct from the Kairulan clade

[@TheGBZard]

I see, considering the name I was guessing it was the microarvelotitan which we saw in the first episode of the series

[@twomato8902]

M.I.L.C Man I Love Camels

[@user-hu7qs7cp1u]

The dromaeosaurs are birds now in Kaimere? and if that is the case, are oviraptors and therizinosaurs also birds? also are Diprotodons in these deserts, or are the similar animals just sloths?

[@andrearossi6953]

3:34 well consider that in ark: survival evolved players using shotguns to kill t.rexes.........💀

[@TalesofKaimere]

Theropods were so lightly built I expect you could do the job with the same firepower if not less than is required to drop a Cape buffalo. A zentaur is obviously still an enormous animal but they have a lot of weak points for something like a rifle. Not sure buckshot would be sufficient it but maybe

[@andrearossi6953]

@@TalesofKaimere It was a joke but thanks for the info😉

[@transnewt]

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