Roostercrest Island: Assembly Headquarters in Kaimere

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

You know its gonna get good when less than 2 minutes in you get deep lore onto the Middle Bronze Age Collapse 😂

[@otseattah8908]

Kaimerans beefing cause the sea people lost is actually hilarious

[@TalesofKaimere]

Bro's took an L and have been making it everyone else's problem for 3k years

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

That's why you never mention Atlantis to a Kaimeran, they will immediately enter in a furious rant about them XD

[@SanderVF]

Ancient Aliens: “Visitors from another planet helped Egyptians build the pyramids!” This setting: “Visitors from another planet started shit with Egyptians and got their asses kicked.”

[@happynihilist2573]

The frisking sunglasses on the mummy floored me

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

Egyptians once again demonstrated they were the superior Bronze Age civilization in The Old World

[@Hominids4ever]

I imagine how insane and otherwordly Kaimere's fauna looked to the Assembly when they first got around to discovering and naming new species Like, i'd genuinelly go mad if one day i casually went outside and caught sight of huge bird-dragon creatures ascending from the skies to predate on cattle

[@TalesofKaimere]

It was both reasonable to think a world of magic would have big monsters, and also extremely daunting to discover and see in person

[@1998topornik]

I didn't expected Ramses III to be mentioned in Tales of Kaimere.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Bro gave the kaimerans an L they're still bitter about 3 thousand years later

[@happynihilist2573]

I didn't expect "get reked bro" *puts on sunglasses from Tales of Kaimere but here we are

[@ashhawk7489]

I am so glad you didn't try and make your worlds sophont racs moral peragons or without flaws it makes the entire setting better. Your world is a brutal one and that requires brutal people to survive. Love it .

[@TalesofKaimere]

Absolutely. I love people but we don't handle power well, and Kaimerans are no different.

[@dudotolivier6363]

@@TalesofKaimere Yeah, they only have negatives things about us and said shit about us, and don't bother to hide and said it whenever they have the chance, in order to justify there something worse than them or anything they themselves may have come across in kaimere.... ... While overall, ironically, most of said negatives things and shit can be applied equally on them. Kaimeran aren't by any means better than us, people of Earth, and even worse and as disguting inside, but don't even realize it or not accept it. But one day, they would have to face the reality and to finally give credits and excuse to people of Earth for the incorrect actions they did to them.

[@xuanluu4873]

⁠@@TalesofKaimere Would you say the Kaimeran opinions that Humans are diseased, impulsive, and violent is hypocritical af too or?

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@xuanluu4873 lol when has an opinion being hypocritical ever stopped someone from having it?

[@happynihilist2573]

​@@TalesofKaimere few writers have the guts to make their beloved fantesy race bigoted, fewer would make them would make them ingage in slavery You did both Respect

[@thephilosoraptor8565]

If this expedition into Kaimere happened in the early 1700s, no one wouldve had any idea what a dinosaur was Thats something to think about

[@TalesofKaimere]

Absolutely. I imagine the general sentiment was less 'wow this is what dinosaurs looked like' and more 'well of course the land of magic is going to have monsters'. I imagine it was a while before what we found in the fossil record was actually linked up to dinosaurs in Kaimere.

[@annikathewitch3950]

Imagine the assembly's reaction to early discoveries of dinosaur fossils. Like. Imagine suddenly realizing these strange creatures from the faerie realm once existed on earth (and eventually figuring out not only did they exist on earth but originated there). Must've been a wild time to be an assembly paleontologist.

[@thephilosoraptor8565]

@@annikathewitch3950 Would they even make the connection in the first place? Early Victorian ideas of dinosaurs and palaeontology were markedly different to modern interpretations that Kaimere's creatures are based on I think it'd take them a lot longer to make the connection that these monstrius Earth fossils were related to the living Kaimeran faerie creatures

[@annikathewitch3950]

@@thephilosoraptor8565 Good point! I guess it would depend on whether or not they had access to/were familiar with the skeletons of Kaimere's non-avian dinosaurs. I imagine a direct comparison of skeletal features could clue assembly reseachers in, despite the inaccuracies in the reconstruction of the dinosaurs from earth.

[@lochness5524]

⁠@@annikathewitch3950if they had knowledge of the late surviving taxon from the first dynasty in Kairul at the time, I wouldn’t be surprised if they initially thought dino’s were closely related to them, especially since Keenan recently posted artwork of 3 carbosuchians, with one large species being very similar to early reconstructions of Iguanadon

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

Imagine if someone showed up in the 13th century and then again in the modern day. From their perspective, in about 30 years, we went from pointy sticks and big wooden ships to planet-killing super bombs, airplanes, and countries that span continents. Not to mention counting machines smarter than people and instant communication across the planet. and an overwhelming sentiment that no one can get along and were gonna blow everything up. I'd close and lock that door behind me to. Like hell naw. every Kaimeren gangster untill they close the door forever but humans still come the long way.

[@SRMC23]

Nice touch showing how the Maya and Roman civilizations were contemporaries, most people have no idea how old the cultures in the New World were, had things been a little bit more spicier we could have even gotten the Carthaginians escape to America during the punic wars.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Absolutely. As I understand the Maya hadn’t quite come to their peak but there were several other mesoamerican cities at large at the time so there would be substantial political forces.

[@dudotolivier6363]

Man ! I compeltely laught as hell with your troll/visual joke with Ramesse III XD !!!! Ramesse III nailed kaimeran on Earth in a badass way, and you nailed himself with his mummy in a half-tribute about what he did in this fictive story XD !!! Incredible ! Just Incredible XD !!

[@TalesofKaimere]

haha thanks! Was fun to make!

[@tec-jones5445]

Keenan, I can only say this so many times, but you've outdone yourself again! So much history and culture! Not even 2 minutes in, and Kaimere is already revealed to be the source of the mysterious "Sea Peoples". That past influence on Earth seems almost out of ancient Atlantean/alien conspiracies, but done in a manner that makes sense (wanting to keep surveillance on advancing humans for Kaimere's protection, rathering than pulling strings and giving ancient humans technology). I can't wait to hear about the non-human sophonts next week! This month has been a blast with the cultural/historical side of Kaimere and it all really ties all of the other videos together. I wonder what the human descendants of enslaved people are like? African, Indigenous American, and Mediterranean European, but from ancient populations with no direct relatives. Is their culture/identity/appearance a mix of all three (like an alternate Latin America), and how much Kaimeran culture is in that mix? So many new questions! (And here's hoping emancipation can come soon to the rest of their people!)

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thank you! Yeah I had a bit of fun flipping the trend of ancient societies giving us tech to move forward, instead the kaimerans were trying to hold us back. If they were pulling strings to hinder us, they weren't doing a very good job of it though, and most of their success was coincidental and just making bad situations worse. While the nonhuman sophonts aren't a huge part of the Assembly, their encounters during field work was certainly influential to the society! As they've been all thrown together for the past 3 thousand years, I doubt they'd be recognizable to a human ethnic group. They've developed their own languages and cultures, with influence from kaimeran cultures and languages. Most of the Free-States have abolished slavery but a few provinces still cling to the institution. With such long-lived citizens who aren't interested in factory work or strenuous labor, it's hard for people making tons of money on slave labor to be persuaded to let them go. Will likely have to be the result of a civil war. The sort of person who justifies slave labor to their own conscience isn't someone easily persuaded by reason or empathy. They are people of violence and violence is likely the only way to convince them.

[@somnolentus3267]

Finally, the most important question of Kaimere has been answered, we have concrete proof of Japan's existence! Seriously though I am loving this series! I know the ecology and natural history is the main draw of the channel in particular but having just recently finished both anthologies I've been hankering for more exploration of the histories, peoples, and cultures that call this planet home. You do a wonderful job making all the different people groups feel distinct not only from each other but from any real groups on Earth, and where there are similarities it feels much more like convergence due to a similar lifestyle than direct influence which is marvelous!

[@TalesofKaimere]

haha yes indeed! Thank you! I try very hard to have the cultures not be imitations of real peoples or stereotypes made flesh. Wouldn't want to make them too gimmicky which they definitely were early in the project's development (e.g. everything about the Pakardiant focused on the forest, Khalin entirely based on the sea, Telmede built around mountains, etc). Studying global anthropology and sociology in college and moving a bunch as a kid I think helped a lot, but I know I'm still going to have stuff to work on.

[@somnolentus3267]

@@TalesofKaimere The dedication definitely shows! Kirut's stories are my favorites in both anthologies and the culture of the Akanuk and greater Khalin as a whole plays a big part in that. There are certainly parallels that can be drawn from the Polynesians to Inuit but in very much the same way different cultures faced with similar problems create similar solutions on earth. Very "pyramids all over the world" and I love it. Seeing how distinct every group's relationship to the sea is and the sort of beliefs and stories that inspires in their culture was one of my favorite parts of reading through the second anthology, I can't wait to get my hands on the third!

[@balenfalotico2283]

Best Birthday present ever!!

[@lorcanmcloughlin3686]

Happy birthday dude

[@lincolngravemann682]

Happy birthday

[@happynihilist2573]

Happy b day

[@PsychedelicScrafty]

This sorta deep dive into the earth perspective on things is really insightful.

[@stegosandrosos1291]

Ramses III The purgers of kaimereans

[@TalesofKaimere]

Bro said absolutely not

[@FDW137]

A bit late to the party, but thanks for another episode. Good to see the period around the late bronze age getting a little more fleshed out.

[@taiko1237]

Very interesting, I would not have guessed that Kaimerans were the Sea Peoples. Also, 'Amentanoidiasia' is a hell of a place name lol

[@TalesofKaimere]

haha yeah there's a reason I usually just call it The Free-States

[@oddjam]

WAKE UP BABE NEW KAIMERE JUST DROPPED

[@liambrandley2716]

How did these early Assembly members react to the presence of living dinosaurs in kaimere?

[@NP3GA]

We will probably see next week. Though they were definitely quite surprised by the fact that dinosaurs are so smart and articulate. Up until the 1950 or so, dinosaurs were thought to be stupid and unable to walk without dragging their tails, so it was definitely a shock.

[@dubuyajay9964]

How about their feathers? ​@@NP3GA

[@hypotrain]

In 1727? Dinosaurs weren't discovered to have existed on Earth until 1824. They wouldn't even know what a dinosaur is

[@TalesofKaimere]

In these early years there was no concept of dinosaurs (wouldn't be named for another century) so likely just assumed well of course the world of magic is going to have monsters

[@dubuyajay9964]

@hypotrain What did they call 1700's fossils then? 1700's seems a bit late to be believing in "dragons."

[@shinygamer3424]

8:40 And everyone died (epically)

[@Zekeriyasenturk6513]

Flora and Fauna videos is very Beatiful also this videos are start Beatiful by your good part of personality.

[@datpolakmike]

The metaphysics of the portal killing people and replicating them is truly unnerving. The continuity of consciousness ends, with the duplicated person being none the wiser. Or does it? Does the portal someone reconnect the continuity of consciousness of the things it rips apart?

[@TalesofKaimere]

It's certainly a matter of intense scientific and philosophical debate. The Assembly doesn't know specifics. Some think the portal teleports you and you're the same person on either side. That's certainly a more comforting thought though most who have studied what little they're allowed to are pretty confident it's making copies, not actually teleporting. It feels like a continued consciousness after a nap, and most in the Assembly would rather not dwell on the religious or philosophical implications too much.

[@datpolakmike]

@TalesofKaimere terrifying. I suppose despite their vast knowledge and power, the first children were still unaware of or unable to cultivate the portal to be able to transport more than one cell at a time, or however small a level of particle magic operates at

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@datpolakmike Indeed. They were extremely powerful, but while they did manage to contain the portal, their 'control' was more in directing the flow of power rather than true mastery.

[@SanderVF]

I assumed that First Kids optimized the portal to be painless, but the mention of a hazy memory of some agony in that account makes me think otherwise. It is a bit amusing if everyone feels unimaginable pain of being disintegrated by an alien grey goo, but don’t mind it because they forget the pain, so it doesn’t quite register. Do they still don’t know they are killed and remade every time they use it?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Haha it is likely the First Children did what they could to minimize the pain. Probably took some sort of pain relief before the process. After all, you are being torn apart atom by atom. While it is a popular theory, the Assembly actually knows very little about the portal. I've let on probably more than I should considering that, but hey. Folks like to know how things work!

[@SanderVF]

@@TalesofKaimere oh so Kaimerans and traveling humans are really screaming their heads off in unimaginable pain and then just forgetting it on the other side. It is gonna be a landmark moment when someone decides record the crossing on camera and then checks to see their routine voyage on the other side. Unless the recreation process screws up the recording somehow.

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@SanderVF I imagine the recording would cut out once it was disassembled then start recording on the other side, but you'd see more of the process than you would walking through. I'm sure that's been done a few times once covert body cams became accessible. The Assembly can't directly study the portal, but means like that are a way to at least get a few answers.

[@frougee]

*BEST BIRTHDAY GIFT EVER* (Second only to my new paints of course) (Also do human witches also get long lives like kaimerans?)

[@TalesofKaimere]

Happy birthday! Some human witches train their magic to preserve them. Living a long and healthier life is usually the only thing their magic is usually good at though. If you devote your magic to more powerful spells, it often comes with huge metabolic demands that make it hard on the body so you might live a long time but you're going to look weathered

[@heavymetalwoodsman6513]

Adventures in kaimere TTRPG when? In the meantime however, is there a particular system you feel gels the best with how kaimeran magic functions? I could see tweaking a spell slot model but I feel like a points system would be more fluid. Maybe even a narrative based system that's mechanics lite?

[@TalesofKaimere]

The when depends on a few factors. If my novel gets picked up by an agent and traditionally published, that's out of my hands. If it does not and I self-publish, then an RPG and bestiary are on the agenda within the next couple years. Meantime, I would recommend Savage Worlds. It's a very basic system and easy to work with a low-power magic setting like Kaimere. I plan on making a Kaimere rpg system, but in the mean time, that's my recommendation.

[@vasantmasurekar4826]

Excellent episode

[@TalesofKaimere]

Thanks!

[@dubuyajay9964]

Alas, no tiny elephant people or dino/bird people at the first meeting. :(

[@TalesofKaimere]

Nah they wouldn't rock up for over a century

[@NP3GA]

So wait... The sea people were Kaimerans?

[@TalesofKaimere]

There were only like a few dozen Kaimerans in the 'Sea Peoples' but they were part of the coalition and a driving force in them trying to take Egypt.

[@happynihilist2573]

​@@TalesofKaimere that's brilliant hysterical urban fantesy

[@levinjoseph233]

Oh politics 😱😵 What were the human's reaction to all the beasts and dragons

[@TalesofKaimere]

Mixed. Some fascinated, some terrified. Even though many of them were witches and vampires, it was still jarring to see a giant theropod or dragon for the first time

[@Andrey.Ivanov]

This episode really highlights the delicate nature of the relationships between The Assembly and Kaimeran nations. They must feel kinda awful that they still have to put up with the fact that there are human slaves in Qajar and the Free States, but unfortunately there isn't much they can do without risking things to get worse. If they openly support a rebellion I'm pretty sure that the portal will remain closed, Roostercrest Island will get attacked and when it falls, there won't be a safe place for humans in Kaimere, nor a way to contact or get back to Earth. So I can understand why they restrict themselves to diplomacy only.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Certainly in modern times. While the Assembly were largely abolitionists (all the founders were against it in concept but I won't let John and Ben off the hook since they still owned slaves despite often saying it was evil) they would still have been so used to the institution that it wouldn't be a surprise that Kaimerans also had slavery. Probably were disappointed and had hoped these magical peoples would be better though. Today, however, it's much more contentious, though most provinces have abolished slavery. If they tried to intervene it could become very difficult for them. While there are surely a few guns and ammo secreted throughout Agathognosis, the city watch has most of them under lock and key. Buying off the guards might work but even then it's not like the kaimerans have permitted a lot of guns in their realm. If they tried to support the freedom of the last slave provinces it would have to be all-in, and they might never be able to return to Earth. At the end of the day, they're guests and the general opinion is they should not rock the boat.

[@ajmalabdul6214]

Please do a video of the zoos or sanctuaries in kaimere 😊

[@TalesofKaimere]

If I got a sponsor I happily would!

[@samuelscott-schroeder8597]

Please give criticism for this short story. Three years; had it really been that long. More than three years, since he’d had fresh fruit. As he stood on top of a ridge, spear in hand, he breathed-in the dusty air as that memory, unbidden, came to him. …Three years earlier… When the world ended, it was not a singular event. Rather, it was five, spread throughout the course of that morning. First came the light, brighter than any they had ever witnessed, illuminating their cave early that morning, waking most everyone up, with the commotion rousing the rest. Then, shortly followed by the shaking. Most of the adults had experienced earthquakes, but nothing like this. All at once, anything that wasn’t solidly attached to the ground was flung into the air, the residents of the cave included. Those who could clung to anything attached to the floor. Those who could not, clung to each other. And yet, as quickly as it had started, it was over: their cave, by some miracle, had not collapsed in on them. At last, they stumbled out of the cave to get a better sense of what had happened. Within ten minutes they were scrambling back inside as the sky went from early morning blue to orange to red to beyond red and fire rained from the heavens, burning everything left exposed, turning the world into an oven. Deep they fled into their cave, to escape the inferno, and would not come out until it stopped, just under an hour later, to find their home burnt and charred almost beyond recognition. They had little time to weep, as the wind started to howl. Faster. Faster. Faster! So fast that anything outside the cave, that was not solidly rooted into the dirt, was blown away. And with the wind came the roars: the first, louder than thunder, the second, deafening. When the ringing in their ears at last subsided and they could hear each other speak without needing to shout, they decided to hunker down and wait it out. By late afternoon, one of them gathered the courage to step outside, only to find the world he had known all his life, was gone. …As he breathed out, doing his best to suppress a fit of coughing that was all too common these days, he surveyed that which laid before him. What had once been forested valley filled with conifers, ginkgoes, cycads, ferns, and a sprinkle of flowering plants, was now left barren but for a few burnt trunks of once mighty trees. What had once been a tranquil river, filled with fish and frogs, now was choked with ash and mud. The rain, having once brought life to the land, now scours it bare. He sighs at the sight, now all too familiar to him, as he starts to make his way back across the ashy earth to his people, the cold wind buffeting his feathers. After the fires had died out, it had been getting steadily colder, the sun unable to pierce the dust-choked sky. Plants were no longer growing, and food of all kinds was becoming ever more difficult to find. In spite of everything, he carried on. He had family, and even though his generation’s future looked bleak, he would fight for his younger siblings future, until he could fight no more. "Appalachian Mountains, 66MYA, Paleogene, Three years post-impact."

[@Rex-xi8hx]

"those who could clung to" should be *those who could cling to* that and other grammar mistakes. Otherwise not bad (one thing can you make the species this individual belongs to a bit more clear, I thought they were human for second).

[@samuelscott-schroeder8597]

@ I left the species ambiguous on purpose.

[@sivanlevi3867]

Late birthday present for me, but only slightly. I'm sort of conflicted about whether or not I would like to live in Agathognosis myself. It feels too oppressive and the surveillance is excessive even by human standards. You'd think that with both sides able to use magic, there wouldn't be that much tension. Do any of Kaimere's wildlife live or visit Roostercrest Island at all?

[@TalesofKaimere]

The surveillance is definitely more dystopian than many would feel comfortable with. As it's a very wealthy city and the laws are enforced for safety, not cultural oppression, it's certainly better than occupied territory, but it's still a place that some don't feel comfortable with. As we'll learn next week, field missions need wardens to live in outposts and that's a much more free situation that vampires especially are drawn to.

[@TalesofKaimere]

All that to say there's not a whole lot of direct tension, but after guns showed up in the hand of a few Kaimeran revolutionaries, they aren't taking chances. As long as you aren't messing with Kaimeran politics, you're fine. Just have to accept that a lot of the prosperity of the city is built on an alliance with a slaver nation. As for native flora and fauna of the island: lots of small animals but only big things are in sea and sky.

[@sivanlevi3867]

This is why I hate both politics and gun violence. Slavery too as it's left a bloody stain on the world. In other words, this city is a big example of playing devil's advocate Kaimeran style.

[@sivanlevi3867]

See you say that, but once surveillance is broken down to a select group and not the majority, it would still be considered cultural oppression. Man, Kaimereans sure could use an inner mirror to see that they're not so different from Terran humans.

[@TalesofKaimere]

​@@sivanlevi3867 I'd argue the humans in Agathognosis by choice should still distinguish them from oppression. They are free to go home. However, it's certainly true that they have a lot more restrictions than kaimerans in the same area.

[@DavidGlenn-xl6yi]

Now I’m really expecting to see your Earth characters join the Assembly and travel to Kaimere. Time will tell though So, I’m guessing that in universe your books are a way to introduce Earth to Kaimere without being out loud about it if you know what I mean So, how much should I send for the history series (age of witches, demons, etc)

[@TalesofKaimere]

haha yes that's certainly an angle I might be tasked with! Budget I will leave up to you. I think $300 each would cover basic art and lore. Lot of historical figures I'd want to represent. Can set the budget higher if you like but that's a lot so of course no pressure.

[@DavidGlenn-xl6yi]

@@TalesofKaimere Would you be able to get the historical figures in at $300 each, or would that require more?

[@KylerBrazda-we9kb]

I never really understood why Kaimereans feared humans. Sure we had guns and spread disease but like…. They got magic. They have long lives, magic, and all of their war animals. But this video kinda changed my perspective. Humans are like ants to the people of Kaimere. We grow quick and die young, we are capable of going to war at the same age most Kaimereain children.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Yeah we’re extremely terrifying to them. Especially the past century

[@shingtiong9425]

5:58 A japanese witch? Blasphemy!!! There is no Japan in Kaimere. Also can't wait for the episode about fieldwork because I really wanted see more about their perspective of the founders. Was some of others like Joana and Benjamin able to enter later? If so when. Also just a question did Joana and Philip's daughters inherit their mother's maiden name since you say the hastrils, peabodys and strongs are all common in the assembly? Why does the parkadiant have what seem to be an elephant skull on their clothes. I thought there was no elephant in pakardia?

[@TalesofKaimere]

haha never living that one down. I imagine all the founders visited Kaimere at one point or another, but it was likely more later in life for Joanna and Benjamin, not during their respective careers. Both were extremely focused on their work and that work was quite demanding.

[@aeonmatter6976]

I still am a little confused about one thing about the portal. So it basically breaks you down and recreates you in Kaimere from Earth. How does that work? Are there like two colonies, and one of them eats the things then sends some sort of signal back to Kaimere to recreate the things by peicing together atoms? Matter? Etc. Or does it consume them, then flies back to Kaimere and spits them back out, then back again waiting for another request? Sorry if its been explained in another video. I may have forgotten it or missed it

[@leondyer3855]

Yeah, I'd also like an explanation on that since it's really weird on multiple levels

[@TalesofKaimere]

No worries! So, first of all, what I'm about to say isn't known to the Assembly so I'll be 'breaking character' as it were. The Assembly is not permitted to study the portal because kaimerans don't trust them. Usually in these videos I present it as 'theories of the Assembly' but you want more detail than the Assembly knows (which is basically nothing but conjecture). The portal has two components: a home base, and a satellite. It's all the same species of unicellular magic. The satellite is on Earth. When the home base says it needs flora and fauna, it sends a request to the satellite. Satellite captures and takes apart stuff, cataloguing the anatomical and elemental composition down to the atom and electron. It then effectively emails this data (presumably using something analogous to radio frequencies) back to home base, where the home base makes an exact copy using atmospheric and ocean matter as a foundation. In its natural state, this is assumed to have taken over a century. Now it takes a few minutes, presumably due to some tampering the First Children did. Often assumed to be quantum entanglement but is unknown. Again, all this is more than the Assembly actually knows, but I assumed you wanted a more thorough answer than 'no one knows but there are a bunch of theories'. Some in the Assembly think it's an actual teleportation device, for example.

[@aeonmatter6976]

@TalesofKaimere huh. Neat. So, have there been any like failed teleportations? Like body horror, or something coming out wrong?

[@leondyer3855]

@@TalesofKaimere I mean the assembly theories ain't wrong, it's just Star Trek teleportation by biological means rather than technological. Complete with the same philosophical dilemma stemming from the ship of Theseus thought experiment as to whether those who go through the portal are still themselves or merely a type of clone. The thing that weirds me out is that it's also capable of making exact replicas of inorganic guns and gunpowder, which to me seems like these microorganisms aren't just taking a page out of the playbook of the leafcutter ants and trying to farm organic material and that they were MANUFACTURED as some means of transportation.....maybe as Von Neumann probes?! (I'm embarrassed I had to pause making this comment and look this up, especially since one of my favorite series Stars what is essentially an entire civilization of von Neumann probes in Steven Universe). Though that aside, do you think that the magic could be harnessed to essentially make replicators or failing that a mere food synthesizer from the TOS era?

[@taiko1237]

@@TalesofKaimere Interesting... 'taken over a century' particularly so. I seem to recall seeing somewhere that Kaimere is 40-ish light-years from Earth, so if that's true then whatever it uses for communication is some kind of radiation that is slower than the speed of light.

[@Stooltoad5017]

Bronze Age Egypt triumphing over the predecessor of the free states will never not be amusing to me. I’d love to hear more about the enslaved humans and their slave revolts someday.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Indomitable human spirit making those elves take an L they still haven’t recovered from 3 thousand years later

[@Stooltoad5017]

@@TalesofKaimereliterally what I was thinking of lol.

[@happynihilist2573]

Thriving faction on ether side of the Atlantic is right, keep in mind it was recently proven massive native citys filled much of the Amzon rainforest till Old world disease wiped them out. Not that relevant to the video but it's a fact more people should know

[@TalesofKaimere]

Absolutely! Conquering either the Americans or the Romans would be entirely impractical for the Kaimerans of the time

[@DivyanshGoswami-tg8ti]

Hell yeah ❤❤🎉🎉

[@bmw895]

More great work with world building. I do wonder how the Egyptians beat the Kaimerans though

[@TalesofKaimere]

There were only a few dozen Kaimerans. They might be a better warrior than the average human thanks to years of practice and slightly superhuman strength, but that’s no match for a thousand archers

[@shinygamer3424]

I wonder if there'll be a more in depth exploration of the relationships between assembly skraa'aee, Notzukideu and manephaunts in the future. I feel like despite the assembly's goals and ideals, there may be some form of prejudice toward these rare non-hominin peoples in the organization. I doubt they'd ever be allowed to use the portal even if they had all qualifications needed to go to Earth because kaimerans don't want humans to see them at all.

[@SanderVF]

THE SEA PEOPLE WERE KAIMERANS

[@lorcanmcloughlin3686]

The irish accent was....interesting

[@TalesofKaimere]

In Thomas's section? Was trying to emulate speech patterns and accent of someone from 18th century west England. Listened to some interpretations but I can't guarantee their validity or my own interpretation. Any mistakes are my own.

[@ewaszot1243]

Hej Kean I have a question wat was Assembly first reaction to Kaimeran Megafauna and what was their reacion once they learn about discovery of Ichthyosaurs Megalosaurus Iguanodon and Pterodactylus

[@TalesofKaimere]

I imagine the initial reaction wasn't much surprise. The realm where magic comes from logically has some impressive creatures. It probably was a while before a connection was made between our fossil animals and the living creatures of Kaimere.

[@lorcanmcloughlin3686]

Wait kaimereans are the sea people? :0

[@TalesofKaimere]

No but there were a few kaimerans among the Sea Peoples encouraging their leaders to conquer Egypt

[@BlueStrategosJ]

Does Agathognosis have electricity and other modern earth admenities? It would seem hard to accomplish many studies completly without modern tools that require electricity. Or is such research work limited to Earth?

[@TalesofKaimere]

They do but it's generally limited. If they have satellites and towers, they won't have a whole lot of range outside the city. Electrical generators are likewise sparse but present. The past few decades as such things have become more efficient, it's likely easier, especially with solar power.

[@taiko1237]

@@TalesofKaimere I rather doubt they'd have satellites; one suspects they'd have a hard time convincing the various Kaimeran factions to let them launch a rocket (you know, the things we invented for throwing explosives and nukes at each other from very long distances and then later found other uses for) unless they could borrow some of whatever magic it was that the portal used to yeet half of itself across interstellar distances to throw a satellite into geostationary (kaimerostationary?) orbit. Which isn't even considering the fact that if any part of the Kaimeran surveillance of Earth has managed to get Internet access (which I assume is the case) they indubitably know that satellites can be used for surveillance.

[@Ditidos]

@@taiko1237 Plus such technologies could be picked up by the SETI program with much more ease than anything else in Kaimere. It would doom discovery of the planet, albeit it would still take time for Earth humans to discover how to get there but it will give certainty that is possible (after all, the planet is full of recognizable terran life, including humans). That said, having people infiltrated within SETI erasing any signatures coming from Kaimere's section of space sounds like something reaonable to have, but it's still an extra risk for relatively little gain.

[@taiko1237]

@@Ditidos Not necessarily. SETI is aimed at picking up messages aliens might have sent in our general direction for much the same reason we've done the same, and secondarily at picking up the technosignatures of industrialised star systems or planets within them via their electromagnetic emissions. A single satellite wouldn't produce nearly enough of those latter to be detectable at interstellar distances. Earth itself (despite radios being widespread for thirty to forty years before then) probably didn't generate a noticeable radio technosignature until the 1950s onwards when Cold War military radars were introduced.

[@TalesofKaimere]

@@taiko1237 That's a very good point. Again am not committing to it until I take time to study its practicality. If the Kaimerans thought it had military application they would almost certainly say no.

[@professorsimosuchus7954]

Do other sophonts also live "naturally" short lifespans? Or are they more like kaimerans?

[@TalesofKaimere]

They live shorter lives. Long compared to many animals (close to human ranges) but not as long as Kaimerans

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Hate to remind you of this but someone who’s been an archer for hundreds of years is not losing to random guy with a musket if he has any sense the bow is quiet the bow is more accurate must suck in individual combat you use them to arm hundreds of people at once and shoot in a direction not to try to hit anything in particular

[@TalesofKaimere]

That’s fair and valid. However, to local militia sent to suppress a peasant revolution they assumed would be armed with pitchforks instead having a few dozen muskets, it was a very unexpected conflict for the militia. In every instance the firearm users lost, partially for what you said, but held their own much better than expected.

[@charlottewalnut3118]

@@TalesofKaimere understandable. The funny thing is they would be really effective at just preventing the really dangerous dinosaurs from getting near you because of how good they’re hearing is they wouldn’t want to go near anything that loud most likely. Zentaur have ears like owls right I can’t imagine it would be pleasant for an animal that can hear a human heartbeat from 100 feet to suddenly have a noise that’s more than 120 dB go off near their face firecrackers for dinosaur defense. Hope alls going well merry Christmas

[@Ywabag]

Wait so does the portal literally just kill the organism and make a living copy? Does this mean all of the characters who went through the portal ceased to exist?

[@Andrey.Ivanov]

Yes, but in-universe the Assembly members don't know that for certain. And to be honest its best for them to not think about that too much.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Well not so much that they cease to exist and more they’re burned as fuel to email the data to the main portal

[@ryanchen1819]

Any wildlife on Roostercrest Island?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Yes plenty of rodents, lizards, multituberculates, a pika, birds, and seals.

[@HagdoBr]

Some people in Kaimere trade modern stuff whit the Assemble? There some thing like rich lords buying a smartphone or some clandestine merch about earth material?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Though at this point trade is quite limited, there is some stuff that gets passed around especially in black market circles. Might be some smartphones in private collections, but they don't have chargers or cell towers, so like... it's just a neat little tablet

[@HagdoBr]

@TalesofKaimere cool, someone seel a Tablet like an "Magic Relic of Earth" wo no one in Kaimere have skills to use hahahahaha

[@ronniehopper2726]

Can you imagine how terrified They would be of modern day humans, Like we modest will be gods of death and war to them at this point

[@TalesofKaimere]

We are so terrifying to the Kaimerans who know what we're presently capable of

[@praetorianrex5571]

You guys know how demons are associated with destruction and/or chaos and angels/positive spirits are associated with order and/or virtue? Something tells me that spec Evo or "mere animals" can be associated with an idea as well, but I can't quite put my finger on what (until now). Whatever it is it's broader than evolution but narrow enough to tie into specifically life. As of typing this now, I think I found the idea to pair with the Spec Evo theme; Probability. If you think about it, the existence of Spec Evo creatures, whether they're aliens from another planet, earth animals in the future or plausible cryptids, are themselves the products of lifeforms taking a distinct probable path in life and niche. And say, someone or some organism were to have strange Probability based qualities they could indeed come in a variety of shapes from different sources, be it exposure to radiation, enzymes, or phenomenon that logically SHOULD not let them survive.

[@samuellatu3123]

Won’t this mean legends of Atlantis is based on kaimere?

[@TalesofKaimere]

That is a popular theory, yes. While Plato's allegory was intended as an allegory, it's possible he was inspired by tales of peoples from 800 years prior coming from a world that 'disappeared below the ocean'

[@lochness5524]

who exactly are the Amentanoidiasians?

[@TalesofKaimere]

The peoples of the Free-States. Also called Qadanith.

[@TedShatner10]

Would some modern Kaimere braggarts claim they started Rome's fires and stuff like that?

[@TalesofKaimere]

Oh for sure. Various peoples of the Free States claimed their ancestors did all sorts of things even events that didn’t happen

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

Wait, there are ELVES in Kaimere? Oh shit... I know a underground civilization that would be VERY UNHAPPY if they learn this. Keenan, for the love of all sacred, DO NOT LET THE DAWI (Dwarfs) KNOW ABOUT THIS! You DO NOT WANT to have an entrance in their Great Book of Grudges, they always set them right!

[@taiko1237]

the Kaimerans _are_ the elves.

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

​​@@taiko1237Oh no... they dwarfs would have no mercy 😱

[@shingtiong9425]

​@@alejandroelluxray5298And the telmede are the dwarves. Also kaimerans but shorter.

[@tozarkt9805]

Holy shit, in the best way possible, this episode has made me dislike both Kaimere and the Assembly more. I love the integration of the Kaimerans as the sea peoples responsible for the Bronze Age collapse, and the fact they practise widespread slavery into the present day and even eugenics by the sound of John Morris' ancestry, as well as being heavily oppressive to The Assembly who they've forced to bend over backwards for. Is it weird I feel almost a sense of pride at how much Kaimerans fear Earth? Feels like a compliment more than anything. The Parkardiant seem chill though, I like them. Also how did Thomas Hartsfield and the other abolitionist assembly agents react when a distinguished fairy nobleman ordered his slave cupbearer into the room

[@TalesofKaimere]

Yeah it’s certainly not a pleasant setting. I imagine there was some disappointment when they learned of slavery in Kaimere. Many in the Assembly were themselves slave owners or had family ties to it so were in no position to point fingers, but they surely hoped to be in company without such a horrid institution. The Assembly has made many moral compromises over the years

[@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster]

Man this is some good human related worldbuilding. Though the Kaimerans are very hypocritical in judging humanity

[@TalesofKaimere]

Absolutely. They are quite judgmental but then again most people are. Hard to see hypocrisy in yourself.

[@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster]

@@TalesofKaimere Who'd be worse you think if they appeared in Kaimere, modern humans or First Children. Are their fears somewhat justified or nah

[@zoofan1015]

Is slavery still a thing on Kaimere or is it abolished?

[@NP3GA]

With how long Kaimerans live, I can see them holding into that institution very tightly.

[@TalesofKaimere]

Yes, though in most nations by now it has been abolished or is like in Qajar, where criminals can pay off their debt to society or the person they wronged through a set time of service. It's a corrupt system but they will insist it's not slavery.

[@dudotolivier6363]

There still in modern times slaves in Qajar and Free-States, but otherwise, slavery is abolished and prohibited within all the nations of kaimeran within the Known World (because of the Barren Plague making them scared of having slaves, mostly). For the homo sapiens human at least. Named Free-Workers by the Free-States. And while many of provinces and parts of these 2 regions of the Qadanith empire have also get rid of it, most of them within said empire still allow and pratic this. But like Keenan said it here, there also a form of slavery for criminal kaimeran having doing crimes and have to work for free.

[@chheinrich8486]

Seriously, a month with no floral or faunal video,😢ok a bit overblown by me but I don’t read the books, so cultural info isn’t as interesting to me as the spec evo aspect considering just how extensive the biology of kaimere is

[@Gub0-m6i]

I have to disagree tbh It's just as interesting. I mean, it's like learning about history, but I don't feel bad because it didn't actually happen!

[@TalesofKaimere]

There's gunna be SO MUCH flora and fauna next month you'll be eating good again soon

[@chheinrich8486]

@ thanks, if you don’t read the books, your massive ecosystems created for kaimere is just so much more interesting than the culture for me in comparison

[@dudotolivier6363]

Sure, it must be the case for pretty must everone following Kaimere as a project. After all, Kaimere is a spec-evo project world which primarily focus on animals and flora, who composed the setting in which the stories and characters take place in the novels Keenan made. And the fact topics and videos/episodes and sponsors about anything regarding kaimeran and human stuff being sparse, low and occassional, is kinda proof of this, as a trend, in many ways. But, in the same time, and credits to what credits are due, it's also an obligate and needed thing to developp how sapient/sophont or humans cultures, if they are, lived and are in said world. They aren't and cannot be used as an excused/plot device just to serve as a window to see said flora and fauna. Especially given these two, even despite how extremely developped and as a focus they are in the project, are actually just but only background minor stuff in the novels and stories themselves. Pretty much more than 90% of what the videos on KZbin present will not be even be used or mentionned in the books themselves, and at best just briefy refered a bit. And there quite a lot of important points about the setting, topics and how the videos are presented which are extremely linked to humans and kaimeran culture, as key elements, which before this "Assembly and Great library" themed month, were never anwsered or mentioned and left in he blank. Like how the Assembly was created and made contact with Kaimere ? How was their relationship and mean of researchs from the establishement on kaimere to modern times ? How the Portal, which bring all the Earth's life in the first place to Kaimere, work, managed and is used. These massive obvious and legit things just cannot be delivered and explained without mentioning and delivering a lot/tons of others elements, even if serving more or less as "fat", linked to the societies of both planets that Earth and Kaimere are. And that what these, very long requested, needed and awaited videos since even the channel was created are about. They deliver all the anwsers about the mains humans and kaimeran related content there to know about this project. And sure, aside, the project, if there was no cultures or humans in the book in which the point of view is from, could indeed really go fine without focusing more on anything about humans and societies, or much at least, but not focusing and giving developpement to this while the rest such flora and fauna is very developped would feel like a hole in many capacities. So, whenever it's possible, developpement to human, kaimeran and their civilization is given noneless. And really, anything about humans and cultures and spec-evo is still equally interesting than flora or fauna. It's for sure maybe not at the taste of everyone, but many people are still interested in such things. And to satisfy this part of the audience, such things need also to be developped.