Worldbuilding | Avian-Human Biology pt 1: Introduction to Qyaalyon and a few revisions

This is a re-upload of my original Avian video, plus an extended portion revising a few of the ideas presented in it.
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[@Tha-Za]

Female Qyaalyons: I wander why males live less. Male Qyaalyons: Dude! There's a lion on that cave! Gonna punch it in the mouth to impress the chicks!

[@milab2055]

I love this so much 👍 👍 👍

[@mollytaylor2122]

In order for it to work as a mating ritual, though, the females have to _sort of_ like it, at least. Maybe it's a himbo thing: dumb but hot?

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

Probably. I love the female bird’s faces in the nature videos. They always look like wtfwtfwtf… wtf is he doing and why is it a turn on?

[@maddockemerson4603]

The word “chick” is awfully appropriate in this context…

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

So is “cocky” 😂

[@cupcakejack7375]

My favorite thing about these videos is how much they make me imagine scenes. When she was talking about the festival, i could see it clearly. I could see the dancing, the clothing, and i could see one specific male with speckled wings catching the attention of most people in the festival, dancing beautifully with a head-piece ornate with flowers and bones.

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

if you have discord, I uploaded a writing sample with almost that exact scenario

[@cupcakejack7375]

@@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062 Oh, yes i do and i would love to see it!

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

@@cupcakejack7375 invite link is in vid description. it's under the scripts channel, up at 8/30/21.

[@cupcakejack7375]

@@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062 Thanks a lot!

[@limerence8365]

For clothing don't forget to consider how light the clothing is. If the clothing is too heavy, it will lead to a more sluggish hunter.

[@fika4579]

YES MORE WORLDBUILDING! MOOORE!

[@s.owl9]

Why is this a perfect representation of my reaction?

[@gunjfur8633]

F I K E A

[@ESCL2004]

MORE MORE MORE!

[@benthiccbiomancer2760]

Just a stray thought regarding the uber-flashy male festival dress: Could that be an important use for artificial dyes and colours? All their clothing is very naturalistic, made from things they hunt or forage, so lots of browns and other warm colours. Perhaps one way that males stand out is by getting as much clothing as they can in rare (less natural) colours (like blues/purples/bright greens) as one additional way of 'peacocking'. Since the Qyaalyon seem quite isolated, that kind of ornamental cloth wouldn't ever be super common. But you might have enterprising merchants from neighboring societies trekking into the plains with a cart of brightly dyed linen, hoping to charge an exorbitant price in exotic pelts or hunting trophies? Each piece of fabric getting cut up, repurposed and recycled between festivals; the pre-modern dye fadeing away over a year or two. So there's this a ongoing demand for this low supply and perishable luxury. With the most successful hunters (who thus have the most impressive items to trade) wearing large stretches of bright fabric and less successful males only having smaller, faded, second or third hand fabric woven into their leather. So, that 'stray thought' went on for a bit... Great video, keep up the good work!

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

maybe. I've mostly been focusing on one isolated group, but there are others closer to the borders of other countries with trade ties. Some of them probably wear more fabric. However, since they are pretty minimalist about possessions, I don't think the festival gear would be stored between uses. I think it would be made from things like leather and fur, which could be repurposed later, or things like flowers and bones, which could be thrown out and left to disintegrate.

[@benthiccbiomancer2760]

@@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062 Fair enough, I imagine slowly accumulating pretty knick-knacks is more of a magpie thing anyway!

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

Yes, collecting would be a great trait to include with a non-migrating variation

[@markusd.3426]

@@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062 If You plan the mating ceremony to be linked to something like a spring festival, it would make sense to have them store or make their flashy outfits at the winter camps. There could be a great spring festival shortly before the individual groups split, so that the possibility of attracting mates from another flock is higher and if it worked the new found couple could join the same flock for the season. Carrying the outfits with oneself on migration would be highly impractical, but trying to make a new one every time as well because you had to collect and carry at least the materials for it over some time and making an important and extravagant piece of clothing is a lot of work (as You know best), so it would be much better to do it while encamped during winter and not while migrating. The timing of the "end-of-winter mating festivity" would fit ideal in my opinion - if they would store the outfits or make new ones every winter might differ. Maybe there are changing fashion trends and wearing a last years outfit would make you look like a fool. Richer and more successful men could get new outfits every year, while others have to recycle their old ones for the new season and change them according to the new fashion trend more or less successfully.

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

You’ve guessed about 70% of the ideas I’m going with.

[@NoahMiller13579]

If the shoulder caps are meant to show some aspect of yourself, and children don't wear them, it seems like most would design and make them during that period they're traveling on their own

[@EldhjaertaZ]

The though occurs, if you considered conlanging names for pattern-colours to make them sound more exotic or whatnot - why not use horse pattern-colour names? They'll appear exotic to the average reader while still being easily google-able and intuitive for some

[@emilysynerellaeliza4382]

Had a really bad day. Can't tell how much happiness am I experiencing right now thanks to this video! Thank you Mariah for making our days!

[@smile_on_that_face43]

It be cool if there was a Qyaalyon faction that has something to do with the death religion or worked as assassins or something based off of owls. Only thinking this cause in theatre, owls are the symbol of death.

[@wolfywonder8480]

That or raven/crow based Qyaalyon; or heck, maybe even a vulture variety. They're all associated with death, though owl people would probably be best suited to assassinations from the shadows, if only because of their eyesight and how owls are known to be virtually noiseless when hunting.

[@skyemorningstar166]

Those soft, satiny flight feathers are perfect for ninja-like death from above.

[@RocRolWriter]

@@wolfywonder8480 those weren't Qyaalyon though; according to her conlang video, all the avian races have their own names based on what bird they are (and paired with what she said in this video, what their _primary_ bird inspiration was). I don't remember what the names all were (there were a lot of them), but the raven-people's name was enough like raven that if the two words were on the same page, you'd see the relation.

[@roach5367]

I’m writing a race of angels and this seriously helped me conceptualize how their biology would work. Granted, biblical angels are often not humanoid at all, but for the ones that are, this was a very helpful video. I can’t believe this channel was JUST recommended to me. I love worldbuilding!

[@djt08031996]

Why not blend the two designs

[@kity1081]

this is so good!!! maybe the males make their headdreses/etc themselves so having a massive flashy headdress with lots of bones signals good hunting skills!

[@sifilore9462]

I'll bet if 1 Qyaalyon is mixed then not only will their wings have 2 or more colors but their eyes and hair (head, eyebrows, and lashes) will too. The head hair will b have highlights and the irises will b heterochromia. Actor Dominic Sherwood has em with only a quarter in 1 eye is brown while the remaining 1 3/4 r blue.

[@WexMajor82]

2 things about their clothes. 1 - If you are a member of a flying race, you'd never want something that moves in the wind on you, the less material is "doing the sail" on you, the better. 2 - it rains on the plains, and you have NOWHERE to escape it. They probably incorporate something to keep the rain from getting INTO their clothing.

[@Dragon_Fire_2468]

The macrame (the beaded stuff that moves) is probably Not their hunting outfit, that is likely more simple or closer to leather armor

[@kateg9437]

I love the idea of an avian couple with the load-carrying tops migrating with their 3 year old child haging between them like in a swing

[@AdrianW3D]

random thought: If you'd have the chance to implement these ideas into an open word game design, would you be intrigued?

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

probably not for a very long time, until I have more of the world established.

[@gunjfur8633]

8:52 "its a bit contrary to how humans think of male and female" Only in a (modern western) cultural sense. Before the enlightenment looking fancy wasnt a feminine thing, but more of an upperclass thing. Reminds me of the history of highheels: masculine > upperclass > feminine

[@chocapic2373]

as someone who LOVES realistic (in the sense of it following logic and biology as a form of constraints that force one to develop their ideas beyond 'because i said so' or 'magic') world building and creature design, this is such a joy to watch!

[@jasonitaliano8631]

Quail-people! Another transferred video but I loved it before. Edit: Oh there is an update section! Nice.

[@lauraobrien6942]

I can't wait to read your book(s)! Do you have any idea of a timeline they may be released/published?

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

none whatsoever :)

[@annacarlin3414]

Yay, finally the avians! Very interesting! and I don't have any bones to pick with it, though then again you've not really gone into the biology/social part of it, and you've established we're getting by the genetics and flight with some handwavium, which is absolutely fair, (it's not like anyone sits there to calculate eye and hair color probabilities in human characters, you just give the protagonist and his mom the special green or silver eyes and you're set).

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

I mean...I actually do try to take color probabilities and recessiveness into account with character design choices, but I'm also a weirdo who really likes genetics - especially polygentic traits. Will the genetic mechanisms behind number of horns in oni or wing color and patterns in faeries ever come up in one of my stories? Probably not, but it bothered me until I sat down and charted it out.

[@gregthegraduate3206]

Are you deadass? This is biological nonsense, they have posterior wings that creates a need for multiple flaps for takeoff, aerial imbalance, and extreme altitude limitations since their wing positioning doesn't facilitate maximum lift at thinner atmosphere levels. If they jump from a height too high, they could fall to a violent fucking death as they can't produce enough upward force in time.

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

The biology is a work in progress. Check the updated videos before insulting people.

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

@@gregthegraduate3206 Anything will meet a violent death if it's unlucky enough and falls, so I fail to see how that's a survival handicap. I mean, bats are fine, and the only bat that's capable of taking off without falling from an appropriate height is the vampire bat. Other bats will absolutely fall to the ground if there's not enough time for them to generate enough force to take off. (Though to be fair, bats can take a fall pretty well. I saw one little guy accidently fly headfirst into a wall then fall three-four feet to the ground, and he was fine. A little dazed, but he got back up, hurled himself off a set of stairs, and got back in the air and continued on his way like nothing happened.) If bats can handle knowing what they can and can't safely hurl themselves from, I think something with the intelligence of a person should be able to handle it just fine. Secondly, "posterior" means "behind" or "to the rear," when describing wings, it usually refers to the set of wings closer to the rear of a four winged insect. Currently the avians only have one set of wings, so there's really no point to calling them posterior, as there aren't any other wings they need to be distinguished from. You're just making the terminology confusing, as your phrasing implies multiple sets of wings. As for altitude limitations, I fail to see an issue there either as long as they aren't trying to fly over a tall mountain, I don't see how that's a problem. You don't have to be optimal to be functional. Just look at bumble bees, they're sub-optimal in terms of flight, but their flight ability gets the job done well enough for them to function. Besides, if they were going to be flying high enough for air thinness to sabotage their flying, they'd already be facing the much more serious problem of needing specfic lung adaptions to breath properly on such thin oxygen. High altitude birds can function at those heights because of special adaptations they have boosting their oxygen efficiency even higher than that of a regular bird (again, bear in mind that birds - and these avians - need more oxygen than mammals in the first place.) Personally, I'd reccomened doing some research on ballooning to get an idea of how much of a sudden altitude increase a fantasy species that flies should be able to handle, and what kind of turbulance you'd expect to encounter at different heights.

[@kentario1610]

When I tell you I squealed in joy- Ooooh I had a similar idea with a removabe back panel! I had it more because I was making coats or something for winged people nearer poles and didn't think leaving the back open with an apron kind of garment would make sense, so the panel worked, your ideas are awesome and expand on it even more! Exciting! The ladies wearing something a little more ornate than the usual while the guys go all out, sports car gold chain necklaces diamond rings style makes perfect sense too! And "vanity hunt" is the perfect name for it, yeah. Why make something pretty simple so much more complicated? Vanity! Ok ohmygosh I am very excited for more, no rush but AAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@RocRolWriter]

Some people have been talking about how they would need tails in order to fly, but I'm not sure they actually would - not unless you drastically rebuilt their legs from human to bird. Human legs can't really tuck up under the body very well in a sustained flight, and would just cause more drag if they tried; however, if they held their legs straight back behind them in flight their legs could be the rudders. You touched very briefly on "human vs. birdlike features," but what I personally would love is if _all_ the bird people were slightly beaky around the nose and mouth (it wouldn't have to be the whole mouth; an owl's mouth is a lot larger than just its beak, after all, and I think most birds have that to some degree). Not all beaked animals are birds, but all birds have beaks, and those beaks are almost as varied as the birds that have them; it would be another way to make them all unique from each other, and really drive home that the different species can't really breed with each other.

[@niklasmolen4753]

You need a tail to fly. But since she said that their flying ability was based on magic, one can ignore the tail.

[@byrd6973]

I am OBSESSED with the attention to detail holy crap. I was a Maximum Ride fan back in the day, and now I'm a bird zookeeper. I haven't looked deeply into avian human designs in a while, but this blew me away, wow.

[@livliera]

Thank you so much for drawing so many assets to visualize your species in the video!! It's my favorite part of watching and I adore seeing everything come together as a species that can exist in the world! Drawing takes a lot to keep up with so I definitely wanted to point out how much I appreciate it! :D

[@ppenmudera4687]

Really nice episode! I just have one comment/request: could you please also include (centi)meters when talking about sizes? Saves us non-US folks lots of time (and frustration) looking up converters.

[@Rainiepie]

I absolutely adore how you’re doing this channel with reuploads and then revisions, it’s so fun and interesting

[@anthonyporche8110]

Don't know if you'll see this, but I absolutely love the amount of effort you put into making your avian race! It might even help me with making my own avian race, though I imagine mine would be quite different compared to yours. I haven't worked on it much yet, but here's what I got so far. As a race, the Avis have a relationship with werewolves. This was inspired by the relationship between ravens and wolves so this might inspire some interesting social dynamics between the two species, especially since they were originally humans that were changed by the Norse gods, specifically Fenrir and Freya's feathered cloak. Additionally, the Avis would be more bird-like than your avians, such as full body plumage and avian legs. So yeah, nothing too detailed right now. Just wanted to say that I enjoyed this video and your worldbuilding and felt like sharing a bit of my own world.

[@IonIsFalling7217]

Love the thought process behind their clothing! I’ve been working on a race of completely vegan deer people, and resources are always a problem! Their main resource is their own shed antlers and fur, which reminded me of your people using their own feathers! Your people have to put a lot of care into their leather clothing, but I can’t imagine how costly clothing would be in a society with basically only access to plant fiber clothing, especially when the majority of their farming efforts has to go to hay and silage.

[@jefflastnam8566]

They still might be able to raise small groups of animals much like sheep, purely for textile?

[@voidlessvoid6206]

In my book I'm going to have a planet inhabited by Avians (And dwarves). And I never thought in this much detail about them, though I'm not nearly at the point where I'd be writing it. I absolutely love all the stuff you've thought up about them

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodLoreNerd]

Do the death rituals from last video apply to animals or only humanoids. It could be interesting to have groups of priests travel to Qyalion hunting grounds and caring for the skulls of hunted animals. With a particular focus on capping the empty sockets of animals that had their fangs removed to prevent vengeful spirits from emerging.

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

The system is meant to be a broad overview, which would develop different into subcultures. So maybe some groups also care for animals, but that would probably not be the norm.

[@garrettrobinson3826]

I think it's worth noting that for the silver coloration, they're likely to have trouble flying toward the end of the season. White bird feathers degrade faster than pigmented ones, because melanin and other pigments often reinforce the structure of keratin-based things like feathers and hair. There's actually a bird that shows this off super well by having white in its plumage at the beginning of the season right after its molt, and then gradually losing it as time passes and the white feathers wear away, leaving the whole bird black.

[@topazdrake42]

I use story telling the same way sometimes when making a new species as well to help flesh them out, in addition to seeing how different fractions would interact with other fractions as well as so called outsiders to their species, my most recent species is going by the working name of Kezuls, with five-ish types of varying lifespans

[@devonblackwell7405]

I really like this channel and it’s world Buildin. I wish they would upload again. 😢❤❤

[@eighsapiens3195]

Use the quills (for men and women somehow) . Then clothing can be important as heirlooms because of the family connection. You could make wearing your own quills a sign of pride. Losing a garment men's losing a piece of yourself or a loved one. Giving/sharing clothes would have additional significance. Etc. Etc.

[@petersmythe6462]

Interesting. One thing worth noting if that wings generate lift at the quarter chord. At least with zero camber they do. Extremely high camber slow flight can generate it closer to the midchord. Either way, unless the wings are heavily swept backwards in flight or they have a horizontal stabilizer on their feet, they will be wildly unstable with their center of lift near their upper chest and their center of mass somewhere between their hips and waist. The simplest way to alleviate this with the same basic bodyplan is to fly with wings heavily swept backwards. If you want to change their anatomy, the better option would probably be to have a horizontal stabilizer, or the wierder option would be wings growing out of the lower back or pelvic region.

[@sublimnalphish7232]

You do know since they live on a prairie, they could have a grass that could make a natural fiber fabric like flax.

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

they could, but I doubt they would. Leather is much stronger and more durable than fabric, and the flying and wind would quickly fray any woven fiber.

[@f0x607]

ayyy!! new video!

[@f0x607]

also, will you have any species with lower sexual dimorphism/playing around with how sexual dimorphism manifests?

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

yes. the eagle people in particular will be much more similar between sexes, and there will be one or two races with drastically different colorations between male and female.

[@f0x607]

@@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062 cool!!! looking forward to it!! your videos are so much fun and a perfect mix of informative and interesting!!! keep doing what you do!

[@sammanthaaubuchon3466]

While an angel-like fantasy race design can be intriguing, if you're going for something that seems more realistic, I would think that they would need feathers all over their body, instead of just on their wings, to help with insulation, especially while in the air, and it might also impact their aerodynamics. Additionally, they would definitely need a tail of some sort for turning and stabilizing themselves while flying. Personally, I would find it more interesting if they weren't just humans with wings. I do love how in-depth you go with their culture and clothing and whatnot, though. World building is one of my favorite things to do, so it makes me happy to see other people enjoy it as well, and it's always cool to learn about other people's fantasy worlds.

[@AlphaFX-kv4ud]

There are several races of aavyan from what I've gathered and some of them would probably be like that

[@AlphaFX-kv4ud]

@@niklasmolen4753 they are unnatural

[@AlphaFX-kv4ud]

@@niklasmolen4753 they a lso aren't bad flyers

[@niklasmolen4753]

@@AlphaFX-kv4ud She said that their flying ability is based on magic, which changes the conditions. It is also quite reasonable considering how big the wings would need to be if you followed the physical laws.

[@AlphaFX-kv4ud]

@@niklasmolen4753 I never said that it wasn’t magical

[@Blaueswunder_]

I really love this channel for all the ideas and details you present in your created races, lifestyles and cultures. And it's again a really great, inspiring video. However, I got one or two things, I would recommend or maybe just ask about. First thing is about your updated "center backpanel" in the clothing part. You described it to be excangable for various different uses like hunting or backpacking. But especially when you showed is as a quiver I wasn't so sure if this would really work. Let's say your an flying creature that is going to hunt with a bow and arrow midst flight (I assume this is the way to hunt if you got wings ^^): Wouldn't it be incredibly difficult to grab an arrow from your quiver on your back if you had huge moving wings between your shoulders and your back? It may be possible, but difficult. Also if you fly horizontally or approach a target on ground, having an open stash on the back isn't maybe that useful. Also it could be difficult (maybe not for trained hunters) to pull a knife or a sword (as you showed in one of your drawings) from your back without cutting through your big wings and destroying or hurting them. Maybe you got good awnsers for my considers tho, I'm just thinking loud about this by myself ^^ Another thing I thought of was the "Show-Off", the typical male bird-behaviour you mixed into your male Qyaalyon behaviour. Maybe it's a no-go for these winged humanoids to do that, but after you talked so much about their feathers and their colour and pattern variations, why don't they brag and spice their style up by adding different, colourful or maybe the rarest feathers to their own, maybe integrating those into their wings to show off, to identify different clans/flocks, as a festive act or in (typical bird-style) mating ceremonies. At least you hinted (or not excluded) this thought in your video (at about 17:10), but I thought of this a little bit different. Think of the "importance" of typical native american headdresses (as a mark of leadership and else, I'm unfortunately not really educated about the american history). From my perspective, if normal humans used feathers meaningfully and with importance like native americans (and probably many other cultures, even nowadays), what importance could feathers have for Avians? But as I said, maybe that's a big no-go for them. As much as I love your videos and I like to think about all the details and ideas you described, I don't want to influence on your vision and to "improve" your creation, so feel free to ignore my thoughts. Anyways, have a great day and hopefully many, many more ideas to put on this channel.

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

I don't think it would be that difficult to grab the arrows. It would take skill, but I think an arrow could be grabbed on the downstroke of the wings. The first bone in the wings angles down, so there would be space I think. Arrows could also be shot while the hunter has their wings locked into a gliding position. They would need to shorten the length of their arrows, but I think short bows would be more maneuverable anyways.

[@Blaueswunder_]

@@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062 Well, I see there is much more you thought of than I have ^^ Thanks for enlighting me, have a nice day :)

[@marymohr2799]

I've always wondered why Qyaalyon wouldn't be higher up on the power scale (at least in regards to carrying things) because so much of their livelihood depends on that. But given that they were created, and it's possible Shiqoba didn't think of that or didn't intend for them to be nomadic, it still works. Also, I think its really interesting how it reflects in their culture. Carrying your own weight and helping others is so important to them in a literal and metaphorical sense *because* they're not the strongest and I think that's really cool.

[@waidwn]

love the video! i'm always very happy when i see a notification for one of your videos. the discussion of qyaalyon heights reminded me of my own avian race i worked on a few years ago. they were somewhat based on golden eagles, and i read somewhere that female golden eagles tend to be larger, so i decided to include that as something that was the case for the avian race as well. i thought it might be interesting in terms of gender roles/perception of gender, but also was a nice contrast from the humans that also existed in the setting. i don't think i ever really considered the gender role thing further though, unfortunately

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

i've read that about eagles before, and it is in my notes for when we get to the eagle people

[@niklasmolen4753]

For herd-living creatures, there is normally only one sex that goes away and looks for / forms a new herd, while the other sex remains in the birth herd. This also applied to people in the past. But ceased later, perhaps because the population groups became so large that it was possible to find non-relatives close by.

[@user-kx8og6fk7n]

So I was doing some world building of my own and came across the uses of chicken feathers in replacing wood pulp in things like diapers (that was really interesting) and then I found this video -- I don't know if the link will stay so the title of the video is "Mary Weahkee makes a turkey feather blanket" and I just find it really interesting form of weaving / turkey facts.

[@AngelFourCrows]

Love the worldbuilding!! At 5:13 you mentioned leather tassels that flap and dance in the wind. I can't help but think that a leather chord slapping against one's skin at high speeds would be very painful. Maybe the richer Aavyans who don't need to fly would make a big show of their wealth by wearing sharp stone/bone beads at the end of the tassels, that would be impossible to fly in without cutting yourself. And the poorer/more practical would tuck in the loose straps. Just a thought. I can't wait to see what you come up with next!

[@mastermoonlightvariety]

If Nautikans and the Qyaa join in the same world, I wonder what kind of cool romance story would come from that. Would it be forbidden and taboo or would it be freeing and adventurously accepted. Would Qyaa be more freed to do whatever while the Nautikans think it's taboo to romance outside their species? Sorry but I keep thinking about the Tzari and what would she do if she met a Qyaaman. Or perhaps an epic where the humans that took over is about to see a reckoning. A rebel human, Tzari, and a Qyaaman or perhaps a 4 person group but no idea what species the fourth person would be but they go on a mission to recruit people to rage war for a better world thing. The funny part is they are all rogues with four good and yet strange personalities. The best part is learning each other along the way and growing or changing from each other. I can just image Tzari is brushing water on herself to keep her clean and as she is talking to a Qyaaman she just met his head turns awkwardly to look at her. Her eyes are like really big and she just says, "That's... Nope." And just walks off. 😂

[@petersmythe6462]

For winged humanoids, what I often do is handwave an unexpectedly low weight using a heavily pneumatized torso and skeleton. This isn't even unrealistic. Look at ducks and geese, fairly heavy birds, floating on water? They're several times less dense than a mammal. With displacements in water maybe a third or even a quarter of what a similarly sized mammal would have. Flighted birds have A LOT of air sacs.

[@mistyminnie5922]

I am SO excited !! I'm so invested into this world. I can't express the love I have for these videos.

[@kairon156]

I really like how the back of their cloths works. I think I said in the original vid that I have a Pixy race in my world and hearing you talk about your avian race is very handy. I decided that the Pixy wings are clear they have 2 sets of wings roughly like a dragon fly's but their coloured mainly based on the magic crystal inside them but other colours are mixed in to look like a church window kinda effect at least while using magic.

[@WoodsideLegacy]

Very cool. I like the thought you've put into their clothing especially. Have you ever heard of plains-wanderers? They're a quail-like bird from Australia, in that they are small, ground-dwelling and brown, but the females are bigger and more elaborately coloured, while the males are smaller and incubate the eggs. I think they would make an interesting base for an ethnic group, though I also look forward to seeing what you do with other birds.

[@shariblake8948]

Okay, so I just found your channel and I'm definitely subbing, this was so amazing and informative! as someone who is also wanting to do some avian based characters and worldbuilding this was great.

[@pineberry212]

This is my first time coming across your channel, I defiantly am subscribing. I've raised coturnix quail myself, though cant keep them where I'm currently at. I also have a similar avian race for a story idea, though these are more long lived, and with a second set of smaller wings from the hips to act as alerions, and to raise the hips into the air for better flight. My idea being they have large floating villages, raise their children, then send them to the surface to make new flocks, but having to make their own tools, self governance, and infrastructure from scratch. And if I may suggest, look into sinew for things like string for bows and its other uses. Though I'll personally advocate for the use of an Atlatl for hunting. Ah, I can see the little cherubs jumping and flapping their wings, so cute!

[@Vermbraunt]

I really like the details you go into with these videos.

[@zombiegaby]

I love these videos, so interesting! I'm wondering, since a 3 way colour split is so rare, would the people with those pattern be treated differently? Better, worse? Would it influence their job in their society? Or would it just be cool to others with no more reaction?

[@gaymedievaldruid]

Instant subscribe. You've absolutely hooked me, I love these ideas so much!

[@theoldjesterisdead9434]

Im super exited for the new stuff!! Love your videos and worldbuilding

[@DamienZshadow]

There is nothing I love more than to see someone shamelessly excited like you are!

[@alethearia]

So, while bust size increases when you have a child, childbearing doesn't really effect overall bust proportion. But also! Look into hunter gatherer women specifically. They don't care so much about letting their breasts hang. It's just a part of the body, why feel ashamed in it? Most clothing is practicle not based on some established modesty standard. Humans in hunter-gatherer societies tend to see themselves as part of the animal community, so you may see less clothes in general, as well as more animism in their religion. Unrelated note: I suddenly had this amazing idea for Avian art, specifically quilting. Where when your fledgling leaves home you make them something quilted that is representative of their home. And the quilt? A map of their homeland as seen from above arranged in a spiral pattern. As if seen by circling. I'm going to have to draw it now.

[@peterdawson2403]

Wow! You have put a lot into this world!

[@djmoonelf2959]

I can't wait till all the other videos are on here this has been making me wanna work on all my Oc's into a world building thing

[@colonelhammerhead3025]

I was subscribed to your main channel and was confused when you did what looked like a reupload to me but now I See you're updating it and adding more to it.

[@UnchainedDarkling]

I KNEW I'D SEEN THE QYAALYON SOMEWHERE BEFORE!

[@PersoMena]

You make an albatross avian, you'd better make sure they've got really good padding in the form of their own muscle and give them helmets - have you _seen_ an albatross land on land? The wind could be in their favor, and they'd _still_ faceplant! They're migratory and excellent fliers, for sure, but they're just terrible at terrestrial landing. (One I saw was funny: it swooped in from Stage Right, hit the ground chest-first, flipped clean over, and then got up and walked off like nothing happened. "I meant to do that." XD)

[@Dragon_Fire_2468]

Maybe there’s a catcher person or a landing pad they built

[@annaemmons3490]

Thank you for giving me things to think about. My only humanoid species are birds. They are each based off different birds in our world and while some will be mixed together, the families such as corvids will be the same. What I’m saying is the relation between species is the same. I am planning on using their characteristics for their builds and for their characteristics. I have a lot of world building to go and I had never even thought of needing names for them. But , I will definitely need to consider those things. Thank you!

[@ThatOneLadyOverHere]

Having them shorter makes sense if only because they are using their muscles a lot which does keep bones from growing. That's why people that have been in certain sports from a young age tend to be short, like gymnists.

[@silverish9081]

Wow, so glad to be early! Thanks for your content!

[@lynnxx1744]

This is so interesting! Would they dye their feathers or wings if they feel they dont fit into a colony(?), or to appear more attractive?

[@themacaronibaconlord8234]

I have a question; how do the Qyaalyon treat those with wing deformations, or those whose wings have snapped or otherwise broke?

[@miae5358]

By the way, I would gladly watch an hour long video about your worldbuilding!

[@alishatoews8761]

I love your illustrations. They’re really good. I do more of traditional art and a bit of art on my iPad too. Have do you do digital art so well?

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

i took a couple community college classes to get started, then after that it's just been years of practice.

[@gdroz]

You're a genius. I honestly felt like I was watching a real documentary about some tribe- I wouldn't even have thought of so many details while creating a species.

[@endieisded]

What an awesome video to wake up to

[@lisaa4446]

The return of the Queen

[@Chloe_wolf]

This video has giving me some ideas for a human and bird like creature that I’ve made

[@user-mt6ru8pw9q]

*I love this!*

[@Idontknowhattoputhereuhhhhh]

I love it. Thats all. ITS PERFECT. NEW SUB FOR U

[@thedodorex7612]

I have a bird race in my world building, the Falkyre. Appearance is mostly human with wings resembling birds of prey and retractable talons, colors range from greens and reds to blacks and white, they are one of 5 primary clans sharing similarities to different animals and are consider middle class, there culture resembles a mixture of Russian French and Nordic, with a very honor and craftsmanship favoring society. Their environment is very mountainous and cold, and they often trade with other clans and rely on other clans through mercenaries and alliance for protection.

[@Evanarix]

A world anvil world of your worldbuilding would be awesome to read

[@avalieske7339]

The human avian hybrid reminds me of the maximum ride series by James Patterson

[@saturn910]

in the summer they could skin the prey hence getting the fur and by the time winter comes they might have lined their clothes. the lining could be button on tied on so they do nt have to make seperate garments

[@dox5520]

I noticed that one the pie chart at time stamp 19:48 has a tiny gap after all the Qyaalyon colour types. does that mean there is a even rarer colour. i was thinking a glossy black colour

[@CHA0S08]

I love this so much ;0

[@plantfoxproductions7877]

Yay worldbuilding!

[@rainStormz-vo5zx]

out of curiosity were on average do they migrate to and when as it will probably effect clothes they were to travel in

[@MiotaLee]

The algorithm knows I'm developing a bird species as well >> Thank you for the tips, you're further along than I am and you've given me a lot to ponder...

[@urloved8430]

Love your work creating a similar race of my own based off the Macaw birds of Rio. New Content 12:24

[@dylanchouinard6141]

Thought: the down feathers that parents use for winter coats could come from (or just partially from) their own children as a memento. Sort of how some parents in real life bronze baby shoes

[@benjaminwhitehead4050]

I have no idea how the algorithm took me here but this is pretty cool

[@jonathanbroady9030]

I knew something was up, the video says one day, but I'm like, I watched this before, then I read the description.

[@kinghybrib2027]

Luv ur vids, TY

[@fujimi_ch]

if they were to be imprisioned, what if as a precaution their flight feathers were clipped?

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

yes but only for long-term prisoners. some sort of binding contraption might be used in the short-term.

[@silverschmid4591]

13:34 chickens (that weren't bred to have lots of meat and fat) can actually fly. Only short distances, but it's better than nothing. (And btw: how about giving them bird tails, for steering in the air?)

[@kremstoin]

Fuck yeah, I love how much care you put into explaining your world!

[@modernmarrow1411]

I am most interested in these Qyaalyon peoples and what will happen to them, can't wait

[@marylyn_amnesia5953]

at 7:19 the photo is so funny

[@StudioUAC]

11:30 are there prejudices from people that have a more rare color variant or are there colors that people wish to not have?

[@ovrair6340]

Which skin pigmentations to avians have? I know that the feathers all have different patterns and such, but do their skin colours vary just as much, or less?

[@mariahpattieworldbuilding4062]

Qyaalyon are sort of a medium brown. They don't vary much, but other types of aavyans will be different depending on where they live/originated.

[@ovrair6340]

Cool!

[@twojstary1839]

17:30 im losing my shit over the left dude

[@Feriorem]

ok so ive never heard of you before or anything but im 1 minute into the vid and you have a new sub

[@rubyfarr8831]

I have a kinda question , how would you make a Peacock Hybrid ?

[@RunningOnAutopilot]

A wizard did it is the only explanation for birdmen and dragons

[@maddockemerson4603]

Dragons could evolve naturally given an extraordinary combination of circumstances, it just depends on the final result not being too unrealistic. Every worldbuilding project I start on I try to make dragons something that could exist in the world as we know it - quadrupedal, non-verbal, about the size of a large pterosaur, etc. - _then_ give them some kind of mystical or otherworldly overtone. It makes them more mysterious.

[@maddockemerson4603]

Incidentally, I've been trying to post a reference explaining why dragons could evolve naturally, but "aunt Susan" keeps "cleaning" my comments. Yeah, spambots are posting dozens of links at a time to camgirl sites to the comments for Minecraft videos, and that's been going on for well over a year now, meanwhile I can't even indirectly refer someone to Stackexchange, probably because a criticized a few feminists or some shit. Nice priorities, Google.

[@maddockemerson4603]

Okay, try searching for "evolutionary pressure leading to dragons worldbuilding stackexchange". See if the algorithm flags this comment

[@maddockemerson4603]

There. must have been the way I phrased it last time.

[@gregthegraduate3206]

@@maddockemerson4603 Cube-square law, no they can't.