That and pointy ears. Also, quite often and especially in fantasy, keen vision even in low light conditions, and a degree of dexterity and adroitness quite above the average human.
In other words, they're cats.
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That and pointy ears. Also, quite often and especially in fantasy, keen vision even in low light conditions, and a degree of dexterity and adroitness quite above the average human.
Well, despite the "Our Elves are Better" trope, I have tried to limit the Loroi characters' inherent advantages... beyond telepathy, which is not a significant advantage against humans.
Maybe less impact of serving them tuna from time to time.
Arioch wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 12:31 pmWell, despite the "Our Elves are Better" trope, I have tried to limit the Loroi characters' inherent advantages... beyond telepathy, which is not a significant advantage against humans.
Maybe less impact of serving them tuna from time to time.
Most Loroi military awards are unit citations rather than personal ones, and they're usually displayed as some kind of badge or sigil on the ship or vehicles or combat armor of the unit (like the crescent moon sigil on Tsunami). Personal awards either take the form of a brevet rank (indicated by slightly fancier modifications to the uniform) or pins worn in the hair.jterlecki wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:05 amWhat do Loroi military decorations look like? Modern earth military organisations (and many civilian ones) have medals, ribbons and fourragères. Do they have the same or opt for something else such as special garments that can be worn or tattoos or the likes?
None, aside from family-related business.
I'm not sure that it would be "illegal," but it's not done. It would be like calling up your favorite actress and inviting her to come over to your house to play checkers. Aside from wondering how you got her number, the politest things she'd be likely to say is "no."
Ordinarily, males are not transported to meet females; it's the other way around.
Must be guarded off, the males, since if they were not there is norhing to stop an obsessed female from getting to her favorite male....twice.Arioch wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:55 amNone, aside from family-related business.
I'm not sure that it would be "illegal," but it's not done. It would be like calling up your favorite actress and inviting her to come over to your house to play checkers. Aside from wondering how you got her number, the politest things she'd be likely to say is "no."
Loroi males and females are not supposed to be friends, so there is no legitimate nonsexual, non-business pretense for wanting to meet with a male. Males aren't chattel, but their high social status depends on upholding a certain standard of behavior. Sort of like an upper-class European lady of the nineteenth century... if she was alone with man who was not her husband without some kind of chaperone and legitimate reason for being there, she would face very serious social backlash from members of her class. If the Loroi female was a civilian, that would be illegal, and if she was a warrior, she would probably face disciplinary action.
Ordinarily, males are not transported to meet females; it's the other way around.
But... I think you underestimate the size of populations. Even a small town has a population of several thousand. A thousand Loroi females could keep a male busy for 20 years.
But wasn't the male to female ratio 1:10, not 1:1000?
Luckily for the warriors it is. If a settlement only happened to have one male available, and almost each night another female has 'visiting rights', he'd need almost 3 years to see them all.
The ratio of males to females is irrelevant in this case. Whether there are 10 males or 100, each male could theoretically have sex with all 1000 females.
You could be onto something there.Bamax wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 4:23 pmHow engaging does telepathy get?
Apparently one can engage sight, sound, smell, and touch, given what Fireblade's dream did.
Is this common or is that just Fireblade being the overpowered unstable Teidar she is?
If this is just dream effect, can other loroi simulate that by touch?
I say this because if so Loroi have virtually no nee for VR as chances are they can simulate whatever they can imagine real time through deep telepathy via touch.
Would work great for simulation training.
Or am I wrong?
Snoofman wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 5:20 pmYou could be onto something there.Bamax wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 4:23 pmHow engaging does telepathy get?
Apparently one can engage sight, sound, smell, and touch, given what Fireblade's dream did.
Is this common or is that just Fireblade being the overpowered unstable Teidar she is?
If this is just dream effect, can other loroi simulate that by touch?
I say this because if so Loroi have virtually no nee for VR as chances are they can simulate whatever they can imagine real time through deep telepathy via touch.
Would work great for simulation training.
Or am I wrong?
It might explain how the Loroi we've seen so far do not seem to panic in the face of danger as a typical human might and why they seem to accept that death is a possibility for each of them, though they fight for the sake of surviving. If that were the case, training through telepathic simulations would be the equivalent of humans experiencing interactive video games. It's just a simulation, but the experiences, the triumphs and failures, the feelings and emotional turmoils you feel help you to mature. Of course, in the end, it's not enough and, in order to truly grow and evolve as a person and warrior, one has to take the deep plunge into that dark night which is reality.