Man-Eaters of Kaimere
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Man-Eaters are individual predators who specialize in and preferentially hunt humans. While many man-eaters in Kaimere are familiar to us, such as big cats and crocodiles, some are much different than predators we have today. Perhaps the most frightening are those demons who become increasingly powerful through the consumption of kaimerans and integrating their hereditary magic into themselves.
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Man-eaters on Earth : some big cats
Man-eaters on Kaimere : ALMOST HALF OF THE ALL BESTIARY
Reminds me of the dragon manual scene in the first How to Train your Dragon lol
It's honestly a wonder how a natural ecosystem can function with so many apex predators
@@vardiganxpl1698I guess it helps when the majority aren’t apex predators in the context of Kaimere. Formidable for sure, but a lion is just a slightly angry mouthful of meat to a Zentaur.
Something tells me that Nasri and Jim Corbit would get along great. I mean, they hunt, man eaters.
It seems fitting to go from April fools to one of the most serious topics in kaimere
Yeah this was originally scheduled for April 2nd but I felt that would be too fast a pivot. Just wait til next week lol
Of all the Maneaters and Demons of Kaimere, I was NOT expecting a full on Lovecraftian horror! The Shoggoth was an incredible twist. The Fireback art was quite visceral as well!
And of course, the First Children might have made homunculi as tributes to such beasts. At this point, I really wouldn't expect anything less than them. I really want there to be a deep dive into their society, and how they became so advanced.
Indeed! Shoggoth is something I've been cooking in some form or another for a very long time. Looking forward to their debut in a story I'm working on now!
A video on the First Children would certainly be cool. Their coverage in the Whistling Door episode was all too brief.
There's a city in the highlands of Ethiopia called Harar where the people actively feeding Spotted Hyenas by hand, offering scraps and leftovers from butcher shops to the predators. It's said that a massive outbreak, either an epidemic or famine, gripped the city and the hyenas almost went maneater after scavenging the dead. The locals believe that, like Kaimerans with a Zentaur, appeasing the appetites of these potential maneaters is the only defense they have. Thank heavens for Nasiri for forming his guild.
Keep up the good work, Keenan!
Thank you!
I feel something overlooked with man-eaters is sometimes animals especially big cats become man-eaters because well... we're easy. If an animal can work up the nerve to hunt us we are very easy to catch and kill and animals are always looking for any caloric shortcuts they can take. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo were infamous for taking a person almost every night, sometimes multiple people a night and they were perfectly healthy individuals with no signs of disease or injury. They did it entirely due to ease and opportunity due to this seemingly unending buffet of railroad workers delivering themselves to the lions' territory.
Here’s an idea how about you do a video on creatures that didn’t make the cut ones that you hadn’t thought of putting in your world or decided not to
I'd be open to it!
@@TalesofKaimereEmperor Palpatine: Do it.
@@samuelscott-schroeder8597Execute order 66. ...
that's be sick
Great idea!
Somehow the introduction of slime monsters has made Kaimere seem much cooler than before.
Love to hear it!
It's ready to be an RPG bestiary now haha
13:00 get the greek fire
It's really the safest option
Kaimeran cannibals next week? I’ll be there for sure. With the magic of Kaimere, I wonder what effects it could have. Maybe like the Wendigo of Native American mythology, where one becomes an ever-hungry monster by committing cannibalism.
Let's just say wild demons aren't the only ones impacted by and drawn to the consumption of Kaimeran's potent hereditary magic.
@@TalesofKaimere Oooooh! I can't wait to find out!
After all the talk on man-eaters and cannibalism, I wouldn't mind an episode on Kaimeran fruits and vegetables.
Great work though!
was NOT expecting the shoggoth bro jesus
*Slime Jumpscare*
@@TalesofKaimere erm…I guess it’s called tales of SLIMERE now
Considering the Fireback art at 8:40, I’m guessing you saw the terror bird tracks last year showing phorusrhacids had killer claws?
Indeed! A very exciting find. You'll actually see the trait in older terror bird art of mine as well, going back to 2018. The tracks merely confirmed a longstanding theory (though it could be the tracks simply hadn't been formally described when I was informed of the claw I'm not sure on that).
If kaimere develops basic firearms(like muskets or flintlock rifles), im sure it would give most kaimereans an easier time to deal with most man eaters
Indeed. They lack the population for a robust industry required for mass production, but the fundamentals of firearms can still favor hunters and outdoorsmen looking to fend off dangerous beasts.
@@TalesofKaimere Sadly, even if they have all the good elements to make firearms, Kaimeran will not on purpose convegently create and use them, or at least, making it as widespread and easily obtainable on the market than on Earth (like in the USA, even if the UAS are quite an extreme example though).
Because they all know how deadly for their species it would be and knowing how it badly affect our own species on Earth already, and due to their low reproduction forcing them to reduce deaths as low as possible, they are fully aware and cautious about what to do or not do regarding deadly events or weapons.
Man that Shoggoth remind me of a quote
"Far, far below the deepest delving of the Dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things....."
I'm surprised Jugashen isn't mentioned in this, considering it's the most likely big dinosaur to eat humans.
Yeah I should have given them a segment
Question: Aside from Slimes, are other man-eaters at risk of developing anthropomorphic characteristics if they consume enough human flesh?
Indeed there are. Certainly can heighten intelligence.
@@TalesofKaimere I was expecting a physical change, but there is no denying that that's terrifying too.
Earth Man-eaters: big cats, wolves and crocodiles.
Kaimeran Man-eaters: hybrid lions,wolf dogs,crocodiles,terror birds,ru kel parrot, young zentar and uktan megaraptorans, grounded titan crows.
17:00
that was a nice episode. cool, informative, and provides good details on future plot points.
17:12
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The shogoth is cursed af. Can't wait for the homunculi episode next week, is there a part about the age of demons? Also I just finished my 2nd novel last week about the rise of a famous hunter of maneater in my world so this video was really fun for me especially since I read your novels about Nasiri for wording references while writting it.
Indeed it is deeply cursed! There's no part about the Age of Demons, though demons and homunculi do get a lot of coverage. Good on you for finishing the book!
@@TalesofKaimere Well not a book. I just release the draft online because there is no way I'm publishing a book.
13:00
I need my Flamethrower rq
Right??
What would you imagine to be a good basis for a magic system for a sophont species to develop?:
1.) Elements
2.) Emotions (ie the Emotional Spectrum)
3.) Ideals/ways of living
It all comes down to how they're executed and what they say about the culture of the given species All three are equally viable as a starting point
I love your frequent incorporation of chilling fantastical elements into a robust speculative biology project. I recently purchased your first two anthologies and I'm finding them very enjoyable. You have a very distinct approach to building a convincing fantasy world; I look forward to the eventual full-blown encyclopedia book, hint hint ;)
Thanks so much! An encyclopedia, or at least some field guides and history books, are certainly on my list. Would be a whole lot easier once I get a publisher and agent for the novel so will likely be a little while.
Domesticated lions sound awesome 4:29
That's heavy. Kaimeran indeed are ruled by monsters and... The first children should have been named the first idiots!
First Children definitely corner the market on hubris
@@TalesofKaimere Exactly. There are things one must never do.... Hubris and arrogance are the fathers of the downfall!
Yep, they were the very first asholes of the entire Existence itself, being so bad, cupid, selfish, thinking they were superiors and made blind by so many thers negatives factors regarding their personnality that they didn't see the dangers of their actions and that ended up to their ultimate doom.
Nice I can't wait to see the history of Sharks and Lizards of Kaimere.
First one to comment! Yay! Also, interesting topic, man-eaters of Kaimere. Reminds me of the Lions of Tsavo or the Tigress of Champawat. Also, I just had an idea if you ever did a video on owls:
There was a giant owl found in Ecuador that was theorized to have fed on human ancestors, which may have led to early humans hunting them to extinction. The idea of being hunted by a giant owl in the night is terrifying, and it may be a terrifying reality for Kaimere. Pretty cool, huh?
Indeed! A giant predatory owl is on my potential roster for pre-culled Qajar.
Awesome!
Do you have any sources on the giant Ecuadorian owl? I'd love to find out more about it.
@@TalesofKaimereare you going to do a video on pre- culled Qajair
@@IanPendleton-gh6ox Hodari Nundu made a specific video about it on his RUclips channel.
Among the first ones of it he made.
I like Hodari Nundu, as he is one of these paleoartist who often made pieces depicting reatively less popular to completely unknown to public prehistoric animals and taxa.
Really interesting episode. Maneaters of Kaimere is an interesting episode.
Thanks!
Took me some time to comment, but this was a great episode. The shoggoth was rather frightening. It sometimes surprises me magic isn't even more prevalent in biology of the Kaimiran biota than the already are, though i suppose the increased metabolic costs are a sufficient explination.
Thank you! The most successful magics are those that use animals as a host. Not altering or enhancing, just living as a parasite. Magics like this that make and control a body of external things are entirely dependent upon water and are generally pretty slow. Out in the open, they can't really defend themselves and are basically blobs of water and protein. They're tough, but can't survive stomach acid, so being eaten does eventually destroy them. In their element though, when they're larger than a person and able to set up an ambush, they can be very proficient predators, especially once they start accumulating Kaimeran magic
Can't watch it now, but commenting for the early algorithm bump.
Very much appreciated!!
Comprehensive as ever Mr Keenan! Your work never fails to amaze us, but your in-depth and critical ideas of such a subject as man eaters was thoroughly enlightening! I am especially fond of how most man eaters are often domestic-wild hybrids, perhaps nature’s greatest subversion, as counterfeiters quickly realise they have instead created their own demon (or they would if they were still alive from the man eating). A part of me cannot help but think the ru’kel’s curiosity and maneating, is a revived concept to the arboreal snatcher’s behaviour!
At the same time Mr keenan, this video has inspired me to further think more. In my world, I too have domestic lions. (Said lions are owned and used by a junta coalition dictatorship and can be bought by important officials in the oligarchy) These domestic lions are used as a symbol of power, for what better way should there be, than for a human to control their predator?
At the same time, the part where you talked about creating ‘demons’ reminded me of my own! It is called 'usurped form.
For context, my world has a liquid known as ‘ground memory’ that can fuse or resurrect creatures.
So if 2 vessels die next to or near each other, and the sophont one dies with conscious thought next to a still fresh carcass, it is possible for the carcass to be reanimated immediately with the sophont's consciousness.
But there is an important rule known as
'instinct over intent’. A creature that knows it will be killed (especially another sophont), and is resurrected will always fight with the usurper's mind for control. In this case, the original creature's instinct, be it to prowl or otherwise will override the usurper's mind or intent in using the body.
This callous tactic is often used by humans who wish to ‘discard’ the weakness of the human form, for the power of another apex predator (oftentimes the target of such practices), or to be resurrected and fused with the predator!
Thank you for reading Mr keenan, and feel free to tell me what you think!
Thank you! Indeed, hybrids of wild animals and domesticates seem extremely dangerous. A definite downside of Kaimerans domesticating such predators as lions. At least on Earth our only hybrids like that are wolfdogs. Still dangerous, but not on the level of a 300-400 pound cat elusive yet comfortable near human settlement.
Makes sense that your culture would prize having tamed apex predators! A similar mentality to the Nerotans who finally domesticated their lions. Your usurped forms sound really neat! A cool premise to explore morality of the victorious consciousness.
Great video. I can tell you watched that video on top 10 man eaters, especially with nasiri as a Jim Corbett analog
Sorry I have not seen that video. I am however familiar with Corbett and read two of his books.
15:45 very true
Excellent episode.
Thanks man!
Question: just how often do humans and Kaimerans actively seek to hybridize? 🤔
Not often. Relationships sure, but it’s very rare for a fetus to survive pregnancy. Kaimeran babies incubate for 3 years, humans 9 months. Unions usually end in miscarriage.
Okay holy shit I hope someone sponsors an episode on the Shoggoth
nah my friend really just walked up to me and was like look they made a video about ur mom 💀
Absolutely brutal
Oh great, seeing the Shoggoth made me realise you’re just as good as monster design as animal design. I can’t decide if that’s a good or a bad thing.
I remember you mentioned that if a person was to be transported to Kairul, the local wildlife would recognise them as food more readily due to coevolving and sometimes hunting Homo erectus. Is this true for many lands of Kaimere where Homo has had a long term presence, like Kaishel, Kairul, the Permian Islands, etc, and what are some particularly noteworthy creatures that prefer to indulge themselves on some featherless bipeds?
Absolutely! Homo erectus spread very far, and have been for almost a million years in many regions, so a lot of predators are now used to people
Awesome
I’m excited about next week. Considering our own widespread taboos against cannibalism here on Earth, and the Kaimeran’s increased value of their lives and longevity compared to us, I can imagine a more… militant approach towards cannibalistic societies than our own.
In my world one of the maneaters was called the tharo Flesheater it was in the country of tharo that many people were been killed by a Predator Which turns out to be a male Ceratosaur that went to killing humans because a young ankylosaur that had damaged it’s jaw and went to easier pray luckily it was put down after a hunter drove a pike through its heart
It is terrifying to think about a man-eater so powerful, a settlement would rather make a habit of ritual sacrifices than attempt anything else.
Yeah it’s probably not common but has been reported a few times in Kaimere. A terrifying thought indeed
Of course shoggoths are a thing in Kaimere, there's already a portal and sapient forest full of zombies what's next? Is squid daddy Cathulu himself sleeping under some underwater mountain range? Are there ancient aliens slumbers in the polar ice?
All I'mma say is I've already named the Cthulu analogue in a few episodes and the 7th short story in my first anthology lol
@@TalesofKaimere Wait are you saying the hezuki is cthulu?
@@shingtiong9425 I imagine he means Eshaluk the giant kraken.
Damn this is a good episode!! Despite the shoggoth being the most visually horrible, I'd choose to fight one of them over the beasts, and that thing you said toward the end, "the illusion of safety" your hundred percent right! It's all bullshit! Though in my personal opinion, I'd rather contend with the man eating beasts over people with an insidious nature. I have a small advantage with the beasts, and considering I can't run all that fast and have slower reflexes, my only option is to fight!
I strongly recommend that you give your videos subtitles.
As now we have shoggoth, and analog of gelatinous cube let's wait for addition of Black pudding, gray ooze, ochre jelly, slithering tracker and oblex to complete oozes of kaimere roster.
lol
The fire birds seem to be missing from this video. I remember the head keeper in the managery from your first book saying that the indrokai was the one they feared escaping most.
Indeed, though the species very rarely goes man-eater. When they do, being a predator with near-human intelligence makes them especially dangerous. Highly dangerous, but not particularly common.
@@TalesofKaimere thanks, that makes sense
I was wondering if you would make slimes in Kaimere
do kaimerans and humans have conflicts based off their differences? Like how elves and humans clash in fantasy settings
Absolutely. Usually based more on resources and land, but there are also prejudices between ethnic groups and peoples beyond the known world
@@TalesofKaimere 90% of the hate and low view of Kaimeran toward humans and the prime reason the local Homo sapiens humans of kaimere within the Known World, beign only at the Free States and some parts of Qajar, and kept entirely as slaves, being that Kaimeran think humans were responsible for the Great Plague which was a devastating event back at the Mercantil Age and which put an end to it.
If this plague never occured, things wouldn't have changed a lot from this time, and local human being still scattered and widespread within all the Known World and used as typical slaves but without more hard restrictions and negatives ideas on them.
Sure, there would be tensions and maybe rebellions from slaves to have some rights and respect (because... well, th life of slaves is what it is), but nothing likely leading to the current situation seen in modern days.
But this plague was actually gived by domesticated pigs. Not humans.
Did Kaimeran ever find out at one time from which the plague came from in reality ? That was the pigs and not the human ?
If kaimean discovered that pigs were the true responsibles, what would they would do to human afterward ? At least giving some "excuses" to have so badly treaten them like shit undeserdly ?
On the subject of robust monarch skulls, is it mere chance that they resemble tyrannosaurus skulls?
Not really mere chance. Megaraptorans and tyrannosauroids are likely sister clades (and megaraptorans may in fact end up being basal tyrannosauroids their placement is still debated). Being fairly close relatives, the chance that they would somewhat resemble each other as they independently got large is actually more likely than dramatic divergence. Yes, megaraptorans had long narrow snouts, but so did most early and all juvenile tyrants. I expect once we find Maip's skull, it will also be pretty robust.
Looks like next episode is going to be on cannibals
Are we still getting the Pleistocene Harvest episode this month? You mentioned that at the end of the Snouter episode
We are, and it was actually a harvest of the Pleistocene that happened 1.5 million years ago.
Yes, Keenan have precise it will be at he end of the month about the SE Asia Harvest, which however, take place actually at the Early Pleistocene and not during the Pliocene.
Yup! End of the month
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A bit surprised Jugashen wasn’t mentioned. It is the creepiest man-eater to me.
I guess it is because you talked about them in a recent Thescelosaur video and so it would be too redundant.
I should have given them a mention, yes. Just an oversight on my part. I had just predators in mind but even those omnivores go man-eater from time to time.
300… i see the tiger of champawat recorded wasn’t broken.(436)
Also are we ever going to get more info on the beat folk. That logger married into a beast folk village sentence is still fresh in my mind.
One last comment. On the topic of civilizations. I think it’s likely on the other side of the planet are human Bronze Age city states at most considering the current time frame. Beyond that, I think it’s inevitable that somebody finds away from earth in to kaimere. If I were guess when it would be post Oppenheimer, 70’s to 80’s, if not during the Cold War when both sides we’re looking for any advantage. Then maybe modern day ish between 2010 to 2030. Feel free to prove me wrong though, I just feel like with demons and vampires trying to keep kaimere hidden they would accidentally slip up badly during a high stress situation or incident.
Lets go i havnt watched the video yet but i once asked if there are any animals specialysed in huting humans and i hope such a predetor is shown here il watch it later tough
Nothing strictly specialized for people on a species level at least not in the known world, but plenty specialize on an individual level
@@TalesofKaimere nah ok good enough still hope we see something like that one day even if its extinct or just something made with magic
So dromeosaurs in Kaimere are called cockatrice!?
Yup!
Horrible, absolute horrible and fascinating.
Absolutely
Quite a heavy episode. It's hard to imagine losing 500 years of your future because you failed to notice a cat or crocodile in time. I don't know how Kaimerans have the courage to go outside.
1. Given previous designs and previous hostility, is there any record of Crowfolk consuming people or bodies?
3. Has Nasiri ever had to take on homunculi or is it strictly natural for him?
4. Are there any natural animals that specialize in homunculi or other magical beings or are they simply not common enough?
Leopards be like
Throughout kaimere and earth we alone are the maneating ones
Or more like most
Which animals would you rather be eaten by
Please do a dedicated video about slimes
I'd be open to it!
personally I would have made the shoggoth have teeth or at least pseudo-teeth
They don’t really need teeth to eat people really just eyes to see and hands to grab
What animal would kaimerans consider public enemy number 1?
The leopard. They kill more children than any other animal by a significant margin
What do the native Arvelith use to deter Fire Backs?
Colors (bright colors make them wary), sound, behavior (knowing when to go outside) and architecture (walls, doors with latches they can't lift)
Do the other Sophonts have their own "man eaters" as well? And acts of cannibalism in their species?
They all have man-eaters. Cannibalism I’m not sure on yet
no tiger?
They’re actually pretty rare near heavily settled areas. Mostly restricted to the northern known world
@@TalesofKaimere ah, understandable
Does cannibalism exist in Kaimere?
Yup! Will be covered next week
Are there astrapotheres on KAIMERE?
There were but alas they are extinct
@@TalesofKaimere 😔😔😔😔
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BRO THE NEXT EPISODE IS ABOUT VORE
I suppose I can’t exactly argue otherwise
Vore is anthropophagous cannibalism, simply
Did you just say... the next episode is about CANNIBALISM(Anthropophagy), instead of the Pleistocene Southeast Asian Harvest like you say in April Fools?
Indeed. SE Asia is at the end of the month. The real April Fools was thinking I had finalized my schedule when I recorded last month
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@@UTKC_RadiusCelestialGeneralius because this Country kills dozens of innocents like Womans to childrens!!
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thanks for "LOKI".
Of course! Planning to post it soon along with some other commissions
@@TalesofKaimere yay :)
Is there cannibalism in Kaimere?
Yup! Tune in next week!
one question do the skraa'aee, notzokideu and manephant have their own repetitive Sophont eaters ( that a word I made up so that human aren't always the centre point of sophont minds )
Absolutely
Any thescelosaur that would ocassionally turn man-eater?
Absolutely. The jugashen hunts a lot of people, though I imagine the common drake and qotaur sometimes seek human prey from time to time
@@TalesofKaimereI’m surprised that the jugashen wasn’t mentioned since it’s confirmed to sometimes hunt people
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Thank you! Hope it holds true next week that’s gunna be a heavy one