 Enwontzane (Sasquatch), Original Source ? |
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 Mar 11 2013, 05:59 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 748 Joined: 22-April 07 From: Vermont Member No.: 11,507  |
I know that the statistics for Enwontzane (Africain Sasquatch) were included in Critters.
But what was the original source before that? |
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Mar 11 2013, 06:07 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,642 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886 |
Cyberpirates, p. 155
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Mar 11 2013, 06:13 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,139 Joined: 31-March 10 From: UCAS Member No.: 18,391 |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/read.gif) Wish they had a bit more on them than height, weight and that they eat orc sized things or smaller.
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Mar 11 2013, 06:27 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 748 Joined: 22-April 07 From: Vermont Member No.: 11,507 |
QUOTE (bannockburn @ Mar 11 2013, 02:07 PM)  Cyberpirates, p. 155 Thank you for the fast reply. Unfortunately there does not seem to be any more there than the later Critters book. Does anyone know if it appeared before that in another source (novel, real legend, etc.)? Or is it just a random critter for Africa? |
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Mar 11 2013, 06:28 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,642 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886 |
To my knowledge, the latter. I only remembered because I've looked up a snake that sounded similar a few days earlier ^^
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Mar 11 2013, 08:02 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,930 Joined: 9-April 05 From: Scandinavian Union Member No.: 7,310 |
Owie, you made me dig around crypto sites now my head hurts.
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Mar 11 2013, 08:16 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,139 Joined: 31-March 10 From: UCAS Member No.: 18,391 |
QUOTE (Lionhearted @ Mar 11 2013, 04:02 PM) Owie, you made me dig around crypto sites now my head hurts. You find anything? On the Crypto cites? |
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Mar 11 2013, 10:38 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,930 Joined: 9-April 05 From: Scandinavian Union Member No.: 7,310 |
Nay, to much garbage to sift through. Wouldn't surprise me if there's a myth resembling sasquatch out of Africa though...
Haven't been there in a while, but the FVZA usually had the pulse on such things, worth a look. |
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Mar 11 2013, 10:42 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,139 Joined: 31-March 10 From: UCAS Member No.: 18,391 |
Well there's "Wild men" or "Missing link" myths from every culture.
I wonder if the Enwontzane was supposed to be sapient. The write up doesn't really say. |
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Mar 11 2013, 10:44 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,930 Joined: 9-April 05 From: Scandinavian Union Member No.: 7,310 |
It's a reasonable assumption that it would be, if it's related to the squash.
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Mar 11 2013, 10:50 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,139 Joined: 31-March 10 From: UCAS Member No.: 18,391 |
Well it says
"Enwontzane are nocturnal, arboreal predators similar to the Sasquatch and bandersnatcch. They stand almost three meters tall, weigh more than 400 kilograms and do not carry the HMHVV virus. Native to the forests of costal West Afric, they will feed on anything ork-sized or smaller. They hunt and live in family groups of up to ten and have one infant per year." And that's it... "Similar" to Sasquatch and Bandersnatch could mean sapient or not, and anything ork sized or smaller could indicate animals and they're just using orcs as a size reference, or metahumans as well. "Family group" Could mean --family-- or it could just be like "Pack" or "Pride" or "Mob" or "Mischief" or what ever. I'm not sure the term for a group of Sasquatch like African critter/things. A group of monkies is a troop.... So the write up is very vague. No description other than tall and heavy. |
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Mar 12 2013, 12:14 AM
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Tilting at Windmills Group: Members Posts: 1,636 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Amarillo, TX, CAS Member No.: 388 |
Far as I'm concerned, in my keeping track of things for HMHVV purposes, I've aslways counted them as Sapient. They can become bandersnatchii if the circumstances come up.
Of course, I have no weight on that, so I could be wrong, but everything I'm thinking right now is thinking that they are. Take that for what it's worth. |
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Mar 12 2013, 12:25 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,139 Joined: 31-March 10 From: UCAS Member No.: 18,391 |
Well one of the few things written about them is "They do not carry HMHVV" so they could not become Bandersnatchii could they?
or is the sentence indicating they're carnivores with out having to be HMHVV infected, and thus can become HMHVV infected and then, Bandersnatchii? |
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Mar 12 2013, 12:40 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,575 Joined: 5-February 10 Member No.: 18,115 |
Upon reading the entry, I assumed the latter.
~Umi |
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Mar 12 2013, 03:29 AM
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Tilting at Windmills Group: Members Posts: 1,636 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Amarillo, TX, CAS Member No.: 388 |
That was how I read it. too. It's been a while since I actively thought about the enwontzane.
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