Madagascar, What's going on there? Options

[Comedian]

Cybertechnology had some interesting views on the Heavenherds...

AFAIK, albino Wakyambis who lived in some of the darkest jungles in Africa, and who developed the first Blood Magic, yet never practice it. It's a tradition to them that's more than a few millenia old, and passed down from tribal shaman-to-shaman-to-son, or somesuch.

[booklord]

Do we know that those Azanian secretive elves who seem to be related to the Therans don't use blood magic? I mean the techniques of cybermancy might not be practiced but blood magic seems to be more wipespread and practiced.

It's not just Aztlan. The Yucatan resistance have admitted they use it. ("Must fight fire with fire") as well as the Residents of "Amazonia" ("have to supplement the forces"). Earthdawn sources seem to indicate that it was commonly used by feathered serpents and the Therans.

[Ancient History]

Considering the similarity in appearence, the fact that the first species in undeniably artificial, and the fact taht it's a dracoform with NINE frickin' heads? Even the Awakening has trouble poppin' out creatures with more than three heads.

[lorg]

Perhaps Harly was just working on his tan, madagascar gets alot of sun you know ... then all the paranoids posting started to read to much into it (as usual)

[SugarDog]

Vampiric lemurs? Tha's hilarious.
Actually, now that I think about it, it's kind of scary. I've been to Madland, and I've seen how quiet the lemurs can be, and how far they can jump (over 30 feet lateral for the largest, the indri). hmmmm.... small stealthy vampires that are virtually invisible in the rainforest, can leap 30 feet onto your neck, and travel in groups? ack

Actually, something far nastier would be an Awakened fosa. They are an oversized Malagasy mongoose that has evolutionarily converged with the big cats. Not only are they berserkers (they regularly take down prey much larger than themselves, and have been obesrved attacking introduced wild boars, which weigh 50-80 kg more than the fosas do), they are also the most agile things I have ever seen. They make cats look about as dexterous as a wildebeest.

Actually, up until a few thousand years ago, there was a 100 kg version of the fosa roaming Madagascar also....