So I was thinking about the implications of DF's blood rain, both on critters and on the mysticism of the civs.
-For one, you'd think there would be more blood sucking insects and whatnot.
-And more critters willing to tear into a dwarf to get at blood. Or is that less, because the demand is much lower for it?
-The blood would actually nauseate what didn't drink it exclusively.
-Presumably the smell would be terrible, as old blood dries and rots, but on the ecosystem level, this would be a massive influx of energy. Drinkable and nutritious blood is falling from the sky like mana! The food web must be diverse and healthy, ironically.
-If blood can be generated so easily by the Earth, is it really as sacred as in literature? Would it still be the life-force and essence of a man? Or would another, less present fluid/organ be attributed with it?
-Tying the dichotomous nature of the creatures living in evil biomes is always a headtrip down racism lane. What does raining blood say about the civs that live in it (to the dwarves)? What do the creatures who live in it think (about it and the dwarves)? Hell, in the high fantasy world, isn't racism a good thing? Its very much real, definable, and distinguished; and in DF at least critter are scientifically different species. Not halfbreeds here.
-Is the blood tainted? Is it 'healthy' blood, as if taken from elves on clouds and wrung from them? Part of me likes the idea of elves being wrung out like wet washclothes from clouds onto the mortal plane.
-Whatever else, its interesting to note a world run by Armok, a chaotic god, instead of the God of Time or what-have-you. What effect does his domain (blood, and apparently forging) have on the world and the mechanics of it?
So much . . .
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Unpopular Disney movie opinion: I liked Hercules, Atlantis, and Treasure Planet.
Hercules was good, Atlantis I don't remember enough to care about, Treasure Planet was the one about re-creating Earth? It had a distinct 2000s tone to it.