Am I right to assume the name for the evil pony civ (Diomedian) was inspired by the Diomedes myth? (Diomedes is a hero of the Trojan War in Greek mythology.)
Diomedian comes from the Mares of Diomedes, otherwise known as the Thracian Mares, a man-eating bunch of horses that Hercules was tasked with taming.
I don't understand where the name of the pony race/caste "keshi" comes from though.
Keshi is horse demon from Hindu mythology, I used him over, say, Slepnir, because he seemed to be a "pure" horsey demon.
Also, why the hell is "shadowbolt" a race/caste?
I was going to call them vampire ponies originally, and have them turn their prey into shadowbolts, but when that didn't work out I just made them all "darkbolts", because I hadn't seen the episode in a while, then changed them to shadowbolts when I realised my derp. I did have an idea a while back of making more powerful subtypes of various castes, like having basic pegasi/vampire ponies, and a rarer wonderbolt/shadowbolt variant that was faster, or unicorns with horns that were subdivided into two or three grasping parts so show the level of dexterity we often see Rarity using, but I figure everything's confusing enough as it is.
And do I even wanna know where the "tentacle" ponies came from or did someone just say; "fuck unicorns, have a tentacle on your face!"
Yup, pretty much, fits the demonic theme better. Someone did have an idea a while back about making them more like the "actual" Mares of Diomedes rather than just regular ponies with goatees,
More so, are buffalo mixed with anything like native american legend/myth or does their stuff just come from the cartoon show? (where does their winged version come from or is this just another case of
, fuck it, we need winged buffalo?)
Partly, yes, it's a matter of giving them the same diversity other species have, but the colour schemes of the eagle buffalo are based on bald and golden eagles, which are quite important in the mythology and rituals of Native Americans who live within the buffalo's ranges. The sacred flying buffalo are based loosely on the thunderbird and white buffalo myths.
Now for something else. Is it possible to create two separate raw files (or however it's called) for how towns and such are named or are these included in the creature definitions? How are these linked with the civilizations? (I hope this is a clear question, I'm not sure how to ask it.)
Town naming comes from entity files, specifically the
flavour settings. You can use [CULL_SYMBOL:SITE:symbol_token] to disqualify all words from a certain sym set(you can check or alter these in language_SYM.txt), and use [SELECT_SYMBOL:SITE:symbol_token] to make them name more town, castles, roads that way.
Valikdu, you're using several body detail plans one after the other, they overwrite each other. I suggest you make body detail plans specifically for your creatures, especially since you're using them over and over.
