idk if anyone asked this before. sci fi au troll facts =:333 like xenobiology wise, grins
and are there caraps and leprechauns too? (i dont remember if u mentioned that either but just curious. i would love to hear yer rambles,,,smiles)
HIIIIIII HIIIIII OH MY GOD HELLOOOOOOOOOOO THIS IS THE PERFECT QUESTION HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(WARNING: Parasites, Weird bug babies, Culling mention, talk of blood and blood-drinking.)
Trolls:
> Fuchsia is actually a mutation just like cherry red! This has been hypothesized by one or two people in-universe, resulting in swift culling.
> Trolls have three stages:
Wriggler, the little caterpillar thingies,
Juvenile, what most of the trolls we see in canon are,
and the Adult stage.
They pupate between each stage! Troll wrigglers get really, REALLY big before they pupate. They emerge as little kiddy trolls, equivalent in body and mind to a four-year-old human. The adult pupation happens at around 18-21 years old, and is considered the legal age of adulthood!
The trolls pupate in the caverns and then fight their way out to find a lusus.
> Trolls actually retain those pincers they have in wrigglerhood - That's what their fangs are! After their adult molt, they start to slowly turn orange. Chahut Maenad's "fangs" have prematurely turned very orange. Like how some people get gray hairs in their twenties.
> Rainbow drinkers, i.e. trolls reanimated by a hemophagous parasite, adapt these pincers to make wounds to drink blood from easily. The troll can still digest at least some sustenance other than troll blood, though the blood is what keeps the reanimating worm alive. These days, you can keep the worm satiated with blood-imitating drinks/sludges/smoothies that give them the nutrients they need.
> They have five digits on their hands and feet, just like us, Except that they have two thumbs, one on each side of their hand.
For the second question...
YES!!!!!
Carapacian exiles arrived over 60 years ago on Earth, also known as Terra in non-Earth languages, and a relatively short time ago the Incipisphere Wars were ended for good.
Leprechauns are a very freshly contacted species, with very few living outside their homeworld. A fair few people have never even heard of them.
As an extra, Consorts!!! They are four sophonts from the same planet, and were contacted around 30 years ago.
(And a very special shoutout to the blog Xenobiologist For Hire, and especially XFH's Rainbow Drinker post.)
