#bug fables worldbuilding

[amorosebeing]

My thoughts on how Bugs (HK and BF) see the beings of their world

Note: The final bosses and some important enemies of both games are shown below!

‘Beasts’ basically refers to anything that isn’t a bug or god. It’s the category of “I don’t know what this thing is but stay away probably.”

‘Deadlander‘ can refer to basically any scary thing you find in the deadlands, whether that be the unnatural fungus-plant-bug eldritch monstrosities that we call ‘true’ deadlanders, or the few non-bug creatures that survived the Day of Reckoning. Almost all of the larger ones, such as elk or giants are gone, but some smaller creatures have managed to persist. Remember that when you’re less than an inch tall, a simple snake is quite menacing!

‘Bugs‘ both refers to things we classify as bugs along with ‘bug-adjacent‘ creatures like pillbugs or spiders. They’re pretty much the same as far as most people are concerned. In some cases, you can find both an unawakened and awakened variant of the same species!

‘Gods‘ are often very withdrawn from all other beings, so getting information on them is difficult. Regardless of their distance, they still tend to massively impact the world around them. In terms of their physical bodies, gods are known to take on ‘divine‘ variations of a bug, beast, plant or fungus.