Okay three likes means vore yappin time! Main thesis is: Vander is perfect pred, no notes. Before the whole transformation thing, as a MAN he is a perfect predator.
Just scale him up to being an good vorin size. I would say three-four times his usual size. (Maybe also sharp teeth because I am a simple person with simple pleasures) Gives him plenty of room in his belly and just doubles down on his intimidation factor. Also lets him scruff people easily.
His special talents during his days of tending bar and raising his kids are mostly used as a good way to quickly hide someone. What are the pursuers gonna do? Start a fight with him? HIM? Nearly four times the size of everyone else, and a gut that still has horror stories surrounding the number of people who met their end in it. (In addition to being the guy that controls the Lanes at this time) No, they would never. So the pursuer has to leave while Vander idly polishes a glass, and misses how he gently pets his belly to assure the person hiding within that they're safe.
I keep cackling over the mental image of him dragging someone across the bar and gulping them down and a few seconds later someone else bursts in looking for the first person. All the other patrons are just "I didn't see nothin"
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