| From: | Dvixen dvixen@****.com |
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| Subject: | Breeder definition |
| Date: | Thu, 18 Feb 1999 12:56:07 -0800 |
>So? They give birth to orks and trolls, too. The thing is, though, that
>there aren't enough of them. The numbers don't add up, though, unless a
>staggering percentage of humans had dwarf and elf children in 2011, and then
>stopped having that staggering percentage not long afterwards.
Okay..... Here's what I figure happened about that time regarding the
births of the metahumans, in both waves (UGE and Goblinizations)
This runs on the hypothesis that the genetic markers for metahumanity have
been present in Humanity for a while. (A long while ;) I forget what the
term for the genetic material that seems to carry no useful information is
so.... Two types of the marker (there are many of these - each with
different purposes) are 'Born with it' and 'will develop'
Kinda like the born with white skin... or will go bald by age 30 type thing. ;)
Different types of markers require a certain amount of magic to become active.
2011 - The magic became high enough to activate the first type of marker of
metahumanity activates - The genetic marker that decides whether a child is
Human, Dwarven, or Elven. Being a born with it marker, it is active before
the child is born.
2021 - The mana rises high enough to trigger the 'will develop' gene in 10%
of the population. Rotten luck for those who got that gene from their
ancestors.
Other gene markers would cause magical ability, you name it... And this
sort of inactive becoming active marker would explain the changes in the
world's flora and fauna. ;)
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