New Posts For Thread: Why do the Daelkyr look humanoid?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29498157/Why_do_the_Daelkyr_look_humanoidDoesn't really make sense if they are supposed to be the rulers of Xoriat shouldn't they look more alien?My thoughts:First, bear in mind that the Daelkyr aren't "the rulers of Xoriat". There are other things more powerful than they are in Xoriat. They are simply the most powerful entities that have taken an interest in interacting with other worlds. Sechttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29498157/Why_do_the_Daelkyr_look_humanoid?post_id=526367315#526367315My thoughts:First, bear in mind that the Daelkyr aren't "the rulers of Xoriat". There are other things more powerful than they are in Xoriat. They are simply the most powerful entities that have taken an interest in interacting with other worlds. SecSun, 25 Nov 2012 17:42:12 -0600Human adaptability ensures that humans would be the finest guinea pigs for increasingly insane experiments and breeding programs, so it would make sense for the Daelkyr to create them for later "products" of various sorts to be tested on. Maybe one ohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29498157/Why_do_the_Daelkyr_look_humanoid?post_id=526359245#526359245Human adaptability ensures that humans would be the finest guinea pigs for increasingly insane experiments and breeding programs, so it would make sense for the Daelkyr to create them for later "products" of various sorts to be tested on. Maybe one oSun, 25 Nov 2012 13:15:52 -0600Orlassk and Kyrzin were both creators of creatures who weren't technically aberrant (medusa and ooze, respectfully), but were still different enough from other life forms that they match what a warped mind could produce. I'd say that a human's abilithttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29498157/Why_do_the_Daelkyr_look_humanoid?post_id=526315423#526315423Orlassk and Kyrzin were both creators of creatures who weren't technically aberrant (medusa and ooze, respectfully), but were still different enough from other life forms that they match what a warped mind could produce. I'd say that a human's abilitFri, 23 Nov 2012 18:36:54 -0600I would imagine the Daelkyr look Human -because- they're the master's of the Realm of Madness. Humans are clearly the most mentally unstable race.Or they seeded Eberron with Humans to begin with. Or it's because Humans are (Currently) the dominant sphttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29498157/Why_do_the_Daelkyr_look_humanoid?post_id=526296347#526296347I would imagine the Daelkyr look Human -because- they're the master's of the Realm of Madness. Humans are clearly the most mentally unstable race.Or they seeded Eberron with Humans to begin with. Or it's because Humans are (Currently) the dominant spFri, 23 Nov 2012 01:17:47 -0600While coming up with a cool explenation, or wondering about it, is certainly fun (and having humans being first experiments from Delkyr is somewhat fun, humans being natural creatures seems to contradict that), there could be simple other explenationhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29498157/Why_do_the_Daelkyr_look_humanoid?post_id=526192705#526192705While coming up with a cool explenation, or wondering about it, is certainly fun (and having humans being first experiments from Delkyr is somewhat fun, humans being natural creatures seems to contradict that), there could be simple other explenationMon, 19 Nov 2012 03:22:39 -0600