Lalafell Predators

Hello!

I apologise for a potentially very simple question, but I'm not sure exactly how to word it to search for the answer.

In the lore I've read, Lalafell Plainsfolk are originally from the "South Sea" islands and lived in thatched huts with elaborate networks of tunnels running below them. They also often have light coloured hair to help them better blend in with the terrain in order to stay hidden from rocs (giant birds of prey)

So my question is, how often do you think lalafell are eaten? c_c

Like, do you think it's infrequent enough where there would be this panic afterwards, or do you think it's a common enough occurrence where people would generally be like, oh, it's so sad... we all need to remember to be careful.

Well, size doesn't always mean that you're food. I believe it is the lalafells ability to use tools and think critically and abstractly that is what leads them to being a populous race. Kinda like us hyur--humes--humans! *cough*

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Originally Posted by Wolfandre

Well, size doesn't always mean that you're food. I believe it is the lalafells ability to use tools and think critically and abstractly that is what leads them to being a populous race. Kinda like us hyur--humes--humans! *cough*

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Right, but like, humans are pretty smart, and we can get eaten sometimes?

Like, there's this web page that says:

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They began to migrate to Eorzea when maritime trade routes opened up. One theory as to why they have green hair, is because it let them blend in with grass to avoid being eaten by the avian predators called giant rocs that hunted in their homeland.

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I can't imagine they wrote that themselves, though I'm not sure exactly where they got it from? That's what lead to my question.

At first, I thought this was a thread about lalafells as sexual predators (not too farfetched, based on their conversations).

Then after reading the OP, I wondered how many Rocs actually fly into underground tunnel networks. Then I was thinking about where I've seen Rocs; the FATE "Roc of Ages" is in Coerthas, closest to Ishgard, I'd guess. Then I wondered how many lalafells originated in Coerthas.

Then I remembered a quote from an Austin Powers movie reminding me not to think too much about the details.......

Half the Fates in Ul'Dah are about having to deal with some giant monster or other that keeps eating Lalafels, so I think the answer to your question is "A lot".

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Originally Posted by FJerome

Half the Fates in Ul'Dah are about having to deal with some giant monster or other that keeps eating Lalafels, so I think the answer to your question is "A lot".

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Not just Thanalan, there's Fates in La Noscea and the Shroud that are also about preventing stuff from eating Lalafell...

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I believe it is the lalafells ability to use tools and think critically and abstractly that is what leads them to being a populous race.

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I think it's our ability to make lots of sexy time that led to us being a populous race. ALL RIGHT!

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Half the Fates in Ul'Dah are about having to deal with some giant monster or other that keeps eating Lalafels, so I think the answer to your question is "A lot".

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Every time you lose a FATE, Lalafells get busy replacing the ones the monsters eat.

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Originally Posted by PArcher

Not just Thanalan, there's Fates in La Noscea and the Shroud that are also about preventing stuff from eating Lalafell...

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Makes you wonder if we're missing something...

What? No, I'm not holding a bottle of barbecue sauce. That's... that's my special Macuahuitl polish!

In all honesty, I don't think they are particularly more predated than the other spoken races, sorta. They are the tinyest spoken, thus if any of them is going to end up in the sights of a large predator, it's them first.

That said, gotta remember Eorzea is a dangerous world, specially if you're not a person trained in a combat art. Thus, casualties are definitely far higher than the ones we are used to in real life.

I think there is a mistranslation that has gone horribly wrong, we eat everything in our path. We are the top of the food chain.

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Originally Posted by Niniyo

They also often have light coloured hair to help them better blend in with the terrain in order to stay hidden from rocs (giant birds of prey)

So my question is, how often do you think lalafell are eaten? c_c

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Never, the roc breeds with them, that's why we have sahagins

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Originally Posted by AngelicBeing

I think it's our ability to make lots of sexy time that led to us being a populous race. ALL RIGHT!

Every time you lose a FATE, Lalafells get busy replacing the ones the monsters eat.

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Thought this thread would be a discussion as to why 99% of Lala's talk exactly like this.

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Originally Posted by ruinedmirage

At first, I thought this was a thread about lalafells as sexual predators (not too farfetched, based on their conversations).

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I pictured the Predator's face on a Lalafell body. I'm not sure which is worse.

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Originally Posted by FJerome

Half the Fates in Ul'Dah are about having to deal with some giant monster or other that keeps eating Lalafels, so I think the answer to your question is "A lot".

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Originally Posted by PArcher

Not just Thanalan, there's Fates in La Noscea and the Shroud that are also about preventing stuff from eating Lalafell...

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And these two pretty much answered the question. Lalafell seem to be in about as many food chains as water is.

If FATE descriptions are any indication, Lalafells get eaten a lot o_o It seems like half the FATEs I run into say Lalafells are the victims of whatever monster needs slaying.

Which makes it all the more awesome when Lalafells fight with tenacity.

THE FOOD THAT BITES BACK! :cool:

The time for the smallfolk to be nothing but fodder is over. NOW, we EAT everything else >:)

The irony is, there's a few instances of hyur being mentioned as prey for monsters as well (there's a ziz-type mob in Eastern Thanalan that shows up in a levequest called 'hyur-eating pelican', and a FATE in the Central Shroud involves a young hyur woman whose hyur partner was torn to pieces and devoured by raptors - the FATE begins with the poor girl blabbering that the raptors "have just finished devouring her beloved and now they're after her!"). So lalafell can at least take heart in knowing they're not the only race to be treated as food! ;)

The idea of lalafall (or smallfolk) being considered food is also a reflection by the development team of an old joke from FFXI about the lalafells' Vana'dielian cousins, the tarutaru, who were often joked about by players being food for taller races (mithra especially). ;) Ferne likes to put in-jokes from the community in the actual game so this could just be yet another fandom joke made canon.

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Originally Posted by Grembo

Thought this thread would be a discussion as to why 99% of Lala's talk exactly like this.

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I have no objections to this statement.

Also, boobies.

Well... I did ask about do early Miqo'te hunt and feed on Lalafells.

And if Lalafell think Miqo'te fur = warm and fuzzy.

I can't remember where I read it, but apparently miqo'te actually don't have fur at all - we're basically just hyur with cat ears and a tail. Unlike our Vana'dielian mithra cousins, who actually did have fur. ;)

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

I can't remember where I read it, but apparently miqo'te actually don't have fur at all - we're basically just hyur with cat ears and a tail. Unlike our Vana'dielian mithra cousins, who actually did have fur. ;)

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Well current Miqo'te may not have, but the early Miqo'tes that lived during the great ice age, may have fur.

Not forgetting you cats do have some fuzzy tails.

The Master Race? Being PREYED upon by other larger creatures?! Ha! What a load.

I mean if we were talking about some measly human or elf or something similar, it might make MORE sense but not the best and most powerful beings in the game. Come on, that's just ABSURD.

Now if you want to talk about other players preying on lalas, I.E. lalaphiles, then we'd have a more discussion worthy topic.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

The irony is, there's a few instances of hyur being mentioned as prey for monsters as well (there's a ziz-type mob in Eastern Thanalan that shows up in a levequest called 'hyur-eating pelican', and a FATE in the Central Shroud involves a young hyur woman whose hyur partner was torn to pieces and devoured by raptors - the FATE begins with the poor girl blabbering that the raptors "have just finished devouring her beloved and now they're after her!"). So lalafell can at least take heart in knowing they're not the only race to be treated as food! ;)

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I doubt that most of the larger predators would ONLY go after Lalafell (or Hyur in those cases); they'd grab whatever wanders into their path and doesn't fight back too much. Any Roe pilgrims or non-combatants would be just as appetizing (or even moreso, with more muscle mass on average than the other races) as a Lallafell, Elezen or Huyr.

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Originally Posted by PArcher

I doubt that most of the larger predators would ONLY go after Lalafell (or Hyur in those cases); they'd grab whatever wanders into their path and doesn't fight back too much. Any Roe pilgrims or non-combatants would be just as appetizing (or even moreso, with more muscle mass on average than the other races) as a Lallafell, Elezen or Huyr.

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You do know that Roegadyn are too strong and mighty to get eaten, right? I mean, cmon now, surely you know that much? :P

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Originally Posted by Skaenryss

You do know that Roegadyn are too strong and mighty to get eaten, right? I mean, cmon now, surely you know that much? :P

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A few pecks to the head, everything stops moving.

Pretty much everything in Thanalan wants to eat Lalafells. I mean, 90% of FATEs consist of killing mobs so they "don't make a meal of the smallfolk". So I'd say Peistes, Amall'jaa, adamantoises, and pretty much everything else in Thanalan wants to eat them.

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Originally Posted by Lucke

Pretty much everything in Thanalan wants to eat Lalafells. I mean, 90% of FATEs consist of killing mobs so they "don't make a meal of the smallfolk". So I'd say Peistes, Amall'jaa, adamantoises, and pretty much everything else in Thanalan wants to eat them.

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Why would bees wanna eat them...

Adamantoises? They probably mistaken them as cherries.. easily solved if all Lalafell get an Afro haircut.

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Originally Posted by HumsterMKX

Why would bees wanna eat them...

Adamantoises? They probably mistaken them as cherries.. easily solved if all Lalafell get an Afro haircut.

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Well, you see, Eorzean bees will lay eggs in the small ones ears while they sleep. The eggs will hatch and can munch on fresh Lalafell. Trust me, I'm a professional Eorzean beeologist.