So, on the Scrib, the lack of information on it and the possibility of expanding on the subject.
I'll quote the original post before moving further.
Originally this had started with the intent to create a personal mod. A Scrib companion and is quickly evolving into something more. So I am applying my own philosophy of "Lore imitates life."It's no secret. While some love Guars, I personally, have a love for Scrib. Sadly, there isn't much information on the creatures. The Imperial Library - Scrib lists all the Library has on them, or at least all that come up with "Scrib" in the search.
Now, in my absence, I have had the pleasure to help work on the creation of two Play-by-post RPG's, and this alone has ignited a passion for what I call, "Lore Imitates Life" ... Simply, that Fantasy, or even Science Fiction creations, should imitate real life in some way. While Sci-fi gadgets have real life counterparts (usually in reverse. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," comes to mind - The Submarine before there were Submarines.) or that Fantasy creatures have real life counterparts. i.e., Don't Cliff Racers resemble a popular flying dinosaur? That said, with the lack of information on Scrib, why don't we create some?
To me, Scrib look like a terrestrial crustacean. An Isopod. They seem to me, to be an invasive species like Carp. Also like carp, they are edible (Scrib Jelly). This brings me to an interesting conclusion. If all of the above is true, there would be different varieties that some enterprising Dunmer could breed to create new, decorative species. Now, if you're thinking "Koi!", you're on the right track. Koi are in fact a domesticated, decorative variation of the common carp.
If this is the case, then there is a lot of "fluff" information that can be thrown in. General flavor, like the description of the Scrib as an Isopod with a "modified" cephalic shield covering the head and segmented body, as opposed to a dorsal carapace ... along with information on how decorative Scrib may possibly be bread.
Thoughts? Japes? Cabbage?
That brings me to something that has never made sense ... at least not to me. Another member at the GHF forums pointed it out.
Now, without duplicating my own reply, I would agree and it seems to far more likely to me, that Scrib would be in a symbiotic relationship with Kwama, rather than a larval stage of the kwama life-cycle.Deathstalker13 wrote:It seems odd to me that Scribs are the larval stage of kwama. How does a scrib metamorphosis into either a hulking, boar-sized insect with no neck, or a leech?
Discuss?