any characteristic of the argonians can be changed in the presence of the hist (see morphological changes from TES III-V) but while argonians (and their eggs) are particularly ‘maleable’ the hist can change about anything in black marsh.

the question here is what the characteristics the hist made to facilitate reproduction far afield, the existence of argonians that had never been to black marsh is established but the difficulty/danger associated isn’t elaborated. it’s possible grains, even heaps of argonians might’ve lived so disconnected from the hist that they might still possess traits from TES III like reverse legs—populations in morrowind for example.

of course they do, why else would the hist put them there? they’re clearly an aid for raising hatchlings where they can’t hunt in warm pools for the first grains of their lifecycle

i don’t even like skyscrapers? who actually does?

sure, it was impressive and artistic for maybe a decade just to flex on gravity, but we’ve had these things for a century and no real-life utility has been found. office towers are ridiculous hubris that coasted on structural inertia decades after the ‘conveinience’ of having these offices so close together was outdated. the vaunted “space-efficiency” is grains to the heap of overall city density, cut the towers and add one floor to the surrounding couple sq km. same deal.

fuck towers

happens to the eggshell though

absorbed, at least in cases where a shell is formed at all, some animals like this just have yolk. it’s a few grains from placenta and continuously nourishing an embryo though, the yolk can run out and they wee thing gets out or they’ll switch to eating other eggs or uterine secretions.

because argonians are presumably one species (naga are questionable) the switch to live-birth shouldn’t be too “advanced”, probably just weak-shelled eggs and no uterine action after the yolk is spent. infant mortality in places like skyrim is probably pretty high.

truestul posting on my hexagonal bear? it’s more likely than you think.

really though how in the hist does this shit work? there an egg in there? do argonians in black marsh come from eggs but do live birth elsewhere? the latter actually happens within some real species. egg laying–>live birth has been done a heap of times in evolution.

Species at least has slightly more scientific categorical grounding

homo species are extremely contentious, no one agrees how many there are. sometimes new samples are given new species names, while some folks put those new grains in an existing heap. like sure OOP’s a bit cheap for that answer but homo erectus is definitely people.

very intelligent predecessors

those were humans though, i don’t think the heap of australopiths did any of op’s tech.

If this keeps up maybe the right will kill each other for us.

Farage is just trying to recoup respectability, even conservative press have been on his ass for him and his lieutenants taking heaps of bribes lol. When he thinks it’s blown over (with the parliamentary investigation that may be quite a while) he’ll start praising them and calling them good ole boys.

did you know there’s a party in spain today called izquerrda republicana? like hero-cult of manuel azaña founded in '77. and they’re in the left united front list with the PCE, lmao.

obviously kinda silly but its fascinating theres still a heap of a couple hundred libs out there with an anti fascist line that includes communists before christian democrats. an endangered species

this is brilliant, this is important, we should all listen to checks notes Breaking Benjamin frontman Benjamin Burnley’s opinions on Fallout 4 modding.

incredible work Benji, i can only hope the grains of that other modder’s critique festers into a heap of unhinged posting

hell yeah he is never misses

i literally can’t look at these grain without a heap of laughter

grains to heaps it is MY BOY

what a post, “CHEKIST”?? literally noone knows the precursor to the KGB was the Cheka girl go to bed

fr, i’m not sure even the suicidally fascist germans would go full-tilt without France’s nukes, soldiers, and functioning arms industry behind them. all power to melenchon, genocide illimité on le heap de penne and horizon/en marche

Russia has myriad short-term tactical advantages that could be parlayed into a war-plan:

-No peer experience in Eastern Europe

-Lack of materiel because it was sent to Ukraine and not replaced (an enormous heap of ammo, ‘obsolete’ vehicles, missiles, etc etc. was sent to Ukraine under the premise of “modernization” of NATO forces, but mere grains of replacements from the US, UK, FR and ROK have actually materialized)

-Distance of potent NATO forces (France, US)

And if there’s any doubt and delay in entry of Europe at large–that 2.5 million under arms is just paper. Would Turkey actually move troops from around Syria and Kurdistan if it’s not under attack? Will France abandon its toe-hold in Françafrique? Will/can the US perform the logistical task of moving and supplying those European troops? Sweden and Finland have impressive numbers but how are they getting stuck in? Crossing the Baltic? Invading Karelia?

I know it’s terrifying to admit but there’s a quite plausible case for a(n imagined) brief supporting thrust against NATO to force the collapse and capitulation of Ukraine, if (as I posited in the OP) Ukraine is only holding on due to NATO defending it.

oh and will they succeed? Baltics are toast within a week, Poland will get a black eye but even with a comprehensive Russian mobilization Europe has a lot of bodies and a couple experienced units that can stall the advance before it gets too far. i mean assuming Europe jumps right in, any measure of hesitation and the Russians are fighting hollowed-out heaps of conscripts with days of ammo for weeks/months, who knows how far they’ll punt em

it’s a species of , not quite the same.

the only strategic reason for Russia to strike west is if these territories are used (more openly) as launch pads for attacks on russian territory and troops. NATO preparing for Russian aggression outside Ukraine is essentially telegraphing that the final phase of Ukraine-War-Planning is to allow “Ukraine” to retaliate against Russian advances from the safety of NATO borders and air defences.

To be clear there’s a million grain heap of insane Eurolibs that have convinced themselves Putler will do so just for ‘fascism’ and evil; but just because they are the loudest voice we should believe NATO generals when they say they’re designing a legitimacy framework for WW3 on the continent. the only way they’ll be arrested is defeat in other theaters depleting their capacity enough, or political changes in the west.

wasn’t this clown an offspring of marechal bernadotte? to be clear all royal lines are bs but the “swedish” one being from a provincial gascon attorney’s son has to be the least grains in genealogical heap 21st century people are expected to respect.

well it’s close run with the pahlavi, fortunately no-body has to respect them anymore

the CIS has droids and cyborgs in its military brass. also they’re paid. and volunteers.

also droids aren’t part of the living force so they shouldn’t have a grain of rights to begin with

core propaganda, the government with heaps of clone slaves doing all their fighting are surely trustworthy reporters of human rights abuses

remember kids, there are no bras in space

ngl you see heaps of terrible bronze sculptures on the internet these days i’d begun to think US artists (or the people comissioning them) were too cheap and enshittified to produce quality—and while these have a certain fetishism they’re without doubt fabulously crafted. look at that texture on jabba, the feathers on the cat’s back