Origin
How did I get here? Was that magic?
I don't think I'm speaking English. It doesn't sound like what I remember. Am I going crazy?
World
How big is this planet? Are we even on a planet?
Where is Inath in the local geography? They sound like the most powerful polity around here, or maybe these Fukas never heard of anyone else. I should look into getting to Inath, more information should be available there.
I never heard a name for the village from these Fukas. They just call it home. Is there a name? Maybe the Inaths name it, if the Fukas don't.
Economic trade between Inaths and Fukas?
What is that big red moon up there? Why is there a total eclipse every day? It's bigger in the sky than the sun!
The moon doesn't move and the eclipse happens at the same time every day. There must be some strange astronomy that explains this.
How can I understand these people? It makes no sense that everyone here seems to speak English.
Magic
Inath magic? How does it work? What can it do?
Mentioned effects: Magic bolts, fireball
Does Tulore have magic? Probably not. I think it's just chemistry.
Monsters
Where do they come from, how do they survive, what do they eat, how do they reproduce?
How many types of monsters are there and how does one survive / kill them?
Reki
What does Danine mean by wild breeds of Rekis? Are there domesticated breeds?
It looks like a giant dog thing. Maybe they originated from dogs?
Tremor
How does it move?
What is that black area when it eats? What is that feeling it generates and how? Rein said she felt malice and I did feel *something* but I wouldn't call it malice.
How does it suck up soil?
Why does it have such a weird body plan? No mouth? Why all the teeth inside it? Surely Tulore's poisons can't turn a monster inside out.
Why did that barrel have less water in it afterwards? Did the Tremor drink some?
Night Cryer
Irld mentioned them. A 'flight' would imply that these things fly and come in groups. They also sound dangerous, judging from how they can "wipe out a platoon of Inath warriors".
The name suggests they hunt / attack at night?
What do they do? Why are they so scary?
Plants & Animals
A piyo is the primary domestic animal, so far the only I have seen. How did it evolve? What are its wild cousins?
I don't understand how the natives here can simultaneously love something for being so cute and still eat it.
I saw a rabbit the other day, I think. So some creatures are sufficiently earth-like that I can't tell the difference. So why all these extra ones?
Wind Eyes looks like some cross between corn and wheat. Similarly, how did it get domesticated and what was it before?
Stolen story; please report.
Same for Illon, which is alot like a leafy celery that tolerates drier soil.
I suppose the domestic plants will be different under different circumstances. Perhaps they just took a different path?
Grass and trees in general look the same as on Earth but I'm not a plant expert. I didn't see any ferns or vines, but perhaps I just haven't met any.
That glow around me when I woke up. What is that glow? Why did it disappear after a while or was it only that spot that has glowing species?
Fungi? I was given some button mushroom look-alikes to eat the other day too.
People
Demihumans
What is the origin of demihumans and how did they come to be?
Almost certainly not caused by human-animal interbreeding. Danine treated it as unthinkable. No such evidence for it? Or perhaps magic?
Fukas have fox-like ears and tail.
Do they have better hearing? Possibly.
What is the tail for? Balance?
They have stronger arms and legs than humans by their own claim. But also more fragile bones.
I've seen Danine's eyes glitter at times. Perhaps they are more like cat's eyes in that way?
Elkas have wings and look like children.
No baby Elkas in this village, but are they born with the wings? Looks difficult.
Wings looks extremely cumbersome and have more muscle than the rest of the body. Do the Elkas eat alot for their size?
How do the wings fold up when they land? They seem to be able to fold to nearly a tenth of the in-flight size. Seems like it's many-jointed and folds in some complicated way. I think the wings interleave but they can still unfold independently.
Even with five meter wingspans, I doubt that's enough to fly with that weight of the wing. Ri said they make themselves lighter when they fly, some sort of natural ability?
Are these demihumans a deliberate creation? If so, how were they created?
Or are they just an accident / quirk of nature here? Possibly due to exposure to magic?
Technology
Does Tulore actually know chemistry and biology? Enough to make poisons and antibiotics?
How does biology or even physics work when magic is apparently available?
She does have a crude metal still. From what I saw, it was overengineered for alcohol distillation. Maybe she was taught some?
Why does Tulore speak so differently from Danine? She sounds a bit silly at times, but I can't ask about that.
The Fukas didn't seem to know what the pulleys were. All construction appears to be supported directly from pillars and made of light material like wood. Only Toal's smithy is stone.
The most complicated mechanism is the well. There's a basic pulley-like mechanism there.
Danine showed me some letters Tulore taught her when she was younger. Apparently literacy isn't something regarded as useful but it does exist at some level.
I wonder if they have mathematics? Basic sums and bookkeeping?
I assume Inath will be more sophisticated.