Not such a great morning

Looks a lot like R<Searchable phrase redacted>k, doesn't he? But that's his older brother, R<Searchable phrase redacted>e, who is an asshole. Originally it was his father, but I wanted a more dramatic pose, and L<Searchable phrase redacted>k is too stoic for that.

Unlike his little brother, R<Searchable phrase redacted>e is not above smacking dogs for barking at him. Moral of the story: tape your dog's mouth shut when there's a giant bear thing outside your cabin.

M<Searchable phrase redacted>S FACTOID TIME!!!!

99.99% of interactions between B<Searchable phrase redacted>v and humans end in a snack for one and a quick end for the other. That is not to say interactions are common, though it often feels that way for the M<Searchable phrase redacted>v. If a B<Searchable phrase redacted>s comes across five humans in a year, that may seem like a lot, but that's still only 5 missing people in a 200 square mile territory. Hardly a blip. Additionally, those 5 missing people are most likely vagabonds, journeymen, vagrants, criminals, or lost travelers, and their disappearances are easily written off in any number of ways. Not enough to arouse suspicion from locals, but enough to cause certain routes and areas to seem more dangerous than others, inadvertently leading to fewer encounters (thankfully for the humans).

But this leads us to another odd tidbit: despite the seeming rumblies in the tumblies that only lost travelers can satisfy, M<Searchable phrase redacted>v do not go actively hunting for humans. unless they're in the habit. If a B<Searchable phrase redacted>v stumbles across a human in their territory, they will probably eat them just because they're there and humans are very helpless and tasty, and also because B<Searchable phrase redacted>v are pretty much always constantly hungry all the time. (which sucks for them, but it's due to only being awake for half the year). Even if a B<Searchable phrase redacted>s isn't hungry though, they'll probably still kill any humans they come across since they really just don't give a flip.

Seem gross? Borderline cannibalism? It absolutely is. I'm not glorifying it. It's not meant for fetish-fuel or vore material. This is a disturbing and frightening aspect of this world that has a complicated background, and it makes sense when considering the nature of M<Searchable phrase redacted>v and their history. it also adds a certain degree of importance to R<Searchable phrase redacted>k and K<Searchable phrase redacted>n's relationship but shhhh

But wait? Why do M<Searchable phrase redacted>v never seem to want peaceful interactions with humans? Why do they seem to think eating humans is an acceptable way of dealing with them? (spoiler: it's not). The answers to these questions lay in the origins of these creatures, and that, my friends, you'll learn about later in my story.