[quote=@Antarctic Termite]
I feel like Ashlings already occupy a pretty White Walker-esquire space in the current compendium of species, although I'd be pretty proud of this roleplay if we managed to introduce yet another parasitoid sentient race without major thematic overlap. Parasites, man. Parasites.

Also totally up for building a Troy or two.

[@Scarifar] Oh fuck, whoops. I think I had some or other yarnball suffocate a hain while it was within the Nice border earlier. How strong is the effect on non-sentient critters? Does predation count as murder?
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Now that I think about it, I don't think it even affects non-sentient creatures, at least not as badly as it does sentient creatures. After all, predation is natural as long as it doesn't needlessly inflict pain and suffering.

That may not actually be the case in real life nature, at least not all the time.