Concede the point about speed, however circulation remains. The giraffe, while being two feet taller, has four legs and too much blood pooling in the lower legs is a constant concern, as is extreme lower leg blood pressure. The Lorenvolk are even more vertically oriented with a higher heart and almost as tall, and while weighing half as much as a giraffe, has two legs. Shouldn't keeping blood pressure down be a chief concern?
I thank you for the rapid response. Dialogue is the most fruitful means of conversing :)
That the Lorenvolk are stronger given the sort of allometric scaling you are describing is indubitable. A six foot six man, this being for the purpose of determining Lorenvolk weight, has a normal weight of 195 pounds via the Hamwi formula. Double all his dimensions to make him 13 feet tall, his mass is multiplied by 8 as the cube root of length varies with mass proportionally. Therefore it weighs 1560 pounds. Something that huge, as big as the biggest polar bear, should be slow.
Breaking news: Biomechanics and physics work the same for tyrannosaurs, elephants, blue whales, humans and fantasy giants attempting to be realistic. By all means the OOC is the place so anyone else considering giants can know the practical ramifications.
In the case of Robert Wadlow, tallest man ever, cartilage and circulation was at issue. As height increases, distance blood must travel increases twofold, thus Work done by the heart increases by twice the amount height increases.
To the contrary, if Lorenvolk are equally proportioned to humans, they would be certainly slower if not weaker. There is a reason elephants don't look like giant mice.
As a general note, anyone wanting to hide and never, ever, ever be found is more than welcome to come to Suehania. They aren't motivated by anything but love of money and their own freedom. You show up in the tavern one morning with a sword in one hand and a bag of silver in the other, you're welcomed. Naturally they won't trust you but so long as you got the dough to buy a farm and a rudimentary understanding of the language, you are alright.
Wernher said
Well, if it means anything to you So Boerd I'm on your side and I for one, also had to deal with Alfhedil's hilariously bad temper and insults. Come now bro, I'm sure we can brew something epic without that guy.
Please, call me Ender. This alias has outlived its usefulness.