YMMV / Tales of Kaimere

• Hilarious in Hindsight: The main giant theropods of the setting are giant megaraptorans that grew to apex predator status after a mass extinction. At the time of the original writing, megaraptorans were not known to have reached substancial size, making the Kaimeran forms distinctly enormous and got that way following an extinction of large Carcharodontosaurids and Tyrannosaurids. Eventually, a large megaraptoran called Maip was discovered in Argentina that was closer to the likes of Allosaurus or T.rex in scale and is believed to have come about in the wake of the extinction of the large Carcharodontosaurids that lived before them.
• Magnificent Bastard: Trickster's Gambit: Indrakai is a trickster spirit of Pakardiant folklore renowned for his knack for bending the rules of nature to his whim without outright breaking them. He tricks and steals fire from the sky people so that the Kaimerans could use it to keep warm, later transforming a dying witch into a skin-changer to help ward off the demon Olikideu. Taking an interest in Ja'Kosi as she awaits the forest's judgment, Indrakai ingratiates himself to the girl, helping keep her alive over the three-day period and hearing her stories with the ulterior motive of getting her to admit to her act of murder. Killing her vengeful former lover Kiriq when he tries to murder her and make it look like a firebird did it, he succeeds in getting Ja'Kosi to confess to the crime, berating her for not owning up to her violent nature and punishing her by transforming her into a mindless demon to serve his interests, telling her that he held nothing against her and fading into mist with a grin on his face.

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