Mh4u bomber cat6/20/2023 ![]() Cha-cha and Kayamba of MH3 and MH3U are the only shakalakas known to have willingly interacted with human society, otherwise shakalakas tend to keep to themselves. ![]() They are small, green-skinned, goblin-like creatures, known for always wearing masks and for their dancing. Shakalakas are the last group of lynians, and are more distantly related to felynes and melynx. If the bomb goes off on a felyne or melynx, they will become extremely intoxicated, to hilarious effect. When used on a monster (or another hunter, hehehe), a felvine bomb draws all nearby felynes and melynx with it’s enticing scent, and they will attack the target in a frenzy. Hunters can exploit this, either by carrying felvine on them to entice melynx to steal it rather than more valuable items, or by using it to craft felvine bombs. (Note that in the villages that do have statues and altars, those statues and altars are almost always the drop spots where you can go to try to reclaim your stolen items if a melynx makes off with them.) So, rather than being compulsive thieves who steal just for the sake of it, I believe melynx are actually very purposeful in their stealing.įelynes and melynx both share of a love of a plant called “felvine”, inspired by the real world silvervine, a plant of Asian origin with strong catnip-like properties. Thus, I believe that the melynx one encounters out in the field are actually members of raiding parties, and that this is how the felyne and melynx villages are able to survive in such varied and extreme locations: by raiding other felyne/melynx villages, raiding human/wyverian villages, and attacking hunters for supplies and to obtain offerings for their altars. While it is known that they are aggressive thieves out in the field, even to the point of stealing from other melynx, they do not attempt to steal or attack hunters if the hunter is visiting their villages, and they apparently do not attempt to steal from members of their own village (else the felynes would likely not tolerate them either). Kleptomania is a compulsive disorder, marked by an overwhelming urge to steal just for the sake of it. It is my theory, however, that the label of “kleptomaniac” is misplaced. Because of this, they’re often labeled kleptomaniacs, and are far less tolerated in human and wyverian society than felynes are. Melynx are known for their thievery, as hunters are well aware of their tendency to attack and steal items without provocation while out in the field. ![]() They wear handkerchiefs and pouches made of woven green grasses, and carry their cat paw staves. Melynx are the close cousins of felynes, and are noted for their black and white fur with black and pink markings, although other shades exist among melynx palicoes.
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