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Orc blood color that makes sense increase immersion - hear me out
Sitol
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Hi!
I just wanted to share my idea of the small detail of the color of Ren'kai and Kai'vek.
We are used to seeing red blood but it doesn't have to be that color.
Real world reference:
Several existing animals have blue blood due to the presence of a copper-based molecule called hemocyanin in their circulatory systems. Hemocyanin plays a role similar to hemoglobin in vertebrates, but instead of iron, it contains copper, which gives the blood a blue color when oxygenated. Here are a few examples of animals with blue blood:
Horseshoe Crabs have blue blood that contains hemocyanin. Their blood is used in the biomedical industry to test for bacterial contamination in medical equipment and vaccines.
Horseshoe crab blood is valuable because it contains a substance called Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) that is exceptionally sensitive to bacterial endotoxins. LAL is derived from the blue blood of horseshoe crabs, specifically from their amebocytes (special cells involved in their immune response). This sensitivity to endotoxins makes LAL a crucial component in the testing of medical equipment, vaccines, and other biomedical products for bacterial contamination.
How red blood affects humans?
Human skin color affects colour of our skin. Generally skin colour is affected by amount of melanin, and color of underlying tissue (which because of blood mix of white and red, giving pinkish color of tissues).
If we had blue blood instead of red our tissue would have color in shades of blue, with melatonin adding yellow/brown to the mix creating shades of green.
I would personally find it immersive if both orc races would have blue blood as both of them have a mix of greens and blues as skin tone.
I just wanted to share my idea of the small detail of the color of Ren'kai and Kai'vek.
We are used to seeing red blood but it doesn't have to be that color.
Real world reference:
Several existing animals have blue blood due to the presence of a copper-based molecule called hemocyanin in their circulatory systems. Hemocyanin plays a role similar to hemoglobin in vertebrates, but instead of iron, it contains copper, which gives the blood a blue color when oxygenated. Here are a few examples of animals with blue blood:
Horseshoe Crabs have blue blood that contains hemocyanin. Their blood is used in the biomedical industry to test for bacterial contamination in medical equipment and vaccines.
Horseshoe crab blood is valuable because it contains a substance called Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) that is exceptionally sensitive to bacterial endotoxins. LAL is derived from the blue blood of horseshoe crabs, specifically from their amebocytes (special cells involved in their immune response). This sensitivity to endotoxins makes LAL a crucial component in the testing of medical equipment, vaccines, and other biomedical products for bacterial contamination.
How red blood affects humans?
Human skin color affects colour of our skin. Generally skin colour is affected by amount of melanin, and color of underlying tissue (which because of blood mix of white and red, giving pinkish color of tissues).
If we had blue blood instead of red our tissue would have color in shades of blue, with melatonin adding yellow/brown to the mix creating shades of green.
I would personally find it immersive if both orc races would have blue blood as both of them have a mix of greens and blues as skin tone.
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I want to see as much blood as possible, this ain't a Barbie MMO
I think green skin was an option for the orcs, so that's something.
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yesss need more
I have a feeling that Orcs did not evolve from Crabs. Orcs still seem to be some form of mammal.
That being said... The Gods have a hand in the appearances of their "Children", so... with High Fantasy Magic...
the color of skin and the color of blood do not have to conform with Science logic.
Just one more "something" to set our experience apart from other games of the past.
actually humans are called long pigs. Muhahahaha
Yeah, I am gonna vote to see blood when something is killed maybe have an option for people who don't want to see gore but this is not a care bear MMORPG. But why are people playing a game where you kill people, animals, and creatures and then turn around and say blood is an issue it is kinda a confusing mindset to have. Reminds me of people that eat meat but say killing animals for food is wrong. But +1 for this I would love to see some cool blood colors blue, purple, and black just some options.
Crabs are just a reference that creatures like that exist and their blue blood actually makes them less prone to have diseases which suits orc imo.
I think what I stated is true for mammals and all other creatures. It's just uncommon for an animal to have no fur and no special dye in their skin as the result of evolutionary adaptation to the environment.
Newborn mammals can a lot of times show that though or check no-fur albinos of any species. If orcs are dragonborn - check albino lizards. You''ll see natural color of tissue, with no coloration.
Not reptiles and not mammals. AFAIK.
So... the Science is not sound...
Again... the Science doesn't really matter because Verra is a High Magic Fantasy setting where Orcs were created and modified by Gods. Orcs can have whatever color blood the Gods want them to have.