I didnt articulate this well enough in the video so a few people miss understood it but, a change as drastic as the hatchfolks only happened over generations of them living in the trenches, this isnt a "all of a sudden my soldier friend turned into a rat" it was slow and gradual. so you cant just magically turn into one they are pretty much a separate race within the trenches
The idea of a war going on so long that an entire race of people diverts from your own by consuming the scraps they find there I wonder if groups of people who settled near the pillars had simmilar effects, maybe theyre more resistent to manna? Or more vulnerable to it who knows
@@paulhermann2956 generations. passed down from father to son (i have no fucking idea) i never wanted to think of exact amount of time. but its been at least 5 minutes.
It'd make for a very interesting Pen and paper tabletop game. The magic system alone allows for some pretty cool interactions. Somewhere between D&D wild magic and the Winds of Magic from Warhammer Fantasy. Combined with the grungy, WW1 trench warfare from certain factions of Warhammer 40k it'd be pretty interesting to explore it in that kind of game. There's also the possibility of an actual video game, set in the old grid style turn based dungeon crawlers. The slower pace of such games would allow for more interaction with the worlds lore which could be spread around with books and the occasional NPC's. It'd also fit in with the trench warfare aesthetic and allow combat encounters to pop in at any time as some mad lad rushed your trench and dropped in on top of you, or a raid on your section of the trench occurred during battle. Then boss battles could be against the mages of the setting or something. You could trade with the Hatchfolk for equipment and information of deeper tunnels for loot and maybe gaining the upper hand in the war. You could also possibly go through manamorphises like the hatchfolk by eating mana infected foods and developing some advantageous mutations to boost your character in certain ways, but also running the risk of having disadvantageous things happening which could balance it out.
The Hatchfolk keeping rats is actually really smart. Some militaries train rats to sniff out explosives, which might be a pretty useful ability considering where the Hatchfolk live
also as a service, certain hatchfolk living further behind the lines as explosive removal services, hoping for the next breakthough that'll move the lines, giving them a new "harvest" of sorts.
@@Giguv05 Well, it doesn't need to be that deep. Who doesn't want a squinky little fella? Tiny rats are just perfect. They're the best pets.... and pests...
@@agravemisunderstanding9668 If memory serves, when the Aztec gods were all deciding on what humans should be, Coatl was the one that actually succeeded at making a cohesive creation. And he didn't rain down panthers so.... winning was a bit easier.
Quetzalcoatl stole the bones of all the previous dead humans who all had the same height and build from mictlan or something but he fell down a cliff and broke all the bones, so he remade the humans with the broken bones and that's why there are height differences
Keeping with the theme of human transformation, for some time now I've thought a good curse in a fantasy setting would be "turn into starfish". Not in the "poof-transformation" sort of way but in the evolutionary analogue sort of way as starfish are related to humans, technically also being chordates. The transformation would start dramatically with the victim's mouth splitting in an additional three seams and splaying open. The victim's head then flattens out with the mouth widening on all five sides and the tongue fractaling into thousands of pseudopods. The crucial internal organs are reshaped and migrated into the new body, what used to be the head. The skull stretches thin to become like an echinoderm's stiff but slowly flexible exoskeleton. At this point the victim plants their face on the ground as their tongues are now their feet and the wizened hollowed body snaps off, shedding the spine just as a larval starfish does with its notochord when it reaches maturity. The transformation decelerates as smaller clean-up changes continue for some time afterwards until the victim is entirely a human reshaped into a starfish. The jury is out as to if the victim is conscious during the process, or if they retain human consciousness as a starfish. This is an economical spell, not requiring much of the user's magic reserves (if the setting cares about that) as the majority of the biological energy required for the reshaping is drawn from the body that will be discarded. Just some food for thought.
I think it would be cool if for their language instead of doing the “cowardly and weak rat-man bit” that is seen so often, they were very well spoken. I imagine they often come into contact with generals and high ranking officers when starting their scouting deals or trading maps of the tunnels and trenches. Then of course they may have their own language but I like this idea seeing as they are humans.
yea i agree, i dont wanna just go to the typical little critter voice. I do belive they would have a quicker shortened version of talking but yea for talking to people i feel they could just talk normaly.
@@monlenzit'd be interesting to see how militarism has shaped their culture and language, I wonder if they have a specific language for long distance communication or silent communication
I'm of the strong opinion that fantasy and fictional settings don't utilize the potential of altering the human body enough, so it was *delightful* to see you take a crack at it! Basing them around rats lends to some really fun societal and cultural opportunities, it's a great choice for an animal basis! The way you present your designs is always so engaging, I love both the thought process and the in-universe explanations from observers and participants, it makes it all feel so alive
Love the whole project, and the concept of manamorphosis absolutely fascinates me. Also if you want the rat people to look more uncanny valley, my uneducated tip would be to try making their eyes more foreward-facing, similar to other predators as eyes on the sides of the skull are almost exclusively found on prey animals. This is evolutionary hard-coded in our brains and from my experience at least nothing with prey like eyes can really trigger uncanny valley feeling. Either way the design is great, canny or uncanny.
Another thing with the eyes could be increasing the ratio of whites to irises. The hatchfolk in this video have very large irises and barely visible whites, similar to most animals; humans are some of the only animals whose whites are large and visible, which is why seeing an animal with small irises usually creeps people out, as they have "human-like eyes". This could be an easy way to not only signal to the viewer that these are indeed humans, but also to create a creepy feeling by seeing human eyes in a seemingly nonhuman face.
@chandlerpearce6213 It's not about the size of their pupils, but their irises. Our pupils expand and contract to fit light levels, so in any depiction of them in the light, their pupils should be small; but the size of the irises around the pupil seems to be arbitrary as far as I know
feels like a more grounded take on Skaven - I like it a lot! Especially the role they play as an important but unknowable ally to both sides in the war
This worldbuilding project inspires me, along with Fear and Hunger, to make my own project. I’m making it for a DnD campaign and your work has really inspired me to keep going. Thanks for all the hard work and wonderful content
Which part of fear and hunger is the gameplay gonna be like? Starving to death after wandering around for 6 hours or getting turned into a human earthworm and bleeding out?
@@DoctorAidsI’ve played fear and hunger using Forbidden Lands with a modified sheet and some rules changes (body locations) It’s very fun, and when everyone is constantly starving, drenched, cold and exhausted it’s very do or die
I like the design, but I think you turned the face into 100% rat, which took away the uncanny effect. I would definitely do it rat- shaped, but i would keep a human- looking nose, so that some of the facial features still remain human. It would have to make the snout shorter, maybe tilted downwards, so that the human nose doesnt stick like a horn in the air
i fucking love this style of video! the combo of "this is a thing i redesigned", "this is some lore about this thing", and "this is how they fit into the larger frame" is a balance i would like to encourage for future projects as (to me) these 3 things all explain stuff about how the world works and the various bits intersect!
Also dont forget the rats would be the go to smugglers on the battlefield, getting Verus luxurries to raum officers and vice versa. Maybe even using a monetary system like the soldiers in the trenches, with sigarettes as their currency instead of coins.
I could also see them operating with more of a bartering system, given that Ram and Verus both use different currencies, and getting access to clothes, water, etc.. directly might benefit them more than a flexible currency.
Using money from either side would also likely be a bad idea regarding there dealings with both countries, a Raum officer would likely be very hesitant to employ hatchfolks that have a suspicious amount of Verusian currency. (and vice-versa) where has if they are paid in equipment and supplies, there's no way to tell if it comes from scavenging, stealing or payements.
@@ledocteur7701 i agree. after all he did mention they will/could work for both sides at once thus food water rations maybe one of their most valued trades. or even just a officer "looking" the otherway so they may scavange for a bunch of collected dead, as another reward for their task. say a trench map of the opposing sides stuff. we have a decent wealth of stuff they can be given as reward from working. maybe if the job is one that would harm the reputation of the hatchfolk some on one side the offer is more then just supplies but like what tink wants. a place in the bunker cities. so the one whom risks it is then granted a sides sovernty.
I had a thought once. Since you made dwarves bugs, basing on norse mythology... Maybe humans could be made of clay, like in the Bible or greek mythology? Like golems or constructs. There are rock humans in Jojolion
Now, there's an interesting concept: It could explain why Humans may have to go through the trouble of pact and ritual magic, alchemy, etc. As works of artifice themselves, the magic they are imbued with may not be their own, but the lingering traces of their creators' work. Interesting! Edit: To clarify, I'm speaking generally, more as a johnny-come-lately than as a fan who would know better about how it works in Monstergarten. On that note: Awesome concept for a Race in this video!
Would be interesting, what kind of roomers the hatchlings would know about him, as on the one hand side he is called "rat catcher", but on the other, they trade with knowladge, so ty know him well, but also probably some scary falls roomers
XD now THAT is a intresting job. like your role is JUST to keep the hatchfolk out of important areas and thus got the monicer of rat catcher. lets just hope they know how to defuse the situation of their job. but hmm maybe they just the one who handles dealing with the hatchfolk often.
this is my first time ever hearing of this channel (this video was on the next up side of a video i was watching) and..... i had to pause to go "hold on, why is this guy so cool??" not only are your art, design, and worldbuilding skills stellar, but your voice acting is _super_ immersive. i think i'm gonna binge these videos today because.. this is just so calming and entertaining it's insane.
I would like to say that I really appreciate these videos, not only for the imagination they show, but because you show the process and mistakes and things like that. It’s helped give me more motivation to finally put pen to tablet and start drawing characters and creatures and such from my own worldbuilding project I’ve had brewing in my mind for a while. Perhaps someday, out on the Internet, you may glimpse images of the Root and its many alien denizens (if I ever get around to arranging a themed portfolio). Have a nice day!
What can I say except another masterful work, this is a pretty good insight in design since people often forget how just some small changes can impact a species behavior and niche.
Aquatic humans with hundreds of miniscule retractable tentacles would be a neat idea. Like a squid that can turn itself inside out and conceal tools. Squids and octopus are already so cool though 🤔
How cursed I must be by the internet to, after you said "pet rat", immediately think to myself "peet rat goomai candai!". I think it would be horrible for them to speak that way, but honestly it would be a ridiculous and bold joke that I would respect. Pet rat gummy candy is a legendary internet video, and this world is alslmost as cursed as it it, so it'd fit.
From a vet student who owns pet rats: Rats do NOT like solitude, they get depressed, their fur gets messy from lack of grooming, they get bored and kind of upset (lone rats can bite and have other disturbing behaviors like eating parts of themselves). So maybe they always have a pair or rats? Or maybe you can somehow incorporate into their culture that they don't like being (or feeling) alone? Just my 2 cents. Great design.
I've been following your series for a bit and at one point thought about making a fan character who was an explorer with a pet rat. Now I wonder what would happen if she met a hatch folk and they saw her pet rat!
Hi Monstergarden! I am curious. Since they commonly crawl through the trenches, gathering all kinds of useful things to sell back to the two main factions, do these hatch folks have ever met the Rat-Catcher? Would they accept to work for him, reporting the location of fallen mages? Or would they be terrified by the old wizard, fleeing as soon as he approaches and returning to the place only after he retrieved what he came for? My best regards to You!
You are phenomenal in your peculiar creativity and depth of detail. You grant so much brain food and I could not be more thankful. Edit: I love the fact you created a logical and quite literal "rat man" that fits so snuggly in your universe, man. I've been slowly working my own creative muscles to eventually getting to these kinds of ideas and depth.
The word "Hobbit" or "Halfling" was never uttered in the video, and I know we're supposed to be a crowd of cool, alt-fantasy guys here, but I feel I can tell pretty strongly what at least one inspiration is for these hairy, sneaky, mouse-like, hole-dwelling, no shoe wearing, thief/scout specialized, quasi humans
I love the idea of a trench system, on both sides. "Verdun, from both sides" being treated as its own biome with cultural, societal and economic rules. Like the rats are almost this neutral party that just live within this system. We don't know quite what to think, but we can't try and screw them over. I love that, the neutrality/intermediary within the front lines.
Your voice acting is excellent! I rarely hear anyone performing with this caliber of voice acting on a channel like this, it's impressive and will really keep me coming back to your channel.
I am in love with this video, from the art to the narration to the description. Dude, I could hear an audiobook from you talking about this. A true source of inspiration. As a DM myself, this is so enjoyable to feed the imagination.
I have this image of a Qu giving Simon some stink eye for stepping on their territory. I do really like the idea of trying to intentionally mutate people what's the magic in order to try to get some benefit out of it I wondered if it would be possible ever since I learned the metamorphosis, I hope to be a vet one day where you get to explain some of the more unique or fascinating mutations that people have gotten.
2:56 This part reminded me of the X - Files, often in episodes involving the government doing some sort of experiment. And their test subjects often being soldiers and whatnot being told to keep quiet if they had survived whatever the government had done to them. Unlikely this was inspired by X - Files though, you see that trope everywhere nowadays.
I really like the hatchfolk. It's making me think of how hatchfolk society would operate. Would it be a caste system? A merit system? Do they have local authorities in their settlements (there must be some bigger settlements dug beneath the ground farther away from the trenches no?). Considering Tink wants to become a blacksmith in baseliner human society leads me to believe that the hatchfolk aren't that organised throughout the trenches so their settlements don't reach sizes where jobs like blacksmithing would become a thing found there.
ended up loosing track of this channel and was very happy to see this video pop up in my recommended. so happy to see how your progressing with your world and that dwarves got a figure. looks great and didn't realize thier beards where visible whilst egged up. keep up the great world building
Idea looks very cool. I would like to diffrenciate then from Warhammers "Scaven", by making them nice. Scaven are very bad... just evil. I think that the little pet rats could be a window into a kind and compasinate side of them, obvoiusly stifled by the circumstances but still noticable in their everyday behaviour. I think this would keep them enjoyable to follow ...and keep any bad faith interpretations about disabled and disfigured people away. Anyway, love you're work, can't wait for the dwarf, and sory for my poor english.
Rats are known to be empathetic animals-proven in lab experiments where they will release a fellow rat placed into an uncomfortably small cage without expecting a reward for it.
Also its clear they're mixed, some working "honest jobs" as scaverngers, others stealing and even causing fights to get the really valuable stuff. Now one might think if this people would develop a nobility of sorts, or maybe even a town or nation at some point.
Awesome work! I'd say this is my personal favourite among all your designs so far! I love how they somehow look kind and friendly, but a little creepy at the same time. I can imagine how talking to one of them would make you feel tense and how one would jump at every opportunity to reassure oneself that the hatchfolk are kind people, just cursed with their warped bodies 😬
Love Tink! Wonderful concept. I don't like the fantasy trope where all members of a species love mining or dance around the trees. I hope he becomes an independent work owner. Maybe even get a sponsorship.🎉🎉
I stumble upon your vids every once in a while, and always end up drawing after. Thank you for sharing all your thoughts and ideas. It's very inspiring!
Love the idea of humans having to change due to either the need for it the world gives them or due to use/abuse of certain magics. As you said just at the very start, lots of potential in just changing how we humans looks a bit(not always all, but some or straight up another specie/subespecie of humans), be it something simple like with an elf or something like yours, we need more of it for real. Also is funny in a good way that you decided we should get to look a bit more like rats.....normally when I think about another species of human in any fantasy world I tend to think about them with more monkey like aspect, since we are so close genetically, but as far as I know we are also very alike to rats in DNA so it has sense(we test medicines and such with them after all).
Not saying I don't absolutely love this, but I still want to see more races/species such as the dwarves. It strikes me as odd that there would be exactly 2 sapient species in the world, even with all the ways humans have mutated through magic.
Fantastic video! If you’re looking for speech patterns from the hatchfolk, the skaven have an excellent set of speech patterns that is absurdly endearing and full of so much personality.
I didnt articulate this well enough in the video so a few people miss understood it but, a change as drastic as the hatchfolks only happened over generations of them living in the trenches, this isnt a "all of a sudden my soldier friend turned into a rat" it was slow and gradual. so you cant just magically turn into one they are pretty much a separate race within the trenches
That definitely needed the clarification good catch 👍
The idea of a war going on so long that an entire race of people diverts from your own by consuming the scraps they find there
I wonder if groups of people who settled near the pillars had simmilar effects, maybe theyre more resistent to manna? Or more vulnerable to it who knows
How ***ing long has this war been ongoing!? 👀
(Also love your videooosss
@@paulhermann2956 generations. passed down from father to son (i have no fucking idea) i never wanted to think of exact amount of time. but its been at least 5 minutes.
ANIMORPHS!
That’s how you can get uncanny valley.
_Rats, we're rats, we're the Rats. We prey at night, we stalk at night, we're the Rats_
*I'm da giant rat that MAKES ALL OF DA RULES*
"Let's see what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into!"
@@hasturthekinginyellow5003 thank you herma
Skaven-thing reference-easter-egg? Glory to the-the Great Horned Rat-thing
@@franciscomoutinho4390The Great Horned Germa but close.
plz dont redesign me
too late
you will be redesigned, please do not resist
@@monlenz NOOOOOoooooooooo...
@@monlenzFor the love of Gawd, Don't turn me into the peak of mankind
@@monlenz do I have a say on the feature? if I must have a horse face can I at least get a horse
you know
YOU ARE BEING TURNED INTO A MARKETABLE PLUSHIE. Please do not resist.
That's the thing about life, sometimes you get MASS PRODUCED
NOOOAAAAAAaaaaahhhhhhhh.....
The more I learn about this world, the more I want to . . . well, maybe not visit it, but definitely observe it from a distance.
a very, VERY safe distance.... To be precise
It'd make for a very interesting Pen and paper tabletop game. The magic system alone allows for some pretty cool interactions. Somewhere between D&D wild magic and the Winds of Magic from Warhammer Fantasy. Combined with the grungy, WW1 trench warfare from certain factions of Warhammer 40k it'd be pretty interesting to explore it in that kind of game. There's also the possibility of an actual video game, set in the old grid style turn based dungeon crawlers. The slower pace of such games would allow for more interaction with the worlds lore which could be spread around with books and the occasional NPC's. It'd also fit in with the trench warfare aesthetic and allow combat encounters to pop in at any time as some mad lad rushed your trench and dropped in on top of you, or a raid on your section of the trench occurred during battle.
Then boss battles could be against the mages of the setting or something. You could trade with the Hatchfolk for equipment and information of deeper tunnels for loot and maybe gaining the upper hand in the war. You could also possibly go through manamorphises like the hatchfolk by eating mana infected foods and developing some advantageous mutations to boost your character in certain ways, but also running the risk of having disadvantageous things happening which could balance it out.
It'd definitely be interesting to look into a sort of living snow globe of this world and see the endless amount of strange things lurking
because i have next to no self preservation instincts i proably would be in the deep.
Like a quick safari in a protective vehicle and with an experienced guide to point at the wounded soldiers, bleeding magic as I take my pictures
The Hatchfolk keeping rats is actually really smart. Some militaries train rats to sniff out explosives, which might be a pretty useful ability considering where the Hatchfolk live
also as a service, certain hatchfolk living further behind the lines as explosive removal services, hoping for the next breakthough that'll move the lines, giving them a new "harvest" of sorts.
I wonder how much sense it would make when Hatchfolk themselves have a massively improved sense of smell thanks to manamorphosis
@@Giguv05 still useful probably because its not putting one of themselves in danger
@@Giguv05 Well, it doesn't need to be that deep. Who doesn't want a squinky little fella? Tiny rats are just perfect. They're the best pets.... and pests...
I redesigned humans
-Quetzalcoatl
Why did you choose Quetzalcoatl?
@@agravemisunderstanding9668 If memory serves, when the Aztec gods were all deciding on what humans should be, Coatl was the one that actually succeeded at making a cohesive creation. And he didn't rain down panthers so.... winning was a bit easier.
@@cosmicmuse2195 The previous attempts had trouble with jaguars, not panthers, but otherwise you remember correctly.
Quetzalcoatl stole the bones of all the previous dead humans who all had the same height and build from mictlan or something but he fell down a cliff and broke all the bones, so he remade the humans with the broken bones and that's why there are height differences
"I resigned human (no s)" -The aliens in 2001 a space odyssey
This is the perfect balance of silly, disturbing and tragic. I love it.
"my skin just didn't want to stick to me anymore"
Oh hey, just casually handing out nightmares here, no big deal.
That phrase genuinally almost made me puke.
@@Anne_Drawings saaaame I actually got shivers and my stomach turned
Keeping with the theme of human transformation, for some time now I've thought a good curse in a fantasy setting would be "turn into starfish". Not in the "poof-transformation" sort of way but in the evolutionary analogue sort of way as starfish are related to humans, technically also being chordates. The transformation would start dramatically with the victim's mouth splitting in an additional three seams and splaying open. The victim's head then flattens out with the mouth widening on all five sides and the tongue fractaling into thousands of pseudopods. The crucial internal organs are reshaped and migrated into the new body, what used to be the head. The skull stretches thin to become like an echinoderm's stiff but slowly flexible exoskeleton. At this point the victim plants their face on the ground as their tongues are now their feet and the wizened hollowed body snaps off, shedding the spine just as a larval starfish does with its notochord when it reaches maturity. The transformation decelerates as smaller clean-up changes continue for some time afterwards until the victim is entirely a human reshaped into a starfish. The jury is out as to if the victim is conscious during the process, or if they retain human consciousness as a starfish. This is an economical spell, not requiring much of the user's magic reserves (if the setting cares about that) as the majority of the biological energy required for the reshaping is drawn from the body that will be discarded. Just some food for thought.
@@ckl9390i regret reading this but i am also horrifyingly intrigued
I think it would be cool if for their language instead of doing the “cowardly and weak rat-man bit” that is seen so often, they were very well spoken. I imagine they often come into contact with generals and high ranking officers when starting their scouting deals or trading maps of the tunnels and trenches. Then of course they may have their own language but I like this idea seeing as they are humans.
yea i agree, i dont wanna just go to the typical little critter voice. I do belive they would have a quicker shortened version of talking but yea for talking to people i feel they could just talk normaly.
@@monlenzit'd be interesting to see how militarism has shaped their culture and language, I wonder if they have a specific language for long distance communication or silent communication
so just make them British?
I imagine that much of their language would be silent or quiet. Hand signals and posture, stuff like that.
@@kahlzun and also incorporating the noises of rats; squeaks, chirps, growling, grumbling, either as a tell for tone or as a full language.
I love the character portraits!!!! It really makes the world feel more personal
yea i wanted to try out this idea, i really like it as well and i will totally play around more with this idea as i really see the potential.
"Do not upset the Rats. You do not want to make an enemy out of the Things In The Walls" is a chilling quote
I'm of the strong opinion that fantasy and fictional settings don't utilize the potential of altering the human body enough, so it was *delightful* to see you take a crack at it! Basing them around rats lends to some really fun societal and cultural opportunities, it's a great choice for an animal basis! The way you present your designs is always so engaging, I love both the thought process and the in-universe explanations from observers and participants, it makes it all feel so alive
I agree strongly with this opinion.
Love the whole project, and the concept of manamorphosis absolutely fascinates me.
Also if you want the rat people to look more uncanny valley, my uneducated tip would be to try making their eyes more foreward-facing, similar to other predators as eyes on the sides of the skull are almost exclusively found on prey animals.
This is evolutionary hard-coded in our brains and from my experience at least nothing with prey like eyes can really trigger uncanny valley feeling.
Either way the design is great, canny or uncanny.
Makes sense since human eyes tend to look forward. And they're still human.
Another thing with the eyes could be increasing the ratio of whites to irises. The hatchfolk in this video have very large irises and barely visible whites, similar to most animals; humans are some of the only animals whose whites are large and visible, which is why seeing an animal with small irises usually creeps people out, as they have "human-like eyes". This could be an easy way to not only signal to the viewer that these are indeed humans, but also to create a creepy feeling by seeing human eyes in a seemingly nonhuman face.
@@bjartskular0interesting implications since they live in the dark, and larger pupils help you see in the dark better
@chandlerpearce6213 It's not about the size of their pupils, but their irises. Our pupils expand and contract to fit light levels, so in any depiction of them in the light, their pupils should be small; but the size of the irises around the pupil seems to be arbitrary as far as I know
@@bjartskular0 cool, I didn’t know they. I’ll keep that in mind when designing things in the future
"My skin just didn't want to stick to me anymore" is an extremely horrifying thing to hear, thanks
feels like a more grounded take on Skaven - I like it a lot! Especially the role they play as an important but unknowable ally to both sides in the war
They do hatchery, have uncanny resemblance to the kobold. Before becoming little Dragon Man.
@@madfox7758 They actually look a lot like early kobolds from editions of D&D before the scales and
association with dragons was introduced.
This worldbuilding project inspires me, along with Fear and Hunger, to make my own project. I’m making it for a DnD campaign and your work has really inspired me to keep going. Thanks for all the hard work and wonderful content
Fear & Hunger? So your goal is to traumatise your players? I respect that.
Which part of fear and hunger is the gameplay gonna be like?
Starving to death after wandering around for 6 hours
or getting turned into a human earthworm and bleeding out?
@@DoctorAidsI’ve played fear and hunger using Forbidden Lands with a modified sheet and some rules changes (body locations)
It’s very fun, and when everyone is constantly starving, drenched, cold and exhausted it’s very do or die
I like the design, but I think you turned the face into 100% rat, which took away the uncanny effect. I would definitely do it rat- shaped, but i would keep a human- looking nose, so that some of the facial features still remain human. It would have to make the snout shorter, maybe tilted downwards, so that the human nose doesnt stick like a horn in the air
i fucking love this style of video! the combo of "this is a thing i redesigned", "this is some lore about this thing", and "this is how they fit into the larger frame" is a balance i would like to encourage for future projects as (to me) these 3 things all explain stuff about how the world works and the various bits intersect!
New halfling just dropped
At first I was a bit confused, but now I think I'm slowly getting used to my new design. Thx for the redesign Monstergarden!
"it's bad to play god"
Monstergarden's honest reaction:
"You're allowed to play god, so long as you're good at it" -Dr. Ludwig 'medic tf2'
We don't "play god", we're professionals.
"PLAYING GOD IS A SOMETIMES THING" -Big D. Hunter The Parenting
Also dont forget the rats would be the go to smugglers on the battlefield, getting Verus luxurries to raum officers and vice versa. Maybe even using a monetary system like the soldiers in the trenches, with sigarettes as their currency instead of coins.
I could also see them operating with more of a bartering system, given that Ram and Verus both use different currencies, and getting access to clothes, water, etc.. directly might benefit them more than a flexible currency.
Using money from either side would also likely be a bad idea regarding there dealings with both countries, a Raum officer would likely be very hesitant to employ hatchfolks that have a suspicious amount of Verusian currency. (and vice-versa)
where has if they are paid in equipment and supplies, there's no way to tell if it comes from scavenging, stealing or payements.
@@ledocteur7701 i agree. after all he did mention they will/could work for both sides at once thus food water rations maybe one of their most valued trades. or even just a officer "looking" the otherway so they may scavange for a bunch of collected dead, as another reward for their task. say a trench map of the opposing sides stuff. we have a decent wealth of stuff they can be given as reward from working. maybe if the job is one that would harm the reputation of the hatchfolk some on one side the offer is more then just supplies but like what tink wants. a place in the bunker cities. so the one whom risks it is then granted a sides sovernty.
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Yes-Yes! 🐀
RATS RATS RATS
I had a thought once. Since you made dwarves bugs, basing on norse mythology... Maybe humans could be made of clay, like in the Bible or greek mythology? Like golems or constructs. There are rock humans in Jojolion
pr maybe they could have came from mud, kinda like islam leaving the reader wondering if that means literally or if they evolved to humans
Now, there's an interesting concept: It could explain why Humans may have to go through the trouble of pact and ritual magic, alchemy, etc. As works of artifice themselves, the magic they are imbued with may not be their own, but the lingering traces of their creators' work. Interesting!
Edit: To clarify, I'm speaking generally, more as a johnny-come-lately than as a fan who would know better about how it works in Monstergarten. On that note: Awesome concept for a Race in this video!
Your world is so fresh. This is what fantasy should be.
"How cute, they're still in the drawing phase lol"
- Scientists in some underground military base.
Reads the thumbnail 😳:
Let him cook
Moderators, redesign this man's balls.
Tink looks like a LONG Bilbo Bagins.
The first person description of him being in the hospital was so vivid and uncomfortable in a really good storytelling way!
Waitwaitwait if hatchfolk are sometimes called "rats", then are they what the Rat Catcher catches?
We dont talk about that.
Would be interesting, what kind of roomers the hatchlings would know about him, as on the one hand side he is called "rat catcher", but on the other, they trade with knowladge, so ty know him well, but also probably some scary falls roomers
well, time to write erotic fan fic
XD now THAT is a intresting job. like your role is JUST to keep the hatchfolk out of important areas and thus got the monicer of rat catcher. lets just hope they know how to defuse the situation of their job. but hmm maybe they just the one who handles dealing with the hatchfolk often.
all tomorrows mentionned letsgoooo
SKAVEN MOMENT YES! YES! 🐭
very very nice. I think you're narrator voice and overall delivery of lines has improved quite a bit, can't wait to see more :)
I wish Tink all the best, he's really out there in the trenches in the most relatable way...
dude all of you work is so insanely cool. Just love it, from one artist and lore writer to another, just amazing world building and amazing art man.
this is my first time ever hearing of this channel (this video was on the next up side of a video i was watching) and..... i had to pause to go "hold on, why is this guy so cool??"
not only are your art, design, and worldbuilding skills stellar, but your voice acting is _super_ immersive. i think i'm gonna binge these videos today because.. this is just so calming and entertaining it's insane.
When Monstergrarden drops my mouse breaks the speed of sound.
1:17 got that 🎶mana in my system, mana in my system🎶
Another gem, Simon. I love these guys :) The storytelling is captivating too.
Also, fantastic title ^^
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thank you bonky!
I would like to say that I really appreciate these videos, not only for the imagination they show, but because you show the process and mistakes and things like that. It’s helped give me more motivation to finally put pen to tablet and start drawing characters and creatures and such from my own worldbuilding project I’ve had brewing in my mind for a while.
Perhaps someday, out on the Internet, you may glimpse images of the Root and its many alien denizens (if I ever get around to arranging a themed portfolio).
Have a nice day!
this looks like something out of the dark crystal and i'm all for it
I was thinking the same thing. They kinda look like a Gelfling, but if they were the monsters instead
What can I say except another masterful work, this is a pretty good insight in design since people often forget how just some small changes can impact a species behavior and niche.
0:13 I don't like that "Yet". Sounds like a threat more than anything XD.
I am a huge fan of your work please don’t stop doing what you’re doing
i love ur artstyle its so amazing and the characters you make are always so great to look at
I just recently discovered your channel, and as an aspiring writer and game designer your process and world is incredible and inspiring
Things are fleshing out so well. Cant wait for the rest!
This reminds me of when I got bored and thought about what a "non-anthropomorphic human" would look like and settled on a long legged savannah mouse
Aquatic humans with hundreds of miniscule retractable tentacles would be a neat idea.
Like a squid that can turn itself inside out and conceal tools.
Squids and octopus are already so cool though 🤔
How cursed I must be by the internet to, after you said "pet rat", immediately think to myself "peet rat goomai candai!". I think it would be horrible for them to speak that way, but honestly it would be a ridiculous and bold joke that I would respect. Pet rat gummy candy is a legendary internet video, and this world is alslmost as cursed as it it, so it'd fit.
From a vet student who owns pet rats: Rats do NOT like solitude, they get depressed, their fur gets messy from lack of grooming, they get bored and kind of upset (lone rats can bite and have other disturbing behaviors like eating parts of themselves). So maybe they always have a pair or rats? Or maybe you can somehow incorporate into their culture that they don't like being (or feeling) alone? Just my 2 cents. Great design.
I've been following your series for a bit and at one point thought about making a fan character who was an explorer with a pet rat. Now I wonder what would happen if she met a hatch folk and they saw her pet rat!
the rat socks is what sold me.
i would definitely be one of these guys in your world
YO YOU TOOK INSPIRATION FROM GARAGE? That game has an amazing aesthetic. It’s so awesome that the game managed to influence your work!
Hi Monstergarden!
I am curious. Since they commonly crawl through the trenches, gathering all kinds of useful things to sell back to the two main factions, do these hatch folks have ever met the Rat-Catcher? Would they accept to work for him, reporting the location of fallen mages? Or would they be terrified by the old wizard, fleeing as soon as he approaches and returning to the place only after he retrieved what he came for?
My best regards to You!
Wwwwwooooo great stuff I love how you bring new unique life to old more boring concepts in fantasy
I love the little rats they carry around. Do you suddenly crave cheese more after this transformation?
i feel like they would for sure like cheese more, also LOVE your stuff man! eagerly waiting your next upload aswell!
You are phenomenal in your peculiar creativity and depth of detail. You grant so much brain food and I could not be more thankful.
Edit: I love the fact you created a logical and quite literal "rat man" that fits so snuggly in your universe, man. I've been slowly working my own creative muscles to eventually getting to these kinds of ideas and depth.
I think you should do something with fire mages or a people that practice fire magic with different colors of fire.
The word "Hobbit" or "Halfling" was never uttered in the video, and I know we're supposed to be a crowd of cool, alt-fantasy guys here, but I feel I can tell pretty strongly what at least one inspiration is for these hairy, sneaky, mouse-like, hole-dwelling, no shoe wearing, thief/scout specialized, quasi humans
WAKE UP BABE NEW HUMANS JUST DROPPED!!! 🗣 🗣 🗣 🗣 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
I love the idea of a trench system, on both sides. "Verdun, from both sides" being treated as its own biome with cultural, societal and economic rules. Like the rats are almost this neutral party that just live within this system. We don't know quite what to think, but we can't try and screw them over. I love that, the neutrality/intermediary within the front lines.
give the man-things the perfect-flawless form-shape, yes-yes
Your voice acting is excellent! I rarely hear anyone performing with this caliber of voice acting on a channel like this, it's impressive and will really keep me coming back to your channel.
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I am in love with this video, from the art to the narration to the description. Dude, I could hear an audiobook from you talking about this. A true source of inspiration. As a DM myself, this is so enjoyable to feed the imagination.
I have this image of a Qu giving Simon some stink eye for stepping on their territory.
I do really like the idea of trying to intentionally mutate people what's the magic in order to try to get some benefit out of it I wondered if it would be possible ever since I learned the metamorphosis, I hope to be a vet one day where you get to explain some of the more unique or fascinating mutations that people have gotten.
"I redesigned humans"
Damn, God is getting creative this season
10:02 "JUNE FIRST!"
Dark crystal energy, this rules
Let’s goooooo - shout out to Skyhornet 5:41
2:56 This part reminded me of the X - Files, often in episodes involving the government doing some sort of experiment. And their test subjects often being soldiers and whatnot being told to keep quiet if they had survived whatever the government had done to them. Unlikely this was inspired by X - Files though, you see that trope everywhere nowadays.
the Great Horned Rat rises...
I really like that instead of just telling us about the world you are doing so through the eyes of characters. This makes it SO much more interesting.
I really like the hatchfolk. It's making me think of how hatchfolk society would operate. Would it be a caste system? A merit system? Do they have local authorities in their settlements (there must be some bigger settlements dug beneath the ground farther away from the trenches no?). Considering Tink wants to become a blacksmith in baseliner human society leads me to believe that the hatchfolk aren't that organised throughout the trenches so their settlements don't reach sizes where jobs like blacksmithing would become a thing found there.
ended up loosing track of this channel and was very happy to see this video pop up in my recommended. so happy to see how your progressing with your world and that dwarves got a figure. looks great and didn't realize thier beards where visible whilst egged up. keep up the great world building
Idea looks very cool.
I would like to diffrenciate then from Warhammers "Scaven", by making them nice. Scaven are very bad... just evil. I think that the little pet rats could be a window into a kind and compasinate side of them, obvoiusly stifled by the circumstances but still noticable in their everyday behaviour. I think this would keep them enjoyable to follow
...and keep any bad faith interpretations about disabled and disfigured people away.
Anyway, love you're work, can't wait for the dwarf, and sory for my poor english.
Rats are known to be empathetic animals-proven in lab experiments where they will release a fellow rat placed into an uncomfortably small cage without expecting a reward for it.
Also its clear they're mixed, some working "honest jobs" as scaverngers, others stealing and even causing fights to get the really valuable stuff.
Now one might think if this people would develop a nobility of sorts, or maybe even a town or nation at some point.
Awesome work! I'd say this is my personal favourite among all your designs so far! I love how they somehow look kind and friendly, but a little creepy at the same time. I can imagine how talking to one of them would make you feel tense and how one would jump at every opportunity to reassure oneself that the hatchfolk are kind people, just cursed with their warped bodies 😬
Love Tink!
Wonderful concept. I don't like the fantasy trope where all members of a species love mining or dance around the trees. I hope he becomes an independent work owner. Maybe even get a sponsorship.🎉🎉
It's always a pleasure seeing you upload. Such interesting designs. Love your style.
Ratatouille 2 looking fire 🔥 🔥🥵
I cannot describe how much i love your content. The detail, the quality. You're a damn wizard. I want that dwarf!
when you started showing off your ratified humans, my mind went to the shin sekai yori anime.
I stumble upon your vids every once in a while, and always end up drawing after. Thank you for sharing all your thoughts and ideas. It's very inspiring!
Crazy? I was crazy once! They locked me in room, a Roberta room, a ruuber room with hatchfolk
MANA IN MY SYSTEM‼I GOT THAT MANA IN MY SYSTEM‼
GIGA
CHAD SIGMA
LOOKSMAXED HATCHFOLK
The recounting of the experiment was incredible. Such good writing and voice acting!
ALL TOMORROWS MENTIONED
LESS GOOOOO
I love that book
And the author (though I haven't met him in real life)
NoOo Petah! Don’t turn me into a marketable rat person!
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MONSTERGARDEN ULOAD
I love the idea of the role these guys play in war
Love the idea of humans having to change due to either the need for it the world gives them or due to use/abuse of certain magics.
As you said just at the very start, lots of potential in just changing how we humans looks a bit(not always all, but some or straight up another specie/subespecie of humans), be it something simple like with an elf or something like yours, we need more of it for real.
Also is funny in a good way that you decided we should get to look a bit more like rats.....normally when I think about another species of human in any fantasy world I tend to think about them with more monkey like aspect, since we are so close genetically, but as far as I know we are also very alike to rats in DNA so it has sense(we test medicines and such with them after all).
🎶mana in my SYS TEM🎶
🎶Mana in my SYSTEMMM🎶
Dear god the seal clip lmao
I love your way of re imagine stuff. Keep the good work, I am eager to what comes after :)
Not saying I don't absolutely love this, but I still want to see more races/species such as the dwarves. It strikes me as odd that there would be exactly 2 sapient species in the world, even with all the ways humans have mutated through magic.
Fantastic video! If you’re looking for speech patterns from the hatchfolk, the skaven have an excellent set of speech patterns that is absurdly endearing and full of so much personality.