Do Sylvari fart?
It’s been stated they don’t have internal organs, so it’s hard to say whether they’d be subject to flatulence. It’d depend on how close whatever they use as a digestive system mirrors how the human one works. I haven’t seen anything on it in game, and I don’t really expect to- ArenaNet doesn’t really go in for fart humor, for which I am duly grateful.
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That’s incorrect, Aaron. They do have internal organs, they just are dramatically different from that of animals. It was clarified by Ree Soesbee that the blog post you linked to was unclear, and meant that they don’t have organs like animals do – they do have a digestive system (it’s even been recently stated that their poop is mulch).
So I’d say that since they have a digestive system, they do fart. Farts form from chemicals being made during digestion.
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+ If we’re extracting organs from plant monsters á la Mordrem, I don’t see why Sylvari shouldn’t have any. ;P
The only internal organs they are missing for certain are the ones for reproduction. For anything else, they probably have at least something akin to organs that emulates their functions. (As example, their digestive system might function akin to the liquids in pitcher plants)
Though, there’s a high degree of “It’s magic!” with sylvari biology and not too much on their anatomy beside that blog post…
In fact they have these too, since they’re human mimic, but they aren’t functionning. They’re sterile.
Nope, they have the external organs (twigs and berries. Badumtsh) but on the blog post linked above it says clearly
but they cannot sexually reproduce as the other races do; they have no internal organs capable of creating children.
So yes to sterile, no to internal organs for procreation.
+ If we’re extracting organs from plant monsters á la Mordrem, I don’t see why Sylvari shouldn’t have any. ;P
The only internal organs they are missing for certain are the ones for reproduction. For anything else, they probably have at least something akin to organs that emulates their functions. (As example, their digestive system might function akin to the liquids in pitcher plants)
Though, there’s a high degree of “It’s magic!” with sylvari biology and not too much on their anatomy beside that blog post…
Well akkkshhually le sigh the Mordrem are not necessarily plant creatures but rather creatures corrupted by Mordremoth. The wolves for example are dead wolf carcasses with parasitic plant creatures on them (likely responsible for killing them). I am not sure if the Teragrifs were Colocals or if there are non-corrupted Teragrifs further into Maguuma. You will notice the trolls have also been similarly corrupted.
Actually, teragriffs’ bodies show to be fully planty – if any part of them isn’t planty, it’s just the skull, but the rest is very clearly plant unlike the wolves. Thrashers too. Trolls are questionable – they kind of look like infested trolls, but some may be just flesh-like plant skin; same goes for Menders, though the menders look far more akin to teragriffs in skin (which again, is very much planty). Husks are fully planty, naturally.
Most Mordrem appear to be corrupted plants, rather than corrupted animals. The only one known to be once an animal is the wolf, which is a corpse controlled by a flower Mordrem’s roots.
And even if teragriffs and trolls are corrupted animals: husks and thrashers are not, and we’re harvesting fangs, tendons, bladders, and spleens from them.
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Well, the trolls are corrupted with fungal growths and the bee hives are actually growing inside the trolls’ bodies. If you look closely at them you will see this. It is also confirmed in the wiki. The wolves, we know as well are corrupted by parasitic plants and remain under Mordrem control even when the host has died. Interestingly, the wiki says that they’re not wolves but Sylvan Hounds. I didn’t know that to begin with and was just basing my theories on observation.
Regarding the Teragrifs, I am not entirely sure whether their skin is bark or a chitinous shell. There is an undeniable resemblance between Colocals and Teragrifs. Teragrifs are of course more aggressive in appearance and have horns. If they are corrupted Colocals, that would explain the chitinous features.
As fas as the Menders go, I think they are similar to the trolls. Their corruption seems fungal in appearance and their flesh appears to show massive signs of decay. Again, I am unsure of the texture on their arms and legs. They either resemble thick, leathery skin or bark from the corruption. Still, to me they seem like corrupted Mergoyles/Gargoyles from their stature, animations, and appearance. If you take a close look at the face, you will see the same pointed jawline and chin. It could also easily be a re-used resource though and I don’t recall Mergoyles in the Maguuma Jungle.
The thrashers and husks are indeed organically plants and do have organs so no difference of opinion on that. No reason Sylvari wouldn’t also have organs and function.
Well, the trolls are corrupted with fungal growths and the bee hives are actually growing inside the trolls’ bodies. If you look closely at them you will see this. It is also confirmed in the wiki.
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- I wrote that on the wiki. NEVER use the wiki for proof, it is written by players and thus subject to fallacies.
- I’m aware of the appearance of trolls, and that is why I wrote such on the wiki (and you’d note the wording includes appear thus not definite), though a lot of people thought the Mordrem Wolves were nothing but but a skull with a wolf-shaped plant; it wasn’t until we got a very close up look that we were able to tell the difference (and incidentally, I was the one who first pointed it out to folks…).
Interestingly, the wiki says that they’re not wolves but Sylvan Hounds. I didn’t know that to begin with and was just basing my theories on observation.
Point 1 above. Dunno who wrote that, since they’re very clearly wolf corpses. Only Overgrown Wolves might have once been sylvan hounds – as they use Thorn Wolf models which were sylvan hounds turned to the Nightmare. Aaaaand, I’ve edited the Mordrem Wolf article – seems the culprit was Somohexual, who was most likely copy/pasting from other articles and slipped up.
Regarding the Teragrifs, I am not entirely sure whether their skin is bark or a chitinous shell. There is an undeniable resemblance between Colocals and Teragrifs. Teragrifs are of course more aggressive in appearance and have horns. If they are corrupted Colocals, that would explain the chitinous features.
The bodies are neither bark nor shell; the skin is more akin to cacti or flower stems rather than bark, and are most certainly not shells or skin. Colocals have skin and fur, no shells. There is a similarity between the two, yes, but I’d argue this similarity is more along the lines of Primordus’ destroyers mimicing living creatures than a case of corrupted colocals. The pincers of the teragrifs, for example, are completely disconnected from the main body. Furthermore, the “fully grown” teragriff seen during E6 had wings unlike colocals.
Colocals have no chitinous features.
As fas as the Menders go, I think they are similar to the trolls. Their corruption seems fungal in appearance and their flesh appears to show massive signs of decay. Again, I am unsure of the texture on their arms and legs. They either resemble thick, leathery skin or bark from the corruption.
Their skin matches the teragriffs, actually, and they hold no fungus-like appearance. The size also argues plant-made rather than corrrupted animal, but my question comes in the hands, existence of toenails, and the horns – though the horns do appear bark-like, the hands/feet are still questionable.
Still, to me they seem like corrupted Mergoyles/Gargoyles from their stature, animations, and appearance. If you take a close look at the face, you will see the same pointed jawline and chin. It could also easily be a re-used resource though and I don’t recall Mergoyles in the Maguuma Jungle.
There were no mergoyles in the Maguuma; their frame is actually shared with trolls. Mergoyles and gargoyles were also made of stone – at least partially – though such would account for the oddity of the hands and apparent toenails…
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No, they just smell bad.
Going back to the original question, it would depend on the specific biological processes Sylvari use to digest their food. I would lean towards “yes”, since all animal species rely on symbiotic bacteria living in their intestines to help break down food, the process of which creates methane and other gases which is where farts come from. It would seem logical that Sylvari also have the same.
Think swamp gas.
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Questions like this really demonstrate the level of the Guild Wars lore post-GW2.
Ah, the good old days, where almost every non-human group’s lore was just a handful of red names!
Rose colored glasses aside, there certainly is a place for less serious questions like this one- and that place is now here, like it or not, since they shut the race sub-forums down.
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