Originally posted by Cherppow
The little details also caught my eye; Nolthrir gills,
Speaking of these: I have always wondered where the Klyros\' gills are. Personally, I\'d have put them beneath the big scales on their belly, which would enable them to be protected from dust when not in water. Another option is to have them at the throat. Having them where they are located at the Nolthrir doesn\'t look feasible to me, because there are the bones of the jaws, and also it would mean that the water has to be pumped through the throat to reach the actual gills, because the head doesn\'t provide room for them.
I think gills will take up a similar space as do lungs, so I imagine a shared system, in which gills can function in air by
1) keeping the gills themselves wet
2) filtering the air through the nose, possibly even piping the air through a little reservoir of water that circulates in the gills. A small quantity of water may suffice, which would not add to weight significantly.
This would apply to all races with gilled and pulmonary respiration, but not the Kran, for their different though as of yet unrevealed breathing apparatus.
