My view is "Skull Fire" was caused by dieteray patterns i.e. cannibalism, and not a hereditary disease. No doubt Ull's children were fed human flesh by the Udam. But after being adopted into the Wenja, their dietary patterns will change accordingly. The amount of human flesh they consumed probably wouldn't be significant enough to trigger "Skull Fire" at such a young age. So no, my belief is that Ull's children won't contract "Skull Fire" because they abandoned cannibalism in time at a young age.
Even if they do not have as long a life expectancy as uncontaminated by cannibalism Wenja they might still contribute much to the tribe even adding some genetic variation. To be honest I think they might be as doomed as their parents but if they bred with the Wenja they might at least save their offspring from the Skull Fire menace. I may be being a bit harsh but I think it is perhaps more realistic that the issue is cured generationally rather than just due to a late change in diet For example: as the Udam believed cannibalism was a cure not the disease they might have been stuffing their offspring full of Wenja in a vain attempt to prolong the next generation - ironically ensuring their doom.
As I stated it seems a generational issue. The inbreeding had popped to the back of my mind but I am positive was in there. Cannibalism and inbreeding I imagine a very poor combination of factors for good health. At the risk of stating the obvious not eating your own species acts as a natural bar to the easy propagation of diseases carried and affecting your kind whilst inbreeding tends to create genetic issues of vulnerability as diversity is I imagine confounding to diseases that exploit a particular set of vulnerabilities. Although I am a layperson that knows little about medical stuff that seems to make sense to me.Originally Posted by HorTyS Go to original post
Why would a tribe leader have a say in that?Originally Posted by Rickvs64 Go to original post![]()
Takkar would have to be a manic dictator to do the above, usually in FC you fight against manic dictator / mad leader types, rather than become them at least that seems the idea.Originally Posted by HorTyS Go to original post