Uploaded: 3 years ago
Views: 15,725
File size: 348.54 KiB
MIME Type: image/jpeg
Resolution: 1766x1350
Comments: 20
Favorites: 255
The life of a girl-trader is one of difficult choices, and carefully balancing expenses and benefits.
To maximize profit you need a heavy-duty cart to carry your goods, and a draft beast to pull it that can be fed with something readily at hand and is highly fuel-effective. Pure herbivores aren't viable in the dry plains and badlands of the goblin realms, and most large carnivores have a fast metabolism and a great need for water, not to mention a difficult temperament.
The omnivorous giant slug (Limax voracis maxillima for scholars) may seem like an odd choice, but it is only marginally slower than an ox and can last well over a week on a single large meal. Sacrificing part of your wares to fuel your draft beast may seem counter-productive, but it is in fact more efficient long-term than dedicating a large part of your carriage space just for expensive beast feed - not to mention that unattended girls can often be found wandering the streets, frolicing in the fields or refreshing themselves at rivers and ponds, making it easy to refill the tank or resupply the cart at no cost.
Savy goblin merchants will therefore often employ these docile and woman-hungry gastropods; one live, wiggling meal is enough to keep the beast happy and sated through the entire voyage, slowly and steadily providing nutrients and fluids to the slug through a week-long digestive process, while allowing the cart's entire cargo space to be dedicated to saleable livestock.
Please login to post a comment.
Posted by Ammu 3 years ago Report
fuel for his mule?
Posted by ragnar 3 years ago Report
Indeed, and as we all know, trolls and goblins are fond of rhymes!
Posted by Ammu 3 years ago Report
I was mostly referencing this this https://youtu.be/P4Hk4ZMTkBw?t=48
Posted by ragnar 3 years ago Report
Oh, didn't catch that reference!
Posted by DJ4K 3 years ago Report
Savvy and savory. XD
Nice art and cool story.
Posted by ragnar 3 years ago Report
Thank you!
Posted by yetAgain 3 years ago Report
I really like this one! Slugs are underrated preds, and the description is great.
Posted by ragnar 3 years ago Report
Thanks! It started as a sketch and then I got carried away with details, and it was fun doing a little bit of worldbuilding around it!
Posted by WarewolfBarMitzvah 3 years ago Report
Just make sure not to salt its food...
Posted by ragnar 3 years ago Report
Oh no, poor old Bessy would not like that!
Posted by Meowsticdude 3 years ago Report
I really like the plausible explanation you implemented into this picture. I'd love to see more like this!
Posted by ragnar 3 years ago Report
I do enjoy writing fantasy lore, and making scenes with little stories like this. I'll make sure to do more in the future! ;)
Posted by RyouBoy 3 years ago Report
Oh my, considering how a slug's radula works, that lady is having a jolly good time ;D
Posted by ragnar 3 years ago Report
She's in for a ride, that's for sure!
Posted by nomnomfap 3 years ago Report
Helps get her down when the food is making its own lubricant!
Posted by ragnar 3 years ago Report
Indeed!
Posted by averyhillpeak 3 years ago Report
This is such an interesting bit of world building and a nice sketch to boot. Would love to see what other beasts these traders use...
Posted by ragnar 3 years ago Report
Thank you! I do have some friends who are very fond of goblins, so you can expect to see more goblins with beasts and damsels in the future!
Posted by PokoTheGobbo 3 years ago Report
Sounds like a nice and slow digestion, giving the girls at least some time in the VIP seats of the ride before they get mushed
Posted by Donkeykangto 3 years ago Report
This is great. Loving headfirst vores with girls, specially when its slugs