Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5629281-20140612235633/@comment-1738746-20150921083233

73.140.210.118 wrote: Well, it's believed that their species may have originated from the Hist (a kind of sentient tree). As a result, I don't think they could be considered dinosaurs. Just plant-lizard-men. For all we know, those aren't feathers, they could be leaves. This is true from the game's lore perspective, but I think from the designer's/concept artist's perspective, their design may have been based on humanoid dinosaurs as someone linked above. The feathers make sense as well considering birds evolved from dinosaurs (many are actually more closely related to ancient dinosaurs than crocodiles are)- feathers actually evolved from scales. You can see their close similarities when you compare bird downy feathers to lizard scales. While feathers don't protect as well as scales do, they give better ventilation and as such, better regulation of body temperature, something that's very important for reptiles.