[aceofAces]

I honestly don't know how tall Quain is. My guess is 9ft but honestly I'm not quite sure.

Anybody have a better guess?

[ThatGuyThisGuy]

Someone asked Kern and the only thing he gave as an answer was that she was over seven feet tall. It was said elsewhere she was as tall as a Dark elf.

[aceofAces]

http://i.imgur.com/61QTDm8.jpg
Well I attempted to gauge how tall Quiain is and well it's a little rediculus to me.

Y'know considering that if she IS 9ft, then she's TALLER THAN THE FREAKING HULK

(picture is in link because of size)

[Hellsion]

[Doom Chinchilla]

I've done some scaling images - using Robert Wadlow, who actually WAS 9 feet tall - and found that honestly, Quain looks like she's closer to 7 feet tall. I'll explain. Here's a pic of Robert Wadlow, next to his father, who was around 6 feet:


Now, using the power of Photoshop, I was able to increase his father's image size to 7 (scale) feet - really, just increased height and width by 1/6 (or 16.666%, if you want to get technical), to get an estimation of how tall he'd be in proportion. Turns out, that doesn't match what the comic shows - supposedly, dokkalfar are 9 feet tall, and drow are 7 feet tall and Quain is as tall as a dokkalfar, but the comic contradicts that chart. Then, I increased his father's height to 8 feet, using the same proportions. It still didn't match.

What I DID see though, was that, when comparing the 7 foot tall father imposed next to the 6 foot tall one - was that the 7:6 ratio more accurately matched what's seen when Quain is compared to other Drow, then the 9:7 or 9:8 ratio did. The comic's visuals suggest that Quain is closer to 7 feet tall, and average Drow around 6 feet.

But then, what do I know? I'm just a grouchy ASVSer who thinks that visuals take precedence over background supplemental materials.

A video featuring Wadlow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RexHt_1ra3c

You know, female drowolath are 7 feet 4 inches on average, and the devesses and guards who are usually around Quain are probably on the tall side...

If Quain were "only" 7 feet tall, she would be shorter than most other female drow.

[Doom Chinchilla]

What was being said here was that the chart contradicts what's actually seen in the comic. Proportionately - hell, even when Quain is next to Zala or Ash - is that they fit better if Quain is about 7'4" and the average lath woman closer to 6'4".

Because, even IF they were 7 feet tall, and Quain 9, they wouldn't even come up to Quain's shoulder.

Not to mention the average Ssu woman is 6'7" - according to that chart, and in the scenes where Quain and that Ssu Sargh Dev'ess are together, her head is above Quain's elbow - which is where it would be if the chart were accurate.

Itan'sha Mae'yukir Sarghress may be an abnormally tall drowussu woman. Chiri and Lulianne, both petite when compared to lath women, are probably better representatives of average ssu (or mixblood) women.

What bugs me is that light elves seem no taller than ssu. Drow are supposed to be shorter than surface-born elves.

[Gunbird]

Obsidian, did you talked to Kern on the stream yesterday about the drow hight ?

[AnoP]

And another thing, if Mel - who is as tall as Quain

No . Not quite.

who should be 6'7" would only come up to her elbows.

On what basis is this argued ?

That's not what we see.

Lu and Mel next to eachother. Assuming Mel is between 8.5 feet to 9 feet , and in MS Paint Lu is 199 pixels high, whilst Mel is 252 pixels high, Lu's height in feet should be
199 / 252 x B , where B is some number between 8.5 and 9
At 8.5 Lu height = 6.715 ft , 6' 8 inches
At 9 Lu height = 7.1 ft , 7' 1 inches

So instead of saying things with no evidence , could you post or at least link an image , otherwise I need to put in a lot more effort to disprove your argument then you need to just say something with no evidence.

[aceofAces]

While we're here bitching and arguing about Quain's height I just realized someone who is even more ridiculously tall.

This Asshole:


Who is 11'4"

[aceofAces]

To be fair, he was that tall BEFORE he genetically modified himself. Just saying.

Then again Forerunners would be considered giants even among dark-elves. Again just saying.

[aceofAces]

I've been since notified that this topic of discussion has a bit of a history, so I'd like it if the thread ends here.
I'd rather we not have the mods on our asses for this.
Just gonna toss that out there.

[Moric]

Is the gravity the same as here, or slightly less?

Is the bone structure of fae different from that of humans?

Does mana permit greater bodily integrity and unnatural ability? (dragons anyone?)

[Junglefowl26]

Goes with fantasy I guess.

I mean, as big as Quain is, she would still be much shorter than a Hill Giant in dnd and those are the smallest of the giants in that game.

[Smokehammer]

I suppose the important thing to remember isnt Quain's exact height so much as she isnt a "giant" by these peoples standards. She was basically as tall as her Dark Elven Ancestors. In other words, while she was the product of the meanest breeding and the lowest class, she still managed to go thru the line that was handing out favorable genetics 10(or more) times. Especially when you consider she starved as a kid, yet still reached her full height potential.