Chull
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por Ben McSweeney
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Tipo | Animal |
Mundo de origen | Roshar |
Universo | Cosmere |
El chull es una especie de crustáceo útil como mano de obra para trabajos intensivos. Hay diferentes razas de chulls y vienen en una variedad de formas y tamaños. Se encuentran a través de Roshar.[1]
Apariencia y anatomía
Los chulls son crustáceos masivos con anchas piernas con grandes garras y concha como de piedra. Sus caparazones son típicamente rojos.[2] Los chulls tienen antenas parecidas a látigos que crecen a la par que sus caparazones según envejecen, de forma que los chulls pueden sentir espacios para determinar si son suficientemente grandes como para pasar,[3] y ojos negros del tamaño de puños.[4]
Las conchas de los chulls son piedras ligeras y porosas formadas por minerales que el chull consume en su comida y agua y que después excreta.[5] Ya que el caparazón no está vivo, los chulls no son heridos cuando están rotos o deformados. En la naturaleza, muchas veces hay plantas creciendo en las grietas de la concha de un chull.[1] Los chulls retraen sus piernas y cabeza dentro de su caparazón cuando duermen, y así parecen grandes rocas o colinas pequeñas.[6]
Los reshi, y posiblemente otros, pintan los caparazones de los chulls. Uno puede identificar de qué isla es un cuidador de chulls reshi por los colores y patrones en los caparazones de sus chulls.[4]
Behavior
Chulls are generally docile creatures. They have claws that are said to be strong enough to break a man's arm, but it is very unusual for them to behave aggressively.[2] They tend to move with a slow, lumbering gait and are generally slower than humans.
They are capable of making a wide range of noises, including a gravelly bleating, trumpeting, and snorting.[7][8][9]
Chulls are omnivorous creatures. They eat everything from rockbuds to slugs to smaller crustaceans.[2] Domestic chulls are often fed grain.[10]
Chulls are considered less intelligent that horses[11] and in some cases, stubborn.[12]
Chulls breed by way of laying eggs.[13]
Training
There are several different methods of training chull.
- In the rural areas of Jah Keved, chulls are harnessed and controlled with complex leather bridles.[1]
- In the coastal region around Kharbranth, chull drivers often sit directly on the chull's shell and direct them by tapping on their antennae with long poles.
- Some chulls are trained to respond to different rhythms tapped out on their shells with a guiding reed. These reeds are often as long as a person is tall and allow the driver to drive from the wagon or cart rather than riding on the chull itself.[14]
Use
Chull are highly valued as work animals and are considered to be worth more than the average slave.[15] Some people maintain chull herds and rent their labor out on a contract basis.[16]They are slow but strong and are used to pull everything up to and including the large complex bridges Dalinar uses for chasm crossings.[16] Since their shells can be carved without harming the animal, some people sand flat places on top of a chull to ride and many carts are hooked to fittings drilled directly into their shells. Shelves and racks can also be carved into or attached directly to chull shells.[17]
Since it is lightweight and durable, chull shell is used as a crafting material. Shallan had a havah with chull-shell buttons.[18]
Chull meat is edible. It can be dried and stored as jerky.[19] In some cultures, including Herdazian and Unkalaki, chull head is considered a delicacy.[20]
Dalinar Kholin uses them to pull his bridges, rather than put the lives of bridgemen at risk.[16]
Cultural References
There is a tavern in Dalinar's warcamp called the "Ornery Chull."[21]
Idioms
“You think I'm scared of a lumbering chull like you? ”
“Jasnah is inordinately fond of dust, I believe she thrives on it, feeding off the particles like a chull crunching rockbuds. ”
“An army was like a massive chull at times, lumbering along, slow to react ”
“Everyone has a place. You're out of yours. Like a chull in a dining hall ”
“Storms, he was like a rat gnawing on the toes of a chull ”
Trivia
- Chull whiskers are similar to those of a cat.[3]
- There are currently no chulls that are holding Shards.[26]
Notes
- ↑ a b c chull.jpg
- ↑ a b c El camino de los reyes capítulo 4#
- ↑ a b General Reddit 2021
— Arcanum - 2021-01-01# - ↑ a b El camino de los reyes capítulo 28#
- ↑ Comentarios de Inkthinker sobre la página del cuaderno de Shallan sobre los chulls
— Deviant Art # - ↑ a b El camino de los reyes capítulo 23#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 12#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 21#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 26#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 2#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 10#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 18#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 68#
- ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 17#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 46#
- ↑ a b c El camino de los reyes capítulo 15#
- ↑ Chull.jpg
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 3#
- ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 70#
- ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 12#
- ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 46#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 33#
- ↑ El camino de los reyes capítulo 56#
- ↑ Palabras radiantes capítulo 44#
- ↑ Juramentada capítulo 120#
- ↑ JordanCon 2021
— Arcanum - 2021-07-17#