1, They aren't sentient.

Most of Valhalor's sentient races live within civilization and those who don't are still rather coherent and display a level of tool usage and complexity in what could considered science and the arts to make their level of intelligence stand out when put next to wild animals. Takir by comparison don't show such obvious signs of intelligence and thus people are prone to assuming that Takir are just savage wild beasts. However if you spend long enough around them you'll notice that they use rather advanced hunting techniques for a wild animal and in some cases go to rather extensive efforts to prepare their food. These are signs of an advanced intelligence. It's just simply the fact that they have no need for nor interest in learning skills that serve no practical purpose in their culture and environment. To them civilization is stupidity as the creatures there spend all their time on trivial activities that serve no practical purpose.

2, Being sentient makes them civilized.

Civilization is a very complex thing containing systems of research, entertainment, trade, education, agriculture, religion, manufacture, construction, transport, law, governing, healthcare and military. The fact that our planet's sentient race is almost entirely encapsulated within 1 single form that contains all of these complex concepts together can make us forget that even within our own world there are people of equal intelligence to us that still don't have all these complex concepts of civilization established yet. If tribal humans can be like this then so can tribes on other planets.

3, Being sentient means they can be reasoned with.

To be fair how many groups of people physically distant from or radically different to our own people seem that reasonable to us here on our own planet? It would be easy for us to assume that everyone else is wrong but us but when you think about it that is exactly the same they are doing in return to us. Pack animals such as humans and takin from which Valhalor's takir are inspired by tend to fight other rival groups of the same species. When you think about it logically it makes sense as limited resources call for smaller numbers of the creatures that use them and the only time rival groups encounter each other in the wild is when they're drawn to the same resources because there is no alternative. We can therefore assume that like with humans any rival group will be met with hostility or a simple lack of interest in communication and coordination towards them. Let's not forget that the takir are apex predators that spend all their time away from other cultures. To them every living thing that's not them is potential food even other sentient races. Any other sentient race is going to have an uphill struggle trying to convince the takir not to eat them especially as the takir are quite comfortable with the way things are for them at the moment and have little interest in most of the things we have that we would consider important.

4, Being an undulate means they are herbivores and should be prayed on.

Valhalor's takir race is based on the ancient Chinese takin, what's now erroneously referred to as the Rocky Mountain Goat today. Despite being a prey species this creature today in fact has no natural predators though this is due to human intervention as the construction of roads along the mountainside has created an unnatural sheer drop with a horizontal plateau at the bottom where the mountainside has been carved into to build a road with plenty of height for heavy goods vehicles. Takin have learned to use this to their advantage by luring predators to it and then charging them causing the predator to attempt to distance themselves ready for a fight and step blindly backwards off the edge and fall. Similarly eagles are butted stunning them temporarily and causing them to tumble uncontrollably in the air. The often 40 foot drop surprisingly rarely kills the predator but the injuries they receive are significant enough to permanently hinder their ability to hunt prey and the predator later dies from starvation.

This tactic is pushing the bald eagle and mountain lion to extinction in the United States of America and as a response wild goat hunting has been highly encouraged to combat the problem however the legalization and promotion of hunting in the area has lead people to hunt bears instead and now they are on the brink of extinction as well which has to the overpopulation of salmon which is destroying the ecosystem of America's lakes and rivers causing an overpopulation of mayfly which is affecting the beaver population which in turn has disastrous consequences for the environment including water pollution and mud slides. This is the reason why humans should really think carefully before they start half-hearted attempts to fix the problems that they themselves cause. A much better strategy would be to have a tax funded culling agency responsible for the maintenance of animal populations rather than to legalize hunting and hope that the average American citizen has the goodness in their heart to kill only the specific animals you want them to.

Takir are also Valhalor's equivalent of invisible walls. Valhalor is almost entirely natural landscape and wildlife with very small pockets of urbanization and farmland dotted throughout. Players therefore would likely want to explore the wild especially as you have the ability to use sustainable survival skills that could potentially enable the player to establish settlements in the wild. It's impossible to build all of Valhalor's landscape and nor would anyone want to as it covers a landmass thousands of times the size of the entire surface of the planet Earth. Instead each settlement stands alone bordered by impassable barriers but rather than this barrier being an invisible wall which would make no sense and ruin the immersion Albion uses the novel approach of having huge numbers of difficult enemies that will kill you before you're able to progress too far away from the centre of the map where the settlement resides and off into uncharted or rather incomplete territory that is yet to be programmed by Albion's developers. These enemies are the Takir.

Many people have the erroneous belief that all species that are prayed on by other animals are entirely herbivorous creatures but in fact this couldn't be further from the truth as the cycle of life is less like a triangle of herbivore eats plant, carnivore eats herbivore, carnivore dies and rots away feeding the plants but more of a case that there's a chain of creatures from the plant progressing from the smaller creatures to larger and larger animals before you eventually reach the apex predator. Any creature in this chain can die and feed nature's clean up crew of animals that feast on rotten carcasses which includes both fly larvae and a variety of scavenger and predator carnivores with the ability to eat rotten meat. It's also the poop of all animals involved in the entire system that feeds the plants as well as dead plants themselves and only very rarely the carcasses of the dead animals themselves.

There's such a thing as an omnivore which is a creature that's capable of eating both meat and plants and it's certainly not the case that humans are the only example in nature. First let's start with an easy one we can all agree on. Songbirds eat both berries and insects. You may not have thought about it before but that makes them omnivorous and that actually means they are capable of eating any kind of meat and songbirds can be occasionally spotted eating meat scraps of animals that have been recently killed by predators. Before you run screaming at the sight of a pigeon you have to bare in mind that a tiny songbird is hardly capable of taking down a large animal without injury and certainly wouldn't use it as a regular food source by any means. Their choice of prey has to be something small that poses no threat to them thus why they pray on insects. Great tits sometimes disembowel bats for their meat supply. It's a risky process as bats are well equipped to fight a songbird with their rows of sharp teeth so the songbird only does it if food is scarce and risking being mauled to death is better odds than hunting for insects.

You'd be surprised by which creatures are omnivorous. For example a grizzly bear's diet is mostly plant based and consists primarily of fruits and nuts with only a small part of it consisting of fish as their only source of meat and the grizzly bear itself is even hunted by wolves and mountain lions. This is somewhat at odds with the common belief that it's some sort of apex predator that goes around hunting deer or moose and will pray on human flesh given half a chance. The grizzly bear can certainly fight but other than to protect itself or steal from people in one way or another a grizzly bear poses no threat to human life and fights can be avoided by dropping any food items you're carrying including trash containing waste products from food such as apple cores, orange or banana peels etc. and also any items that have been in contact with food such as packaging or containers that previously contained food and might still smell of food and then of course making sure you quietly and calmly leave the area as female bears might be trying to keep you away from their children and male bears might be trying to keep you away from places with large amounts of food in the area so that they can have it for themselves.

The primate family to which humans belong are entirely omnivorous due to the fact that they evolved from weasels which are carnivores as did canines and felines however primates adapted to life in the trees to escape ground dwelling predators and thus to be able to eat fruits and nuts to minimize the time spent on the ground. Lemurs still retained their digitigrade legs which are more suitable for running on the ground because where they live on the island of Madagascar the unusual trees there have few branches and the powerful back legs of a walking creature allow them to jump farther to reach them. The great apes such as chimpanzee came down from the trees because they are considerably larger in size than most primates and since like all primates they are in large numbers and can coordinate the group to prevent the weaker members from being picked off without a fight from the more capable members any solitary predators looking to pray on them will likely be left running with their tail between their legs or potentially killed in the process. Pack hunting animals such as African lions and wolves would be more successful and that's why great apes aren't found in places where they live. From the great apes humans evolved further to live on land with forward facing hips for running across the ground though this made childbirth much difficult and risky though thanks to our intelligence we learned methods to reduce the mortality rate of our children, mothers and humans in general to counter it.

All goats are also omnivorous as they initially evolved to live in the mountains where food was scarce and males that were thrown to their death when competing for the leadership role of the herd became valuable sources of rare minerals which would normally require the herd to risk heading downhill to where predators dwell to consume plants rich in the minerals they needed. By eating their dead they were able to maintain resources for longer minimizing the time spent in dangerous areas where their lives were at risk, a strategy that humans themselves used to practice and some humans still do today.

The takir of Valhalor being such strong enemies it stands to reason that any animal that lives this far away from town would be on the menu. Takin, the real world animal which the takir are based on despite being herbivorous actually supplement their diet with small snakes, small birds, bird's eggs and the carcasses of animals that die in their area including predatory species and even hikers who die from the weather or falling to their death on the mountain. This is because the mountains of North America have an usually low supply of salt rich food and the takin's body chemistry requires a high salt content to produce a natural antidote for the various poisonous plants that are found in the area they live. This enables them to have a broad diet of plants which is a necessity in the area they live as plants are few are far between and relying on certain non-poisonous plant species to be available would lead to starvation. So for these reasons the takir of Valhalor have developed a taste for snakes much like the takin in our own world prefer to hunt and since Valhalor's takir are such a deadly enemy they have no fear of large predators since the average member of the species is strong enough to take out many of the animals that would prey on their real world inspiration the takin.

5, All takir are as intelligent as Sammu, Soubi, Atki, Hammer, Harold or Britches or at least aren't any more savage than them.

Sorry but these takir are special cases as none of the above are from species that are native to Valhalor. These are extraterrestrial takir from takir civilizations with much more development and technology than the ones living in the wild in Valhalor. This is why they prefer to stand on 2 legs which allows them to use their forelimbs more often so they can use tools and technology and also why they are so short compared to the takir of Valhalor since they don't need to be as strong to survive when they have advanced weaponry to protect themselves and able to cultivate farming to have food supplies on tap. However these 6 individuals are abnormally strong for their kind putting their strength somewhat on par with the takir of Valhalor by coincidence which often leads to confusion by fans. The takir of Valhalor by comparison are much less civilized than these individuals and encounters with them are to be avoided at all costs as they're more likely to eat you than to even hold a conversation with you like these 6 individuals might do.

6, The caprini of Land of Lore are what the takir of Valhalor are like.

Even though the caprini of Land of Lore were inspired by the takir of Valhalor they have been significantly altered to make them closer to the goatmorphs of the furry fandom including mixing the takir with their domestic cousins the chevir. Land of Lore is not a fansite dedicated to Albion. They are a law unto themselves with their own universe and lore to their species and should be treated as a separate goat themed entity entirely.

7, The takir and the chevir are the same.

The 2 species are not even related and originate from 2 different planets. The chevir evolved on Valhalor and the takir are an extraterrestrial race that came to live on Valhalor. The takir evolved from creatures more closely resembling tree kangaroo and had many of the same adaptations. Their physical similarities to goats is the product of the environmental conditions on their home planet following the same course as the conditions the chevir evolved in. This meant that they developed the same traits and adaptations as the chevir by coincidence. This actually happens a lot in nature even on our own planet and it's likely that if we ever did find another planet containing life almost all the creatures that live there would resemble animals that exist on our own planet with frightening similarity due to the fact that the conditions they're exposed to would match our own planet and they would have evolved the same adaptations to survive.

For a start chevir are entirely quadrupedal and have hooves for feet whereas takir have a range of movement closer to primates and grasping paws similar to hands on all 4 of their limbs much like primates do. The hard skin on the back of their paws resembles hooves and serves a similar purpose by protecting their paws from scrapes whilst mountain climbing. Takir used to have much longer tails which aided their ability to climb trees but their tails shortened to aid their ability to escape pursuing predators on land in much the same way goats did. Their digestive systems already shared some similarities due to the fact that they both evolved from grazing animals. A hardened skull and horns are excellent adaptations for fighting in elevated locations as they aid a creature's ability to lift other creatures off the ground loosening their grip to floor and allowing to slide so that they can be pushed off the edges of cliffs. Much of the same body language and audible communication would have evolved since in animals these are mostly based the physical traits and abilities of the animal in question.