Talk:Duclis

Was Duclis really a chimera? The process he went through seems to be similar, but I never figured the beast-men to be chimeras... --Pip25 12:15, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, novel 5 says Duclis is a beast-man. However, he also says that Krotz saved him from near death by turning him into a chimera. This makes me think that Beast men are a kind of chimera. Chimeras are basically creatures that are made of parts of other creatures from different. Dilgear is a beast-man, and is described as part wolf, part troll. That seems to fit the definition of chimera. Perhaps beast-men are chimeras that are made up of a humanoid and an animal?
 * In short, I would say that Duclis is both a beast man and a chimera.Catgirl the Crazy 21:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * From my understanding, Duclis used to be a man, and Krotz merged him with a white tiger so that essentially also makes him a chimera. I'm not saying all beastmen are chimeras.. in fact, I kind of doubt that if the fox people are any indication, but I don't know anything about beastmen in the Slayers.  If anything would have that info, it'd probably be Encyclopedia Slayers.  But anywho, Duclis refers to himself as a chimera on page 175. --Flarecarrot 14:12, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

I've just checked again that page from the novel, and I've found something interesting:

''Duclis frowned. "I wouldn't expect you to understand, miss," he said gravely. "Almost all of us here," he gestured to the other beast-men, "were nearly dead when Master Krotz found us. I was a mercenary used as a sacrificial pawn by my own comrades. Master Krotz saved me from my wounds by transforming me into a chimera"'' [...] ''"I understand that," Duclis replied calmly. "But I have nothing left to live for as a human..."''

Could that last phrase mean that he was originally a human? =P --Shansito 18:36, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't think the fact that he originally was a human was ever questioned...--Pip25 09:24, 8 August 2008 (UTC)