Koloss Infections

[Trusk'our he/him]

Why don't Koloss die from infection, even though their skin tears and can expose the flesh underneath for years before they die?

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23 minutes ago, CosmicShard8002 said:

Going along with the fact that they could literally eat dirt and gain enough nutrients from it to sustain their friekish growth, I'd suspect that they are extremely resistant to any sickness.

Building off this, wouldn't it be funny if their body wasn't particular about how it consumed nutrients and it just broke down the infection for energy? Kind of like how metals don't technically need to be in an Allomancer's stomach to be burned.

[Dunkum he/him]

well, in era 1, an infected Koloss would be weaker and would likely be killed by a rival long before an infection could run its course.  not sure for era 2 - i don't think we've seen much of them but I expect they work a bit differently anyway

[CosmicShard8002 he/him]

Going along with the fact that they could literally eat dirt and gain enough nutrients from it to sustain their friekish growth, I'd suspect that they are extremely resistant to any sickness.

[CosmicShard8002 he/him]

Yessssss, I love that.

[Wits instant noodles he/him]

On 8/25/2022 at 10:38 AM, Dunkum said:

not sure for era 2 - i don't think we've seen much of them but I expect they work a bit differently anyway

In era two they seem to be more civilized and run in a basic form of monarchy in the form of chiefs in tribes so they would probably live long enough