Random thought: How big IS the Leviathan?
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Posted on: 2012-10-01 21:34 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Well... it's definitely bigger than a breadbasket, but smaller than the Moon.
pretty much as big as sharkhead itself if the lore is to be believed
It's big. Really, really, big. No, bigger than that. It's big!
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It's big. Really, really, big. No, bigger than that. It's big!
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I believe it was said that sharkhead is the leviathan. |
Originally Posted by Agent White
pretty much as big as sharkhead itself if the lore is to be believed
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I could easily be wrong though, I'm not a lore guy.
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Nah its more like that island town built on the back of a giant sea tortoise - I *Think* I can approximate it given the size of the Eye. My best estimate would based on the size of the eye of a blue whale compared to it's full grown measurements. Never cared enough do the guesswork, and I was too depressed to ask in the AMA.
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Originally Posted by DreadShinobi
I believe it was said that sharkhead is the leviathan.
I could easily be wrong though, I'm not a lore guy. |
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Originally Posted by DarkSideLeague
My best estimate would based on the size of the eye of a blue whale compared to it's full grown measurements. Never cared enough do the guesswork, and I was too depressed to ask in the AMA.
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A blue whale's eye is the size of a small teacup.
That is not a small teacup.
An average mature blue whale is only a few feet longer than an average basketball court.
Based on the above screen shot, I'd say the Leviathan IS Sharkhead.
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Uh... actually based on the size ratio of a Blue Whale I'd peg it as the entire tectonic plate the Rogue Isles was based on top of - if it woke up it take out a LOT more than Sharkhead Isle.
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Originally Posted by Winterminal
A mature blue whale is only about the length of an average basketball court.
Based on the above screen shot, I'd say the Leviathan IS Sharkhead. |
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Oh yeah, if one of the larger blue whale measured was ~90-100 feet long, with eyes the size of teacups (say, 5-6 inches wide? I dont drink tea) |
Originally Posted by DarkSideLeague
Uh... actually based on the size ratio of a Blue Whale I'd peg it as the entire tectonic plate the Rogue Isles was based on top of - if it woke up it take out a LOT more than Sharkhead Isle.
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then compared to that eye (which I'm guesstimating is what? another 90 feet?) then that means the Leviathan is somewhere around 30,000 feet long. which is somewhere around 5 and a half miles. It really depends on what you consider a "tectonic plate" but it will definitely take out all of sharkhead if it woke up.
*disclaimer. I am horrible at math so take everything math related I say with a grain of salt.
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That's making the conservative estimate that the size difference would scale with the same ratios - Eyes dont grow with the same speed as muscle/main organs as you go up the list - the Blue Whale's brain is TINY, as a percentage of its size, compared to a dolphin - the Leviathan is CERTAINLY smarter than a blue whale, even if the whale is one of 5 animals capable of singing.|
Originally Posted by Vyver
Oh yeah, if one of the larger blue whale measured was ~90-100 feet long, with eyes the size of teacups (say, 5-6 inches wide? I dont drink tea)
then compared to that eye (which I'm guesstimating is what? another 90 feet?) then that means the Leviathan is somewhere around 30,000 feet long. which is somewhere around 5 and a half miles. It really depends on what you consider a "tectonic plate" but it will definitely take out all of sharkhead if it woke up. *disclaimer. I am horrible at math so take everything math related I say with a grain of salt. |
My money is that not only would sharkhead be obliterated (unless it woke up and rose VERY slowly) everything nearby (Grandville/Cap+PO/Mercy) would be torn up as well, and tidal waves would demolish everything else.
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Oh no doubt. Even if the Leviathan was just as large as Sharkhead, the sheer act of rising up would destroy every island, and most of the east coast of the United States with tidal waves.
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Originally Posted by DarkSideLeague
My money is that not only would sharkhead be obliterated (unless it woke up and rose VERY slowly) everything nearby (Grandville/Cap+PO/Mercy) would be torn up as well, and tidal waves would demolish everything else.
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Posi confirms it in his lore post. Sharkhead is the Leviathan.
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Originally Posted by Vyver
Oh no doubt. Even if the Leviathan was just as large as Sharkhead, the sheer act of rising up would destroy every island, and most of the east coast of the United States with tidal waves.
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Does anyone remember when its eyeballs showed up in Imerpial City during the GR beta? 
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I find myself wondering whether anybody has ever actually tried to estimate its size, other than "big". I mean, we know (or at least can measure, thanks to in-game character height) the approximate size of its teeth, thanks to a couple of the mission maps; assuming that it's physically similar to a shark, it should be possible to extrapolate its full size from that information.
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