Talk:Goblin Evolution Diagram/@comment-26954102-20150907015319/@comment-124.83.22.177-20150908143813

Seiji did receive his blessing on day 176, along with Me, Fu, and the 5 Ogre Squadron. Variants DO come about as a result of a God or Demigod's Blessing. Some receive them at their rank up, some receive it before, but leveling up does guarantee that the individual in question is a variant. Subspecies, Superior Species, New Species, Extinct Species, Living God Species; all the ones we know of came about due to various conditions.

To clarify, however, when I brought up the word 'variant' to refer to High Ogre, Noble Vampire, or the mini-orcs, I was not talking about the "Species" of a monster race. I see them as belonging within the same 'category'. Like, say, there are fire slimes, water slimes, earth slimes, and they're all just different elemental versions of the same standard slime. Then there's a "vorpal slime" that's a powered up version of the slime, but isn't exactly a "rank above". Different degrees of separation, you know?

Also, I agree with what Caudyr said about Vampires being able to become Noble Vampires. It's a lot like what happened to Fire Lord who, after ranking up and becoming one of the 18 Warlords, remained a "Lord" in his new race. To me, though, rather than a full "step up", an evolution like that is more like a "half step".