Talk:Hakutaku/@comment-4991168-20160314224445/@comment-27843790-20160315105957

While hero training is indeed one of the most prominent aspects of both echidna and valkyrie culture, fundamentally the source reason for this behaviour is that these races share from mother to daughter a common psychological trait, almost printed genetically, that make them strongly attracted to strong, brave and/or adventurous men. Thus, their instincts as females intensely dictate them to raise said man to become even greater, so their offsprings would inherit their splendor. This is observed even moreso in communities under the Snake God Faith, which their holy books state that when the time is right, it will be the echidna wife of a particularly radiant hero who will be the very first monster to give birth to a human male (or incubus, according to other versions) infant.

This means that, since hero training can be seen for some as an "excuse" to claim a certain man over others, when it comes to a situation where two echidnas, two valkyries or even (though less likely) one echidna and a valkyrie set eyes on the same man, then competition is certain to occur~ And considering how... ~passionate~ two women in love can be when determinated, a valkyrie grows considerably higher chances of becoming "dark" if she wishes to keep up against her adversary~

As for merrows, we have no cultural bias toward each other, though they are not a race we often cross path with, considering our habitats are vastly different.