Category:Quotes by Ma' Ngonel

Faction image for Folktails faction and Beavers of Demoria faction, unofficially named Ma' Ngonel.

Ma' Ngonel is an almost legendary figure among Timberborn Beavers - a beaver grandma, known for her stern hand and cooking skills. Ma' Ngonel is highly regarded among both kits and adult beavers.

Ma' Ngonel or Mangonel is a name unofficially given by Timberborn Discord Server users to one of the images used as a Timberborn beaver faction.

Background

The name Mangonel has been unofficially associated with one of the images of the beavers by some users on the Timberborn Discord server. The origin of the name came from a post asking for the name of the beaver on the game's icon. At that time, there was no reply from the game developers. In light of this, several names were suggested. Concurrent to this question, a proposal was made humorously to add catapults to the game for "Rapid Beaver Relocation & Transportation".

These two ideas quickly merged, and Mangonel, a type of a catapult, was proposed as a name. Over time this name morphed into the name of a proposed beaver announcer that would narrate the player through the game's tutorial. Next, when images of beavers first appeared in the game demo, allowing the player to select a faction, the name was associated with the image for Beavers of Demoria faction. When the Early Access version of the game released, this same image was used for the Folktails faction.

The developers of Timberborn have not officially commented on the use of Mangonel, nor Onager, another type of catapult, proposed as the name of the Iron Teeth faction image. The running thread of having catapults in the game remains. On April Fool's Day in 2021, the development team posted an announcement for the addition of catapults to the game. This was followed by a retraction the next day. On the date of Early Access Release, emojis of a catapult and flying beavers were added to the Discord server's emoji images.

When the game entered Early Access, users were quick to notice that the developers had added multiple flavor text quotes to game components, attributing those quotes to the beaver Ma' Ngonel.

Easter Eggs

A beaver named Ngonel.

When Early Access released, several Easter Eggs were reported associated to Mangonel:

• The game may randomly generate Ngonel as a beaver kit name.

Quotes

• Some of the in game comments and tooltips are attributed to a Ma' Ngonel.
  •  Aquatic Farmhouse - "There was once a rumor we eat fish. Disgusting!"
  •  Bakery - "Nothing like a hot bun with a little sawdust sprinkled on top."
  •  Beehive - "You get used to the buzzing eventually."
  •  Birch Trees - "Remember, kits, do not peel too much bark off! It harms the tree!"
  •  Blueberry - "You'll come asking for more of these when the drought hits."
  •  Brazier of Bonding - "If not for us, then for the future generations."
  •  Carousel - "Where do you think you're going, kit? These branches won't peel themselves."
  •  Corn crops - "Nothing good comes from kits playing in the corn."
  •  Decontamination Pod - "No Suli, you can't drink the extract. You fell into the cauldron when you was a kit!"
  •  Grill - "Mash 'em, boil 'em, grill 'em on a non-stick pan!" ― "500 Ways to Eat a Potato" by Ma' Ngonel
  •  Lodge - "In the olden days a lodge was just that, a lodge. And now? I don't know about that."
  •  Metal Platforms - "This table looked smaller in the catalog"
    •  Metal Platform 3x3
    •  Metal Platform 5x5
  • File:Sluice (Obsolete) icon.png Sluice (Obsolete) - "Sui, did you forget to flush the badwater again?"
  •  Small Warehouse - "No dynamite in my pantry, please and thank you."

Obsolete Quotes

•  Dirt Pile (Obsolete) - "The world is your sandbox, kits."
•  Distribution Post (Obsolete) - "Send some potatoes to the twelfth district, their kits are too thin."