Talk:Ghoul/@comment-948787-20180502205001

Honestly, given how strong Ghouls are, I have to wonder about their origins and when they first started appearing in this world. If they've been around for a while, and originated long before the advent of modern human technology, I don't see why they haven't completely taken over and just started using humans like livestock.

Since normal weapons don't harm them, and the only conventional weapons that seem to have an effect are guns and explosives and such, I can't imagine that any group of humans prior to the 19th or 20th century could conceivably fight back vs even a medium sized organized group of ghouls.

I mean, even if they lived openly and had to fight constantly, what would humans honestly even be able to do vs them? Hit them ineffectually with bows and swords? Try useless martial arts that won't even scratch them? Outside of CCG and similar organizations using modern technology and science, the average person and even moderately armed police and military forces would be pretty much generally unable to fight Ghouls.

Unless Ghouls are a very recent phenomenon or there's some other reason humans could fight them and win in the past, I just don't see how they haven't taken over the entire world yet.