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+ | The republic is the home of oldest known human civilization. It is | ||
+ | 90% settled with few only a few remaining dangerous areas. There is | ||
+ | no appreciable Monstrous Humanoid presence on the main islands of the | ||
+ | republic. Adventures, tend to be driven by civilized peoples. Common conflicts | ||
+ | include: | ||
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+ | * insane or criminal villains | ||
+ | * political machinations | ||
+ | * ancient crypts and tombs. | ||
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+ | Famous Locations: | ||
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+ | * The Harrow Wood is an enchanted forest inhabited by all manner of the fey. | ||
+ | * Mistraven Swamp is an evil place inhabited by a large coven of Hags. | ||
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+ | Major Cities: | ||
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+ | * [[Alia:Nolton]] | ||
+ | * Mount Cragmore (Dwarves) | ||
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+ | On 8/17/05, Peter Gould <petergould@hotmail.com> wrote: | ||
+ | > Hi Doug, | ||
+ | > | ||
+ | > I took a look at some of your material for Alia. | ||
+ | > | ||
+ | > I ammume you're planning on setting the game in the Island republic since | ||
+ | > that seems to have the most development so far. | ||
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+ | Yes. I was planning on beginning there although further adventures would lead farther afield. | ||
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+ | > | ||
+ | > I was wondering a few things regarding views towards elves as well as | ||
+ | > slavery. | ||
+ | > | ||
+ | > 1st elves; you mentioned they are near equals, and that some nobles are half | ||
+ | > elves which means to me that at somewhere down the line a noble human | ||
+ | > married a lowwer status elf. I assume this would be greatly frowned upon by | ||
+ | > and large, however whith human living under half elf rulers I wonder if | ||
+ | > there is a certain amount of dissagrement and contriversy about the | ||
+ | > rightfull place of elves and half elves in the order and heirarchy of the | ||
+ | > universe. Could these possible philosphical differences lead to political | ||
+ | > conflictsa within the republic? | ||
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+ | There are several factors at work: | ||
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+ | 1. The republic is a land ruled by law and the laws of succession are very clear. Legitamate offspring of a noble lord (and illegitame offspiring as well) have a clearly defined set of rights. | ||
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+ | 2. The morality of the order is not completely pervasive amongst republic culture, there is a significant minority of Golanists, Elementalists, and Spirit worshipers in the rural areas, as well as significant. | ||
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+ | Half elf nobles are certainly looked down upon, by some of the population. | ||
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+ | > | ||
+ | > 2nd slaves: it seems there is a lot of slavery of demi humens in the human | ||
+ | > dominated areas. Are there any humans who are also slaves or is it only demi | ||
+ | > humans who are allowed to be slaves? Would human criminals serve as slaves, | ||
+ | > or those captured in war? Would their childern if any also be slaves? Also | ||
+ | > do slaves make up a large segment of the populataion as they did in the | ||
+ | > roman empire? How much of the ecomony (agriculture etc) is based on slavery | ||
+ | > and how much is based on free workers? | ||
+ | > | ||
+ | > Anyway I hope this helps you hammer out a few more details. | ||
+ | > | ||
+ | > Peter | ||
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