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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:
* insane or criminal villains
* political machinations
* ancient crypts and tombs.
Famous Locations:
* 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.
Major Cities:
* [[Alia:Nolton]]
* Mount Cragmore (Dwarves)
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.
Yes.  I was planning on beginning there although further adventures would lead farther afield.
>
> 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?
There are several factors at work:
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.
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.
  Half elf nobles are certainly looked down upon, by some of the population. 
>
> 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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