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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]]
 
* [[Alia:Cragmore|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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