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Post by ElfChild on Apr 28, 2013 23:17:36 GMT -8
Okay. Honest question. I am curious about gay rights in different parts of Roekron. What is the cultural consensus in different regions regarding gays and lesbians?
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Post by gamemasterchris on Apr 28, 2013 23:54:47 GMT -8
There are very few issues concerning gay and lesbian rights in Roekron. It considered quite common for elves (who often are bisexual due to their long lifespans) and since elves colonized most of Roekron early on that cultural tradition became a standard of most major nations. Certainly there are bigots just as their are racists throughout Roekron. But your average citizen would be familiar with gay and lesbian lifestyles and would not see it as strange, just less common.
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Scott
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Post by Scott on Apr 29, 2013 17:13:37 GMT -8
What is considered a common meal in different parts of Roekron (a.k.a. Something a freeholder would eat regularly)?
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Post by gamemasterchris on May 6, 2013 23:33:59 GMT -8
Bread, cheese or fowl, wilted greens and choice of ale.
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Post by wakisashifan on May 14, 2013 5:43:44 GMT -8
What would be a common meal for a men at arms in teriock
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Post by gamemasterchris on May 14, 2013 21:20:18 GMT -8
Depends a great deal on the region of Teriock. Welandess is influenced a great deal by Toekron food, but Gritten and Galengloom are far more divergent. A tough bread like pita or Nana served with a spicey stirfry veggie of meat stew a bit like curry would be the most common - that and shishkabob.
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Post by Celebfealor on Oct 8, 2013 18:17:38 GMT -8
How much/when/where has religious conquest (as in, wars waged with the specific purpose of religious cleansing or mass conversion) played a role in Roekron's history? It seems like there are a lot of other motives that pop up in social/political changes, but religious conversion of large groups of people never seems to be among them.
(Plenty of particular religions fighting each other, of course... but I dunno. Does conversion specifically not happen as often because it's assumed that all deities exist and that there are multiple ways to do things, and that's just part of the general social makeup?)
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Post by gamemasterchris on Oct 9, 2013 18:54:39 GMT -8
Excellent question. The answer is two part. (1) Many wars are political in nature because their culture brings with it a certain religious ideology. They do not need to wage a religious war if they can win a political one as the culture does the religious part for most cultures in Roekron. Dwarves bring their gods, Elves bring there's. These wars do not look religious but underneath there is a basic belief system ar play. (2) Since monotheism is very rare in Roekron, so is war about it. You are correct that with so much evidence of many gods, a monotheistic religion has little clout and people tend not to get behind it for the purpose of destroying other beliefs. Sorikonia is the heart of all of this. It is the city of a thousand shrines and has always been the seat of tolerance. The pacifist way asserts that there will be no war, and thus no war for religious advancement. Regarding the wars that HAVE been religious, they are as follows- Almost all Dagdeoths wars. Many Elf wars though they don't look it (belief is at the core of why they begin, so I am calling that Religious). The ongoing Wood elf high elf wars for the Grove. The New Gods War (a short event when the new gods were rising - they believed other gods needed to be stopped). The War of Heaven (though not whipping out others beliefs- just fighting for domanance).
Now, keep in mind that many more wars have been fought due to gods urging or wanting something. But wars that are fought to establish a religious way or directly associated with a pantheon are the ones listed above. There may be more, but that's what's coming to mind right now.
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Post by ElfChild on Oct 16, 2013 18:59:28 GMT -8
Ethnicity came up as a topic recently so I was wondering what physical traits are common for each of the races in different regions of Roekron.
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Post by gamemasterchris on Oct 20, 2013 23:25:16 GMT -8
There are several ethnicities for different species Humans: Dsesnorians tend towards black hair and slightly Chinese characteristics. Amir have a more mixed features. Temnorians tend towards pale skin and brown hair. Illionass is tends towards blonde and skinny. Odilwatch is like Amir , very mixed. There is supposedly the Huronalak from the south who are size 4 due to build (exceedingly muscular) and are fabled to have undead destroying powers) but this is not confirmed as their are none left alive. In Teriock you have a more tan complexions due to the desert life, hair tends towards black and brown, but that is general. Hobbits have a very mixed society and range in skin tone and hair colored very erratically. Dwarves have three known ethnicities. Polar dwarves are pale, with blonde to brown and sometimes black hair. Mountain dwarves had a slightly rosey complexion, were slightly shorter on average, and tended towards red hair. The Wet Mountain dwarves have only been encounter a handful of times but seemed to have curly coppery colored hair and darker skin. Elves have two ethnicities- High elf and Wood elf. It's really a cultural difference but high elves tend towards blonde wood elves tends toward brown and black hair. Otherwise they are indistinguishable. Some people believe the Lagmeneth Elves and te Nerigoth elves were different ethnicities but they referred to themselves as clans and woud qualify more as wood or high elves to most people. Centaurs have three ethnicities - the pony types of Hostor ( now extinct), the palominos of the north, and the destriers of the south. There are many more in Teriock.
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