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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shades of Green" data-source="post: 3246112" data-attributes="member: 3297"><p>I agree with this approach - civilizations and cultures are complex things, and have many internal divisions and conflicts of interest. The <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=134316" target="_blank">Celirans</a> of Southern Renya (a colonial culture) had a semi-feudal culture prior to the arrival of Argexian (Humans and Dwarves) colonists and conquerors; the Celiran Merchant Houses who ruled pre-colonial Renya were as bad (or worse) as the later Argexian colonial rule - Celiran overlords opressing Celiran peasant masses. The Argexan colonial rule is very exploitative, fueled by the ever-increasing thirst of the developing Argexian industry (steampunk-era) for coal, iron, new markets and cheap labor force (four things that are found in Renya in massive amounts), but many Argexian settlers are simple homesteaders who've moved to the Renyan wilderness in order to escape the ever-present poverty, pollution and overcrowding of the larger cities of Argexia. Alot of convicts (some of them political, some of them criminals) were exiled from Argexia to Renya, to serve as a skilled labour force for the South Renya Company (the biggest Argexian colonial charter). And last but not least, the Celiran One Mother religion has some sects who are rabidly opposed to the Argexian colonization - but they dislike the Celiran Merchant houses as well, and wage a guerilla struggle from the swamps against both; some of the more fanatic sects are pretty bloody in their methods, while others aren't. So you have alot of conflicting interests: small farmers (both Argexian and Celiran) vs. rich latifundists (both Argexian and Celiran), industrial workers vs. exploitative bosses, Celiran nationalists vs. Argexians, Celiran nationalists vs. Celirans who embrace Argexian cultural values, One Mother fanatics against each other (sectarianism abounds), against Argexian industry, against secular Celirans, and against believers of other faithes, farmers vs. industrialists, and so on. Potential for adventures and for flavour abounds...</p></blockquote><p></p>

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