Sorry, any times my words aren't in the right way.
Could anything published by WotC allowed in our society, but censored in other country?
I can understand they worry about the modern sensibilities but we should know if they are using the good sense and the reason, or only obeying an ideologic agenda imposed from somebody from out.
We know cannibalism is wrong, but when I was a child we could watch Tarzan movies, or adventures in the jungle with cannibals. There is a LEGO box with the title "the cannibal escape" based in "Pirates of the Caribean".
I suppose even children can understand in Athas some halfling tribes are "good" and others are "evil" and antropophages.
There is a logical reason to explain the slavery should be "softer" in Athasian Tablelands
“Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.” ― Niccolò Machiavelli
“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.” ― John Adams.
'None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free' - Goethe
'The greatest enemy is one that has nothing to lose.' - Christopher Paolini
Please, don't misunderstand me. I mean the sorcerer-kings are enough smart to create an illusion of freedom to keep under control the masses. Their tactic is "squeeze but don't choke". They would rather to trick by means of false hopes. The citizens wil be more obedient if they believe the sorcerer-kings are their saviors, and their misery is a penance because they were horrible sinners in a previous life (maybe this could be true).
Any gamer with enough experience with city-building videogames should realise the Athasian economy and demography should be realistic.
* I suggest the "retcon" the souls of the innocent sentient beings are "reincarnated" into the "land-within-the-wind", althought this suffered too much by the defilers. The grey is a horrible place, but this shouldn't be the ultimate fate of all the Athasian souls.
* I could allow living constructs in DS, but with a little trick. To survive they don't need water or food, but to hide among the "fleshies" they "wear" a "layer by living issue", and this needs food. Something like the cyborgs T-800 from Terminator franchise.
* What if after the death of Kalak the Athaspace suffered a cosmic event like the "Sundering" in the Realmspace?