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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6800206" data-attributes="member: 22779">The other issue I'm having [MENTION=6778044]Ilbranteloth[/MENTION] is that you are cherry picking history a bit too.The FR is set in roughly 14th century levels of technology and social advancement, right?&nbsp; Somewhere thereabouts.&nbsp; You're claiming that people were rarely traveling, but, that's ignoring a lot of history.&nbsp; At that point in the real world, you have the Vikings setting up shop in Canada with a well established colony in Iceland already.&nbsp; You had Marco Polo already traversing the Silk road and meeting the Mongols.&nbsp; You could buy cinnamon in France that was grown in India.&nbsp; You had the Incas with a well established system of trade and roads, where you could travel from the coast to the capital, a distance of several hundred miles, in a matter of days.&nbsp; You had the Persians with contact with pretty much every society in Europe and Asia.&nbsp;&nbsp; There was considerable movement all over the world. And, let's not forget, it's not like FR had a Dark Ages to slow things down.I really don't think that FR is all that stay at home to be honest.&nbsp; There are numerous well established trade routes and a people who are not adverse to trade or moving.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6800206, member: 22779"] The other issue I'm having [MENTION=6778044]Ilbranteloth[/MENTION] is that you are cherry picking history a bit too. The FR is set in roughly 14th century levels of technology and social advancement, right? Somewhere thereabouts. You're claiming that people were rarely traveling, but, that's ignoring a lot of history. At that point in the real world, you have the Vikings setting up shop in Canada with a well established colony in Iceland already. You had Marco Polo already traversing the Silk road and meeting the Mongols. You could buy cinnamon in France that was grown in India. You had the Incas with a well established system of trade and roads, where you could travel from the coast to the capital, a distance of several hundred miles, in a matter of days. You had the Persians with contact with pretty much every society in Europe and Asia. There was considerable movement all over the world. And, let's not forget, it's not like FR had a Dark Ages to slow things down. I really don't think that FR is all that stay at home to be honest. There are numerous well established trade routes and a people who are not adverse to trade or moving. [/QUOTE]

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