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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ilbranteloth" data-source="post: 6800386" data-attributes="member: 6778044">Well, I think that's largely a part of poor or partial design. The whole of Tymanther is basically described in less than two pages. About half of that is a description of the physical layout of one citidel-city. Their culture and beliefs are described in a few paragraphs, and they are very one-dimensional. They designed it with the idea that this would be a 'noble and honorable race' but the world isn't like that. A race doesn't determine your perspective and values. Society does.Beyond that, I would be surprised that a race that overthrew the bonds of slavery would develop such and organized and regimented society. I think individual freedoms would be paramount. Outside of any sort of story reason, they were convenient and 'logical' members, provided you didn't worry about the published concept. I don't think the designers put a whole lot of thought into the backstory of their use and whether it contradicted what little has been written about Tymanther. If you're asking how to reconcile it, I think it's pretty simple. If a portion of your country suddenly found itself dropped in a new world, everything changes. Not all clans or individuals would agree with the choices and directions made by their leaders in the best of times, much less a huge change such as this. They aren't 'deviants' but rather individuals who feel that changing or difficult times require a different approach. That the individual (who may have lost most of their clan or family) must stand up and fend for themselves. Dragons, and the power of dragons, they understand. The politics of the rest of the new world, not so much.Ilbranteloth</blockquote>

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