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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Utrecht" data-source="post: 401422" data-attributes="member: 1411">Whithout delving to deeply into the does xenophobia beget racism debate  ( happen to think that it does - there are simply to many historical analogs to ignore).  Further, We have to remember that we are looking at middle-aged societies with out 21st century "enlightened" eyes - so what may seem extreme to us today would be accepted then.I happen to think that Elves (and Dwarves) would make a great samurai culture - probable something very similar to the Cranes in Rogukan.   (Draves incidently would be a great crab clan)This culture would be slightly more chaotic than traditional samuria cultures with more individual freedoms, but still controlled by very tight (ancestoral) codes of behavior - thus everything up to this boundry is acceptable - outside the boundy and you bring dishonor upon yourself and your family.It would favor the arts, perhaps being a patron of promising underclass artists and be a little more in touch with nature (model this with strong ties to a Shinto-like religion) than your average Asian-flavored culture.I am sure that I can come up with more....but well work awaits</blockquote>