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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 820046" data-attributes="member: 6533">Hmmm, I think that is a pretty good scenario for the Formian Empire as a whole.&nbsp; I would, however, like to posit the following permutations:1.) The dieties are fairly rightly pissed about the massive incursion.&nbsp; Working with the divine powers of the Khanate they create fairly effective barriers against massive interplanar incursions.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Khanate's participation in this effort makes their society pretty quiscient.&nbsp; They become seemingly introverted as regards the rest of the world, halting all expansion, withdrawing from all international commitments not involving the destruction of extra nasty planar creatures, and becoming decidedly lawful good in outlook and organization.&nbsp;&nbsp; They become the inheritors of the paladin and wizard traditions of the Confederation.2.) Almost entirely isolated from the larger Formian mind, the Formians on the world begin to develop a radically different Formian culture particularly as the new queen matures without the instruction of another queen or very many myrmachs.&nbsp; The Formian community is still very tight, but they proove unable to produce very many dominators and develop a much more cooperative approach with other groups.The Empire allows both of these events to occur considering that the Formian will not unduly influence the development of the world and is not a significant part of the collective at any rate.&nbsp; They are also interested to see what will occur with the hybrid queen.The Cressian, Stempan, and empty quarter cultures enter chaotic periods aggravated by the appearance of Ausel refugees/raiders fleeing their homeland and the monsters who pursue them. The Chaos actually causes all of these cultures to expand rapidly in this period as they attemp to outrun and outgrow their troubles during a period untroubled by any sort of centralization.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr. Strangemonkey, post: 820046, member: 6533"] Hmmm, I think that is a pretty good scenario for the Formian Empire as a whole. I would, however, like to posit the following permutations: 1.) The dieties are fairly rightly pissed about the massive incursion. Working with the divine powers of the Khanate they create fairly effective barriers against massive interplanar incursions. The Khanate's participation in this effort makes their society pretty quiscient. They become seemingly introverted as regards the rest of the world, halting all expansion, withdrawing from all international commitments not involving the destruction of extra nasty planar creatures, and becoming decidedly lawful good in outlook and organization. They become the inheritors of the paladin and wizard traditions of the Confederation. 2.) Almost entirely isolated from the larger Formian mind, the Formians on the world begin to develop a radically different Formian culture particularly as the new queen matures without the instruction of another queen or very many myrmachs. The Formian community is still very tight, but they proove unable to produce very many dominators and develop a much more cooperative approach with other groups. The Empire allows both of these events to occur considering that the Formian will not unduly influence the development of the world and is not a significant part of the collective at any rate. They are also interested to see what will occur with the hybrid queen. The Cressian, Stempan, and empty quarter cultures enter chaotic periods aggravated by the appearance of Ausel refugees/raiders fleeing their homeland and the monsters who pursue them. The Chaos actually causes all of these cultures to expand rapidly in this period as they attemp to outrun and outgrow their troubles during a period untroubled by any sort of centralization. [/QUOTE]

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