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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 1908545" data-attributes="member: 23094">Granted.  I should rephrase my earlier post as, "alignment *must* have something to do with politics."Certainly, politics is one area of "human expression" in which alignment can be expressed.  But then, so are sculpture, painting, music, literature, friendship, psychology, battle tactics, etc.If you wish to argue that all Lawful Good individuals must share the same political outlook, why do you not similarly argue that they must share the same approach to music?Elves are Chaotic; they believe in the power of the individual.  It suffuses their culture: their art, their poetry, their literature, their script.Dwarves are Lawful; they beleive in the power of the group.  It suffuses their culture: their art, their poetry, their literature, their script.An elven warband fights as a collection of individuals, each with the power and ability to make decisions - and the expectation that they will do so.  A dwarven warband fights as a cohesive unit, with clearly delineated lines of command.Dwarves fight with massed shield walls.  Elves fight with 300 dispersed harrassers and skirmishers.Elves deal in families - small units connected through emotional ties.  Dwarves deal in clans - large units connected through marriage ties, ancestral lineage.Elves are most at home in the woods, moulding their homes to fit a tree as much as the tree moulds their homes.  Dwarves are most at home in mountain fastnesses, where every room, once completed, is fixed in space.Should I go on?</blockquote>

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