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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LurkAway" data-source="post: 5725974" data-attributes="member: 6685059"><p>The metropolis is infiltrated at the highest levels by powerful devils or Far Realm agents (like Emperor Palpatine and Coruscant). With infinite patience over the years, they plot to turn the people towards their own agenda. Perhaps a conspiracy shadow organization orchestrates a disaster that they blame on non-humans, and then use propaganda and agents to deceive royalty and public. Xenophobic them-vs-us is just another tool of persuasion. Once successful, the puppet-masters orchestrate a scientific revolution -- with some sort of ulterior motive, like finding a flaw in the universe that the Far Realm or devils can exploit, or finding a power source that they can use to overcome magic/divine opponents. I don't know if this falls into the concerns you had regarding Nazi Germany, but a conspiracy-style backstory would help explain why people would begin to believe things that they wouldn't naturally be inclined to believe.</p></blockquote><p></p>