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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 3564108" data-attributes="member: 2020">If they cannot survive, and become extinct, while other races such as humans flourish, that's a *kind* of inferiority.&nbsp; A lot of the races on Athas that were exterminated by Rajak and his Cleansing War would take exception with that statement, of course.&nbsp; But there it is, and Rajak had more power than they did, and they lost and died.&nbsp; As for the elves of Athas, they survived, but at what price?&nbsp; Reduced to savagery, as nomadic tribesmen, thieves and assassins, stripped of their former ways and culture, civilization and magnificence, reduced to ruin.&nbsp; While humankind still endures.&nbsp; That is also a kind of inferiority too.&nbsp; (Although again I think the elves would take exception to that statement:&nbsp; *they* did not produce the Dragon, humans did!)&nbsp; I am guessing the Olvenfolk of the Flanaess want their continent back.&nbsp; Good luck.&nbsp; The human flannae and baklunish, the suloise, and the triumphant oeridians, took it all for themselves and intend to keep it.&nbsp; Are the olvenfolk inferior?&nbsp; I think most of the sneering people of Aerdi would say yes (but then again, the olvenfolk didn't destroy an entire part of their own nation (Medegia) out of sheer insanity.)&nbsp; What is inferior?&nbsp; A good question.&nbsp; Perhaps being flighty and frivolous, merry and laughing ('Oh where are you going, with beards all a-wagging?&nbsp; no knowing, no knowing' ...) is the superior way to be!!&nbsp; If the elves stick around, and are having a good time, enjoying life and all there is to it, but otherwise unproductive and creating nothing ... while humans build magnificent cities and civilizations but their peoples are wretched and poor and disease riddled and violent, which situation is superior?&nbsp; Hmmm ...&nbsp; I was simply saying that if one race endured, and another did not, the enduring race was superior.&nbsp; They are superior simply because they survived.&nbsp; That is in no way the last word in definitions of who is superior or inferior, but it was my arbitrary approach for the purposes of this thread.&nbsp; EDIT:&nbsp; Mina, the girl, the warrior, the champion of Takhisis, would definitely say the elves are inferior.&nbsp; And she certainly tried to make her point by crushing Silvanesti, while her allies destroyed Qualinesti.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 3564108, member: 2020"] If they cannot survive, and become extinct, while other races such as humans flourish, that's a *kind* of inferiority. A lot of the races on Athas that were exterminated by Rajak and his Cleansing War would take exception with that statement, of course. But there it is, and Rajak had more power than they did, and they lost and died. As for the elves of Athas, they survived, but at what price? Reduced to savagery, as nomadic tribesmen, thieves and assassins, stripped of their former ways and culture, civilization and magnificence, reduced to ruin. While humankind still endures. That is also a kind of inferiority too. (Although again I think the elves would take exception to that statement: *they* did not produce the Dragon, humans did!) I am guessing the Olvenfolk of the Flanaess want their continent back. Good luck. The human flannae and baklunish, the suloise, and the triumphant oeridians, took it all for themselves and intend to keep it. Are the olvenfolk inferior? I think most of the sneering people of Aerdi would say yes (but then again, the olvenfolk didn't destroy an entire part of their own nation (Medegia) out of sheer insanity.) What is inferior? A good question. Perhaps being flighty and frivolous, merry and laughing ('Oh where are you going, with beards all a-wagging? no knowing, no knowing' ...) is the superior way to be!! If the elves stick around, and are having a good time, enjoying life and all there is to it, but otherwise unproductive and creating nothing ... while humans build magnificent cities and civilizations but their peoples are wretched and poor and disease riddled and violent, which situation is superior? Hmmm ... I was simply saying that if one race endured, and another did not, the enduring race was superior. They are superior simply because they survived. That is in no way the last word in definitions of who is superior or inferior, but it was my arbitrary approach for the purposes of this thread. EDIT: Mina, the girl, the warrior, the champion of Takhisis, would definitely say the elves are inferior. And she certainly tried to make her point by crushing Silvanesti, while her allies destroyed Qualinesti. [/QUOTE]

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