Re: White Bear Empire

From: L C <lightcastle_at_EOIdFvco1CfiTBrIN9XawbEy7NlwftCVjTqaG-8ULfWcCV254n6btp8uivTJfn07>
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:26:15 -0500

Ahh. OK. So it is the happy Rathori , but not any kind of Rathori empire, more like occasional Rathori winter hordes. That's cool. I suppose it can be an occasional phenomenon, repeatedly referred to as the White Bear Empire when it happens.

Thanks,
LC

Peter Metcalfe wrote:
>
> At 03:02 p.m. 3/03/2009, you wrote:
> > What was the White Bear Empire? It seems to show up a couple of times
> >in Fronela. driving out Lunar refugees and the Carmanians from the
> >Janube river cities. White Bear seems to be our happy friends to the
> >north, but empire?
>
> The White Bear Empire is really a lot of Rathori fighting rather
> than an actual empire. Normally Rathori sleep all winter but
> a few may worship the White Bear to remain awake. So when
> you see sources speaking of the White Bear Empire, what is
> really happening was a whole lot of Rathori just fought during
> the winter with fatal consequences for their enemies.
>
> The foes of the White Bear warriors weren't lunars - rather they
> were the Carmanians oppressing the lunar refugees and other
> people in the area.
>
> --Peter Metcalfe
>
>