Re: Vormai

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 04:12:49 GMT

Tadaaki Kakegawa:
> Well, for me, description about vormai in TotRM is much resemble to
> Japan. I hope it should be more unique, say, Gloranthalized.

I had mixed feelings about the Tales #17 material also. (I wasn't involved in it, except that some of the terminology used therein is from a Gang of Five discussion on Vormain from way, way, way back...)

> Historically, Japanese christians in Edo era were very oppressed and
> rebelled against Shogun once (and beaten).

Indeed. I'm not instantly sold on a direct parallel in this respect, but you never know. Whatever 'unorthodox' religion _is_ in Vormain may certainly be persecuted to an extravagent extent -- but nothing unusual in that, either... (Japan has also periodically persecuted Buddhism, and/or particular sects thereof, though perhaps not so notoriously (to say nothing of recently) as China.)

Cheers,
Alex.

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