> But also, I think we are Orlanthi-centric at the moment...
Speak for yourself.
> I am looking forward to the Lunar books becuase I am really
> interested in how the empire is composed - sod this orlanthi
> "free as the wind" malarkey, I want civil society and a
> decent bath :)
Join the club!
> Perhaps when the Lunar books emerge, Lunar sympathisers will have
> more material to relate the psychology of the empire too;l at the
> moment they are the Big Bad Oppressors, and it's difficult to find
> music or poetry that glorifies the role of conqueror and
> persecutor.
"Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem." Latin for "You can't make an Empire without breaking heads" (loosely translated, from Virgil's Aeneid book I).
> Of course the Lunars themselves are the heirs of a kind of
> Renaissance, and I'm sure that in their view their actions are
> whiter than white...
That's "redder than red", you proto-heretic!
May I urge you towards my Moonie Madness site, which has plenty of resources for playing Lunars who aren't Big Bad Oppressors. URL:
http://www.btinternet.com/~Nick_Brooke/Moonie
Cheers, Nick
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