"Nice" is a subjective word. Each culture on Glorantha has its own values, which
make them more or less sympathetic to us 21st century westerners. In this sense,
esvulari core values make them less alien to us than dirty praxians or bare-ass
storm barbarians. What do we know about them ?
- their credo is "talk first, shoot last". It might be because, as Jeff pointed
out, their numbers are few and they don't have the means to be imperialistic,
arrogant bastards. I personally think it's because they are of Kachast's blood,
of long and long ago, and Talk was Kachast Malkionsson's invention. They MUST
try to talk to solve problems, it's hard-wired into them.
- their malkioni caste system is much less rigid than the rokaris'
- they have been exposed to many other cultures for a long time (heortlings,
praxians, God Forgot atheists, the other two of the Holy Country, now the
lunars) so their world view is less provincial than many others
- they use a sacrament called Karatch which feels a lot like hrestoli Joy ; it
gives them a feeling of optimism and energy to forge new things.
All these are productive qualities which sound a lot like our own values. But
trust Jeff to make them somehow different, darker, twisted in their own ways !