My understanding of the Commonwealth is largely derrived from your email to
Milakanur and from looking at the early records on the website. Those early
records have a floating city being the center of their religion, and I'm
assuming that neither of the current religions are based around that?
What kind of religion is Millati? Is it polythetic or monothetic? Does it
have a strong sense of dualism?
Same goes for the old gods of the Shanari (I assume you mean polytheism, the
belief in more than one god, and not pantheism, the belief that god equates
to the universe). What sort of religion is it?
And then, what kind of society is the Shanariyya? Since they are a
theocracy, I assume theat ther tollerance for religion has gone down (or is
Millati a very open polytheism, like the Roman pantheon?) from the
description of the humanities on the web site. But what sort of hiearchy of
social estates do they have? Probably not much in the family/tribe groupings
throughout most of the Calamar desert, but within Akbari and the other
permenant towns, things probably begin to get interesting.
Or are these the sorts of questions you would like me to answer through
play, and when something I say doesn't make sense within the history of the
Commonwealth (or within the context of the rest of Qaiyore) then you let me
know?
(And this is all assuming that I play the Commonwealth and not Damaris.
>From what you say about the number of bordering PC societies, the
Commonwealth does seem the more intersting to play.)
-Kalev
On 11/19/05, ibrahim wrote:
>
> Well, the Commonwealth would be an interesting but good option. Active
> players neighbouring the Commonwealth of the Shanariyya include
> Milakanur (a new player), the Panchayyah (partly active, I believe the
> player is still around), and Kaeir (myself).
>
> The Commonwealth is the centre of the Millati religion, which has spread
> to much of northern Qaiyore, and has good political ties with Kaeir. It
> is also facing a revival of Shanari pantheism in the wild western region
> of the Calarnar.
>
> regards,
>
> Ibrahim
>
> Kalev Tait wrote:
>
> >I would like to try joining the game. What is the process for doing so. I
> >would like to play either a city state or a country which has only one
> major
> >city (the Commonwealth perhaps?) and is adjacent (by land) to another PC.
> >Alternatively (if anyone is agreable), I think it would be interesting to
> >try taking control of a semi autonomous city within another player's
> >culture.
> > My goals are to see how quickly I can change the social determinants
> within
> >a society (specifically the humanities and status), so expect some
> rebelion
> >(and reactions to the rebeliion) within any culture I play.
> > Also, I've currently lent out my Aria books, and though I hope to get
> them
> >back soon, I won't be able to imediately start... but given how often a
> turn
> >happens in this pbem (about the right pace for me), it shouldn't be a
> >problem.
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