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Quantus:
Hmm, you make a lot of good points, and your right I think its getting a bit muddled here... I have a fairly detailed vision of the world's creation, function, and the powers in the world, etc. but I think I was getting a bit tunnel visioned on the War Effort aspect of it, and those divisions just may not be as compatible as Id hoped for the role I was wanting them to play.
I did find a more traditional/mythological set of divisions. Yima, who was Ahura Mazdā's (ie . GOD's) first chosen shepherd, who was asked but refused to "to receive [God's] law and bring it to men" and so instead was charged to rule over and nourish the earth, and see that all living things would prosper. Im thinking this would have been an ascension ritual that Yima refused, but the next shepherd to be chosen (that famous one) was more willing to take up the mantle. Anyway Yima divided all the peoples into 4 groups: Priests, Warriors, Farmers, and Artisans. (btw, he also grew continents a few times when the world started to get overpopulated by Mankind, which is kinda cool) I can run with those for the divisions within the Zeta organization, and keep the more esoteric bits less rigidly defined.
1eyedjack:
--- Quote from: Quantus on August 04, 2011, 01:07:29 PM ---Hmm, you make a lot of good points, and your right I think its getting a bit muddled here... I have a fairly detailed vision of the world's creation, function, and the powers in the world, etc. but I think I was getting a bit tunnel visioned on the War Effort aspect of it, and those divisions just may not be as compatible as Id hoped for the role I was wanting them to play.
I did find a more traditional/mythological set of divisions. Yima, who was Ahura Mazdā's (ie . GOD's) first chosen shepherd, who was asked but refused to "to receive [God's] law and bring it to men" and so instead was charged to rule over and nourish the earth, and see that all living things would prosper. Im thinking this would have been an ascension ritual that Yima refused, but the next shepherd to be chosen (that famous one) was more willing to take up the mantle. Anyway Yima divided all the peoples into 4 groups: Priests, Warriors, Farmers, and Artisans. (btw, he also grew continents a few times when the world started to get overpopulated by Mankind, which is kinda cool) I can run with those for the divisions within the Zeta organization, and keep the more esoteric bits less rigidly defined.
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History and mythology are always good resources to plunder. I find it strange that merchants were not included in those groups. Maybe that's just an Iranian thing. I'm interested in the idea anyway and how you run with it. I hope it becomes everything you want it to be.
Quantus:
Hehe, ya merchants would make sense, but as this legend takes place around the same time they "invented" wine and created new lands from the sea when they ran out of space, maybe the civilizations just hadn't evolved that far yet?
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