[Dragaera] New member introduction

[Maximilian Wilson]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Scott Schultz <scott at cjhunter.com> wrote:

> The East in relation to the Empire is that you can't avoid doing it
> without
> distorting it through the lens of the ruling House. We as readers, and
> Vlad
> as someone whose friends are primarily Dragon, see it through the lens of
> the Dragon, who are people the make war on each other recreationally. The
> East is the "enemy" because they NEED an enemy to vent their agression
> towards and The East happens to be handy. According to legend, that's
> supposedly why Kieron left them alive and autonomous. So that they could
> provide an outlet for Dragons needing a war, rather than the more likely
> reality that the East is simply too big and spread out to actually conquer
> much of it or hold it for very long.
>
> In any case, when you aren't looking through the eyes of a Dragon, I
> suspect
> you see the East in a different light. The official policy of "The East is
> our enemy" only seems to get lip service when there's no active border
> skirmishes and there's not a Dragon holding the Orb.


Mod +1, insightful. Clever.

-Max


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