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Old October 20th, 2008, 01:34 PM

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Default Re: Orientalism in Dominions

Huh, quite a thread you all got going here.

One thing that many number-counters/comparers seem to have missed: Caelum is "oriental" also. Their concept and national summons draw primarily from Zoroastrianism, which is basically Iranian.

Plus, whomever counted Caelians as 'non-humanoid' while counting EA Abysia as 'humanoid' is nuts
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Old October 20th, 2008, 03:06 PM
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Default Re: Orientalism in Dominions

Hmm... I think these were addressed at me.

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One thing that many number-counters/comparers seem to have missed: Caelum is "oriental" also. Their concept and national summons draw primarily from Zoroastrianism, which is basically Iranian.
I did count them as oriental, although it could go either way. The original race is said by the devs to be entirely fictional, with the Zoroastrian summons added later. I lumped them in as oriental just to be sure. Perhaps that's orientalism on my part.


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Plus, whomever counted Caelians as 'non-humanoid' while counting EA Abysia as 'humanoid' is nuts
I counted Abysia as human-shaped but non-human. Caelum are not human-shaped, by virtue of having great big wings. The groups I made were a bit arbitrary and I guess the edges are fuzzy.
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