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#1 zombiegleemax Jul 23, 2005 13:20:50	Iam rather unfamilair with Birthright so I like to know if you have any idea how the different cultures view each other. Which human cultures is friendly and with cultures are hostile towards each other? Between which cultures is it most likely that a trade agreement may be fomed, may some cultures hire mercenaries from a different culture and so on...
#2 Raesene_Andu Jul 23, 2005 18:03:07	For the most part there is no open hostility between the various cultures, however there is a long and bloody history of wars and occupation of regions, primarily by the Anuireans, but also the Vos and even the Brecht have gone on the war path. It would more be a case of individual realms disliking others rather than entire cultures. However, to summurise the various possibily conflicts between the human cultures you can just look at the history. The Anuireans tried to conquer the Rjurik, and later controlled part of the highlands until the collapse of the empire. No current reason for conflict between the two cultures, although different way of life may lead the Rjurik to being suspicious of Anuirean outsiders who visit the highlands, especially merchants who come to pillage the wealth of a land. The Anuireans conquered the Brecht, but with the collapse of the empire, the Brecht lands gained independance. They later formed the Brecht League and tried to invade Vosgaard only to lose badly. All trade between Anuire and Brechtur would have to be by sea though, I imagine, as their are a lot of naughty realms in between the two regions (Sielwode, Kiergard, Massenmarch, etc) that would not be conducive to trade. The Anuireans conquered the Khinasi, but were driven out by by el-Arrasi. That conflict seems to be well in the past though and currently their is peace. The Anuireans tried to conquered the Vos but were driven back. The Vos and Khinasi have had conflicts along their shared border and at least one Khinasi realm has fallen to the Vos. From what I can tell the Rjurik, Brecht, and Khinasi have no history of conflict and so there is no reason why they should all get along ok.