Zan Maruke
Amarr
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Posted - 2008.08.13 16:13:00 -
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Edited by: Zan Maruke on 13/08/2008 16:14:09
Was browsing chatsubo today and found this link. What were the results of this discussion? Will there be some PF about the third races?
Recent returnee here and former Royal Knight of Khanid. I wrote some 'correspondence' that reflected the rather pragmatic, nationalistic, view of the cyberknight faction (as I saw it) a couple years ago for the library here. Also had some good discussions with The Cosmopolite and Ardor over at chatsubo as well discussing some of the, as yet, inexplicable contradictions in the culture described for the mainline Khanid and that for the Amarrians.
Common use of cybernetics among the Khanid when access to cybernetics is jealously guarded by Amarrian nobility/priesthoods.
A religious Zealot faction seen as odd by ordinary Khanid leading one to assume most Khanid aren't particularly dogmatic or even orthodox (especially considering the question of how their own King flew in the face of Amarrian tradition to lead them).
Less xenophobic than mainline Amarr which lead to the technological and trade ties with the Caldari State.
I'm kind of curious how all this fits together. I've certainly had to cobble together Zan's own views so that I could even RP him (he played a rather vocal part in the Khanid carrier incident a while back) and set him up as, as best I could tell, a stereotypical Cyberknight since it seemed few others were RPed that way.
Mistrustful of the Empire, wary of reunification, proud of his Kingdom's, as personified in the King, deeds and successes, more open to other races and ideas (especially Caldari) but also holding to a code of honor.
What was hardest for me, though, was figuring out what kind of religious views he might have. Clearly the Khanid can't cleave to Amarrian orthodoxy. Their own King just left the trials and did his own thing. On the other hand, they did shelter some of the most radical and fanatic fundamentalists for a long while and do have their own Zealot faction.
The other question for me is the political stance of the Kingdom. The King's a pretty wise fellow to keep a low profile and let the other empires burn out fighting each other but you have to imagine there are political fault lines forming up now. Unionists want to aid Amarr. Cyberknights are probably more in the Caldari camp.
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