bad arcade kitty, on 22 August 2015 - 04:48 PM, said:
uhm... may be late romanian egypt of the first centuries of christianity with all their monastery-like warrior caste... or not egypt at all
There's an extreme focus on religion, the use of cobras as a symbol, and pretty much all their
camos.
bad arcade kitty, on 22 August 2015 - 04:48 PM, said:
these have a very strong native american (castaneda rules) flavor... if anything you can relate ancient greece to ghost bears, they love arts and all their warriors draw, sing, compose etc, ghost bears are mary sue, they treat all their castes well, value friendship blah blah blah
Neg on the Ghost Bear part(except for them being Mary Sue, that much is true). Nordic peoples were just as artistically prolific as the people of Archaic Greece, possibly even more so than any other European ethnicity. So it makes sense that Ghost Bears would be artistically expressive,
especially in the medium of song, as that's a clear tie-in to the
Eddas.
Familial bonds (the Ghost Bear's most discrete trait) were also not prioritized in ancient Greece to nearly the same degree as loyalty to the city-state. That's where a man's identity came from - that and land ownership. Scandinavian cultures were always emphatically focused on nuclear family structures, however. Women and children were highly valued, not only as property but as human beings with actual rights
https://en.wikipedia...a_Varangian.jpg
The Nova Cat focus on mysticism and visions is a direct reference to Hellenic records of
oracles - especially with the method of pyromancy and the avoidance of drugs(unlike Clan Goliath Scorpion). The
Chronicle of Battles has a Native American bent, but almost all cultures have similar rituals - and the ancient Greeks were no exception. Until
some of them started writing stuff down, history and education were relayed via
poetry and song.
There is also their
Xi Galaxy camo spec, which tends to make high usage of Greek letters. Interestingly, we've recently discovered that the colors in Xi Galaxy camos are also accurately reflective of ancient Greek sculptures!
http://www.smithsoni...?no-ist=&page=2 Of course, the guys who invented Clan Nova Cat did so at a time where it would have been impossible for them to know that. Still cool, and a great example of the concept of
synchronicity.
There are also subtle allusions to Greek history in the Sarna article for Clan Nova Cat. One of its founders, for example, joins a Greek resistance movement - a reference to 20th century events that are just as central to Greece's modern identity as its ancient history.
bad arcade kitty, on 22 August 2015 - 04:48 PM, said:
when the lore was created, talibs were american allies
word of blake are just generic religious extremists
Muslim extremism became part of popular consciousness long before the Taliban's actions in the 2000s. The WoB's fascination with nuclear weaponry, obsession with purity, and especially their particular emphasis on heavily misinterpreting one of their most prominent "prophets" rings all too true.
Edited by Bloodweaver, 22 August 2015 - 07:19 PM.
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