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Which is why I said I saw the actions as more of cultural persecution instead of religious. I'm not particularly mad about Churches being built, but I feel like they should have allowed some of the Houses to stay. Maybe they did, but my source isn't clear on this. I don't view Chronicle Houses as a particular threat to the Dominion Empire, and I think accepting the Viiglant Decree while also taking steps to preserve (or at least leave alone) some of the Chronicle Houses would have been a better move.

I agree with you that the wording was very vague. I had a lot of trouble deciding on a stance for this, but here's the part that tipped the scales (ever so slightly):

Maybe this was before the protests officially began, but it seems like the Highborn were the instigators in the events that lead to the protests. Maybe the government cracked down on this violence, but it's not obvious if it was even bought up. I also acknowledge that the protests did get violent, but they don't say which side started the violence first. Just as easily as the protesters could have turned to violence, the military could have also tried to resolve the situation violently as well before that became the official response. I like to think that the protesters would have to react violently first, but this isn't always the case. I actually wish they would elaborate on the events leading up to the Rebellion, because I feel it's tough to make a call on who was violent first during the protests. I can easily believe things one way or the other, it's just that one sentence makes me slightly in more favor of the Dominion starting it.

Edited January 14, 2016 by Spider Bro Jenkins


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From Galactic Archives Section C "Chronicler" - Long before the birth of the Dominion, the humans of Cassus took great pride in keeping and maintaining the history of their people via the chroniclers - storytellers who preserved history of humanity in both oral and written histories. So important were these traditions that the destruction of the Chronicler Houses - which were replaced with temples of the Vigilant Church -  caused many humans to fight back rather than allow their traditions and their past to be swallowed up by the new religion. Due to social unjustice and wrongful treatments of Low class citizens had already been causing social unrest which culminated into protests and clashes between the two classes, ultimately the Luminai High class massacred Low Class and caused the civil war. (See British high society fiction and real, American treatment of slaves both black and chinese to the French/American revolution war for references). Instead of allowing both sides to retain their identity, the Luminai essentially forced their religion  and social status onto those who were classified as "Low Class". This can be referenced to the old days of Christianity when they came tearing down various ritual sites and built churches on top of them. This also can clearly be seen in Japan, when the christians once came and tried to convert the Japanese..It did not end well. On top of who started first.. Brightlands rebellion where the wage protests sentence was taken states that a massacre happened at Toria Square. Considering Brightlands action upon acting against his own superiors, its quite clear the Lower class citizens were the ones who were massacred, with the newly established higher class society already taking upon it themselves to rub their blood inheritance into those who were not connected the Luminai... Its clear that it was the High class started it, and things escalated as usual to the point of a civil war and rebellion. whole lot of fixing ow

Edited January 14, 2016 by Peacekitty


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If I remember correctly from Closed beta the Luminai girl was actually extremely naive and never let outside until now due to the Imperial decree of Nexus being the new capital world of Dominion. The reason for her shut in was because the Luminai were considered sacred next to the Emperor and thus were rarely seen outside of the public. Now that Nexus is found, the Luminai are now starting stepping out to regain their legacy and taking hold of key important political positions from strongest inheritence to lowest. again all memories from CB so the information for me is way outdated. Aurin are not gender inequal, they have simply been Matriarchal since their evolution on Arboria. The militant hierarchy of the Granoks are simply because Granoks ARE mercenaries. After the war on Gnox, Durek and his group of rebels formed a company of mercenaries and lived their lives as mercenaries until they were newly reformed as FCON or Free Companies of Nexus, the official military of the Exiles. Since most of the brawns of Exiles were Granoks, they simply kept their rank in their transfer from mercenaries to soldiers however FCON still retains its mercenary business so long as its not Dominion asking. The real hierarchy of the Granoks are yet to be revealed as of yet. As for Veggies - No Queen nor Matria abuse their weave connection to exploit any life.. However there are numerous romance novels  and "Treerotica" of Matrias's forbidden love with their Wisdom trees. Don't ask.


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