Social systems and their fiddly little tics amuse me greatly. :-)
The world of Intarre is universally organized on a feudal/clan basis (there are plot reasons for that, which, should I ever get around to writing the story, would slowly be revealed) but each region has its own variation on the theme. The Domains of Killian is one of the most rule-bound areas; the Killianites are nearly fanatic about honor, face, and inheritance. Their great Houses are also slowly driving each other to ruin, but they either have not noticed or can't figure out how to reverse the trend without destroying the underlying assumptions and rules of their culture.
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Date: 2009-08-18 02:58 am (UTC)The world of Intarre is universally organized on a feudal/clan basis (there are plot reasons for that, which, should I ever get around to writing the story, would slowly be revealed) but each region has its own variation on the theme. The Domains of Killian is one of the most rule-bound areas; the Killianites are nearly fanatic about honor, face, and inheritance. Their great Houses are also slowly driving each other to ruin, but they either have not noticed or can't figure out how to reverse the trend without destroying the underlying assumptions and rules of their culture.