Tasuirin wrote:Reverend Norv wrote:
In the first exercise of my new position, I'm going to say that I'd be willing to see what you come up with. All the city-states should be in some sense Telenian, but we already have two (Almaria and Propylea) that are the result of substantial cultural fusion with non-Telenian peoples. Your city-state could likewise have some quasi-Babylonian features due to this kind of Hellenistic cultural fusion.
In terms of location, I'd suggest Rheas. We are starting, in a fairly organic way, to develop some cultural coding for our continents: while both Rheas and Sidonia have non-Telenian or barbarian peoples, they're not at all the same. Consider, again, Almaria and Propylea. The influence of Rhean barbarians on Almaria renders it a caste-based, theocratic, reincarnationist polity. This makes sense, because Rheas in general is coded as ancient, stratified, somewhat esoteric: very much the way the Ancient Greeks thought of the "East." The influence of Sidonian barbarians on Propylea, on the other hand, makes it a bilingual, monotheistic, pragmatic state. This too makes sense, because Sidonia in general is coded as young, egalitarian, unconventional: very much the way the ancient Greeks thought of the "West." Pelagia, of course, represents Aristotle's Golden Mean between the two.
There could obviously be exceptions to the rule, but given this cultural coding, it makes sense that you might find in Rheas a Telenian state with strong influences inspired by the Middle East.
To specify, perhaps western Rheas might be the best place. I'm kind of thinking that the peninsula on the Eastern edge of the map is the homeland of the Telenians, so the West would be opened up for other cultures. I'll see if I can get some more specific regions sorted out today.
That makes a lot of sense: that peninsula, with all its bays and inlets, is a natural home for a seafaring people who would go on to colonize Pelagia.