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I have a general inquiry that I've been curious about since arriving: this world seems to have a high number of sapient races in it. Not counting other Dreamfolk, there are nine alone in Aifaran.

Is this roughly analogous to the worlds the rest of you are from? If not, are those races all treated equally, as they are here? If not, what is the basis for that?

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This is nothing like where I'm from. There are different kind of laguz, but only one type of human, and we leave our respective countries as little as possible.

We fled from human enslavement centuries ago, and there are still plenty of humans that would hunt us like animals or keep us as trophies. Perhaps the worst of the lot have been stricken down now, but attitudes like that are slow to change.

Laguz?

[ Kid considers Naesala's explanation solemnly. ]

Human attitudes can be reluctant to improve, that's true. But they can also be instruments of positive change, when they put their minds to it.

Hmm. The simplest way to explain would be to say that laguz are shapeshifters. I'm of the raven clan, so I hardly need to explain what I turn into.

I don't depend on humans to do anything, but I'll grant that the odd open-minded one has managed to make progress with international relations. ... Of course, it really only takes one bloodthirsty king to set everything back another couple hundred years.

[ Kid's soundly interested in the explanation. ]

Is monarchy still common in your world, then? It has largely fallen out of prominence where I'm from.

So laguz are shapesifters, and the race is then divided into clans? Are they strictly locational, or are there physical things which also differentiate them?

Not prominent? That's awfully strange. They're very common on my world, though among the bird tribes we crown our kings based on who is the most exceptional one for the job. Begnion is a theocracy, but the senate became so bloated and corrupt that they tried to overthrow their apostle. It didn't work out very well for them.

As for us laguz, there's definite physical differences. The beast tribe are mostly felines, the birds consist of hawks, ravens, and herons, and the dragons are divided into types based on their scale color. The dragons have their own nation, the cats have theirs, and us birds split our lands apart some time ago to live separately.

On my world, there were two. [As far as he knows.]

They fought. It was inevitable.

May I ask why it was inevitable?

[He pauses slightly at that, wondering how to phrase it. His reasons for being with Heart had never been ideological.]

[But he understood them.] In order to surpass humans. And to survive.

What information are you collating?

[ That sounds... worrisome. ]

Then are there no longer two?

I'm merely curious.

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If all went well...one of them has gone extinct. [He didn't live to see it, though. Ironically, the fact of his death would have contributed to the Roidmude extinction, Chase being a Roidmude himself.]

People aren't curious for no reason.

[Snort.] Rich humans treated poor humans like shit; only thing they can agree on is that the elves are garbage. Then the Dalish elves treat the city elves like they're the 'wrong' kind of elf.

Dwarves--like me--depends on whether you're born topside or not--that is, outside Orzammar, or in it. And whether or not you're the right caste. ...All humans figure we're just merchants and moneylenders though. [Pricks.]

Then you've got the Qunari, who... huh. [Just envision a giant question mark where the Qunari are, frankly.] I don't even know where to start with them.

Anyway. Those are your four races where I'm from.

It sounds like quite a contentious relationship both between races and within them. May I inquire as to why there seems to be such a heavy emphasis placed on the location of where one is born, as opposed to other factors?

Your guess is as good as mine, salroka. Why do people treat each other like shit anywhere?

[a pause; he tries to reign in his bitterness.]

Is it different where you're from?

Humans are the predominant race where I'm from, but there are still problematic issues. Societies as a whole are slow to change... even though they have the extraordinary capacity for it.

Is it really an extraordinary capacity if they won't sodding do it, though?

[another pause, and an exhale.] Sorry.

There are a vast number of different species back home. I couldn't even give you an accurate count or estimate....and...unfortunately no. There is a great disparity among their treatment.

Is there any common factors that you've noticed as to which races seem to be treated worse than others?

Strength. Physical and magical strength is greatly valued. There is very much an attitude of if you can't defend yourself, you deserve to be hurt.

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