Message no. 1

From:	Wafflemiesters <evamarie@**********.NET>
Subject:	Tir politics
Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 1998 18:26:02 -0600

Re: Tir Tairngire/Elves (Rune Fostervoll , Thu 11:13)

>While interpretations vary, I suggest using a model of mid 1930s
>Germany for the Tir, perhaps with a bit of 1980s East Germany thrown
>in (for Portland and border paranoia).


This is a very good image for the mood of the place. I'll use it.

Would probably make the Paladins the political equivalent of the
Gestapo. What that makes the Ghosts I don't know - SchutsStaffel?(sp?).

Once you think about it, the image is scarily accurate. There's the same
fascination with symbolism and rituals as well.

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Other paralells are there as well, but many are lacking. I'd say you
looking more at Tir Na'nog. Tir Tairngre is more like 19070's Isreal-
fresh off some war victories, but still not sure of its international
position, and full of people who remeber "the holocost". Trust me,
certain Israili police units are plenty nasty enough to compare to
Paladins.I'm sure even in the Tir, some people are more conservatively
"elven" andthere are dissenting factions (like the non-eleven ones).

Mongoose