# Various other questions **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 18, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/various-other-questions/687 "2024-03-18T15:46:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
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Apologies if the formatting of this is sloppy, I had several thoughts to air and nowhere else to really ask them that seemed appropriate. 1. It’s been stated repeatedly that the culture of the Empire doesn’t discriminate between “highbrow” and “lowbrow” the way that Earth cultures do. Despite this, I feel like the stated treatment of the “servile” caste in the Empire’s early history (that is, pre-universal industrial automation) chafes against this notion. Is the idea of less class separation something the Empire only adopted later? If so, it is understandable. 2. The etymology of names - some names seem to be fully translated while many others are not, as in the names of countries like Mossstone, Stonewall, and Sixshires. 3. What would the the eldrae think comparing the cultures of Japan and Kanatai, for example? Despite entirely different histories and extremely different historiographical circumstances, you still end up with a culture of eldrae that have epicanthic folds and have cognates to the positions of earthly “shogun” and “ashigaru” among others, not to mention a language that sounds remarkably similar to earthly Japanese. Perhaps Ochale could be considered as well, as it seems they have much in common with our China. edit: 4. Will we ever get more information on Liriel Larathyr, Varian Leiraval and Loran Camriad? It seems like they would be incredibly important figures, helping to lay down the Imperial Charter and all but they seem to get overshadowed in all cases by Emperor Alphas and Empress Seledie. --- _[View the full topic](https://eldraeverse.discourse.group/t/various-other-questions/687)._