CG Midlander

[Catapult]

This has been bugging me for a while, since I haven't been able to find a real-world comparison for Gridania's quasi-system of government... until I thought of one last night. What do you guys think of this comparison?

In the pre-kings history of Jewish society, God was the monarch and considered the supreme ruler. Offending God was considered life-threatening. God's law was administed by the priests of the clan of Levi. On occasion, when things got out of hand, God would send a judge to resolve a particular problem and restore order.

Now:
Replace "God" with "the elementals";
Replace "priests" with "conjurers";
Replace "the clan of Levi" with "padjali heritage"; and
Replace "a judge" with "one beckoned by the Wood".

Anyone care to nit-pick?

[NoloeTazier]

This has been bugging me for a while, since I haven't been able to find a real-world comparison for Gridania's quasi-system of government... until I thought of one last night. What do you guys think of this comparison?

In the pre-kings history of Jewish society, God was the monarch and considered the supreme ruler. Offending God was considered life-threatening. God's law was administed by the priests of the clan of Levi. On occasion, when things got out of hand, God would send a judge to resolve a particular problem and restore order.

Now:
Replace "God" with "the elementals";
Replace "priests" with "conjurers";
Replace "the clan of Levi" with "padjali heritage"; and
Replace "a judge" with "one beckoned by the Wood".

Anyone care to nit-pick?

lol none here, I guess that's about as good of an analogy we can get. I wonder if Padjal really live forever or if they just live for so long that it seems like forever. Also a tie-in with Urianger, you'd think if he had a hand in the Sixth Umbral that he would be a Padjal and extremely old. But then again we have no idea how long Elezen can live to be.

[HiirNoivl]

This has been bugging me for a while, since I haven't been able to find a real-world comparison for Gridania's quasi-system of government... until I thought of one last night. What do you guys think of this comparison?

In the pre-kings history of Jewish society, God was the monarch and considered the supreme ruler. Offending God was considered life-threatening. God's law was administed by the priests of the clan of Levi. On occasion, when things got out of hand, God would send a judge to resolve a particular problem and restore order.

Now:
Replace "God" with "the elementals";
Replace "priests" with "conjurers";
Replace "the clan of Levi" with "padjali heritage"; and
Replace "a judge" with "one beckoned by the Wood".

Anyone care to nit-pick?

I'll pick just a little. All priests came from the tribe of Levi. I think Padjal would be more comparable to the family line of Aaron, which is the line of the High Priests.

...Where do moogles fit in?

[Catapult]

I'll pick just a little. All priests came from the tribe of Levi. I think Padjal would be more comparable to the family line of Aaron, which is the line of the High Priests.

...Where do moogles fit in?

Good call.

I'm not sure where the moogles would fit in, I admit. It is, of course, an imperfect comparison.