Warscared
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the dark ravens can not raid because they lack the specialized manpower (sailors/fisherman and hunters/warriors) as the BB
or the wealth of the WW to equip and reward the best ! (they have the boats and merchant ship sailors and the best equiped soldiers!)
At the same time they are the ones who need to raid the most! the DR are into esoteric arts and gathering(as in collecting food... not even mining ffs) inside a forest,
a northern pine forest... not the most productive thing in the word to keep up a population
WW`s are farmers/shepherds and crafters and traders, they have other means of sustenance, and wealth defines their social hierarchy!
the BB`s are fishers and hunters. they could survive on that alone, they raid cause they need conflict to define themselves and set up an hierarchy!
thus we have the problem that the ones who need to raid the most due to the lack of options and resources are also the ones who are least capable!
- thus why so many of them just quit the communal life and become cannibal brigands, or expelled for sinning because they were too feeble due to the lack of sustenance
- they need the balance more then the other 2 clans cause they are the weakest, they are the drags and poor of society living off their betters and resenting them for that
they resent the BB strength and the WW wealth, but what do they bring to that society except the superstition or sacrifices and mumbo jumbo?
the clan that does most of the raiding does so due to their cultural and societal demands, without battle you have no social standing, and without social standing you´re as useless as a dark raven! as stated they have the best hunters and the best sailors/fisherman , they can work as soldiers/mercenaries and bodyguards if they so wished
the 2nd clan that does more raidings are the WW`S but they do not seek the direct riches and thralls of the BB`s (that they seek for social status and not to survive),
they seek the long term gains, thus better farming lands fishing spots trade nodes/routes or the elimination of their trade rivals, not direct booty/riches but instead they want wealth
when the DR raid they look to survive, the wealth they earn is to try and keep their society afloat, or get off the stress of communal life, they have self enslaved themselves in a social organisation that only creates deficits does not reward the best and therefore produces no surplus, what little they get goes to their leader so she can buy more books...
thus why i already predicted Mathilda will depart the WW and join the BB, its been more then clear that she does not seek wealth, she wants social standing and recognisition the currency of the BB`s, the same for Katjia who is probably sick of being poor with no chance for upper mobility
Sonjia already departed to the WW because ... well loyalty to the few who are loyal to her, not greed...
yrsa joined the DR because that is were her daughter is and her "special" capacities can only be lead and nurtered by Nox
astrid will join the DR cause she is a naive idealist that will go in search of knowledge
the only if is why will lizgard join the WW`s? because we all know she will
so the clans will reoganize not by hair colour but by ideals
the BB`s will stand on meritocracy (in a fascist sort of society were you must prove your worth to define were you stand!)
the WW`S will stand on freedom (and that is what capitalism is, not greed or wealth but the right to choose how you live your life)
the DR will stand on comunity (and spirituality i guess we can attribute that to them)
