07-24-2022, 06:15 AM
(07-24-2022, 01:52 AM)Felkesste Wrote: Humor me for a moment; Let's say you were transported back to ancient Rome or somewhere just as far from your world, your norm, your societal expectations- and for whatever reason, you decided that you wanted to educate these people about some of the things you know from your society. Like germs. You try to explain to them that there are these creatures that are so small, they appear invisible to the naked eye, that breed in filth and cause illness when they enter your body. They can only be killed with these specific materials or substances. They can only be seen with special tools. The myriad of ways they reproduce and spread could fill several books.
But I'm going to go out on a limb here, and guess that you don't know the first thing about building a microscope- especially with ancient tools and materials. I would also presume that, while you might have a vague idea on how to make homemade soaps, it'd be a lot of trial and error, and it'd be very hard for you to prove that this pleasant smelling block of slippery "fat?" is in any way good for people's health, enough to dissuade them from prioritizing the production of more immediately recognizably practical things like food or tools. I'd also bet that you wouldn't know the first thing about how to kill germs that have already entered the body, or how to treat most illnesses once people have succumb to them. If a plague hit the town, about all you could do is explain some of what you know about how germs spread- and even back then, they already had a murky understanding of how that worked, so you'd really just be spewing their own common-sense back at them from their perspective and getting haughty and smug about it.
I don't see any of that information making an impact on day to day life on the island, not only because none of it could be taken -to- the island and proven to anyone in any capacity, but because the island would, in theory, have it's own culture, it's own history, it's own beliefs and heritage, outsiders trying to preach about these gods from the outside and promising that faith in these gods would make you more powerful would be -IMMEDIATELY- upsetting to the powers-that-be on the island. That's the sort of thing that would get you and your faction hunted down and exterminated. Rocking the boat like that would be very foolish of the guild, and what would they gain from doing so? All they'd be doing is muddying their own studies into the culture and history of the region, and upsetting the people in charge to boot by "starting cults". Some of that is a little silly to worry about, too. "Did you know that the Asago Corporation exists somewhere in the world?", "Oh my gosh, this changes everything-"
It does change everything, and people back to ancient rome did had to confront the progress of technology and mix of culture, changing everything as well. Even if after their fall.
Thing is, those knowledge karaten has, is not just beliefs, they are true.
The gods are true, Mercala is very real, the use of the salamander structure is a big change. Safe teleport is a big deal. The knowledge of the races origins change all the history and raise questions.
And of course, knowing their a whole ass other continent on the other side of the ocean. There's no way NO ONE in Korvara is going to ignore that.
That is maybe not for your character. But in a world view point. It REALLY matters.
Best is to just wait for Korvara to be open to Sigrogana before such organisation.
Sigrogana itself, at this point, is not supossed to be aware of Korvara. But movement like the Coral Quill Pitch could be part of reasons Korvara and Sigrogana becomes connected at some point, in the future.