>>95839169>I dont care if its ignorant you fucking faggot, I care that its fun and compellingDrawing on real history and mythology (not copy-pasting it) is almost always more interesting than warmed-over stereotypes, which are copies of copies of copies.
Unfortunately, rather than the Dragon Emperor being some kind of immortal Qin Shi Huang or something else interesting (Yongle? Wang Mang? Taizong?), it seems instead it's just "he's a good guy who rules with wisdom and justice," blech:
>Harmony is the driving force behind Cathayan society. The teachings of the Dragon Emperor are such that everyone must work in concert with themselves and the land for the betterment of all and to find their natural place. This quest for harmony drives everything in Cathay, from their magic lores of Yin and Yang to how the Cathayan Dragons govern their people. Far from tyrants or aloof aristocrats, the Cathayan Dragons act as teachers and wardens for the Human populace. They see little point in creating an imbalance between mortals and themselves when the ever-present threat of Chaos will happily destroy them all.>Similarly, the Cathayan Dragons are not treated as gods by their people, nor do they demand worship. They are immensely powerful beings, rulers by magical and physical right rather than mysterious divinity. The iconography of the Cathayan Dragons is common-place and ever-present throughout Cathayan society, but only because they are very real, very present, and very powerful rulers. They are treated by their people with the reverence such powerful and wise beings deserve and speaking ill of them, especially if one is not native to Grand Cathay, is a quick way to get oneself killed.
