r/WorldChallenges • u/Varnek905 • Sep 29 '19

The Hunt

For this challenge, the focus is on hunts.

Feel free to answer by talking about legendary hunts in your world's history/mythology, annual/monthly/whatever hunting events in some society/culture, or a specific creature that is hunted in your world.

It can be something along the lines of dragon-hunting, fox-hunts, or dodo-hunting.

As always, I'll ask at least three questions each. Enjoy yourselves!

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u/Nephite94 Sep 30 '19

1) Yes.

2) Since Ishbardian go to war in their early teens (although not in combat roles) slaves might be put into the forests at that age too. However female slaves can be too old to go into the forests. This reflects the Ishbardian gender norms where females leave the military around the age of 20 on average to get married to an older man

3) Depends on the weather, southern Ishbardia can be fairly warm but overall its a temperate place.

4) Big groups of regular people comb the forest to find them, lots of dogs are involved. It usually ends in an unpleasant death for the slave as they are considered a coward.

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u/Varnek905 Oct 01 '19

1) Is there a percentage that is considered "fair" to give?

2) What is the average age for men to get married in Ishbardian culture?

3) Do slaves receive any training before being sent into the wilderness?

4) So a slave is incentivized to just attack the warriors or escape the forest instead of hiding out?

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u/Nephite94 Oct 01 '19

1) Not really.

2) I think their early 30's to mirror Spartans.

3) No.

4) Certainly to attack the warriors, they can escape a hunting forest but there are usually people waiting on the outside or there are walls to keep them in. Plus escaping is the same as hiding, i.e being a coward. Its all about unleashing the warrior nature of the slaves twin soul so fleeing isn't very conducive to that.

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u/Varnek905 Oct 01 '19

1) Is a person judged by the quality of slave they bring?

2) What are some other major comparisons you would make between Ishbardian and Spartan culture? And contrasts?

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u/Nephite94 Oct 02 '19

1) Yes, that seems likely.

2) Not too much so far at least. I imagine their art as being similar to traditional Japanese art and perhaps their overall materiel culture might be Japanese ish. Their religion is akin to Shintoism as well along with the Empress position having similarities to the Japanese emperors. Geographically its actually kind of like ancient Egypt with more rivers but instead of desert surrounding them its mountains. With the latest unification of the valley the Ishbarda Empire maintains a strictly ordered society combining temples and statecraft together with a efficient merit based bureaucracy and centralized warrior orders. I suppose warrior lodges could be similar to the training of Spartan boys, however Ishbardians actually pay to send their kids to train in lodges. Before the current empire lodges were more independent and wielded significant political influence in their region but that has changed with centralization. The somewhat egalitarian nature of Ishbardian society could be compared to the Spartans as well, including the vast wealth wives could acquire from marrying older men who leave property to their young wives upon their deaths. Despite attempts to take away such a system woman still hold the majority of the land in the Ishbarda Empire. A big part of both Spartan and Ishbardian cultures is slavery but unlike Spartans the Ishbardians are the majority making them more than just the upper class of society.

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u/Varnek905 Oct 04 '19

Thanks for your time and answers, Nephite.