Humans - Prompt #5 An Ethnicity whose cultural exports are highly sought after
Prompt #5 An Ethnicity whose cultural exports are highly sought after - Humans.
They have such diverse communities and vastly different artistic and musical styles that the Aetherians seek to enjoy as much human culture as possible. There are so few Aetherians and they mostly lived together in the same city. They have a very homogenous culture. During the 50,000 years between the great Kingdom war and the Cataclysm war, Aetherian and Xelusian cultures changed very little. Their technology stopped evolving, and their society stagnated into to a rigidly controlled caste system where one's birth defined their worth and their whole life. Coming to Terrearth, where freedom and self-determination were encouraged and needed to survive, the Aetherians enjoyed much more freedom until their ruling council decided to isolate them from the humans, resulting in an elitist mentality that those who carried human blood were 'less' than the pure bloods.
There was even an assassination attempt against the three-quarter Aetherian, one fourth human, King Darius for having a human wives and half-human children. Darius survived with his granddaughter Allura, who was spared because her father was 3/4 Aetherian and the holder of the Sacred Flame of Aetheria. Afterward, all contact with the human world was cut off because half of the army who joined the insurrectionists were humans who were promised to be made semi-immortals as a reward.
After the return to Aetheria and then the reuniting with the modern human culture, Aetherians embraced many aspects of human culture and art, despite the remaining Elitist movement's political power. Raised among humans, Prince Karstien pushed for equality among all species and was backed by Princess Allura as rightful Heir of the Aetherian throne. However, not everything the Aetherians adopted from the modern human culture was art and music. Prince Damien took advantage of the Humans' love of vices that spread to the Aetherians and created an intoxicant called Orb, which made both humans and Aetherians addicts and obedient servants to his will.
They have such diverse communities and vastly different artistic and musical styles that the Aetherians seek to enjoy as much human culture as possible. There are so few Aetherians and they mostly lived together in the same city. They have a very homogenous culture. During the 50,000 years between the great Kingdom war and the Cataclysm war, Aetherian and Xelusian cultures changed very little. Their technology stopped evolving, and their society stagnated into to a rigidly controlled caste system where one's birth defined their worth and their whole life. Coming to Terrearth, where freedom and self-determination were encouraged and needed to survive, the Aetherians enjoyed much more freedom until their ruling council decided to isolate them from the humans, resulting in an elitist mentality that those who carried human blood were 'less' than the pure bloods.
There was even an assassination attempt against the three-quarter Aetherian, one fourth human, King Darius for having a human wives and half-human children. Darius survived with his granddaughter Allura, who was spared because her father was 3/4 Aetherian and the holder of the Sacred Flame of Aetheria. Afterward, all contact with the human world was cut off because half of the army who joined the insurrectionists were humans who were promised to be made semi-immortals as a reward.
After the return to Aetheria and then the reuniting with the modern human culture, Aetherians embraced many aspects of human culture and art, despite the remaining Elitist movement's political power. Raised among humans, Prince Karstien pushed for equality among all species and was backed by Princess Allura as rightful Heir of the Aetherian throne. However, not everything the Aetherians adopted from the modern human culture was art and music. Prince Damien took advantage of the Humans' love of vices that spread to the Aetherians and created an intoxicant called Orb, which made both humans and Aetherians addicts and obedient servants to his will.
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