06-17-2011, 12:39 AM
Xochime isn't a slave yeeeet though. She was formerly, but she isn't right now until her JERK SISTER decides to enslave her, bawhahaw.
There -- I just edited the Eterne wiki page to consolidate the information about wolves and prejudices and all that! Also, uh. Feel free to point out inconsistencies in my information. o_O
But basically, the prejudice stems from the religious sect and those who are strongly supportive of the religion... the lower classes generally couldn't give a crap less about wolf blood, wolves, and so forth, but the higher-classed families (those who are usually more religious) dislike wolves.
Thus, those who hold the religion especially close would be all "HAET WOLVES, ENSLAVE." Those who are lower-classed wouldn't be so harsh where wolves are concerned.
Eris was a joke in Eterne outside of the Kimaris family, which was at that point desperate enough to take a wolf-looking thing as their heir/whatev, but she partially refuses to believe it (rose-colored glasses on the past) and partially acknowledges it (of course, she doesn't know the half of it -- I have mentioned her overhearing whispers from coyotes while in Eterne, awkward stares, and some flat-out refusing to talk to her).
HOPE DAT HALPS. 8D
Quote:The only pure-blooded wolves allowed amongst them are slaves or sacrifices -- any who happen to stumble too close to Eterne and spotted are captured and enslaved, killed, or otherwise done away with. Approximately 65% of the slave population consists of wolves. Eterne is somewhat tolerant and lenient toward hybrids who "renounce" their wolf sides, though highly prefer these canines to at least appear the part of a coyote. They are barred from practicing in some elements of the religion—i.e., Zacatapayoli, the bloodletting ceremonies, due to their "dirty blood;" and especially from the Xochitl, since they are considered impure. Though hybrids are a lower caste of creature within Eterne automatically, they can participate in high society and the upper classes as any full-blooded coyote, although they may experience a fair amount of ostracizating from their pure canis latrans fellow citizens.
There is severe prejudice against wolves within Eterne's upper echelons, as many upper-class of Eternians are extremely religious and nearly theocratic, having an extremely complicated religious system of beliefs which they look to as nearly a source of law. However, some aren't entirely against spreading coyote seed to wolves, however; in the case of an ehecatl journey, even-numbered boys aren't discouraged from sleeping with wolves. Some of Eterne's canines think these efforts can purify the wolves eventually; it is not a belief the Atotoztli supports.
There -- I just edited the Eterne wiki page to consolidate the information about wolves and prejudices and all that! Also, uh. Feel free to point out inconsistencies in my information. o_O
But basically, the prejudice stems from the religious sect and those who are strongly supportive of the religion... the lower classes generally couldn't give a crap less about wolf blood, wolves, and so forth, but the higher-classed families (those who are usually more religious) dislike wolves.
Quote:Native elements include coytl mythology -- Eternians basically adopted and twisted native beliefs regarding the trickster/creator coyote to mean that coyotes are the only good species, basically.
Thus, those who hold the religion especially close would be all "HAET WOLVES, ENSLAVE." Those who are lower-classed wouldn't be so harsh where wolves are concerned.
Eris was a joke in Eterne outside of the Kimaris family, which was at that point desperate enough to take a wolf-looking thing as their heir/whatev, but she partially refuses to believe it (rose-colored glasses on the past) and partially acknowledges it (of course, she doesn't know the half of it -- I have mentioned her overhearing whispers from coyotes while in Eterne, awkward stares, and some flat-out refusing to talk to her).
HOPE DAT HALPS. 8D