Not sure who Madirrah and if he/she wants to be anomymous, I wouldn't be against it by any means...
However he tries to make us belive he is citing the
"Being a Tryker" page from the lore. I am by no means against using those parts of the lore that suit best our individual personality (if I would of course would be a weird, very atypical tryker myself). But when the citation is not complete basic rules say that we have to give notice to the reader at least by the sign "[...]".
As Madirrah doesn't do it, I belive it's a duty to add and confront some parts here and there:
"Who is our chief?
Lady Ailan Mac'kean, she's the big boss. She is the governor of the Tryker Council. When she speaks, you jump! at least until you've worked your way up to be able to speak to her eye to eye. You make sure you stand by her, young Homin, our independence depends on our solidarity! Her right-hand Homins is her deputy, Rehn Kirran, he is an experienced Homin and provides her counsel. If ever you get the honour of carrying out a mission for the council, make sure you give it your best shot, you never know, our independence could depend on it"
This quote was left apart, probably because it may have been harder in the context to mention that the Trykers have two leaders while the other civilisations have only one...
"What are our goals?
Ever since we resurfaced from the Prime Roots we have been building solid foundations for our future civilization without tyranny or intolerance, where all Jena's children may live in freedom. Now we must:
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Develop our individual strengths and skills
- Build strong and closely knit guilds to spread the word of the Karavan and free the infidels of Kami possession
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Build alliances with the Zoraïs
- Improve our knowledge to make even better tools and weapons. During the Great Swarming, much knowledge was scattered throughout the land. Discovering this knowledge and more will open the doors to the secrets of the past.
- Live the good life."
Obviously this statement (mainly in the points underligned by me here), even if on same page of basic principles, was not so suitable to Madirrah's views but it's still there.
Later we can see Madirrah considering fellow trykers of different religion as "My brothers and sisters lost and fallen to the evil blight, possessed by demons!" But he/she might have omitted to read the very first paragraphs of the page so heavily/apparently quoted here, paragraphs that state:
"If you believe in a world without tyranny or
intolerance, with neither masters nor slaves, come help us build it!! (the tryker world, my note)"
Finally Madirrah makes the following assessment:
"Only as one can we stand true to our spirit."
Which - I admit - sounds as a good slogan. Only has some slight problems with the same page that he/she quotes at the begining which sais:
"We Trykers live by the virtues of freedom, equality and sharing. We believe all homins are equal and should live and let live.
We believe in nurturing the qualities of the individual, and not just the group as a whole. After all, our sweet Goddess Jena makes homins come into life one by one, not in elevens and nines!"
Possessed or not possessed by demons *grin* I never cease to wonder... those trykers ...- who think all trykers should belive in same gods, follow exactly same politics, vote same Governor, indulge in same Matis "protection", hate same Zorais or kamis, or... corsairs, never mind, who belive we should all wear same pair of same colour trousers... be "as one" as it stays well said... - those trykers, with whom are they "federated" with?
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N.B.
Federation
1. the act of federating or uniting in a league.
2. the formation of a political unity, with a central government, by a number of separate states, each of which retains
control of its own internal affairs.
3. a league or confederacy.
4. a federated body formed by a number of nations, states, societies, unions, etc., each retaining control of its own internal affairs.