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Originally Posted by Andsigil
It's as if everyone "went Tokugawa" in the 3rd Age, but there really is no clear explanation as to why. |
Speaking of Japanese things, I'm wondering if another factor might explain the lack of travel. I'm thinking of some system
a la the one set up by the Tokogawa shogunate's immediate predecessors, the Toyotomi (specifically Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the first shogun of the line) wherin people werent allowed to leave thier
han (fiefdom) without specific permisson from thier local lord. if such a system was in place in parts of ME it would go a long way to explaining a lack of traveling (it is after all hard to engage in casual traveling if it's in fact illegal). I'm not saying no one is allowed to travel (nomadic people like the rangers obviosly do) but those that do may be the exception, not the rule