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Old 05-28-2002, 12:42 AM
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Alright this is a bit absurd, and is mostly for those canadian players out there. Our communist backwater ways prevail in Amn. I have found conclusive evidence of this. Add if you want...

1)In the promenade within one of the animal cages are a Moose and a Squirel. Obviously Rockie and Bullwinkle have been trapped by the Martin Shortesq Quayle and brought to Athkatla.

2)Sheer volume of Moose.

3)a)Athkatla is the finacial meca of Amn and is thus representative of Toronto. Note High crime rate and immense poverty. Everyone thinks it is the capital anyway.
b)Umar hills is a backwater frigid-forestenclosed-conservative small town much like my native Ottawa. Nothing happens in Umar, just as nothing happens in Ottawa. The umar temple is therefor hull.
c)Trademeet with it's artistict desings and commerce, not mention the no doubt exorbatent rental cost represents Vancouver.
d)Brynnlaw with it's ocean born economy and fortress like nature is Halifax.
c)Montreal is the elven city. The elven city isn't really part of Amn. Point and case.
The five largest cities of Canada are represented in these five Amnish locals.

4)The Amnish legonaries, and other soldiers wear red and white.

5) The shadow druids represent the Green Party.... ah glourious multi-party system

6) Sheer quantity of natural expanse and emmense sums of greenary.


I am sure there are more.
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Old 05-28-2002, 12:55 AM
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What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, ... to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if he people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security.
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ROFL !
Does that make Calgary Ust Natha?
Though I can't quite see the Canadian Alliance party (or whatever they call themselves these days) partaking of the lust chambers!
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Hmm... Ust Natha seems to fit. Remeber Drow are all about superiority as a race... I think that would explain the Political connection.

In fairness I would lump the Underdark and the Praries together. The Druegar and the Drow are representative of two sides of a coin. The hard working Druegar and there odly open minded attitude and desire for uninvolvement versus the racist and indulgent Drow. The Beholders, Mind-Flayers and Kua-toa are like small minority groups for whose removal the Drow hire the PC's as unintentional commiters of genocide. Note also the Calgary Stampede, the Calgary Olympics and the Manitoba Fringe Festival as possible links to the Drow games.
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Old 05-28-2002, 02:13 AM
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Old 05-28-2002, 08:05 AM
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I love it!!

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Old 05-28-2002, 08:20 AM
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calgary has the best wrestling school and drows are good fighters so that seems logical

and the game was made by Canadians i believe?

i noticed Rocky and Bullwinkle as well

Nae to shabby for a Scottsh lad
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Old 05-28-2002, 09:02 AM
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Bioware was founded by 4 physicians in Alberta, who enjoyed D&Ding in their off-hours. Two still head the company. Rocky & Bullwinkle were the creations of two US citizens, animators with great senses of humor, Jay Ward and Bill Scott.
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I had momentarily forgotten about that. Given that many people based in Edmonton tend to view those living in Calgary as a bunch of red-necked, racist hicks, it is quite possible that the founders of Bioware modelled Ust Natha on the said city.
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That's why Rockie and Bullwinkle ARE Canadian. Most Canadian things are either made in the US and then sold to us, or sold to the US and then sold back to us. Like Tim Horton's, or soft wood lumber.

Onto lumber... Tamagami is the section of the woodlands where you enter the elven city. Notice the immense size of the trees.

Cernd represents the native populace.

Most average citizens are overtly polite.

I can't figure out Maple Syrup or Bacon... but I will.
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The De Arnise Keep represents the Parliament Buildings.....invaded by regenerating trolls.....

and Nalia is like Alexa McDonough.....perpetually whining about helping the "less fortunate"...without the first idea of how to actually go about it......
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Old 05-28-2002, 10:59 AM
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The De Arnise Keep represents the Parliament Buildings.....invaded by regenerating trolls.....

and Nalia is like Alexa McDonough.....perpetually whining about helping the "less fortunate"...without the first idea of how to actually go about it......
ROFL! Too true of politicians everywhere.
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So then does it need to be said that the Cowled Wizards are the Liberals?
Where do the Shadows Thieves fit in?
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im not seeing any shadow thief connection... i cant think of one just yet, but one thing you might notice is the lack of any education system in Athkala... in ten years that just might be the same situation Toronto will be in

God, next time i start a new game im thinking of naming myself Stockwell Day
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