1/ As the story tells, there were sometime the people called #Equiz. They lived in the country and did not know any technology. When firearms came to be, it somehow turned that many Equiz did not accept them.
2/ These have preserved the white arms as their weapon of choice and resisted technology ever since. Slaughter between the two factions has endured for many years, although the exact cause of it has now fallen into oblivion.
3/ With firearms came construction science, and its supporters founded the City, that has grown enormously with time. Surrounded with a titanic wall, the City is where maybe a half of all Equiz dwell.
4/ Outside the City are plains and forests, that various creatures and many Equiz still inhabit. To an average Citizen, the outside world would look like a frightening place, and aversion would arise toward its inhabitants.
5/ The Equiz who battled non-Citizens were like an army to Citizens.
From the white arms’ side (calling themselves and known universally as the Coldblooded), the army of the City (who they called Anequiz) was the enemy.
From the white arms’ side (calling themselves and known universally as the Coldblooded), the army of the City (who they called Anequiz) was the enemy.
6/ The conflict was so old that very rarely would a Coldblooded wonder of the reasons behind it. Mutual killings never stopped, and this seemed enough to fuel both sides with hatred.
7/ As to the other life issues, Anequiz, with all the technology and gimmicks, looked strange to the Coldblooded.
8/ Not only the social culture and tradition but also the dialects were different—to a degree that, at times, the combatants could barely understand another one’s speech.
9/ Not all of the Coldblooded were like this, though, as some of them happened to be born and raised in the City.
10/ These were known as the Orange (as compared to the Violet) Coldblooded, and they were highly versatile with tech (and not very much liked among the Violets for that matter). Utter respect for their kind and common ancestry, however, were that what united all the Coldblooded.
11/ The armies of the City were vast. A lot of personnel were localized in the field, outside the City (some were for many years). It is even correct to say that the City was not a common place to be in for the military.
12/ They were raised there, trained there, and then left the City for battle, most of them never staying in the City for long ever since and until retirement.
13/ The City police, Annennare, were the ones who patrolled the City and were given extraordinary power by the City administration (essentially controlling Citizens by fear). There also were the Aequess, the secret police, but few even heard of their existence.
14/ Not everyone felt like getting involved in the Equesian conflict, though.
15/ Some good Equiz, both outside and inside the City, simply lived their lives, willing most of all to be left alone by both parties (although, as sad as it is, only the mysterious Equiz hermits said to be capable of magic seemed to succeed in evading the war). …
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