Comment on Sand Elf warriors by Shabazik
I think that more than "arab" is subsaharian -and a bit sudanese- :3
yes, they are quite a mixed bunch!
Mostly light elves, with some unknow (or better, ignored) human and dark elven ancestors -and others had orcs, dwarven and others! thought none of the ones there seem to had these!)
yes, they are quite a mixed bunch!
Mostly light elves, with some unknow (or better, ignored) human and dark elven ancestors -and others had orcs, dwarven and others!
thought none of the ones there seem to had these!)
They make me think of the Valenar elves of Eberron x3
Yeah, that's about what I thought. My brain wasn't working as I was typing--or more accurately, "Arab" is a term that can be so broad as to be worse than useless! Very many different ethnicities and cultures can be placed under the 'Arab' category; while other Islamic peoples not far from the Arabian Peninsula don't fit under the term and/or would be insulted at being included in the term!
XD Very true!
But that's allways a problem when speaking of -other- people!
For example, as you said, you can't call arab all the muslim cultures... and neither you can call all these cultures muslim, as there are christian, drusian, pagan, etc, and many other elements in them... and not allways everybody is muslim!
and one can't tell them asiatic, or from a geographical area, as they are spreaded in 3 continents
And if one call wrongly somebody of a culture, they will feel insulted!
Like when I tell the US.American I thinked they where from New Zealand, Canada or Australia (happened me more in facebook than here, anyway XD)
But that's allways a problem when speaking of -other- people!
For example, as you said, you can't call arab all the muslim cultures... and neither you can call all these cultures muslim, as there are christian, drusian, pagan, etc, and many other elements in them... and not allways everybody is muslim!
and one can't tell them asiatic, or from a geographical area, as they are spreaded in 3 continents
And if one call wrongly somebody of a culture, they will feel insulted!
Like when I tell the US.American I thinked they where from New Zealand, Canada or Australia (happened me more in facebook than here, anyway XD)
Very true! All too true! Trying to correct oneself one way can then be incorrect in another! Trying to go by national identity might help, but isn't always accurate or useful either as ethnic groups often span multiple regions and nations.
damn you, world! why you are so complex? XD