Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27850379-20160222233524/@comment-32398790-20170627223456

You all make really good points. It does seem too quick, the population, the language. But the kru system makes sense to me. These were straggling survivors, few and far between compared to the world before, TonDC has a population of 200! A completely new Society would have to form. Boundaries would be useless, maybe having nothing to do with cultural identity but at least not logistically or reasonably useful. Also, some of the trigedaslang development is explained by their needing to form a code mt.men can't understand. But that's not enough, I agree. Maybe some of their customs come from the many ethnicities and cultures that comprise our country. It also seems important to recognize they have no electricity,their lifestyles are a lot more like their distant ancestors than their great grandparents and I'm sure this contributed to their culture. I'm sure many of the first turned to alternative cultural constructs from older times for answers and rituals to go through life with. Grounders are a diverse group from the north east US. Most of azgeda is white and northern appearance, while most trigedakru are people of color, I think the majority seem more mixed race than the skaikru IMHO. This seems logical that previous original preamerican cultures would become more important, especially after a techy overproducing culture produced the nuclear war. Also, I think we'll get a better explanation in S5 about the forming of the flame centric culture and religion. It might be affected by the Dawn cult, but drastic changes in religion happen way more quickly than with language, especially I would expect after a nuclear apocalypse.