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==Backstory== | ==Backstory== | ||
The {{cotw}} are the prehistoric ancestors of what become known as the “''mandria''”: civilian, untutored collateral in the [[Global financial crisis|Great Financial War]]. | The {{cotw}} are the prehistoric ancestors of what become known as the “''mandria''”: the civilian, untutored collateral in the [[Global financial crisis|Great Financial War]]. | ||
They are handsome creatures: delicate but fundamentally stupid, supine, herd-like and oddly elderly — many having lived since well before recorded time began. | They are handsome creatures: delicate but fundamentally stupid, supine, herd-like and oddly elderly — many having lived since well before recorded time began. | ||
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=== Dispute resolution === | === Dispute resolution === | ||
Being largely peaceable, conflict | Being largely peaceable, conflict within the community was rare, but there were differences. The ''[[Synthæse]]'' regarded physical settlement of differences as sinful and instead voluntarily ''exchanged'' their value in a central market the town square. A custom emerged of buying and selling “contracts for difference”. | ||
==== Protection and separation ==== | ==== Protection and separation ==== |