I have read a few
comments on Fire along the lines of 'why do they have modern tech but use
rudimentary weapons; it doesn't make any sense'. This surprised me as an issue
because, to me, it makes perfect sense, so I wanted to explain my reasoning here.
'Fire' arms makes me
think fire - the only realm who, in my eyes, would produce anything like a gun,
or an explosion, would be the Helian Realm. However, the people tasked with
protecting the realms are the Protectors and they already have their own, literal,
fire arms. Why would they carry a gun when a ball of fire has just as deadly an
effect, without the need to draw a weapon? And they definitely wouldn't want to
give that power to non-Protectors. They are a very elitist Realm, you've got to
remember. They don't want ordinary Helians to have the same power as them.
The only character I
can think off who might quite like something like a gun would be Roxy's mother,
Seraphina, because she isn't a Protector. However she's not in power yet, and
thus isn't in a position to do anything about her lack of fire. Plus, I'm not
sure that she would be clever enough to think up the concept - she would just
order lower ranking Protectors to do her dirty work.
Helian Protectors do
still make use of things like knives, but that's because they are useful -
they're something they can't utilise their powers for.
You might ask why
the other Realms haven't come up with anything like a gun, to fight against the
Helians, but there are two issues with this. First, the Arcan and Sephan Realms
are fundamentally Realms of peace - they wouldn't want to create weapons like
that. The Sephan do use knives, and bows and arrows, for hunting, but they are
also technologically behind the other Realms and guns wouldn't fit in with
their 'green' ethos. Arcans, on the other hand, just aren't interested in
warfare.
Secondly, there's
the fire issue again. Modern weapons are all about the fire power. The only
realm who may want a more sophisticated form of weaponry would be the Brizan
Realm; they feel quite vulnerable following the Helian Occupation. But they
definitely wouldn't create a weapon remotely resembling a gun. Maybe a water
cannon? They believe that their water is the best defence against the Helians'
heat.
I hope that this
post makes the world's lack of modern weaponry seem less anachronistic - it is something I've put a lot of
thought into!
