Prologue
The brown-skinned raka are preparing to fight the
white-skinned luarin. Throughout the winter, the raka have been kidnapping tax
collectors, destroying fields, bridges and food stores, and killing officials.
This is reminiscent of Communist-led revolutions in Africa, although it seems,
due to the presence of rice patties, the world in which this series is set is
meant to be more of an Asian setting.
The gods of the Copper Isles are Mithros (a thinly vailed
attempt to disguise the name of the ancient god of the mystery religions
Mythrus) and the Great Mother Goddess, also present in all the ancient mystery
religions and the pagan version of Christianity known as Catholicism.
1
Stormwings, metal birdlike
creatures patrol Rajmuat Harbour. This could be suggestive of some
transhumanist war machine. Stormwings live on human pain and fear, much like
the children of the devil in real life.
When the citizens of this world
die, they go to the Black God, similar to the god Hades of Greek mythology.
6
Darkings are tiny creatures that come from the Dragon
(symbolic of Satan) and help out humans. Could this be an illusion to certain
New Age philosophies that it’s all right to ask the devil to help you?
17
A character makes a remark about the Luarin being foolish
for expecting gods to be rational and says they would be better to worship the
trickster gods. Could this be saying that white people should worship the capricious
and unreasonable Eastern gods rather than the God of the Bible.
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The Stormwings prey upon children, much like the children of
the devil.
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