The Peregrine: Difference between revisions

*[[Noble Savage]]: Both the Nomads and the Alori are subversions of this being neither savage nor completely noble despite first glance. The Alori are closer to earth and [[Holier Than Thou|never tire of reminding humans of it.]] They can also be treacherous and brutal. They are charming but not exactly noble. And they are not exactly savages in the sense of being primitive; rather they emphasized a different path to development. The Nomads have a romantic footloose existence but they are masters of technology and each ship has enough perks for a small town including books, music, and artwork. They are not always noble either; we find later that a pair of Nomad ships had tired of nomadism and used their possession of technology to become planetary conquerors and the descendants of this split off had given up wandering and now rule as a tyrannical oligarchy over an alien race.

*[[Order Versus Chaos]]: The Cordies who [[Space Police|enforce order]] find Nomads rather irritating. But they can get along and cooperate.

*[[Romanticism Versus Enlightenment]]: Trevelan represents extreme enlightenment. The Alori represent extreme romanticism. The Nomads are romantic in a different way but they also have enlightened characteristics.

**The Alori represent Edenic nature, Trevelan represents reason, the Nomads honor and both Trevelan and the Nomads represent discipline.