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Feb. 17th, 2021 09:08 amHello and welcome to my TEDtalk~
I know others have done far more extensive research and papers than I on references made by Claude to existing traditions and historical practices that line up well with comparisons between Almyra and real world empires. The developers have said that Adrestia is based loosely on Rome and some people have compared Almyra to the Persian Empire.
Persia: 675-330BC
Rome: 27BC - 1453 AD
Ottoman: 1299 - 1922 AD
While there are many stylistic things that lean towards Persian and Turkic origins in Claude's design as far as a historical counterpart to Rome it would be more accurate to use the Ottoman Empire as a reference. The term "Barbarossa" was also the name of a pair of brothers in the 16th century Ottoman Navy that achived the status of Admiral and one of them even went on to achieve greater military recognition. Hayreddin Barbarossa became Pasha of Algiers and in relatively recent history had a WWI battleship named after him.
There are a lot of stylistic things and allusions that can be taken from Claude's design and supports but the only text outright stated text reference in the game is that title.
A popular tumblr post that has been shared around makes some connections that are very good points of reference. I have also found a source for historical garments that I have been referencing.
I am doing my best to make sure I am researching things to portray Claude's culture as accurately and respectfully as I can given it is still technically a fantasy empire.
Similarly I have seen criticisms of people using a harem based system as part of the reason Claude seems to imply he isn't sure what will happen when he returns home or that he has family (half-brothers) that might have been part of the "Everyone hated him simply for existing." that he mentions in his A support with Marianne. That said, the Imperial Harem was an important part of the structure of high society in the Ottoman Empire.
Not only that but, after an 11 year civil war ensued when a number of the former sultan's sons all made claims to the throne, fratricide was legalized for over 150 years.
The topic of race and racism is a consistent theme in both Claude's story and Three Houses as a whole so I do apologize if it seems I am stressing it overly much but it is something that is always there in the back of his mind and is the driving force for not only his ambitions but many of his paranoid habits.
All of this really comes down to a location to leave my sources and try to maintain consistency for headcanons regarding Almyra. If you take issue with something I have said or done in regards to Claude's history please feel free to mention that here or in a PM. I do not want to offend anyone and I freely admit to being a white American playing a very complex mixed race character.
I know others have done far more extensive research and papers than I on references made by Claude to existing traditions and historical practices that line up well with comparisons between Almyra and real world empires. The developers have said that Adrestia is based loosely on Rome and some people have compared Almyra to the Persian Empire.
Persia: 675-330BC
Rome: 27BC - 1453 AD
Ottoman: 1299 - 1922 AD
While there are many stylistic things that lean towards Persian and Turkic origins in Claude's design as far as a historical counterpart to Rome it would be more accurate to use the Ottoman Empire as a reference. The term "Barbarossa" was also the name of a pair of brothers in the 16th century Ottoman Navy that achived the status of Admiral and one of them even went on to achieve greater military recognition. Hayreddin Barbarossa became Pasha of Algiers and in relatively recent history had a WWI battleship named after him.
There are a lot of stylistic things and allusions that can be taken from Claude's design and supports but the only text outright stated text reference in the game is that title.
A popular tumblr post that has been shared around makes some connections that are very good points of reference. I have also found a source for historical garments that I have been referencing.
I am doing my best to make sure I am researching things to portray Claude's culture as accurately and respectfully as I can given it is still technically a fantasy empire.
Similarly I have seen criticisms of people using a harem based system as part of the reason Claude seems to imply he isn't sure what will happen when he returns home or that he has family (half-brothers) that might have been part of the "Everyone hated him simply for existing." that he mentions in his A support with Marianne. That said, the Imperial Harem was an important part of the structure of high society in the Ottoman Empire.
Not only that but, after an 11 year civil war ensued when a number of the former sultan's sons all made claims to the throne, fratricide was legalized for over 150 years.
The topic of race and racism is a consistent theme in both Claude's story and Three Houses as a whole so I do apologize if it seems I am stressing it overly much but it is something that is always there in the back of his mind and is the driving force for not only his ambitions but many of his paranoid habits.
All of this really comes down to a location to leave my sources and try to maintain consistency for headcanons regarding Almyra. If you take issue with something I have said or done in regards to Claude's history please feel free to mention that here or in a PM. I do not want to offend anyone and I freely admit to being a white American playing a very complex mixed race character.
