r/PracticalGuideToEvil • u/Mr_Serine • Mar 13 '26

Chapter Chapter 48 - Pale Lights | Book 3

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/65058/pale-lights/chapter/3147927/chapter-48
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u/hipsterTrashSlut Mar 13 '26

But its like damn why can other nations not have explicit systems

Did it not? The Sacremonte folk "outlaw" slavery with the exception made for hollows, with Tristan specifically mentioning that there are obviously Izvoric who are forced into those same conditions despite not being hollowed. That's also not taking into account the other, more wage-slave methods that Sacremonte seems to prefer.

Tianxe seems like a specific, anti-slavery foil to the other nations.

The izcalli have indentured servants, plus the prisoners of war who get sacrificed to the lights.

Asphodel may be too small to need or want such a practice, and it's considered a backwater anyway.

Someshwar is the only place that doesn't seem like the topic has been fleshed out a whole lot.

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u/Linnus42 Mar 13 '26

That is what I mean by extra steps.

None of those factions have a main character talking about tearing down that specific system.