Teenage Mutant Sarpah wrote:
And...In recent news a story exposing the dark side of arranged marriage
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5…ed-arranged-marriage.html
Yes, indeed,...there can ABSOLUTELY be a dark side to arranged marriages... They have been a part of old-world culture in many different countries since ancient times, and in some places even today, as your article indicated...
The cool thing about Shard (and role-playing games in general), is that you and your gaming group, under the thoughtful story-telling of a good GM, can use examples like this to drive an in-game narrative that deals with the ethical dilemmas presented by such concepts... Such game-based story-lines, if handles with care and delicacy, can present excellent moments where concepts like this are explored in ways that help gamers expand their understanding of our own world in interesting and poignant ways... The ethical dilemmas of having a Caste System create similar circumstances where in-game narratives contain potential teaching moments where cultural understandings, and modern morals versus ancient traditions, become a topic of exploration...