Thanks to the Whispers of War and Attovia’s rapid acceleration towards a near industrial age many current adults of the short lived sentient species have grown concerned over their future place and especially the future place of their offspring in the world to come. They grew up under the best practices of traditions and old stories and now the garrote of progress tightens around their throats. Helvan Farms receive new innovations every year, Zyclest City breeds a collection of inventors who seek to upend the current way of things for the sake of “improvement”. Where then do the masters of a trade and their apprentices/children fit into a society that has begun to innovate over the top of previously accepted standards. The creation of the Amiri Pot destroyed a number of local potters and even some blacksmiths who made portions of their income off of metal cookware. This is but one example among many small discoveries that have left experts in small communities scraping for Clips and unable to find pupils to carry on their craft.
Imagine additionally as many now do, the implications of another Meyda War now fueled with four more centuries of improved Workings and countries capable of throwing much larger populations at one another. It all makes for the perfect cocktail of continent wide uncertainty which has never truly been seen prior.