Nihilium 7th
Sage
My current wip takes place on a post-apocalyptic futuristic world with high technology and mystical creatures. Many of the societies that exist in my wip are the evolved and warped forms of culture and societies that exist today (only with greater influence). The problem I'm having now is the integration and selection of the cultures that I want to include. For example the Astaru in my wip are based on Nordic culture and follow a "religion" based on Norse mythology. Now ancient Nordic culture was not only war and pillaging but compared to all of the other aspects of it that (pillaging etc) is the most difficult to deal with in my wip in the sense of how integrated war is in the Astaru society . I guess my question is how does one accurately depict a culture without stereotyping it or having it be painted as a cliche depiction. Especially since my wip also utilizes Christian, Islamic, Shinto and many other cultures within it.