(09-18-2015, 07:08 PM)myahele Wrote: Traditionally, Keepers are hunters. Its what they do in order to survive, but it's also a rite of passage. It's a conflict because for many centuries the Gridanians have been following the rules of the Elementals: don't take more than you need from the forest. The thing is, Seekers are doing just that with their hunting and that's bad news for the Gridanians because once an Elemental is fed up EVERYONE in the forest will be killed. The Elementals are weak now, but they were very much a threat prior to the Calamity. In other words, the Shroud belongs to the Elementals.
I agree that the Shroud belongs to the Elementals, and everyone who lives in it (including Gridanians) do so at the Elementals' pleasure. I haven't seen anything saying that Keepers (assuming that's what you meant) are overhunting the Shroud. Instead, I've been assuming that the schism between the Shroud-living Keeper families and the Gridanians is entirely political.
The thing to remember about the Shroud is pre-Calamity Greenwrath would take out anyone who displeased the Elementals, and made the Shroud a very dangerous place for anyone who wasn't in the Elementals' good graces to live there. Yet Keepers (and Duskwights) have lived in the Shroud for a very long time. Clearly they've come to terms with the Elementals.
You could make the argument that things are different now, and Keepers are overhunting because they can. However, you also have to recognize that it's only 5 years after the Calamity, and the Shroud was hit particularly hard. The Keeper population is probably reduced enough that there's no real way for them to overhunt the place, even if they wanted to.
Anyways, just my 2 cents here!
