by Hirem on August 4th, 2015, 6:33 pm
Hullo.
Since I worked with Sezkero on the concept of an RF orphanage, I'll do my best to explain where my thought process came from. Of course, if I'm wrong about any of this and canon RF actually is a perfect place for non-Akalak kids to live, I do sincerely apologize.
My thoughts on the orphanage started when Timothy Mered entered the city, and had his character get into a situation where he would soon be kicked off the streets if he couldn't find a stable job. And since Tim wasn't willing to find one or was unable, he wasn't left with much choice other than fleeing the guards and biding his time until the inevitable occurred. And this got me wondering, in a city of 8000 with about 40% of the population being non-Akalak, how many more kids wound up in Tim's situation? It made sense to me that there was at least a dozen other youngsters in the same boat.
And so, at least when I was helping to create the orphanage project, it was never about helping the hordes of homeless children in RF. Just the scarce few that might have evaded the Kuvay'Nas and risked getting expelled into the Sea of Grass. And in the future, potentially pulling kids from SB and other horrid locations and giving them a new home in lovely RF.
Again, if any of this information conflicts with actual RF lore, I apologize.