Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25555436-20150628193417/@comment-26206856-20150725044341

I pulled those from the almighty interwebs. Though they could be wrong, I would assume they are right.

Still, its the general encompassing feeling of each, and I see your point. I'm not sure how much it has to do with tropes though. If you think about it, most settings have these sorts of 'groups'. Comparing common fantasy cultures, I could easily say Vacuo and Elves could be "Ones with Nature", while Humans and Atlas are the "Advanced/Military/Oppressors", Dwarves and Mistral are the "Harsh Environment Survivors/ Team-workers", while Gnomes and Vale are the "Specialists".

When setting up for a story, after a point you start pulling different opposing traits in to generally define a culture and create interesting situations/interactions. The first two are usually the most common since they're the most polarizing.