Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161030153351/@comment-14138255-20161102035505

128.62.79.19 wrote: @WC-83 I think Atlas's militaristic tone was established before Ironwood. After all, he is definitely not 80, and the Great War signalled a turning point when Alsius (now Atlas) was beefed up and the capital moved from Mantle to Atlas, which probably also led to Atlas's militarization. That is one big mystery actually. Why has Atlas, a combatent in the Great War, been allowed to be this beefed up after a devastating world war? Germany was allowed a military after World War II, but they are clearly ashamed and downright scared of becoming another Nazi Germany and threatening to kill the world again (it was like pulling teeth to make GSG9 after the Munich Olympics Incident). However, Atlas is practically a military geared state with the government being closely intwined with the military and is pumping out military hardware and armaments like it's going out of style. Was Alsius one of the perpetrators of the war or one of its victims? This doesn't make sense. We need more information, there's no reason everyone would be this fine with Atlas shirking popular custom and enlisting huntsmen into its ranks as well as making an immense army compared to the other kingdoms.