The prisons

[DeletedUser895]

Something I don't understand about the Elvenar game, amongst the humans' buildings, is the prison. Apparently it's for boosting population, but it also counts as a Culture building? I don't get how that works, because to me, Culture is something that betters a society, and I don't view prisons as bettering a society, I view prisons as a sign that a society is rotten and vile. I dislike the prisons enough I refuse to polish them in the game. I hope the Elf version of a population booster isn't a prison!

 

[DeletedUser68]

Let me first, ruefully, agree with your point of view. Unfortunately, humans have a bloody, bloody history; look up the Tower of London for example. It would not be possible to recognizably portray "Humans" without acknowledging those elements.

Elves, on the other hand, are mythical and are perhaps more the way we wish we were.

To your point, however. the Prison of the Condemned IS NOT a population building, and the associated text indicates that it's for "burglars and traitors." Perhaps we can simply gulp, and assume that they were condemned with due process? The population + culture premium building are the

• Hallowed Shrine
• Fountain of Youth

If you want to dig into the details a bit further, our Wiki has a wealth of additional information.
See https://en.wiki.elvenar.com/index.php?title=Culture#Cultural_Buildings_Humans

 

[DeletedUser895]

That's odd, because I know I saw a thread here weeks ago that explained that the Prison of the Condemned was a population booster building.

"It would not be possible to recognizably portray "Humans" without acknowledging those elements." I disagree. There are plenty of human cultures that never had prisons.

"Elves, on the other hand, are mythical and are perhaps more the way we wish we were." That could explain why my initial reaction to being given a choice between humans and elves was "Why would anyone ever choose to be a human???"