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That's insulting - Alefprian citizens, particularly Lifprasilians and their cousin races (Vulamerians and Vestecians as I call them) are particularly smart; but they don't have a grip upon mathematics. They do have a complex language, though, it's called "the First Tongue".

I think you're not giving ancient species enough rep, as a society we have grown smarter, but pre-history humans were basically more intelligent as an individual. Write a spinoff story or something - there's no use insulting the writing possibilities of a simpler era in history.
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It was a hyperbole. What I'm saying is we can barely come up with any use for mortals in anything above a small village level, which to me is boring. I want to write epics, erect great monuments, create great institutions of knowledge. I want to be able to incorporate mortal proceedings in my writing more. Less gods and maybe 10-60 mortals attacking another god, and more gods and heroes leading armies of 10,000+ to attack another god. Makes for a more grandiose story. The massive fight between the chaos hordes and the valley of peace angels was really interesting to me, since it was an example where mortals and gods clashed in an impressive manner.