[quote=@BingTheWing]
I personally find the tone of the writing purposely propagandic in nature, as if the narrator is only telling us one perspective of the story. Perhaps the vile description of the Ashkanai was put out to dehumanize the enemy, and the Ashkanai are actually ordinary tribesmen who felt abused by the Empire and decided to retaliate?
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Is this a lore suggestion or criticism of the roleplay idea? I'm open to both. 

The point of putting this in a dark fantasy context is to eliminate subjective perspectives and moral relativism. It works (somewhat) in real life, but not here. The Ashkanai, humanoid goat-like creatures, propagate worship of demonic Gods devoted to corruption, sacrifice of other races, and bloodshed. However, you are right in that they are nomadic tribesmen who believe these practices to be the right way of things, and as such would feel threatened by the Empire and its human values of life, prosperity, social cohesion, and by extension the 'superiority' of the human race.