Q&A with Armen Chakmakjian on Urtaru discussion

Pascal is refered to as human. Is it safe to assume that all of the characters are human?

Are the Barabreen representative of the Palestinians?
Naireans representative of the Armanians?

My knowledge of WWI is limited. I would like to do a bit more research so that I may make the hidden connections with the book.

All the characters are humanoid anyway. I never specify. There aren't any lizard people or stuff like that.

Naerians are definitely armenians. The Barabreen are roughly, and not exactly, bedouins. My imagination game them a sort of a Lawrence of Arabia (movie) quality, since I never lived there. I had to kinda imagine what my father was describing. That's why I gave them the knowledge of horsemanship.

Roughly, very roughly very very roughly:

Naerians = Armenians
Barabreen = Bedouin Arabs
Albion = sort of Americans who sound like Brits
Neznoir = Sort of french
Darjiki = Ottoman Turkish Empire
Barsifi = Persian Empire
Raslavon = Russian Empire

So for example the Esciscian monks dressed like franciscans but the the reference to their ancient language were inspired by a visit I made to a coptic retreat center here in Massachusetts.

It was a framework to start with, anyway.

Thank you, thank you!!! Do you have any suggestions for non-fiction books that discuss the conflicts of your grandfather's time?

Tiffany, I could recommend one book "40 days of Musa Dagh" as a sort of explanation of the Armenian point of view.

From the british POV, I found this rather good (and recent) posting on the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwar...

That would at least give you a start.

Thanks.