The practicalities of running a secret society like that really are incredibly problematic. It's one of the things that makes me disinclined to believe in the Illuminati or any other of the great conspiracy theories. How in the world would everyone have not already known about them? Modern tracking methods would almost certainly identify them, but so too would messengers in the past.
Sort of like immortals, too. For as long as there has been history, there have been immortals: declaring themselves gods, imprisoned as demons, fighting each other to death/decapitation/lightshow... and there are enough of them to have a semi-stable culture with rules and etiquette. Plus, they come from all cultures and any family type. In reality, I rather assume that the public would have to be well aware of the race of immortals, even if they couldn't necessarily identify the individuals. It would simply be a part of history. And it would probably effect the lives of all foundlings, whether pre-immie or not.
To make this sort of plot work, there has to be a certain amount of hand-waving, and vague explanations of "and it all works out" or "and nobody noticed."
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Date: 2009-12-17 04:28 am (UTC)Sort of like immortals, too. For as long as there has been history, there have been immortals: declaring themselves gods, imprisoned as demons, fighting each other to death/decapitation/lightshow... and there are enough of them to have a semi-stable culture with rules and etiquette. Plus, they come from all cultures and any family type. In reality, I rather assume that the public would have to be well aware of the race of immortals, even if they couldn't necessarily identify the individuals. It would simply be a part of history. And it would probably effect the lives of all foundlings, whether pre-immie or not.
To make this sort of plot work, there has to be a certain amount of hand-waving, and vague explanations of "and it all works out" or "and nobody noticed."