One of the reasons why game is good.

ARCANUM: OF STEAMWORKS AND MAGICK OBSCURA
A few character portraits are based on Confederate generals and
officers...
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A section of "The Mural of Enlightenment”, a painting made Arcanum's logo, which 3
the founder of Tulla, a city of wizards. His paintings overlays the symbol for a "The Orcish Question" is a series of books which
helped “those who meditate on them come closer to magick (centre) and я outlines the inferiorities of the Orcish race. It
achieving oneness”. technology (outer) у parallels "The Jewish Question", a similar debate
4 during the and century.
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The Celtic Cross, a symbol A three legged swastika, German Labour Front
used neo-Nazis used the division flag Kerlin's Shrine as it appears in game
Langemarck
Portrayed as miserly, greedy and cruel, The Gnomes, who are
often bankers and mercants, are based on stereotypes
They even worship Kerlin, the Gnomish god of gold.
The gnomes! The gnomes
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Human Male 4/John Brown Gordon you ever noticed that every gnome
to have at least one or two half
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breeding them for protection.
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even a quest where the player uncovers a Gnomish
conspiracy where it's discovered that they are breeding a
race of half-Ogres for personal protection. They are bred
kidnapping an elven or human woman, binding them and
A side-by-side comparison of a Donn Throgg poster and "Der Deutsche forcing an Ogre to rape her. Although the player can bring
Student", Nazi propaganda. Donn Throgg is a half-orc unionist and evidence of this to the local newspaper, the editor will have it
becomes a political activist after the game's end. He is portrayed as Early Bane of Kree Portrait/Derek Vinyard destroyed as it is revealed that the town's leadership is
a good man who stands up to oppression even an early portrait of the Bane of Kree was based on Derek controlled Gnomes, Obvious references to conspiracies
Amore direct comparison between the Arcanum logo and swastika is Vinyard, a criminal neo-Nazi character from American History It is surrounding Jewish cone media and racial
made here too. thought this design was discarded due to it being too controversial