Those who challenge the hierarchy are often portrayed as evil, and the peasants, on the whole, are mere background characters, dragon victims, refugees, burned out of their houses and generally disregarded by the heroes-whoever they are. Of course, the joy of the genre is in taking us behind that curtain of formality and showing us the cold clockwork underneath. While the best of it might offer a critique of monarchy and feudalism, most of the core texts are set in worlds with Kings, Queens, knights, court intrigue, hapless soldiers and peasants, operating in a rigidly hierarchical society with stultifying formality.
Fantasy is an inherently conservative genre.
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