The Arkmerids are a militarist, tech savy people. They are not adept in the arcane arts, in fact most fear and call for the prosecution of magic users. Many wars of cleansing have been fought in past to get rid of magic, however during recent centuries the Arkmerids have become more tolerant of it. Through many generations of warfare they learnt the value of covert ops and the usefulness of droid units. Life turned out to be valuable.