Unfortunately, the Zoraï vs Tryker rivalry was never really explored ingame, so only the Fyros vs Matis rivalry played out and naturally turned into the standard Kami vs Karavan rivalry.
It seems to me the original developpers weren't really sure about what system to go for, because they build the 4 races in this system that allowed shifting allegiances, but then they also build in the Kami and the Karavan as an overarching "two-sides-only" dichotomy. Maybe because that was the standard and they were worried the 4 races system would be too complicated for the average MMO player? :p
(Blizzard may have done the 3 sides well in Starcraft, they completely screwed up in WoW doing only 2 sides with no room for politics at all.)
It's hard to tell why the "2 sides" Kami vs Karavan system ended up swallowing the more complicated 4 races system, whether it was because the players pushed it or the devs.
It seems to me the original developpers weren't really sure about what system to go for, because they build the 4 races in this system that allowed shifting allegiances, but then they also build in the Kami and the Karavan as an overarching "two-sides-only" dichotomy. Maybe because that was the standard and they were worried the 4 races system would be too complicated for the average MMO player? :p
(Blizzard may have done the 3 sides well in Starcraft, they completely screwed up in WoW doing only 2 sides with no room for politics at all.)
It's hard to tell why the "2 sides" Kami vs Karavan system ended up swallowing the more complicated 4 races system, whether it was because the players pushed it or the devs.