So... modern advancement versus not prone to change?

[His world had similar areas; places where people had 'always done things just so' and refused to step into a more modern era. He didn't fault them, as even for someone that had watched it progress from birth to where it was before the Storm came, it could still catch him by surprise.]

What of their nature? I hear talk of war. Is that what we are to come partake of? Another world's war? Or are we meant to dissuade it?