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+The roots of the [[:kavkem]] [[:kavkem:society:organisations|organisation]] //**Za'alseki**// (from //za'alyr// (dream) and either //sekidas// (to fix, to mend) or //sekis// (to create, to make)) can potentially be traced back to [[:kavkem:mythology:Leksharia]], although the mythology shares no overlap with the main haunting grounds of the organisation.
-The roots of the [[:kavkem]] [[:kavkem:organisations|organisation]] //**Za'alseki**// (from //za'alyr// (dream) and //sekidas// (to fix, to mend)) can potentially be traced back to [[:kavkem:mythology:Leksharia]], although the mythology shares no overlap with the main haunting grounds of the organisation.
+<color #ff0000>**WARNING**</color>: The following material has not yet had a chance to become canonical.
 ===== Prevalence =====
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 ===== Structure =====
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+//Za'alseki// is a built as a strict hierarchy of command - less because commands are frequently given and more to grant absolute clarity of whose word overrides whose.
+//Za'alseki// is led by an individual //ryrhakenem// and otherwise divided into four //chapters//, the leaders of which take their orders directly from the current //Za'alseki// leader, inasmuch as orders are given. The division into fours continues with regularity (although the terms for them may vary). Leaders are called //**raktat manema**// (sacred mentors) and numbered according to rank. The leader of //Za'alseki// as a whole is //raktat manem'za// (the first sacred mentor); a chapter leader is //raktat manem'sha// (the second sacred mentor); the kavkema who defer to the chapter leader are //raktat manem'sa// (the third sacred mentor) by their underlings, and so forth, until the ranks peter out into regular //Za'alsekigades̈a//.
+The term **//gades̈//** (protégé) indeed originated from //Za'alseki// hierarchic practise; a kavkem's immediate hierarchic underlings are referred to as //raigades̈a// ('his protégés') or //kaigades̈a// ('her protégés') respectively (and, unsurprisingly, as //saigades̈a// ('my protégés') by the kavkem themselves). If need be (though there is often no need), these too can be numbered - someone referring to the //gades̈a// of their //gades̈a// may simply call them //gades̈ashaa//, and so forth.
 ===== Methods =====
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+//Za'alseki// generally try to live by a set of virtues: **//szamha//** (protection), **//desur//** (patience) and **//deel//** (silence).
+At their most audacious, //Za'alseki// believe in what one might call 'psychological warfare' - they call it //whispering//. Sharing //Dynash//'s boldness, they interact with Nayabaru settlements quite closely, although their focus is rarely destructive. Instead, they rearrange what they can, subtly sabotage equipment (regardless of whether it is crucial or not), and build contraptions that catch the wind to make sounds. One might call what //Za'alseki// do a good haunting - and indeed, while [[:Nayabaru]] seek rational explanations for everything and are thus rather difficult to convince of ghosts, per se, they are not altogether immune to adopting a feeling that a particular area is cursed, especially if Nayabaru might wake up one morning to find one of their members dead in their own house with nary a scratch on them. That the Nayabaru of Vatenas are especially devoted to science does not prevent communities from relocating if this goes on long enough without that the cause can be identified.
+That said, such efforts would be immediately foiled if evidence of kavkema were, in fact, discovered - as the Nayabaru's focus would then switch to higher diligence and sweep the area, making stealthy '//whispering//' effectively impossible - so //Za'alseki//'s focus has always been to cover their tracks, work with high precision and remain completely silent. This has made //Za'alseki// excellent at intelligence of all kind and arguably, they know more about the Nayabaru than any Nayabaru would about the kavkema of Vatenas.
+In fact, the Nayabaru of Vatenas certainly don't know that there are **sessile kavkema** on their continent, having cautiously taken up abandoned 'cursed' mines or settlements. //Za'alseki// are the only organisation that can be said to have access to //some// industrial capabilities, thanks to settlements they have taken over - although since these tend to be quite far removed from other settlements they could have once traded with, they tend to be the least advanced equipped of the Nayabaru settlements.
+Prolonged '//whispering//' only happens occasionally and highly strategically. Essentially, //Za'alseki// do meticulous long-term planning and try to carve out a safe niche for themselves right under the Nayabaru's noses. If they had the technology to, they would dig themselves a whole network of tunnels to live in, unbeknownst to the enemy.
+Generally speaking, //Za'alseki//'s focus is on giving wild kavkema safe places to hide. In this, they work together tightly with the Vatenas //[[:kavkem:ryrhakenem|ryrhakenema]]// (assuming that the //ryrhakenem// is not already in //Za'alseki// anyway, which many of them are). They may choose to strategically rescue someone, with the same diligent, quiet and patient approach they are famous for. To prevent their safe havens from being revealed, they tend to prefer //showing// the place to kavkema rather than //telling// them where to go, asking their temporary protégé not to try to remember the way and making sure to take a long enough, winding route that it is not easily committed to memory by sheer accident.
+//Za'alseki// are mildly opposed to //[[:kavkem:society:qasai]]//, owing to their life-preserving and life-affirming goals. They do recognise that it may be preferable to commit //qasai// in captivity, but as they preach patience and endurance, it is mildly discouraged.
+On request, //Za'alseki// will teach their members to psychologically resist physical torture by putting them through it. This is not technically standard practise, in that //Za'alseki// do not advertise that they do this, but new recruits learn it as one of the many facts given to them when they join, and a large percentage (>75%) of //Za'alsekigades̈a// indeed indulge in at least one session. One is usually enough to convince most of them not to try any //more//, but as many as 10% of //Za'alsekigades̈a// ritualise the practise, carefully and methodologically exploring their pain tolerance with a mentor.
 ===== Effectiveness =====
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+By quality of results, //Za'alseki// is by far the most effective organisation, granting various kavkema on Vatenas an actual quality of life - however, their methods do not scale, as they precisely rely on relative obscurity.