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--- kavkem:society:organisations:za-alseki [2020-01-19 00:21] – pinkgothic
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-**@todo WORK IN PROGRESS**
+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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 //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 =====
-At their most audacious, //Za'alseki// believe in what one might call 'psychological warfare' - they call it //whispering//. Sharing //[[:kavkem:organisations:Dynash|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.
+//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.