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- | ==== Tain-Katal subculture ==== | + | Nayabaru are largely blind to the differences in their subcultures when they encounter them, as they tend to manifest on axes they are less interested in - this means there are no formal names for these subcultures, |
- | The core Nayabaru subculture, Tain-Katal | + | To better understand the degree to which these subcultures are ' |
- | It exhibits | + | In any case, some striking observations can be made about the subcultures. |
- | ==== Asheenagiji | + | ===== Asheenagiji |
- | The main body of the Asheenagiji continent is a desert expanse. The Nayabaru in this subculture | + | ==== Tain-Katal Coastal |
- | They have a stance toward inflicted death that is compatible with the base culture, but makes an exception for accidentally inflicted deaths (which most other Nayabaru sub-cultures make no exception for), which they do not punish. | + | The most populous of the Nayabaru subcultures and one that can generally be given a kind of historic primacy, the // |
- | (Over many generations, | + | This subculture |
- | The Asheenagiji subculture itself has no general stance on the kavkema, given there aren't many kavkema amongst the wastelands. | + | {{ : |
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+ | That said, the arrangement of the glyphs is still typically done with aesthetic intent. An example rendition of the title // | ||
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+ | The // | ||
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+ | They are known to view kavkema that were not grown in their labs as creatures halfway suspended between ' | ||
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+ | The // | ||
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+ | Despite all this, the // | ||
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+ | The subculture has been known to dabble with projects of raising Nayabaru-loyal kavkema, although they ultimately tend to sabotage their own efforts with their scepticism. | ||
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+ | ==== Reeva Peninsula subculture ==== | ||
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+ | The //Reeva Peninsula// subculture stretches across the entire ' | ||
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+ | It can, from an outside perspective on the Nayabaru, be considered a radicalist subculture. While they are not under the same pressures as the // | ||
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+ | Since they do not consider social failing to be a permanent affliction, they are the most likely of the Nayabaru to //talk// to the kavkema, rather than simply antagonising them. That said, as with all Nayabaru, their social harmony overrides any interest they may have in ' | ||
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+ | Similarly, the //Reeva Peninsula// subculture is the source of //Nayabaru without a title// as a legitimate notion, having pioneered the concept. | ||
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+ | All in all, they consider one's social place as far more mobile than the rest of the Nayabaru, though they would still be very confused by someone changing jobs more than once in their life. | ||
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+ | In Reeva itself and select stretches of the landscape all the way up to Vortok, the tattoo system tends to keep the outline of the original glyph designs, but will occasionally fill them in with baubles rather than a solid colour: | ||
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+ | ==== Asheenagiji Desert subculture ==== | ||
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+ | The main body of the Asheenagiji continent is an arid expanse, home to vast stretches of desert. The Nayabaru scattered throughout this geographic region as well as the ' | ||
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+ | The // | ||
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+ | This also implies that this subculture // | ||
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+ | (Over many generations, | ||
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+ | The // | ||
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+ | It's worth noting that not all Nayabaru outcasts that live in the area //were// necessarily accepted into any kind of community. Sometimes, all the // | ||
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+ | ===== Cetaros ===== | ||
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+ | The two island-continents the Nayabaru call //Cetaros// share certain cultural similarities that aren't observed anywhere else, although there is also a distinction between the islands. Together they are home to the second most populous Nayabaru subculture after the // | ||
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+ | What the islands have in common is something humans might call 'a sense of pride' at their cultural achievements. They celebrate Nayabaru achievements, | ||
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+ | An example rendition of the title //Hesh//: | ||
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+ | Both Cetaros islands lean heavily toward the opinion that kavkema are //animals// (though they both grant them basic sapient ' | ||
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+ | Despite this practise, it's worth noting that they are not inherently crueller to captive kavkema than any other culture. | ||
==== Valesh Island subculture ==== | ==== Valesh Island subculture ==== | ||
- | The area around Valesh, scattered pockets in mainland Cetaros, as well as some of the islands south of Cetaros (but not all of them) is home to a Nayabaru subculture that has elevated their xenophobia of the kavkema to an art form that has pushed it back out the other end to give them a certain respect for them. | + | The area around Valesh, scattered pockets in mainland Cetaros, as well as some of the islands south of Cetaros (but not all of them) are home to a Nayabaru subculture that has a certain respect for kavkema, like one would of any formidable opponent or dangerous animal. |
- | Perhaps ironically, they view the kavkema entirely as animals (though they grant them basic sapient | + | Despite |
- | ==== Cetaros-Tabraan subculture ==== | + | Occasionally their hunting practises involve catching kavkema //and releasing them again later//, simply to hunt them again. |
- | The Cetaros-Tabraan | + | ==== Cetaros |
- | Much like the Valesh | + | The rest of Cetaros leans more toward a mixture of the Valesh subculture |
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+ | Rather than keep areas free of tampering | ||
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+ | ===== Vatenas ===== | ||
==== Vatenas-Petraal subculture ==== | ==== Vatenas-Petraal subculture ==== | ||
- | The Vatenas-Petraal subculture | + | Nayabaru populations on Vatenas itself, as well as the city //Petraal// on the coast of Sefusa, form the //Vatenas-Petraal// subculture. |
- | They' | + | They' |
- | They' | + | The Vatenas-Petraal subculture considers |
- | ==== Sefusa | + | On the other hand, occasionally, |
- | //(I would expect this to be a mix of Vatenas-Petraal and Tain-Katal, but I don't seem to have a feel for this.)// | + | Vatenas tattoos tend to be minimalist, with thin strokes and accented joints that only hint at the original glyph joint design. Nonetheless, |
- | ==== Reeva Peninsula subculture ==== | + | {{ : |
- | The Reeva Peninsula | + | The // |
- | Since they do not consider social failing to be a permanent affliction, they are the most likely of the Nayabaru to //talk// to the kavkema, rather than simply antagonising them. That said, as with all Nayabaru, their social harmony overrides any interest they may have in ' | + | {{ : |
- | Similarly, | + | This sequence of curves would be repeated several times on the back of the //Hesh// in question - once in very large lettering, then in smaller patterns visually grouping with the large tattoo (a bit like a [[https:// |
- | All in all, they consider | + | ===== Tabraan ===== |
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+ | Tabraan is a very large, mountainous island. At one point in its past, this detail of its landscape allowed kavkema to thrive. | ||
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+ | The //Tabraan// subculture Nayabaru are the only Nayabaru on Nekenalos known to be somewhat superstitious, | ||
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+ | As such, defensive measures tend to be fairly minimalist, and offensive measures | ||
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+ | Exceptions are generally made when kavkema are needed to study them, to find more effective means to combat them; the //Tabraan// subculture would not usually breed kavkema in captivity, unless they had reason to believe that it would be difficult to find another example of a genetic subtype in the wild (such as populations from the islands between Tabraan and Vatenas). | ||
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+ | Unfortunately, | ||
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+ | Tabraan tattoo glyphs are often only an outline, as though they were hollow: | ||
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+ | ===== Sefusa ===== | ||
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+ | Sefusa is a large stretch of land whose mountain ranges have been claimed | ||
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+ | Accordingly, | ||
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+ | Even in areas on Sefusa that are still convinced kavkema exist, such as the areas immediately around [[: | ||
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+ | The tattoos of the //Sefusa// subculture are usually rendered in an ' | ||
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