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 ===== Cetaros =====
-The two islands the Nayabaru call //Cetaros// share certain cultural similarities that aren't observed anywhere else, although there is also a distinction between the islands.
+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 //Tain-Katal Coastal// subculture, although if one were to regard them separately, the //Vatenas-Petraal// subculture would outrank them both.
 What the islands have in common is something humans might call 'a sense of pride' at their cultural achievements. They celebrate Nayabaru achievements, occasionally with simple rituals of everyday life. Their tattoos are the most strikingly ornamental on the entire planet, each glyph further //containing// or even accented by intricate tribal patterns:
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 Rather than keep areas free of tampering as that they might always have kavkema to hunt, Cetaros Main follows a strict policy of trying to capture any wild kavkema, much like one would expect in Asheenagiji. However, they will occasionally release tagged kavkema (often ones bred in captivity, but occasionally previous captures deemed harmless enough) into the wild to facilitate a ceremonial hunt.
-===== Tabraan =====
-Tabraan is a very large, mountainous island. At one point in its past, this detail of its landscape allowed kavkema to thrive.
+===== Vatenas =====
-The //Tabraan// subculture Nayabaru are the only Nayabaru on Nekenalos known to be somewhat superstitious, ascribing near-metaphysical qualities to their nemesis. However, with these meta-physical qualities came a certain codex of behaviour, and the Tabraan Nayabaru were known to leave larger kavkem territories well alone, breaching them only when they themselves required the territory to establish a new community, or when the specific kavkema roaming the area have been rumoured to attack Nayabaru or their livestock.
+==== Vatenas-Petraal subculture ====
-As such, defensive measures tend to be fairly minimalist, and offensive measures very sweeping when applied. 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).
+Nayabaru populations on Vatenas itself, as well as the city //Petraal// on the coast of Sefusa, form the //Vatenas-Petraal// subculture. This subculture comes as close to a true scientific mindset as a culture nonetheless steeped in tradition and community likely can be, taking special pride in the achievements of its //[[:Nayabaru:society:titles|Darhala]]//.
-Unfortunately, the repeated application of sweeping offensives had left Tabraan almost barren of kavkema before the Tabraan pushback.
+They're a fairly purist subculture that does not tolerate much mixing with other subcultures (Petraal on Sefusa notwithstanding). Vatenas as a whole keeps itself neatly isolated from the other subcultures by nature of being an island. They keep communicative contact with the rest of the Nayabaru primarily so they can learn of new technologies.
-Tabraan tattoo glyphs are often only an outline, as though they were hollow:
+The Vatenas-Petraal subculture considers the kavkema to be entirely sapient and fully accountable for their actions. While this greatly reduces the degree to which anyone in Vatenas might even //consider// using kavkema as lab rats, it's still an unforgiving place - every creature once killed by a captive kavkem will be held against the captive and the Nayabaru of course know that kavkema are preferentially carnivorous. The focus on kavkem incarceration is very much on containment and punishment.
-{{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-region-tabraan.png?nolink&200|}}
+On the other hand, occasionally, kavkema might redeem themselves - much like a human who was sentenced to a certain number of years of imprisonment to then walk free. Of course, containment is still a paramount, so freedom is not an option. However, the subculture is entirely willing to use kavkema as slaves (other cultures might call the same setup "pets"). Note that this arrangement is actually the most likely to treat kavkema //kindly// and a constellation bordering on friendship may form between a 'reformed' kavkem and its Nayabaru 'owner'. That said, these 'friendships' take time, the right personalities, and from a Nayabaru perspective it's clear that it must be earned with hard work and loyalty.
-===== Vatenas =====
-{{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-region-vatenas.png?nolink&200|}}
+Vatenas tattoos tend to be minimalist, with thin strokes and accented joints that only hint at the original glyph joint design. Nonetheless, they are quite recognisable as [[:Nayabaru:society:tattoo|tsha͡um or fega͡uri]]:
-==== Vatenas-Petraal subculture ====
+{{ :nayabaru:society:tattoo-region-vatenas.png?nolink&200 |}}
-{{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-region-vatenas-hesh-example.png?nolink|}}
+The //Vatenas-Petraal// subculture is known to prefer having what they consider to be strictly legible tattoos, using them more like they might regular writing, and repeat the tattoos as necessary to fill the necessary areas. An example rendition of the title //Hesh//, still heavily stylised by //Vatenas-Petraal// measures (the curves may end up straightened out arbitrarily, and the rotation of the glyphs is often adjusted so they 'share' a rotation, much as when they are taught):
-The Vatenas-Petraal subculture considers the kavkema entirely sapient and fully accountable for their actions. Accordingly, they are a very nasty place for kavkema to live, even if they will not engage in some actions such as using them as labrats.
+{{ :nayabaru:society:tattoo-region-vatenas-hesh-example.png?nolink&200 |}}
-They're a fairly purist subculture that does not tolerate much mixing with other subcultures (Petraal on Sefusa notwithstanding). Vatenas as a whole keeps itself neatly isolated from the other subcultures by nature of being an island. They are very interested in scientific progress (even if they are not very good at it, as they still suffer all the same failings of the base culture) and keep communicative contact with the rest of the Nayabaru primarily so they can learn of new technologies.
+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://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tag_cloud&oldid=931060916|tag cloud]]).
-They're entirely willing to use kavkema as slaves (other cultures might call the same setup "pets"). They're actually the most likely to treat kavkem pets/slaves kindly, but it's something that takes time, the right personalities, and has to be earned.
+===== Tabraan =====
+Tabraan is a very large, mountainous island. At one point in its past, this detail of its landscape allowed kavkema to thrive.
+The //Tabraan// subculture Nayabaru are the only Nayabaru on Nekenalos known to be somewhat superstitious, ascribing near-metaphysical qualities to their nemesis. However, with these meta-physical qualities came a certain codex of behaviour, and the Tabraan Nayabaru were known to leave larger kavkem territories well alone, breaching them only when they themselves required the territory to establish a new community, or when the specific kavkema roaming the area had been rumoured to attack Nayabaru or their livestock.
+As such, defensive measures tend to be fairly minimalist, and offensive measures very sweeping when applied.
+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).
+Unfortunately, the repeated application of sweeping offensives had left Tabraan almost barren of kavkema before the Tabraan pushback.
+Tabraan tattoo glyphs are often only an outline, as though they were hollow:
+{{ :nayabaru:society:tattoo-region-tabraan.png?nolink&200 |}}
 ===== Sefusa =====
-{{:nayabaru:society:tattoo-region-sefusa.png?nolink&200|}}
+Sefusa is a large stretch of land whose mountain ranges have been claimed by the Nayabaru more than on any other continent. The kavkema that live here tend not to be mountainous, instead hiding in the jungle that the Nayabaru have rejected as a habitat, but as it is not an environment they were made to thrive in and evolution has not quite pushed them far enough to fix this problem, there are not many kavkema on Sefusa at all.
+Accordingly, kavkema are almost invisible to Sefusa. Indeed, some //Sefusa// subculture Nayabaru may live their entire life without encountering a kavkem or as much of a story of one, believing them to merely be monsters of old. Correspondingly, the Sefusa subculture is notable in that it does not engage in defensive measures against the kavkema more than would be necessary to keep out any other predator straying too close to their settlements.
+Even in areas on Sefusa that are still convinced kavkema exist, such as the areas immediately around [[:planet:Nekenalos:Sefusa:Petraal]] or [[:planet:Nekenalos:Sefusa:Farden]], where Pens are still common, the Sefusa subculture shows no inherent interest in abusing the kavkema as labrats or otherwise 'dehumanising' them. However, this should be attributed to disinterest, not to kindness.
-==== Sefusa subculture ====
+The tattoos of the //Sefusa// subculture are usually rendered in an 'open' fashion, missing part of the glyph outline, but make up for this by emphasising the flow of the segments with additional strokes, most of which run aesthetically parallel to the remaining outline(s), such as here:
-//(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.)//
+{{ :nayabaru:society:tattoo-region-sefusa.png?nolink&200 |}}