Dominion Era/Tretallë (Culture) - Revision history

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‎The Arcane Taboo

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 Known in [[Lexicon:IktOrryk|IktOrryk]] as the Istfet, and in [[Lexicon:Dominean|Dominean]] as the Bone Elves, the Tretallë are the sister-race of the [[Dominion Era/Elledynnë (Culture)|High Elves]]. Both these elfin races hail from the eastern continent, known as [[Dominion Era/Locations#Termalttë|IldSond]] to the races of Man, and the [[Dominion Era/Locations#Termalttë|Termalttë]] to the Tretallë. The true ancestral home of the Tretallë, at least, by the accounts of the [[Dominion Era/Ovyrë Ohyrda|High Elfin faith]], is at the foot of the [[Dominion Era/Locations#The Shrouded Peaks|Shrouded Peaks]]. However, going by the history of the Tretallë, their oldest recorded home is [[Dominion Era/Locations#The Ivory City|Di'Ifatallë Cselvë]], the Ivory City, home to the [[Dominion Era/Tretallë (Government)#The Ivory Throne|Ivory Throne]] at the heart of the expansive [[Dominion Era/Locations#The Forest of Bones|Forest of Bones]].
-== Faith and Tradition ==
+== The Faith of the Nine ==
 {{main|Dominion Era/Averrë Nenn|l1=The Faith of the Nine}}
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 Scholars theorise that the Faith of the Nine was formed from the fusion of a prototypical monotheistic faith—similar to the [[Dominion Era/Ovyrë Ohyrda|Faith of the World]] that the [[Dominion Era/Elledynnë (Culture)|Elledynnë]] ascribe to—and a more tribalistic, folk-faith from where the eight other gods of the Nine come from. Although many modern scholars agree that this is likely the case, the motivations for such a fusion of faiths are still unclear. There are two major competing schools of thought about why the faith dedicated solely to the Stranger and the folk religions of the surrounding tribes were brought together. There is the Propagandist school who argue that the Faith of the Nine emerged as a statement against the Elledynnë—an early form of cultural propaganda—that further alienated the Tretâllë from the Elledŷnnë and established them as a separate and sovereign race. The other major school of thought has been called the Unionist school, where the argument is that the creation of a unified religion helped to smooth over whatever cultural divides had existed between the Kingship of the Bone Trees and the tribes and city-states that surrounded it, paving the way for the strengthening of the ties that would eventually consolidate into the Dominion.
-==== Religious Obligation ====
+=== Religious Obligation ===
 A noteworthy facet of the Faith of the Nine is the fact that the Nine, and particularly the Stranger, do not demand the worship of the Tretallë. In fact, it is the Faith of the Nine itself that demands this worship. There are no words or verses in the canonical text of the Faith of the Nine indicating that the Nine ever desired their worship. There are specific verses that indicate that they are not opposed to it. In fact there are certain verses that lay out conditions set by each member of the Nine—conditions that would have ''disallowed'' the worship of the Nine had they not been met.
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 Despite this, however, apostasy is not considered too big of a deal within the Dominion. Apostates are believed, privately, to be misguided, but there are protections in place for individuals of any faith—or of no faith at all—so that they may not be discriminated against in any public service, public office, employment, or accommodations.
-==== Values ====
+=== Creation Myth ===
 One of the most interesting features of the Faith of the Nine is that it is a non-creative religion. This doesn't mean that it is unimaginative, it simply means that the Faith of the Nine exists ''without'' an independent creation myth of its own, again in stark contrast to the other faiths prominent in the world of Sekhar. Although in its long history, the Dominion has adopted a strange amalgamation of creation stories from cultures in its sovereign territories, the fact remains that the theological and scholarly consensus is that the creation of the world is not attributed to ''any'' of the Nine gods that make up the pantheon of the Faith of the Nine.
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 In Llyrileýwa, one of the books of the Pale Grimoire, which deals with the life and times of the Prophetess, it is said that the Stranger appeared to the prophetess and emphatically stated that the world as it exists was not wrought by his hand nor by the rest of the Nine. Instead, the Stranger states that to his knowledge the world simply ''came to be'' with no particular detail. Theologians and scholars took this to mean that it is the Dominion's responsibility to figure out how it was that the world came to be, although, the words that the Stranger allegedly used have been pointed out, time and again, to cast aspersions on theories that purport an eternal world with no beginning or end.
-=== Traditions ===
+== Traditions ==
 {{main|Dominion Era/Tretallë (Culture)/Traditions|l1=Tretalleri Traditions}}
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 Finally, it is important to note that Blood Magic runs rampant in the streets on this day. Legend has it that the more Days of Ravens a Tretallë has witnessed in his/her life, the darker the stripes on his/her face will be, a sign of the Stranger's blessings of wisdom. It is also worth noticing that historically, it is after sundown on the Day of Ravens that the most successful military campaigns of the Dominion have been carried out.
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 Scholars theorise that the Faith of the Nine was formed from the fusion of a prototypical monotheistic faith—similar to the [[Dominion Era/Ovyrë Ohyrda|Faith of the World]] that the [[Dominion Era/Elledynnë (Culture)|Elledynnë]] ascribe to—and a more tribalistic, folk-faith from where the eight other gods of the Nine come from. Although many modern scholars agree that this is likely the case, the motivations for such a fusion of faiths are still unclear. There are two major competing schools of thought about why the faith dedicated solely to the Stranger and the folk religions of the surrounding tribes were brought together. There is the Propagandist school who argue that the Faith of the Nine emerged as a statement against the Elledynnë—an early form of cultural propaganda—that further alienated the Tretâllë from the Elledŷnnë and established them as a separate and sovereign race. The other major school of thought has been called the Unionist school, where the argument is that the creation of a unified religion helped to smooth over whatever cultural divides had existed between the Kingship of the Bone Trees and the tribes and city-states that surrounded it, paving the way for the strengthening of the ties that would eventually consolidate into the Dominion.
 ==== Values ====
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 Last, but certainly not least, is the value of Restraint. The Pale Grimoire warns against the excesses of life and the material world. It expresses, emphatically, that the downfall of the Elledŷnnë is in part the result of their hedonism. They embroil themselves so deeply into the material realm that they allow themselves to experience pain and pleasure to excesses that make them unwilling to part with life. So, the Pale Grimoire teaches, Tretâllë must avoid falling prey to such excessive desires lest they become unwilling to accept the peace of death.
 === Traditions ===

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	Loyalty, Openness, Discretion, Integrity, Courage, and the pursuit of Wisdom and Knowledge also figure prominently in Tretalleri legislation and culture. All of these can be related directly or indirectly to the idea of the Stranger's Peace. Loyalty and Openness, for example, prevent an individual from experiencing regret as a result of betraying another person, whether it be through intentional or unintentional deceit. Courage aids an individual face the uncertainty of death without fear but with open acceptance. Wisdom and Knowledge reveal the truth that death is not something to be feared, but is in fact, a brief reprieve from the weariness that one might have as a result of the long journey of life.		Loyalty, Openness, Discretion, Integrity, Courage, and the pursuit of Wisdom and Knowledge also figure prominently in Tretalleri legislation and culture. All of these can be related directly or indirectly to the idea of the Stranger's Peace. Loyalty and Openness, for example, prevent an individual from experiencing regret as a result of betraying another person, whether it be through intentional or unintentional deceit. Courage aids an individual face the uncertainty of death without fear but with open acceptance. Wisdom and Knowledge reveal the truth that death is not something to be feared, but is in fact, a brief reprieve from the weariness that one might have as a result of the long journey of life.
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		+	Last, but certainly not least, is the value of Restraint. The Pale Grimoire warns against the excesses of life and the material world. It expresses, emphatically, that the downfall of the Elledŷnnë is in part the result of their hedonism. They embroil themselves so deeply into the material realm that they allow themselves to experience pain and pleasure to excesses that make them unwilling to part with life. So, the Pale Grimoire teaches, Tretâllë must avoid falling prey to such excessive desires lest they become unwilling to accept the peace of death.

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 ==== Values ====
-Each of the Nine gods of the Tretalleri pantheon represent a value, what would be considered a virtue in Christianity, that the Faith expects all of its adherents to display or at least pursue. First and foremost is Peace, represented by the [[Qell'Morat-lan|Stranger]]. It is easy to look at this first Tretalleri value and wonder how such a militaristic culture could possibly pursue peace. It is also rather easy to look at this first of the Nine values and say that the Stranger is hypocritical, because the Divine Imperative to Conquest comes ''from'' the Stranger. However, it is important to note that Tretalleri theology distinguishes between the Stranger's ''Peace'' and the vernacular ''peace''. The former pertains to the ready acceptance of death without regret or resistance, while the latter pertains to periods of time wherein there are no major wars taking place.
+There are a number of values that are central to the Faith of the Nine. These qualities are sometimes called virtues by adherents to the Faith, but more often than not, they are simply pertained to as values. These qualities are not simply things that the faithful are called to pursue. They are, in fact, guiding principles for the Dominion—both for its government and its people.
 === Traditions ===

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 Known in [[Lexicon:IktOrryk|IktOrryk]] as the Istfet, and in [[Lexicon:Dominean|Dominean]] as the Bone Elves, the Tretallë are the sister-race of the [[Dominion Era/Elledynnë (Culture)|High Elves]]. Both these elfin races hail from the eastern continent, known as [[Dominion Era/Locations#Termalttë|IldSond]] to the races of Man, and the [[Dominion Era/Locations#Termalttë|Termalttë]] to the Tretallë. The true ancestral home of the Tretallë, at least, by the accounts of the [[Dominion Era/Ovyrë Ohyrda|High Elfin faith]], is at the foot of the [[Dominion Era/Locations#The Shrouded Peaks|Shrouded Peaks]]. However, going by the history of the Tretallë, their oldest recorded home is [[Dominion Era/Locations#The Ivory City|Di'Ifatallë Cselvë]], the Ivory City, home to the [[Dominion Era/Tretallë (Government)#The Ivory Throne|Ivory Throne]] at the heart of the expansive [[Dominion Era/Locations#The Forest of Bones|Forest of Bones]].
-==Tradition==
+== Faith and Tradition ==
 Collectively, the Tretallë are neither as festive, light-hearted, nor superficial as their High-Elfin brethren. Though they have often been described as a grim people possessed of a morbid sense of humour and fascination with the macabre. The stereotype has been a long-standing one, and almost in vindication of the stereotype, the Tretallë can't care less about it. In fact, the Tretallë are ''normal''. They are, admittedly, less prone to humour and more vulnerable to bouts of seriousness, but they are much like everyone else.

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 Despite the widely-held view that the Tretâllë are warmongers and conquerors bent on the dominance of the known world—a view corroborated by the Tretalleri concept of the Divine Imperative to Conquest—they are surprisingly opposed to having anything to do with the arcane. Although the strictures on the arcane have loosened since the reign of [[Dominion Era/Dalran a'Callan (Imperator)|Dalran a'Callan]] in Y.D. 26300-26850, the Tretâllë nevertheless have a taboo against the practice of the arcane arts among their own people. Although there are no documents that ''specifically'' address the question of why the arcane taboo exists, many historians and scholars posit that the disdain for magic stems from the ingrained Tretalleri loathing of the hedonism of the Elledŷnnë.
-It is worth noting, however, that throughout the long history of the Dominion, it has never attempted to quash or otherwise halt the development of arcane arts in ''other'' cultures. In fact, the [[Dominion Era/A'drekh (Military)#Fireshapers|A'drekh Fireshapers]] flourished more under the Dominion than in the tribal, feudalistic system that they had lived under before the Dominion came and integrated the [[Dominion Era/A'drekh (Culture)|A'drekh]]. The blanket ban on the use of arcane items in the Dominion applied only to its Tretalleri citizens, who were largely on board with the idea. Arcane arts outside of the Tretalleri populace were governed by the [[Dominion Era/Organizations#The Society of Arcanology|Society of Arcanology]] that adheres to the [[Dominion Era/Organizations/Di'Mordë Tamarilë#The Laws of Arcanology|Laws of Arcanology]], a set of legal guidelines established by [[Dominion Era/Cilritanë a'Detvida (Imperator)|Cilritanë a'Detvida]] in Y.D. 43 and expounded upon by [[Dominion Era/Korenn a'Zo-Hanyll (Imperator)|Korenn a'Zo-Hanyll]] in Y.D. 5302.
+It is worth noting, however, that throughout the long history of the Dominion, it has never attempted to quash or otherwise halt the development of arcane arts in ''other'' cultures. In fact, the [[Dominion Era/A'drekh (Military)#The Fireshapers|A'drekh Fireshapers]] flourished more under the Dominion than in the tribal, feudalistic system that they had lived under before the Dominion came and integrated the [[Dominion Era/A'drekh (Culture)|A'drekh]]. The blanket ban on the use of arcane items in the Dominion applied only to its Tretalleri citizens, who were largely on board with the idea. Arcane arts outside of the Tretalleri populace were governed by the [[Dominion Era/Organizations#The Society of Arcanology|Society of Arcanology]] that adheres to the [[Dominion Era/Organizations/Di'Mordë Tamarilë#The Laws of Arcanology|Laws of Arcanology]], a set of legal guidelines established by [[Dominion Era/Cilritanë a'Detvida (Imperator)|Cilritanë a'Detvida]] in Y.D. 43 and expounded upon by [[Dominion Era/Korenn a'Zo-Hanyll (Imperator)|Korenn a'Zo-Hanyll]] in Y.D. 5302.
 A direct result of the Tretalleri taboo against the arcane, a significant portion of the Dominion's resources is directed internally, toward the research of technology and techniques that would make things easier to do without having to resort to the arcane. The Dominion has proven to be a consistent source of new technology geared toward improvements that can be felt either in the economy or in the quality of life of its citizens. One such advancement is the development of terraced farming in mountainous regions, which had had trouble being occupied prior to the development of the technique. Another advancement is the breeding of winter-resistant crops, allowing farmers a decent amount of leeway and preventing crops from being ruined by an early first snow.

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 In contrast with the <i>a'</i> prefix associated with House names, Family names use the prefix <i>ri'</i> followed by the name of the Principal Spouse.
-=== Lignetall&euml; ===
+== The Bone Trees ==
 One of the most theologically and historically heavy aspects of Tretalleri family life, ''Di'Lignetâllë'', formally known as ''De'Tallë Lîgnë'', is also perhaps one of the most important. Bone trees are present at the heart of each ''Waralmalttë'', except in the homes of poorer families. The eight homes surrounding the courtyard are typically occupied by members of the same House, who all share duties to the bone tree. For Houses that are more dispersed, the remains of the dead are typically interred to familial bone trees as well as House bone trees that are planted in the residence of the House matriarch. Furthermore, families that either do not possess a bone tree or have no affiliation to a House, can instead honour their dead through communal bone trees that are planted at the hearts of communities, of which there are multiple in large, densely populated areas like cities.

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 Di'Trigallârë are about as close to slaves as a person can get in the Dominion, which despises any form of slavery but has legal provisions for indentured servitude. The Bound have many freedoms, and are in fact not required to remain within sight of their masters or handlers at all times. They are merely bound to serve the [[Dominion Era/Tretallë (Government)/D'Cilaneti Tivirë Di'Tretallë|Ivory Throne]] for life, although their servitude can be purchased from the Ivory Throne for a price that partly goes into the Imperial treasury, but mostly goes toward the sustenance of the families of the Bound.
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+== Romance and Sexuality ==
 The Family dynamic in Tretalleri society is rather complicated, and in truth, it is less about what Family one belongs to, but rather what lineage or House. Tretallë are known to be naturally polyamorous, and for biological and cultural reasons, females tend to pair off with each other in same-sex relationships. Males do the same, although this is more often than not platonic as they have a very low libido for most of the year. Furthermore, these homosexual relationships tend to gravitate toward each other, forming polyamorous groups of partners. This leads to most families ending up with three or four parents, of whom two are very likely to be female.
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 Married individuals wear black feather charms. These are attached to braid clips, in the case of females, and to the metal beads in Karkâfë, in the case of males. The feather charms are attached to the clips or beads that the individual is married to, not necessarily all of them.
-=== The Family Unit ===
+== Family ==
 The Tretalleri family unit is one of the stranger ones among the different cultures of the world of [[Sekhar]]. There is a tendency in Tretalleri society toward a family unit consisting of three or four parents and anywhere between one and three children. It is not uncommon for these numbers to vary outside of the norm, but in general, this is the case. As they are naturally polyamorous, Tretalleri individuals have no qualms about having multiple partners, and often, this is in fact for the best as there is a general imbalance between the libidinous tendencies of the sexes in Tretalleri society.

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-Known in [[Lexicon:IktOrryk|IktOrryk]] as the Istfet, and in [[Lexicon:Dominean|Dominean]] as the Bone Elves, the Tretallë are the sister-race of the [[Dominion Era/Elledynnë (Culture)|High Elves]]. Both these elfin races hail from the eastern continent, known as [[Termaltt&euml;|IldSond]] to the races of Man, and the [[Dominion Era/Locations#Termalttë|Termalttë]] to the Tretallë. The true ancestral home of the Tretallë, at least, by the accounts of the [[Dominion Era/Ovyrë Ohyrda|High Elfin faith]], is at the foot of the [[Dominion Era/Locations#The Shrouded Peaks|Shrouded Peaks]]. However, going by the history of the Tretallë, their oldest recorded home is [[Dominion Era/Locations#The Ivory City|Di'Ifatallë Cselvë]], the Ivory City, home to the [[Dominion Era/Tretallë (Government)#The Ivory Throne|Ivory Throne]] at the heart of the expansive [[Dominion Era/Locations#The Forest of Bones|Forest of Bones]].
+Known in [[Lexicon:IktOrryk|IktOrryk]] as the Istfet, and in [[Lexicon:Dominean|Dominean]] as the Bone Elves, the Tretallë are the sister-race of the [[Dominion Era/Elledynnë (Culture)|High Elves]]. Both these elfin races hail from the eastern continent, known as [[Dominion Era/Locations#Termalttë|IldSond]] to the races of Man, and the [[Dominion Era/Locations#Termalttë|Termalttë]] to the Tretallë. The true ancestral home of the Tretallë, at least, by the accounts of the [[Dominion Era/Ovyrë Ohyrda|High Elfin faith]], is at the foot of the [[Dominion Era/Locations#The Shrouded Peaks|Shrouded Peaks]]. However, going by the history of the Tretallë, their oldest recorded home is [[Dominion Era/Locations#The Ivory City|Di'Ifatallë Cselvë]], the Ivory City, home to the [[Dominion Era/Tretallë (Government)#The Ivory Throne|Ivory Throne]] at the heart of the expansive [[Dominion Era/Locations#The Forest of Bones|Forest of Bones]].
 ==Tradition==