Unfacing is a cultural practice and method of social control prevalent in Kahtoyn. Use of practices such as unfacing, blueface and gift economics distinguish Kahtoyn from the wider Otekahré region of eastern Anásthias.
Unfacing involves consciously ignoring, turning your back on, withholding communication and refusing help, as a form of social punishment. Unfacing begins in childhood as a punishment for children who are isolated for short periods, and extends to adulthood where serio…
The Broken Lands is a fractured region of sharp fissures, clefts and gullies, which forms a natural boundary between Harthera and Otekahré.
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The region is an active fault line, where earthquakes have created sharp rifts in the rock, further excavated and eroded by winds and flash flooding. With little soil and little surface water, the Broken Lands are un…
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The Cult of the Hanged Man, also known as the Menkirians or Hangers, is a faith which flourished in the final decades of the Empire of Dor-en-Sann. It followed the teachings of the Apostate Menkirafed, who was executed and dismembered by the old Imperial Church.
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Es Terin is a city in Kahtoyn, about 100 km south of the Hartheran frontier. It is the the most northerly city in Kahtoyn, and nominally a trade outpost for Hartheran merchants. The Hartheran military have made numerous attempts to conquer and annex the city, usually finding the locals uncomprehending and non-compliant, or the town's population simply vanishes overnight.
Hirèrk [hee-R-ERR-k hi'røk] is the northernmost region of Kahtoyn. Its foremost city is Marr Sirque, the principle trade port of Kahtoyn and gateway to the region.
The province is known internationally for the Hirèrk Moonscale, the famous calendar of Miyarris, which was used and misused by scholars for millennia after.
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Mayápo or Mayápon [may-YAPP-poe] was the formal language of the ancient realm of Miyarris, spoken for several thousand years in the Celadon Epoch and after.
Language
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Tela Mingas was an eighth century historian and writer, best know for his Mythology of Ancient Anrel, and the Helias Helecarn, a compilation and retelling of ancient histories, myths and philosophy.
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He was born to a Trésardi merchant family in the city of