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Due to this universal presence of faith within the lives of the lorath the existence of atheists is considered highly unusual and in many cases worrying to those who learn of it. This is most apparent in the lorath classification of atheism as a mental illness, one which is treated with care and kindness with provided social and government support, counselling, | Due to this universal presence of faith within the lives of the lorath the existence of atheists is considered highly unusual and in many cases worrying to those who learn of it. This is most apparent in the lorath classification of atheism as a mental illness, one which is treated with care and kindness with provided social and government support, counselling, | ||
- | Within the Castes, Fyunnen are known for their functionally universal adherence to Goddess worship, Lmanel for their Shamanistic Beliefs, and the Occhesta | + | Within the Castes, Fyunnen are known for their functionally universal adherence to Goddess worship, Lmanel for their Shamanistic Beliefs, and the Occhestia |
+ | === Heresy === | ||
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+ | While atheism is tolerated within the Matriarchy and atheist individuals cared for by the Matriarchy government and populace, heresy is not. Heretics when discovered are typically reported to the government, the church or both. Upon such a report investigation is typically carried out by the Inquisition and if the claim of heresy is validated the guilty individuals are swiftly judged, often with death being a viable punishment. | ||
===== Castes ===== | ===== Castes ===== | ||
The Castes are a central portion of the Lorath culture and shape many of the most basic and overarching aspects of individual Lorath. These Castes work in tandem to support and cultivate the Matriarchy providing unique skill sets and expertise each caste covering aspects that another might not. While the Castes are free to mingle socially and friendships are not unusual, sexual relations between members of differing Castes is expressly forbidden within the Matriarchy and is a heretical crime punishable by instant execution. | The Castes are a central portion of the Lorath culture and shape many of the most basic and overarching aspects of individual Lorath. These Castes work in tandem to support and cultivate the Matriarchy providing unique skill sets and expertise each caste covering aspects that another might not. While the Castes are free to mingle socially and friendships are not unusual, sexual relations between members of differing Castes is expressly forbidden within the Matriarchy and is a heretical crime punishable by instant execution. | ||
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=== Lmanel === | === Lmanel === | ||
- | The shaman caste is complex in function being broadly caretakers. The Lmanel oversee the relationship between the Lorath, the natural world, the Helashio, and the dead. Lmanel are most often spiritual guides and try to seek a balance in all things leading to many of the Lmanel caste to make their way into the Matriarchy' | + | The shaman caste is complex in function, being broadly caretakers. The Lmanel oversee the relationship between the Lorath, the natural world, the Helashio, and the dead. Lmanel are most often spiritual guides and try to seek a balance in all things leading to many of the Lmanel caste to make their way into the Matriarchy' |
* For more information see: [[lorath_matriarchy: | * For more information see: [[lorath_matriarchy: | ||
- | === Occhesta | + | === Occhestia |
- | The role of the Occhesta | + | The role of the Occhestia |
- | * For more information see: [[lorath_matriarchy: | + | * For more information see: [[lorath_matriarchy: |
==== Names ==== | ==== Names ==== | ||
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===== Foreigners ===== | ===== Foreigners ===== | ||
- | Foreigners within lorath society are permitted to maintain their family habits, however, they are also encouraged to partake in civic involvement, | + | |
+ | The disposition of the lorath as a people tends to make their interactions with foreign species a politely cool one, at least officially. The most obvious side effect of this outlook is the lorath establishment of special economic exchange zones which are typically the only places in which those foreign to the matriarchy are explicitly permitted. While foreigners are not forbidden from venturing outside of these zones, those who do are not guaranteed fair treatment and any harm that comes to stray foreigners is typically of little concern to the lorath. | ||
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+ | The stance of polite disinterest in foreigners is, softened somewhat by those who choose to, and succeed in settling within the Matriarchy' | ||
Conversely foreigners who have taken steps to integrate fully within lorath culture, may earn a fondness and acceptance from the lorath as a people taking them in as 'one of their own.' This fondness includes those which have performed sufficient services to the Matriarchy to be granted a Lorath-Type body making the acceptance into the fold largely complete. | Conversely foreigners who have taken steps to integrate fully within lorath culture, may earn a fondness and acceptance from the lorath as a people taking them in as 'one of their own.' This fondness includes those which have performed sufficient services to the Matriarchy to be granted a Lorath-Type body making the acceptance into the fold largely complete. | ||
+ | === Humans === | ||
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+ | The view of the Lorath on humanity is split between those who are part of the Matriarchy and those who exist outside of it. For those who live within the Matriarchy most are viewed as companions with bonds forged in mutual trials earning respect amongst the majority of the Lorath. Foreign humans however have minimal value to the Matriarchy, typically viewed as clever animals at best making them cheap commodities to be traded in, exploited, or disposed of as needed. | ||
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+ | Beyond this the Matriarchy has adopted its own flavor of slang referring to the differing human ' | ||
===== Servants and Slaves ===== | ===== Servants and Slaves ===== | ||
The Matriarchy holds to a long tradition of indentured service and slavery with a history that stretches into their history long before their exile underground. After reclaiming the surface from the Helashio Tribes, the Matriarchy rather than exterminating their age old enemy instead bound them in a debt of service taking the helashio as servants providing a stability that the Helashio Tribes had never previously known. | The Matriarchy holds to a long tradition of indentured service and slavery with a history that stretches into their history long before their exile underground. After reclaiming the surface from the Helashio Tribes, the Matriarchy rather than exterminating their age old enemy instead bound them in a debt of service taking the helashio as servants providing a stability that the Helashio Tribes had never previously known. |