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| = Nehrim Satrapies = | | = Nehrim Satrapies = |
| - A collection of closely allied lands, ruled by satraps to the south west of Griffin Island | | - A collection of closely allied lands, ruled by satraps to the south west of Griffin Island |
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| == Satrapy of Megrib == | | == Satrapy of Megrib == |
− | - The most North Eastern of the Satrapies, with borders on (Harrapa?) | + | - The most North Eastern of the Sarapies, with borders on (Harrapa?) |
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| - Alhai Maruk is the Satrap of Megrib | | - Alhai Maruk is the Satrap of Megrib |
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| === Megrib === | | === Megrib === |
− | - Capital of the satrapy of the same name. A city conquered about 200 years ago in the War for Illumination. Very cosmopolitan with many different cultures represented. A Center of trade and learning. | + | - Capital of the satrapy of the same name. |
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| - Cult of the Sun's Bowman and the isolated temple of Bal Azar is a mere two week's travel from the city. | | - Cult of the Sun's Bowman and the isolated temple of Bal Azar is a mere two week's travel from the city. |
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| - Fairly dark-skinned, coffee and cream. | | - Fairly dark-skinned, coffee and cream. |
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− | - Death rites is have a mixture of exposure and burning, depending on religion and caste.
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− | - Lots of throwing oneself on floors (rarely carpeted sadly) and not looking directly at various potentates. Especially potentates you want to ingratiate yourself with, and everyone wants to do that with someone higher up.
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− | People do sit and eat where Karam comes from, on cushions and thick rugs spread out on the floor, often with small individual tables at everyone's side. Married couples sometimes share a table, it is often a sign of a happy marriage (as part of the ritual surrounding marriage, the newlyweds feed each other tasty morsels from their own bowls. This is seen as highly erotic)
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− | Servants are on hand to fill plates and cups.
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− | Chairs are almost unheard of. Women and children are welcome, but kids are expected to be quiet unless spoken to and learn from the adults. To the horror of many Promarians women can speak as they like, indeed the Satrapies encourage women to study various subjects, such as philosophy, poetry, history and similar subjects, not theology though unless they belong to one of the rare female only religious orders.
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− | Female "clergy" is generally viewed with some discomfort and embarrassment by many. Women do no not worship Eliem directly, but through one of his daughters or a number of less clearly defined saint like figures.
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− | " 'Let the temples of your hearts always shine brighter than those of your hands' ", He quoted piously from one of the Prophet Azir's sermons. A stricture that had originally been intended to turn the listener's focus away from the worldly and to the light within. Unfortunately, many satraps and city magistrates had taken it as an excuse to build ever more lavish temples to show how great their devotion truly was. His own rather austere sect had been founded in part as a reaction to that.
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