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'''Currently reworking!'''</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=337724Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2019-06-15T01:02:40Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect established in 2013, very Egyptian-inspired and on the fringes of the tribe.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, tomb guardians, supernatural extinguishers, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Tend to have powerful legs a long leap.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears which are used for subtle huntspeak communication and to detect the direction of the wind before the kill.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, if you wish to make a Dune Specter along with us, it helps to get to know us and us to get to know you to see if we mesh well. Of course, other Seeker are also welcome to be inducted into the sept via organic role-play.<br><br><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:10px; color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:10px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''Sept Name:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10px;"> Unknown to outsiders.</font><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=328565Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2019-02-21T23:56:47Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect established in 2013, very Egyptian-inspired and on the fringes of the tribe.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, tomb guardians, supernatural extinguishers, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Tend to have powerful legs a long leap.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears which are used for subtle huntspeak communication and to detect the direction of the wind before the kill.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center> RUMORS</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, if you wish to make a Dune Specter along with us, it helps to get to know us and us to get to know you to see if we mesh well. Of course, other Seeker are also welcome to be inducted into the sept via organic role-play.<br><br><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''X'zavir Tia''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Champion of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, tomb guardians, supernatural extinguishers, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>APPEARANCE</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears which are used for subtle huntspeak communication and to detect the direction of the wind before the kill.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CASTES"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f; font-size:16px; color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CASTES</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CLOTHING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CLOTHING</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="RELIGION"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>RELIGION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, if you wish to make a Dune Specter along with us, it helps to get to know us and us to get to know you to see if we mesh well. Of course, other Seeker are also welcome to be inducted into the sept via organic role-play.<br><br><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=315733Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2018-10-18T11:17:40Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect established in 2013, very Egyptian-inspired and on the fringes of the tribe.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, tomb guardians, supernatural extinguishers, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Tend to have powerful legs a long leap.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears which are used for subtle huntspeak communication and to detect the direction of the wind before the kill.</div><br />
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=Culture=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CULTURE"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CULTURE</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CASTES"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f; font-size:16px; color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CASTES</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CLOTHING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CLOTHING</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Common Rumors - </b>''Easily overheard. Use these<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Rare Rumors -</b> ''Very rarely overheard. Please ask<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Feel free to add your own rumors to this section.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:0px 10px; font-size:16px;color:#000000;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver;">'''Player Notes:'''</div></div><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, if you wish to make a Dune Specter along with us, it helps to get to know us and us to get to know you to see if we mesh well. Of course, other Seeker are also welcome to be inducted into the sept via organic role-play.<br><br><br />
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Of note is that their chosen totem, Caracal, are by (my choice) not ''actually'' Lynx. This was done quite on purpose to set them apart as outsiders of the Lynx tribe.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''X'baaywt Vizinh''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Beastmaster.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''X'zavir Tia''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Champion of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''[[X'mojdef Tia]]''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Champion of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, tomb guardians, supernatural extinguishers, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears which are used for subtle huntspeak communication and to detect the direction of the wind before the kill.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CLOTHING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CLOTHING</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="RELIGION"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>RELIGION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center> RUMORS</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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=OOC Notes=<br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, if you wish to make a Dune Specter along with us, it helps to get to know us and us to get to know you to see if we mesh well. Of course, other Seeker are also welcome to be inducted into the sept via organic role-play.<br><br><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:10px; color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:10px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''Sept Name:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10px;"> Unknown to outsiders.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:10px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:10px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''Type:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"> Nomadic.</font><br />
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A sept of nomadic desert lynx that live under the harshest of Azeyma's conditions to achieve enlightenment. They are well known in the dunes for their aggression, engaging practically all travelers who enter their territory, and their penchant for occupying and protecting ancient desert tombs. They are known on other tongues as Xealots, dune ghosts, tomb rot, pale-eyes, and various pejoratives primarily gifted by those hostile to them.<br><br><br />
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For more information, [[Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)|visit the primary wiki page]].<br />
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect established in 2013, very Egyptian-inspired and on the fringes of the tribe.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, tomb guardians, supernatural extinguishers, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Tend to have powerful legs a long leap.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears which are used for subtle huntspeak communication and to detect the direction of the wind before the kill.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center> RUMORS</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, if you wish to make a Dune Specter along with us, it helps to get to know us and us to get to know you to see if we mesh well. Of course, other Seeker are also welcome to be inducted into the sept via organic role-play.<br><br><br />
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect established in 2013, very Egyptian-inspired and on the fringes of the tribe.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears which are used for subtle huntspeak communication and to detect the direction of the wind before the kill.</div><br />
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=Culture=<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CASTES"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f; font-size:16px; color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CASTES</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CLOTHING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CLOTHING</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="RELIGION"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>RELIGION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center> RUMORS</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Rare Rumors -</b> ''Very rarely overheard. Please ask<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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=OOC Notes=<br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, if you wish to make a Dune Specter along with us, it helps to get to know us and us to get to know you to see if we mesh well. Of course, other Seeker are also welcome to be inducted into the sept via organic role-play.<br><br><br />
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Of note is that their chosen totem, Caracal, are by (my choice) not ''actually'' Lynx. This was done quite on purpose to set them apart as outsiders of the Lynx tribe.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:10px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:10px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''Aliases:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"> Dune Ghosts. Sagolii Specters. Tomb Rot. Xealots. Pale-eyes. Dune Witches. Dune Sirens. They Who Drank the Dark Waters.</font><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=X%27shah_Zinbhe&diff=303271X'shah Zinbhe2018-06-21T11:25:42Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared."</div></div><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 20px; font-size:20px;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver;letter-spacing:0.1em;"><center><font style="color:#706b68;">'''»'''</font> <font style="color:#948d8a">—————————</font> <font style="color:#706b68;">'''›'''</font><font style="color:#8B2252">☼</font><font style="color:#706b68;">'''‹'''</font> <font style="color:#948d8a">—————————</font> <font style="color:#706b68;">'''«'''</font></center></div></span></h3><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#585350;font-family:Georgia;">X'shah—in an era where corrupt spiritualists have become a stock character—is a towering anomaly on the Dune Specter ecclesiastical landscape. Cut from a similar cloth as her high priestess mother, even if the weave is drastically different, she has assumed her predecessor's role among her people as ''Living Flame'', ''She Who Speaks With Fire'', witch, shaman, priestess, soothsayer, alchemist, midwife, mender, and breaker.<br><br><br />
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Those of her tribe-branch that have ridden into battle at her side describe her as anyone would a fellow warrior—that to see her in battle is like witnessing an avatar of wrath born. A notion strangely contrary to the tenents of mercy that her goddess espouses. <br><br><br />
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Whether they detest or love her and her methods, many of her own people seek to brook favor with her. Like the witch-woman many murmur her to be, she aids those who seek her—for a debt paid in service to Azeyma and the spirits, of course—even as they deride her once safely out of earshot. For her part, X'shah has surpassed her forebearer and plumbed the vastness of revelation with unmatched expertise among the rabble of her clan. This has allowed her to successfully parlay her scores of extensive mystical abilities into a web of favors owed by many.<br><br><br />
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The unsettling truth of the matter is that X'shah would gladly conceal herself away from her kin and their constant badgering. She lacks patience to deal with curiosity-seekers who lack commitment and only wishes the blessing of solitude with which to while away her remaining suns. <br><br><br />
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Yet they have riotously selected her to lead as chief. She who refuses decorous distance. She who scorns extensive ceremony and homage to anyone but Azeyma Herself. She who is only satisfied when she believes she has obtained more than they mean to give.<br><br><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#585350;font-family:Georgia;">X'shah has the wild look of a predator who chases its prey for sport rather than the meat. Like the tombs of the sands of which she occupies—X'shah was once brilliantly bedazzling—now she exists outwardly as a specter of her former self due to the ravages of trials and tribulations of being alone in the dunes.<br />
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Her height and the cast of her physical structure is unimposing; X'shah being pear-shaped with excessively broad hips and massively thick thighs. Where she was once a toned huntress before her tenure as priestess, the sweet meats of the city has significantly rounded her figure out.<br />
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Her windswept burgundy hair is coarse and massaged with a healthy sheen of oil. Both ears are blotched black, a tuft of ruff peaking each. Her skin is pockmarked from claw and fang of predators she has opposed for territory or dominance. Teeth-marks honeycomb her ears, one left completely ragged. Her stubby tail is bumped and crooked, even if bristling with shiny healthy hair. Most of her teeth have been knocked out in battle or skirmishes for territorial dominance. Each gap replaced with a golden replication or the fang of a beast slain in her former life as a huntress soldered into her jaw. These replacements are traditional among her sept-folk and make for a terrifying grin, indeed.<br />
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Swathes of scarification and semi-permanent henna score her flesh: honoring her role as Speaker of Azeyma, daughter, grand-daughter, and desert Lynx. Not even her face has remained unscathed from ritual scribe: two gouges were cut and healed over long ago into her cheeks; three lines of bumps dot her chin; her forehead sports a design of raised welts masterfully branded at an early age to signify sept devotion.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Sweets:''' A relatively new staple to her diet, she has discovered sugary sweets of the city-states with the unfortunate side effect of her form softening.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Solitude:''' Be as it may her assignment is to establish a shrine in the Goblet, she still takes lengthy sabbaticals into the dunes to unwind.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Womanizers:''' She considers herself neither a conquest nor notch under the belt, and will rarely entertain a fellow who categorizes women as "those he has slept with" and "those who he has not" long.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Sub-tribals/New tribes:'''While her duties declare that she comport herself with basic cordiality in the presence of all citizens of Eorzea, X'shah will not bless nor abide those arrogant enough to claim status as sub-tribe or newly established tribe without properly proving themselves.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Personal Space Invasion:''' X'shah is ''strict'' when it comes to her personal bubble. Few are allowed to linger over the threshold.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Inferiority Superiority Complex:''' X'shah masks her crippled self-esteem with a loud bark and far more scathing bite.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Purple Prose''' X'shah spent ''years'' poring over ancient tomb scripts. With a library as her personal companion for so long, lacking practice, she tends to apply the prose from her previous everyday solitude to conversation.</div><br />
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: <font style="color:#c6c6c6;" size="3"> ●</font> <sub><b>Neutral:</b> Name has no specific feelings about this character.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#8a8a8a;" size="3"> ●</font> <sub><b>Bad Standing:</b> Name has no specific feelings about this character, however they left a bad impression.</sub><br />
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: <font style="color:#575757;" size="3"> ♠</font> <sub><b>Hate:</b> Name consider this person an annoyance, and will try to avoid them. Conflict can happen.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3"> ♠</font> <sub><b>Fear:</b> Name is terrified by this character, and will try to avoid them at all cost.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#630000;" size="3"> ♠</font> <sub><b>Rivalry:</b> Name consider this person a rival, and will try to initiate conflict every time she gets to meet them.</sub><br />
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: <font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> ✔</font> <sub><b>Business:</b> This character is either an Name's employer, employee, or coworker.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> ✖</font> <sub><b>Deceased:</b> This character has passed away.</sub><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'shah's vaunted mother. Once a priestess of her sept, she did not survive the purge. Perhaps the only reason that X'shah is alive presently, she harbors a obsession with her mother that borderlines unhealthy. She strives to the point of self-flagellation to emulate the success and ethereal grace of Vivienne yet falls devastatingly short, a problem that often cripples X'shah self-esteem. She has yet to realize she is her mother's daughter ... and not her mother.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'zinbhe was a proud, accomplished warrior of her sept and an excellent provider to his children. They were never left wanting—except one—X'shah. Her childhood was a difficult one, X'shah prone to childish tantrums, anything to snag the attention of her emotionally inattentive nunh-father.</div><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''X'rhenzek Nunh'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#575757;" size="3"> ♠</font> ''')''' '''(''' NPC ''')''' - '''The Scourge.'''</div></div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'rhenzek knew that strength was the rule of law. He used it to his advantage, initiating the purge. This is a name best not spoken in her presence.</div><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''[http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Gegeruju/ Master Gegeruju]'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#8a8a8a;" size="3"> ●</font><font style="color:#575757;" size="3"> ♠</font> ''')''' '''(''' NPC ''')''' - '''The Whip.'''</div></div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">Gegeruju's patronage after X'shah was ousted as a frail youth after the purge is the sole reason that X'shah knows how to read or lift a spoon. Although she only ever spoke a handful of words to the Lord of Costa del Sol in her stay, she remembers the valuable lessons learned under his sponsorship, even if she did prove to be a terrible investment.</div><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''X'heshek Vizinh'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#54b5eb;" size="3"> ♥</font><font style="color:#8a8a8a;" size="3"> ●</font> ''')''' - '''The Wildcard.'''</div></div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">'Heshy' as she's well-known is a playmate from her youth and gorgeous blondie with a terrible secret, one that X'shah has only recent come to discover. Be as it may, she too like Kataya was hand-selected as an attendant and X'shah still at full thrusts makes a valiant attempt to pick up the pieces of their shattered relationship.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'shah & J'tehn's tumultuous attraction began on the balcony of the Quicksand. The emerald-eyed freckled gunslinger possessed an almost supernatural power to destroy her well-constructed walls of resistance but with a crack-toothed grin or charming word, pulling her between aggression and tenderness that still proves even now frightening in its success.<br />
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It took moons for the Jackal to convince her of his honest affections and capable resources to be a father, resulting in the decision of the Lynx to make an attempt at a child. Her decision to couple with the domesticated city-slicker is so incredibly controversial it still causes a stir among her sept-mates to this day.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#b3aba6;" size="2">■</font> "Oh, y'mean Shee-shararara or however y'say it? She's always honest wit' her barterin'. Gives me th'spooks, like starin' into the eyes of a demon, but she sticks to her shrine most of the time and that's all right with me." - Jeren, merchant of Ul'dah. </div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#b3aba6;" size="2">■</font> "The priestess came to us when no one else would. She remained by the side of my mate, without rest, for the whole of the night and well into the next sun. Her dedicated midwifery saw my son into our arms. I don't know if she is a demon o-or something else, but I will never forget her dedication." - T'bneb, proud father of a kit. </div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#948d8a;" size="2">■</font> "'at's th'mad prophet, right there. I wonder if'n it's worth me neck t'bed her, she'd probably slit m'throat after but at least I'd die 'appy! Heh." - X'shiri Tia, warrior.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#706b68;" size="2">■</font> "Such a disappointment as a student, that X'shah." - Madam Kululu, Costa del Sol tutor.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#b3aba6;" size="2">■</font> "She has ghostly eyes and a terrible stare that bores right into you. Just like those dune specters I encountered once. She must be of their lot. Steer clear, they are as deadly as they are mad." - U'unbu Tia, hunter of the sands. </div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#b3aba6;" size="2">■</font> "X'shah? What makes you so curious...? <Sigh>. She's.../different/. Her eyes, the way she looks at you, talks to you, it makes you feel like she knows something you don't. There's much I don't know about her, and I expect it to stay that way." - Rhuaza Kasa, Dune Specter huntress. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:0px 10px; font-size:16px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver;">'''Personal RP Limits'''</div></div><br />
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:<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;">■ '''I will role-play''' mature themes and include adult or dark subject matter.'' </div></div><br />
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:<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;">■ '''I will not role-play''' with underage players. I will not role-play with underage characters with the involvement of any sexual themes whatsoever. I will not join Linkshells/Free Companies/role-play groups that allow underage characters within them to participate in ERP. I do not wish to role-play with characters that have their genitals as a defining feature in advertising: i.e. "futa" or "shemale" or "cuntboy." I do not wish to role-play with female model Nunh. I will not role-play rape scenes. I am uncomfortable role-playing with half-breed characters. (Example: half-miqo'te/half-lalafell.) I do not acknowledge fantasia in my role-play. Please respect my boundaries! They are not open to compromise or up for discussion.''</div></div><br />
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Yes, hello. I've been role-playing for twenty-two years and it's by far my favorite hobby.<br />
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I am a dynamite southern-raised gal currently living as a recluse in the desert. For the most part, I'd like to think I've created myself a nice little life of solitude and peace. A touch jaded — I've seen and heard it all — so I tend to turn to dark, filthy, or shocking humor to make it through this grind we call life. You now know what to expect. I just can't take anything seriously.<br />
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=Timeline=<br />
Due to the sensitive nature of the in-game timeline and how the developers over the years employ "time bubbles" this timeline purposefully presented as incredibly vague for the sake of simplicity.<br />
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• '''Roughly 23-24 years ago:''' X'vienne enters labor after an unremarkable pregnancy. X'shah is born during a total solar eclipse with bright white eyes, igniting the superstitious scorn of many in her sept, especially against her mother.<br />
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• '''The Purge:''' Roughly 12-14 years ago, X'rhenzek Tia, fueled by rage, jealousy, and the backing of a great number of huntresses skeptical of X'vienne mothering more children after the ill omen of X'shah's birth, slaughters X'zinbhe Nunh and X'vienne in their bed together. He makes a claim that he caught the woman in the midst of hexing the sept and murders their entire combined bloodline, even the kit in her belly, save two children: X'kriss who shares his blood—and X'shah—who was sent off by her mother the previous day sensing trouble afoot.<br />
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In the years after the event most justified it and still do to this sun stating that if X'zinbhe was not weak he would have survived and fought off their attacker. Most opt cowardice instead, choosing not to acknowledge it happened at all and speak of the event in hushed tones, naming the wretched event "the purge." X'rhenzek has proven himself an effective protector and his tyrannical, tight leadership kept the sept mostly intact during the events of 1572.<br />
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• '''1572:''' Dalamud bloats within the sky and begins to burn bright red, sparking panic sept-wide. A playmate's of Shah's entire family joins countless across Eorzea in forming a doomsday cult. The entire family sacrifices itself to spare the sept the wrath of the gods; there is only one survivor: X'khalara.<br />
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The Calamity plunges the entire sept into violent chaos and long-bubbling tensions boil over. Many proud warriors die. X'rhenzek pulls the sept up by its bootstraps and holds it together.<br />
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X'shah returns to her people in the throes of the catastrophe. In general, viewpoints of the elders are split: some see the presence of the clearly mad woman traveling in from the dunes as yet another ill omen while others see much of X'vienne in her and do not wish to anger the dead, believing perhaps the events of the Calamity are visited upon them by the spirit of X'shah's witch-mother. The elder council acknowledges her and X'rhenzek spares her life as a gesture of good will. X'shah retreats back into the dunes.<br />
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=RP Hooks=<br />
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::'''■''' X'shah's shrine is easy to find by word-of-mouth and her status as Speaker is well-known in Ul'dah by now.<br><br><br />
::'''■''' X'shah was born among a group of families — a sept of Lynx — physically separated from her home tribe. These bright-eyed miqo'te wander the massive expanse of the southern Sagolii as a nomadic group that has pledged to thrive under the harshest of Azeyma's conditions. Little is known of what they have or hope to accomplish. What is known that they lead plain lives with little wealth, instead choosing to focus on their honing their as hunters and warriors. Territorial disputes with this sept is generally dreaded and seen as a small nuisance, considering the savagery displayed the painted warriors of the close-knit sept bordering on zealotry. Neighboring Sagolii tribes darkly whisper of their own hunters encountering her sept's women engaged in dark rituals and strange magic. Some of the blackest tales spread by the enemies of her sept swear that several of their own have wandered into the dunes at night bewitched by a member of her sept, lured by a strange hex or song, never to be seen again.<br />
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<div align=center><div style="padding:10px 0px; background: #798a7c;font-size:16px;color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px black">'''C R E D I T'''</div></div> <br />
::■ Template was created by [[Bancroft Gairn]].<br />
::■ Adapted by [[Xheja Rajhera]]. <br />
::■ Tabs by [[Unnamed Mercenary]].<br />
::■ Expanded bits and relationship color keys by [[Lucaell Tareth'eian]].<br />
::■ Music and OOC note by [[Glioca Sargonnai]].<br />
::■ Mashing everything together like a mad scientist by [[D'lyhhia Lhuil]].<br />
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[[Category:Miqo'te]][[Category:Seeker of the Sun]][[Category:Seeker]][[Category:Female]][[Category:Priestess]][[Category:PC]][[Category: Dune Specter]]</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=X%27shah_Zinbhe&diff=302930X'shah Zinbhe2018-06-16T06:30:23Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared."</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:12px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''NICKNAMES...'''</font> <font style="font-family:Georgia;"> Firefly. Witch. Speaker. Mad Prophet. Muck-sprout. Dune Plague. Dune Rot. Xealot. (She-lot, after Lynx/X.) </font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:12px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''EYES...'''</font> <font style="font-family:Georgia;"> Bright white.</font><br />
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=Introduction=<br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#585350;font-family:Georgia;">X'shah—in an era where corrupt spiritualists have become a stock character—is a towering anomaly on the Dune Specter ecclesiastical landscape. Cut from a similar cloth as her high priestess mother, even if the weave is drastically different, she has assumed her predecessor's role among her people as Living Flame, She Who Speaks With Fire, witch, shaman, priestess, soothsayer, alchemist, midwife, mender, and breaker.<br><br><br />
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Those of her tribe-branch that have ridden into battle at her side describe her as anyone would a fellow warrior—that to see her in battle is like witnessing an avatar of wrath born. A notion strangely contrary to the tenents of mercy that her goddess espouses. <br><br><br />
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Whether they detest or love her and her methods, many of her own people seek to brook favor with her. Like the witch-woman many murmur her to be, she aids those who seek her—for a debt paid in service to Azeyma and the spirits, of course—even as they deride her once safely out of earshot. For her part, X'shah has surpassed her forebearer and plumbed the vastness of revelation with unmatched expertise among the rabble of her clan. This has allowed her to successfully parlay her scores of extensive mystical abilities into a web of favors owed by many.<br><br><br />
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The unsettling truth of the matter is that X'shah would gladly conceal herself away from her kin and their constant badgering. She lacks patience to deal with curiosity-seekers who lack commitment and only wishes the blessing of solitude with which to while away her remaining suns. <br><br><br />
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Yet they have riotously selected her to lead as chief. She who refuses decorous distance. She who scorns extensive ceremony and homage to anyone but Azeyma Herself. She who is only satisfied when she believes she has obtained more than they mean to give.<br><br><br />
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This miqo'te thrives on one talent at the fore of all else—the ability to convince those who interact with her that they understand a great deal about her—while never revealing her true motives. This aspect of her personality has proven a double-edged sword: earning her the intrigue and ire of those she encounters and interacts with.<br><br />
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Words chosen with great deliberation and a guarded demeanor cannot hide all, however. With a mere brush of her presence it is easy to perceive her as a tightly-wound coil unwilling to part with trust, riddled with double-standards and opposing personality traits that actively work against her and her goals.<br><br />
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She is a meddler, yet solitary. Insecure, yet imperious. Naïve, yet bright. A veritable dynamo of youth without the wisdom to channel her energies into productivity.<br><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#585350;font-family:Georgia;">X'shah has the wild look of a predator who chases its prey for sport rather than the meat. Like the tombs of the sands of which she occupies—X'shah was once brilliantly bedazzling—now she exists outwardly as a specter of her former self due to the ravages of trials and tribulations of being alone in the dunes.<br />
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Her height and the cast of her physical structure is unimposing; X'shah being pear-shaped with excessively broad hips and massively thick thighs. Where she was once a toned huntress before her tenure as priestess, the sweet meats of the city has significantly rounded her figure out.<br />
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Her windswept burgundy hair is coarse and massaged with a healthy sheen of oil. Both ears are blotched black, a tuft of ruff peaking each. Her skin is pockmarked from claw and fang of predators she has opposed for territory or dominance. Teeth-marks honeycomb her ears, one left completely ragged. Her stubby tail is bumped and crooked, even if bristling with shiny healthy hair. Most of her teeth have been knocked out in battle or skirmishes for territorial dominance. Each gap replaced with a golden replication or the fang of a beast slain in her former life as a huntress soldered into her jaw. These replacements are traditional among her sept-folk and make for a terrifying grin, indeed.<br />
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Swathes of scarification and semi-permanent henna score her flesh: honoring her role as Speaker of Azeyma, daughter, grand-daughter, and desert Lynx. Not even her face has remained unscathed from ritual scribe: two gouges were cut and healed over long ago into her cheeks; three lines of bumps dot her chin; her forehead sports a design of raised welts masterfully branded at an early age to signify sept devotion.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Books:''' In the solitude of the desert Belah'dian tombs, books were and continue to be her one true companion.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Sweets:''' A relatively new staple to her diet, she has discovered sugary sweets of the city-states with the unfortunate side effect of her form softening.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Solitude:''' Be as it may her assignment is to establish a shrine in the Goblet, she still takes lengthy sabbaticals into the dunes to unwind.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Womanizers:''' She considers herself neither a conquest nor notch under the belt, and will rarely entertain a fellow who categorizes women as "those he has slept with" and "those who he has not" long.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Sub-tribals/New tribes:'''While her duties declare that she comport herself with basic cordiality in the presence of all citizens of Eorzea, X'shah will not bless nor abide those arrogant enough to claim status as sub-tribe or newly established tribe without properly proving themselves.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Personal Space Invasion:''' X'shah is ''strict'' when it comes to her personal bubble. Few are allowed to linger over the threshold.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Seeker/Keeper Half-Breeds:''' This needs no elaboration.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Inferiority Superiority Complex:''' X'shah masks her crippled self-esteem with a loud bark and far more scathing bite.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Body Language Spectacular:''' Fifty percent of her communication is done through body language.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Purple Prose''' X'shah spent ''years'' poring over ancient tomb scripts. With a library as her personal companion for so long, lacking practice, she tends to apply the prose from her previous everyday solitude to conversation.</div><br />
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:<font style="color:#b72a78;" size="3"> ♥</font> <sub><b>In A Relationship:</b> Name is romantically involved with this character.</sub><br />
:<font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3"> ♥</font> <sub><b>Romantic Attraction:</b> Name is romantically interested in this character.</sub><br />
:<font style="color:#ffaedb" size="3"> ♥</font> <sub><b>Sexual Attraction</b> Name is physically interested in this character.</sub><br />
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: <font style="color:#54b5eb;" size="3"> ♥</font> <sub><b>Platonic Love/Family:</b> Name considers this person family.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#54b5eb;" size="3"> ♦</font> <sub><b>Friend:</b> Name considers this person her friend.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#93d2f6;" size="3"> ♦</font> <sub><b>Friendly Acquaintance:</b> Name considers this person mostly friendly, or as an ally.</sub><br />
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: <font style="color:#93d2f6;" size="3"> ●</font> <sub><b>Good Standing:</b> Name has no specific feelings about this character, however they left a good impression.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#c6c6c6;" size="3"> ●</font> <sub><b>Neutral:</b> Name has no specific feelings about this character.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#8a8a8a;" size="3"> ●</font> <sub><b>Bad Standing:</b> Name has no specific feelings about this character, however they left a bad impression.</sub><br />
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: <font style="color:#8a8a8a;" size="3"> ♠</font> <sub><b>Dislike:</b> Name doesn't consider this person a friend, and will talk if needed, but try to avoid them.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#575757;" size="3"> ♠</font> <sub><b>Hate:</b> Name consider this person an annoyance, and will try to avoid them. Conflict can happen.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#000000;" size="3"> ♠</font> <sub><b>Fear:</b> Name is terrified by this character, and will try to avoid them at all cost.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#630000;" size="3"> ♠</font> <sub><b>Rivalry:</b> Name consider this person a rival, and will try to initiate conflict every time she gets to meet them.</sub><br />
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: <font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> ♥</font> <sub><b>Family Member:</b> This character is related by blood to Name.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> ✔</font> <sub><b>Business:</b> This character is either an Name's employer, employee, or coworker.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> ✖</font> <sub><b>Deceased:</b> This character has passed away.</sub><br />
: <font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> <b>?</b></font> <sub><b>Hidden Feelings/Unknown:</b> This character has one of all the color keys above, but Name isn't fully aware of it yet.</sub><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''X'vienne'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> ♥</font><font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> ✖</font> ''')''' '''(''' NPC ''')''' - '''The Light.'''</div></div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'shah's vaunted mother. Once a priestess of her sept, she did not survive the purge. Perhaps the only reason that X'shah is alive presently, she harbors a obsession with her mother that borderlines unhealthy. She strives to the point of self-flagellation to emulate the success and ethereal grace of Vivienne yet falls devastatingly short, a problem that often cripples X'shah self-esteem. She has yet to realize she is her mother's daughter ... and not her mother.</div><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''X'zinbhe Nunh'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> ♥</font><font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> ✖</font> ''')''' '''(''' NPC ''')''' - '''The Dark.'''</div></div><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''X'rhenzek Nunh'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#575757;" size="3"> ♠</font> ''')''' '''(''' NPC ''')''' - '''The Scourge.'''</div></div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'rhenzek knew that strength was the rule of law. He used it to his advantage, initiating the purge. This is a name best not spoken in her presence.</div><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''[http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Gegeruju/ Master Gegeruju]'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#8a8a8a;" size="3"> ●</font><font style="color:#575757;" size="3"> ♠</font> ''')''' '''(''' NPC ''')''' - '''The Whip.'''</div></div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">Gegeruju's patronage after X'shah was ousted as a frail youth after the purge is the sole reason that X'shah knows how to read or lift a spoon. Although she only ever spoke a handful of words to the Lord of Costa del Sol in her stay, she remembers the valuable lessons learned under his sponsorship, even if she did prove to be a terrible investment.</div><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''X'kataya Razinh'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#54b5eb;" size="3"> ♥</font> ''')''' - '''The Sweetest Flower.'''</div></div><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''X'heshek Vizinh'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#54b5eb;" size="3"> ♥</font><font style="color:#8a8a8a;" size="3"> ●</font> ''')''' - '''The Wildcard.'''</div></div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">'Heshy' as she's well-known is a playmate from her youth and gorgeous blondie with a terrible secret, one that X'shah has only recent come to discover. Be as it may, she too like Kataya was hand-selected as an attendant and X'shah still at full thrusts makes a valiant attempt to pick up the pieces of their shattered relationship.</div><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''J'tehn Tia'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#b72a78;" size="3"> ♥</font><font style="color:#FA70BC;" size="3"> ♥</font><font style="color:#ffaedb" size="3"> ♥</font> ''')''' - '''The Gamble.'''</div></div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'shah & J'tehn's tumultuous attraction began on the balcony of the Quicksand. The emerald-eyed freckled gunslinger possessed an almost supernatural power to destroy her well-constructed walls of resistance but with a crack-toothed grin or charming word, pulling her between aggression and tenderness that still proves even now frightening in its success.<br />
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It took moons for the Jackal to convince her of his honest affections and capable resources to be a father, resulting in the decision of the Lynx to make an attempt at a child. Her decision to couple with the domesticated city-slicker is so incredibly controversial it still causes a stir among her sept-mates to this day.</div><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated. Please feel free to add your own rumors under the Player Character category!</div></div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#b3aba6;" size="2">■</font> "Oh, y'mean Shee-shararara or however y'say it? She's always honest wit' her barterin'. Gives me th'spooks, like starin' into the eyes of a demon, but she sticks to her shrine most of the time and that's all right with me." - Jeren, merchant of Ul'dah. </div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#b3aba6;" size="2">■</font> "The priestess came to us when no one else would. She remained by the side of my mate, without rest, for the whole of the night and well into the next sun. Her dedicated midwifery saw my son into our arms. I don't know if she is a demon o-or something else, but I will never forget her dedication." - T'bneb, proud father of a kit. </div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#948d8a;" size="2">■</font> "'at's th'mad prophet, right there. I wonder if'n it's worth me neck t'bed her, she'd probably slit m'throat after but at least I'd die 'appy! Heh." - X'shiri Tia, warrior.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#706b68;" size="2">■</font> "Such a disappointment as a student, that X'shah." - Madam Kululu, Costa del Sol tutor.</div><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #9d928a; color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Player Character Rumors -</b> ''Feel free to add rumors of your own!''</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#b3aba6;" size="2">■</font> "She has ghostly eyes and a terrible stare that bores right into you. Just like those dune specters I encountered once. She must be of their lot. Steer clear, they are as deadly as they are mad." - U'unbu Tia, hunter of the sands. </div><br />
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=OOC=<br />
<div align=center><div style="padding:10px 0px; background: #754C78;font-size:16px;color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px black">'''O O C'''</div></div> <br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:0px 10px; font-size:16px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver;">'''Personal RP Limits'''</div></div><br />
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:<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;">■ '''I will role-play''' mature themes and include adult or dark subject matter.'' </div></div><br />
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:<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;">■ '''I will not role-play''' with underage players. I will not role-play with underage characters with the involvement of any sexual themes whatsoever. I will not join Linkshells/Free Companies/role-play groups that allow underage characters within them to participate in ERP. I do not wish to role-play with characters that have their genitals as a defining feature in advertising: i.e. "futa" or "shemale" or "cuntboy." I do not wish to role-play with female model Nunh. I will not role-play rape scenes. I am uncomfortable role-playing with half-breed characters. (Example: half-miqo'te/half-lalafell.) I do not acknowledge fantasia in my role-play. Please respect my boundaries! They are not open to compromise or up for discussion.''</div></div><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 35px; background: #9C6B98;font-size:14px;color:#f9f8fa;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><center>'''THE PLAYER'''</center></div></span></h3><br />
Yes, hello. I've been role-playing for twenty-two years and it's by far my favorite hobby.<br />
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I am a dynamite southern-raised gal currently living as a recluse in the desert. For the most part, I'd like to think I've created myself a nice little life of solitude and peace. A touch jaded — I've seen and heard it all — so I tend to turn to dark, filthy, or shocking humor to make it through this grind we call life. You now know what to expect. I just can't take anything seriously.<br />
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=Timeline=<br />
Due to the sensitive nature of the in-game timeline and how the developers over the years employ "time bubbles" this timeline purposefully presented as incredibly vague for the sake of simplicity.<br />
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• '''Roughly 23-24 years ago:''' X'vienne enters labor after an unremarkable pregnancy. X'shah is born during a total solar eclipse with bright white eyes, igniting the superstitious scorn of many in her sept, especially against her mother.<br />
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• '''The Purge:''' Roughly 12-14 years ago, X'rhenzek Tia, fueled by rage, jealousy, and the backing of a great number of huntresses skeptical of X'vienne mothering more children after the ill omen of X'shah's birth, slaughters X'zinbhe Nunh and X'vienne in their bed together. He makes a claim that he caught the woman in the midst of hexing the sept and murders their entire combined bloodline, even the kit in her belly, save two children: X'kriss who shares his blood—and X'shah—who was sent off by her mother the previous day sensing trouble afoot.<br />
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In the years after the event most justified it and still do to this sun stating that if X'zinbhe was not weak he would have survived and fought off their attacker. Most opt cowardice instead, choosing not to acknowledge it happened at all and speak of the event in hushed tones, naming the wretched event "the purge." X'rhenzek has proven himself an effective protector and his tyrannical, tight leadership kept the sept mostly intact during the events of 1572.<br />
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• '''1572:''' Dalamud bloats within the sky and begins to burn bright red, sparking panic sept-wide. A playmate's of Shah's entire family joins countless across Eorzea in forming a doomsday cult. The entire family sacrifices itself to spare the sept the wrath of the gods; there is only one survivor: X'khalara.<br />
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The Calamity plunges the entire sept into violent chaos and long-bubbling tensions boil over. Many proud warriors die. X'rhenzek pulls the sept up by its bootstraps and holds it together.<br />
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X'shah returns to her people in the throes of the catastrophe. In general, viewpoints of the elders are split: some see the presence of the clearly mad woman traveling in from the dunes as yet another ill omen while others see much of X'vienne in her and do not wish to anger the dead, believing perhaps the events of the Calamity are visited upon them by the spirit of X'shah's witch-mother. The elder council acknowledges her and X'rhenzek spares her life as a gesture of good will. X'shah retreats back into the dunes.<br />
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::'''■''' X'shah's shrine is easy to find by word-of-mouth and her status as Speaker is well-known in Ul'dah by now.<br><br><br />
::'''■''' X'shah was born among a group of families — a sept of Lynx — physically separated from her home tribe. These bright-eyed miqo'te wander the massive expanse of the southern Sagolii as a nomadic group that has pledged to thrive under the harshest of Azeyma's conditions. Little is known of what they have or hope to accomplish. What is known that they lead plain lives with little wealth, instead choosing to focus on their honing their as hunters and warriors. Territorial disputes with this sept is generally dreaded and seen as a small nuisance, considering the savagery displayed the painted warriors of the close-knit sept bordering on zealotry. Neighboring Sagolii tribes darkly whisper of their own hunters encountering her sept's women engaged in dark rituals and strange magic. Some of the blackest tales spread by the enemies of her sept swear that several of their own have wandered into the dunes at night bewitched by a member of her sept, lured by a strange hex or song, never to be seen again.<br />
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::■ Template was created by [[Bancroft Gairn]].<br />
::■ Adapted by [[Xheja Rajhera]]. <br />
::■ Tabs by [[Unnamed Mercenary]].<br />
::■ Expanded bits and relationship color keys by [[Lucaell Tareth'eian]].<br />
::■ Music and OOC note by [[Glioca Sargonnai]].<br />
::■ Mashing everything together like a mad scientist by [[D'lyhhia Lhuil]].<br />
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[[Category:Miqo'te]][[Category:Seeker of the Sun]][[Category:Seeker]][[Category:Female]][[Category:Priestess]][[Category:PC]][[Category: Dune Specter]]</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=X%27shah_Zinbhe&diff=302324X'shah Zinbhe2018-06-11T05:58:43Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared."</div></div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#585350;font-family:Georgia;">X'shah—in an era where corrupt spiritualists have become a stock character—is a towering anomaly on the Dune Specter ecclesiastical landscape. Cut from a similar cloth as her high priestess mother, even if the weave is drastically different, she has assumed her predecessor's role among her people as Living Flame, She Who Speaks With Fire, witch, shaman, priestess, soothsayer, alchemist, midwife, mender, and breaker.<br><br><br />
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Those of her tribe-branch that have ridden into battle at her side describe her as anyone would a fellow warrior—that to see her in battle is like witnessing an avatar of wrath born. A notion strangely contrary to the tenents of mercy that her goddess espouses. <br><br><br />
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Whether they detest or love her and her methods, many of her own people seek to brook favor with her. Like the witch-woman many murmur her to be, she aids those who seek her—for a debt paid in service to Azeyma and the spirits, of course—even as they deride her once safely out of earshot. For her part, X'shah has surpassed her forebearer and plumbed the vastness of revelation with unmatched expertise among the rabble of her clan. This has allowed her to successfully parlay her scores of extensive mystical abilities into a web of favors owed by many.<br><br><br />
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The unsettling truth of the matter is that X'shah would gladly conceal herself away from her kin and their constant badgering. She lacks patience to deal with curiosity-seekers who lack commitment and only wishes the blessing of solitude with which to while away her remaining suns. <br><br><br />
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Yet they have riotously selected her to lead as chief. She who refuses decorous distance. She who scorns extensive ceremony and homage to anyone but Azeyma Herself. She who is only satisfied when she believes she has obtained more than they mean to give.<br><br><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#585350;font-family:Georgia;">X'shah has always managed to remain just out of reach.<br><br />
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This miqo'te thrives on one talent at the fore of all else—the ability to convince those who interact with her that they understand a great deal about her—while never revealing her true motives. This aspect of her personality has proven a double-edged sword: earning her the intrigue and ire of those she encounters and interacts with.<br><br />
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Words chosen with great deliberation and a guarded demeanor cannot hide all, however. With a mere brush of her presence it is easy to perceive her as a tightly-wound coil unwilling to part with trust, riddled with double-standards and opposing personality traits that actively work against her and her goals.<br><br />
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She is a meddler, yet solitary. Insecure, yet imperious. Naïve, yet bright. A veritable dynamo of youth without the wisdom to channel her energies into productivity.<br><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#585350;font-family:Georgia;">X'shah has the wild look of a predator who chases its prey for sport rather than the meat. Like the tombs of the sands of which she occupies—X'shah was once brilliantly bedazzling—now she exists outwardly as a specter of her former self due to the ravages of trials and tribulations of being alone in the dunes.<br />
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Her height and the cast of her physical structure is unimposing; X'shah being pear-shaped with excessively broad hips and massively thick thighs. Where she was once a toned huntress before her tenure as priestess, the sweet meats of the city has significantly rounded her figure out.<br />
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Her windswept burgundy hair is coarse and massaged with a healthy sheen of oil. Both ears are blotched black, a tuft of ruff peaking each. Her skin is pockmarked from claw and fang of predators she has opposed for territory or dominance. Teeth-marks honeycomb her ears, one left completely ragged. Her stubby tail is bumped and crooked, even if bristling with shiny healthy hair. Most of her teeth have been knocked out in battle or skirmishes for territorial dominance. Each gap replaced with a golden replication or the fang of a beast slain in her former life as a huntress soldered into her jaw. These replacements are traditional among her sept-folk and make for a terrifying grin, indeed.<br />
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Swathes of scarification and semi-permanent henna score her flesh: honoring her role as Speaker of Azeyma, daughter, grand-daughter, and desert Lynx. Not even her face has remained unscathed from ritual scribe: two gouges were cut and healed over long ago into her cheeks; three lines of bumps dot her chin; her forehead sports a design of raised welts masterfully branded at an early age to signify sept devotion.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Books:''' In the solitude of the desert Belah'dian tombs, books were and continue to be her one true companion.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Sweets:''' A relatively new staple to her diet, she has discovered sugary sweets of the city-states with the unfortunate side effect of her form softening.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Solitude:''' Be as it may her assignment is to establish a shrine in the Goblet, she still takes lengthy sabbaticals into the dunes to unwind.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Womanizers:''' She considers herself neither a conquest nor notch under the belt, and will rarely entertain a fellow who categorizes women as "those he has slept with" and "those who he has not" long.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Sub-tribals/New tribes:'''While her duties declare that she comport herself with basic cordiality in the presence of all citizens of Eorzea, X'shah will not bless nor abide those arrogant enough to claim status as sub-tribe or newly established tribe without properly proving themselves.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Personal Space Invasion:''' X'shah is ''strict'' when it comes to her personal bubble. Few are allowed to linger over the threshold.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Inferiority Superiority Complex:''' X'shah masks her crippled self-esteem with a loud bark and far more scathing bite.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Body Language Spectacular:''' Fifty percent of her communication is done through body language.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Purple Prose''' X'shah spent ''years'' poring over ancient tomb scripts. With a library as her personal companion for so long, lacking practice, she tends to apply the prose from her previous everyday solitude to conversation.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'shah's vaunted mother. Once a priestess of her sept, she did not survive the purge. Perhaps the only reason that X'shah is alive presently, she harbors a obsession with her mother that borderlines unhealthy. She strives to the point of self-flagellation to emulate the success and ethereal grace of Vivienne yet falls devastatingly short, a problem that often cripples X'shah self-esteem. She has yet to realize she is her mother's daughter ... and not her mother.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'zinbhe was a proud, accomplished warrior of her sept and an excellent provider to his children. They were never left wanting—except one—X'shah. Her childhood was a difficult one, X'shah prone to childish tantrums, anything to snag the attention of her emotionally inattentive nunh-father.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'rhenzek knew that strength was the rule of law. He used it to his advantage, initiating the purge. This is a name best not spoken in her presence.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">Gegeruju's patronage after X'shah was ousted as a frail youth after the purge is the sole reason that X'shah knows how to read or lift a spoon. Although she only ever spoke a handful of words to the Lord of Costa del Sol in her stay, she remembers the valuable lessons learned under his sponsorship, even if she did prove to be a terrible investment.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'kataya was a playmate of X'shah growing up. X'shah proved to be the other girl's protector and mentor. The socially inept, inbred, yet sweet Kataya was hand-picked by X'shah when the time came to select her attendants as priestess.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">'Heshy' as she's well-known is a playmate from her youth and gorgeous blondie with a terrible secret, one that X'shah has only recent come to discover. Be as it may, she too like Kataya was hand-selected as an attendant and X'shah still at full thrusts makes a valiant attempt to pick up the pieces of their shattered relationship.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'shah has not laid eyes upon X'yr since they were playmates still suckling at the teat. Their proud parents arranged the pair as a perfect match until the purge. She has not seen her intended coupling partner since.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'shah & J'tehn's tumultuous attraction began on the balcony of the Quicksand. The emerald-eyed freckled gunslinger possessed an almost supernatural power to destroy her well-constructed walls of resistance but with a crack-toothed grin or charming word, pulling her between aggression and tenderness that still proves even now frightening in its success.<br />
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It took moons for the Jackal to convince her of his honest affections and capable resources to be a father, resulting in the decision of the Lynx to make an attempt at a child. Her decision to couple with the domesticated city-slicker is so incredibly controversial it still causes a stir among her sept-mates to this day.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#b3aba6;" size="2">■</font> "Oh, y'mean Shee-shararara or however y'say it? She's always honest wit' her barterin'. Gives me th'spooks, like starin' into the eyes of a demon, but she sticks to her shrine most of the time and that's all right with me." - Jeren, merchant of Ul'dah. </div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#b3aba6;" size="2">■</font> "The priestess came to us when no one else would. She remained by the side of my mate, without rest, for the whole of the night and well into the next sun. Her dedicated midwifery saw my son into our arms. I don't know if she is a demon o-or something else, but I will never forget her dedication." - T'bneb, proud father of a kit. </div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#948d8a;" size="2">■</font> "'at's th'mad prophet, right there. I wonder if'n it's worth me neck t'bed her, she'd probably slit m'throat after but at least I'd die 'appy! Heh." - X'shiri Tia, warrior.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#706b68;" size="2">■</font> "Such a disappointment as a student, that X'shah." - Madam Kululu, Costa del Sol tutor.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#b3aba6;" size="2">■</font> "She has ghostly eyes and a terrible stare that bores right into you. Just like those dune specters I encountered once. She must be of their lot. Steer clear, they are as deadly as they are mad." - U'unbu Tia, hunter of the sands. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:0px 10px; font-size:16px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver;">'''Personal RP Limits'''</div></div><br />
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:<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;">■ '''I will not role-play''' with underage players. I will not role-play with underage characters with the involvement of any sexual themes whatsoever. I will not join Linkshells/Free Companies/role-play groups that allow underage characters within them to participate in ERP. I do not wish to role-play with characters that have their genitals as a defining feature in advertising: i.e. "futa" or "shemale" or "cuntboy." I do not wish to role-play with female model Nunh. I will not role-play rape scenes. I am uncomfortable role-playing with half-breed characters. (Example: half-miqo'te/half-lalafell.) I do not acknowledge fantasia in my role-play. Please respect my boundaries! They are not open to compromise or up for discussion.''</div></div><br />
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Yes, hello. I've been role-playing for twenty-two years and it's by far my favorite hobby.<br />
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I am a dynamite southern-raised gal currently living as a recluse in the desert. For the most part, I'd like to think I've created myself a nice little life of solitude and peace. A touch jaded — I've seen and heard it all — so I tend to turn to dark, filthy, or shocking humor to make it through this grind we call life. You now know what to expect. I just can't take anything seriously.<br />
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=Timeline=<br />
Due to the sensitive nature of the in-game timeline and how the developers over the years employ "time bubbles" this timeline purposefully presented as incredibly vague for the sake of simplicity.<br />
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• '''Roughly 23-24 years ago:''' X'vienne enters labor after an unremarkable pregnancy. X'shah is born during a total solar eclipse with bright white eyes, igniting the superstitious scorn of many in her sept, especially against her mother.<br />
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• '''The Purge:''' Roughly 12-14 years ago, X'rhenzek Tia, fueled by rage, jealousy, and the backing of a great number of huntresses skeptical of X'vienne mothering more children after the ill omen of X'shah's birth, slaughters X'zinbhe Nunh and X'vienne in their bed together. He makes a claim that he caught the woman in the midst of hexing the sept and murders their entire combined bloodline, even the kit in her belly, save two children: X'kriss who shares his blood—and X'shah—who was sent off by her mother the previous day sensing trouble afoot.<br />
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In the years after the event most justified it and still do to this sun stating that if X'zinbhe was not weak he would have survived and fought off their attacker. Most opt cowardice instead, choosing not to acknowledge it happened at all and speak of the event in hushed tones, naming the wretched event "the purge." X'rhenzek has proven himself an effective protector and his tyrannical, tight leadership kept the sept mostly intact during the events of 1572.<br />
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• '''1572:''' Dalamud bloats within the sky and begins to burn bright red, sparking panic sept-wide. A playmate's of Shah's entire family joins countless across Eorzea in forming a doomsday cult. The entire family sacrifices itself to spare the sept the wrath of the gods; there is only one survivor: X'khalara.<br />
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The Calamity plunges the entire sept into violent chaos and long-bubbling tensions boil over. Many proud warriors die. X'rhenzek pulls the sept up by its bootstraps and holds it together.<br />
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X'shah returns to her people in the throes of the catastrophe. In general, viewpoints of the elders are split: some see the presence of the clearly mad woman traveling in from the dunes as yet another ill omen while others see much of X'vienne in her and do not wish to anger the dead, believing perhaps the events of the Calamity are visited upon them by the spirit of X'shah's witch-mother. The elder council acknowledges her and X'rhenzek spares her life as a gesture of good will. X'shah retreats back into the dunes.<br />
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::'''■''' X'shah's shrine is easy to find by word-of-mouth and her status as Speaker is well-known in Ul'dah by now.<br><br><br />
::'''■''' X'shah was born among a group of families — a sept of Lynx — physically separated from her home tribe. These bright-eyed miqo'te wander the massive expanse of the southern Sagolii as a nomadic group that has pledged to thrive under the harshest of Azeyma's conditions. Little is known of what they have or hope to accomplish. What is known that they lead plain lives with little wealth, instead choosing to focus on their honing their as hunters and warriors. Territorial disputes with this sept is generally dreaded and seen as a small nuisance, considering the savagery displayed the painted warriors of the close-knit sept bordering on zealotry. Neighboring Sagolii tribes darkly whisper of their own hunters encountering her sept's women engaged in dark rituals and strange magic. Some of the blackest tales spread by the enemies of her sept swear that several of their own have wandered into the dunes at night bewitched by a member of her sept, lured by a strange hex or song, never to be seen again.<br />
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::■ Template was created by [[Bancroft Gairn]].<br />
::■ Adapted by [[Xheja Rajhera]]. <br />
::■ Tabs by [[Unnamed Mercenary]].<br />
::■ Expanded bits and relationship color keys by [[Lucaell Tareth'eian]].<br />
::■ Music and OOC note by [[Glioca Sargonnai]].<br />
::■ Mashing everything together like a mad scientist by [[D'lyhhia Lhuil]].<br />
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[[Category:Miqo'te]][[Category:Seeker of the Sun]][[Category:Seeker]][[Category:Female]][[Category:Priestess]][[Category:PC]][[Category: Dune Specter]]</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Caracal_Tribe&diff=301334Caracal Tribe2018-06-01T05:00:56Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: Redirected page to Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)</p>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Tend to have powerful legs a long leap.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears which are used for subtle huntspeak communication and to detect the direction of the wind before the kill.</div><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center> RUMORS</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Rare Rumors -</b> ''Very rarely overheard. Please ask<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:0px 10px; font-size:16px;color:#000000;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver;">'''Player Notes:'''</div></div><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, if you wish to make a Dune Specter along with us, it helps to get to know us and us to get to know you to see if we mesh well. Of course, other Seeker are also welcome to be inducted into the sept via organic role-play.<br><br><br />
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Of note is that their chosen totem, Caracal, are by (my choice) not ''actually'' Lynx. This was done quite on purpose to set them apart as outsiders of the Lynx tribe.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:10px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:10px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''Aliases:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"> Dune Ghosts. Sagolii Specters. Tomb Rot. Xealots. Pale-eyes. Dune Witches. Dune Sirens. They Who Drank the Dark Waters.</font><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=299162Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2018-05-12T11:31:09Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect established in 2013, very Egyptian-inspired and on the fringes of the tribe.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Tend to have powerful legs a long leap.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears which are used for subtle huntspeak communication and to detect the direction of the wind before the kill.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CLOTHING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CLOTHING</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="RELIGION"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>RELIGION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, if you wish to make a Dune Specter along with us, it helps to get to know us and us to get to know you to see if we mesh well. Of course, other Seeker are also welcome to be inducted into the sept via organic role-play.<br><br><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:10px; color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:10px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''Sept Name:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10px;"> Unknown to outsiders.</font><br />
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect established in 2013, very Egyptian-inspired and on the fringes of the tribe.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears which are used for subtle huntspeak communication and to detect the direction of the wind before the kill.</div><br />
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=Culture=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CULTURE"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CULTURE</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, if you wish to make a Dune Specter along with us, it helps to get to know us and us to get to know you to see if we mesh well. Of course, other Seeker are also welcome to be inducted into the sept via organic role-play.</div></div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, if you wish to make a Dune Specter along with us, it helps to get to know us and us to get to know you to see if we mesh well. Of course, other Seeker are also welcome to be inducted into the sept via organic role-play.</div></div><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Tend to have powerful legs a long leap.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears which are used for subtle huntspeak communication and to detect the direction of the wind before the kill.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center> RUMORS</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new PC's unless created by someone very close to us that we trust.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''[[X'shah Zinbhe]]:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:9px;"> High Priestess & sept chief.</font><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Tend to have powerful legs a long leap.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears which are used for subtle huntspeak communication and to detect the direction of the wind before the kill.</div><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CULTURE"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CULTURE</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CLOTHING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CLOTHING</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="RELIGION"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>RELIGION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new PC's unless created by someone very close to us that we trust.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:10px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:10px; color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''Patron Deity:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;">Azeyma.</font><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=299157Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2018-05-12T11:14:04Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect established in 2013, very Egyptian-inspired and on the fringes of the tribe.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new PC's unless created by someone very close to us that we trust.</div></div><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=299156Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2018-05-12T11:12:58Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect established in 2013, very Egyptian-inspired and on the fringes of the tribe.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Common Rumors - </b>''Easily overheard. Use these<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new PC's unless created by someone very close to us that we trust.</div></div><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te under the Caracal totem with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Long ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center> RUMORS</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Common Rumors - </b>''Easily overheard. Use these<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new PC's unless created by someone very close to us that we trust.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''[[X'shah Zinbhe]]:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:9px;"> High Priestess & sept chief.</font><br />
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect of Lynx on the fringes of the tribe. We have simply stretched our creative muscles within the bounds of lore.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Decades ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CASTES"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f; font-size:16px; color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CASTES</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CLOTHING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CLOTHING</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="RELIGION"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>RELIGION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center> RUMORS</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Common Rumors - </b>''Easily overheard. Use these<br />
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freely!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Rare Rumors -</b> ''Very rarely overheard. Please ask<br />
before using!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Feel free to add your own rumors to this section.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new PC's unless created by someone very close to us that we trust.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:10px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:10px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''Aliases:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"> Dune Ghosts. Tomb Rot. Xealots. Pale-eyes. Dune Witches. Dune Sirens.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''[[X'shah Zinbhe]]:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:9px;"> High Priestess & sept chief.</font><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=291288Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2018-03-08T13:51:19Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect of Lynx on the fringes of the tribe. We have simply stretched our creative muscles within the bounds of lore.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Decades ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new PC's unless created by someone very close to us that we trust.</div></div><br />
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect of Lynx on the fringes of the tribe. We have simply stretched our creative muscles within the bounds of lore.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Decades ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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=Culture=<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CASTES"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f; font-size:16px; color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CASTES</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women only lay with the nunh to conceive kits, and are allowed to lay with whatever lover they please so long as effective practices of birth control are employed. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select a male outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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before using!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new PC's unless created by someone very close to us that we trust.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:10px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:10px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''Type:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10px;"> Nomadic.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''[[X'shah Zinbhe]]:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:9px;"> High Priestess & sept chief.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''A'vraiya Tia''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Hand of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''X'yr Tia''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Champion of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''X'iryk Tia''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Champion of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''[[J'ira Rhenare]]''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Hand of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect of Lynx on the fringes of the tribe. We have simply stretched our creative muscles within the bounds of lore.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Decades ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women exclusively mate with the nunh for birthing kits. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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As for the responsibilities of "Nunh" itself—a Tia must demonstrate favorable attributes to the female populace first—common traits being that he is a nurturing type, sensitive to the needs of the women, and capable of providing many resources for kits. Being one of the strongest males is the icing on the proverbial mating dance cake. Red hair certainly helps, as it is the favored color of Dune Specters, as they believe is it the same color as the hair of the goddess.<br><br><br />
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Often, Dune Specter Tia joke among themselves that the trial-by-combat between two Tia for the position of Nunh is for the amusement of Dune Specter women. They are not too far off the mark.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CLOTHING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CLOTHING</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center> RUMORS</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Common Rumors - </b>''Easily overheard. Use these<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Rare Rumors -</b> ''Very rarely overheard. Please ask<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new PC's unless created by someone very close to us that we trust.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''[[X'shah Zinbhe]]:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:9px;"> High Priestess & sept chief.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''A'vraiya Tia''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Hand of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''X'yr Tia''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Champion of Azeyma.</font><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=285652Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2018-01-28T01:12:59Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect of Lynx on the fringes of the tribe. We have simply stretched our creative muscles within the bounds of lore.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Decades ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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=Culture=<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CASTES"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f; font-size:16px; color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CASTES</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women exclusively mate with the nunh for birthing kits. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="RELIGION"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>RELIGION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center> RUMORS</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new PC's unless created by someone very close to us that we trust.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:10px; color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:10px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Arial;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''Sept Name:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Arial; font-size:10px;"> Unknown to outsiders.</font><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=277004Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2017-11-21T22:20:11Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect of Lynx on the fringes of the tribe. We have simply stretched our creative muscles within the bounds of lore.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Decades ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group,, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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=Culture=<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women exclusively mate with the nunh for birthing kits. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Common Rumors - </b>''Easily overheard. Use these<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new PC's unless created by someone very close to us that we trust.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''W'saheena Sheqa''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Champion of Azeyma. Shrine attendant.</font><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Decades ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group,, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women exclusively mate with the nunh for birthing kits. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CLOTHING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CLOTHING</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center> RUMORS</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Common Rumors - </b>''Easily overheard. Use these<br />
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freely!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Rare Rumors -</b> ''Very rarely overheard. Please ask<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Feel free to add your own rumors to this section.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new PC's unless created by someone very close to us that we trust.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''[[X'shah Zinbhe]]:'''</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:9px;"> High Priestess & sept chief.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''X'khalara Haqqisekh''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Hand of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''W'lefay Sheqa''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Shrine attendant. Priestess-in-grooming.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''W'saheena Sheqa''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Champion of Azeyma. Shrine attendant.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''A'vraiya Tia''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Hand of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''X'yr Tia''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Champion of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''X'zavir Tia''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Champion of Azeyma.</font><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=276963Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2017-11-21T09:05:18Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect of Lynx on the fringes of the tribe. We have simply stretched our creative muscles within the bounds of lore.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Decades ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group,, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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=Culture=<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CASTES"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f; font-size:16px; color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CASTES</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women exclusively mate with the nunh for birthing kits. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="RELIGION"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>RELIGION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center> RUMORS</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in late 2013. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new PC's unless created by someone very close to us that we trust.</div></div><br />
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect of Lynx on the fringes of the tribe. We have simply stretched our creative muscles within the bounds of lore.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Decades ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group,, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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=Culture=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CULTURE"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CULTURE</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="CASTES"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f; font-size:16px; color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CASTES</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="MATING"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>MATING & BREEDING</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women exclusively mate with the nunh for birthing kits. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="DIET"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>DIET</center></div></span></h3><br><br><br />
In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TIME"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>TIME AND MEASUREMENT</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="RELIGION"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>RELIGION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center> RUMORS</center></div></span></h3><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>GENERAL INFORMATION</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Decades ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group,, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women exclusively mate with the nunh for birthing kits. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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<br><br>The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<br><br>Dune Specters know only the desert. They survive by discerning patterns in their environment and its ever changing elements, thus they began to develop a concept of time based on a succession of recurring phases. To them, time is cyclical—and not linear— coiled with periods of decline and renewal. They look to the stars at night to tell the hour and the sundial or shadow dial during the day to decipher the bell.<br><br><br />
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Viewing their world as they do the seasons and its cycle of changes serves the purpose of cosmic balance and inspires a sense of security from the menace of change and decay. They view their individual as playing out in a trajectory of “pregnancy, birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, and death.” This concept permeates Pale-eye society to the point that those who do not opt for a fire dance at death bury their dead as follows: kits buried at the base of a mountain slope, followed by children and adolescents mid-slope, then adults and elderly at the highest point of the mountain or hill. <br><br><br />
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<br><br>One of the unifying characteristics of Dune Specters is their devotion to Azeyma. Veneration to the goddess is the lifeblood of the sept; the backbone on which Dune Specter culture is built.<br><br><br />
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From birth their lives are enriched with teachings that condone the practice of possessing a synthesis of the body, mind, and spirit. Every sun they wake up they strive to put themselves in tune with the rhythm of the universe as Azeyma proclaims it, accepting the cycles of birth and death as natural order. Their spiritual beliefs are shaped by their environment, and in order to survive the unforgiving trials of a desert nomadic lifestyle, it is ingrained in them that justice and order, not chaos, is the will of Azeyma. Each Dune Specter child is taught unwavering respect for their elders, as without the guidance of the leader and each other, they will truly perish in the cruel wilderness.<br><br><br />
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'''The Heart-Soul'''<br><br />
Tomb rot believe the heart to be the center of thought and memory. It is highly associated with intellect and is considered the most important organ in the entire body, never burned or removed from the body at death, as its presence is crucial to enter the afterlife. <br><br><br />
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Another noteworthy concept is that Dune Specters believe happiness sits in the belly, especially after a warm meal, and many will refer to how another has “filled their belly with laughter.”<br><br><br />
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'''Uraeus & the Solar Barque'''<br><br />
Dune Specter lore does not lack the quintessential tale of the solar deity crossing the skies in a barge. Azeyma, in most of their depictions, is painted as a riding freely across the skies during the day on a tamed Uraeus of great shining scales. This depiction of a woman riding a scaleskin is a subtle influence on the Dune Specter psyche; the feminine taming the masculine and riding his strength through the heavens. While the goddess may be a woman and representative the feminine, her journey is completed on the back of the masculine entity positioned between her thighs, thus presenting a balance of the sexes. Women are proud to carry their father’s name while he in turn respects the feminine-aspected nature of their goddess.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:9px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''X'khalara Haqqisekh''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Hand of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect of Lynx on the fringes of the tribe. We have simply stretched our creative muscles within the bounds of lore.</center><br><br><br />
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Decades ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group,, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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=Culture=<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick has far more structural integrity than a random bout of passion. Oddly enough, Dune Specter culture does romanticize fairweather summer romance but does not promote long-lasting attachment, instead promoting the survival of the next generation over such fleeting flights of fancy.<br><br><br />
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Traditionally, women exclusively mate with the nunh for birthing kits. A few common exceptions exist that encourage strong children.<br><br> <br />
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The first being that priestesses are freely permitted to select outside or within the sept for insemination so long as she ultimately favors the nunh. Extending this jurisdiction—priestesses are afforded the power to arrange couplings between women of the sept at their discretion and strong candidates.<br><br> <br />
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The second method of conception is gifted from the leaders of the sept to the individual who performs a great deed for the greater good of his people. This is a rarely granted boon, usually reserved for the greatest of warriors.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sub-group members alike. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations.<br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the Dune Specters siphon it from wherever they can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br><br><br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=276959Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2017-11-21T08:49:13Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sect of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Decades ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy, as well as their descendant brood, has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other Seeker of the Sun encounter are members of the aggressive warrior caste, and as such, Sunseeker society has painted them with this brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to mitigate this misunderstanding. If it keeps resource poachers off of their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sub-group,, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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It is unknown if the original Dune Specter founders achieved their initial goal. What is known, however, is that they and their clutch of progeny have garnered a particular fierce reputation as pests, savage warriors, prophets, and madmen.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specter generally roam the vast sands of the Sagolii on aetheric leylines as guided by their priestesses, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a cycle.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of this sub-group live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not encumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves or at base camps for retrieval later in the cycle.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;"><br><br>Dune Specters are at birth structured into three distinct castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the others.<br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' This caste is composed of the chief, religious figureheads, and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of this sub-group is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste is generally considered a “cut above of the rest” by both members within and without.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise its elders and the conclave caste on matters that pertain to defense of Dune Specters as a whole as well as stand as acting bodyguards of the conclave caste. In truth, the conclave caste is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise conclave caste members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br><br><br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers that are necessary for the survival of Dune Specters as a whole. Whatever children are produced with the nunh or multiple nunh generally are raised by their mother to perform a family-line specific labor: weaving baskets, blacksmithery, armory, et cetera.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=X%27shah_Zinbhe&diff=276958X'shah Zinbhe2017-11-21T07:55:07Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared."</div></div><br />
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This miqo'te thrives on one talent at the fore of all else—the ability to convince those who interact with her that they understand a great deal about her—while never revealing her true motives. This aspect of her personality has proven a double-edged sword: earning her the intrigue and ire of those she encounters and interacts with.<br><br />
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Words chosen with great deliberation and a guarded demeanor cannot hide all, however. With a mere brush of her presence it is easy to perceive her as a tightly-wound coil unwilling to part with trust, riddled with double-standards and opposing personality traits that actively work against her and her goals.<br><br />
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She is a meddler, yet solitary. Insecure, yet imperious. Naïve, yet bright. A veritable dynamo of youth without the wisdom to channel her energies into productivity.<br><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#585350;font-family:Georgia;">X'shah has the wild look of a predator who chases its prey for sport rather than the meat. Like the tombs of the sands of which she occupies—X'shah was once brilliantly bedazzling—now she exists outwardly as a specter of her former self due to the ravages of trials and tribulations of being alone in the dunes.<br />
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Her height and the cast of her physical structure is unimposing; X'shah being pear-shaped with excessively broad hips and massively thick thighs. Where she was once a toned huntress before her tenure as priestess, the sweet meats of the city has significantly rounded her figure out.<br />
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Her windswept burgundy hair is coarse and massaged with a healthy sheen of oil. Both ears are blotched black, a tuft of ruff peaking each. Her skin is pockmarked from claw and fang of predators she has opposed for territory or dominance. Teeth-marks honeycomb her ears, one left completely ragged. Her stubby tail is bumped and crooked, even if bristling with shiny healthy hair. Most of her teeth have been knocked out in battle or skirmishes for territorial dominance. Each gap replaced with a golden replication or the fang of a beast slain in her former life as a huntress soldered into her jaw. These replacements are traditional among her sept-folk and make for a terrifying grin, indeed.<br />
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Swathes of scarification and semi-permanent henna score her flesh: honoring her role as Speaker of Azeyma, daughter, grand-daughter, and desert Lynx. Not even her face has remained unscathed from ritual scribe: two gouges were cut and healed over long ago into her cheeks; three lines of bumps dot her chin; her forehead sports a design of raised welts masterfully branded at an early age to signify sept devotion.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Sweets:''' A relatively new staple to her diet, she has discovered sugary sweets of the city-states with the unfortunate side effect of her form softening.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Solitude:''' Be as it may her assignment is to establish a shrine in the Goblet, she still takes lengthy sabbaticals into the dunes to unwind.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Womanizers:''' She considers herself neither a conquest nor notch under the belt, and will rarely entertain a fellow who categorizes women as "those he has slept with" and "those who he has not" long.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Sub-tribals/New tribes:'''While her duties declare that she comport herself with basic cordiality in the presence of all citizens of Eorzea, X'shah will not bless nor abide those arrogant enough to claim status as sub-tribe or newly established tribe without properly proving themselves.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Inferiority Superiority Complex:''' X'shah masks her crippled self-esteem with a loud bark and far more scathing bite.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#7e7b79;" size="3">■</font> '''Purple Prose''' X'shah spent ''years'' poring over ancient tomb scripts. With a library as her personal companion for so long, lacking practice, she tends to apply the prose from her previous everyday solitude to conversation.</div><br />
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: <font style="color:#8a8a8a;" size="3"> ●</font> <sub><b>Bad Standing:</b> Name has no specific feelings about this character, however they left a bad impression.</sub><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''X'vienne'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> ♥</font><font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> ✖</font> ''')''' '''(''' NPC ''')''' - '''The Light.'''</div></div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'shah's vaunted mother. Once a priestess of her sept, she did not survive the purge. Perhaps the only reason that X'shah is alive presently, she harbors a obsession with her mother that borderlines unhealthy. She strives to the point of self-flagellation to emulate the success and ethereal grace of Vivienne yet falls devastatingly short, a problem that often cripples X'shah self-esteem. She has yet to realize she is her mother's daughter ... and not her mother.</div><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''X'zinbhe Nunh'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> ♥</font><font style="color:#dba133;" size="3"> ✖</font> ''')''' '''(''' NPC ''')''' - '''The Dark.'''</div></div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'zinbhe was a proud, accomplished warrior of her sept and an excellent provider to his children. They were never left wanting—except one—X'shah. Her childhood was a difficult one, X'shah prone to childish tantrums, anything to snag the attention of her emotionally inattentive nunh-father.</div><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''X'rhenzek Nunh'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#575757;" size="3"> ♠</font> ''')''' '''(''' NPC ''')''' - '''The Scourge.'''</div></div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'rhenzek knew that strength was the rule of law. He used it to his advantage, initiating the purge. This is a name best not spoken in her presence.</div><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''[http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Gegeruju/ Master Gegeruju]'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#8a8a8a;" size="3"> ●</font><font style="color:#575757;" size="3"> ♠</font> ''')''' '''(''' NPC ''')''' - '''The Whip.'''</div></div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">Gegeruju's patronage after X'shah was ousted as a frail youth after the purge is the sole reason that X'shah knows how to read or lift a spoon. Although she only ever spoke a handful of words to the Lord of Costa del Sol in her stay, she remembers the valuable lessons learned under his sponsorship, even if she did prove to be a terrible investment.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'kriss is X'shah's only surviving sibling. She hasn't a clue. The pair may not have shared a father but they shared a womb, along with countless childhood memories fraught with mischief due to their antics when paired together for playtime.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'kataya was a playmate of X'shah growing up. X'shah proved to be the other girl's protector and mentor. The socially inept, inbred, yet sweet Kataya was hand-picked by X'shah when the time came to select her attendants as priestess.</div><br />
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! <div align="left"><div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#000000;" size="2"> '''X'heshek Vizinh'''</font> '''(''' <font style="color:#54b5eb;" size="3"> ♥</font><font style="color:#8a8a8a;" size="3"> ●</font> ''')''' - '''The Wildcard.'''</div></div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">'Heshy' as she's well-known is a playmate from her youth and gorgeous blondie with a terrible secret, one that X'shah has only recent come to discover. Be as it may, she too like Kataya was hand-selected as an attendant and X'shah still at full thrusts makes a valiant attempt to pick up the pieces of their shattered relationship.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'shah has not laid eyes upon X'yr since they were playmates still suckling at the teat. Their proud parents arranged the pair as a perfect match until the purge. She has not seen her intended coupling partner since.</div><br />
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| <div style="font-size:11px; font-family:Georgia">X'shah & J'tehn's tumultuous attraction began on the balcony of the Quicksand. The emerald-eyed freckled gunslinger possessed an almost supernatural power to destroy her well-constructed walls of resistance but with a crack-toothed grin or charming word, pulling her between aggression and tenderness that still proves even now frightening in its success.<br />
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It took moons for the Jackal to convince her of his honest affections and capable resources to be a father, resulting in the decision of the Lynx to make an attempt at a child. Her decision to couple with the domesticated city-slicker is so incredibly controversial it still causes a stir among her sept-mates to this day.</div><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#b3aba6;" size="2">■</font> "Oh, y'mean Shee-shararara or however y'say it? She's always honest wit' her barterin'. Gives me th'spooks, like starin' into the eyes of a demon, but she sticks to her shrine most of the time and that's all right with me." - Jeren, merchant of Ul'dah. </div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#b3aba6;" size="2">■</font> "The priestess came to us when no one else would. She remained by the side of my mate, without rest, for the whole of the night and well into the next sun. Her dedicated midwifery saw my son into our arms. I don't know if she is a demon o-or something else, but I will never forget her dedication." - T'bneb, proud father of a kit. </div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#948d8a;" size="2">■</font> "'at's th'mad prophet, right there. I wonder if'n it's worth me neck t'bed her, she'd probably slit m'throat after but at least I'd die 'appy! Heh." - X'shiri Tia, warrior.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#706b68;" size="2">■</font> "Such a disappointment as a student, that X'shah." - Madam Kululu, Costa del Sol tutor.</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#b3aba6;" size="2">■</font> "She has ghostly eyes and a terrible stare that bores right into you. Just like those dune specters I encountered once. She must be of their lot. Steer clear, they are as deadly as they are mad." - U'unbu Tia, hunter of the sands. </div><br />
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:<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;">■ '''I will not role-play''' with underage players. I will not role-play with underage characters with the involvement of any sexual themes whatsoever. I will not join Linkshells/Free Companies/role-play groups that allow underage characters within them to participate in ERP. I do not wish to role-play with characters that have their genitals as a defining feature in advertising: i.e. "futa" or "shemale" or "cuntboy." I do not wish to role-play with female model Nunh. I will not role-play rape scenes. I am uncomfortable role-playing with half-breed characters. (Example: half-miqo'te/half-lalafell.) I do not acknowledge fantasia in my role-play. Please respect my boundaries! They are not open to compromise or up for discussion.''</div></div><br />
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Yes, hello. I've been role-playing for twenty-two years and it's by far my favorite hobby.<br />
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I am a dynamite southern-raised gal currently living as a recluse in the desert. For the most part, I'd like to think I've created myself a nice little life of solitude and peace. A touch jaded — I've seen and heard it all — so I tend to turn to dark, filthy, or shocking humor to make it through this grind we call life. You now know what to expect. I just can't take anything seriously.<br />
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=Timeline=<br />
Due to the sensitive nature of the in-game timeline and how the developers over the years employ "time bubbles" this timeline purposefully presented as incredibly vague for the sake of simplicity.<br />
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• '''Roughly 23-24 years ago:''' X'vienne enters labor after an unremarkable pregnancy. X'shah is born during a total solar eclipse with bright white eyes, igniting the superstitious scorn of many in her sept, especially against her mother.<br />
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• '''The Purge:''' Roughly 12-14 years ago, X'rhenzek Tia, fueled by rage, jealousy, and the backing of a great number of huntresses skeptical of X'vienne mothering more children after the ill omen of X'shah's birth, slaughters X'zinbhe Nunh and X'vienne in their bed together. He makes a claim that he caught the woman in the midst of hexing the sept and murders their entire combined bloodline, even the kit in her belly, save two children: X'kriss who shares his blood—and X'shah—who was sent off by her mother the previous day sensing trouble afoot.<br />
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In the years after the event most justified it and still do to this sun stating that if X'zinbhe was not weak he would have survived and fought off their attacker. Most opt cowardice instead, choosing not to acknowledge it happened at all and speak of the event in hushed tones, naming the wretched event "the purge." X'rhenzek has proven himself an effective protector and his tyrannical, tight leadership kept the sept mostly intact during the events of 1572.<br />
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• '''1572:''' Dalamud bloats within the sky and begins to burn bright red, sparking panic sept-wide. A playmate's of Shah's entire family joins countless across Eorzea in forming a doomsday cult. The entire family sacrifices itself to spare the sept the wrath of the gods; there is only one survivor: X'khalara.<br />
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The Calamity plunges the entire sept into violent chaos and long-bubbling tensions boil over. Many proud warriors die. X'rhenzek pulls the sept up by its bootstraps and holds it together.<br />
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X'shah returns to her people in the throes of the catastrophe. In general, viewpoints of the elders are split: some see the presence of the clearly mad woman traveling in from the dunes as yet another ill omen while others see much of X'vienne in her and do not wish to anger the dead, believing perhaps the events of the Calamity are visited upon them by the spirit of X'shah's witch-mother. The elder council acknowledges her and X'rhenzek spares her life as a gesture of good will. X'shah retreats back into the dunes.<br />
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::'''■''' X'shah's shrine is easy to find by word-of-mouth and her status as Speaker is well-known in Ul'dah by now.<br><br><br />
::'''■''' X'shah was born among a group of families — a sept of Lynx — physically separated from her home tribe. These bright-eyed miqo'te wander the massive expanse of the southern Sagolii as a nomadic group that has pledged to thrive under the harshest of Azeyma's conditions. Little is known of what they have or hope to accomplish. What is known that they lead plain lives with little wealth, instead choosing to focus on their honing their as hunters and warriors. Territorial disputes with this sept is generally dreaded and seen as a small nuisance, considering the savagery displayed the painted warriors of the close-knit sept bordering on zealotry. Neighboring Sagolii tribes darkly whisper of their own hunters encountering her sept's women engaged in dark rituals and strange magic. Some of the blackest tales spread by the enemies of her sept swear that several of their own have wandered into the dunes at night bewitched by a member of her sept, lured by a strange hex or song, never to be seen again.<br />
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::■ Template was created by [[Bancroft Gairn]].<br />
::■ Adapted by [[Xheja Rajhera]]. <br />
::■ Tabs by [[Unnamed Mercenary]].<br />
::■ Expanded bits and relationship color keys by [[Lucaell Tareth'eian]].<br />
::■ Music and OOC note by [[Glioca Sargonnai]].<br />
::■ Mashing everything together like a mad scientist by [[D'lyhhia Lhuil]].<br />
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[[Category:Miqo'te]][[Category:Seeker of the Sun]][[Category:Seeker]][[Category:Female]][[Category:Priestess]][[Category:PC]][[Category: Dune Specter]]</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=276957Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2017-11-21T07:54:43Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<div align=center><div style="font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0.20em;color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;text-shadow: 1px 1px 5px silver">"For if you cross my purpose, so severe shall be my wrath that vengeance will not be feared." ~ ''X'shah Zinbhe, current chieftain.''</div></div><br><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sept of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of religious zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Epochs ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy and their brood has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other miqo'te encounter are members of the warrior caste, however, so Sunseeker society has painted them with that brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to stop this misunderstanding. If it keeps Drake, resource poachers, and Keepers off their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sept, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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=Culture=<br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f;font-size:16px;color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CULTURE</center></div></span></h3><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="General"><div style="font-family:Georgia;padding:10px 15px; background: #3f3f3f; font-size:16px; color:#7e7e7e; text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px black;letter-spacing:0.2em;"><center>CASTES</center></div></span></h3><br />
<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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As it stands, there exists even sub-divisions in castes. One particular noteworthy instance involves whispers of an exclusive, elite task force of assassins that interweave the ranks of the conclave and warriors. These shadows of Azeyma are sent out to eliminate high interest targets that oppose the mission statement of the sept as a whole. Rare are they mentioned, only in murmur and rumor, for fear of retaliation or other members of the sept believing one has caught madness. <br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Rare Rumors -</b> ''Very rarely overheard. Please ask<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sept of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of religious zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Epochs ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy and their brood has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other miqo'te encounter are members of the warrior caste, however, so Sunseeker society has painted them with that brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to stop this misunderstanding. If it keeps Drake, resource poachers, and Keepers off their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sept, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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=Culture=<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">The sept roams the vast sands of the Sagolii, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a year.<br><br> <br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low ''by the other castes''.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers. <br><br><br />
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As it stands, there exists even sub-divisions in castes. One particular noteworthy instance involves whispers of an exclusive, elite task force of assassins that interweave the ranks of the conclave and warriors. These shadows of Azeyma are sent out to eliminate high interest targets that oppose the mission statement of the sept as a whole. Rare are they mentioned, only in murmur and rumor, for fear of retaliation or other members of the sept believing one has caught madness. <br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Common Rumors - </b>''Easily overheard. Use these<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard they've a temple in th'Goblet from one've th'pretty blondes. Should've visited by now, but me wife might not be none too 'ppreciative of me bein' around all them pretty shrine attendants o' th'priestess." - Yaever, stall owner.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "I heard the high priestess was born during an eclipse." - M'jabha, priestess.</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #3f3f3f; color:#7e7e7e;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Rare Rumors -</b> ''Very rarely overheard. Please ask<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "The Hands of Azeyma are an extension of the priestess' will into the darkness. Those aren't attendants, boy. Those are assassins."</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=274593Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2017-11-04T23:56:10Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect of Lynx on the fringes of the tribe. We have simply stretched our creative muscles within the bounds of lore.</center><br><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sept of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of religious zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Epochs ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy and their brood has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other miqo'te encounter are members of the warrior caste, however, so Sunseeker society has painted them with that brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to stop this misunderstanding. If it keeps Drake, resource poachers, and Keepers off their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sept, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Stubby tails.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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=Culture=<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">The sept roams the vast sands of the Sagolii, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a year.<br><br> <br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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As it stands, there exists even sub-divisions in castes. One particular noteworthy instance involves whispers of an exclusive, elite task force of assassins that interweave the ranks of the conclave and warriors. These shadows of Azeyma are sent out to eliminate high interest targets that oppose the mission statement of the sept as a whole. Rare are they mentioned, only in murmur and rumor, for fear of retaliation or other members of the sept believing one has caught madness. <br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. ." </div><br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<center><b>NOTE:</b> This is a player created sect of Lynx on the fringes of the tribe. We have simply stretched our creative muscles within the bounds of lore.</center><br><br><br />
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=Details=<br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sept of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of religious zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Epochs ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy and their brood has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other miqo'te encounter are members of the warrior caste, however, so Sunseeker society has painted them with that brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to stop this misunderstanding. If it keeps Drake, resource poachers, and Keepers off their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sept, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">Dune Specters come in many shapes, sizes, and colors although most are incredibly physically fit due to a life of conditioning to defend against skirmishes and protecting territory.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Black-blotched, tufted ears.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">The sept roams the vast sands of the Sagolii, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a year.<br><br> <br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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As it stands, there exists even sub-divisions in castes. One particular noteworthy instance involves whispers of an exclusive, elite task force of assassins that interweave the ranks of the conclave and warriors. These shadows of Azeyma are sent out to eliminate high interest targets that oppose the mission statement of the sept as a whole. Rare are they mentioned, only in murmur and rumor, for fear of retaliation or other members of the sept believing one has caught madness. <br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. ." </div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #000000; color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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|-</div>X'shah Zinbhehttps://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/index.php?title=Lynx_Tribe_(Dune_Specters)&diff=274562Lynx Tribe (Dune Specters)2017-11-04T20:39:34Z<p>X'shah Zinbhe: </p>
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sept of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of religious zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Epochs ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy and their brood has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other miqo'te encounter are members of the warrior caste, however, so Sunseeker society has painted them with that brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to stop this misunderstanding. If it keeps Drake, resource poachers, and Keepers off their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sept, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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All born into the bloodline and not absorbed into the sept, however, possess the following traits:<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">The sept roams the vast sands of the Sagolii, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a year.<br><br> <br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low ''by the other castes''.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers. <br><br><br />
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As it stands, there exists even sub-divisions in castes. One particular noteworthy instance involves whispers of an exclusive, elite task force of assassins that interweave the ranks of the conclave and warriors. These shadows of Azeyma are sent out to eliminate high interest targets that oppose the mission statement of the sept as a whole. Rare are they mentioned, only in murmur and rumor, for fear of retaliation or other members of the sept believing one has caught madness. <br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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Interestingly, black proves to be a popular linen color. When worn loose, the color absorbs body heat as opposed to white linen reflecting it back. <br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. ." </div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #000000; color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sept of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of religious zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Epochs ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy and their brood has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other miqo'te encounter are members of the warrior caste, however, so Sunseeker society has painted them with that brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to stop this misunderstanding. If it keeps Drake, resource poachers, and Keepers off their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sept, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">The sept roams the vast sands of the Sagolii, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a year.<br><br> <br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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As it stands, there exists even sub-divisions in castes. One particular noteworthy instance involves whispers of an exclusive, elite task force of assassins that interweave the ranks of the conclave and warriors. These shadows of Azeyma are sent out to eliminate high interest targets that oppose the mission statement of the sept as a whole. Rare are they mentioned, only in murmur and rumor, for fear of retaliation or other members of the sept believing one has caught madness. <br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. ." </div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #000000; color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sept of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of religious zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Epochs ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy and their brood has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other miqo'te encounter are members of the warrior caste, however, so Sunseeker society has painted them with that brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to stop this misunderstanding. If it keeps Drake, resource poachers, and Keepers off their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sept, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">The sept roams the vast sands of the Sagolii, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a year.<br><br> <br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick is far more structurally integrity than a random bout of passion.<br><br><br />
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Women, particularly huntresses and priestesses, are encouraged to exclusively mate with the nunh. The women of the sept have the final say in the process, however, it is well known that the love for their parents and wishing to impress the sept often pressures young women into arranged couplings or matings.<br><br><br />
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The parents of a daughter select individuals from their own caste (unless they “cast down” in the case of those who believe their daughter doesn’t have much to offer those of her caste) and either arrange a formal coupling for a child or a long-term contract of matehood. Often, a priestess is consulted on the match to offer her blessings of fertility. Parents are allowed to match make their children together with another consenting family so long as it is mutual. These children are raised knowing full well who they are intended to mate with when coming of age, and often sympathetic parents encourage the children to strike up a friendship to make the process smoother. There are many instances of grown children meeting their match later in life if the parents should choose to wait on a match. These include parents who wish to watch the boys grow into adulthood and ensure that they are getting the best outcome for their daughter.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #000000; color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sept of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of religious zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Epochs ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy and their brood has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other miqo'te encounter are members of the warrior caste, however, so Sunseeker society has painted them with that brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to stop this misunderstanding. If it keeps Drake, resource poachers, and Keepers off their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sept, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">The sept roams the vast sands of the Sagolii, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a year.<br><br> <br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low ''by the other castes''.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers. <br><br><br />
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As it stands, there exists even sub-divisions in castes. One particular noteworthy instance involves whispers of an exclusive, elite task force of assassins that interweave the ranks of the conclave and warriors. These shadows of Azeyma are sent out to eliminate high interest targets that oppose the mission statement of the sept as a whole. Rare are they mentioned, only in murmur and rumor, for fear of retaliation or other members of the sept believing one has caught madness. <br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick is far more structurally integrity than a random bout of passion.<br><br><br />
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Women, particularly huntresses and priestesses, are encouraged to exclusively mate with the nunh. The women of the sept have the final say in the process, however, it is well known that the love for their parents and wishing to impress the sept often pressures young women into arranged couplings or matings.<br><br><br />
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The parents of a daughter select individuals from their own caste (unless they “cast down” in the case of those who believe their daughter doesn’t have much to offer those of her caste) and either arrange a formal coupling for a child or a long-term contract of matehood. Often, a priestess is consulted on the match to offer her blessings of fertility. Parents are allowed to match make their children together with another consenting family so long as it is mutual. These children are raised knowing full well who they are intended to mate with when coming of age, and often sympathetic parents encourage the children to strike up a friendship to make the process smoother. There are many instances of grown children meeting their match later in life if the parents should choose to wait on a match. These include parents who wish to watch the boys grow into adulthood and ensure that they are getting the best outcome for their daughter.<br><br><br />
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Priestess are a unique case who do not take lovers. Instead, they select “Chosen” who are honored with the task of inseminating her.<br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. ." </div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #000000; color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">To outsiders looking in, “Dune Specters” are a self-ascribed sept of nomadic Seeker of the Sun miqo’te with a thousand malm-wide streak of religious zealotry and a penchant for maximizing the proficiency of their warriors at all costs.<br><br><br />
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Decades ago, several vagrant Lynx families willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under that harshest conditions of Azeyma’s gaze. Their philosophy and their brood has festered in the blazing dunes since.<br><br><br />
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Most Dune Specters other miqo'te encounter are members of the warrior caste, however, so Sunseeker society has painted them with that brush. For their part, the Tomb Rot have done nothing to stop this misunderstanding. If it keeps Drake, resource poachers, and Keepers off their heels and it occludes the true nature of the sept, all the better for them.<br><br><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Appearance inspired by the real life caracal wild cat.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Ghoulish pale eyes that seem to illuminate with a soft glow.</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> Slight sexual dimorphism; females tend to be short while males taller.</div><br />
=Culture=<br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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■ '''Laborers:''' This is considered the “lowest of the low ''by the other castes''.” This caste is a collective of skilled craftsmen and back-breaking laborers. <br><br><br />
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As it stands, there exists even sub-divisions in castes. One particular noteworthy instance involves whispers of an exclusive, elite task force of assassins that interweave the ranks of the conclave and warriors. These shadows of Azeyma are sent out to eliminate high interest targets that oppose the mission statement of the sept as a whole. Rare are they mentioned, only in murmur and rumor, for fear of retaliation or other members of the sept believing one has caught madness. <br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick is far more structurally integrity than a random bout of passion.<br><br><br />
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Women, particularly huntresses and priestesses, are encouraged to exclusively mate with the nunh. The women of the sept have the final say in the process, however, it is well known that the love for their parents and wishing to impress the sept often pressures young women into arranged couplings or matings.<br><br><br />
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The parents of a daughter select individuals from their own caste (unless they “cast down” in the case of those who believe their daughter doesn’t have much to offer those of her caste) and either arrange a formal coupling for a child or a long-term contract of matehood. Often, a priestess is consulted on the match to offer her blessings of fertility. Parents are allowed to match make their children together with another consenting family so long as it is mutual. These children are raised knowing full well who they are intended to mate with when coming of age, and often sympathetic parents encourage the children to strike up a friendship to make the process smoother. There are many instances of grown children meeting their match later in life if the parents should choose to wait on a match. These include parents who wish to watch the boys grow into adulthood and ensure that they are getting the best outcome for their daughter.<br><br><br />
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Priestess are a unique case who do not take lovers. Instead, they select “Chosen” who are honored with the task of inseminating her.<br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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freely!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. ." </div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #000000; color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #000000; color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Rare Rumors -</b> ''Very rarely overheard. Please ask<br />
before using!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Feel free to add your own rumors to this section.</div></div></p><br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Rumor." — ''[[Rumormonger]]''. </div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">This sept of Lynx is comprised of several zealotous Seeker of the Sun families that willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii desert on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under the harshest of Azeyma’s conditions. Several decades later it is unknown if they have achieved their original goal. What is known, however, is that they have garnered a particular fierce reputation for themselves as pests of the dunes, tomb guardians, nomadic warriors, prophets who regularly toke in caves, and madmen.<br><br><br />
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As of current, the intent of the sept is to remain a separate but conjoined entity with their tribe. They consider their duty imperative to the tribe and believe they will be highly rewarded for their devotion.<br><br><br />
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Opinion on whether or not the sept has formally branched off from the Lynx tribe depends on whom you ask. The vast physical separation from the Lynx tribe itself lends to them mostly paying the sept no mind. The majority of the sept refuses to abandon its roots, clinging to tradition, considering “sub-tribe” status inferior.<br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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As it stands, there exists even sub-divisions in castes. One particular noteworthy instance involves whispers of an exclusive, elite task force of assassins that interweave the ranks of the conclave and warriors. These shadows of Azeyma are sent out to eliminate high interest targets that oppose the mission statement of the sept as a whole. Rare are they mentioned, only in murmur and rumor, for fear of retaliation or other members of the sept believing one has caught madness. <br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick is far more structurally integrity than a random bout of passion.<br><br><br />
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Women, particularly huntresses and priestesses, are encouraged to exclusively mate with the nunh. The women of the sept have the final say in the process, however, it is well known that the love for their parents and wishing to impress the sept often pressures young women into arranged couplings or matings.<br><br><br />
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The parents of a daughter select individuals from their own caste (unless they “cast down” in the case of those who believe their daughter doesn’t have much to offer those of her caste) and either arrange a formal coupling for a child or a long-term contract of matehood. Often, a priestess is consulted on the match to offer her blessings of fertility. Parents are allowed to match make their children together with another consenting family so long as it is mutual. These children are raised knowing full well who they are intended to mate with when coming of age, and often sympathetic parents encourage the children to strike up a friendship to make the process smoother. There are many instances of grown children meeting their match later in life if the parents should choose to wait on a match. These include parents who wish to watch the boys grow into adulthood and ensure that they are getting the best outcome for their daughter.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">This sept of Lynx is comprised of several zealotous Seeker of the Sun families that willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii desert on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under the harshest of Azeyma’s conditions. Several decades later it is unknown if they have achieved their original goal. What is known, however, is that they have garnered a particular fierce reputation for themselves as pests of the dunes, tomb guardians, nomadic warriors, prophets who regularly toke in caves, and madmen.<br><br><br />
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As of current, the intent of the sept is to remain a separate but conjoined entity with their tribe. They consider their duty imperative to the tribe and believe they will be highly rewarded for their devotion.<br><br><br />
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Opinion on whether or not the sept has formally branched off from the Lynx tribe depends on whom you ask. The vast physical separation from the Lynx tribe itself lends to them mostly paying the sept no mind. The majority of the sept refuses to abandon its roots, clinging to tradition, considering “sub-tribe” status inferior.<br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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As it stands, there exists even sub-divisions in castes. One particular noteworthy instance involves whispers of an exclusive, elite task force of assassins that interweave the ranks of the conclave and warriors. These shadows of Azeyma are sent out to eliminate high interest targets that oppose the mission statement of the sept as a whole. Rare are they mentioned, only in murmur and rumor, for fear of retaliation or other members of the sept believing one has caught madness. <br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick is far more structurally integrity than a random bout of passion.<br><br><br />
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Women, particularly huntresses and priestesses, are encouraged to exclusively mate with the nunh. The women of the sept have the final say in the process, however, it is well known that the love for their parents and wishing to impress the sept often pressures young women into arranged couplings or matings.<br><br><br />
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The parents of a daughter select individuals from their own caste (unless they “cast down” in the case of those who believe their daughter doesn’t have much to offer those of her caste) and either arrange a formal coupling for a child or a long-term contract of matehood. Often, a priestess is consulted on the match to offer her blessings of fertility. Parents are allowed to match make their children together with another consenting family so long as it is mutual. These children are raised knowing full well who they are intended to mate with when coming of age, and often sympathetic parents encourage the children to strike up a friendship to make the process smoother. There are many instances of grown children meeting their match later in life if the parents should choose to wait on a match. These include parents who wish to watch the boys grow into adulthood and ensure that they are getting the best outcome for their daughter.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #000000; color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">This sept of Lynx is comprised of several zealotous Seeker of the Sun families that willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii desert on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under the harshest of Azeyma’s conditions. Several decades later it is unknown if they have achieved their original goal. What is known, however, is that they have garnered a particular fierce reputation for themselves as pests of the dunes, tomb guardians, nomadic warriors, prophets who regularly toke in caves, and madmen.<br><br><br />
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As of current, the intent of the sept is to remain a separate but conjoined entity with their tribe. They consider their duty imperative to the tribe and believe they will be highly rewarded for their devotion.<br><br><br />
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Opinion on whether or not the sept has formally branched off from the Lynx tribe depends on whom you ask. The vast physical separation from the Lynx tribe itself lends to them mostly paying the sept no mind. The majority of the sept refuses to abandon its roots, clinging to tradition, considering “sub-tribe” status inferior.<br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">The sept roams the vast sands of the Sagolii, only settling in one place for a short period of time as to not dry up precious resources. There exists particular oasis or caves that they revisit often and it is not uncommon for them to roost at these particular locales several times a year.<br><br> <br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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As it stands, there exists even sub-divisions in castes. One particular noteworthy instance involves whispers of an exclusive, elite task force of assassins that interweave the ranks of the conclave and warriors. These shadows of Azeyma are sent out to eliminate high interest targets that oppose the mission statement of the sept as a whole. Rare are they mentioned, only in murmur and rumor, for fear of retaliation or other members of the sept believing one has caught madness. <br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick is far more structurally integrity than a random bout of passion.<br><br><br />
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Women, particularly huntresses and priestesses, are encouraged to exclusively mate with the nunh. The women of the sept have the final say in the process, however, it is well known that the love for their parents and wishing to impress the sept often pressures young women into arranged couplings or matings.<br><br><br />
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The parents of a daughter select individuals from their own caste (unless they “cast down” in the case of those who believe their daughter doesn’t have much to offer those of her caste) and either arrange a formal coupling for a child or a long-term contract of matehood. Often, a priestess is consulted on the match to offer her blessings of fertility. Parents are allowed to match make their children together with another consenting family so long as it is mutual. These children are raised knowing full well who they are intended to mate with when coming of age, and often sympathetic parents encourage the children to strike up a friendship to make the process smoother. There are many instances of grown children meeting their match later in life if the parents should choose to wait on a match. These include parents who wish to watch the boys grow into adulthood and ensure that they are getting the best outcome for their daughter.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #000000; color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">This sept of Lynx is comprised of several zealotous Seeker of the Sun families that willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii desert on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under the harshest of Azeyma’s conditions. Several decades later it is unknown if they have achieved their original goal. What is known, however, is that they have garnered a particular fierce reputation for themselves as pests of the dunes, tomb guardians, nomadic warriors, prophets who regularly toke in caves, and madmen.<br><br><br />
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Opinion on whether or not the sept has formally branched off from the Lynx tribe depends on whom you ask. The vast physical separation from the Lynx tribe itself lends to them mostly paying the sept no mind. The majority of the sept refuses to abandon its roots, clinging to tradition, considering “sub-tribe” status inferior.<br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick is far more structurally integrity than a random bout of passion.<br><br><br />
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Women, particularly huntresses and priestesses, are encouraged to exclusively mate with the nunh. The women of the sept have the final say in the process, however, it is well known that the love for their parents and wishing to impress the sept often pressures young women into arranged couplings or matings.<br><br><br />
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The parents of a daughter select individuals from their own caste (unless they “cast down” in the case of those who believe their daughter doesn’t have much to offer those of her caste) and either arrange a formal coupling for a child or a long-term contract of matehood. Often, a priestess is consulted on the match to offer her blessings of fertility. Parents are allowed to match make their children together with another consenting family so long as it is mutual. These children are raised knowing full well who they are intended to mate with when coming of age, and often sympathetic parents encourage the children to strike up a friendship to make the process smoother. There are many instances of grown children meeting their match later in life if the parents should choose to wait on a match. These include parents who wish to watch the boys grow into adulthood and ensure that they are getting the best outcome for their daughter.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#444146;font-family:Georgia;">This sept of Lynx is comprised of several zealotous Seeker of the Sun families that willfully relocated to the sands of the southern Sagolii desert on sabbatical, seeking spiritual enlightenment under the harshest of Azeyma’s conditions. Several decades later it is unknown if they have achieved their original goal. What is known, however, is that they have garnered a particular fierce reputation for themselves as pests of the dunes, tomb guardians, nomadic warriors, prophets who regularly toke in caves, and madmen.<br><br><br />
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Due to their migrant lifestyle, members of the sept live an exceptionally plain lifestyle and do not cumber themselves with superfluous wealth or acquisitions. With their chocobo and drake-steeds only able to ferry a certain amount of weight at a time, they are predisposed to storing extra materials and useful possessions deep in caves for retrieval later in the year.</div><br />
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<div style="padding: 7px 4px;font-size:13px; color:#26212B;font-family:Georgia;">The sept is structured into three castes with specific duties integral to survival and their ultimate quest for enlightenment. Be as it may that the whole system would topple if one of the triad should fall, the reality is that due to the emphasis on religion in this society one obvious caste is generally revered above the other two. <br><br><br />
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Opinion varies from miqo’te to miqo’te: the members of one caste may consider themselves superior or perhaps pity the lower and speak out for them as essential to survival. There are plenty of members of the lowest caste that advocate they are the true unsung hero and that the “highest” caste is merely sitting on its laurels and will have a day of reckoning.<br />
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■ '''The Conclave:''' Also known as “the council.” This caste is composed of religious figureheads and their sycophants. Seeing as the purpose of the sept is driven by devotion to Azeyma, this caste considers itself a cut above the rest. Unfortunately, the current generation of elders that sit on the council governing the sept are predominantly arrogant and do not have the best interests of the sept as a whole in mind.<br />
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■ '''Warriors and Hunters:''' The primary duties of this caste is to advise the elders of the council on matters that pertain to defense of the sept as a whole as well as guide the warrior caste in its defense of its families. In truth, the council is simply holding the leash of a predatory caste of well-disciplined soldiers who may or may not obey any particular suggestion given to them. Wise council members choose to guide rather than command, else these predators turn on the leash-holder. While hunters are not exclusive to this caste, the best of the best usually are incorporated into this caste.<br />
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The sept takes a pragmatic approach to breeding and considers romance a hindrance to the survival of Seekers. While this might be odd to outsiders, they embrace the approach, touting that building a foundation brick-by-brick is far more structurally integrity than a random bout of passion.<br><br><br />
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Women, particularly huntresses and priestesses, are encouraged to exclusively mate with the nunh. The women of the sept have the final say in the process, however, it is well known that the love for their parents and wishing to impress the sept often pressures young women into arranged couplings or matings.<br><br><br />
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The parents of a daughter select individuals from their own caste (unless they “cast down” in the case of those who believe their daughter doesn’t have much to offer those of her caste) and either arrange a formal coupling for a child or a long-term contract of matehood. Often, a priestess is consulted on the match to offer her blessings of fertility. Parents are allowed to match make their children together with another consenting family so long as it is mutual. These children are raised knowing full well who they are intended to mate with when coming of age, and often sympathetic parents encourage the children to strike up a friendship to make the process smoother. There are many instances of grown children meeting their match later in life if the parents should choose to wait on a match. These include parents who wish to watch the boys grow into adulthood and ensure that they are getting the best outcome for their daughter.<br><br><br />
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In the unforgiving conditions of the Sagolii, one eats whatever happens along to survive. Snakes, reptiles, scorpions, birds, insects and small mammals prove easy prey. Gathered about enjoying a delicious meal together is a favorite pastime of these desert-dwellers, as it builds strong bonds between family and sept members alike. It’s easy to settle down around aldgoat meat and forget that you are a different cast than the one you are sharing a meal with. Animals that have a high fat content are specially prepared during celebrations. <br><br><br />
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Water is a scarce commodity in the desert, as such, the sept siphons it from wherever it can. Waterholes, oasis, collecting morning dew; name it and it is done. When resorting to cacti for a source of hydration, members are advised to boil it before consuming it or mix in herbs to counteract the effects of the toxic acids and alkaloids.<br />
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The nomadic lifestyle requires easy-care garments that also incorporate traditional fashion. Long robes shield the skin from the sun and elements, and when worn loose, offer a convection-style of cooling. Turbans or shrouds wrapped around the head prevent windburn and blasts of biting sand during the day while providing warmth when the temperatures nosedive at night. Linens tend to breathe the best when near the skin.<br><br><br />
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=Rumors=<br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Some of these rumors are untrue, speculation, or are greatly exaggerated.</div></div></p><br />
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<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #000000; color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Common Rumors - </b>''Easily overheard. Use these<br />
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: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. ." </div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #000000; color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Uncommon Rumors -</b> ''A little more difficult to hear.<br />
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Use sparingly or ask first!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
<div style="padding:10px 25px; background: #000000; color:#ffffff;font-family:Georgia;font-size:12px;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black"><b>◢ Rare Rumors -</b> ''Very rarely overheard. Please ask<br />
before using!''</div><br />
: <div style="font-family:Georgia;"><font style="color:#543950;" size="2">■</font> "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec et leo lorem. Pellentesque tempus quam elit, quis molestie elit luctus non. Quisque ac massa et sem ornare tincidunt. Ut vitae rhoncus mauris. "</div><br />
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<p><div align=center><div style="font-family:Georgia;">Feel free to add your own rumors to this section.</div></div></p><br />
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<div align=justify><div style="padding:5px 15px;font-family:Georgia;color:#444146;">This sept of tribal miqo'te was founded by a couple of friends interested in the tribal scene in early 2014. It's just a bunch of friends havin' fun! While we welcome role-play from all walks of Eorzea, currently we are not accepting new members into the sept unless created by someone very close to us.</div></div><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''X'khalara Haqqisekh''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Hand of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''A'vraiya Tia''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Hand of Azeyma.</font><br />
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<font style="padding:0px 5px; font-size:9px;color:#948d8a;font-family:Tahoma;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">■</font> <font style="font-size:12px;color:#5F5F5F;font-family:Georgia;letter-spacing:0.2em;text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px silver">'''X'yr Tia''':</font> <font style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:9px;"> Champion of Azeyma.</font><br />
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