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Category: Culture

Culture and other facets of the nations.

A Helping Hand

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Cal

Part of a tooth came out that time. Ruyo’s hand smeared the splatters of his own blood on the gravel as he still kept trying to rise to his feet. Bruised and scraped from the attacks of four separate pairs
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Pressing Questions

Posted on June 19, 2023 by Cal

I thought aloud of the greater questions of life. Kebo, why IS ambabo so salty? A blank stare in response. I can sense the rickety wheels of my brother’s mind turning. They put salt in it. I shake my head,
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Posted in Biology, CultureTagged ambabo, food, salt
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Twinkling recollections

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Cal

Darande the snake!And that one?Obel Yu the fat grung!The one to the top? The tiny squiggly one.…Uhhh. I don’t know.That’s Elellu the lonely hunter. He hunts all day and all night for the emerald ludella. It used to be his
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Posted in Culture, Geography, HistoryTagged constellations, night, stars, tent, yurt
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Divine Justice

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Cal

I see the callous plumes rise highAnd wonder why they have to dieWhy the city’s end is nighInto the sky the embers fly The jewel of Allano’s brideOnce home to those who lived and laughedNow martyr for the nation’s prideThe
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Posted in Culture, HistoryTagged allano, Oraq, poem
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The Burn of Her Javelin

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Cal

Farning hymn of war, -0y. Translated by Adtne of Kwawha. Black sky! They cry.Black moon! They cry.For we are the ones who wrestled the ringsAnd we are the ones who tackle the beast. Gaze upon the walls of Farning and
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Posted in Culture, HistoryTagged allano, history, poem, song
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Thunder

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Cal

The thunder of the plains, so deep, so loudWho could make such force that quakes the soul?I look to the horizon that once seemed so farAnd now there is only blackness underneath the heavy sky.Pressures of the deep under the
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Posted in CultureTagged poem, song
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A narrow path

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Cal

“…and so the Ascendant became the Incarnate, and all who saw her were amazed…“Verse 2410b The room was filled with a thick and strong-smelling fog. Powerful drums like a beating heart echoed all around. The dark room seemed like another
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The best defense

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Cal

ATTENTIONREWARD OF 800 TO 3000 KEPA TO ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHO CAN BRING EVIDENCE OF THE CAPTURE OR KILLING OF KAVAN PIRATES AND SHIPS IN THE WEST SANDHAN TO THE AUTHORITIES OF VALKAPA. PLEASE REPORT TO GUILD OUTLETS AT
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Posted in Culture, Geography, HistoryTagged avato, deltani, guild, kavan, navy, pirates, politics, raiders
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A Song from the Otigos

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Cal

A song from the Ogitos, translated. To be played with accompanying instruments, preferably lyre, shong, and drum. “Turn your ears and eyes to the heavens! Turn your ears and eyes to the heavens! Praise. Tigan was the first. We are
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Posted in Culture, HistoryTagged history, instruments, otigo, poem, song
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