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tazi · Yesterday, 12:47 PM

"Spirit of the Blue Sky"

CULTURE

A clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe, driven to survive in the face of death, to kill before being killed, and to raise their families beneath the eternal blue sky.

NOMADS During summer, the Alukhai live in high-altitude valleys, chosen to provide lush grazing for the herds while avoiding extreme heat at lower elevations. Come autumn, they move from the pastures to sprawling southern grasslands. Alkuhai live in gers, temporary dwellings created by pulling horse pelts over granite stones, drift wood and animal bones.

LEADERSHIP The khaan and his family are considered clan nobility. Strength determines leadership. The khaan can be challenged in a duel during the kurultai.

HORSE HERDS The clan relies deeply on horses for hides, meat, milk, bones, and mane fibers. They migrate alongside the herds twice a year. Worn hides from pelts are called deel.

RELIGION Tengri is the supreme deity of the eternal blue sky, who emphasizes the Alukhai’s harmony with nature and the cosmos. He is paired with earth mother. Shaman are the leaders of spiritual ceremonies and are said to communicate with regional spirits. However, the clan accepts and promotes many cultures and religions.

THE IVORY ROAD A trade route established for knowledge sharing, linking civilizations and exchanging various goods like herbs, dyes, precious stones, animal hides, berries, ivory, etc. The road will seek access through all packs in the wastes.

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KHAAN

Supreme ruler. Maintains unity of the steppe and oversees the expansion of their influence. The commander of armies & leading conquests. Formulating long-term strategies for foreign expansion, siege warfare, and defending against enemy invasions.

KHATUN

Queen consort; Empress. Wife to the khaan and mother of the heir. She leads the camp, advises rulers, manages diplomatic alliances, entertains emissaries, and may lead warriors in battle. She is the foremost lady and overseer of the consorts and served by the harem.

JINONG

Crown prince or heir apparent. Responsible for military leadership, managing the herds, dolling out justice, shadowing the khaan and leading emissary expeditions abroad.

KHUU

A prince. Sons of the khatun and consorts. Responsible for military leadership, helping with herd management, and dolling out justice.

GONJI

A princess. Daughters of the khatun and consorts. Tasked with governing conquered territories, managing diplomatic alliances through strategic marriages, and fighting in military campaigns, as well as coordinating seasonal migrations. They are trained in music and literacy.

CONSORT

Wives of the khaan acquired through political alliance. They are served by the harem, supervise servants, and their primary duty is to bear the khaan children. It is possible for a son of a consort to become jinong.

KHESHIG

Military generals and advisors to khaan, guarding the royal camp and family, enforcing discipline, leading hunting expeditions and training the nokud. A trusted inner circle including diverse experts from other territories. They may be assigned to escort specific royals as personal guards.

NOKUD

Warriors, hunters, couriers, and weather readers. They reinforce borders, lead hunting expeditions, spar and train, and tend to/move the herds. They are also tasked with delivering intelligence reports and military orders across the empire, information gathering, as well as providing information on local conditions, potential threats, or revolts to the khaan.

OTOCHI

Shaman, physicians, herbalists. In general, they practice shamanism, bone-setting, and medicine, as well as spiritual healing and herbal medicine and diet management. They may gather and store herbs.

EKH BARIGCH

Midwives and caretakers. They may also act as teachers and pup-sitters. Their focus is on prenatal care, monitoring the mother's health throughout pregnancy, assessing the health of the pups, and assisting in the delivery process.

CONCUBINE

Harem women; entertainers, dancers and decorators. Often acquired from conquered territories and given as wives to the nokud after victories. They serve under the primary wives in domestic and sexual roles, supporting camp life while men are away and often face low social status and strict servitude. They are subjected to the orders of high-ranking wives and are expected to produce children. They serve to increase the status of their master, and may be involved in the defense of the clan in times of war.

BOGOL

Prisoners and household servants. They primarily perform the forced labor of tending to livestock and clearing dung.

LANDSCAPE

Alukhai claims the rugged steppe, a place of great austerity but beauty, too. Think rolling grasslands, winding blue rivers, lakes, waterfalls, boreal forest, geysers and hotsprings, with a ridgeline barricading the north and a desert cusping the south. Set north of satriya, south of tianlong, and west of dusk oasis, so plenty of opportunity for drama and inter-pack connections.

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interest check to see if anyone would want to play 13th century mongolia with me? if so, Batu is open for family ties and established relationships to his previous clan, or threads beginning to float the idea <3

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