The Rashadi Caliphate has used fostering in the past as a means of binding the nation together, but up until Jandal’s reign as Caliph many of these fosterings were of course only glorified hostage situations. Jandal’s emphasis on “constructive fostering” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Each of the Nine Tribes swore an oath to the first Caliph – except the Gryg, who famously refused for reasons that at the time were unclear. The Oaths varied from tribe to tribe – the Shahar, for example, are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s quite true that the Gryg don’t kill children. There were once rumours that the Gryg stole children from the homes of other Rashadi, but this invention was soon abandoned when it was pointed out that even the Gryg could […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Of course Rayana wants her birthday presents. She is a girl with priorities. And also a crossbow.
The yashashynn are the most elite of assassins in Rashadi culture, trained from a very young age to venerate the First Murderer (whose name is unspoken and shall be until the Last Prophet curses his name aloud). However, most people […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Page three of our interlude, with art by the talented Adam Prosser. In Rashadi culture, the ninth birthday is when a noble male child is expected to begin assuming adult duties. (It is of course a graduated process; the Rashadi […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
