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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 2104494" data-attributes="member: 1125">The Xal Emperors are drawn from the Cult of the Fools, ascetics who learn to deny worldly distractions by focussing body and mind. When they appear in public these monks wear brightly coloured clothes adorned with feathers and streamers. Singing and yelling in a strange language they act the role of madmen and children engaging in energetic dancing, acrobatics and buffonry throughout the streets. Nonetheless they are greatly respected for their wisdom and ability. It is known that the play the fool in order not to be seen as a threat to the Emperor whom the serve and whom one of them will eventually replace. The process by which the Beloved Predecessors acquire Lichehood is a carefully guarded secret amongst the cult and involves a number of rituals taught only to the Immortal Emperor1. The First  step is a change of diet whereby for a 1000 day period the emperor must only nuts and seeds that can be found in the forests surrounding the Royal Enclosure whilst continuing his daily training regime. 2. In the second stage, the Emperor must eat a small amount of bark and roots from pine treesfor another 1000 day period. He must also drink a special tea made from the sap of the urushi tree.  3. The last step of the process is to be entombed alive in a stone room just big enough for a man to sit in for a final 1000 day period.</blockquote>