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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greybar" data-source="post: 803070" data-attributes="member: 4938">Welcome, welcome.  I'm a big fan of your and Seasong's <a href="http://pub21.ezboard.com/fseasongsmusefrm9" target="_blank">Queen of Shadows</a> as well.Severed heads and impaling.  Hmm.  That's come up again recently come to think of it.  Hey, what can I say, it's classic bad-guy stuff (or bad gal, perhaps).Looking over the posts, I see that I'd better introduce the difference between Moonborn and Sunborn.  This was once of the germ ideas for the setting, so it is spread all through things.  So in tribute to Seasong, I'll present an AcademiaAcademia - Haraivan Gender DivisionsSunborn:Metaphysical - Women are considered to spring from Hara Sunmother.  They have immortal souls, and if they acheive great enough things then they can rise at death to become new stars in the heavens.Roles - Sunborn are the authority in the cities, within the Wall of Stone.  They dominate over politics and religion, which are themselves closely tied together.Moonborn:Metaphysical - Men spring from Tangri Moonfather.  They have reincarnate souls, and thus sometimes carry bits from the past into the present.  Old rivalries that keep reoccuring may indeed be because two great souls keep reincarnating back into the same area and time.Role - Moonborn hold authority over the domain beyond the city, between the Wall of Stone and the Wall of Wood.  They are better known as warriors, craftsmen, and bards.Each speaks a slightly variant language and script, though if you know one then you can understand the other quite well.  Consider it similar to the difference between UK English and American English in that sense.  The Sunborn language is crisp and precise, though capable of great sophisticated nuance.  The Moonborn tongue is much more lyrical and flowing, matching well to epic poems of ancestral deeds.</blockquote>

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