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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Presto2112" data-source="post: 3590575" data-attributes="member: 18303">The Tal Jabar are a tribe nomadic desert exiles.  Once divided, they now form a single large tribe, led by clerics of a god born but a generation ago from the binding of two rival gods' avatars and the soul of a powerful cleric.  This god is called Shajural, Lord of the Desert Wind.  Since Shajural's birthing, the Tal Jabar migrate whenever a strong wind blows from the sands, in the direction of that wind.  It is the belief of the Tal Jabar that the winds will eventually carry them out of the desert into more fertile lands, where they will be accepted by other men.  As of this day, the winds still blow them about the dunes, tending their flocks and foraging what sparse vegetatation and water that can be found.The Tal Jabar are efficient users of resources.  When an animal is slain, every last part of the beast is used to feed, clothe, shelter, or otherwise serve the tribe.  As a point of desperation, due to the harshness of their way of life, the same is done of any tribesperson who passes from any cause other than disease or old age.  In those cases, the body is burned and the soul mourned all the more for the waste.  If a man dies from poisoning (a rare event, since the Tal Jabar over the generations have grown quite resistant to the venom of the creatures of their territory), the part that was poisoned, as well as the victim's heart are burned, and the rest used.  Many other cultures and people see this custom as gruesome and barbaric, but the pragmatic Tal Jabar see any other practice as wasteful.  They do not engage in active cannibalism, but simply disposing of the dead is seen by them as a waste of material.  They do, however, see the need for tact and diplomacy, and items crafted by the tribe out of human remains are kept out of sight as best as possible of visitors and outsiders.  Items crafted from the remains of ancestors known for heroic deeds or great wisdom are treasured by the families of their descendants.</blockquote>

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