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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 470604" data-attributes="member: 8530">Interaction with other VillagesAll the villages have a certain amount of territory that they consider theirs and that usually equates to a five-mile diameter circle with the village being on the center.  Their approximate location on a map would show each village being a different point of a star, with the castle at the star’s center.   This allows plenty of room to plant crops and others needed materials. Each of the villages respects these boundaries and there has never been any issue over this, and the lands out side the villages are all seen to be neutral territory. The villages deal in a fair amount of trade between each other and this allows each village to benefit from the others. Twice a year all the villages meet (Spring and Fall) and hold a huge gathering to feast and make merry.  This is possible due to the fact that all of these people realize that they are a unique species and need each other.  It is not surprising to see a Lawful Good sitting next to a Chaotic Evil, as their belief that no one of there race is truly good or evil, they are just inherent of the animalistic side of their own sub-races.  This ability to get along so well is seen to be from the Hengeyokai close ties to nature and the balance it represents in the great circle.  The Elders of the Hengeyokais’ believe that it is this tie to nature that allows them to do this and that is why the lost humans are so violent to each other.  The Hengeyokai are only violent when they need to be.   They are extremely protective of all members of their race, regardless of alignment.  Thus, a Lawful Good Hengeyokai would not hesitate to oppose a Lawful Good human in order to protect a Chaotic Evil Hengeyokai (and vice versa). Politics In and Between the VillagesThe politics of a village is based on the wisdom of the Elders and each Hengeyokai is taught to respect their elders. An Elder Council usually consists of 6-8 Elders and together they try to decide what is best for their village and its’ people. They handle everything from law to politics. The Elder Councils of all five villages meet together once a year in a meeting called the “Great Tribunal” and it is there that they decide on issues that impact the whole race. They discuss defense and any new things that have would benefit the whole (such as new crops or medicines) and to settle any grievances between any tribes or to lend aid to one. It is these meetings that have helped the Hengeyokai survive as a species and prosper as well. Once the meeting is finished they head back and work to implement all they have discussed and learned. The Hengeyokai have a very strong and potent oral tradition and this allows their history to survive.  There is one small group of Hengeyokai though that everyone, even the Elders respect (but do not worship) and that is the “Gifted”(those born with exceptionally high intelligence or wisdom).  These tend to be very few, and each village tends to only have one or two.  These Hengeyokai are blessed with divine magic from the earth (druids and clerics) or the power of the heavens (Magic users).  Even though they are “Gifted” they are still needed to plant and harvest and help where needed [Editor’s note: try seeing that in the outside world, lol.]  The Gifted often serve as advisors to the Council of Elders, but are restricted from actually serving as members of a Council.  If a village ever loses a gifted and they are left without one then any village that can spare one must send one until such time one can be found for that village.</blockquote>

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