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+===== The Ethetia =====
+The race of that which the Ethetian people belong to is native to [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:start|Ethrekas]], a landmass that was, in the time of the Ethetia, overgrown with tropical fertility and beauty. The Ethetia proliferated and became abundant in the peace of these bountiful jungles, and this region would come to be identified by their people as [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:regions:tradarda:start|Tradarda]], meaning bountiful land. Notably, the Ethetia worshipped the goddess who they called [[pantheons:deities:solara|Solara]], and this was seen in their deep reverence for the sun as they believed their goddess to have originally descended from that place in the heavens. This was in contrast to the [[races:humans:ethrekasan:makhetia:start|Makhetia]], who inhabited within this expansive jungle in a manner which the Ethetia thought most profane and unruly; the Makhetia had rejected the religiosity of the Ethetia, and instead worshipped accursed beings that had deviated from the old ways of Ethrekas. This age of fervent worship of these devil princes would come to an end as Solara’s punishment was wrought, and the Ethetia would then become the sole inhabitants of Ethrekas in this time. It was then that the [[pantheons:class:elohad|Elohad]] would come into existence, and they were thought to have been given the gift to swim along the rays of light that descended from the sun.\\
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+After centuries of rule in the land of Tradarda that was now accompanied by a [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:regions:grecyda:start|vast desert]] as it had been scorched by the wrath of the sun, the Ethetian people would become displaced upon the arrival and later unification of the [[races:elves:neiara:start|elven peoples]], and they would instead inhabit within the scorching desert as some divine trick. Thus, Ethetian blood would become split into many different peoples as they were forcibly repulsed from the fertile jungles, and these peoples were as varied as that held between the Ethetia and the Makhetia, though they all still bore some spark that the Makhetia had lacked and which had caused the cursed people to have propensities for transgressions against Solara in the form of vice and sin.
+==== Origins ====
+The Ethetian peoples believe themselves to have descended from the clay of the earth that had been made to animate, and it was this earth that had given them bodies and the physical form which they currently inhabited within. Specifically, the goddess that had created them in this beginning era was known as [[pantheons:deities:nirafa|Nirafa]], and it was she who had dominion over the earth and could bring about both events of malice and benevolence. It was believed by the Ethetia that the Makhetia had also been created from clay, but they were yet lacking in some regard that disabled them from perceiving the divine light as the Ethetia did. This was believed to be the greatest difference between the Makhetia and the Ethetia, and the Ethetia accordingly thought themselves to be better and more worthy than the Makhetia.\\
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+The Ethetia looked upon the sun in wonder, and it was from this gaze that they had found the beauty of Solara and could hear her desires; it was then that they found that they possessed some latent form of the divinity of these heavens, and, though being bound to earth, they thought that they might ascend to join Solara within a paradise. Thus began worship of Solara among these people, and it was from this practice that noticeably distinguished them from the Makhetia such that they were held to each be disparate from the other.
+==== Culture ====
+The tribal and ancient people of the Ethetia primarily worshipped Solara and acknowledged the presence of a soul, and it was Solara who they thanked for this soul. Thus, their hands and hearts extended towards the glimpses of the heavens available through the sun, and there were some of the tribe that would eventually blind themselves by doing so. These individuals would become shamans and mystics of their kind, and, often, they would be appointed roles and responsibilities in their tribe that they belonged to. It was thought that from these blinded individuals could be perceived a different reality than that of the layman, and as they had been blinded by the sun, they could always see its presence in the extreme. Thus, it was thought that they could see the light and abundance of soul, and had access to the spiritual realm that inhabited perpendicularly to the physical world.\\
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+Despite the enshrinement of such people within Ethetian society, there still existed oftentimes a leader of a tribe that was however guided by their shamans, and this leader was, more often than not, male and heavily skilled in the arts of combat and war. From these chieftains came the battle cries as they led battles against others of their kind and, though they did so only when made to do so by an offending tribe, these battles would often culminate in the losing tribe having their chieftain executed and their accompanying mystic being tried for how they had misled the chieftain. In this circumstance, the daughters of the losing tribe were instead assimilated into the winning tribe, and they were often the primary prize as they allowed for new blood to join within the victorious tribe.\\
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+Though war did occur among the Ethetia in these times, there were many eras of peace that yet managed to find itself in the land of Tradarda, and these times were born of alliances and pacts made between an extended number of tribes. Primarily, these pacts were made irrevocable and eternal through the giving of a native daughter to another tribe, and it was thought by the giving tribe that the daughter would become both a hostage and an honorary guest to the tribe that they married into; specifically, it allowed for two tribes to come together in matrimony, but also necessitated both that the tribe of the bride would be cordial to that of the groom for the potential of their daughter’s execution, and that the groom’s tribe ought to treat the bride with protection and safety as they had been furthermore made to respect the giving tribe and not instigate a war upon her mistreatment.\\
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+Though they do practice this ritual of marriage as a method of maintaining peace, it is often observed among the men and chieftains of different tribes a certain playfulness in combat, and, though it is not a practice for a member of a tribe to kill another in these rites, they often determine a clear winner through a regulated and officiated duel. Within tribes, however, it is most important that a chieftain present himself as the strongest and most combative of his people, thereby enabling himself a supposed divine right to rule. Thus, chieftains are often matched against chieftains of another tribe, and it is from this practice that a tribe may be seen as more accomplished and worthy than another.\\
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+Though the Ethetian tribes may have been relatively varied in loyalties, there were still profoundly the same people as evidenced by their customs, and though there existed no official or broader state among their people that could bring order, there were many times that tribes would acknowledge another and respect their resources among the jungles of Tradarda. When a tribe was offending to another, however, it was thought that their shamans had become corrupted in some way, and had led the chieftain astray through their mistaken foresight. These corrupt spirits that had led their mystics away were colloquially called the [[pantheons:class:avetad|Avetad]], and it was from the Avetad that war was instigated. Thus, the Ethetia spread rumor and knowledge of the malevolent spirits of the Avetad, though they did not yet agree on what an Avetad was, but simply that they existed in opposition to Solara’s will. Accordingly, it was thought that the Makhetia of before were led astray by the Avetad, and that their demise had been a result of their worship of such beings.\\
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+Before the Makhetia were exterminated by Solara in the event of her descent into Ethrekas, and before Solara had given her gifts to the spirits of the Elohad and allowed them to ascend as she would, the tribes that would come to be identified as belonging to the Ethetian people were often at odds with the Makhetia, and the Makhetia noticeably lacked the reverence for wise men or shamans as the Ethetia did. Thus, with no religion or spirituality guiding them forth, they found them to be a lost people that had yet found worship of the devil princes. In the jungles of the west, these devil princes were known to manifest as rulers, and it was they who led the people. Lacking foresight, the Makhetia were not themselves in contact with Solara’s gifts, and it was from them that a profanity emerged; then, the Ethetia saw their wickedness, and prayed for their purification. Eventually, Solara would hear their prayers and bring about the the event known as [[library:premodern:the great scorching|the Great Scorching]], the primeval punishment that brought an end to the Makhetia, and would furthermore bless the Ethetia with passage into the heavens that she had descended from.
+==== Biology ====
+The Ethetia of Tradarda possess the dark brown skin of the clay that they were formed from, and it was from this clay that they had enabled the realization of a body and physical form. Among their features was also found dark hair and eyes, and many of those in the northern reaches of Tradarda also possessed an epicanthic fold. These features of a black beauty were furthermore inherited by their eventual descendants, though these descendants possessing the same variation that the Ethetia themselves had possessed. These variations included also a broader skull and high cheekbones in the south, and in the north there could be found the presence of a narrow skull with a variety of shape of cheekbones, both those protruding outwards and those that found themselves beneath the eyes.\\
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+In the north, there could also be found a certain height that was lacking in the south, and it was thought that the varied nutrition between these regions had given rise to this distinction of traits. Men, however, often stood at a taller height than their female counterparts, and this could be seen in even those born of the same parents. Notably, the men were typically heavily muscled as they wielded the weapons of combat and duel, and, owing to their disorderly lives in the jungles, such behaviors were often necessitated in accordance to their culture. Women, though, were known to covet the beauty of those in the south, who possessed the admired straight hair as a result of this region’s cleanliness of water. Still, women were petite, and this trait was also coveted among women and praised by their men.