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 ===== The Kataletia, the Imperial People of Grecyda =====
-The mannish Kataletia are the offspring of the unity granted by the [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:countries:grecydan empire|Grecydan Empire]], a state which notably provided both stability and a homogeneity to its belonging people. As the Grecydan Empire united all of Grecyda, so too were the Kataletia’s ancestors in culture, such that they might blend and become one people. Thus, the Kataletian descriptor was born, which allowed them to emerge as the imperial people of the Grecydan Empire. Later, however, the Grecydan Empire would fall, and regardless of this descent into an unstable time, the Kataletia still bore some resemblance to the others of their kind.
+The mannish Kataletia are the offspring of the unity granted by the [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:countries:grecydan empire|Grecydan Empire]], a state which notably provided both stability and a homogeneity to its belonging people. As the Grecydan Empire united all of [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:regions:grecyda|Grecyda]], so too were the Kataletia’s ancestors in culture, such that they might blend and become one people. Thus, the Kataletian descriptor was born, which allowed them to emerge as the imperial people of the Grecydan Empire. Later, however, the Grecydan Empire would fall, and regardless of this descent into an unstable time, the Kataletia still bore some resemblance to the others of their kind.
 ==== Origins ====
-The Kataletia are descendants of the tribal Ethetia who, earlier, had been expelled from the fertile lands of Tradarda upon the unification of the Nephara into a new state, though the Kataletia did not identify themselves as such upon this event; instead, it took an age for the many peoples of Grecyda to unite, and so the Kataletia themselves have many places of origin throughout the vast, desert region of Grecyda. Accordingly, their people descend from many different cultures of being, and only with the stability and law granted by the empire could they become identifiably similar in custom and tradition.\\
+The Kataletia are descendants of the tribal [[races:humans:ethrekasan:ethetia:start|Ethetia]] who, earlier, had been expelled from the fertile lands of Tradarda upon the unification of the [[races:elves:vaathara|Nephara]] into a new state, though the Kataletia did not identify themselves as such upon this event; instead, it took an age for the many peoples of Grecyda to unite, and so the Kataletia themselves have many places of origin throughout the vast, desert region of Grecyda. Accordingly, their people descend from many different cultures of being, and only with the stability and law granted by the empire could they become identifiably similar in custom and tradition.\\
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-Of these tribes, there were six whose word and legends remain known into the present age, and these are professed by scholars to be the Teletia, the Vespetia, the Minetia, the Aldetia, the Najetia, and the Fajraetia. From the Teletia came a certain architectural sophistication as they had built their civilization on the ruins of the Makhetia; from the Vespetia, came the acknowledgement of beauty and their females as desiring, lustful creatures; the Minetia, nautical affairs and diplomacy; the Aldetia, warcraft; the Najetia, astronomy; and most importantly, from the Fajraetia came tradition and the worship of the Elohad.
+Of these tribes, there were six whose word and legends remain known into the present age, and these are professed by scholars to be the [[races:humans:ethrekasan:teletia:start|Teletia]], the [[races:humans:ethrekasan:vespetia:start|Vespetia]], the [[races:humans:ethrekasan:minetia:start|Minetia]], the [[races:humans:ethrekasan:aldetia:start|Aldetia]], the [[races:humans:ethrekasan:najetia:start|Najetia]], and the [[races:humans:ethrekasan:fajraetia:start|Fajraetia]]. From the Teletia came a certain architectural sophistication as they had built their civilization on the ruins of the [[races:humans:ethrekasan:makhetia:start|Makhetia]]; from the Vespetia, came the acknowledgement of beauty and their females as desiring, lustful creatures; the Minetia, nautical affairs and diplomacy; the Aldetia, warcraft; the Najetia, astronomy; and most importantly, from the Fajraetia came tradition and the worship of the Elohad.
 ==== Culture ====
-The Kataletia, as a set of collective peoples, believe in the divinity of the sun as that which had given rise and plenitude to the land of Ethrekas in ancient times. From the sun was crowned Solara, and it was her life force and energy that had descended onto the mortal plane so that it might prosper with abundance. Then, Solara sanctified six other spirits of the world she had bore so that they might know her light, and these became the Elohad; from the Elohad, there was founded a worship of them among the ancestors of the Kataletia, all ways of entrance into the light as a result of the goddess of the sun having given a path of ascension to these spirits. Thus, the Kataletia were allowed to ascend too, and they could know Solara for themselves.\\
+The Kataletia, as a set of collective peoples, believe in the divinity of the sun as that which had given rise and plenitude to the land of [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:start|Ethrekas]] in ancient times. From the sun was crowned [[pantheons:deities:solara|Solara]], and it was her life force and energy that had descended onto the mortal plane so that it might prosper with abundance. Then, Solara sanctified six other spirits of the world she had bore so that they might know her light, and these became the [[pantheons:class:elohad|Elohad]]; from the Elohad, there was founded a worship of them among the ancestors of the Kataletia, all ways of entrance into the light as a result of the goddess of the sun having given a path of ascension to these spirits. Thus, the Kataletia were allowed to ascend too, and they could know Solara for themselves.\\
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-The Avetad, the most powerful of those rebellious spirits who, true to their nature, had refused to bow before Solara, sought instead for humanity to be led astray, and they professed that Solara’s dominion was unfounded, and that it could not properly order the cosmos which Solara had given rise to. The Avetad were thus those devils whose worship was to be admonished by the greater Kataletia, though worship of such beings was founded in some obscure parts of Grecyda, and especially, in its fall.\\
+The [[pantheons:class:avetad|Avetad]], the most powerful of those rebellious spirits who, true to their nature, had refused to bow before Solara, sought instead for humanity to be led astray, and they professed that Solara’s dominion was unfounded, and that it could not properly order the cosmos which Solara had given rise to. The Avetad were thus those devils whose worship was to be admonished by the greater Kataletia, though worship of such beings was founded in some obscure parts of Grecyda, and especially, in its fall.\\
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-Upon the Grecydan Empire’s unification of all of Grecyda, the Kataletia, or alternatively, their ancestors, would adopt strict and primary worship of the Elohad, and all other objects of worship were effectively outlawed. It was developed instead by these of the empire that the Fajraetia had the correct reverence, and thus, they sought to imitate that people so that their own people and empire might become blessed by Solara herself as well. Thus, they invoked the members of the Elohad on many occasions, though selecting a particular one for more specific and contextual reasons, such as invoking the righteous fury of Aldrath when engaging in war with elven interlopers.\\
+Upon the Grecydan Empire’s unification of all of Grecyda, the Kataletia, or alternatively, their ancestors, would adopt strict and primary worship of the Elohad, and all other objects of worship were effectively outlawed. It was developed instead by these of the empire that the Fajraetia had the correct reverence, and thus, they sought to imitate that people so that their own people and empire might become blessed by Solara herself as well. Thus, they invoked the members of the Elohad on many occasions, though selecting a particular one for more specific and contextual reasons, such as invoking the righteous fury of [[pantheons:deities:aldrath|Aldrath]] when engaging in war with elven interlopers.\\
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 Such worship and reverence for external, higher powers was commonplace among those of the Kataletia, and, among them, there were some who maintained a spirituality and propensity for the worship and gaze of Solara. Though this may have been the case throughout Grecyda, many still rejected magic and the arcane arts of which the elven peoples partook of, and sought to eliminate it from society as acts that offended the divinity and will of the Elohad. Many of the Kataletian people who display an inherent propensity for soothsaying or prophetic ability are not thought to be holy, and thus, any progress that could have been made from the original sacred texts that ironically were founded by the same kind of people was halted as it developed, and these individuals were either cast out of cities or, in cases of perceived profanity against the gods, executed.\\
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 Among the southern Kataletian people, who are thought to have descended mainly from the Minetian people, there could be observed not the presence of an epicanthic fold, but straight hair, and this was praised among the earlier Minetian people. Straight hair was seen throughout the empire as an indicator of being the original people of the empire, and thus, were seen as somewhat more sophisticated than others of the Kataletia.\\
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-Their heights, on the other hand, were very distinguished among the males and females, and females often stood at a full four inches less than their male counterparts. Though this may have been the case, the profiles of height patterns were often very distinguished among themselves and the according regions; in the south, both men and women tended to be shorter than their northern counterparts, standing at about 5’5” for the men, and appropriately four inches shorter among the women. In the north, however, the heights of men ranged most commonly from about 5’9” to 6’1”, and this was thought to be related to their distinct prowess in battle as an aggressive people. On the western of Grecyda, there could be found many of these heights, most especially in the region of Alardel, such that individuals could still be recognized as having a certain descent, but still appropriately residing there.
+Their heights, on the other hand, were very distinguished among the males and females, and females often stood at a full four inches less than their male counterparts. Though this may have been the case, the profiles of height patterns were often very distinguished among themselves and the according regions; in the south, both men and women tended to be shorter than their northern counterparts, standing at about 5’5” for the men, and appropriately four inches shorter among the women. In the north, however, the heights of men ranged most commonly from about 5’9” to 6’1”, and this was thought to be related to their distinct prowess in battle as an aggressive people. On the western of Grecyda, there could be found many of these heights, most especially in the region of Alardel, such that individuals could still be recognized as having a certain descent, but still appropriately residing there.\\
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+The typical Kataletian facial features were, however, the most similar, with many possessing broad, relatively compact skulls rather than long and narrow skulls. Many of their beauties from all across Grecyda were recognized as such because of their high cheekbones and concordantly occurring sharpness of the cheek, and they still possessed however the wide skulls of their kind, with this including the jaw. Thus, their standards of beauty remained very similar, though many of specific regions had other standards of beauty, such as the southern people believing that straight hair was naturally beautiful rather than the curly hair of the north.