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  • January 10, 2016 at 6:04 pm #152115
    Anonymous
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    How about some aspects of Khitan that we’ve had revealed to us!

    – The Khitani do not accept Anshar as one of the Pantheon, only worshiping the other 11 Gods.
    – The Khitani (likely do to above) have a distrust of snakes.
    – Known existing Ul families are the ul’Rankin, ul’Jaya, ul’Hsin, ul’Shi, ul’Tang, ul’Zheng.
    – The ‘scions of Sarish’ in the Khitani Empire are a Human family following the banishment of the val’Tai (the Goshin).
    – At least some followers of Nier in Khitan follow Nier’s aspect as the Lord of Slaughter above others.
    – The known followers of Illiir (the Idiot Priests) follow a form of prophetic mysticism focused on the sun.
    – The Khitani do not (necessarily) view Manetas as a bad-guy, to the point that their Sleeping Emperor chose the Uls based on their loyalty to Manetas.
    – The Sleeping Emperor claims to be a Valinor, specifically “Larissa’s Valinor of Dreams”.
    – The Khitani use slaves.
    – The Khitani have a dueling culture, known as the Vendetta Circle, where you fight to settle a matter and must abide by the results.
    – One Ul family has been known to be ordered destroyed by the Sleeping Emperor almost 300 years previously during the 2nd Coryani-Khitani War.
    – One family (the ul’Lo) were almost wiped out by the ul’Zheng prior to the creation of the Vendetta Circle tradition.
    – Like China, the Khitani have a monopoly on silk production, and the ul’Wei have a monopoly on silk production in Khitan.
    – Opium is, if not common, grown and used among the Khitani.
    – There is a city in southern Khitan called Chengal, known for being a den of debauchery.
    – There are criminal organizations known as the Tongs, which are common in the southern regions such as Chengal.
    – The Khitani seem to use Valinor imagery, possibly indicating a more prominent aspect of Valinor worship among them (makes sense since there Emperor is a Valinor).
    – Like in Coryan, the Vals/Uls form a distinct ruling class and it is difficult for normal humans to move up in their society.
    – There is a distinct. . . almost Islamic air to the Khitani worship (insofar as Islam means “To Submit” compared to the fairly liberal MCoC). They have their jinqu ritual every morning, there are purification ritual for those who contact ‘heretical’ groups such as Ansharans, etc. This is also similar to other Valinoric dynasties such as Xabal in Bastion prior to its destruction.

    January 10, 2016 at 6:18 pm #270833
    Anonymous
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    Cody, what’s your sources for this? I’d like to look this stuff up. I assume some might be in the Blessed Lands book but I’ve not had the chance to dive completely into it.

    January 10, 2016 at 6:28 pm #270834
    Anonymous
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    1) The Word of the Seer
    2) The Word of the Seer
    3) The Coming of the Destroyer Arc, Blessed Lands Book
    4) Blessed Lands Book (Cha Ning Tea Room)
    5) Blessed Lands Book (ul’Tang Jakas)
    6) Into the Blessed Lands, Blessed Lands Book (various)
    7) Blessed Lands Book (history section about Khitani exodus)
    8) See above
    9) Blessed Lands Book (Crimson Shackles info)
    10) Blessed Lands Book (Vendetta Circle)
    11) Blessed Lands Book (history of 2nd War)
    12) Blessed Lands Book (Vendetta Circle)
    13) Blessed Lands Book (ul’Wei info)
    14) Blessed Lands Book (various Khitani District locations)
    15) Blessed Lands Book (The Lady’s Smile)
    16) See Above
    17) Blessed Lands Book (various, personal observation)
    18) Blessed Lands Book (description of Mailin of the Jial, personal observation)
    19) Blessed Lands Book (Khitani District), Word of the Seer

    January 10, 2016 at 6:52 pm #270835
    Anonymous
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    As I suspected. \";)\" Thanks! Well since both my games today and tomorrow blew up due to a family emergency I will have to time to delve deeply into this weighty tome. \":)\"

    January 10, 2016 at 6:54 pm #270836
    drafit
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    Hello Cody,

    Very nice resource for players.

    Just to clarify one thing:

    – The Khitani do not (necessarily) view Manetas as a bad-guy, to the point that their Sleeping Emperor chose the Uls based on their loyalty to Manetas.

    It’s not so much that they were chosen due to their loyalty TO Manetas, as much as it was that the Val families that were chosen respected and adhered to the Celestial Hierachy (upon which the Kalindruhl is based).

    June 23, 2016 at 12:40 am #273055
    Anonymous
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    More of what we know about the Khitani:

    – their Frontline troops make extensive use of crossbow based weaponry, as opposed to the Coryani Legions and Milandisian Knights which are mostly melee focused.
    – the ul’Zheng make up a significant portion of the Khitani command structure, often leading troops into battle.
    – the ul’Zhang believe in the concept of “the culling” where they protect the many by sacrificing the few, specifically the weak and infirm
    – the Khitani Nierites, especially the ul’Tang, venerate Nier as Lord of Slaughter, and their primary group are the Slaughter Priests of Nier.
    – the Khitani Nerothians have the ability to poison people and turn them into zombie like creatures.
    – Khitani Beltinians can summon, or at least awaken, shades with bells.
    – the ul’Rankin priests of Yarris are known to make sacrifices to water spirits, such as Undine.
    – there are a group of Khitani Uls of Saluwe who form very close bonds to Tigers, even taking on aspects of their companions.
    – there is a corps of Khitani Cavalry
    – The area between the Vastwood and Khitan is a bit of a Frontier zone nominally under Imperial control Caledonia the Prean (sp?) Reach. It is a rather cosmopolitan region, but dominated by ethnic Khitani.
    – Oh, and there are KHITANI DRAGONS WHICH ARE IN THE FORM OF CHINESE DRAGONS!!!!

    June 23, 2016 at 2:03 am #273072
    frootsnax
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    Members of BEAST said the Khitani “dragons” are not true dragons. From what I experienced at the BI they seemed to lack the intelligence of great drakes and true dragons.

    June 23, 2016 at 2:34 am #273080
    Anonymous
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    Speaking from a somewhat in the know side, I can assure you they were at least as intelligent as an average Player Character as the stats did not have of the Flaws which denote low intelligence.

    June 23, 2016 at 2:46 am #273082
    frootsnax
    Participant

    Speaking from a somewhat in the know side, I can assure you they were at least as intelligent as an average Player Character as the stats did not have of the Flaws which denote low intelligence.
    Interesting. Good to know. It’s a rare BI I don’t have the behind the screen peek. Tukufu hopes to never see them again. Maybe Khitan only had those specific examples…

    June 23, 2016 at 2:07 pm #273087
    Anonymous
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    Well I for one had a lot fun running them… \":)\" Got to live whirlwind…not to fast but I get to tag everybody attacking me at once. Fun times…

    It’s shame they didn’t fly otherwise Tukufu could have gotten his second “airborne” badge… \";)\"

    June 23, 2016 at 4:57 pm #273095
    frootsnax
    Participant

    It’s shame they didn’t fly otherwise Tukufu could have gotten his second “airborne” badge… \";)\"
    Tukufu walked away with 48 points of self inflicted stamina damage from casting through strain. How about just a smidgen of mercy for a hard working bookseller trying to keep his neighborhood from exploding? \":P\"

    June 23, 2016 at 5:33 pm #273096
    Anonymous
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    I thought BI judges were supposed to leave mercy out in the hallway. \":twisted:\" Seriously though I did not realize your were hurting that bad. Must have doing my job right. \":)\" Hope you had a good time. And just to be clear I never got the chance to use the full toolkit of pain on you guys. Count yourselves lucky. \";)\"

    June 23, 2016 at 7:29 pm #273101
    Anonymous
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    Additional information (Provided to me after the fact):

    – The ul’Zheng are a shorter, somewhat stocky family with round faces. They typically have black hair worn long in braids, and their symbol is a silver bear (peaceful, but highly protective and dangerous is provoked). They are descended from Hurrian (or, at least a Valinor thereof), and consider “Southern” Hurrianites to be a lesser-order of beings for their worship Hurrian the Storm Lord, an abominable and tainted version of the “True” Hurrian brought about by the comingling with Osalian. They worship Him as the Defender of Man, period.

    June 23, 2016 at 8:17 pm #273102
    Anonymous
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    Well I now know who I’ll be playing when and if we get to play Khitani characters… \":)\" I always did like bears. On the other hand if Hurrian really did “absorb” Osalian, then “their” version of Hurrian no longer exists. But since when has Truth ever trumped Faith…especially since people can never agree on what constitutes “Truth” \":(\"

    June 23, 2016 at 9:41 pm #273103
    Anonymous
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    Or did he? Do we know for sure that he did? Could the val’Tensen and the Coryani Church simply be worshiping aspects of two different gods as one?

    Gods are complicated. . .

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