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	= Tajarans =		= Tajarans =

GreytideSkye: /* Sphere of Tajaran Influence */ unfinished writing and awkward run-ons, whoops.

2026-03-22T04:28:32Z

Sphere of Tajaran Influence: unfinished writing and awkward run-ons, whoops.

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	* {{TooltipInline\|'''960 LY'''\|This is where asserting that the Spartans travel at 1C pays off; 960 years ago == 960 Light Years away. If anyone questions this more deeply, go more with "unreliable narrator, these distances are rounded and the margin of error is insignificant" than "just c'mon dude".}} away, these planets have missed their first Spartan Recolonization, which would have launched {{TooltipInline\|during\|Pedantically this would be 29.9 years after the Shattering, as the Shattering had the best chance of success immediately after the billions of war-centered killers were off-world, but c'mon, the math's hard enough as is. Just assume the Shattering managed to clean up the latest launch.}} the Fracture. Intrinsically, every single colony within this radius will know that something has happened to the Sleepless Throne just by virtue of the missing reinforcements. Most of the Shattered Empire's territory is here, as this knowledge makes it the most stable and easiest to convince of the Six and One's governance.		* {{TooltipInline\|'''960 LY'''\|This is where asserting that the Spartans travel at 1C pays off; 960 years ago == 960 Light Years away. If anyone questions this more deeply, go more with "unreliable narrator, these distances are rounded and the margin of error is insignificant" than "just c'mon dude".}} away, these planets have missed their first Spartan Recolonization, which would have launched {{TooltipInline\|during\|Pedantically this would be 29.9 years after the Shattering, as the Shattering had the best chance of success immediately after the billions of war-centered killers were off-world, but c'mon, the math's hard enough as is. Just assume the Shattering managed to clean up the latest launch.}} the Fracture. Intrinsically, every single colony within this radius will know that something has happened to the Sleepless Throne just by virtue of the missing reinforcements. Most of the Shattered Empire's territory is here, as this knowledge makes it the most stable and easiest to convince of the Six and One's governance.

	* {{TooltipInline\|'''1920 LY'''\|(960 * 2)}} away, these colonies' first '''Tithes''' are arriving at the Sleepless Throne ''today''. They are exactly one STL round-trip away from the start of the Spartan program. While 960 years will have passed since they submitted their first tithe, meaning that th, ~~the~~ present Sleepless Throne Rehabilitation Program uses these tithes both to chart which systems were actually targeted, and returning these tithes to sender in a matter of days via FTL tends to serve as sufficient proof that the Infinite Domain has fallen, that the Six and One <s>are powerful enough</s> hold enough Face and Heart to be generous in returning the tithe wholesale~~, and the~~ tithes {{TooltipInline\|themselves\|Well, the folk who hoped to join the genetic pool. The various golds and tapestries typically do not speak. This does imply that Tithes do not contain slaves, as the Sleepless Throne is not wanting for catpower.}} are willing to testify to the state of the modern Tajaran society. While these civilizations will continue to receive Spartans from the Infinite Empire who are still en route, these cultures understand their place in the Six and One and are well-equipped to <s>peacefully</s> welcome the new Spartans and modernize them.		* {{TooltipInline\|'''1920 LY'''\|(960 * 2)}} away, these colonies' first '''Tithes''' are arriving at the Sleepless Throne ''today''. They are exactly one STL round-trip away from the start of the Spartan program. While 960 years will have passed since they submitted their first tithe, meaning that it would have extremely outdated information about the tithing fiefdom, their mere presence solves several diplomatic hurdles. The present Sleepless Throne Rehabilitation Program uses these tithes both to chart which systems were actually targeted, and returning these tithes to sender in a matter of days via FTL tends to serve as sufficient proof that the Infinite Domain has fallen, and that the Six and One <s>are powerful enough</s> hold enough Face and Heart to be generous in returning the tithe wholesale. The tithes {{TooltipInline\|themselves\|Well, the folk who hoped to join the genetic pool. The various golds and tapestries typically do not speak. This does imply that Tithes do not contain slaves, as the Sleepless Throne is not wanting for catpower.}} are willing to testify to the state of the modern Tajaran society. While these civilizations will continue to receive Spartans from the Infinite Empire who are still en route, these cultures understand their place in the Six and One and are well-equipped to <s>peacefully</s> welcome the new Spartans and modernize them.

	* {{TooltipInline\|'''2880 LY'''\|(960 * 3)}} away. This threshold is more symbolic and less concrete. From 1920-3840 LY away, these planets are receiving Spartans every 30 years, but their Tithe has not arrived at the Sleepless Throne to confirm their location. Thus, the Six and One cannot definitively know which planets were targeted, and <s>there is no profit</s> the possible destinations are too numerous to definitively catalogue every possible trajectory the Sleepless Throne may have considered viable 3840 years ago. These worlds are actively being subjugated by the aftershocks of a dead empire, likely in silence.		* {{TooltipInline\|'''2880 LY'''\|(960 * 3)}} away. This threshold is more symbolic and less concrete. From 1920-3840 LY away, these planets are receiving Spartans every 30 years, but their Tithe has not arrived at the Sleepless Throne to confirm their location. Thus, the Six and One cannot definitively know which planets were targeted, and <s>there is no profit</s> the possible destinations are too numerous to definitively catalogue every possible trajectory the Sleepless Throne may have considered viable 3840 years ago. These worlds are actively being subjugated by the aftershocks of a dead empire, likely in silence.
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	While the Six and One have managed to fight against the Spartans in ''many'' systems in this region, securing territory for themselves and establishing safe lanes to the inner core of the Domain, travelers are strongly discouraged from wandering off the beaten path. Current estimates believe that there are at least 30 Spartan incursions who have successfully seized control of a wayward Bluespace-capable vessel, establishing practically unfindable sleeper cells within the region to fight against traitors to a throne long-since crumbled.		While the Six and One have managed to fight against the Spartans in ''many'' systems in this region, securing territory for themselves and establishing safe lanes to the inner core of the Domain, travelers are strongly discouraged from wandering off the beaten path. Current estimates believe that there are at least 30 Spartan incursions who have successfully seized control of a wayward Bluespace-capable vessel, establishing practically unfindable sleeper cells within the region to fight against traitors to a throne long-since crumbled.

	The 2880 LY threshold is '''symbolic''' in that it represents where the Six and One could have ''theoretically'' saved everyone, had they infinite resources or a {{TooltipInline\|magic bomb\|House Voxitari posits that this could have always been retrocausally done (rather, unDone), if only they had a controlling stake in the Seven and One. (Note: editor was punched in the face for including this remark).}} to destroy all Spartan ships in the universe at once. Within the 2880 LY radius, the Six Houses of the Scalpel had not yet risen up, no reasonable person could blame the devastation on anyone but the {{TooltipInline\|Emperor\|REST IN PISS}}.		The 2880 LY threshold is '''symbolic''' in that it represents where the Six and One could have ''theoretically'' saved everyone, had they infinite resources or a {{TooltipInline\|magic bomb\|House Voxitari posits that this could have always been retrocausally done (rather, unDone), if only they had a controlling stake in the Seven and One. (Note: editor was punched in the face for including this remark).}} to destroy all Spartan ships in the universe at once. Within the 2880 LY radius, the Six Houses of the Scalpel had not yet risen up, no reasonable person could blame the devastation on anyone but the {{TooltipInline\|Emperor\|REST IN PISS.}}.

	Every single Spartan landing outside that radius, every single Tajaran colony, every native species subjugated for a dead Emperor, all technically happened under the Shattered Empire's guard. No matter how vigilant and Heartful the Six and One are, an infinity of traumas means an infinity of failures.		Every single Spartan landing outside that radius, every single Tajaran colony, every native species subjugated for a dead Emperor, all technically happened under the Shattered Empire's guard. No matter how vigilant and Heartful the Six and One are, an infinity of traumas means an infinity of failures.
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	* {{TooltipInline\|'''3840 LY'''\|(960 * 4)}} away. This exact radius is where Spartan ships, launched day 1 of the Spartan program, could theoretically be arriving '''today'''. If you are more than a year within this ever-expanding threshold, it is ''likely'' but not ''certain'' that if you were to have been invaded, it would have happened already. These ships were instructed to survey the region carefully before proceeding, having anticipated hostile terrain or natives with significant time to research beyond what the Throne had at their time of launch, and thus may be hiding in the vast darkness of space, emitting no radio and little light, analyzing your presence for a weakness to exploit. The Sleepless Empire will live with you forever, not under a dead Emperor, but under the sleepless nights left staring into the stars in fear, anxious anticipation of potential boogeymen waiting for your slightest flinch.		* {{TooltipInline\|'''3840 LY'''\|(960 * 4)}} away. This exact radius is where Spartan ships, launched day 1 of the Spartan program, could theoretically be arriving '''today'''. If you are more than a year within this ever-expanding threshold, it is ''likely'' but not ''certain'' that if you were to have been invaded, it would have happened already. These ships were instructed to survey the region carefully before proceeding, having anticipated hostile terrain or natives with significant time to research beyond what the Throne had at their time of launch, and thus may be hiding in the vast darkness of space, emitting no radio and little light, analyzing your presence for a weakness to exploit. The Sleepless Empire will live with you forever, not under a dead Emperor, but under the sleepless nights left staring into the stars in fear, anxious anticipation of potential boogeymen waiting for your slightest flinch.

	In theory, every civilization in the Galaxy should be prepared for an invasion at some point in the future, when the first light from the Sleepless Throne shines dimly upon them, one star out of billions. Though statistically the density of targets should reach ''almost'' nil within 5000 LY, both for density distributions, Spartan management, and {{TooltipInline\|"primitive"\|Mere clusters of orbital radio telescopes, nothing Bluespace, nothing Quantum.}} {{TooltipInline\|astrography\|AKA: They wouldn't launch at something they couldn't see with their telescopes)}}, and {{TooltipInline\|expected\|They couldn't know if a star hadn't been born yet, or that a planet might explode before they arrive)}} viability, extremely high-value systems that the Sleepless Throne could have perceived have a stronger likelihood of eventual invasion.		In theory, '''every''' civilization in the Galaxy should be prepared for an invasion at some point in the future, when the first light from the Sleepless Throne shines dimly upon them, one star out of billions. Though statistically the density of targets should reach ''almost'' nil within 5000 LY, both for density distributions, Spartan management, and {{TooltipInline\|"primitive"\|Mere clusters of orbital radio telescopes, nothing Bluespace, nothing Quantum.}} {{TooltipInline\|astrography\|AKA: They wouldn't launch at something they couldn't see with their telescopes.}}, and {{TooltipInline\|expected\|They couldn't know if a star hadn't been born yet, or that a planet might explode before they arrive.}} viability, extremely high-value systems that the Sleepless Throne could have perceived have a stronger likelihood of eventual invasion.

	Again, the Six and One have been using the Sleepless Throne to coordinate relief efforts toward known invasions, and using the trajectories and timings of known Spartan ships to develop a probabilistic model to intercept these before they become a problem, but trauma can only be treated when it is known, and known when it manifests, and the trauma of the Tajaran People is no exception.		Again, the Six and One have been using the Sleepless Throne to coordinate relief efforts toward known invasions, and using the trajectories and timings of known Spartan ships to develop a probabilistic model to intercept these before they become a problem, but trauma can only be treated when it is known, and known when it manifests, and the trauma of the Tajaran People is no exception.

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2026-03-22T04:19:07Z

Meowdy, modern lookers.

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	Folklore will sing that the Seven-Part Mandate was a glorious show of Tajaran Face, a triumphant final victory over the Infinite Empire's deceit and treachery, and a grand victory for the Tajaran people. While this may be true, it also may have had a tiny bit of urgency from a [[Lore:Vox\|rising political base]] calling themselves the "Injective Sociopolitical Balance Team," who posited that by having a {{TooltipInline\|large population\|One entire Arkship, full of millions of Vox researchers across numerous disciplines. The "Politicolonial Team," a staging ground for research via embedding within a major galactic government.}} of their people within Taj space, they were {{TooltipInline\|Entitled\|This term holds no special meaning to the Tajaran people, though these Vox used it as if it held legal power.}} to be considered a House, citing their population's Face and {{TooltipInline\|Heart\|A '''lot''' of lasers.}}. The presence of this {{TooltipInline\|"House Voxatari"\|Research shows that speaking this aloud to a Housed Tajaran with any knowledge of history '''will''' get your face punched.}} strongly disturbed the fragile tensions between House Parigari and House Toranga, simultaneously piquing the interests and disgusts of both. In response, the Six and One formalized the Tajaran government structure as their immutable council of Six, making attempts to oust or replace an entire House in the council as a Faceless act of treason. With a firm constitution behind them, the Six and One were able to repel this political threat, ending their claims to any part of the political hierarchy, though the Vox remain an occasional presence and economic force.		Folklore will sing that the Seven-Part Mandate was a glorious show of Tajaran Face, a triumphant final victory over the Infinite Empire's deceit and treachery, and a grand victory for the Tajaran people. While this may be true, it also may have had a tiny bit of urgency from a [[Lore:Vox\|rising political base]] calling themselves the "Injective Sociopolitical Balance Team," who posited that by having a {{TooltipInline\|large population\|One entire Arkship, full of millions of Vox researchers across numerous disciplines. The "Politicolonial Team," a staging ground for research via embedding within a major galactic government.}} of their people within Taj space, they were {{TooltipInline\|Entitled\|This term holds no special meaning to the Tajaran people, though these Vox used it as if it held legal power.}} to be considered a House, citing their population's Face and {{TooltipInline\|Heart\|A '''lot''' of lasers.}}. The presence of this {{TooltipInline\|"House Voxatari"\|Research shows that speaking this aloud to a Housed Tajaran with any knowledge of history '''will''' get your face punched.}} strongly disturbed the fragile tensions between House Parigari and House Toranga, simultaneously piquing the interests and disgusts of both. In response, the Six and One formalized the Tajaran government structure as their immutable council of Six, making attempts to oust or replace an entire House in the council as a Faceless act of treason. With a firm constitution behind them, the Six and One were able to repel this political threat, ending their claims to any part of the political hierarchy, though the Vox remain an occasional presence and economic force.

			== Modern Tajaran Society ==

			Modern Tajaran society is not a single culture with a single mood. It is a web of House obligations, inherited customs, local fief traditions, and personal ambition, all tied together by the same core expectation: a Taj is expected to be ''legible''.

			The Seven-Part Mandate makes one thing clean on paper, even if everything else remains artfully messy: Tajaran citizenship is universal in Taj space, and every Taj is symbolically granted the use of the Shattered Empire's Face and good standing. This shared baseline is sometimes treated, in practice, as a kind of common Face that does not exist to rank Taj against Taj, but to establish that Taj life has value at all, and that the Shattered Empire speaks as a people when it must. The privileges and responsibilities that fall out of this are sparse by modern ethical standards, but the intent is loud: the unHoused are not property, not a liability, not a rounding error. They are Taj.

			That baseline does not erase the utility of being Housed. In the Shattered Empire, <nowiki>''</nowiki>Housed<nowiki>''</nowiki> reads less like "employed" and more like "recognized enough to be taken seriously without explanation." An unHoused Tajaran can still be wealthy, dangerous, beloved, or all four. House membership functions as a social shorthand: a House Name, a share of House Face, and a living Contract that others understand well enough to fear, negotiate with, or mock behind their teeth.

			For most Housed Tajaran, daily life is not spent in the halls of the Six and One, but in the machinery beneath them. Their work, status, and even their scandals often orbit the House that can claim them. Many keep permanent residence in property owned or controlled by their House, whether that means an actual home, a communal estate, or the home port of a vessel that is functionally the same thing with better excuses. This is not because Tajaran society worships labor, but because House affiliation makes a person's place in the world easy to read, and hard to casually discard.

			The Houses themselves are not evenly distributed across what was once the Infinite Domain. Each Great House runs the Empire from its own fief world, and those capitals are often treated as the height of modern Tajaran culture, luxury, and spectacle, especially compared to the outer rim of the Empire. That unevenness is part of why "modern Tajaran society" has so many normals. A Taj raised in a House-heavy core fief learns different instincts than one raised on the edge, where Contracts are present but thinner, and where outsiders, trade, or simple necessity chew at tradition until it either adapts or breaks.

			This is where modern life most visibly expresses Face and Heart. Face is not only for aristocrats, council members, or famous names in the present era, but for ordinary social navigation. A Tajaran's humor, tact, cleverness, poise, timing, and presentation can shape the outcome of arguments, bargains, romances, and grudges just as much as raw authority. Heart remains respected in its place, but unmanaged Heart, especially in public, can rot one's standing with astonishing speed. Many social conflicts in modern Taj society are not about what happened, but about how it was done, who witnessed it, and whether the participants wore their House Face, or their own, well.

			This concern for presentation does not make modern Tajaran society uniformly delicate or theatrical. It makes it alert. Conversation is often layered, especially among the Housed and those accustomed to Contract culture. Names are used with intent. Titles may be played straight, affectionately, mockingly, or all at once depending on relationship and context. A House Name on a document is not decorative, and many Tajaran expect it to be treated as a serious social fact even in casual settings. To mishandle a name, omit it where it should be used, or insult it carelessly can turn a minor interaction into a remembered slight.

			Modern Tajaran society is also deeply material in its expression. The old Infinite Empire's obsessions with status, form, and symbolic power did not vanish in the Fracture, they changed hands. Fashion, grooming, architecture, cuisine, interiors, scent, and personal effects all remain social languages, and often intensely local ones. A bustling trade-heavy fief may prize visible prosperity, imported luxuries, and the confidence of a seasoned negotiator, while another region may elevate severe practicality, traditional craft, or the disciplined refinement of a House's older image. Even where wealth is lacking, style rarely disappears; it simply becomes sharper, more improvisational, or more defiant.

			Contact with outsiders further complicates what "modern Tajaran" looks like. Outer-facing Houses and their associated businesses, crews, and ports normalize daily cooperation with aliens in many parts of the Empire, while other regions keep outsiders at arm's length, tolerated through the lens of utility. The result is not a simple divide between "traditional" and "modern," but countless local arrangements where Tajaran customs remain central even while foreign goods, aesthetics, slang, and habits circulate freely.

			Likewise, genemodding and the collapse of old genetic elitism do not erase the cultural memory of the Infinite Empire's ideals. Modern Tajaran attitudes toward noblesque traits, old imagery, and "Sleepless" aesthetics vary widely. A modern Tajaran can admire an old silhouette, wear it for effect, parody it, reject it on principle, or treat it as a warning, all without ceasing to be recognizably part of the same society.

			For all its contradictions, this is the defining trait of modern Tajaran life under the Shattered Empire: continuity through argument. The Houses do not flatten Tajaran culture into uniformity, nor does the Fracture free it from hierarchy. Modern society lives in the tension between Contract and self, House Face and personal Face, inherited custom and practical survival. A Tajaran today is expected to navigate these tensions with wit, restraint, and style, and if not style, then at least enough grace to make the story worth repeating.

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GreytideSkye: /* The Shattered Empire */ it was written the shattering was 2000 but the math was 1691, so rather than be sensical and edit the opening paragraph, it's more Taj to just be like "our system of commodifying respect has worked this long, why make a formal government"

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The Shattered Empire: it was written the shattering was 2000 but the math was 1691, so rather than be sensical and edit the opening paragraph, it's more Taj to just be like "our system of commodifying respect has worked this long, why make a formal government"

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	= The Shattered Empire =		= The Shattered Empire =
	Once the last Emperor of the Infinite Empire was deposed in a brutal galaxy-spanning coup known as the '''Fracture''', the '''Six and One''' became the new ruling body of the Shattered Empire, stemming directly from the '''Six Houses of the Scalpel''', the band of Tajarans responsible for the Fracture. Modern Tajaran individuals are either Contracted to one of the houses through a '''[[Lore:Six and One#House Contract\|House Contract]]''', or remain '''unHoused'''. Being contracted to a house comes with obligations, both outlined in the individual house's contract and in the '''Seven-Part Mandate''' (the ongoing agreement between the Six And One), but also with privileges, including the use of the house's Face and good standing. The houses are divided into Inner and Outer Houses as a result of their focus; Inner houses are more concerned with the workings of the Empire, and Outer houses address cultures outside of the Shattered Empire. Neither are intrinsically superior, or hold more Face, though their goals often run contrary to each other.		Once the last Emperor of the Infinite Empire was deposed in a brutal galaxy-spanning coup known as the '''Fracture''', the '''Six and One''' became the new ruling body of the Shattered Empire, stemming directly from the '''Six Houses of the Scalpel''', the band of Tajarans responsible for the Fracture. Modern Tajaran individuals are either Contracted to one of the houses through a '''[[Lore:Six and One#House Contract\|House Contract]]''', or remain '''unHoused'''. Being contracted to a house comes with obligations, both outlined in the individual house's contract and in the '''Seven-Part Mandate''' (the ongoing agreement between the Six And One), but also with privileges, including the use of the house's Face and good standing. The houses are divided into Inner and Outer Houses as a result of their focus; Inner houses are more concerned with the workings of the Empire, and Outer houses address cultures outside of the Shattered Empire. Neither are intrinsically superior, or hold more Face, though their goals often run contrary to each other.

			While the Six and One would settle as the ruling powers of Tajaran culture as early as the Shattering in 1691, it would take until the Seven-Part Mandate in the year 2000 for them to formalize their relationship. The Seven-Part Mandate established formal meeting procedures and a central government, ousting the complicated weave of nonaggressions and passive-aggressions by which a Taj was expected to derive citizenship. Now universally, all Tajarans in Taj space are considered citizens, regardless of house, face, or heart, even descendants of the Seventh House. While this didn't grant the populace significantly more rights than before, it greatly simplified the unwritten rules of legality and extradition. All Taj citizens are symbolically granted the use of the Shattered Empire's Face and good standing, serving more as an obligation to not embarrass the Empire to outsiders than as any internal boon.

			Folklore will sing that the Seven-Part Mandate was a glorious show of Tajaran Face, a triumphant final victory over the Infinite Empire's deceit and treachery, and a grand victory for the Tajaran people. While this may be true, it also may have had a tiny bit of urgency from a [[Lore:Vox\|rising political base]] calling themselves the "Injective Sociopolitical Balance Team," who posited that by having a {{TooltipInline\|large population\|One entire Arkship, full of millions of Vox researchers across numerous disciplines. The "Politicolonial Team," a staging ground for research via embedding within a major galactic government.}} of their people within Taj space, they were {{TooltipInline\|Entitled\|This term holds no special meaning to the Tajaran people, though these Vox used it as if it held legal power.}} to be considered a House, citing their population's Face and {{TooltipInline\|Heart\|A '''lot''' of lasers.}}. The presence of this {{TooltipInline\|"House Voxatari"\|Research shows that speaking this aloud to a Housed Tajaran with any knowledge of history '''will''' get your face punched.}} strongly disturbed the fragile tensions between House Parigari and House Toranga, simultaneously piquing the interests and disgusts of both. In response, the Six and One formalized the Tajaran government structure as their immutable council of Six, making attempts to oust or replace an entire House in the council as a Faceless act of treason. With a firm constitution behind them, the Six and One were able to repel this political threat, ending their claims to any part of the political hierarchy, though the Vox remain an occasional presence and economic force.

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GreytideSkye: /* Biology */ yeah so nobody actually PLAYED four-eyed taj

2025-03-05T10:02:14Z

Biology: yeah so nobody actually PLAYED four-eyed taj

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	=== Biology ===		=== Biology ===
	Tajarans are a xeno-anthropomorphic race, mammalian in their nature. Retractile claws, huge external ears, and well-developed whiskers, they tend to stand anywhere between four to seven feet tall on digitigrade legs. Owing to the sheer amount of time their race has been spread across the cosmos, Tajarans have a wide range of builds, heights, and variations in appearance. Some slender and ~~dextrous~~, others bulky with sloping backs and blunt, short faces.		Tajarans are a xeno-anthropomorphic race, mammalian in their nature. Retractile claws, huge external ears, and well-developed whiskers, they tend to stand anywhere between four to seven feet tall on digitigrade legs. Owing to the sheer amount of time their race has been spread across the cosmos, Tajarans have a wide range of builds, heights, and variations in appearance. Some slender and dexterous, others bulky with sloping backs and blunt, short faces.

	They are ~~commonly~~ known for their biological duality-- showing truly alien levels of bilateral symmetry, ~~on a baseline Tajarans are~~ famous for their twin tails, serving as a method to balance themselves. Dual two-chambered hearts pump in their chests, miscellaneous other organs either being doubled or having 'extra' chambers or lobes. This chimeric effect holds an unknown origin, species displaying it being of prime interest to the scientific community. Tajaran eyes host a unique iris crystallization that glow in the dark, seemingly being 'charged' by light. This allows for extra night vision, crucial due to Tajaran eyes only being capable of slight dilation.		They are traditionally known for their biological duality -- showing truly alien levels of bilateral symmetry. Historically, the idealized Tajaran was famous for their twin tails, serving as a method to balance themselves. Dual two-chambered hearts pump in their chests, miscellaneous other organs either being doubled or having 'extra' chambers or lobes. This chimeric effect holds an unknown origin, species displaying it being of prime interest to the scientific community. Tajaran eyes host a unique iris crystallization that glow in the dark, seemingly being 'charged' by light. This allows for extra night vision, crucial due to Tajaran eyes only being capable of slight dilation.

	As an example of certain non-universal traits, many Tajarans display four eyes as well, thought to be a further adaptation to allow for seeing through the shadows of their original homeworld, the Sleepless Throne. Nobles as well as hunters were both known for coincidentally developing nonverbal systems of communication based entirely off series of upper and lower blinks, somewhat similar to ~~morse~~.		As an example of certain non-universal traits, many Tajarans display four eyes as well, thought to be a further adaptation to allow for seeing through the shadows of their original homeworld, the Sleepless Throne. Nobles as well as hunters were both known for coincidentally developing nonverbal systems of communication based entirely off series of upper and lower blinks, somewhat similar to Morse.

			These idealized traits come with a steep cost, recessive genes stacked upon recessive genes. While the ideal traits serve to keep the Tajaran at peak combat prowess, the tradeoffs range from reduced lifespan to a highly taxing metabolism. Only the most picturesque Tajarans in vassal states would be accepted as tribute to the Sleepless Throne, even with the highest of political regards. By random chance, any particular commoner might possess one of over thirty subtle traits, whilst the invading legionnaires might posses upwards of twenty, depending on political favors received or wrath incurred. With the necessarily immutable ideals of the Sleepless Throne, while clothing fashions might vary wildly amongst vassals, reflective of local politicks, the bilateral symmetry of a stalwart hunter served as the Infinite Domain's standard of perfection. To be bilaterally symmetric was to be of noble blood, to be most Sleepless, and carried an innate gravitas of Face. To be bilaterally symmetric was to struggle to write, to wield half the thoughts at twice the speed, and to be dead by sixty.

			In modern times, not only has genemodding rendered genetic elitism moot, but taking on the appearance of the throne's will is no longer universally adored. Various groups in Tajaran culture have varying opinions of the Throne that once held absolute dominion over their lives, and those opinions will reflect upon those still with noblesque traits. Some may still know them as valiant heroes, courageously upholding high standards of living, while others still have nightmares woven into their genetic memory of four souless eyes leering through the black of night, heartsick and resolute.

	= The Infinite Empire =		= The Infinite Empire =

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GreytideSkye: /* Tajarans */ Biology

2024-04-24T05:26:56Z

Tajarans: Biology

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	In modern times, most Tajarans live with House Names in service to House Contracts of the Six and One, often working as sanctioned privateers, domestic servants, merchants, or all sorts of vocations under them; even alongside other species. The Six exist in contrast to the One, the Seventh House corresponding to what is left of the original Imperial Navy, a seat of the council that often remains unfilled by any living member. Tajarans are fiercely loyal to themselves, their House, and their people, balancing prestige and restraint (Face & Heart) as measures of social standing, morality, and even personhood.		In modern times, most Tajarans live with House Names in service to House Contracts of the Six and One, often working as sanctioned privateers, domestic servants, merchants, or all sorts of vocations under them; even alongside other species. The Six exist in contrast to the One, the Seventh House corresponding to what is left of the original Imperial Navy, a seat of the council that often remains unfilled by any living member. Tajarans are fiercely loyal to themselves, their House, and their people, balancing prestige and restraint (Face & Heart) as measures of social standing, morality, and even personhood.

			=== Biology ===
			Tajarans are a xeno-anthropomorphic race, mammalian in their nature. Retractile claws, huge external ears, and well-developed whiskers, they tend to stand anywhere between four to seven feet tall on digitigrade legs. Owing to the sheer amount of time their race has been spread across the cosmos, Tajarans have a wide range of builds, heights, and variations in appearance. Some slender and dextrous, others bulky with sloping backs and blunt, short faces.

			They are commonly known for their biological duality-- showing truly alien levels of bilateral symmetry, on a baseline Tajarans are famous for their twin tails, serving as a method to balance themselves. Dual two-chambered hearts pump in their chests, miscellaneous other organs either being doubled or having 'extra' chambers or lobes. This chimeric effect holds an unknown origin, species displaying it being of prime interest to the scientific community. Tajaran eyes host a unique iris crystallization that glow in the dark, seemingly being 'charged' by light. This allows for extra night vision, crucial due to Tajaran eyes only being capable of slight dilation.

			As an example of certain non-universal traits, many Tajarans display four eyes as well, thought to be a further adaptation to allow for seeing through the shadows of their original homeworld, the Sleepless Throne. Nobles as well as hunters were both known for coincidentally developing nonverbal systems of communication based entirely off series of upper and lower blinks, somewhat similar to morse.

	= The Infinite Empire =		= The Infinite Empire =

GreytideSkye: related lore now has related lore

2024-04-24T05:25:07Z

related lore now has related lore

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GreytideSkye: /* The Shattered Empire */ unHoused

2024-04-24T05:21:49Z

The Shattered Empire: unHoused

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	= The Shattered Empire =		= The Shattered Empire =
	Once the last Emperor of the Infinite Empire was deposed in a brutal galaxy-spanning coup known as the '''Fracture''', the '''Six and One''' became the new ruling body of the Shattered Empire, stemming directly from the '''Six Houses of the Scalpel''', the band of Tajarans responsible for the Fracture. Modern Tajaran individuals are either Contracted to one of the houses through a '''[[Lore:Six and One#House Contract\|House Contract]]''', or remain '''~~unhoused~~'''. Being contracted to a house comes with obligations, both outlined in the individual house's contract and in the '''Seven-Part Mandate''' (the ongoing agreement between the Six And One), but also with privileges, including the use of the house's Face and good standing. The houses are divided into Inner and Outer Houses as a result of their focus; Inner houses are more concerned with the workings of the Empire, and Outer houses address cultures outside of the Shattered Empire. Neither are intrinsically superior, or hold more Face, though their goals often run contrary to each other.		Once the last Emperor of the Infinite Empire was deposed in a brutal galaxy-spanning coup known as the '''Fracture''', the '''Six and One''' became the new ruling body of the Shattered Empire, stemming directly from the '''Six Houses of the Scalpel''', the band of Tajarans responsible for the Fracture. Modern Tajaran individuals are either Contracted to one of the houses through a '''[[Lore:Six and One#House Contract\|House Contract]]''', or remain '''unHoused'''. Being contracted to a house comes with obligations, both outlined in the individual house's contract and in the '''Seven-Part Mandate''' (the ongoing agreement between the Six And One), but also with privileges, including the use of the house's Face and good standing. The houses are divided into Inner and Outer Houses as a result of their focus; Inner houses are more concerned with the workings of the Empire, and Outer houses address cultures outside of the Shattered Empire. Neither are intrinsically superior, or hold more Face, though their goals often run contrary to each other.

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