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-While partly communal identity, clans are also major facets of Kharguin governance. Local communities will have diverse standards for public servants, politicians, and other roles, which may range between shows of merit, apprenticeship, popularity, or examination. In addition, the value of prestige varies between clans, with more nomadic clans, especially cadet clans, valuing martial prowess.
+While partly communal identity, clans are also major facets of Kharguin governance. Local communities will have diverse standards for public servants, politicians, and other roles, which may range between shows of merit, apprenticeship, popularity, or examination. In addition, the value of prestige varies between clans, with more nomadic clans, especially cadet clans, valuing martial prowess. "Odtsaiz", a veritable star fortress, is the hub for those of this clan, and a place of interchange as well as domestic life.
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+Common to Kharguin culture, physicality is typically encouraged and normalized. Friends may greet one another with hugs or kisses and retain a strict line of platonic interaction. In addition, bathing, sparring, and constructive competition are communally accepted. Piercings to the head and ears are typically shared between survivors of trauma, as a point of affirmation rituals or pride, often in conjunction with spiritual or mental guidance or support.
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-Primary of Kharguin clans, is Clan Tesvov. It is host to many cadet branches, and often serves as a federal-like authority to many institutions and population centers. Headquartered in Uilgar, the claimed Kharguin homeworld, it is a historically-rich culture and institution that has survived the continents-spanning badlands for generations. As such, the clan prides itself in its competency keeping trade lanes secure, competent leaders, and maintaining the largest population within any clan.
+Primary of Kharguin clans, is Clan Tesvov. It is host to many cadet branches, and often serves as a federal-like authority to many institutions and population centers. Headquartered in Uilgar, the claimed Kharguin homeworld, it is a historically-rich culture and institution that has survived the continents-spanning badlands for generations. As such, the clan prides itself in its competency keeping trade lanes secure, competent leaders, and maintaining the largest population within any clan. This clan is led by a council, supported by advisers and public servants. There exists many methods to depose tyrannical or incompetent leaders, some violent, others democratic.
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 To be raised as a member of Clan Tesvov directly, as opposed to a cadet branch, often comes with it a very diverse, but strongly Kharguin upbringing. Odokhan serve as official advisors, after passing examination, and many spiritual practices are typically seen as a function of the galaxy. Inter-marriage between cadet branches of clans, as well as other cultures, is seen as virtuous, and often leads to a very cosmopolitan experience.
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+Secondary to Clan Tesvov is Clan Galchimeg. A clan renowned for its outwardly hostile actions against The Adversary and its parasites. It is considered to be one of the most dominant nomadic Kharguin clans, with highly developed spiritual practices. Its spiritual hierarchy is dense, and its general leadership determined by a series of emergency protocols supported by the community. Those of Clan Galchimeg pride themselves in their rich community-oriented practices, with a flourishing artistic community, held even in higher regard than the militaristic arm that earns this clan their galactic and political fame.
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+To be raised as a member of Clan Galchimeg, comes with it a highly compartmentalized series of roles and coming-of-age milestones. An outsider may view the clan as militaristic due to its heavy input in anti-Adversary offense, but internally its society treats such prestige in a socially inverted manner. Both warriors and Odokhan ply their trades not only for prestige, but in service of civil society, a dynamic heavily enforced with those engaging in a more militaristic goal. With this in mind, an individual often finds themselves at increasingly complex crossroads, as all manner of handicrafts, trades, and expression is treated with a degree of celebratory reverence.
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 =====History=====
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+The Kharguin often speak of apocrypha when considering their own history. It is believed, at least by those who follow such teachings, that the Kharguin are a species uplifted from an unknown planet. They were nurtured and brought into sentience in a very gentle manner. This species, often referred to as some variety of 'Progenitor'-like title, are often depicted as benevolent beings, who sacrificed themselves so that the Kharguin may slip into a strange dimension between worlds, and eventually find their way back out. It is through this belief, whether factual or otherwise, that a heavy emphasis is put on antagonizing and cleansing The Adversary and its effects: it is truly believed that this aggression is a means of attempting to liberate those who once helped them.
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+Another point of contention is how the Kharguin ended up on their homeworld. While it can be confirmed that their biology is alien to the world they laid claim to, the oral history of their origin is hotly debated in academic circles. It is believed by the Kharguin that, after the sacrifice that allowed them to escape The Adversary, they were trapped in an 'endless pilgrimage', but in the traditional sense of interstellar travel. This event physically changed them, reportedly, and was only resolved when a seer sacrificed himself through ritualistic suicide. This event is unable to be proven, as the Kharguin lacked first-hand account recordkeeping beyond oral storytelling and history at that point. The earliest documents in the possession of Kharguin clans and academic institutions are indeed old, but are separated from this supposed event by multitudes of generations.
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