Hachi

Category:Races
The Hachi or Hês in their tongue are a race of anthropomorphic Avian people.
The origin point or urheimat of these people being unknown and lost to time however the earliest accounts of them predate the voyager period of Abexilas by a large margin, most of these accounts being found within Taiga biomes; sources say that the Hachi were forced from this homeland, threatening the race with annihilation.
Many migrated to the different parts of the world in which they can be found today.
According to Hachi oral tradition they originate from a group of humans who had angered their gods due to a great conflict and as punishment the gods decided to transfigure these old ancestors into a new form, however, some scholars dispute this oral tradition.
It is unknown whether or not the Hachi are related to any other Avian races however most scholars class similarities between the Hachi and other races to convergent evolution rather than shared lineage.
== History and Culture ==
The Hachi culture as we know it today is known for being very heavily tied to scribes.
the Hachi are extremely xenophilic and tend to integrate themselves within other races communities to research and learn from them; as well as maintaining and spreading their own knowledge of the world to anyone willing to listen.
Hachi culture was very martial, might makes right and hierarchical during the early years however this changed and mellowed, once great armouries became quillaries and printing houses and the scholarly class within Hachi society grew to prominence to the point that most of the warrior elite turn into scholars and philosophers renouncing the old ways of might makes right to a more discipline based approach. Many scholars describe this change in societal role of the scholars and scribes as a collapse within Hachi society; many tribes and later clans searched further afield and spread to all corners of Abexilas.
=== Hachi Belief System & Shubwnna ===
==== Honour and the soul ====
The Hachi believe in a sort of karmic force known as Qhu that bonds your honour with your soul and thus your wider community, from family unit to town has a karmic value that can either be raised or lowered based on your honour; you may be asking what does “honour” mean in this context.
The Hachi view honour as your feats, glory, reputation and strength — the common word morality could fit as a descriptor. 
The hachi believe that in all things there is some amount of Qhu or honour from the rivers to the rocks from the sky to the netherworld though this Qhu can be split into categories however these categories are debated upon and usually differ depending on what school of thought a Hachi follows within the Hachi belief system of Shubwnna whether it be the Mani school, the Bausa school or the Dibe school.
==== Life and Death ====
The Hachi once viewed death as a great cleanser in the world, a force to be feared and respected though this view has changed slightly since the collapse with warfare and the death that it brings being considered a corruption of sorts within the world and should be avoided by most Hachi. Though this doesn't mean the Hachi are totally pacifist as a great pastime of the Hachi is swordplay, archery and discovering new forms to break an opponent's guard and or will, a good defence is a great offence as the scholars say; though violence for the sake of conquest or just for the sake of it is a crime within Hachi society even toward animals — the hachi only taking what is needed to not disrupt the fragile balance of the world's biomes thus generally the Hachi are mostly vegetarian.
This links to Hachi cleansing rituals Qhumav normally involving sand or a chalky powder being applied to the body and the submersion of the body within a smoke or candle room to cleanse the body and soul of corruption though in more modern times due to the Hachi moving to more temperate climates the use of water has become more popular.
==== Reverence for text / language ====
The Hachi believe in the sacred nature of language treating it with the utmost respect, a good Hachi will try to always think through what they're about to say before speaking; due to what used to be the hierarchical nature of Hachi living formality plays a big role in the flow of conversation within the Hachi language, Bengu, having a myriad of different honorifics and registers for talking to people of differing social class and title though gender doesn't play a big role within Hachi society as the regular gender binary perceived by humans is waved a lot of the time by the Hachi.
This reverence also springs from the worship of ancestors with their names being sacrosanct; generally being only mentioned by epithet or honorific due to belief that the ancestors still have karmic power and influence over the spirits within the world of the living. Thus a Hachi may also avoid words that connect to that ancestor using playful world play and idioms to get around this taboo.
==== Actions Of One Reflect Upon All ====
A mantra of the Hachi is The Actions Of One Reflect Upon All [Fioushiba Doussoqhu De Axauk] meaning if one member of the community messes up it could fall back onto the rest of us; this is why in the olden times and today in some respects duals or also known as in the Hachi tongue Shoqhusach (sho-hoo-sah, Honour-conflict) are carried out to preserve the honour of the individual as well as the community though in modern times these duals known in the Hachi tongue as Xadhassa (ha-tha-sha, Mind-challenge) are normally in the form of puzzles, riddles, board games and other such activities rather than violence.
=== Mantra of the Pen ===
This cultural aspect of the Hachi is what some suggest make them excellent scholars; this cultural edict instructs through Shubwnna that all Hachi should record and learn as much as they can so that future generations and even lesser fortunate people groups may learn and prosper; the hachi also believe the act of writing and recording events gives you good Qhu or Honour.