Symbology of the Azunites

Symbology of the Azunites is a book in .
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Symbology of the Azunites
Azunai the Defender, Champion of Aranna, was born to a Human tribe of fierce desert warriors. This tribe had a centuries-old tradition of birthing and training powerful mages, some of whom had the power of foresight. It is interesting to note that those mages who possessed this power were somewhat weaker in other magical skills. Thus, a balance was struck and neither could be considered superior to the other. This tribe used a system of symbols to denote the place of each member in battle. Those mages with foresight bore the sigil of an open eye, while those without foresight bore a closed eye. Warriors were marked with a dead tree, indicating both their wish to die in battle and to take their enemies to the grave with them.
Healers wore a green tree, indicating that their task was to keep the warriors alive.
When Azunai was chosen to lead the rebellion against Zaramoth, the Agallans forged for him a mighty Shield, bearing all four symbols—this signified that in Azunai all peoples were united, and also that he had the support of all those with martial skills.
It was no accident that when the Shield broke, it broke into four pieces—the symbols were the strongest parts of the Shield, just as the strength of any people lies in their skills.
During the war, the symbols came to signify more than simply the divisions between classes in the Azunite armies. Over time, the symbols became synonymous with the Azunites themselves.
Much of their poetry, art, and even architecture is built around the theme 'life, sight, blindness, death,' and even those spells that still survive from that era use those four qualities; often, the order in which they are listed signifies the type of spell to be cast.
The study of Azunite symbology is today kept alive by treasure hunters, who often study Azunite lore in order to become more adept at solving the elaborate obstacles built by the Azunites during the war to hide their sanctuaries. It is believed that treasure often lies in the ancient hiding places of the Azunites.
		
		
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