Geshi N'Ptah

Geshi N'Ptah is the ancestral homeworld of the N'Ptalini and still houses the empire's largest N'Ptalini population.
== Climate ==
* five moons
* arboreal humid
* giant T'cla trees - massive colonies of small individual plants who grow ossifying superstructures not unlike corals. T'clas were historic N'Ptalini housings, and still are used for official edifices. While originally growing for centuries until useable as buildings, specially bred varieties can now grow to maturity in mere decades. 
==History==
* sustained heavy orbital bombardment at the End of the Urchin War in 1002 ET. Barely any surface structures from before that time remain. 
* no serfs, some slaves 
== Culture ==
N'Ptalini music is dominated by the tradtional B'tarona temple drums. In recent years, the inclusion of those drums into human rock music has given rise to N'Ptalini hard rock - better known as Urchin Rock.
Much of Geshi cuisine revolves around various insects, crustaceans and algae. While of little impact to human haute cuisine, N'Ptalini fast food stalls are a frequent sight on many of the empire's planets. Particularly widespread dishes are the Lava Beetles (large beetles fried in their own shell with hot sauce, served on their back to open at the table) and Pop Bugs (deep-fried pupae dusted with salt and spices); both of which are relatively easy to breed in any given climate. Many N'Ptalini spices are growing underwater and are relatively hard to grow outside narrow specifications, leading to large restaurants having their own spicepools. 
A famous / notorious export of Geshi N'Ptah is Beetle Spice - a traditional Geshi spice mix popular to flavour everything from chips to beer. And beetles, even! 
With religion being such an integral part of N'Ptalini everyday life, religious art is highly popular. Next to body arts (especially tattoos of all kinds), only artisanal bone talismans are a notably Geshi art form. 
Swimming, diving and all sorts of track and field athletics are highly popular. 
Hunting, foraging and the mutual preparation of food are cultural cornerstones of Geshi culture that are held high even in the most urban families. Folk fairs are central to the Geshi social life, either revolving around religious or foraging occasions. Several fairs are connected to unique foraging opportunities, often the reason for the extended family to re-unite from all over the empire to mutually gather food and prepare it on site. 
==Notable Geshi==
Geshi
==Other Articles on Geshi N'Ptah==
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