Cetus

Cetus (formerly known as Karifamil)"The Ostrons named their village Karifamil – "family and prosperity". Er-Phryah was overjoyed to see her clade again… but Mer-Sah would not enter Karifamil, for he had no family save Er-Phryah" - Onkko, excerpt from "Tale of the Woman of the Earth and the Husband of the Sea" is an -built village market, located to the north of Mantle, Earth. A humble settlement, located in the south region of the Plains of Eidolon, they are guided by a secretive order named , loyal to the ever-mysterious Unum, who constantly watches over the plains keeping her people safe from aggression.
As a city hub, players can interact with various NPCs to purchase items from shops, or accept quests or bounties to be completed out in the plains. Players can enter the plains via a large Orokin door on the town's outer wall, leading to a large room that has another door that leads to the plains beyond. The room acts as a loading screen, and players will be unable to exit out the other end until the loading is complete.
==Lore & History==
===Tale of the Woman of the Earth and the Husband of the Sea===
After the fall of the Empire, long before the arrival of the , the great Ostron clade-families were scattered throughout the Origin System. During this time, two young people were in love, a woman named Er-Phryah, and a man named Mer-Sah. Er-Phryah was part of the wealthy yingbindunyai clade, while Mer-Sah, who's family was killed by the many years before, was alone. He was cetus, which meant "landless, cladeless, a body turned to dust turned to motes on a careless wind."
Mer-Sah longed for a place that he could call home, and told his beloved "I know a place, where I may be homeless no more. I have heard a voice, and it leads me there. Come with me." However, Er-Phryah's father disapproved of their love, and cast Mer-Sah out of their market. Er-Phryah followed him, and they both ran away together, as lovers often do, and were never heard from again.
Decades later, ships entering ancient Earth's orbit were called from the toxic surface by the voice of an old woman. Many traders greeted her and offered the latest news on their lives, but they never learned anything of this woman, except that she had a husband, and that they somehow happy living on poisoned surface of Earth. Whenever new travellers arrived, the woman would always ask about news regarding the yingbindunyai clade.
This woman was in fact, Er-Phryah, and when yingbindunyai junkers arrived, she instructed them to make their home around a magnificent Orokin ruin - the Tower of Unum. In their vast floating market, the yingbindunyai clade finally arrived, and constructed their new home on a ragged coastline directly across from the Tower. 
The Ostrons named this village Karifamil, meaning "family and prosperity". Er-Phryah was overjoyed to see her clade again, but Mer-Sah would not enter Karifamil, for he had no family, except for Er-Phryah.
Nearing the end of his long life, Mer-Sah took a boat and sailed out across the ocean. There, he returned all of the gifts that Earth had given him, along with himself. However, this was not his death, as the deeper Mer-Sah sank, the larger he became. This is how the oceans of Earth became the home of the enormous Thousand-Year Fish; a legendary creature said to be one of the great ancient spirits of Earth.
The villagers then decided that their home would no longer be known as Karifamil. From that day forward, it would be known as Cetus, meaning "landless, of no one clade, home to any who are blown as dust on the wind". A home for anyone, regardless of clade, trade or tradition. 
=== Present-Day ===
Now a bustling market, Cetus is the main trading hub and home of the Ostrons, and any who happen to drift by. Free from the influence of and , traders and travelers can meet to exchange information, wares and bounties in safety, protected by the Unum-enforced laws of barter and parley.Cetus - Thousand-Year Fish Fragments Often filled with the sound of children playing and the cry of scavenging seabirds, the Cetus marketplace is a sight to behold. Just as the cry of merchants can be heard filling the air, the delicate scent of the Temple blood permeates the air, a result of the Ostrons harvesting their most well-known export; the Unum's Temple-flesh.
Cetus is also home to a rich amount of Ostron tradition; Most of the bars contain spirit- jars, which are small containers where coins are left in hopes of keeping the souls of the happy. Additionally, the money can be used to pay for the next customer who can't afford a drink."You'll find spirit jars at most of the bars. Order something, leave a coin. It leaves the souls of the Orokin happy, and you've paid for the next person who can't afford a drink. Sho-lah!" - Nakak Similarly, small houses called oro-kin-ka can be found, constructed to give the souls of the Orokin that once inhabited Cetus a place to reside in hopes of leaving the Ostrons in peace. Finally, urns of freshwater, known as yoong-bat, can be found outside of various Ostron doorways. They are left out for any nearby traveling monks, and it is considered rude for anyone else to drink from them, especially visiting offworlders.The Ostrons - Thousand-Year Fish Fragments
At nighttime, the haunting, mournful howls of Eidolons can be heard drifting through the allies and byways of the market. Their wails, an ever-present reminder of their previous nature, one that they cannot be allowed to ever return to.Night in Cetus - Glass Shard Fragments
=== Invasion of the Sentients ===
Earth becomes the initial site of the invasion, and the first place to be invaded in Cetus itself. As the villagers look on in horror, a large Sentient Murex arrives, crashing into the Unum's Tower and destroying the main spire. As the fight a losing battle out in the Plains, the Ostron villagers are all subjugated by the Sentient. With the warship posed directly above the Unum, its begins to deactivate the Tower, draining the Unum of her Temple-Kuva. 
The marketplace soon becomes a place of ruin; numerous homes are destroyed, while the bay outside of the market is littered with the debris of the Tower. A large All-Seeing Eye is placed in the center of the market, while all of the Ostrons are fitted with Narmer Veils, now forced into believing that the are starving them of resources. Additionally, a large Orphix can be found positioned next to the market, its pulse field preventing any Warframes for interfearing. 
The Tenno ultimately revitalize the Unum, and Ballas recalls the Murex to join the rest of the fleet, leaving the Unum and the Ostrons in peace. After the defeat of Ballas, Cetus is finally free of Narmer's influence; the All-Seeing Eye is shattered and drained of its power, and with the Unum alive again, everything returns to relative normalcy. 
== The Tower of Unum ==
Located in the bay just outside of Cetus is the Tower of Unum, a large Tower. Since her Temple-body is made out of living flesh, the Unum permits the Ostrons to harvest it, specifying when and where to do it. In this manner, the Tower is able to consistently replenish itself, providing the villagers with numerous boons to sell and trade. On occasion, some rare discoveries may even be found, nested within the fleshy substrata of the Unum's being.The Unum specifies which part of her Temple-body may be harvested, and when. In this manner her body eternally replenishes, providing her people with flesh to sell, Temple-kuva to refine and oils with which to make remarkable unguents. On occasion, nestled within the substrata of her being, a rare discovery awaits: forgotten technology. Proto-essence. Things which lure travelers from across the system, and so are a bounty for her people: Except from The Tower's Flesh - Thousand-Year Fish Fragments
To harvest these treasures, Ostron Drillers climb up great scaffolds around the Tower, punching a series of cavities within the wall. Eruptors then pack these holes with charged explosives, and call out, "Prepare to make fire!" to alert everyone boomward of the imminent harvest. Once detonated, large blanketpieces of flesh and wall are shattered free, which are then extracted from the Tower by the use of long billhooks.
These fragments are then affixed to large reclamator balloons, which are carefully steered by drop-drivers. Once in possession of a slab of Temple-flesh, they descend groundward to deliver their bounty to the butchers waiting below.Harvesting the Tower - Thousand-Year Fish Fragments
Once the slab is rested against an airing board, the Flensers then use long-handled blades and hooks to carve and cut the blubbery flesh free from the wall-shell. At the end of a shift, the Retrievers then arrive to ring out any excess oil from scrubs.Tools of Harvest - Thousand-Year Fish Fragments
The retrieved Temple-flesh is then sliced up and sold within the markets, while any leftover shells of the wall are used as building materials to craft various items, such as bowls, urns and plates.
==Factions==
===Ostron===
===The Quills===
==Plains of Eidolon==
==Trivia==
 
*In the eastern part of city outskirts hides an Easter Egg in the form of the Digital Extremes logo, easily recognizable by its emblem. Activating it will show the credits roster for the Plains of Eidolon. 
**In the roster is Hayden Tenno, the main protagonist in Digital Extremes' previous game Dark Sector.
* Cetus is the Latinized form of κῆτος (ketos), the Ancient Greek word for "sea monster" or "huge fish", but in recent times, the word is associated with whales (i.e. cetaceans). Cetus can also refer to a constellation of the same name. 
**Interestingly, one of the stars in the Cetus constellation is Tau Ceti, one of the closest stars to the Sun and is most likely the "Tau" system the Sentients were originally sent to colonize. 
***Tau Ceti has, as of 2021, 4 confirmed planets, 4 unconfirmed planets, and 1 confirmed debris belt. Tau Ceti e, the third confirmed planet, has an orbit with a radius about half that of Earth's, and Tau Ceti f (the fourth one) has an orbit nearly a third larger than Earth's. These harsh environments, coupled with the outer debris belt, create both the need and the resources to possibly terraform a planet or two for Human colonization.
**The people of Cetus harvest Unum's flesh in a manner similar to how whalers harvest a caught whale. 
**Eidolons vocalize using the calls of humpback whales, as seen in Devstream 102.Devstream #102 - 21:00
*Cetus appears to be located at the top or near the Caspian Sea.
*Cetus appears to be next to modern-day Astrakhan, which may have inspired the name of the settlers there, the Ostrons.
*Cetus is depicted in the cover art for the Koumei & The Five Fates update.
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==References==
== Patch History ==
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