Blood Dancers

The Blood Dancers (orig. Virasana: Naktarkee Raktakee)  are the elite combat unit of Temple Jansahar. Despite the Jansahars' well earned reputation as pacifist and compassionate healers, the Blood Dancers represent the Temple's unquestioning willingness to fight tooth and claw if need be - no matter the costs.  
== Public Perception ==
They are unanimously considered the most powerful supernatural combat unit known, even by Temple Belligra. When all currently active Blood Dancers appeared on the battlefield during the Erean Incursion, Saint Cornelius thanked them for their sacrifice and informed all his troops that they were to withdraw from all active combat and focus on protecting civilians. Asked about this decision, he is quoted to have scoffed: "Compared to them, we are all civilians." 
== Snippets ==
* all highly talented Jansahar conduits
* do not take part in imperial politics, only appear against threats the Temple considers too dangerous for mere mortals
* they use an ancient dancing style of Gui Lin to entrance themselves into a combat frenzy while utterly abandoning every shred of self-preservation, allowing God to act through them any way they see fit
* often do not survive the absurd amounts of enery they channel during their missions, making them the supernatural equivalent of suicide bombers
* notorious for accepting deeply worrysome colateral damage, often called 'the ultima ratio' of any sentient warfare
== Uniform ==
Calling it a uniform may be something of a stretch. But seeing a Jansahar shed their customary sky blue and don nothing but a red loincloth, golden bangles and a lot of black-blue bodypaint is an image of such bone-chilling menace that speaks for itself. They see no use for physical armour or weapons as those would only hinder their dance and offer only entirely negligible advantages compared to the powers they fight and wield. 
==Some notable Members of the Blood Dancers==
Members of the Blood Dancers
==Other Articles about the Blood Dancers==
Blood Dancers
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