Illyuk

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Illyuk is a united tribe located inland from the West coast of the Sea of Hope. The population is almost entirely Illyuka.

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## Languages

The Illyuka speak in a tribal language known as *Trachki.* It sounds closest to real-world Arabic, but with shorter words that more often end in C and K-like sounds. It is written in a hieroglyphic style, using dots, pieces of squares, and diagonal lines. Paragraphs are non-existent; Instead, sentences are written in one line each, descending order. This makes most writings take on a vertical shape.

If a word is the start of a sentence, the first horizontal line, from top-to bottom, extends over the next symbol.

**If a word is the end of a sentence, these rules apply:**

**Statement(.)** Sentence ends with a sharp vertical line disconnected from the last symbol.

**Inquiry(?)** Sentence ends with the last horizontal line extending to the end, and then making a 90-degree angle downwards.

**Intensity(!)** Sentence ends with two dots after the last symbol.

Some common words:

Illyuk - duh.

Illyuka - name of citizens/race.

Illyuk-khama - phrase for “The Prophet.” A military and governmental leader that only appears nearly every two or three lifetimes. They are all different people, but the name stays constant. They are chosen only by the high-ranks of the tribe, and that method is a mystery.

Cul-khika - name of their pantheon of Gods. They don’t believe how many gods there are matters, only their will.

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## Religion and culture

### Moral values and principles

Illyuka culture focuses on spiritual strength and unity. Contributing to a cause and pushing it forward is the purpose of their jobs, their families, their education. Workshops, army ranks, sport teams and other activities are often percussed with chants and song. Through this contribution to something greater, the individual can shine by making their efforts known.

The most common and renowned groups to be a part of are hunting parties. Illyuka hunt monsters for sport. Forest beasts, folktale monsters, the such.

### Traditions

Illyuka, as a race, are humanoid with a hard stone carapace, and a more malleable interior. Their heads however, do not have a hard shell. They shape to fill the helmets they wear.

Illyukan helmets get their shape from their place in society. There is a base shape, like a triangle or diamond, and adornments that further specify their role, like antlers or banners.

### Religion

All of the Illyuka hold religious beliefs in storms: Thunder is, to them, the song of the gods, a call to action or even war. Lightning itself is their very will cast down from the heavens. It is the opposite of medieval beliefs; while the common peasant would see roaring thunder and torrential rain as a message that God is angry, the Illyuka view it as a messenger of God’s will and actions. To be struck by lightning is not bad luck, but a sign of the Gods’ approval. If a tree is struck and explodes into fire, the Gods liked that tree - it exploded because it could not handle their power. If a citizen is struck by lightning, two results occur: Either their charred corpse is given a righteous burial with dance, song, and honoring hunting parties in their memory, or those who survive display scars that are evidence of a holy boon, destined for greater things.

### Art

A vertical mural of Illyukan hunting parties, and their iconic headwear.A large-scale mural depicting the Prophet of Collars, who invented a way to control a then-uncontrolled lycanthropic curse among military ranks.A vertical mural depicting the quarry of a successful hunt.