Resparins

The **Resparins** are a race of grifajes.

## Appearance

Resparins are blue-skinned humanoids, like all other grifajes. They are best known for their red hair.

Chocolate and soda can kill a Resparin, as it does to any grifa.

## History

The Resparins lived at the continents of Utaraau, Rusagau, and the archipelagic realm of Watreneraau.

The siege of Agarwal and the razing of the city and its temples was commemorated in a war chant among the Resparins of the Galaxy. Agarwal was a large city on Dragonspine Island, one of the islands of Watraneraau.

## Culture

Resparin culture is a maritime culture, with lots of traditions centred around the sea and its animals. For example, octopuses and turtles are considered holy animals to Resparins, that many conquerors lost several worlds to revolts over killing a single turtle.

It is also a warrior culture that was rather more egalitarian than the other cultures of Gausari. Women in their culture were also raised as warriors alongside men, and it was considered shameful for a Resparin woman to dislike fighting.

### Exilic cultures

Since the Exile of their ancestors from their homeworld of Gausari, many Resparins lived in large ships known as "worldships". The worldships were conditioned to resemble the humid, tropical conditions where their ancestors used to live, so they had their own jungles, rainforests, and regular rainfall.

Nandegakko was not the first Resparin planet to be dedicated to knowledge. There were seven hundred other "vault-worlds" which preserved archives, and Nandegakko was influenced by them. Some of them were fervent worshippers of Odin, the Lord of Knowledge, and this drove them to become more obsessed with science. The Exiles managed to contact fifty-six of those planets.

## Languages

Three widely-used languages are used to represent the Resparin peoples: Ñatolaroi for Ñatolarin (Ngatolarin), Kjalkori for Kalkatrin, and Paelonoi for Parökarin. Nandarin, an offshoot of Ñatolarin, was a fourth linguistic family from the languages used by the exiles who fled Igarin rule from Nandegakko. The Nandegakkovians' created language, Sûlgantaen, and their descendants' native Resparin are Ngatolarin languages, the former influenced by Imperial Igarin.

Ñatolarin and Kalkatrin are written in various abugidas (known as Agaričatul, the "dragon bones script"), Paelonoi languages are written in ideograms and alphabets, and Nandarin languages (such as Nandegakkovian) are written in alphabets and abugidas.

Traditionally, Resparins wrote on paper, with scrolls of wooden slips for ceremonial or sacred texts and edicts.

## List of members

The Resparins are the third-biggest race of grifajes in the Galaxy, so they can be classified under several great categories:

### Ñatolarin

Northernmost

* Ñatolaroi - the greatest Resparin nation of the Galaxy. Until the Exile of Nandegakko, this was the greatest representative of Resparin civilisation: antiquated, classical, mystical, jovial, and fierce against its enemies.
	+ Because many Nandegakkovians are Resparins, they and the Ngatolaroi regard each other as brothers. The Ngatolaroi language was the source for many indigenous Nandegakkovian words, albeit more influenced by Igarin phonology (such as ñ/ng pronounced as n).
* Truwarin
* Nandarin - Nandegakko and all of its descendants are of Ngatolarin descent.
	+ The southern Nandegakkovians created a reconstructed Resparin language, using the Ngatolaroi language as the basis of its structure and words. It is known as "Sũlgantaen", from their country's name meaning "fortress of wisdom" in their equivalent Ngatolaroi words.

### Kalkatrin

Western, near the Galactic Core.

* Kjalkori
* Ralarix - known for forging a sharp kind of arrow that can even pierce Igarin or rogue Novantirna crusader armour. They were also skilled demonhunters and killers of demons.

### Parökarin

Southern and eastern.

* Paelonoi
* Kerasonians

### Nandarin

The Nandarin consist of the Nandegakkovians, the Chakravelians, and the Exiles of Nandegakko. Many of them carried their atheism as a cultural tradition, while others have reverted to the Resparin religion, or converted to the Novantirna faith or syncretic cults venerating fire gods and Odin.

All of them are nonetheless united by three things: their related languages; their love of mythology, turtles, and octopi; and their worship of information.

They were descendants of Ñatolarin settlers and refugees.

* Nandegakko (Nandegakko)
* Chakravelians (Chakravela)
* Exiles of Nandegakko (northern Galaxy)

### Others

* Resparin Pirates - the biggest alliance of space pirates in the Galaxy.
* Seven Hundred Eyes - seven hundred Resparin nations, some from the other main groups, known for their syncretism and worship of Odin as the god of knowledge.
* Nadoröes, Nödaröes - two cannibalistic Resparin tribes from the frozen planet of Nadaro. Hated by the Resparin alliances for their cannibalism and former service to the Igarin Empire, their ultimate enemy. But when they betrayed their Igarin masters in search of more meat to devour, the Imperial Igarins enslaved them, either as shock troopers or as entertaining sacrifices to be torn apart.
* Nandöres or Ilönes - various members of the Nadoröes and Nödaröes tribes who turned away and escaped their kin's cannibalistic culture. For their willingness to reject destructive behaviour, the Resparins forgave them and welcomed them to their fold. Many of them practiced a bloodless, civilised version of their native cultures. enrichened by the more sophisticated fellows of their race.

### Resparin religion

The Resparins have their own distinct religion, in spite of Igarin influence and domination.

The supreme god of the Resparin pantheon is Sailachro, the sea god. Blue is his sacred colour, so blue sails are raised to honour him; however, they cannot be used at sea, nor can anyone wear blue when sailing, as these resemble skin and they offend the sea god.

The turtle is a sacred animal in Resparin religion: they took turtle shells from dead turtles as talismans to invoke their ancestors.

Fire is sacred in Resparin culture, to the point that Resparins have many fire gods and goddesses.

### Worship of Odin

As the Resparins were scattered across the stars, many Resparins have converted to the worship of Odin in their pursuit of knowledge. Some sought his fury to destroy the Igarin Empire to avenge the expulsions and massacres, while most of them only sought secret knowledge.

The exclusive worship of Odin and the Star Gods, or Jensiro (Aesir), is practiced by a third of all Resparins across the Galaxy, albeit with their own superstitious traditions instead of the formality of the Novantirnas or the folklore of the Norse humans.

In Resparin schools, from the most prestigious academies to the lowliest village tutor, many Resparin teachers hold ceremonies where they and their students stand to praise and sing hymns to Odin, as the god of learning and wisdom.

Ironically, the atheistic Nandegakkovians are considered very pleasing to the Aesir Gods. It is not their devotion to the Gods, but their *sheer dedication* that brought Heaven's favour on them, whether it is obsessively hunting down every last morsel of information or ferociously tearing into their enemies, challenging foes that others see as impossible or frightening.

Some legends even claim that good Nandegakkovians are immediately taken to Valhalla, raised as einherjar, after their deaths. Because Odin loves them for their obsession with knowledge, making them closer to being unknowing instruments of his endless schemes.

### Festival of the All-Seeing Eye

While the rest of the Galaxy burns a yellow book or three pages of the year's discoveries as a sacrifice to Odin, Resparins sacrifice dozens (if not hundreds) of hastily-designed woodslip scrolls to celebrate a new discovery. Some cultures - even fellow worshippers of Odin and other wisdom gods - laugh at those superstitious Resparins because they regard burning so much things to be a stupid waste of wood and air!

One recurring joke among the Galactic Norse reads:

*"When we offer our wisdom to Odin, we simply thank him with a feast and tell him what we learned this year.*

*When the cog-worshippers [Novantirnas] do the same, they burn just one book after they show its contents to everyone in the Galaxy, unless it's an embarrassment that would make even Asgard laugh.*

*When the octopus-worshippers [Nandegakkovians] do it, they bury a pile of books in a pool to build an island, or they burn copies of what they learned as a sacrifice to Odin. Yet even we are startled by their obsession with information.*

*WHEN THE TURTLE-KIN [Resparins] DO IT, **THEY BURN THE WHOLE VILLAGE.** What a stupid people!"*
Because this has led to unnecessary fires, some Resparin countries banned the custom and replaced it with burning only a single page. Others instead burn paper with calligraphic or printed copies of the yearly discoveries, making other cultures laugh at them for what appeared to be a funeral.

Because this has led to unnecessary fires, some Resparin countries banned the custom and replaced it with burning only a single page. Others instead burn paper with calligraphic or printed copies of the yearly discoveries, making other cultures laugh at them for what appeared to be a funeral.

## Glossary

See also: Nandegakkovian glossary

This is a list of words in various Resparin languages, other than Standard Nandegakkovian:

* (a)en - -ese, -ian, demonym
* agari - dragon
* agarjokko - small dragon
* al, aloi - fire
* alokko - small flame
* apar - to fly
* apari - a bird
* aparkko - small bird
* atul - sail
* átulča - sisal paper used to make scrolls and sails
* átulčata, túlčata - classical literature, classics
* ãuseâi - to say, to speak
* ãwi - angel, star angel
* ãwiwolka, ãuwoilka - dance of the star angels, constellation
* chelachand - (Kerasonian) a hexagonal board game similar to chess
* dalatultar - (Kerasonian) a ball game
* dazul - dual spinning axe
* dzhala - (Kerasonian) a herbal tea native to Kerason
* ezo - scion, clan
* ezoi, ezoa - son
* frâ - month
* ganta - (Sûlgantaen) wisdom, wise, smart
* id - face
* ifáro - (Nandegakkovian, Sûlgantaen) a bird
* ilön - wise, awakened
* ió - fiery vermillion
* írče - immortality, perpetual life
* írčedo - immortal
* írčekko - extended life
* karnen - (Kerasonian) temple
* karuna, karune - holy circle
* karunokko - little circle
* -kil - (Kerasonian) small, little
* kör - letter
* lhomae - (Kerasonian) badger
* lhomaekil - baby badger
* mire, mirje - (Kerasonian) beautiful
* mirjakil - (Ker) good luck
* mirje - (Kerasonian) happy, joyous
* moá - waking up
* moáeâi - to wake up
* naita, gnaita - (Northern, Igarin?) wise, enlightened, aware
* nanda - (northern, Igarin?) wisdom
* nĩeâi - to meet
* nom - deep, the sea
* núra - snow
* nũrai - west
* núrida, núida - ice
* núru - cold, freezing
* núruna - snowfall, snowy weather
* núrunda - arctic climate, frozen, frozen lands
* -okko - little
* pral - god
* pralkarun, pralkerun - pantheon, presence of the gods, glory or blessing of the gods
	+ May also mean "knowledge" or "information", the greatest of all gifts by any god, especially Odin.
* praluke, pralokko - little god
* prila, parala - (Kerasonian) a god
* prumma - sea
* ráčan - defensive wall, holding the line, defense
* račán - large city
* račánda - hundred (poetic), city, alliance, league
* račőt - hundred
* raksi, raxi - arrow, flint, tip of a blade or spear, killing blow
* ratí - sceptre, stick, staff, spear, pole, authority
* râtí - lady, female chief
* râtó - lord, chief
* râtókko - duke, lesser lord
* ratúne - chiefdom
* sačče - (Truwarin) greetings, hello
* sel - castle, bastion, fort
* selokko - small fort
* ska - sword
* skajokko - dagger, knife
* sûl - (Sûlgantaen) castle, bastion
* Sũlganta - "fortress of wisdom", Nandegakko
	+ The ũ represents a stressed long vowel.
* sûlokko - small fort
* tjósna - sweeping away; death; becoming one with Knowledge, ascension; becoming a god or an einherjur
* Tjósnačes - the Drowned Ones; a saint; an angel; Einherjar
* tjóssuna - to be swept away; to become one with Knowledge; to be remembered forever; to be immortalised; to ascend to Paradise; (poetic) to die, death
* was, wos, vas - death, to die
* zad, sta, zadda - axe
* zal, zalak - spear
* zo - to fight, to attack
* zoi - warrior
* zojena, zonesa - warrior woman
* zojokko - auxilliary

## Trivia

* The Resparins may be inspired by Octolings from Splatoon, along with Javanese and Polynesian influences. They were perhaps also influenced by the Wood Elves of Warhammer and ancient Celts.
	+ The author chose to make the Nandegakkovians as atheists to add sympathetic atheist characters. It later developed into them and most Resparins worshipping knowledge and information, and their association with Odin as the god of knowledge and science.

## See also

* Nandegakkovians, their descendants
* Novantirnas
* Kuelgons