Ulutau

school masters, who can perceive them as they see fit. However, the request of ino-to
will actually be equated to the order. Ino-to communicates with other rulers of
the states of Elinor through the bird's mail.

### **Language:**

Itoshinian, slightly modified. Ulutau are always eager for the new
knowledge. The Djunitian researcher Azir Amunjadee, who was visiting the Celestial
Plateau, compiled a textbook of the Common Language. Almost every Ulutau has a
good command of the Common Language, but among themselves the inhabitants of
the Celestial Plateau communicate only in the Itoshinian.

### **Capital:**

Tokana. In Tokana there is a palace, where ino-to spends time in meditation and takes visitors. Ulutau
pilgrims provide ino-to with provision and support the order in the palace, but
after the pilgrimage they return to their schools. That is why it is difficult
to call Tokana a city. It may happen that at some point between the pilgrimages
there will be only one resident in Tokana – ino-to alone.

### **Other large cities:**

none. Ulutau settlements are small villages,
called schools, where the master is both a spiritual and a public leader.

### **Geography and climate:**

The Celestial Plateau
is located high in the mountains, but has a mild warm climate. At the tops of
the mountains there is always snow, but the temperature on the slopes where the
settlements are located practically does not change in winter and summer. For
the Celestial Plate blooming meadows, small forests, mountain rivers and lakes
are common. A lot of wild
fowl and fish. The soil is fertile.

### **Borders with:**

Geographically –with the Ito
Empire in the East, the Valley of the Ancestors in the South-East, the Dockol-Mo
forest in the South. But in fact, there are only two places where it is
possible to go to other lands. The border with the Ito Empire is the Path of Horror,
guarded by terrible demons. The path was traversed by Tau, the founder of the
people of Ulutau, and twice by the Djunitian explorer Azir Amunjadee. Other
cases of passing the Path of Horror are not fixed. There is only an "exit”
to the Valley of the Ancestors ". The Celestial Staircase is a monumental
structure of ancient epochs, leading down the slopes and ending with a huge
waterfall. The one who stepped into the waterfall is carried to the Valley of
the Ancestors. It is not possible to climb back along steep rocks back.
Therefore, Ulutau rarely descend from the mountains, and if they descend, it is
forever.

## **History:**

According to the legend, the formation of the Ulutau people began
when the young Itoshin named Tau fell in love with the Emperors’ daughter Tsvetsho.
Tau was a personal messenger of the Emperor and often visited his palace. He
asked the Emperor for the hand of Tsvetsho, but Tosho became furious, for he
did not want his immortal daughter to be given to a simple subject. Since then,
Tosho has forbidden the men of the Itoshinian people from looking at her.
Emperor was going to execute Tau. However, the young man said that he admits
his guilt, because he did not cope with his own heart and inner passions, with
what he had betrayed the Empire and its’ sacred Code. Tau asked the Emperor to
spare his life, so that he can try to pass the
not yet conquered Path of Horror and either perish there, or atone for
his crime by a great feat. Touched by the nobility of the young man, the Emperor
granted him forgiveness, and also ordered  to found a settlement, if he will find a
suitable land behind the Path of Horror. Several brave, young and strong men
and women, decided to support Tau, for they were also impressed by his noble

impulses and brave heart.

   According to the legends, Tau managed to discourage the

demons from the ancient relic, named Flesh of the Demon, which gave the
pioneers on the Path an unprecedented power and helped to not become
frightened. Tau and his comrades went through the Path of Horror and found
themselves in a beautiful land, which they called - Ulu {Mountain, Majestic
Mountains}. The name of the leader of the pioneers subsequently gave the name
to a new doctrine, which is not at all similar to the philosophy of the Itoshins.

Already far from being a young man, but a mature man who
had seen a lot, Tau rethought his life. He realized that everything that
happened to him was not an accident. It seems that fate itself pushed him to
create a new philosophy.

The essence of this teaching was the eternal path, aimed
at improving ones inner world. The sage Tau himself pondered a lot about the
Flesh of the Demon and the power inherent in the relic. And now he asked
himself the question: is it possible to gain power and absolute fearlessness in
oneself, without using the artefacts of antiquity? Since then, the Ulutau
people began the eternal self-development and gaining strength through constant
meditations, tempering the body and spirit and self-contemplation.

Once a huge bird flew into the mountain country, which
brought a letter from the Emperor himself. He blessed the Tau deeds. Since
then, the correspondence began between the Emperor and Tau, and afterwards –
his followers.

The sage Tau died in a very old age. His body was
burned, and ashes scattered all over the land, so that the soul of a sage
became part of this country. The followers of the teaching, the uttered Ulutau
people, built on the Celestial Plateau the city of Tokana, which was
unprecedented in beauty and grandeur, where they continued to study the power.
New and new sages began to interpret the teachings of Tau in their own way.
They did not part from the foundations laid by the great teacher, but began to found
their own schools, each of which became a separate settlement. Leaded the same
schools the masters.

The people of Ulutau started families, raised children,
ploughed the soil, engaged in hunting and fishing, but devoted all their spare
time to self-development. Each school lived as a separate community, led by a
master who was responsible not only for the spiritual development of his
students, but also for their way of life. Each master assigned himself an
apprentice disciple, who himself became a master after the death of the
teacher.

The Bright Palace eventually lost its own school and
became an abode of ino-to, where he spent all his time in constant meditation.
Representatives of schools made regular pilgrimages to the Palace, monitored
his condition, cleaned up, used archives and libraries, but never settled near.

In the country of Ulutau, there have never been murders
and robberies and other manifestations of violence.

**Industry,**
agriculture and economy: **Agriculture is well**
developed. Hunting and fishing are popular. All food is equally divided within
the community. There are smithies, pottery workshops, weaving is widespread.
However, the concept of industry on a large scale is lacking. Ulutau not only have
no money, but also no market in general. Natural exchange is not provided, as the
population does not know the need for anything. Trade with other nations is not
conducted due to geographical features.

**Life and culture:** All the free time of Ulutau is dedicated to meditation and
self-knowledge. Literature is popular among the people, but the books of the
Ulutau writers are, again, devoted to self-improvement. Ulutau have no novels.
Poetry is also a rarity. The only artistic books popular in the Celestial
Plateau are the stories and legends in the Common Language, rewritten by Azir
Amunjadee. In Tokana there is a large library accessible to any Ulutau. In
addition to the rare books of Amunjadee, one can find there works of Tau
himself, as well as his followers. They describe the history of the people and
its spiritual development. Fine art can be found in the Celestial Palace of
Tokana in the form of frescoes. Ulutau is fond of painting for one selves,
erecting this in the category of meditation. The paintings mainly depict local
nature. A separate kind of art can be considered the drawing of tattoos on the
body, but it is not common in all schools, and in some cases it is not welcomed
at all. Applied art is not very developed. Ulutau's clothing is simple and
convenient. Oral stories are rare, but there is a popular legend about the huge
black dragon living on the highest mountain. Most likely, in it the dragon is
presented as something mighty and incomprehensible, as the world itself.
Evidence of eyewitnesses that dragons are found in the Ulutau mountains does
not exist. The houses of the Ulutau people are fundamental, neat. There is no
patriarchy or matriarchy. Women and men have equal status in society. Usually,
children leave the parental home after they are three times six years old. All
life of Ulutau is based on the development of the soul and body, which provides
for both physical training and spiritual perfection.

### **Ideology:**

Ulutau believe in the physical existence of the soul. The
philosophy of the Ulutau assures that the life of the soul continues after the
death of the body. However, the soul acquires some other form, and it is
possible to understand what it is, only after comprehending the teachings of
Tau. Despite the statement about the immortality of souls, Ulutau never appeals
to his ancestors. Most likely, according to their worldview, the deceased
person becomes part of the teachings of Tau. Through constant meditations, inner
harmony is attained, which allows the Ulutau to physically change the world
around. Because of the enclosed way of life of Ulutau, it is very difficult for
the researchers from other nations to understand the depth of the ideology of
the mountain people.

### **The Ulutau dialect:**

in the Itoshinian language.

Despite the fact that almost all the words from the
original Itoshinian language were preserved by the Ulutau, they are pronounced
more melodically and softer. Ulutau intentionally try to stretch the words, and
not shout them as quickly as the Itoshins. Moreover a lot of new words which do
not exist in Itoshinian was added to Ulutau language, which relate only to the
teachings of Tau in the field of self-knowledge. When talking, Ulutau will
always be able to understand the Itoshin. But the Itoshin might not understand
the Ulutau dialect.

Writing of words with hieroglyphs has been preserved.
However, again, hieroglyphs have become much more complicated.