Ontemâzei

The **Ontemâzei**, also known as the **Werosannei**, **Rimjusennei**, or the **Varazosson** (singular **Varasoz**) in later times, are a race of humanoid clones that live on the planets of Jerde and Luril. Those planets are the third and fourth planets from the yellow sun of *Sól*, respectively.

## Characteristics

They have colourful hair, eyes, and skin, and their physiology is based on a blend of plant and humanoid: somewhat like the Ārentosian humanoids that they were created from.

Even though Ontemâzei can get their energy by being exposed to sunlight, they still need to eat and drink to survive. If they were deprived from sunlight or any light for seven Jerdiskar days, they will go insane. Sunlight also helps their bodies heal more quickly and stay energised, so they take naps under a shade so the sunlight will not disturb them.

Their bodies are more easily damaged by fire. The same damage can be quickly repaired when they eat plants while exposing their wounds to sunlight, but the rapid healing would become painful.

Their sweat smells like "fruit and flowers sold in a wet market".

In older times, Ontemâzei babies were born with two crystal-like shells on their feet, so they can be sold to other Ontemâzei. This led to the practice of using boots to represent a person's soul -- either as a grave to plant trees within, or with pieces of them used as protective charms.

Most Ontemâzei belong either to the male or female gender -- in most of their societies intersex Ontemâzei and others are extremely rare. Although painful "corrections" were done to those rare Ontemâzei, it is no longer practiced, as harming genderless people is considered throughout Jerde as desecrating the Gods who protect them.

Male Ontemâzei tend to be more tougher and stronger, and their taller bodies can be enhanced with exercise to strengthen their muscles. Female Ontemâzei tend to be more agile, having slender, curved bodies, and like most humanoid species have two lump-like breasts to nurse offspring.

Ontemazei reproduce and give birth like humans do, but usually when two Ontemazei make love or breed, they grow flowers on their own hair, which may spread pollen. The flowers might become into seeds that grow into flowering plants, or simply the pollen will grow into new, weak flowers.

The average Ontemâzejo usually lives for up to 80-100 Jerde years, though some can live up to 130 years with less aging under better conditions. Most Ontemâzei would not live that long in many parts of the world due to less available resources, poorer technology, or mainly due to being tortured by other people.

Ontemazei can drink as much alcohol as they want and get drunk, but they cannot get poisoned by alcohol or diabetes. In fact, their bodies can tolerate higher volumes of sugar or alcohol, as it means more nutrients for them to use. They usually excrete excess sugar or alcohol by sweating sugar-like dust or sweating.

Ontemazei tears have medical properties that can heal wounds and cure some sicknesses, although they taste sour.

### Personality

The Ontemâzei, by nature, are a jocular people, delighting in mischief and laughter. They are also notable for their artistic skill and their love of beauty, shown by their association of anything evil with "ugliness" and the many artistic works that they had left behind ranging from ruins of halls and libraries to gardens (they *love* gardens and plants very much) to epic poems and songs. Their instincts also make them especially love to make friends with other people, and to have a sort of feeling to attract only one mate of the opposite gender (until said spouse dies or leaves them, which would make the clingy Ontemâzejo extremely sad or furious) and/or to raise at least several children.

When tortured, Ontemâzei tend to scream "I want to live!" in any language that they can understand, and without any proper training it is more easier to traumatise an Ontemâzejo than it is to any human. They are very afraid of being naked (except in the occasions of taking a bath or making love to their spouse), because without any clothing they feel like vulnerable animals: in such a state they quickly cover their bodies with anything they can find. That same instinct also causes Ontemazei to avoid any appearance of nudity to avoid being associated with animals. Fire, torture, and darkness can also frighten an Ontemâzejo more easily.

However, when angered to a certain extent, many Ontemâzei shed their jocular behaviour to a more cruel attitude in their desperation. That was developed by their creators to make them appear more savage, encouraging others to torture or kill the Ontemâzei -- though nowadays many Ontemâzei have learned to control their anger, avoiding much destruction. In older times this kind of aggression had also caused many Ontemâzei to become rabid cannibals when being triggered by something (for example, the Dondaton band's heavy metal music), as their creators used that behaviour as an emergency measure to fight raiders who attack their facilities or to sabotage their enemies.

Most Ontemâzei prefer to be married. A common problem among Ontemâzei was that they do *not* accept being rejected -- most can recover after undergoing a period of grief that lasts for several days. Because of this, a lot of Ontemâzei are very careful when selecting their romantic partners, fearing horrible consequences if they choose the "wrong" ones.

While the Ontemâzejo would do their best to support their partner in any way, if the partner is too abusive or untrustworthy, the Ontemâzejo would want to find a way to cancel their promise, or run off and forever renounce that person -- but any form of permanent separation (whether it is from divorce, isolation, or death) from their previous partner will cause the poor Ontemâzejo to become very sad and frustrated.

Male Ontemâzei tend to be more aggressive and daring, while female Ontemâzei tend to be gentle and timid (unless when provoked or angered) and are more likely to be emotional. Furthermore, they also enjoy raising or being with children. Nonetheless as in other sapient species, individuals may eventually develop their own personalities, depending on their upbringing, character, and environment.

Those parts of the Ontemâzei's innate personality -- their common fears; their states of aggression; their signature cries when tortured; and their obsession with beauty, art, and plants; and their obsession with romance and raising families -- were shaped by their Konjor creators and their so-called liberators, the Obsidian Knights, who instead immersed their ancestors into Gauvajut-Vozonid cultural norms.

### Specific behaviours

* They love sunlight and being surrounded by plants.
* They hate total darkness, and literally go insane from fear if left in total darkness for several days.
* Ontemazei couples tend to express their love by drinking cups or glasses of water, mixed with each other's tears.
* When suffering severe damage, they might yell "I want to live!" in any language they know.
* Females like to wrap their hair around their partner, especially on their lover's shoulders.

### Customs

* Using boots to celebrate birth and death, from babies in ancient times developing boot-like mineral shells on their tiny legs.

### Related races

* Lausorijo
* Kelunne
* Vojari

## History

### Creation and Konjor rule

At some time during the later Sarmelonid era, the kingdom of Ārentos revolted against the Konjor Supercorporation's heavy taxes and abuses of its culture. The Konjors swiftly crushed the revolt, killed and harvested a large number of Ārentosians, and disintegrated their planet: afterwards, the Ārentosians' remains were mixed into a plant-based fluid that was used to create thousands of slave clones and living dolls, especially by ATA Toys, a Konjor sub-corporation.

For most of those clones, they were abused by their buyers as many of them looked and seemed weak. Some of them were also put into a more savage, bloodthirsty state to encourage other people to kill them or to repel attacks by the Konjors' rivals. Such widespread abuse prompted certain groups to abduct as many clones as they could and free them: one of those groups, the Obsidian Knights, not only modified them to become more like a proper race, but also assimilated the clones on Luril to adopt their Vozonid culture.

The pink hair from the majority of later and modern Ontemazei may had been the result of creating a slave race, to humiliate them and make them look weak.

### Ontemazei Empire

Within several millennia, those colourful clones outnumbered the native Lurillim as they built a peaceful civilisation that guarded Jerde's star system. As the Cyan Senate (the galactic superpower of that time) exterminated their people for being an artifically-produced race, they tried to rescue more of their members from destruction, until the Cyan Senate used one of their routes to bombard their homeworld. Angered by the widespread ruin left behind by the Surennid military, the clones (who referred themselves as "Ontemazei") turned their civilisation into an empire bent on the total destruction of the Cyan Senate, and its forces later targeted all sentient life in the Universe to "punish and eradicate all evil".

Nonetheless, as quickly as they spread devastation throughout the Galaxy, the competing ambitions and bloodshed between its myriads of colonies allowed its enemies to defeat them easily. Some of the victors exterminated their numbers, but others (such as the Vozonids) put them and their descendants to slavery and torture to punish their attempted genocides. They passed on into legend as a monstrous race of odd-haired cannibals: however, most Ontemazei throughout history have refused nearly every attempt to eat any meat from sapient beings, to the extent of vomiting such food or committing suicide if they knew about its source. Their refusal was perhaps a reaction of their bodies towards frequent abuse.

### Porashon

On Jerde, some of the surviving Ontemazei created their own nation, Porashon. In its early years, it isolated itself from its neighbours to survive and preserve various historical objects and machines, until it attracted international attention and suspicion for its advanced technology. Every year, hundreds of Ontemazei from around the world made dangerous trips to escape slavery and torture to Porashon.

Even as they tried to recapture whatever beauty and innocence they lost, many Porasonids felt very sorry for what their ancestors had done. That made them more religious, alturistic, and even self-sacrificing. They were more willing to help and defend their human neighbours, even to the extent that thousands were killed while defending the Northern Kolovrat Temple from a Vilonian invasion: the miserable soldiers believed that in protecting a holy site, their sins will be forgiven and they and their people would finally enter Paradise.

The last Ontemazei slaves and prisoners in Vozolaz were killed on May 5678 BT. When the last Ontemazei prisoner, a scrawny middle-aged pink-haired male, died of loneliness three months later, the Vozonids celebrated by making a pile of skulls and planting a stake on the pile. When Porashon, a nation of Ontemazei who lived together with humans, heard of this, the whole country mourned for three days.

Millennia later, the Thandizo dynasty took over Vozolaz. The emperor was angry that there were still Ontemazei that lived in Porashon, so he ordered his armies to march southwards to exterminate them. In his rage, he instead fell into a trap, and he was killed as he marched into the capital. With his death, Vozolaz was split into five quarreling countries, and Porashon began worshipping a new pantheon from the west.

### The Kalokei

The Tornarin Bombardment awakened an ancient evil: when Tornarin troops plundered several lost fortresses in the southern jungles, they accidentally awoke the Ontemazei clones sleeping within, and the clone factories produced savage warriors that mauled and devoured the intruders. These awakened Ontemazei became the Kalokei, and they multiplied their numbers through cloning and debauchery. Unlike the Porasonids, those were indoctrinated soldiers and warriors, taught by long-dead masters to kill and punish humanity for past sins.

In the 1300s AT, they waged war against Porashon and its allies, condemning their Porasonid kin as "traitors" who deserved to be eaten and slaughtered as sacrifices to the last member. The Kalokei forces dug under the mountains and emerged to the south of the Porasonid capital of Imasela, but before they were able to raze all of Imasela and bring their bulk to begin their genocide, they turned back to fight against the Wannaenid armies. Their forces, which were produced over the centuries, were undone by the Wannaenids' superior weaponry, and the Wannaenids took thousands as slaves.

### Modern times

The Kalokei Wars worsened the treatment of Ontemazei people in general on Vozolaz proper, reviving an old fear of Ontemazei and the colour pink. Long after the land was "free" from Ontemazei, captured Kalokei prisoners were sold in Vozolaz, where they were tortured and reduced to beasts.

In Azgo, all Ontemazei were treated like animals and household slaves. They were only allowed to wear loose clothes, they were forced to wear collars, they were not allowed to leave their masters' homes, and they were given only meat to eat.

Like in most countries, Ontemazei were almost always depicted as monsters and cannibals, always hungering for revenge against humanity. Exceptions to this portrayal include "forest fairies", the "civilised monsters" of Porashon, and the characters of the Mithura epic. When artists began making stage plays and films based on archaeological copies of the Mithura epic, it led to a trend adopted by various nations across the world. It changed the portrayal of Mithura from a demonic empress and a buffoon to a tragic character, or even a superheroine as in Marnos. However, when Ontemazei themselves acted as Mithuras and Gorusos, whether to honour their secret gods or for fun, they were accused of plotting revenge against humanity, and then being violently beaten up or killed.

During a slave rebellion at Mirukuz, some Ontemazei slave gangs began killing and eating human rebels. That outraged all of Azgo, rousing mobs to gather and kill hundreds of Ontemazei slaves in the streets. And when the Trimalleans took over Azgo, they rounded up Ontemazei and other aliens and exterminated them. The succeeding republic of Azgo banned most Ontemazei from entering the country, although they were simply tolerated in the northern parts.

Likewise, Ontemazei are banned from visiting many countries on Jerde, unless they happen to be citizens of more respectable realms such as Porashon, Bujan, Rukania, and Umbirab. Many people on Jerde are afraid of Ontemazei and they hate them, seeing them as cannibals, savages, and addicts of exterminating humans; even as most Ontemazei on Jerde reject those behaviours.

Many people on Jerde do not like to dye their skin or hair with "odd" hair colours, not because they do not want to offend Ontemazei (whom they already hate), but to avoid associating themselves with Ontemazei. Although it is more socially-acceptable to dye one's own hair as a trend, or to dye one's skin in non-human colours (usually to represent a fictional character), people who do so in some countries would be mistaken for Ontemazei, even wrongly accused of cannibalism!

## Locations

### Ontemazei communities

* Porashon - The world's only nation with an Ontemazei majority. It is a republic located along tropical highlands that boasts a developed economy and very advanced technology. It also practices a mixed Sarmelonid Vozonid and Sandharmin (Hindu) culture.
* Verigos - At its southeast dwells a kingdom of Vojari (flying humanoids) that fight the Technocrats to the north and the Tornarin Empire to the south.
* Jasper Mountains - the Lausorijo in their castle-cities welcomed them as refugees, and also taught them many skills. This also led to close relations between the Burrow-city states and Porashon, along with connections and support from Umbirab. "Pink men" were also seen alongside the Lausorijo and the Guardians of Rabydos, as they fought against the Rabydosian Empire and its Thralondian overlords.
* Bivos - A population of Ontemazei still live in Bivos, being the descendants of migrants who taught the locals to build machines.
* Bujan - Most Bujanski Ontemazei like to emulate the mannerisms of aristocrats and formal gentlemen and ladies, either because they were attracted to their beautiful arts or to distance themselves from the "barbarian" stereotypes. Their men and boys like to be gentlemen, and their women and girls like to be like princesses. They also tend to send their children to become scientists and artists to ensure a better life for them.
* Azgo - To many Ontemazei, Azgo is regarded as "the Land of Death", where its people were notorious for slaughtering Ontemazei for sport, and most Ontemazei avoid that dreadful country. In spite of this, some districts in northern Azgo tolerated Ontemazei, usually descendants of those that hid during the Trimallean exterminations and Gornystari Ontemazei, and even defended them from other locals who sought to kill them.
* Josol - Many Ontemazei fled to Josol to avoid beinf enslaved and tortured in Zaqo and Mirukuz, and hundreds of them came in waves during the massacres. To house them, the Josolchir government build separate towns for them to live and work, mostly as farmers. In spite of this tolerance, many people in Josol still do not trust Ontemazei to this day.
* Siangwaan - A few Ontemazei live in Siangwaan, usually in small neighbourhoods in larger cities or in garden-homes in the countryside. Unlike other countries, the Siangwaanians consider the Ontemazei to be amusing, harmless, and even beautiful, therefore they tolerate them and allow their friends to mingle with them. Some Siangwaanians also befriend Ontemazei to thank Porashon for teaching them to apply Celestial technology; it was through these Ontemazei that Hinduism was spread to Siangwaan.
* Varn Venn - Several communities of Ontemazei thrive in Varn Venn. Some of them even became priests and warriors who helped the Varn Vennians fight back against the ghosts and demons that raid the country.
* Rukania - One of several nations in the world with major Ontemazei communities, largely formed by the kingdom being more forgiving towards Ontemazei instead of killing or torturing them on sight. It was also because Rukanians love the colour pink as a symbol of their ancestors, ansd the Ontemazei love how Rukanian culture celebrates flowers like them. Many members of its various knighthoods are of Ontemazei descent.
	+ In addition, Vozonids who go to Rukania for pilgrimages do not harm Ontemazei, both to ensure continued access to sacred spinels, and because anywhere that sells spinel gems is considered sacred ground. Therefore, though Ontemazei are usually feared as monsters, eventually, the rule of sacred ground allowed Rukanian Ontemazei to be exempt from the usual hatred as "handlers of holy relics". They are even among the few Ontemazei who a typical Vozonid, or even an Azgovian, would tolerate and befriend, perhaps because Ontemazei who live on a holy country would be considered blessed and free from their ancestral sin!
* Sevraeja - Also unusual to most Jerdiskar humans because it forgives the Ontemazei, allowing them to live as citizens with equal rights.

### Countries that accept Ontemazei

See also: Bujanski Ontemazei

Other than their homeland of Porashon, almost a few countries on Jerde treat Ontemazei as fellow people instead of beasts. In those places, Ontemazei members tend to practice the cultures of their respective homelands. These include:

* Bujan - They were brought to Bujan as slaves. They helped the founders defeat the Wannaenid oppressors, and in return they were given citizenship. The transformation of the Ontemazei from a beastly race of slaves to citizens who learned and loved classical arts shocked Bujan's neighbours, who feared that the Ontemazei might start eating their fellow citizens; but they still coexisted peacefully alongside other Bujanski to this day. There were even dozens of Ontemazei who became scientists, such as handling a Kyrvotin Voidgate!
* Irajon - Most Irajonian Ontemazei live at the northeast and west.
	+ In older times, Ontemazei were feared as monsters. The few that travelled or ended up in Irajon were reviled and avoided by the rest of the people, although hybrids are treated like other people. However, with friendly relations with the Bujanski to the north, the Irajonians later tolerated Ontemazei. In 1908 AT/2708 ZE, they are allowed to be citizens on Irajon. At first, some locals protested the new Ontemazei communities in northwestern Irajon, but as they were pleased that the Ontemazei were better-behaved, they were eventually accepted as fellow-citizens.
* Umbirab - For being fellow non-humans, Ontemazei and hybrids are regarded as one of the primary peoples of this nation of mutants in the frozen hills of the south. In fact, the Ontemazei are the biggest minority in Umbirab, that foreigners called it "South Porashon"!
* Turodaron - The Ontemazei here are regarded as "brothers" because the Turodarians were Slavonians and other humans that coexisted with Porasonids, being somewhat influenced by the latter's culture. They and the hybrids are also regarded as a beautiful people, compared to wights and blossoming trees.
* Gimbarish - The Gimbarsians consider Ontemazei to be "fellow creations of Aten" because they are sapient, therefore they are treated with kindness. This initially resulted in outrage and shock by its neighbours, especially Josol and Azgo.
* Gornystar - Among the early denizens of Gornystar when it was founded were Ontemazei who were rescued from slavery and torture. Grateful for being saved from destruction, the Ontemazei fight for the Gornystari humans that rescued and healed them, and the latter's solar god Aten.
* Peren - As the first nation in the region to overthrow the Thralondian authorities and resist their counter-attacks, Peren attracted many people from other nations, including Ontemazei slaves who escaped oppression. Those people later helped the Perenians defeat the Thralondians, using their fortifications, their technology, and their numbers. In later times, the Ontemazei pitied the kodequara and helped them coexist and work with the Perenian humans.
* Siangwaan - To thank the Porasonids for teaching them to use Celestial technology, allowing them to finally defeat the undead, Ontemazei in Siangwaan are treated like friends, not monsters. Although some people are afraid of Ontemazei and anyone with pink hair, most Siangwaanian Ontemazei are treated with respect, simply for being related to the allied Porasonids. It was through those small communities of Ontemazei that Hinduism was spread to Siangwaan.
* Bivos - Many Ontemazei migrated to Bivos, where they helped the locals defend their country from the Tornarin Empire at the cost of most of their population. To honour their sacrifice, the locals of Bivos did not harm Ontemazei, making their nation an attractive refuge for various Ontemazei throughout history.
* New Republics, Paltirion - The founders of the New Republics decided to "make a difference" by forgiving the Ontemazei and letting them work in their countries. To make up for the poor diplomatic relations with other nations during that time as a result of welcoming the Ontemazei, the New Republics supported each other. Paltirion also tolerated Ontemazei before the coming of the Besotrosk.
* Shaunetor - Because the Shaunetorians knew that other nations did not like them, they welcomed all Ontemazei into their country as fellow-siblings. Many Ontemazei defended Shaunetor from enemy armies, even against an Ontemazei warlord who cursed them as "traitors".
* Rukania - Unusually for a human nation, Rukanians love the colour pink, so they sometimes hired Ontemazei outlaws and trained them as squires as early as after the Green Years. While they still defeated any Ontemazei warlords who dared attack their homeland, Ontemazei who came in peace were welcomed because their pink hair amused the Rukanians. They are also gladly welcomed because during the Thralondian wars, Ontemazei were among the slaves who brought with them information about the enemy, revealing more Thralondian weaknesses that aided Rukania's alliance.
	+ Very rarely would an Ontemazei marry a Rukanian, leading to occasional women (and even men) with pink hair.
	+ In folklore throughout the world, Rukania was sometimes known as the Land of the Sun, or the Gate to the Gods, because of its easterly location and it being a refuge for slaves escaping torture elsewhere. It is also why Ontemazei also call Rukania as "Paradise" or "Land of the Gods".
	+ It is seen as the opposite of Azgo, both for being an antipode on the other side of the world, and doing the opposite of Vozonids by treating Ontemazei with kindness and love. They also call it "the Land of Life" for that reason. In fact, because Vozonids and Azgovians sometimes go to Rukania for pilgrimages to buy its sacred spinels, Ontemazei who live in Rukania are treated better than almost all other Ontemazei.
* Sevraeja - Being a nation obsessed with art, it is no surprise that the Ontemazei were seen as an amusing curiosity. No longer are they feared for their association with the Green Years, for they usually judged the pink-hairs by their current attitude and not always their historical background, so there are some Ontemazei who formed small communities in Sevraejan ports. More of them arrived after fleeing from Thralondian slavemasters, and shared more information about the Thralondian fleets and those of other enemies.
* Pinoguni - This country has one of the oldest continuous Ontemazei communities, since Porashon first established relations with Pinoguni. They are often known for their obsession with cherry trees.
* Azgo - although it was very notorious for murdering Ontemazei for centuries, the northern towns became more tolerant of Ontemazei. The rest of Azgo bans ethnic Ontemazei from entry except for several countries. The more the defectors learned to coexist with the Ontemazei, the more they realised that they were actually a civilised people, rather than the stereotypical cannibals of folklore. The northern Azgovians were allowed to keep their autonomy, allowing them to issue a public apology and compensation for descendants of slaves and ethnic Ontemazei in 1991.
* Pju - the King of Pju permitted Ontemazei refugees to live in his kingdom, as his people thought they looked like fairies. Many Ontemazei who served the Pjuvian royal court worked as translators, especially to Vozonid countries. It later became notable for advocating for better treatment for Ontemazei and even Terrans, in line with the nation's Buddhist chivalry.

## Terminology

"**Ontemâzei**", in their own archaic language, means "of our world". That term is generally used for anyone or anything from the tropical planet of Luril, so the term "**Werosannei**" is used specifically for their race, although it referred originally to the "Warrior" humanoids that were mostly assimilated into the Rimejusennei race.

A male Ontemâzei is an **Ontemâzono**; while a female Ontemâzei is an **Ontemâzana**. Any single member of their race regardless of gender is simply known as an **Ontemâzejo**; any specific group, **Ontemâzei**; and collectively as **Ontemâzeja**.

Local peoples later referred all Ontemâzei in variations of the name "Ontemâzei" or "Varas". For example, in the planetary kingdom of Vovtarla they are called "**Odemasvensh**"; while in Vozolaz they are called "**Varasozzo**"; in Pinoguni they are called "**Pana-jakara**" or "**Aja-jakara**" ("Flower people" or "Colourful folk"); and in Hothro to the east they are either "**Varessar**" or "**Diestar**" (the latter for those of the Ontemâzei Empire, named after the infamous general Thujosto the Cannibal).

"Varasoz" was derived from the autonym "Werosannei", although it is also from an archaic Vozonid word that means "a flowering tree". Using modern Vozonid grammatical rules used for names, a single male is a "Varas*oz*", a single female a "Varas*az*", and the plural form is "Varasozzo". Most Ontemâzei in modern times have adopted the term "Varasozzo" for themselves and prefer to be addressed as such, and they consider the term "Ontemâzei" to be derogatory for its association with their cannibalistic ancestors. However Bujanski and Irajonian Ontemâzei consider it acceptable to use "Ontemâzei" for themselves, as that name got stuck from years of Wannaenids using it upon them.

### Positive

#### Porasonid

* Asuras (Noble Monsters)
	+ During the Thandizo invasion of Porashon, the emperor and the Vozonid armies called the Porasonids "monsters". To make fun of their enemies, they gladly accepted the term as their own symbol. As a result, "asura" (a demigod in Hindu or Sandharmin mythology) became a term of pride.
* Aryasuras (Noble Monsters)
* Sundarasuras (Good Monsters, Pleasant Monsters)
	+ The Porasonid answer to Emperor Thandizo's curses was this: "Yes, we are monsters, because we were the children of monsters. But we are righteous, a blessing to our neighbours for helping them rebuild from the ravages of time. Who knows, that we might be better than you, and our friends will prove how wrong you are!"
* Shivadhanya (Favoured of Shiva)
	+ Because Shiva was Ravana's master and patron, the Porasonids then prayed to Him as their supreme deity alongside Kali.
	+ Another reason why Porashon prayed to Shiva was due to His openness: He accepts everyone who turns towards Him for help and salvation, including outcasts like the Porasonids (whose species are hated in the rest of the world).
	+ Just as He was worshipped by asuras and rakshasas, monsters in Hindu mythology, so do the Porasonids worship him as the god who welcomes them into His holy presence. His humility also reflects their rejection of accumulating their blessings and wealth, sharing it to help the region prosper rather than hoard it and leave it to ruin.
* Kalidhanya (Favoured of Kali)
	+ In Porashon, Kali is worshipped as the goddess of justice, righteousness, holiness, and purification, because she destroys evil. She is also considered to be more powerful than Shiva, because Kali (alongside Shiva) is the personification of endlessness and eternity.
	+ Kali is also seen as a loving mother, in spite of Her frightening appearance: Her other aspects include Durga, Parvati, and Uma.
	+ In fact, as the protector of people, Her sacred day of Kali Puja is celebrated in Porashon as the national equivalent of Children's Day, where children are given gifts to thank the goddess for Her protection. They also invoke Her when someone is in danger.
* Vyomandhanya (Favoured of Heaven)
* Dharmaputras (Children of Righteousness)
	+ For their devotion to the Gods, and their attempts to reflect their teachings by helping their allies and improving themselves and their society.
* Yakshavanshi, Yakshavanshya (Children of Tree Wights)
* Daruputras (Children of Trees)
* Vriksavansa (Tree Race)
* Râvanatšatras, Ravanachatras (Students of Ravana)
	+ As Ravana was considered as the "king of the asuras", and the asuras were monsters, the Porasonids started to worship him to mock their enemies calling them "monsters". After they defeated the Vozonid invaders, Ravana became the Porasonid god of war and science: his association with science, such as worshipping him in laboratories or using his birthday to showcase scientific projects, was due to him being the author of several medical or astronomical works.
	+ The name also has another meaning: the Porasonids learned from Ravana's later wickedness as lessons on what they must never do to avoid destroying themselves. Those who committed the folly of Ravana were said to be doing "Ravanalila": repeating his atrocities to destroy themselves.
* Ravanadayakas (Heirs of Ravana)
* Vikâsaloman (Flower Hair)
* Udjânavansa (Garden People)
* Našetapâlakas (Keepers of the Lost)
* Atiramaniyas (The Beautiful People)
* Prabadarakešas (Cherry-haired)
* Prabadraputri (Daughters of the Cherry)

#### Other languages

* Shorjaranjo (Vozonid: Flower People)
* Torjavai (Vozonid: Flowering Trees)
* Eloroi Sarmeloi (Vozonid: The Last Sarmelonids)
* Sarmelopulli (Gauvajut-Vozonid: Children of Sarmelon, Heirs of Sarmelon)
* Dryads
* Children of Wights, Dukhideti
* Fairies
* Drevljudy, Tree People (Rukanian)
* Kvitoljudy, Flower People (Rukanian)
* Prapovlossj, Flag-Haired (Rukanian)
	+ Because Ontemazei hair is mostly pink, resembling ancient Rukanian royal flags. This also led to their popularity in Rukanian culture, along with their creativity and love of Rukanian flower traditions.
* Children of Jarilo, Jarilodeti (Slavonian, Movarian)
	+ Jarilo, the god of the forest, is worshipped by many Ontemazei communities as a patron god, because the Ontemazei believe that they were created from plants. They often address him as "Father" or "Grandfather".
* Leshideti, Lesadeti, Losatei (Slavonian, Movarian: Children of the Leshii, Children of Dryads, Children of the Forest)
	+ The leshii, forest spirits in Slavonian folklore and religion, are venerated by the Ontemazei as their ancestors, again due to the Ontemazei having plant-like characteristics.
* Lisoditi (Rukanian)
* Pravjadeti (Slavonian, Movarian: Children of Order, Children of Righteousness)
* Messengers of the Gods
* Gardeners of the Gods
* Nörælan (Eosome: Pink haired)
	+ This is the official translation of "Ontemazei people" chosen by the Ontemazei of Bujan in a state referendum.

### Negative

#### Porasonid

* Kalokei (Cannibal Demons)
	+ This term was used even as early as during Porashon's war of independence from the Ontemazei Empire. The term Kalokei was from the Sanskrit word "Kalakeya", a sort of demon. In Porashon, it is usually used for the Ontemazei Empire and especially its soldiers, for their gret cruelty.
	+ The "Kalokei" adopted that dreadful name for themselves out of hatred against Porashon, whom they saw as traitors.

#### Other languages

Insulting names used against Ontemâzei include "tree", "(house/wild)plant", "flower", "cherry", "freak", "clone", "ghost", "fairy", "cannibal", "savage", "barbarian", "monster", "weed", "creature", "mistake", "slave", and "doll".

* Asuras (Monsters)
* Rakshasas (Monsters)
* Monsters
* Cannibals
* Weeds
* Trees
* Weedfolk
* Firewood
* Mistakes
* Skullfonts
	+ Referring to the many deaths and cloning of Ontemazei slaves, which led to the murder of Ontemazei for their skulls. This gruesome practice was derived from the Ontemazei Empire's practice of collecting bones from slain victims and clones as trophies.
* Deadmeat
	+ Referring to the Imperial Ontemazei practice of cannibalism.
* Chuchela (Bujanski: Scarecrows)
	+ The "chuchela" is a bogeyman in Bujanski folklore, a sort of walking scarecrow. Its name was later used towards Ontemazei slaves due to their origin as fleshy dolls tortured by ancient civilisations.
	+ Although society discourages the use of "chuchela" because it was used by Bujanski and the Wannaenid rulers against Ontemazei, many Ontemazei prefer the term "chuchelka", because it turns something monstrous into something adorable and cute, like themselves.
	+ One popular toy used is a simple pink plush doll with blue eyes: her hair is long and unkempt, but it is full of flowers. She represents a monster who is also a princess, representing the Ontemazei's own view of themselves as "beautiful monsters".
* Jezinky (Slavonian, Movarian: Eye-Eaters)
	+ A jezinka is a fairy in Movarian folklore that eats children, especially their eyes. During the Green Years, the human Slavonian civilisations of Palkyras referred their Ontemazei enemies as "jezinky" because of their cannibalism. They also painted their grenades to look like eyeballs to curse the Ontemazei warriors.
	+ The term became a slur against anyone with pink hair in Nevkreno and Sevestrana because of their similarity with Ontemazei.
* Dolls
* Dollfolk
* Trees who eat people
* Pink Freaks
* Savages
* Demons
* Alraune - especially towards women, considered rude or insulting by comparing them to unintelligent seducers.
* Pravlok (Rukanian) - "flag hair", mocking term towards reckless Ontemazei knights who are too aggressive or fanatical.
* Praportsy (Rukanian) - "flag people", mocking term towards Ontemazei in general for their pink hair resembling royal flags.

## Trivia

* The Ontemazei were inspired by fantasy elves and orcs, the Eldar of Warhammer 40k, dryads, various characters and monsters from horror films, and the humans of Equestria Girls and its parody series. They were also inspired by "Too Many Pinkie Pies", a story that he read when he was younger about magical beans that turned into tiny children, and revenge fantasies about torturing some characters after he read the "Cupcakes" fanfic.
	+ In spite of their similarities to elves and fairies, Ontemazei have rounded ears like those of humans, not pointed ears.
	+ The Porasonids may correspond to high elves, while the Kalokei and the Ontemazei Empire might correspond to dark elves.
* They are also known as "dollfolk" or "Treefolk".
* The cruelty of the Ontemazei Empire resulted in the creation of several superstitions, such as avoiding pink, purple (unless the wearer is a Gauvajut), people with those hair colours, cherry flowers, tambourines, and the numbers five and six (which supposedly represent the Ontemazei).
	+ In Azgo, hair dye for "unnatural colours" is only allowed for actors who represent monsters, spirits, mythical characters, fictional characters, or aliens. Even then, they must use a license to get hair dye, and they must wear a band or a bracelet with jingles to show that they are human.
	+ Most Ontemazei are fine with other people using hair dye that has the same colour as their hair. Some in friendlier countries encourage it as an expression of art or friendship.
* From 2022 onwards, the Terrans became another race of outcasts, though longer than the Ontemazei.
	+ To resolve this, the author created several scenarios:
	+ Ontemazei who joined the revolt only spared Terrans who had no involvement in war crimes. In fact, as many of them practice the Dharma, they even spared and protected loyalist Terrans whom they encountered from the massacres of July.
	+ Some Ontemazei claim that they were already treated as monsters, so they would rather end a painful cycle by being fair to innocent Terrans. Those Terrans later joined the loyalists and became Bujanski, renouncing and cursing past crimes they compensated through penance.

## Gallery

An Ontemazei man from Bujan. In this Slavic island nation, Ontemazei who live there often imitate the commonplace aristocratic mannerisms, to fit in and because they find it to look pretty.An Ontemazei man from Rukania. In Rukania, many Ontemazei emulate the knightly traditions of its national culture, to the point that many sons grow up to join knighthoods across the country.Some male Ontemazei in Bujan adopt a more masculine lifestyle, because they wanted to prove that they are not so easy to kill.Not all female Ontemazei want to be "girly".Three dolls, representing positive depictions of Ontemazei: as fairies, as demigods or benevolent forest spirits, and as fellow subjects of their new homes.An Ontemazei lord and lady, during their empire's invasion of Jerde.Ontemazei in Bujan like pink-haired monsters, because they use them to mock stereotypes of themselves.An Ontemazei woman surrounded by her beloved cherry trees.Takasoka, an Ontemazei woman from Bujan, in different outfits. From left to right: everyday, scientist, and traditional Vozonid.A Bujanski Ontemazei man, imagining himself as a warrior prince.
## See also

* Konjor Supercorporation
* Ontemazei Empire
* Arnadjanai