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'''Khem''', sometimes known as '''The Khem''' or '''Al'Khem''', is an archipelago nation organized upon a strict caste system, the result of generations of selective breeding. Civil unrest is high among the working poor and whispers of rebellion circle the slums. The wealthy Librarians, the caste at the top of Khem society, control nearly everything and live extravagantly, though they appear to many observers to be losing their grip on reality. Da'Kavo, a slave soldier caste, patrol the streets at night, leaving a trail of "disappeared" people in their wake. The craftsman, a builder caste, design and live comfortable, simple lives for themselves.
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'''Khem''', sometimes known as '''The Khem''' or '''Al'Khem''', is an archipelago nation home to one of Taijitu's oldest civilizations. The Khemish civilization dates back 19,000 BCE as the first evidence of Khemish agrarian villages show themselves emerging from the nomadic al'Ta, there was also a division of burial practices in this time with the al'Khem beginning to use mounds as opposed to the al'Ta tree burial. These agrarian villages eventually became the principalities of Khem, whose caste systems defined the Khemish people for thousands of years. The cities of the al'Khem eventually became engineering marvels of the ancient world, perfectly blending land and water through canals, chinampas, hugelkultur and dams. The wealthy Librarians, the caste at the top of Khem society, controlled nearly everything and lived extravagantly, though eventually losing their grip on reality and soon after ruler-ship. Da'Kavo, a slave soldier caste, patrolled the streets acting as violent enforcers of Library edict in addition to their position in fighting foreign enemies. The builder caste, designed and lived comfortable, simple lives for themselves. While the "Servile" caste ostensibly had it the worst and were the forefront of historic revolutions, riots and civil rights movements. Lastly are the al'Ta who are a scattered tribal people still dwelling in the Hyades rain-forest and along various waterways in al'Khem, they practice an ancient animistic version of the Libraries Path of Truth. It is a multicultural nation, consisting mainly of ethnic Khems, Ozians, Jutensans, Bustians, Lycanthropes, Dunedain, Edain, Minosian, Benn, Finn, Belaedinosi, and Funkadelians. Despite widespread poverty in the lower castes, an abundance of food ensures no Khem goes hungry.
  
Tension is mounting on these fertile islands, as sacred religious orders drift off into heresy, a sect known only as the "Shadow Library" fights among itself, and even the Da'Kavo splinter in schism. Al'Khem is an archipelago nation with a tropical rainforest climate on the central islands and a wet mediterranean climate on the outlying islands. It is a multicultural nation, consisting mainly of ethnic Khems, Ozians, Jutensans, Lycanthropes, Harad, and Austrasians. Despite widespread poverty in the lower castes, an abundance of food ensures no Khem goes hungry.
 
  
 
:Main article: [[Khem]]
 
:Main article: [[Khem]]

Latest revision as of 22:07, 9 January 2015

Flag of Al'Khem

Khem, sometimes known as The Khem or Al'Khem, is an archipelago nation home to one of Taijitu's oldest civilizations. The Khemish civilization dates back 19,000 BCE as the first evidence of Khemish agrarian villages show themselves emerging from the nomadic al'Ta, there was also a division of burial practices in this time with the al'Khem beginning to use mounds as opposed to the al'Ta tree burial. These agrarian villages eventually became the principalities of Khem, whose caste systems defined the Khemish people for thousands of years. The cities of the al'Khem eventually became engineering marvels of the ancient world, perfectly blending land and water through canals, chinampas, hugelkultur and dams. The wealthy Librarians, the caste at the top of Khem society, controlled nearly everything and lived extravagantly, though eventually losing their grip on reality and soon after ruler-ship. Da'Kavo, a slave soldier caste, patrolled the streets acting as violent enforcers of Library edict in addition to their position in fighting foreign enemies. The builder caste, designed and lived comfortable, simple lives for themselves. While the "Servile" caste ostensibly had it the worst and were the forefront of historic revolutions, riots and civil rights movements. Lastly are the al'Ta who are a scattered tribal people still dwelling in the Hyades rain-forest and along various waterways in al'Khem, they practice an ancient animistic version of the Libraries Path of Truth. It is a multicultural nation, consisting mainly of ethnic Khems, Ozians, Jutensans, Bustians, Lycanthropes, Dunedain, Edain, Minosian, Benn, Finn, Belaedinosi, and Funkadelians. Despite widespread poverty in the lower castes, an abundance of food ensures no Khem goes hungry.


Main article: Khem