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Glossary of Huzsan terms:
agni Agni literally means clan mother. This is a title given to the leader of a clan. Clans are structures with the size and population of a small to medium country.
am- Am- is a prefix added to the first syllable of a name to turn it into a diminutive (ex. Ragu --> Amra). Or two syllables if the name is long (ex. Ulmarei --> Amulma).
fringe Fringes are people who are not considered adults but also have slightly different rights then small children. More on fringes can be found in the 'Cultural guide' section.
Gdezsu Gdezsu is one of the clans. Ragu and Zenwu come from there. The list of everyone from Gdezsu can be found in the 'Characters' section.
Haibne Haibne is one of the clans. Uene and Fuzs come from there. The list of everyone from Haibne can be found in the 'Characters' section.
hed Hed is the official title of the oldest son of an agni.
hym Hym is the official title of the oldest daughter of an agni. The hym is the heiress of the clan.
ignaf Ignaf is the official title of the top strategist in a clan. In terms of power the ignaf is usually the second or third person in the clan.
locyin Locyin is a vocational organisation that groups and trains professionals, often without a locyin membership people can't legally do certain jobs.
Mbozs Mbozs is one of the clans. Tamna, Fuzs and Uene's ninak is from there.
ninak Ninak literally means the mother's brother. An in most cases it refers to the brother(s) who live(s) with the mother of the household and help(s) her bring up her children. In the ruling families it may also refer to a bonded mate of the clan ruler, with whom she has her legally recognised children. In a sense an equivalent of a father because it means the person who takes care of the children together with the mother.
ses u Ses u means a trainee of. This is the first step in most careers in Huzsa.
the Tent The Tent is the official term for the upper echelones of the military of a Huzsan clan, you can find more information on the tent in the "military" section of the cultural guide.
zsy Zsy means honourable. It is put in front of a name of title to show respect.
zsyni Zsyni means honourable mother. It's a very formal and respectful way to address one's mother. Most people use diminutives nini or amni.

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Barduc and Fuzs are throwing shade at Ruiso for being from a backwater and not worldly by namedropping cities where they have been.
Kaimen is a pretty small dukedom and its capital city of the same name has maybe 20k inhabitants and the dukedom itself 100k in total. Ruiso's Huzsan conquest trip with his dad was the first time he left his country.
For comparison, Taidak, the capital of Gdezsu has circa 200-250k inhabitants while the clan has about 2.5 million.
Dozkayi, the capital Haibne, has about 600k while the clan itself has 10 million.
Cegdouzs is the largest city of the era, population about a 1 million, and very cosmopolitan not only because it has people from all Huzsan clans but also a lot temporary and permanent inhabitant hailing from the Islands that separate the inner Sea from the ocean and from various Imperial countries.
Zoikulda has several million inhabitants in total, its capital made of the twin cities Siadora and Kredeora has about half a million by itself. The twin cities are a huge cultural hub in the Empire and are well connected trade wise with Huzsan clans situated on the shores of the Inner Sea.


Nerd disambiguation:

Barduc is the type of nerd who picked up a martial art and got really good at it after reading one too many shounen battle manga. He's not exactly a history buff, Tsemne, a real history buff and with all her bff love, would describe him more like into the history vibes - kinda larping in real life. He role plays as warriors, assassins, rangers and barbarians. Tsennem is his DM.
Fuzs is the type of nerd who loves to discuss the lore, make up head canons, read fics and obviously draw fanart. He ships a lot but will not admit it. He also judges others for their ships, their hcs and their lore/story interpretations. Fuzs doesn't role play because he's too embarrassed.
Ruiso also picked up a martial art from reading too many high fantasy novels but isn't good at it. He role plays as a paladin, obviously. He will also get into heated lore/story discussion, he also became a history buff from it. He also ships but pretends it's not a big deal, you know he's aware of shipping but has no ships... he is the otp kinda guy. And they all have their very highly curated card game (your pick) decks.

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Characters on this page: Aio, Fuzs, Ragu, Ruiso, Ulma, Barduc

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