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==The Ru'atin Peri'el ==
'''Archives of the Ru'atin ''' 
''Scribed by Lanahh'sa dan'Inhhri''

==The Ru'atin ==

The Ru'atin were formed several centuries ago solely
on the principle of upholding Peri'el in her unending
service toward the pacification of the World Dragon.
An exclusively female group, they place large store
on worship through music, though they also welcome
those with large devotion rather than musical ability.
However, the most sacred rituals of the order are so
closely tied in with music that non-musical members are
often relegated to more ancillary tasks such as recruiting,
accounting, or the mundane tasks of caring for the
Ru'atin's various facilities.

There are many approaches to worship -- the key is to
find the method truest to one's soul. Peri'el adores
music, and of course every Ru'atin is interested in
singing for the Festival, but the goddess would be
better pleased by honest, intimate devotion than by a
devotee attempting to force themselves into an unsuiting
role.

The Ru'atin have played a large role in the past, though
in recent times their involvement has dwindled with
the goddess's slight decrease in popularity. They are
still, however, in many ways one of the premiere supporters
of S'Kra society as it is currently known.

==A Brief History ==

The first singing of the Praise Song, arranged by an elder
priestess of Peri'el named Aarshna tal'Hhnth, marked the
first gathering of the Ru'atin Peri'el. The exact date of
this event is unknown, but is believed to predate the
formation of the Seven Pointed Star Empire by roughly a
century. Aarshna worked in tandem with the official
founder of the Ru'atin, Maligen Shanati.

Despite drastic changes in S'Kra society since that
formation, little has changed with the Ru'atin. They
remained an undercurrent to society -- a firm boulder
on which to rest when all else was in chaos.

Though earning much prestige in many horrendous battles,
the fearsome company known as the Steel Circle, the
"outsider" title of the Dai Sept Ru'atin, refused to fight
in the Elven-Human War. It was due to the criticism levied
upon the Ru'atin by their Elf-supporting comrades that
they fell into some disfavor at this time, and retreated
into the background of local culture. Some believe
that the retreat of the Ru'atin left a gap into which
Sh'kial, the first Dragon Priest, was able to advance.

In the beginning the Ru'atin tolerated Sh'kial and his
priests, with only some reservations, but its later history
under the iron-fisted leadership of the Hag Dzree cast a
stain upon the Priests that, for the Ru'atin and most of
the world, will never be removed. Many in the sept still
retain a thread of steel in their peaceful veins for the
wrongs done to the priestesshood during the later eras, for
many of the Ru'atin were coldly slaughtered by Dzree's
minions. Many, mostly those of the Steel Circle, have
gone so far as to assert that the horrendously violent end
to the Dragon Priest era should have been foreseen, as the
great beast is a thing of rage to be suppressed, not
worshiped.

Much venom is held by the Dai Sept in particular even in
modern times, as they have perhaps ten percent of their
original numbers, having lost many in defense of their
sisters during the Dragon Priest rampages.

Historically, the Ru'atin have held a reputation as a
helping hand when there is need, a staunch distributor
of firm justice to those who ask, a devout supporter of
the arts, and an unfaltering blade in the realm of war.

==The Four Septs ==

As the Ru'atin were formed mostly by happenstance, it
should seem natural that there were difficulties
in opinion for the worship of the goddess. The end
result of this was the formation of the Four Septs --
Tuul, Tan'yi, Malk, and Dai. The Septs were formed
to classify those in the Order by belief and ability --
but to order them, the First Singer created a series
of ranks: the Kapo Peri'el, the Sara'pon Peri'el,
and the leader of all Sisters, the Ur'Kapo Peri'el,
or First Singer.

'''Tuul Sept: ''' 
Epitomizing Peri'el's purity and kindness, their role in
the song is the high, warbling soprano. Often quiet and
shy, they are the gentlest of the Ru'atin.

'''Tan'yi Sept: ''' 
Singers of the alto line, these Ru'atin are devoted utterly
to Peri'el's music. The most devoted of these are rumored
to hear the Voice of the goddess more than any other.
They spend much time in musical communion and play a
wide variety of instruments.

'''Malk Sept: ''' 
Embodying Peri'el's legendary honor, they revere most the
virtues of the tail. Singing the powerful tenor line,
they are the proudest of the Ru'atin, and often serve as
lawmakers.

'''Dai: ''' 
Warrior maids, their place in the song is the bass line --
a low, rhythmic chant. These warriors have figured in to
many battles, their valor unmatched, and are known on the
field as the Steel Circle.

This worked out well, and many believe that Peri'el had
divine influence over the divisions. Certainly those who
hold with Urshaanin's Singularity found their beliefs
reinforced.

Entry into the Ru'atin begins with a ritual commune.
The prospective acolyte travels to a cave deep below the
surface of the earth, cleansed and blessed by the Shh'oi
Pohokapo and garbed in robes of white. She then begins
to sing, placing her passion and will into the song.
If Peri'el accepts her, she colors the robes of the
petitioner, simultaneously accepting her as Ru'atin
and placing her into a Sept.

==Famous Ru'atin ==

'''Isharra ersa'dan'Nerhi: ''' 
Most well known as the betrothed of S'zella the
Satirist, she was murdered at a young age by a
jealous competitor for her attentions. However,
she is also highly revered among the Ru'atin as
one of the sweetest voices ever to be led to the
Tuul Sept.

She composed several songs as well, and, had she
lived to the proper age, many believe that she
would have been one of the Ru'atin's most
distinguished Shh'oi Pohokapo. However, her
death at a young age placed her instead as one of
the most lamented of the Ru'atin.

'''Ro'saali Red Hand: ''' 
A staunch member of Malk Sept, Ro'saali, who late
in her life took on the name 'Red Hand', was one
of the rare Ru'atin who changed Septs at one point
in her life. She began as a fierce warrior of Dai
Sept, known for her valor and balanced temerity.
It was at this time that she took on her nickname.

Later, it is recorded that she communed with Peri'el,
with a sacrifice in the form of a fallen foe's hand.
The goddess looked upon her and wept, for she
saw that Ro'saali bore a great sadness. By way of
token she changed the Ru'atin's robes to gold,
but left her circlet steel.

Ro'saali bowed to this change, and petitioned for
entry into Malk Sept. Given Peri'el's initiative,
her petition was of course granted, but not without
reservation. Ro'saali faced much criticism and
doubt in her work with the Malk, but over time
became one of the most trusted justices in the
Sept, renowned now for her fairness and unflinching
honesty. She was famous for the phrase,
''Change comes to us all.''

'''Salhari, the Lark: ''' 
The Lark was a quick, agile S'Kra who is rumored
to have had dealings with the underside of society.
The Ru'atin, however, have of course never confirmed
these claims -- but the visage of a sable-scaled
S'Kra with glowing amber eyes, engraved upon many
a medallion carried by those rare thieves
prestigious enough to wear one but incautious or
aged enough to be caught, bears an almost undeniable
resemblance to the face of Salhari.

Born a servant, Sarhali was quickly singled out
of her family for her nimble fingers, which
learned the finger patterns of a number of instruments
so well. Those quick hands also learned a number of
less reputable arts, it is said, and she ran away
from her household to begin a life in shadow.

No one knows how she achieved her nickname, which
soon subsumed her birth name in the memory of history.
In her prime she took a blast of acid in the face,
and was rendered blind. It was then that Peri'el
spoke to her, and brought her into the Ru'atin
and Tan'yi Sept.

Even now, her prowess with instruments remains the
stuff of legend. She was particularly adept with
the sitar later in her life -- some believe that this
was due to her fervent dedication toward Peri'el.

She also spent much of her time in works of charity,
particularly for the beggared and down-of-luck.
It is said that she succeeded so well because she
could approach them on their own level. Upon her
deathbed, she expressed the dying wish to be
reunited with her family. The wish was granted, and
though their conversation was not recorded in any
manner, it is believed that her family forgave her.

'''Larshh, called Wolftamer: ''' 
Larshh was raised a Ranger who traveled with a wild
band of brethren in the forests of Therengia.
When she was just approaching maturity, the band
encountered a force of hostile humans, who outnumbered
the rangers ten to one. For reasons unknown, though
Larshh insisted that brazen cruelty was the only cause,
the human force eradicated the band to a single S'Kra.

They, thinking Larshh dead, left her for the crows.
Badly injured, she somehow managed to bury her family
and thence hid in the forest for many weeks, waiting
for the humans to return. Return they did, and she
picked them off one by one with arrows from the trees.
Finally, when only two were left, she let out a
terrible war cry, and they scattered. Revenged but not
heart-whole, she left the forest and went north to the
temple of Peri'el, where she dedicated her life to the
Dai Sept. Her terrific disdain for humans was the
hallmark of her time with the Sept, though she also was
said to have a large sympathy for children. When the
S'Kra entered the Elven-Human war, she remained with
the Sept but was a strong voice from within it for the
joining of the war.

The altercation that gave her the name 'Wolftamer' came
on a visit to the forest where her family was killed, a
pilgrimage that she made every year. She heard the
sounds of a group of children playing nearby, and
watched from afar. A large wolf approached the group,
menacing it. The children were terrified. Larshh
intervened, but did not attack the creature. Instead,
she began to sing, a low rumbling chant familiar to any
of the Dai Sept. The wolf, calmed, turned and roamed
back into the forest. It is believed by many that the
souls of Larshh's family roam still in that forest, for
not all found their way to the Starry Road.

==Peri'el Communion ==

While the goddess is enamored of music in all its many
forms, She is believed to most particularly appreciate the
distinctive sound of the sitar. It is for this reason that
this particular instrument is so often heard in Her
temples. However, while clerics may play the sitar to
please Peri'el, the most common form of communion is
through the small five-stringed lap harp known as the
khurmary, or "breath's journey." Another instrument of
growing popularity within the order is the steel
flute known as a Goddess Voice, or saran'pon'hhs Peri'el.
A handspan in length, the flute has a high but mellow sound
with a celestial roundness to it that many feel gives them
the sensation of being close to the goddess. This type of
communion has grown especially popular in recent times,
though the khurmary remains the traditional and most used
instrument for Ru'atin rituals. Many of the Septs,
particular the Tan'yi shun the modern saran'pon'hhs Peri'el
as untraditional and even somewhat vulgar, at least as
performed in a ritual; the sweetness of the instrument is
nearly universally revered.

So often denied the plants and animals of the earth,
Peri'el is said to appreciate sage leaves, which can be
burned on a cleansed brazier and dedicated to her with
prayer. Once the premiere huntress of the gods, she also
accepts the sacrifice of the fruits of a successful hunt.
Those communing will often create a meal out of their hunt,
say a special prayer of thanksgiving over both the felled
beast in the field and the meal as it is prepared, and use
this to feed the poor. A portion of the herbs used in the
preparation of the meal is then sacrificed upon one of
Peri'el's altars in celebration of the goddess and Her
benevolence. It should be noted that the Ru'atin would
never approve of sacrificing an actual animal or solid food
item to the goddess; blood sacrifice was one of the
greatest atrocities of the Dragon Priest movements,
by Ru'atin standards, and the sisters hold the belief that
the Goddess would wish any food to go to the hungry, and
not burned on her altars.

==A Cleric's Accoutrements ==

Ru'atin often wear a circlet of violets; the Pohokapo wears
a coiled king snake upon her head in the metal matching her
Sept; the first three Septs should be obvious, as they
are named for metals: silver for Tuul, copper for Tan'yi,
gold for Malk -- and Dai's metal is steel.

Many of the Ru'atin also wear or carry a brown velvet
ribbon or a small leather bag filled with earth, to retain
their connections to Hav'roth. In addition, all carry
in a small velvet pouch the saran'pon'hhs Peri'el,
a tiny and rather oddly shaped silver flute.

A pendant with three beads -- gold, ivory, and iron -- is
commonly carried by members of all sept and rank, gold
representing Hav'roth, ivory Peri'el, and iron Ushnish.
In recent times it has become common to augment the pendant
with a contemplation bag -- a small soft leather satchel
filled with sand mixed with a compound of sage leaves,
dried cactus, and cinnamon. This compound, when inhaled,
is thought to enhance meditation.

Enveloping robes in the color of one's Sept, bordered in
black, are the essential primary garment of a Ru'atin.
A devotee acquires these upon entry to the sisterhood,
and only on very rare occasions wears anything else.

Common accessories include the ever-present songbook in
its leather satchel, which is often combined with an
herb bag, and bone-beaded sandals.

An array of gold tail jewelry, some which may be received
as gifts from the devotee's family, other specific molds
coming as awards of prestige from the Ru'atin itself,
often accompanies the everyday wear of an acolyte.
Dai Sept often forgoes this jewelry in common wear,
choosing instead to wear only a wide, flat band of gold,
but during affairs requiring ceremony, they often make
up for their lack of daily jewelry twofold.

The King Snake ring is the most noticeable of a Ru'atin's
accoutrements. Its slender golden form coils around the
second-largest finger of the right hand, and it is given
by the Ur'Kapo Pohokapo upon entry into the Ru'atin.

==Praise Song ==

The performance of the Praise Song is an ancient tradition,
the founding force of the Ru'atin. Historically, the rite
is performed at dawn on the Day of Praise by twenty-four
priestesses, six from each Sept of the Ru'atin. It is a
four-part harmony. It can be performed in a smaller group,
if the faith of the singers is great and if the parts are
divided evenly. The Praise Song serves first and foremost
as a conduit to the uninitiated; it is not among the most
sacred rituals of the Sisters, which are always performed
in the ograth smo'kku'par style. However, the Praise Song
is a large part of what identifies the Sisters to
outsiders, for they are able to more easily understand its
presentation.

Those who have never before heard the performance of the
Praise Song are often struck dumb in awe at its ethereal
tune. It is said that at the end of a truly powerful
performance, Peri'el Herself will smile upon the
performers, bringing golden rain from the sky. The
original composer's name has been lost to time.

'''The Praise Song'''

''Peri'el, dawning light,
''We sing your praises now.
''Blessed Lady, ray of peace,
''Hear our solemn vow:

''Long your strength upheld the gods
''And banished our despair --
''For peace you sundered life and limb,
''Sight and beauty fair.

''Warrior goddess, might of ages,
''You taught us virtue true --
''That time may wither youth and strength
''But kindness hope renews.

''And so this day we bear you up
''To offer fleeting rest;
''Our voices offered unto you
''To keep the beast repressed.

''Peri'el, martyred teacher,
''Rest your burden low;
''Valiant goddess, blessed savior,
''Peace this day you'll know.
''Peace this day you'll know.

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