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Ke Kai’len

The song of the Ocean

 

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Nemea travelling the western seas

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As night fell, everything looked...dark. The lost elfess looked around, it was pitch black. The only light emitted to the area was the moon and the faint glow of the stars. Looking up to those stars, there she was. The thunderbird always pointed to where the traveller wanted to go, and to Nemea, that was home. The small ‘ame picked up the paddle and continued to make her way in the direction of the thunderbird’s guidance.

 

The thunderbird princess, often called Nemglan, is known to many elves as a symbol of independence. When the thunderbird flaps her wings, she creates storms of crashes and flashes of light, unleashing the wrath she holds within. She is often seen in flight, rather than on land.

 

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History

The Tahorrans were people of the sea, going to travel the world in their boats. Whale and salmon hunts, barbaric. The Tahorrans have wronged too many people, betrayed the Crown in coup attempts. Not only did they betray others, but they betrayed their seed members. Chieftains leaving out their fellow members when planning on moving the seed. But yet, they fell back on it. Are people so indecisive now?

 

The lover of the sea, Nemea had gotten onto her board, paddling herself out to the middle of the ocean. Her skin was damaged from the burns, and tattoos were removed. She sat on the board, a sigh escaping her lips. “Don’t even trust your lari’onn.” The ‘ame uttered to herself, swirling her feet into the waters of the ocean. “Left out of everything…” She’d state, her mind cluttering with thoughts as she watched the ripples in the water form. It was not a new thing to the ‘ame as she more often found herself spending hours lost in her mind looking to the waters to help ease herself. Eventually, as night fell the elfess looked up to the sky seeing the countless stars but she focused on one thing, the figure of Nemglan in the stars, she slowly nodded to herself taking her paddle tightly in her hands she set back to the shore her mind now made.

 

As time went on, the elfess began working on herself along with further finding and learning her ways of following the thunderbird she so often looked to for guidance, both before and after the time of her former seed. As she worked away, not only talking with comrades but also going to the High Prince of Elvenesse promising despite the wrongs of the people she once called her family, she would not falter on her loyalty and with the support of people behind her. Soon, she decided what her next step would be making a seed that would be known as the Ke Kai’len and so her work began on the beginning stages of this new seed and the new family she would make for herself. 

 

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Beliefs 

The Ke Kai’len are seafaring elves, people of honour, loyalty, strength, and freedom, who try to find peace when destruction occurs and find calm in storms. The deep blues are our most often used transportation, uniting all of our different cultures, races, and communities as one. The Ke Kai’len use these waters and have a deeper understanding of it than most you’ll meet. Nemglan also destroys with storms, though it is believed by people of the seed it leads to the start of new creation.

 

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Traditions

The Ke Kai’len partake in the traditions that they have formed as a people, taking on cultures of their past with such. 

 

People of the Ke Kai’len are ones to tell stories through song and dance, getting their name. Their name means song of the ocean, fitting for what they do. Traditionally, to show the balance of life and destruction, the people participate in fire dances. When performing fire dance, there are usually two dancers and multiple drummers. 

 

In the ocean, there are many treasures to be found by those who forage it. Many will find reefs of coral when venturing through the deep blues of the continent. What appeals to the eye are bright colours and what can be found in the ocean of that colour is coral. The Ke Kai’len use this coral found to express themselves through artistic mediums such as sculptures and flattening the organism. By using this medium, the Ke Kai’len have a much greater appreciation for what life can bring than most other people. 

 

The seed also uses the oceans to catch food with such they learn how to catch fish correctly, with spear, line, or net and by groups. In some cases, a big group of people sometimes spread and haul in huge nets into the bay, or sometimes drive fish towards the shore where they can be captured in nets held in shallow water. 

 

The Ke Kai’len make their canoes out of stone, wood, shells and bone. Sometimes they will also make simple weapons and utensils. The most common canoes the people make are huge double-hulled canoes that are built out of small wooden components held together only by fitting and lashing. These canoes can take a lot of pressure for thousands of miles.

 

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Trials 

To become a Ke Kai’len an initiate must pass various trials and obstacles to prove that they are ready to be properly welcomed into the seed. Upon the completion of such the initiate will be given their tattoo by the chieftain/chieftess, the trials are not easy and are meant to push one's limits to prove they have earned their mark. 

 

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Each tattoo has different flowers for each member

 

The sea can be calming amongst all the wilderness. When travelling these vast seas, one must obtain balance within themselves to survive on the waters. To obtain this balance, it must take time and practice. The initiate will be placed onto a board, practising their balance. Until the initiate can stay stable on the board for two minutes, they must redo the trial. This trial requires mastery, not barely passing by.

 

Following the trial of balance, the initiate will practice fighting on land with the chieftess/chieftain and then once the chieftess/chieftain believes they are ready the two will go out onto the water with the initiate having to use both their balance and strength to win the fight, this trial will go on till the initiate can win the fight and prove their balance and strength. 

 

The third trial is one of the more simple of the tasks the initiate will do, they will be tasked in doing something to show their interconnection with the people they call family and show that both sides acknowledge members of the seed will never have to walk the world alone no matter what obstacles may come up in their life. 

 

As the founder did, they will follow the spirit of adventure, with nothing besides some basic rations, they are to set out onto the sea using only Nemglan as their guide using this time to reflect on themselves. Upon reaching whatever destination Nemglan guides them to, the initiate will have to grab something from the place and be able to find their way back home. After they return, the initiate will give the chieftain/chieftess the item they grabbed and explain what they learned/reflected on their trip.

 

 

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Written by Mega_Huskey and TotallyTayto

Help from DrHope 


 

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Prince Amaesil Vuln'miruel smiles and nods. "No others I would trust with this task. Make us proud, Ke Kai'len."

 

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