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[IZIG CLAN] THE PRINCIPLES OF IZIG


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PRINCIPLES OF IZIG

 


 

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Kulûk az-za golm durbûrz  

 

ALL THAT KILLS STRENGTHENS

 

 

The Izig are a Clan blessed with a strong sense of pride and respect towards their history and ancestors.  Thus, they commit deeds of great hardship. This leaves them with marks from the battle of life itself. Bruises, calluses and injuries become rewards in the service of their purpose. An Izig knows their stories will linger on after they’ve passed in the Stargush'Stroh,  and so all of their actions are weighed towards leading their kin to the afterlife. An Izig believes that these efforts taken in life, despite all the suffering and difficulty, are the substance of what ascends their spirits.

 


For an Izig there are no material ties beyond ones that represent their Ancestrals, as their transient nature means that they are meaningless. Instead, they take scars and wounds as proof of their struggles and achievements. These marks clean the body and provide a tapestry in which stories and tribulations can be told. It is said that  They seek war and domination for glory and to honor their Ancestrals, not for land and gold, thus virtues like greed are frowned upon;  in the end all end up dying, and nothing is brought to the Stargush’Stroh, only the spirit.

 

 

 


 

SKÛTOG-STARGUSH

 

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A lesser of Kor teaching the Ancestral arte

 

EMBALMING

In this rite the corpse of an honorable Izig has all its blood drained alongside organs and guts, gingerly tended to by a Haruspex. Many Ancestrals are evoked in prayer and dance to welcome the new fallen spirit to the Stargush’Stroh. The blood later is blessed by Dlimbok and shared to be drunk by the others of the clan in a ceremony where old tales and deeds of the dead orc are shared and discussed. This imbibing ensures that the strength and might of the orc is passed to their kin.

 

 

 


 

MÂDR-GRIZH

 

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A dishonorable figure left forlorn

 

 

THE FREEING OF OLD BLOOD

If an Orc is to die of old age, commits a heinous crime or dishonor against the clan, they are taken to the tallest peaks. The Blood Eagle serves as a way to promote one last chance for an honorable death and the orc to travel to the Stargush’stroh. They must endure slowly dying in this terrible manner without demonstrating any sign of pain, any scream; instead they must be fierce and tolerate it throughout, unfaltering and fearless. This ritual is associated to Krathol and Jevex, tied to the belief an Izig must die in battle.

 

 


 

FIIN-BUGUD

 

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An Izig marked with ceremonial scars.

 

 

 CLAN NAME
Izigs join the clan, but true members of Izig possess a Spiritual Name that identifies them as members who have endured great hardship. To bear this name, one must go through a trial of great endurance. This trial is one not given by the Wargoth, but one made by the orc’s path toward the Stargush’Stroh. As an Izig seeks great conquest and Ancestral might within the world, their minds and bodies are irrevocably changed. As tapestries for the Ancestors and the Spirits, they are baptized and renamed according to the trials they endure.

 


IN-ASHT

 

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An Izig Honorary Performing Haruspexy

 

Izig praise bone for it is the last thing that remains from their ancestors. Blood is drained as it is the soul and spirit, and leaves the body first. The second to leave is the flesh, the scars and work that eventually rot away, lest they are preserved. This is why the body and especially the bone of an honorable orc must be preserved, or of an dishonorable orc burnt alive into a crisp of nothingness, to be forgotten.
 

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