User:Nightstar The Bright

Hey everyone, I died as a normal man and returned as Nightstar The Bright! New Scholar and Arcanist.

But seriously, I write mostly Nalthian articles.

I’m currently reworking Pahn Kahl.

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• The Court of Gods
• Shashara
• Arsteel
• Hanald

The Pahn Kahl are a people in southern Hallandren. prior to the Manywar they had an independent kingdom south of Hanald. In current times this kingdom has been conquered and absorbed into Hallandren.

Geography and ecology

The Pahn Kahl people live in the Hallandren lowlands. These lowlands have a tropical climate, although the growth of plants in this region is also partly helped by investiture from Endowment’s perpendicularity. The soil in this valley is also the only place on Nalthis where the Tears of Edgli grow. To the east of this valley is a large landlocked body of water called the Bright Sea. The lowlands suffer from frequent earthquakes.

Elephants and zebras are said to be exotic creatures from "the south.” Whether this means they come from the area in which the Pahn Kahl live or south of this area is unclear. The jungle in which the Pahn Kahl live is inhabited by panthers, parrots, monkeys, and crocodiles. The Bright Sea is also full of life, including many sorts of mussels, fish, and tentacled creatures.

Culture

People and language

The Pahn Kahl are racially different from the dominantly Hallandren population. They have a different skin tone and facial features than the Hallandren. They are also shorter on average than the Hallandren. Pahn Kahl also have their own language. Its words are full of airy sounds. Despite these differences, they are often mistaken for Hallandren, to their irritation.

Religion

The Pahn Kahl religion has similarities with the Iridescent Tones, but is more abstract and does not include worship of the Returned. Rather, it involves a kind of nature worship where the storms of the Bright Sea are revered as manifestations of the unity of their five gods. Their religion also has more a focus on the Voice that calls the Returned, that is actually Endowment. It is uncertain how they relate this Voice to their five gods.

In their theology, the Returned are those who lived just lives but died lacking in faith. They are forbidden entrance into heaven but are not sent to hell. Instead, they are given a second chance to find the true faith in life by Returning. Many of the Pahn Kahl do not mind the Returned, and accept the God King as monarch. They simply see the Returned as misguided. Since they do not see them as divinities, the only thing the Pahn Kahl find extraordinary about the Returned is the strength of their BioChroma.

Many outsiders consider the Pahn Kahl religion to be simplistic, especially in contrast with the elaborate doctrine of the Iridescent Tones. In fact, many people in Hallandren and beyond have no understanding of the religion or are not even aware that the Pahn Kahl have their own separate religion at all. Unfortunately, some aspects of the Pahn Kahl religion have been forgotten even by its followers, due in part to their single-minded desire for independence from Hallandren.

Cuisine

Only one example of Pahn Kahl cuisine is currently known. The sweet pastries called tinkfans are considered to be a delicacy. They are even eaten by the Returned in the Court of the Gods. Tinkfans are traditionally consumed in small bites, with a small piece of bread eaten between each bite as a palate cleanser.