Now after most of the information has disappeared in the cataclysm which foolish mortals caused in their lust for power. I and the other ancients, as the mortals used to call us in their legends, are completing our task which we had chosen to behold. After the elder gods gave their order not to interfere with mortal affairs it was quite obvious how things would end, "let they burn their fingers and they may even learn from it" they said but I believe that even they didn't foresee the amount of destruction mortals could cause to their precious creation. When the mortal madness aprroached its end, I and my brothers decided to start gathering our knowledge of mortals together in a form of writings and tomes which would help us to restore them their former knowledge and while much knowledge is lost, we will make our best to guide the mortals to prevent further magical disasters. As we agreed, most of us will choose one race to watch over and while a human tribe called Brahjians used to live close to my anciet domain of guardianship, I have agreed to write down my knowledge of them. Keep in mind, these writings are not meant for mortal eyes as they are in here for they reveal too much facts from their past as well as of our own role in the world. For those who need material for the mortals I suggest you read at least the introduction.
	
	== Introduction ==
	
	Brahjians are one of the toughest races in Majik for before cataclysm they used to live in an area which other races regarded uninhabitable - the Desert of Ghalimcar. Even the Sages don't know for sure whether the Brahjians have evolved from the same ancestors as northern humans but according to my research, they are unquestionably full-blooded humans. Most Brahjians have dark bluish hair, color almost that of a raven's feather and gleaming black eyes. Both sexes are about 180 cm tall and slender but strong. Before the cataclysm Brahjians used to wear robes and wrap a veil around their head so that only gleaming eyes were visible. Besides efficiently preventing outsiders from distinguish ing the sexes from each other, the veil also protected their face from sand and parching sun. Color of fabric and decoration was generally used to show an individuals status the society.
	
	It was impossible to live in a burning desert without water and lack of water made Brahjians masters in the art of water finding. They were also adept in magic, especially in religious magic. Brahjian society was highly based on religion and magic and among their tribes could be found few of the most greatest mages in whole Majik. Magic was not only used in the finding and creation of water and food, but also in the creation of exotic magical goods. If something couldn't be made by normal means, magic was used. Since the cataclysm Brahjians have grown even stronger in their faith and thus their religious power has increased even more. While living in the desert Brahjians formed small tent societies which had from a few dozen to hundreds of inhabitants. These societies travelled from oasis to oasis searching for food and water.  Only the largest societies had permanent magical cities called "Mahdi" which were constructed from marble or bronze using the power of the "Tsudath Mahaire", the lords of the earth as they were called among Brahjians. Leader of a tent society, the Sahid, were addressed as "Sahid Mahaire", which means lord of the tents and magical cities were ruled by "Mahadare", the council of magicians, who often were members of the same group that created the city.
	
	== Ghalimcar ==
	
	The area where Brahjians originate from is the area of Ghalimcar. Ghalimcar consists mostly of a wide desert expanse, known as the Desert of Ghalimcar, or the Desert of Brahjian, as it was called while the Brahjians still lived there. The rainforest region of Zamurdi was also considered to be part of Ghalimcar. This forest is a cursed remnant of the great rainforest that once covered the whole area, a dark place filled with twisted magic of the ancients and power of Hadarah, a place where evil trees and creatures dwell hunting for the flesh and blood of those unfortunate souls who dare to enter in the depths of dark jungles. The desert itself was created when Aluna, the goddess of Sun imprisoned two lesser gods in the forest and who then drained the life from the jungles. The desert used to be the most fertile part of Ghalimcar, an area where great rivers fed vast jungles full of abundant animal life, but nowadays the desert is an extremely dry and barren place, where moaning winds travel sadly over dunes of dry sand. It is also a dangerous pla
	ce to live in or travel through, because Shanta, the sand goddess, as Brahjians call her is imprisoned there and her influence has destablized the weather, so that at any moment the winds could pick up and a violent sandstorm could erupt. Some strong enough to tear the flesh
	off of the unwary.
	
	Even before the cataclysm the desert was not completely dry however, for rivers which fed the jungles were merely buried, not removed and and now that the cataclysm is over, many of the buried underground rivers have surfaced giving me hope that life can still exist in the desert. However, in time before the cataclysm only a few of them existed and even those below the surface. After Aluna created the moving oasises, these rivers fed the plants the oasises contained with fresh water. Because of these rivers, a few creatures could live and even flourish in the desert a human tribe called the Brahjians among them and while they are now gone, carried away to safe havens by the gods, I still have plans to return them to their original place. Before the cataclysm the Desert had a few extraordinary features which did not appear in other places. The most well known were the travelling oasises which follow the underground rivers and while most of them were buried in the cataclysm that teared the desert open, a few of them still exist and now that a few of the rivers have surfaced again, they will probably expand quickly. Hadarah Shasta, storm of the unliving as Brajians called it was another unique feature in the desert. It appeared as a larger quiet sandstorm that travels around the desert seemingly randomly, however, those unfortunate souls who entered inside the sandstorm soon found the truth behind it. The storm consists of spinning mad spirits who collect souls for their master Hadarah. As most of you know, the desert is also a prison to two lesser gods that were imprisoned there since the ancient wars, as well as, home to myself, their guardian. Since cataclysm has kept us all busy and I forced to leave my domain, I haven't had time to fully explore all the changes that have occured in desert. However as our main focus is currently the creatures that existed in the world, I am forced to leave further research of the desert later. 
	
	== History ==
	
	According the information that I have got from the snakemen of Zamurdi, excistance of the Brahjian tribes start from the end of ancient war Before the end of the war Ghalimcar used to be mostly lush rainforest, a home to a group of our kind. When the new gods created the mortal races, ancients who lived in the area brought a few of them there out of curiousity. Soon they noticed that humans, as they were called, were not adapt for jungle life so the ancient used their magic to alter them which, I believe, is reason for some physical traits of the Brahjian. The ancients held much interest towards the humans who now called themselves Jian which meant "those touched by the gods" but then an unfortunate event made the ancients retreat from this world. Aluna, the goddess of Sun and one of the elder gods, known of her chaotic and easily angered nature decided to get rid off of two new gods of lesser power who were pestering her. She casted them down in a ball of fire and imprisoned them in the heart of jungle. Parts of the jungle were burned and while the Jian were protected by the ancients, imprisoned spirits, in their attempts to escape, quickly drained the life from jungles turning them to a desert. I'm not sure why the ancients left, maybe they feared that new destruction might occur or maybe there were simply tired but left they did, taking most of their city within but leaving a part to Jian and the snakemen. However eventually the curse of those lesser gods reached the jungles and the ancient magic which earlier protected the rainforests from destruction was now twisted causing the jungles themselves, as well as all magical creatures within, to became monsterous creatures of semi-undead status, feeding from the blood of living creatures. Unfortunatelly this was true to the snakemen and the ancient city itself. The city which was once full of beauty and miracles became dark, twisted and evil place of it's former self and the snakemen who were once a noble race became creatures of dark killing most of the Jian who lived there in their bloody rituals. It seems that some of the Jian managed to escape from the dark jungles, those strong in the magical lore, and arrived to the desert where II had arrived only a few mortal years earlier. Aluna, still somewhat angry but regretting the destruction which she had caused, asked me to guard the place where those spirits were imprisoned and make sure they would never get enough power to escape. When the Jian arrived to the desert I informed Aluna about their condition and she appeared to them in a form flame and offered to help them if they would in exchange guard to the desert and keep other races from entering there. She forbid them from never going in the centre of desert and gave them other rules which later became the religious commandments of the Brahjian. When the Jian accepted her offer she raised a few oasises around the desert and warned that they would travel around the desert like the Jian themselves should. Many centuries I spent overseeing the Jian while still guarding the imprisoned gods. Eventually the nameless lesser gods drained almost the all life from the desert and when they understood it wouldn't be enough to release them from their prison. They used to their powers and entered minds of the Jian, appearing as gods and demanding worship. The Jian were already worshipping Aluna as a Goddess of Sun and while she remained their patron deity I became aware that they have also started to worship new gods called Shanta and Hadarah. Since I was told not to interefere with them I noticed too late that Shanta and Hadarah were no-one else but the imprisoned spirits I was guarding. After this Aluna started to interfere more with the Jian, who now had changed their name to Brahjian, answering their prayers more oftenly and thus trying to lessen the worshipping of Shanta and Hadarah. While Aluna always remained their patron deity untill the cataclysm, a many lesser god has gained part of their worship.
	
	Brahjian had always had the cast system but when centuries passed it became even more obvious. About threethousands of years after their ar rival to desert Brahjians divided to two groups. Others were still wandering around the desert and following the order of Aluna but some of them had learned strong primal magic and now used those powers to create great magical cities called "Mahdi". I can only guess the origins of their magical knowledge but I have a strong feeling it had something to do with the imprisoned spirits and my own guardianship, or more likely, the end of it. I can only assume that those gods tried to get them powerful enough to release them from their prison but cataclysm occured before they managed to finish their plans. 
	
	== Appearance ==
	
	When Brahjians started their worship of the Shanta and Hadarah and changes started to occur. I started spending more time watching over the Brahjian tribe, using a diguise of course. While my research and concern was mainly focused in their rapidly growing magical abilities, I also got more familiar with the people and their appearance. Living in the desert where food and water sources are scarce made Brahjians, in human standards, durable and untiring people. Lack of water and constant traveling shaped their bodies slender and strong, and parching sun gave them their olive colored skin. What I found interesting is the fact that unlike with most other mortal races where a male is taller than a female, all Brahjians were close to same height and weight. I believe that these as well as other physical oddities are caused by the changes which the ancients did to them when they were brought to jungles. An average Brahjian is about 180 cm tall and weighs only 60kg. Most have dark bluish and semi long hair, which is usually tied to make it easier to wear a veil. Eyes are piercing black, slightly narrow and gleaming. Sometimes Brahjians had blond haired descendants, but they were immediately killed when it could be noticed, to keep their race full-blooded as they believed.
	
	Men are almost hairless except for the rare chin beard and/or oriental type moustache. This is because thick body hair would cause increased sweating, and would keep their body temperature higher. Women differ from men in general appearance only slightly - They have larger breasts and a slightly narrower face. Now after the cataclysm is over and the Gods gathered all mortals into a one place it will be interesting to know if it had any effects for them. Of course their current location may have its effects on them if they remain there a long enough. \t\t
	
	== Clothing ==
	
	Clothes and decoration were very important for a Brahjian because they determined his or her place in the society. However there were some clothes which all Brahjian used to wear for both religious purposes as well as because of practical reasons. Traditional feet long robes, Jalara, which were tied with a decorated girdle called Khajid were one of these. Jalara and Khajid together with Hunain, a veil, and Saya which are slippers formed basic clothing of a Brahjian. All Brahjian clothes were weaved of silk like material called Shurawari that was collected from a Dacca, a 10 cm larger spider like creature. Jalara which all Brahjians weared was no exception. These robes were completelly made from Shurawari and they were easy and light to wear and allowed quick moves and they were warm in the night and cool in the day. Some of the greatest robes were weaved by the Jahid-Mahaire who had developed an interesting way to control art which mortals call magic and imbued it to fabrics giving them great strength. 
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	The girdle which was used to tie the robe was not only decorative, but was also one of the major symbols of an inviduals place in the society. The more decorated and valuable the material was, the more wealthy and the higher the status of that person. The girdle itself was madefrom Shurawari but it was decorated with metallic embroidery and usually had precious gems and jewels adorning it. The highest-ranking persons might even had a girdle that was completely made from some soft metal, like silver or gold. However, the most valuable are those which had very rare materials like pearls and amber seldom seen in the desert. It is noticeable however that Tsudath-Mahaire, a group of Brahjian mages which was specialized in matter and alchemy often used their powers to create different kinds of metals, however gemstones were usually beyond their power and thus valued most. Besides showing an individuals position Khajid had also practical and religious uses. Brahjians often tied pounches to girdles where they held their items. Also, the Khajid was one of those rare items which Brahjians considered valuable enough hold canteens of holy liquid, the water. 
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	Almost as important in a religious meaning as the Khajid were Hunain. There were two ways to tie the veil, one was popular among wandering tribes and it left only the eyes visible. The other was popular among those Brahjians who lived in a Mahdi, in this case hunain was not actually tied but placed loosely on the head and then kept in place with either a circular or square headband. Hunain had also a religious meaning, wandering Brahjian tribes had a rule which prohibited them from showing their face to an outsider while in desert for Brahjians who were ordered not to let outsiders to desert considereded themselves rather as a hand of a god and thus their own identity didn't excist only the will of Aluna. Although not clear, I assume that those living in a Mahdi weared Hunain other way to show their independence as well as to show their acceptance to strangers.
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	The slippers, Saya, which Brahjians weared on their feet were mainly made of Shurawari. The slippers had three layers in the sole, the two outer layers were made of Shurawari, and they had a thick cotton layer between them. Saya was excellent for running over sand for it left only little tracks and was rough enough to make it easier walk over slippery sand. Besides Jalara, Hunain, Saya and Khajid, Brahjians used to wear earrings, rings, bangles, and pendants which were made usually from silver, steel gold and decorated with precious gems. I find it rather interesting to see what kind of clothes the Brahjian have started to use after cataclysm. It is for sure that they won't be having their traditional clothing and I'm curious to see how well they will adapt to their new clothing.
	
	== Weapons & Armors ==
	
	Brahjians rarely used any other weapons than the Baggarat and Ghazali. The Baggarat was about 60cm long and 0.8kg weighing, one-handed sabre which was completely created using magic of the Tsudath-Mahaire which made it very sharp and durable. The hilt was usually made from a bone of some larger desert mammal and like the blade it was undecorated. The Baggarat was long enough to be used as a slashing weapon and short enough to be used as a piercing weapon. My main interest towards these weapons was because of their magical nature, they were always created by the Tsudath-Mahaire and their blades varied in materials. Each Tsudath-Mahaire had their own alchemical recipe for the blade and thus their quality and effects varied greatly. Besides common effects like eversharpness I noticed a few special Baggarat which were imbued by the power of gods which Brahjian worshipped, they were mostly in hands of those Brahjian who were religious assassins or warrior monks. It is difficult to determine all effects but they ranged from draining powers to force blades and thus I have no doubt that origin of those powers are mostly either Hadarah or Shanta. 
	
	Ghazali, which means "fang of the desert snake", was about 40cm long and 0.4 kg weighing dagger. It had a double-curved, double-edged blade and as with the Baggarat, it was completelly made by using the powers of Tsudath-Mahaire which once again made it very sharp and durable. The blade was decorated with images of a desert snake, and hilt was shaped in the form of a snake which curls around the hand. The Ghazali was mainly used as a piercing weapon, but it could be also used as a slashing weapon, though not as efficiently. Ghazali often had a strong enchantment, which caused poison like effects and pain similar to the bite of a desert snake. Though every member of tribe has either one of these weapons, only sand warriors and Religious brotherhoods used both weapons. Brahjians did not use any missile weapons such as bows but they often place a couple of Chakrams above the headband which kept the Hunain in its place. Especially religious brotherhoods and sand warriors mastered the art of Chakram throwing. Brahjians did not wear armors, for it would have taken too much energy to move in them and even worse, armors make their wearers sweat. A person wearing an armor dies as quickly in the desert, as a person who does not protect himself from the sun with clothes. While Brahjians did not use any real armors, they usually weared a thick cotton or metal arm protectors under their clothes to offer protection against sword slashes or to block animal attacks.
	
	As with the clothes I used past form with weapons and armors. I don't know what's the current situation, I'm quite sure that clothes are gone for good and the same is probably true with the Baggarat and Ghazali for Gods have became very cautious towards all things related to other than their own magic. 
	
	== Culture ==
	
	Before the cataclysm Brahjians were honorable and proud people. They were suspicious towards strangers and mostly did not allow them to enter in the desert as they were ordered to guard the desert from strangers. However, residents of the Mahdi were an exception, they accepted strangers and though they still remained suspicious towards the strangers they were not not offensive. Brahjians had always been very religious people, even their ancestors the Jian praised rituals and ceremonies and while in the desert Brahjians adapted even stronger focus on religion and especially religious competitions, whose nature was such that they benefitted the society. Brahjians were disciplined people, they had very strict rules about how to behave and live. They disliked to express their emotions and considered those who did so weak. There were only a few exceptions like the holy war, and the act of worshiping. While Brahjian were honest to everyone they valued highly one's honor and often decide not to say the truth if they felt it was insulting. They didn't believe in marriage and usually lived alone, even if they had children for it was thought that one should only remain true to, as well as love their gods. Children were considered as castless which means that they were not full members of society. If they wanted to became a member they had to show that they would benefit the society. To become a full member they had to follow strictly both orders of the members of society and religious commandments. Children were generally taught abilities of some caste which accepted them before they could became a member of the society. When a child became a member of the society he or she was considered to be full brother or sister to all members of the society. However when Mahdi's were established Brahjians there started to fall under influence of some other races and while all Brahjians remained formal to the very end of cataclysm, those withing Mahdi's generally showed their feelings more freely than their wandering cousins. 
	
	The culture of the Brahjians was based on mutual trust and strict religious rules and habits. My own opinion is that rules were necessary for the weak mortals if they wished to live in the burning desert for without them whole tribes would quickly become extinct. This is still true should the Brahjians ever return to desert and while I have shared many arguments with others I have decided to teach necessity of those rules and codes not only for rahjians but to other mortal races as well. There were usually only one punishment for breaking the rules, death. 
	
	== Castes ==
	
	The society of the Brahjians was divided into the three castes known as Tsuhad, Habaru, and Shantai. I found my own interest mainly concentrating on Tsuhad which was a magician caste. It's members were essential to the society in their own way, for they had ability to create magical weapons and fabrics which the Brahjians were known for. As I mentioned in the history I believe that origin of Brahjian magery is those two imprisoned gods but I have to admit I was surprised the amount of control these mortals achieved over the art. I believe this was due the changes which ancients made to the Jian tribe as well as their long stay in the city of ancients. The Tsuhad had two different types of members though the name of the caste (viittaa) that those powers behind the Brahjian magery meant only to create one group, the Tsudath Mahaire. While members of a religious caste concentrated on more ethereal things, members of the Tsudath Mahaire concentrated on matter and creation. They were alchemists, scholars and earth mages. Their task was to create weapons and tools for tribal usage. Tsudath were often stronger and more durable than other members of the society because they spent much time doing tasks which required physical strength. Most powerful of the Tsudath Mahaire were those who have mastered the art of creation and alchemy, and eventually created magical cities called "Mahdi". 
	
	However, a few hundreds of years after Tsudath-Mahaire another group of mages were formed. This new group called themselves as Jahid Mahaire, the lords of the patterns. They were creators too, but their knowledge was based on magical patterns and symbols which they weaved on fabrics creating many wondorous things. It seems as their knowledge of art was mostly focused on space and dimensions as well as creating images of things that did not truly exist. While their knowledge over the creation was more wider they lacked ability to make things true and thus they were not able to give substance to those images and therefor they weaved them on fabrics to give them substance. The Habaru was a religious caste. Their magical powers arose from rituals and worshiping of the Gods, and their wordly authority was based on rituals and strict religious rules. No doubt this caste could have been the most powerful because of its influence among the tribes. However the rules created by this caste had much influence from all other castes, and this made all castes, including the religious caste, no stronger than any other caste. This caste had three different members. Most common before the cataclysm were the Hadar-Dhare and the Hantai Dhare, brothers to death and life. Hadar-Dhare were religious assassins whose main task was to make sure that religious rules were strictly followed, and to terminate those who oppose them. Hadar-Dhare were those who first worshipped the Hadarah, the lesser god of unlife and the god who was responsible of changing Zamurdi to it's twisted state. Warriors of Hantai-Dhare were religious fanatics and battle clerics, whose task was to cast protective prayers in combat. They were closely related to the sand warriors and worshipped Shanta, the goddess of sand\tand ultimately responsible of the Ghalimcars current status. Besides these two groups there was also one known as the Shaldun Mahaire. Besides being seers and dreamers, they are also priestsof all the gods that Brahjians worshiped. Shaldun Mahaire were especially close to the Ghadar, the lesser god of dreams, a gatekeeper who guarded doors between the dimensions. Though all previous religious groups had their own patrons and while Ghadar almost possessed same power over the tribe as Aluna did, all of them still worshipped her as a patron deity of the tribe.
	
	Shantai were the sand warriors. They were most common caste among the tribe and the least interesting. They were defenders of the tribe and the best warriors though because battles between the tribes were rare, their main task was to hunt for food, scout, and kill monsters that could threaten the tribe. These warriors did not wear any real armor, and seldom used other weapons other than the Baggarat, Ghazali and Chakrams for religious rules, if not forbid, at least discouraged them to use other weapons. They were especially skilled in parrying and defending with these weapons. 
	
	In addition to these castes were "castless" individuals. These were usually groups where children and those people who visited in Mahdi be long, as well as those who hadn't been chosen to any cast, though there are only a few of these. 
	
	== Sahid ==
	
	Most Brahjians lived as beduins in small tent villages called Sahid which were easy to move and pitch. A tent, or "Santo" was one of the greatest magical achievements of Brahjian society. They were woven from Shurawari, and seemed smaller from the outside than they actually were, this was due the fact that Jahid Mahaire had used patterns which bend the fabric of space itself. Each caste had their own location for their santo. The most valuable places were those around the tent of the Sahid Mahaire, the leader of the tribe. The leader's tent was placed in the middle of village. Since the creation of two other religious groups Brahjians had three temple tents: one was at the west side of the leader's tent, and it is a place for general worshiping, worshipping of sun and the tribal rituals. The other two tents were at the northern and southern ends of the village. The northern one was meant for Warrior priests, and the southern for religious assassins. Members of those two groups had their own tents around their temple tents. Other priests had their tents at the western side of a main temple tent. The members of the magician's caste having their tents at the eastern side of the leader's tent. Generally Shantai warriors fill the remaining places near the middle areas. Tents of the castless were placed in a circle around the main area. The Sahid Mahaire was always a member of one of the three castes. He/she reigned until death and in theory had an ultimate judging power over all members of the villages. However, rules were even stricter for the Sahid Mahaire, and though he/she couldn't be toppled there was\tother ways to get rid of a leader that no longer benefited the society. If members of the castes found a leader unsuitable for the task, he/she was quickly excecuted by the Hadar-Dhare. However, to became a leader was considered to be a great honor, and while the leader was not allowed to seek riches, members of the society often gave gifts to those leaders who had lead the society well. Also, leaders of the tribes often shared the most valuable Bazda, a seremonial gift which the visitor gave to the host. When a leader died castes aranged a competition where members of all castes participated. The meaning of this contest was to determine which caste was most useful for the society. A person who was elected was from the winning caste. These contests often included fighting, but not among members of their own tribe or other tribes. A good example was a mission to kill some monster that was a threat for the tribe.
	
	== Mahdi ==
	
	Like with the magician caste among the other castes, I was more interested in Mahdi's than Sahid's. Mahdi's were the greatest achievement of the Brahjian magery. Only three Mahdi's ever existed in the whole world and though mortals lacked the finer control over magical forces and thus their creations were only shadows to our own creations, Mahdi's were certainly masterpieces tellingg the high level of understand in the art which mortals call magic. Mahdi's itself were magical fortresses created from white marble and many unknown substances by the power of Tsudath Mahaire. They inhabitated  by members of the Tsuhad and Habaru castes, and were centres of a magical and religious learning. Leaders of the Mahdi broke normal rules for they were usually lead by a council which mostly consists of those magigians who created the city. Mahdi were centres of learning and they were open for all who were interested\tabout magic, or the buying and selling of magical items. Though only rare outsiders visited the Mahdi because of the Ghalimcar desert and beduin tribes forbidding entrance from the strangers. 
	
	However, those were able to visit the Mahdi's were some of the most powerful mages and clerics in Majik, and often benefited both themselves and the residents of a Mahdi. Despite rejection of former rules, often members of beduin tribes send their mages and priests to Mahdi to the learn magical arts and while residents of Mahdi were now living in a magical fortresses safe from the desert, it didn't mean that they no-longer could survive in desert, or did not have any rules at all. Actually, they had more rules than beduin tribes and those rules were also more strict.
	
	== Food & Trade ==
	
	Brahjians lived mostly on the meat and milk of the ((Banto)) which was a goat-like, durable, and hairless animal. The banto is a very special animal for it can store large amounts of water and survive on very little food. Bantos are omnivorous, they eat everything from small animals like spiders, worms, and scorpions; to leaves of palm trees and fruits. Bantos are immune to most poisons and besides moving oasises were another reason why most Brahjians lived a beduin life.
	
	Bantos' meat is very tasty and it is usually stewed in a Buijid together with palm oil and edible plants. A buijid resembles a kettle, and it has a dome shaped cover which collects moisture. Besides the meat of a banto, brahjians ate larvaes, spiders, scorpions and nearly all animals that they could find from the sand and oasises. Only members of Mahdi could hope to have exotic foods. Brahjians valued one substance over all else because it was so rare in their dry world, water. Brahjians drank mostly water and juice which could be squeezed from fruits. They didn't have any alcoholic drinks, for alcohol affected them very strongly should they ever had any. Water was so important that Brahjians used it to determine the value of their money. A Dharya which was quadrangular shaped, 20 fuad (about 20 grams) weighting piece of silver was used as a money. A dharya corresponds to a Dhal (a little over deciliter) of water, or a piece of steel that weights 10 fuad. A Dharya had hole in the middle and they were usually tied together with a chain and worn as necklaces. I still have a few Dharya's remaining but I suspect that most of them were lost within the cataclysm. While trade opportunities in desert seemed to be very bad, Brahjians trade with each other as well as with other races of Eldiron. Twice a year Brahjians formed large caravans and travelled to the trade centre near the western part of the desert. Brahjians sold mostly their magical goods such as magical tapestries and carpets, scrolls, and items; rare poisons and herbs; exotic foods and fruits; oil, crystal sand, scarba and shurawari. They bought water, metals, amber, exotic foods and fruits, precious gems, jewelry, scrolls, books and magical items. One thing was special with the Brahjians, they didn't need to fear for their caravans for two reasons. First, fighting in the trading place was highly forbidden, for no-one wanted to take risk that Brahjians might got insulted and leave (or slaughter their offenders). The second reason was that all Brahjians, even small children, had ritualistic, daily weapons trainings so they were very capable of defending themselves.
	
	== Religion ==
	
	Since furtive effects of the imprisoned gods, Brahjians had started to worship more than a one god but still one remained above all others, Aluna, the Goddess of the Sun, which Brahjians call "Jahare Aheira" the Watching Eye of the Sky or "Adare" which means the bright one. Importance of Shanta and Hadarah became obvious when the Hadar Dhare and Hantai Dhare started their ferocious worshipping of these two gods. Hantai Dhare adopted the worshipping of a merciless and chaotic god to whom they gave name Shanta, the mistress of the sand. It seems that Shanta was in high esteem among sand warriors too though her favor was as chaotic as her nature, many times she answered to prayers of her worshippers but as many times she left them alone, allowing the desert took them and draining their souls to increase her own power. Hadar Dhare fell under influence of the another god. Hadarah, the undeaath, as Brahjians called the god, was a lesser god whose domain overlapped the one of Yorkaturr but unlike Yorkaturr who is the death itself, Hadarah was a power that drained the souls of living creatures, twisted them and made them to his servants. He was the power that twisted the jungles of Zamurdi and his creation is also Hadarah Shasta, the storm of unliving. 
	
	Soon after Jahid Mahaire learned to control fabric of space, the Brahjians dreamers were contacted by Ghadar, also called "Marad Shudare",\tthe Dream Serpent and an ancient guardian of dimensions. Unlime most new gods Ghadar is not interested in power, he is a ethereal creature who interferes with mortals only through dreams. He warned the Brahjian from dangers of the other dimensions and offered his guidance for the mortals. Soon the Brahjians started to worship him as a god of dreams and afterlife for he promised to take souls of those Brahjians who remained true to their task, their own guardianship, into his ethereal world. Why he did this, is beyond my knowledge but maybe he felt familiarity to them for they also, like him, were granted a guardianship. Brahjians had many sacred rituals to please their gods. These rituals were either performed privately by sacrificing food, water, and other precious things or they could be important religious ceremonies performed by members of the Habaru. Usually the whole tribe participated in these ceremonies for avoiding the ceremonies without proper reason was considered to be punishable. Most important rituals were often related to sun like the the Tarad Aheira, hymn to the sun, which Brahjians performed every morning and the Tarad Adher, evening hymn, which was performed each evening. Purpose of these rituals were to thank Aluna from her protection for Brahjians believed that if they wouldn't show their gratidute sun would fall down and burn them, like their legends told that had happened. Here I have to remind you that memory of the mortals is rather short. Original meaning of these rituals were to thank Aluna from her gift of life which the Jian were given when they left the twisted jungles of Zamurdi but in a few thousand years mortals had already forgot the facts and the ancients. They just had myth of wondorous land which, as they believed, was taken away from them by the gods because of their crimes against them and thus rituals which were earlier used to show graditude were now performed from fear of new "punishment". Brahjians had also many prayers for many other situations like Tara which was a prayer for water. Many castes had their own prayers which were directed to their patron deities: There was prayers for Shanta, a hymn of the the dead and a hymnf of the life which were performed by Hadar-Dhare and Hantai-Dhare, as well as many prayers for the dream serpent. In addition to these ceremonies there were many other personal rituals which were performed by need like the Suhadare which was a birth ceremony and Hadare which was the ceremony of death. One common ritual which was often performed but didn't have any certain time or place for it, was a sword dance, where Brahjians honed their fighting skills. Huge amount of rituals were probably due the fact that Brahjians lived in a harsh world and needed the support of strict religious rules. They also had two very demanding gods which constantly strived for more power and required much from their worshippers and though Brahjians never openly adopted human sacrifices, religious assassinations performed in the name of Hadarah became more frequent after years passed.
	
	As most new gods promised, many times falsely, their worshippers afterlife it wasn't a surprise that Brahjians believed in a heaven and a hell. Heaven for Brahjians was a place where the dream serpent rules, a place where everything that normally has substance and directions or distance, has no meaning at all. It's a peaceful place where the spirits of dead people build dream worlds and observe their living relatives. Brahjians believed that while dreaming, people enter into the world of the dream serpent, and if their mind is trained they can speak with their dead ancestors. This is mostly true though the world which mortal minds sometimes are able to touch while sleeping is not the world of Ghadar but the realm of lesser spirits, those whose task has been a long time ago forgotten and now roam freely this ethereal place. The world which Brahjian seers touched and where the dead spirits of the Brahjians were gathered is part of the spirit world but unlike other areas it is a safe haven for seers and spirits to gather. Brahjians had only one hell the world where they live in. However, all Brahjians made their best to live a long life in their cruel world, for only those were the people who had deserved a place in the dream serpents world. Others were consumed by Hadarah or remained in the desert as a twisted, spinning mad spirits who covered themselves into a sand and burning winds hunting living being for their master.  
	
	== Roleplaying (and OOC notes) ==
	
	A quick list of roleplaying tips,
	
	'''Names''': I demand names that preferably have nothing to do with any real life languages. The structure of the name must be suitable for their language as I assume they still speak their own language. If I, or preferably players of this race find some person using an unsuitable name, there will be punishment of some sort, like the creation of a new character. Should the same person continue violating these rules I will personally see that he or she won't play Majik anymore
	
	'''Battle''': Brahjians are honorable but still strict people. Even now when they are away from the desert they should follow most of the codes\tthat they followed before the cataclysm. They won't kill anyone who surrenders in normal combat, but there are often some religious rules which require him or her to kill an opponent (such as religious assasinations, holy wars etc) I assume most of this exceptions won't occurbefore I get players back to their original enviroment. It's highly encouraged for Brahjians not to use any other weapon than either the Baggarat or Ghazali, should they have them. I feel that we should give only rare players those weapons for their nature is magical and therefor players might end up favoring Brahjian as a race. Before they return back to desert they should mostly focus on unarmed combat but since most players probably want to use normal weapons, I suggest we give heavy penalties for them when they use them, to encourage unarmed combat. They should avoid using armors or shields except arm protectors but I allow these to them untill they return back to desert. Brahjians should get bonuses to defensive combat with baggarat and ghazali (if they have them) as well as to defensive unarmed combat.  
	
	'''Religion''': Religion, together with magic, used to be the lifeblood of their society. I have mentioned a few rituals in this file but I have\tnot given any direct rules how to perform them, I expect people eventually to figure out their own rituals and to perform them. Every Brahjian should know that they used to be very religious people and that rituals are highly encouraged. I will also teach them a few facts about their past and thus try to get players to adapt thinking of an Brahjian. I suggest that these rituals would give Brahjians actually\tsome benefits like minor spells or otherwise I see no reason why a player would start to perform them. I hope that eventually the Brahjian\twill again find their gods and more priests appear.
	
	'''Magic''': Magic, together with religion, used to be the lifeblood of the society. Since we are a high magic world where magic is powerful and rare and now that there are many reasons for it. Brahjian mages should not exist in the beginning of game, I have planned that at least one Mahdi has survived the cataclysm and players who find it and manage to enter there, will again learn Brahjian magery.
	
	'''Philosophy''': Gnerally players should follow these guidelines: 
	# a Brahjian should be are honorable and proud. 
	# A Brahjian should act suspiciously and a bit coldly towards other races, but not offensively. 
	# a Brahjian should learn to praise rituals and ceremonies and act in a way that is suitable for a religious fanatic. 
	# a Brahjian should avoid showing feelings except when he/he is performing a ritual or praying. 
	# A Brahjian should not lie, If the player feels that possible reply might be insulting, he/she should avoid ftom giving an answer.
	
	'''Notes''': This file is one of those which I call "writings of the ancients". The basic idea behind these writings is to "preserve" information of races, areas and events before the cataclysm, in game terms, to give designers and developers an idea of what kind of races we have and what do we expet from them. I will write more of these mainly focusing on those details which are valid when the game opens such as current state of the desert of Ghalimcar and other areas; creatures, plants and animals that exist in those areas as well as the resourcers of the areas. When I have finished those previously mentioned tasks I will focus on myths and legends as well as to magical buildings and cities. I will continue using the writing style where I appear as an ancient observer doing research for that way I can later easier place copies and parts of the files in some hidden libraries. You should all notice that this file was actually written in time after the cataclysm but\tbefore the Brahjians have returned the desert, if they will ever return back to the desert.