Children of the Eugenic Empire (Millennia of the Blind Book 1) by S. T. Dearborn

Author:S. T. Dearborn [Dearborn, S. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-11-21T07:00:00+00:00

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Season 1134 A.F.E, Quintlunar, 27th Solar

Khaalistan, Diamond Cloak Rajahnate of Akrana

The morning sun climbed over the desert, wavering in the heat above the empty plains the following solar. It first rays were red and exciting against the cold stagnation of the night. The sun went unnoticed by many of the Diamond Cloaks deep within the heart of the mountains. Their name was a reference to the light cloaks the Vaisya and Sudra normally wore about as standard attire. This did not apply to the Kshatriya’s who wore mottled browns or other earth-toned fabric in the color of the sands. The Diamond Cloaks’ territory occupied much of the mountains that as their nation’s name suggested had copious amounts of diamonds located in their depths. The Akranans, by decree from the Maharaja in centuries past, remained in balance with their land taking only what they needed. Thus they did not destroy the land they lived on with large sprawling cities; they were agrarian, open and full of life. For survival, they relied on barter, cooperation, and sharing among their people. The lands they lived on were a gift, a gift they would respect. That ideology was central to the Akranan way of life, and it created a strong foundation for the nations.

Their way of life, however, was hardly idealistic or utopian. Not having a standardized currency meant sometimes that rice farmers could not always trade with goat herders, and potters could not always trade for the items they needed from the blacksmith. That is why the Raja and Rani were absolutely necessary in the lives of Sudra and Vaisya, serving as intermediaries in disputes and settling disagreements by finding ways to make ends meet for everyone.

Westerners ignorantly labeled the Akranan people with the term ‘Jeweled Raiders.’ The lands of Akrana were the richest in the world due to their abundance of precious stones and metals. The Akranans had piercings and wore necklaces with their nation’s gems inset into them to differentiate the separate castes and regional alliances. Specifically the Kshatriya or warriors would wear necklaces or earrings with diamonds the size of small pebbles, polished to perfection. The necklace was a symbol of one’s personal honor—being pure, faithful, and clean. Each nation had their own gems to represent this, but this custom of displaying ones honor to their family had earned the name Jeweled Raiders from the westerners.

The elders were commonly referred to as Raja for men and Rani for women, and in the Diamond Cloaks the Raja and Rani consisted of the most honorable of the older generation of all the separate castes. The castes were a leftover of another nation, another tradition whose roots were traced back to the Age of Antiquity, and it was loosely followed. They had changed according to the times, but were still a factor in lineage and social status. There was still an influence of the castes of the Sudra, Vaisya, and Raja on the paradigms of the people of the Diamond Cloak, yet time had eroded and distorted their meanings.

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