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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:04, 19 July 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l2">Line 2:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 2:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Appearance ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Appearance ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Fully grown, a Xuldorai giant is slightly shorter than most other giants, but at 15 to 20 feet tall they still tower well above any human. They typically let their hair grow long, rarely cutting it unless in anticipation of a great battle, at which point they roughly chop it off. The Xuldorai practice elaborate scarification in the form of deep, parallel, vertical lines that cover their arms, legs, and faces. Most wear hide clothes and armor.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Fully grown, a Xuldorai giant is slightly shorter than most other giants, but at 15 to 20 feet tall they still tower well above any human. They typically let their hair grow long, rarely cutting it unless in anticipation of a great battle, at which point they roughly chop it off. The Xuldorai practice elaborate scarification in the form of deep, parallel, vertical lines that cover <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the ashen-grey skin of </ins>their arms, legs, and faces. Most wear hide clothes and armor.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Location ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Location ==</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Society</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 02:05, 21 August 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l23">Line 23:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 23:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>To both the nomadic and settled smaller folk of the steppe, the Xuldorai are renowned and feared for their violent and combative attitudes towards non-giants. This belligerent outlook, and the strength to back it up, has kept others away from the southern Aban for a great many centuries, though in more recent years the Abaniri have slowly encroached from the north and the Amshani have built settlements farther and farther inland from the coast. Still, the Xuldorai serve as enough of a deterrent to drive the vast majority of trade along the [[Hundred Days Road]] towards its eastern route rather than the southern alternative. The giants are known to attack on sight any who venture forth into their steppe, rarely leaving survivors yet preferring to strike in places where the remains will be found. Their war-chariots, pulled by megafauna like saber-toothed dire cats, are easily capable of running down all but the fastest horses of the Aban. Amongst the [[targai]] of the southern steppe, it is commonly said that one might as well remain still when they hear the war-calls of the Xuldorai - at least then they'll die more quickly. Some targai choose to sneak through the rough terrain of the [[Broken Wheel Hills]], where the chariots cannot travel, but even then the giants often patrol the flatter land surrounding this region.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>To both the nomadic and settled smaller folk of the steppe, the Xuldorai are renowned and feared for their violent and combative attitudes towards non-giants. This belligerent outlook, and the strength to back it up, has kept others away from the southern Aban for a great many centuries, though in more recent years the Abaniri have slowly encroached from the north and the Amshani have built settlements farther and farther inland from the coast. Still, the Xuldorai serve as enough of a deterrent to drive the vast majority of trade along the [[Hundred Days Road]] towards its eastern route rather than the southern alternative. The giants are known to attack on sight any who venture forth into their steppe, rarely leaving survivors yet preferring to strike in places where the remains will be found. Their war-chariots, pulled by megafauna like saber-toothed dire cats, are easily capable of running down all but the fastest horses of the Aban. Amongst the [[targai]] of the southern steppe, it is commonly said that one might as well remain still when they hear the war-calls of the Xuldorai - at least then they'll die more quickly. Some targai choose to sneak through the rough terrain of the [[Broken Wheel Hills]], where the chariots cannot travel, but even then the giants often patrol the flatter land surrounding this region.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The aggression of the Xuldorai is not without its purpose, however unprovoked it may seem to those who fall victim to it. The giants are well aware of how much food they must consume to support their large forms, and how relatively little the steppe provides them. Their attacks, then, are done to drive away competition for resources lest the herds they hunt grow thin. The fears of the Xuldorai are no idle worrying. Once the giants lived elsewhere across the Aban Steppe, even as far north as the [[Wildsun <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Range</del>]], but were forced to retreat into their current lands as the smaller peoples around them prospered off the same lands they required.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The aggression of the Xuldorai is not without its purpose, however unprovoked it may seem to those who fall victim to it. The giants are well aware of how much food they must consume to support their large forms, and how relatively little the steppe provides them. Their attacks, then, are done to drive away competition for resources lest the herds they hunt grow thin. The fears of the Xuldorai are no idle worrying. Once the giants lived elsewhere across the Aban Steppe, even as far north as the [[Wildsun <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Rise</ins>]], but were forced to retreat into their current lands as the smaller peoples around them prospered off the same lands they required.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Languages ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Languages ===</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Languages</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:17, 18 July 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l28">Line 28:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 28:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{SeeAlso|Xuldorai (language)}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{SeeAlso|Xuldorai (language)}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The language spoken by the Xuldorai is evidently an isolate, for no other languages nearby or spoken by giants elsewhere in the world bear any resemblance that is more than circumstantial. Amongst other traits that set it apart, the Xuldorai language has no distinction between <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">adjective </del>and verbs and no real concept of a noun, instead chaining descriptive words to form a compound subject word. As a result the language is quite verbose when spoken formally, as the giants do in their dramatic fireside orations, but everyday use relies heavily on contractions of common terms.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The language spoken by the Xuldorai is evidently an isolate, for no other languages nearby or spoken by giants elsewhere in the world bear any resemblance that is more than circumstantial. Amongst other traits that set it apart, the Xuldorai language has no distinction between <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">adjectives </ins>and verbs and no real concept of a noun, instead chaining descriptive words to form a compound subject word. As a result the language is quite verbose when spoken formally, as the giants do in their dramatic fireside orations, but everyday use relies heavily on contractions of common terms.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Architecture and migration ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Architecture and migration ===</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:57, 19 January 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l16">Line 16:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 16:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The religion of the Xuldorai is complex and poorly understood to outsiders. The Amshani think the giants pray to demons, while to the people of [[Abanir]] they venerate evil spirits and the [[Nameless One]]. In reality, the Xuldorai worship entities they call [[xuld]]. The origins and exact nature of the xuld are unclear. Xuldorai religious art depicts them as shadowy figures with horns, multiple eyes, and often many limbs, all traits that very much fit with Amshani notions of demons and Abanir beliefs about evil spirits. But to the Xuldorai, the xuld are far more complicated than the foul beings with which outsiders associate them. The xuld are believed to be the ancestors of the Xuldorai and the progenitors of each of their tribes, from whom they still derive their names. Fickle and prone to violence as they are, the xuld nonetheless are also wise mentors and guardians.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The religion of the Xuldorai is complex and poorly understood to outsiders. The Amshani think the giants pray to demons, while to the people of [[Abanir]] they venerate evil spirits and the [[Nameless One]]. In reality, the Xuldorai worship entities they call [[xuld]]. The origins and exact nature of the xuld are unclear. Xuldorai religious art depicts them as shadowy figures with horns, multiple eyes, and often many limbs, all traits that very much fit with Amshani notions of demons and Abanir beliefs about evil spirits. But to the Xuldorai, the xuld are far more complicated than the foul beings with which outsiders associate them. The xuld are believed to be the ancestors of the Xuldorai and the progenitors of each of their tribes, from whom they still derive their names. Fickle and prone to violence as they are, the xuld nonetheless are also wise mentors and guardians.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Offerings and sacrifices are given by the giants to the xuld in much the same way as the Abaniri do to [[Abanir pantheon|their gods]]. Shamans within the Xuldorai tribes summon the entities only when in dire conditions, as asking them for aid always carries a steep price. None from outside the communities of the giants have yet witnessed such a summoning.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Offerings and sacrifices are given by the giants to the xuld in much the same way as the Abaniri do to [[Abanir pantheon|their gods]]. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[shamanism|</ins>Shamans<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>within the Xuldorai tribes summon the entities only when in dire conditions, as asking them for aid always carries a steep price. None from outside the communities of the giants have yet witnessed such a summoning.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Society ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Society ===</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:21, 22 October 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Xuldorai''' {{Pronunciation|k-SOLD-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">eye</del>}}, also known as the '''Scarred Giants''', are giants who live in the forests and plains on the southern edge of the [[Aban Steppe]]. Highly territorial, the Xuldorai use their chariots pulled by megafauna to aggressively defend the lands they consider to be their own.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Xuldorai''' {{Pronunciation|k-SOLD-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">oh</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rye</ins>}}, also known as the '''Scarred Giants''', are giants who live in the forests and plains on the southern edge of the [[Aban Steppe]]. Highly territorial, the Xuldorai use their chariots pulled by megafauna to aggressively defend the lands they consider to be their own.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Appearance ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Appearance ==</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:59, 15 October 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l14">Line 14:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 14:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{SeeAlso|Xuld}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{SeeAlso|Xuld}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The religion of the Xuldorai is complex and poorly understood to outsiders. The Amshani think the giants pray to demons, while to the people of [[Abanir]] they venerate evil spirits and the [[Nameless One]]. In reality, the Xuldorai worship entities they call [[xuld]]. The origins and exact nature of the xuld are unclear. Xuldorai religious art depicts them as shadowy figures with horns, multiple eyes, and often many limbs, all traits that very much fit with Amshani notions of demons and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Abaniri </del>beliefs about evil spirits. But to the Xuldorai, the xuld are far more complicated than the foul beings with which outsiders associate them. The xuld are believed to be the ancestors of the Xuldorai and the progenitors of each of their tribes, from whom they still derive their names. Fickle and prone to violence as they are, the xuld nonetheless are also wise mentors and guardians.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The religion of the Xuldorai is complex and poorly understood to outsiders. The Amshani think the giants pray to demons, while to the people of [[Abanir]] they venerate evil spirits and the [[Nameless One]]. In reality, the Xuldorai worship entities they call [[xuld]]. The origins and exact nature of the xuld are unclear. Xuldorai religious art depicts them as shadowy figures with horns, multiple eyes, and often many limbs, all traits that very much fit with Amshani notions of demons and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Abanir </ins>beliefs about evil spirits. But to the Xuldorai, the xuld are far more complicated than the foul beings with which outsiders associate them. The xuld are believed to be the ancestors of the Xuldorai and the progenitors of each of their tribes, from whom they still derive their names. Fickle and prone to violence as they are, the xuld nonetheless are also wise mentors and guardians.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Offerings and sacrifices are given by the giants to the xuld in much the same way as the Abaniri do to [[Abanir pantheon|their gods]]. Shamans within the Xuldorai tribes summon the entities only when in dire conditions, as asking them for aid always carries a steep price. None from outside the communities of the giants have yet witnessed such a summoning.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Offerings and sacrifices are given by the giants to the xuld in much the same way as the Abaniri do to [[Abanir pantheon|their gods]]. Shamans within the Xuldorai tribes summon the entities only when in dire conditions, as asking them for aid always carries a steep price. None from outside the communities of the giants have yet witnessed such a summoning.</div></td></tr> </table>

Gronk https://gronkfinder.com/w/index.php?title=Xuldorai&diff=9325&oldid=prev 2023-10-08T14:10:48Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:10, 8 October 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l21">Line 21:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Xuldorai are split across many tribes, each of which claims its own area of the steppe under the leadership of a shaman-chief, the senior-most of the tribe's religious figures. Despite their aggression towards outsiders, the Xuldorai tribes are generally peaceful towards each others, as long as none violate their declared territory. Tribes typically but do not always maintain at least one permanent village. Some, especially those who live in the flat grasslands in the general vicinity of [[Harghaan]], are entirely nomadic.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Xuldorai are split across many tribes, each of which claims its own area of the steppe under the leadership of a shaman-chief, the senior-most of the tribe's religious figures. Despite their aggression towards outsiders, the Xuldorai tribes are generally peaceful towards each others, as long as none violate their declared territory. Tribes typically but do not always maintain at least one permanent village. Some, especially those who live in the flat grasslands in the general vicinity of [[Harghaan]], are entirely nomadic.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>To both the nomadic and settled smaller folk of the steppe, the Xuldorai are renowned and feared for their violent and combative attitudes towards non-giants. This belligerent outlook, and the strength to back it up, has kept others away from the southern Aban for a great many centuries, though in more recent years the Abaniri have slowly encroached from the north and the Amshani have built settlements farther and farther inland from the coast. Still, the Xuldorai serve as enough of a deterrent to drive the vast majority of trade along the [[Hundred Days Road]] towards its eastern route rather than the southern alternative. The giants are known to attack on sight any who venture forth into their steppe, rarely leaving survivors yet preferring to strike in places where the remains will be found. Their war-chariots, pulled by megafauna like saber-toothed dire cats, are easily capable of running down all but the fastest horses of the Aban. Amongst the targai of the southern steppe, it is commonly said that one might as well remain still when they hear the war-calls of the Xuldorai - at least then they'll die more quickly. Some targai choose to sneak through the rough terrain of the [[Broken Wheel Hills]], where the chariots cannot travel, but even then the giants often patrol the flatter land surrounding this region.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>To both the nomadic and settled smaller folk of the steppe, the Xuldorai are renowned and feared for their violent and combative attitudes towards non-giants. This belligerent outlook, and the strength to back it up, has kept others away from the southern Aban for a great many centuries, though in more recent years the Abaniri have slowly encroached from the north and the Amshani have built settlements farther and farther inland from the coast. Still, the Xuldorai serve as enough of a deterrent to drive the vast majority of trade along the [[Hundred Days Road]] towards its eastern route rather than the southern alternative. The giants are known to attack on sight any who venture forth into their steppe, rarely leaving survivors yet preferring to strike in places where the remains will be found. Their war-chariots, pulled by megafauna like saber-toothed dire cats, are easily capable of running down all but the fastest horses of the Aban. Amongst the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>targai<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>of the southern steppe, it is commonly said that one might as well remain still when they hear the war-calls of the Xuldorai - at least then they'll die more quickly. Some targai choose to sneak through the rough terrain of the [[Broken Wheel Hills]], where the chariots cannot travel, but even then the giants often patrol the flatter land surrounding this region.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The aggression of the Xuldorai is not without its purpose, however unprovoked it may seem to those who fall victim to it. The giants are well aware of how much food they must consume to support their large forms, and how relatively little the steppe provides them. Their attacks, then, are done to drive away competition for resources lest the herds they hunt grow thin. The fears of the Xuldorai are no idle worrying. Once the giants lived elsewhere across the Aban Steppe, even as far north as the [[Wildsun Range]], but were forced to retreat into their current lands as the smaller peoples around them prospered off the same lands they required.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The aggression of the Xuldorai is not without its purpose, however unprovoked it may seem to those who fall victim to it. The giants are well aware of how much food they must consume to support their large forms, and how relatively little the steppe provides them. Their attacks, then, are done to drive away competition for resources lest the herds they hunt grow thin. The fears of the Xuldorai are no idle worrying. Once the giants lived elsewhere across the Aban Steppe, even as far north as the [[Wildsun Range]], but were forced to retreat into their current lands as the smaller peoples around them prospered off the same lands they required.  </div></td></tr> </table>

Gronk https://gronkfinder.com/w/index.php?title=Xuldorai&diff=9308&oldid=prev 2023-10-08T14:01:23Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:01, 8 October 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l21">Line 21:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Xuldorai are split across many tribes, each of which claims its own area of the steppe under the leadership of a shaman-chief, the senior-most of the tribe's religious figures. Despite their aggression towards outsiders, the Xuldorai tribes are generally peaceful towards each others, as long as none violate their declared territory. Tribes typically but do not always maintain at least one permanent village. Some, especially those who live in the flat grasslands in the general vicinity of [[Harghaan]], are entirely nomadic.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Xuldorai are split across many tribes, each of which claims its own area of the steppe under the leadership of a shaman-chief, the senior-most of the tribe's religious figures. Despite their aggression towards outsiders, the Xuldorai tribes are generally peaceful towards each others, as long as none violate their declared territory. Tribes typically but do not always maintain at least one permanent village. Some, especially those who live in the flat grasslands in the general vicinity of [[Harghaan]], are entirely nomadic.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>To both the nomadic and settled smaller folk of the steppe, the Xuldorai are renowned and feared for their violent and combative attitudes towards non-giants. This belligerent outlook, and the strength to back it up, has kept others away from the southern Aban for a great many centuries, though in more recent years the Abaniri have slowly encroached from the north and the Amshani have built settlements farther and farther inland from the coast. Still, the Xuldorai serve as enough of a deterrent to drive the vast majority of trade along the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Year's </del>Road]] towards its eastern route rather than the southern alternative. The giants are known to attack on sight any who venture forth into their steppe, rarely leaving survivors yet preferring to strike in places where the remains will be found. Their war-chariots, pulled by megafauna like saber-toothed dire cats, are easily capable of running down all but the fastest horses of the Aban. Amongst the targai of the southern steppe, it is commonly said that one might as well remain still when they hear the war-calls of the Xuldorai - at least then they'll die more quickly. Some targai choose to sneak through the rough terrain of the [[Broken Wheel Hills]], where the chariots cannot travel, but even then the giants often patrol the flatter land surrounding this region.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>To both the nomadic and settled smaller folk of the steppe, the Xuldorai are renowned and feared for their violent and combative attitudes towards non-giants. This belligerent outlook, and the strength to back it up, has kept others away from the southern Aban for a great many centuries, though in more recent years the Abaniri have slowly encroached from the north and the Amshani have built settlements farther and farther inland from the coast. Still, the Xuldorai serve as enough of a deterrent to drive the vast majority of trade along the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Hundred Days </ins>Road]] towards its eastern route rather than the southern alternative. The giants are known to attack on sight any who venture forth into their steppe, rarely leaving survivors yet preferring to strike in places where the remains will be found. Their war-chariots, pulled by megafauna like saber-toothed dire cats, are easily capable of running down all but the fastest horses of the Aban. Amongst the targai of the southern steppe, it is commonly said that one might as well remain still when they hear the war-calls of the Xuldorai - at least then they'll die more quickly. Some targai choose to sneak through the rough terrain of the [[Broken Wheel Hills]], where the chariots cannot travel, but even then the giants often patrol the flatter land surrounding this region.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The aggression of the Xuldorai is not without its purpose, however unprovoked it may seem to those who fall victim to it. The giants are well aware of how much food they must consume to support their large forms, and how relatively little the steppe provides them. Their attacks, then, are done to drive away competition for resources lest the herds they hunt grow thin. The fears of the Xuldorai are no idle worrying. Once the giants lived elsewhere across the Aban Steppe, even as far north as the [[Wildsun Range]], but were forced to retreat into their current lands as the smaller peoples around them prospered off the same lands they required.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The aggression of the Xuldorai is not without its purpose, however unprovoked it may seem to those who fall victim to it. The giants are well aware of how much food they must consume to support their large forms, and how relatively little the steppe provides them. Their attacks, then, are done to drive away competition for resources lest the herds they hunt grow thin. The fears of the Xuldorai are no idle worrying. Once the giants lived elsewhere across the Aban Steppe, even as far north as the [[Wildsun Range]], but were forced to retreat into their current lands as the smaller peoples around them prospered off the same lands they required.  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:02, 8 October 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Xuldorai''' {{Pronunciation|k-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">SOLE</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">door</del>-eye}}, also known as the '''Scarred Giants''', are giants who live in the forests and plains on the southern edge of the [[Aban Steppe]]. Highly territorial, the Xuldorai use their chariots pulled by megafauna to aggressively defend the lands they consider to be their own.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Xuldorai''' {{Pronunciation|k-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">SOLD</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or</ins>-eye}}, also known as the '''Scarred Giants''', are giants who live in the forests and plains on the southern edge of the [[Aban Steppe]]. Highly territorial, the Xuldorai use their chariots pulled by megafauna to aggressively defend the lands they consider to be their own.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Appearance ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Appearance ==</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 01:01, 8 October 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l12">Line 12:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 12:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Religion ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Religion ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The religion of the Xuldorai is complex and poorly understood to outsiders. The Amshani think the giants pray to demons, while to the people of [[Abanir]] they venerate evil spirits and the [[Nameless One]]. In reality, the Xuldorai worship entities they call xuld. The origins and exact nature of the xuld are unclear. Xuldorai religious art depicts them as shadowy figures with horns, multiple eyes, and often many limbs, all traits that very much fit with Amshani notions of demons and Abaniri beliefs about evil spirits. But to the Xuldorai, the xuld are far more complicated than the foul beings with which outsiders associate them. The xuld are believed to be the ancestors of the Xuldorai and the progenitors of each of their tribes, from whom they still derive their names. Fickle and prone to violence as they are, the xuld nonetheless are also wise mentors and guardians.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{SeeAlso|Xuld}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The religion of the Xuldorai is complex and poorly understood to outsiders. The Amshani think the giants pray to demons, while to the people of [[Abanir]] they venerate evil spirits and the [[Nameless One]]. In reality, the Xuldorai worship entities they call <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>xuld<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>. The origins and exact nature of the xuld are unclear. Xuldorai religious art depicts them as shadowy figures with horns, multiple eyes, and often many limbs, all traits that very much fit with Amshani notions of demons and Abaniri beliefs about evil spirits. But to the Xuldorai, the xuld are far more complicated than the foul beings with which outsiders associate them. The xuld are believed to be the ancestors of the Xuldorai and the progenitors of each of their tribes, from whom they still derive their names. Fickle and prone to violence as they are, the xuld nonetheless are also wise mentors and guardians.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Offerings and sacrifices are given by the giants to the xuld in much the same way as the Abaniri do to [[Abanir pantheon|their gods]]. Shamans within the Xuldorai tribes summon the entities only when in dire conditions, as asking them for aid always carries a steep price. None from outside the communities of the giants have yet witnessed such a summoning.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Offerings and sacrifices are given by the giants to the xuld in much the same way as the Abaniri do to [[Abanir pantheon|their gods]]. Shamans within the Xuldorai tribes summon the entities only when in dire conditions, as asking them for aid always carries a steep price. None from outside the communities of the giants have yet witnessed such a summoning.</div></td></tr> </table>

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