History Characters / ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath

** BlindObedience: Obidience to your lord is one of the cornerstones of Kencyr honor.
** MartyrdomCulture: In Kencyr honor, no matter what you did, an honorable death can redeem you.
--->'''Bane''': An honorable death wipes away all stains.

** SpaceElves too, given their otherworldly origins.

* [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathHillmen Hillmen]] [[labelnote:(Grindarks)]]Grisharki[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:(Merikit)]][-Gran Cyd, Chingetai, Prid, Hatch, Anku, Tungit-][[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:(Noyat)]][-Nidling-][[/labelnote]]
* [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathCentralLands Central Lands]]
* [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathSouthernWastes Southern Wastes]]

# [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathEdirr Edirr]] [[labelnote:(Highborn)]][-Essien, Essiar-][[/labelnote]]
# [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathDanior Danior]] [[labelnote:(Highborn)]][-Holly-][[/labelnote]]

* HonorBeforeReason[=/=]MartyrdomCulture: The Kencyrath are obsessed with personal honor, and more than half in love with death and dying with honor.

* MartyrdomCulture: The Kencyrath are more than half in love with death and dying with honor.
** HonorBeforeReason: They're obsessed with personal honor, and this is pretty much expected of all Kencyr.
** BlindObedience: Obidience to your lord is one of the cornerstones of Kencyr honor.

** HonorBeforeReason: They're obsessed with personal honor, and this is pretty much expected of all Kencyr

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Kencyrath have a lot of Jewish inspiration, being monotheists in a polytheist world, and having a tough, unforgiving God who cares more about obedience than faith or love. They have Temples and Books of Law and quite a bit of the whole Kabbalah-like secret knowledge in the priesthood. They're wandering tribes who don't fit in where they live, far from their long-ago-lost homeland. On the other hand, their honor code, ritual suicide, and martial arts have Japanese inspiration. The cloistering and covering-up of Highborn women is rather reminiscent of Islam. Their monotheists, but their God is a trinity of three aspects, per {{UsefulNotes/Christianity}}. And those aspects, creation, preservation, and destruction, is much like {{UsefulNotes/Hinduism}}.

* [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathCentralLands Central Lands]]

* [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathOthers Others]] [[note]][-Min-drear, Arrin-ken, Ashe-][[/note]]

* [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathKothifirans Kothifirans]] [[labelnote:(Overcliffers)]][[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:(Undercliffers)]][[/labelnote]]

* MysticalWhiteHair: White hair is very classically Shanir, because it's a physical indicator,

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* HeirClubForMen: {{Subverted|Trope}}--at first it looks like this, but Kencyr inheritance is actually rather different. Male heirs are the norm, to the point where most people ''believe'' it's law, but it's actually not--legally, women are perfectly acceptable heirs. Also, Kencyr inheritance doesn't follow the "eldest son" rule--lords can choose whatever relative they want for their heir, and given their long lifespans, grandsons and great-grandsons are more common choices than sons.
* ImmuneToDrugs: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Highborn are pretty much immune to poison, and other drugs usually effect them… differently. They can consume hemlock as a sleeping-draught, for example.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Kencyrath have a lot of Jewish inspiration, being monotheists in a polytheist world, and having a tough, unforgiving God who cares more about obedience than faith or love. They have Temples and Books of Law and quite a bit of the whole Kabbalah-like secret knowledge in the priesthood. They're wandering tribes who don't fit in where they live, far from their long-ago-lost homeland. On the other hand, their honor code, ritual suicide, and martial arts have Japanese inspiration, the cloistering and covering-up of Highborn women is rather reminiscent of Islam, and their God is a trinity of three gods, representing creation, preservation, and destruction, is much like {{UsefulNotes/Hinduism}}.

# [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathBrandan Brandan]] [[labelnote:(Highborn)]][-Brant, Brenwyr-][[/labelnote]]

# [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathComan Coman]] [[labelnote:(Highborn)]][-Demoth, Korey-][[/labelnote]]
# [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathEdirr Edirr]] [[labelnote:(Highborn)]][-Essien, Essiar-][[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathMinorHouses Minor Houses]] [[labelnote:(Houses)]][-Min-drear, Harth-][[/labelnote]]
* [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathArrinken Arrin-ken]]

* {{The Judge}}s: Their duty
** JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: It tends to come out like this

* HeirClubForMen: Subverted--at first it looks like this, but Kencyr inheritance is actually rather different. Male heirs are the norm, to the point where most people ''believe'' it's law, but it's actually not--legally, women are perfectly acceptable heirs. Also, Kencyr inheritance doesn't follow the "eldest son" rule--lords can choose whatever relative they want for their heir, and given their long lifespans, grandsons and great-grandsons are more common choices than sons.

* ArrangedMarriage: The norm among the Highborn. Marriage contracts are usually time-limited, or tell if children are allowed or not.
* BlueBlood: The Highborn, who are the lords of the Kencyrath.

* HeirClubForMen: Subverted--at first it looks like this, but Kencyr inheritance is actually rather different. Male heirs are the norm, to the point where most people ''believe'' it's law, but it's actually not--legally, women are perfectly acceptable heirs. Also, Kencyr inheritance doesn't follow the "eldest son" rule--lords can choose whatever relative they want for their heir, and given their long lifespans, grandsons and great-grandsons are more common choices than sons.
* HonorBeforeReason: They're obsessed with personal honor.
** MartyrdomCulture: The Kencyrath are more than half in love with death and dying with honor.
** {{Seppuku}}[=/=]HeroicSuicide: The Kencyrath have a tradition of suicide with a specialized suicide knife called the White Knife. It is a honorable death.

* NonindicativeName: Sister-kin aren't sisterly--they're lovers. Invoked, because its top secret, and the women absolutely don't want men to know what's really going on.

* OurNudityIsDifferent: Highborn women constantly wear masks. The idea is that it conceals the lady's facial expressions--emotions are very personal after all. Highborn women going barefaced is ''really shocking''.
* PantheraAwesome: The Arrin-ken--giant cats

* {{Ronin}}: Kender who lose their lord become ''yondri-gon'', or ''yondri'' for short. Other houses may then take them in, but they don't always offer to bind them.
* ServantRace: The Kendar are the warriors and craftsmen of the Kencyrath, and live under their Highborn lords. They weren't originally like this, but their god ''made'' them this way.

* [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathHillmen Hillmen]] [[labelnote:(Grindarks)]][[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:(Merikit)]][-Gran Cyd, Chingetai, Prid, Hatch, Anku, Tungit-][[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:(Noyat)]][-Nidling-][[/labelnote]]

!!!Other
* [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathMastersGeneration The Master's Generation]] [[labelnote:(Knorth)]][-Gerridon, Jamethiel, Glendar-][[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:(Randir)]][-Tirandys, Bender, Keral-][[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathKothifir Kothifir]] [[labelnote:(Overcliffers)]][[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:(Undercliffers)]][[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrathKothifir Kothifir]][[note]][[/note]]