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Ermadhi Guardian
They are hunters, right? – It’s true. They stalk their prey in the blizzard to feed the cities of the north. – Simple hunters, that’s what I say! Used to kill rabbits, nothing to do with soldiers. He rushed on Sorhna they protected and suddenly it was one of those fighters who was before him. But he had no time to ask him how he had done, the spear that pierced the already occupied all his thoughts.
In the snowy lands of the caliphate of White Dress, subject to semi-arctic climate, saw the line of Ermadhi: a minor lineage that dates back to the War of the three lines. Its founder Ibn Ermadhi Malikh chose exile in the far north of the Republic rather than participate in the internecine fighting. With his family, he built beneath the icy hills of cave cities, where they welcomed all who, like them, refused to help shed the blood of others Khalimans. Among these refugees were many members of the Sorhna lineage.
Become autonomous line for their merit, Ermadhi still live in the icy northern Republic Khaliman. They stand away from the daily life of the Senate because they feel they have better things to do than participate in these wordy power games. In this country subjected to biting cold where nothing can grow, Ermadhi the guards work hard to feed the underground cities: prey is scarce and often fierce, which led these Khalimans become hardened fighters. As Ermadhi also kept the vocation to host and protect fugitives, these warriors are also the guardians of underground cities and protectors of their guests. Sorhna members of the lineage that have fled the Sisterhood for mysterious reasons and they say they would harbor. But sometimes it is whispered by digging their cities, Ermadhi have discovered extraordinary alchemical vein stones, on which they would make sure jealously.
KHALID DER’WISH
– The Sâaridan? This sub-species army of the desert with the masters of khergars? These are just gross! – Sire, yet it seems to me that a few know still fight fine … – Stop bothering me with these ridiculous dancers! And please get rid of this cart full of rotten meat slices … – This is the company that you sent them, sire.
There are several centuries, a school Khaliman spiritual introspection advocated a meditation based on a rotary motion of the body. Sselon it, the regularity of this dance and vertigo it created jointly exercised a hypnotic fascination conducive to the opening of the mind. Some Khalimans practicing fighting as an art were introduced to this dance with the hope to be able to integrate their martial practice. They succeeded after many efforts: whirling on themselves, they learned to fight simultaneously on all sides while having an increased perception of their environment. They fight with a long dress or two-handed weapon with a short weapon in each hand, these artists fighters have codified their techniques and, in tribute, resumed the name of these meditators who have disappeared: the Derw ‘ish.
Over time, the combat practice has been democratized, although it remains accessible only to an elite. The fighters artists do not spend more to it: having explored everything that could be in this war dance, they are diverted to new challenges. Derw’ish now called the soldiers of the Army of the Republic, integrated to the body of Sâaridan who practice this dance. Whirling on themselves, they sow death among the enemy with cold efficiency, the speed of their rotation velocity accentuating their shots. Become derw’ish demand extraordinary physical abilities, which is why they are few.
IT WAS ONCE IBN IBRAHIM SULEMAN
Ibrahim has long lived in the city of Th’Mhénic, where he officiated in time qadi, city judges Khaliman civilization. Then he spent family holidays around the Asfar Desert, Ibrahim saw his life changed when ifrit killed his wives and children, leaving him for dead on the edge of the desert. It took then face the worst infamies because it was very long suspected of murdering his family. Although Khaliman Justice has concluded his innocence, there are many who believe the culprit of these brutal murders. Ibrahim resigned his charge and went to the qadi Asfar desert to be ifrit’qaniss: he had sworn to find the monster responsible for the death of his family and him down. But reached the heart of the desert, he knew what his real place in this world: it had a duty to protect the weak, they are burdened by intangible monsters when unjustly accused of a crime they did not commit. Since Ibrahim turned his back to the desert and returned to civilization: he travels the roads of Mornea looking weak to defend the oppressed and delivering justice to. He has not given up on finding his nemesis. He also recently discovered clues about this ifrit pyritin, to be called Am’n Ayassarr and would be responsible for the recent destruction of the Penitentiary Dent: he would have done well away a handful of dangerous criminals that now the ‘accompany and sow terror and destruction in its path.
MALIKH TUAREG
I so wanted to see Nedjma more often live with her, make her beautiful children … but I see her leave again. It almost sounds like it is leaking this city and this life, which she adapts a few days, sometimes only a few hours. His only companions are his bow and arrows she lovingly manufactures with the tenderness and gentleness of a lover. Although she grants me some of his embraces, she will never be mine: it is Tuareg and it belongs only desert. […]
The three dunes cut the lines of sight and breath of simoun choking noise and shock: no doubt it was why smugglers thought they could plunder this alchemical vein stones without the Khalimans not noticing.
Focused on their work, they did not see the thin silhouette is flowing from cover to cover and approach silently, nothing in this desert could not escape the Tuaregs. The price of this error was certain death.
– Stay covered!
– But where it comes from chef? Who takes? J’vois nothing!
– We have already lost six men and impossible to locate this archer! This is probably a Tuareg Khaliman sniper somewhere in height and, although he is probably alone, we never manage to locate the …
Damnation! And to think we were about to make prisoners talk! Sound the retreat! We bar! And abandon the prisoners!
Nedjma could not help to smile when the last words reached his ears.
When alchemical war, Khalimans have had to fight a terrible war against the Iron Heart in the center of Asfar desert. The scouts who lived in the desert, the Tuaregs, were the first exposed human legions and especially their formidable archers in the desert, the total lack of cover allowed them to cause heavy casualties among Khalimans. The Tuaregs adapted themselves and adopted the bow as a weapon of choice. It did not take long for the Triad taste of his own medicine by discovering that children Khalim were as adept with a bow with a scimitar.
At the end of the alchemical war, when the body of Arc was established in the Army of the Republic, the Tuaregs were the first to be integrated. Always patrolling the fiery Asfar expanses of desert, these austere warriors enjoying the flat horizons of their arid land for unobstructed sight lines that make the toughest shots possible. But they have not forgotten the discretion that characterizes their former function as a scout. Although it belongs officially to the army, they rarely include the rank, preferring the desert dunes cantonment barracks, a requirement that their staff is forced to tolerate these exceptional archers because, like all the Khalimans who live in the desert Asfar, the tuaregs are taciturn and lonely.
SULEMAN IFRIT’QANISS
The air had frozen, only remained the bite of the sun and its reflection on the stony ground. He leaned against the rock, waiting for the explosion.
He went along lightning, pointing to his Sylphitin mouthals the terrible short blades attached to his hands. The ifrit hesitated, then rushed into the sky, turning on itself. The Qaniss remained attached, linking the quicker strokes.
– Fffffe not poffffible, blew the ifrit sylphitin whose form was beginning to fade.
– Learn what a hunter ifrit he roared.
The Ifrits hunters are independent fighters of the army of the Republic, fully committed to finding the perfect gesture sequences of the purest and the most deadly. They are dedicated to the beauty of the art of combat to a level of excellence booked that only the best can achieve. But this path requires enormous sacrifices, long periods of introspection and meditation, that few are able to endure without going insane. Those who resign themselves are often broken beings, who suffered a severe disruption of their lives.
Gnawed by their inner demons, these Khalimans seeking to purify their souls in ritualistic fighting, like real death ballets. To overcome increasingly, they confront the most terrible creatures they can find the terrible Ifrits. They are usually found south of the Republic, not far from where the Asfar Desert Ifrits are most numerous. They are beings of the desert, dry and taciturn, who live in the hot sand and in the strictest solitude.
The dip in this perilous quest for ifrit’qaniss the only way to overcome his torment and not go crazy, revenge or hatred: those who have the weakness to abandon these evil impulses can not that finish in the penitentiary of the Tooth! On the contrary, those under this dangerous challenge to their walking absolution and towards a return to serenity in their bold pursuit of perfection. Once found their inner peace, they return to their own advantage and make other Khalimans warriors expertise.
MALIKH MEHARIST
– Place a tile him between the eyes, it will calm down!
– Where is he?
– Behind you! replied softly feline voice.
No one could tell whether the stupor of the rafter was due to the speed of Camel or sword sticking out between his ribs and it was too late to ask.
Initially, these Khalimans did not belong to the army of the Republic. From the caste of the Bedouins, camel corps were messengers, runners foot swift able to quickly cover large areas or difficult terrain. They thus allowed for the circulation of information in khalimanes land: they wore as much missives caliphs as caravanners. When alchemical war, Khalimans faced the armies of the Jade Triad, whose formidable organization brought to light the lack of coordination of the republican army for hope to defeat humans, Khalimans had to learn to synchronize their efforts troops. The Camel Corps were called to carry the messages needed for this synchronization.
Nowadays the camel are fully integrated into the army of the Republic, in the body of the prudent Eye, and their task is always the message transport or military instructions. However, their high mobility allows them to perform other missions based solely on speed. They are always recruited from the caste of the Bedouin; these are usually members of the Malikh lineage. Not being warriors vocation, they avoid to the maximum any armed engagement with professional fighters. However, sometimes they slip behind enemy ranks to go neutralize alchemists. That is why they are often privileged targets, although they are not the most skilled with a weapon.
The harsh living conditions in the Asfar and proximity to the cities of Concord channel has led some Bedouin families to entrust part of their children guilds and cartels. One can thus find the camel as mercenaries Cartel Sabre.
DESERT KHERGARS
When the first leapt at his throat, the knight laughed and got rid of a violent blow to the muzzle. The second grabbed his arm and let go more. The third finally sank his fangs at the knee crease and the knight fell.
The collectors brothers had great difficulty in reconstituting a presentable body Beathacrann.
The fierce desert khergars are dangerous beasts that Khalimans generally try to avoid; living in arid stretches of desert Asfar, they went wild with hunger and harsh weather conditions. This canine nomadic lives and attack in packs. If it feeds mainly on small animals (arnabs and other rodents of the desert), its ferocity and hunger prompted him to tackle larger or more dangerous targets. Alone or in groups, a khergar never abandons the attack even if it is doomed to failure.
Some Khalimans however likely to approach them to prepare them by providing food and water. These trainers become formidable Belluaires Army of the Republic: they can simply point the finger as a target for khergars rush it and reduce it to shreds in seconds.
Since the opening of the Steel arena to the public, khergars are hunted by members of Cartel Sabre to participate in games. Some mercenaries take the opportunity to try to tame their behalf.
MALIKH JARAYA
This time, the jarayas guarding the site were females. Everyone took care not to make any sudden move to avoid the risk of causing them. Particularly well-trained soldiers knew that under their apparent casualness, the fierce fighting were as fast and powerful as their male counterparts. No sexist remark fusa, boldest merely silently contemplate their voluptuous feline grace and beauty. “You, soldiers of the Empire have never understood that fighting was not a matter of strength or training. War is an art. It’s like a gracious medley, a deadly ballet set as clockwork . therefore human approach between the dance and I’ll show Oh how your death will be beautiful. “
La tempête approchait, plus immense que les ambitions réunies de nos 196 sénateurs. Elle était immense et incontrôlable, belle et violente à la fois, portant dans son souffle toute la colère du désert Asfar. Si sa route croisait celle de notre escorte, pas un de nous n’y survivrait ! Sans la quitter des yeux, je donnais l’ordre de modifier notre itinéraire vers les contreforts rocheux des montagnes.
L’un des tuaregs protesta, me signalant que le Kabircheikh n’arriverait jamais à temps si nous quittions l’itinéraire prévu.
“Peu m’importe le retard du KabirCheikh, lui répondis-je. Je ne suis pas politicien mais jaraya : la sécurité de l’escorte au complet est donc sous ma responsabilité. Si ces montagnes peuvent tous nous sauver de la tempête, alors nous nous y rendrons !”
The jarayas are the oldest military institution Khaliman history began when the War of the three lines, named urban militias became the spearhead of the three armies and took the name of jarayas. When the civil war ended, the jarayas disappeared: their name became emblematic for the violence and bloodshed. They reappeared when the Khalimans became involved in the war against alchemical Jade Triad: the mullahs decided that this would be an opportunity to redefine the function of jarayas and improve their image. Their role would now not aggression but defending: the jarayas interposed before the Aurloks to protect the whims of hosts the Iron Heart. When peace returned, the jarayas continued to be offered as regular troops integrated into the body of the Shield, their name now cleared of negative connotations in favor of a more positive reputation.
The jarayas are mobile and versatile fighters, organized into phalanxes whose size varies. Their primary role is that of defense locations or groups, which gives them a variety of different missions: peacekeeping forces, caravan escort, protection of a village or region against robbers, etc. These are the most commonly encountered warriors on the territory of the Republic, and especially in the cities where they form khalimanes the chourta, urban protection of the militia. They are also found in the escorts sheikhs.
Some jarayas, confident in their martial prowess, dreaming of a better career than the army of the Republic has to offer. Those who officiate at Bab-el-***ad and Jewel are most tempted and officers report the case of a few desertions. This certainly explains the presence of mercenaries among jarayas Cartel Sabre.
SULEMAN GHULAM
Leaping prey, the wide Khaliman was wreaking havoc in the ranks of spearmen. Brandishing their swords, they sought to strike the size as well as thrusting, but the ghulam was too fast for them and none of their blows brought. His powerful arms wielded his Har’salim a terrible halberd with ease. Each hit net contrasted an arm or a head. This cold efficiency further reinforced the terror of facing this Khaliman, built as two men.
One detail caught my attention then: a fine white powder residue that looked like dust. But the housekeeper had done its work this morning, so I looked closer this substance that would not have been there. An almond smell …
“From Lunar bite!”
I did not know what was the poison of the Blighted Moon in the residence of the senator, but I had no time to procrastinate: even if he had asked not to be disturbed, I now had to keep it to the eye day and night! Then imposed on my mind the image of the new human cook chosen by the intendant. I hastened my race and défonçai the door of the senator’s office, praying the Prophet not to arrive too late. My Har’salim split the air just at the moment when the cook was pointing a blowgun to master!
The origin of ghulams dates back to the birth of the Republic, when the first senators were appointed and that the rule “a Khaliman should not kill another Khaliman” had not yet become the norm. The Republic was still fragile: veterans of the War of the three lines is then proposed to accompany the senators to protect and took the name of ghulams.
Today, ghulams are fully integrated into the army of the Republic, within the body of the Shield. Like their ancestors, they are skilled fighters in the individual defense, even if they are no longer limited to the protection of senators. Alone or in pairs, they escort anyone that the army fit to entrust to their care: their protégés are mostly political leaders, diplomats traveling or simply sheikhs. Their mandate may be temporary or cover a longer period.
If these warriors are not very often faced in battle in favor situations falling more diplomacy, they do not exercise unless a very difficult task: it is their duty to protect those under their care, even if it should be at the cost of their own lives. The Khalimans Suleman lineage, famous for their courage and their sense of honor, are among the most popular ghulams, especially as their wide corpulence is an undeniable advantage for a bodyguard.
They are hunters, right? – It’s true. They stalk their prey in the blizzard to feed the cities of the north. – Simple hunters, that’s what I say! Used to kill rabbits, nothing to do with soldiers. He rushed on Sorhna they protected and suddenly it was one of those fighters who was before him. But he had no time to ask him how he had done, the spear that pierced the already occupied all his thoughts.
In the snowy lands of the caliphate of White Dress, subject to semi-arctic climate, saw the line of Ermadhi: a minor lineage that dates back to the War of the three lines. Its founder Ibn Ermadhi Malikh chose exile in the far north of the Republic rather than participate in the internecine fighting. With his family, he built beneath the icy hills of cave cities, where they welcomed all who, like them, refused to help shed the blood of others Khalimans. Among these refugees were many members of the Sorhna lineage.
Become autonomous line for their merit, Ermadhi still live in the icy northern Republic Khaliman. They stand away from the daily life of the Senate because they feel they have better things to do than participate in these wordy power games. In this country subjected to biting cold where nothing can grow, Ermadhi the guards work hard to feed the underground cities: prey is scarce and often fierce, which led these Khalimans become hardened fighters. As Ermadhi also kept the vocation to host and protect fugitives, these warriors are also the guardians of underground cities and protectors of their guests. Sorhna members of the lineage that have fled the Sisterhood for mysterious reasons and they say they would harbor. But sometimes it is whispered by digging their cities, Ermadhi have discovered extraordinary alchemical vein stones, on which they would make sure jealously.
KHALID DER’WISH
– The Sâaridan? This sub-species army of the desert with the masters of khergars? These are just gross! – Sire, yet it seems to me that a few know still fight fine … – Stop bothering me with these ridiculous dancers! And please get rid of this cart full of rotten meat slices … – This is the company that you sent them, sire.
There are several centuries, a school Khaliman spiritual introspection advocated a meditation based on a rotary motion of the body. Sselon it, the regularity of this dance and vertigo it created jointly exercised a hypnotic fascination conducive to the opening of the mind. Some Khalimans practicing fighting as an art were introduced to this dance with the hope to be able to integrate their martial practice. They succeeded after many efforts: whirling on themselves, they learned to fight simultaneously on all sides while having an increased perception of their environment. They fight with a long dress or two-handed weapon with a short weapon in each hand, these artists fighters have codified their techniques and, in tribute, resumed the name of these meditators who have disappeared: the Derw ‘ish.
Over time, the combat practice has been democratized, although it remains accessible only to an elite. The fighters artists do not spend more to it: having explored everything that could be in this war dance, they are diverted to new challenges. Derw’ish now called the soldiers of the Army of the Republic, integrated to the body of Sâaridan who practice this dance. Whirling on themselves, they sow death among the enemy with cold efficiency, the speed of their rotation velocity accentuating their shots. Become derw’ish demand extraordinary physical abilities, which is why they are few.
IT WAS ONCE IBN IBRAHIM SULEMAN
Ibrahim has long lived in the city of Th’Mhénic, where he officiated in time qadi, city judges Khaliman civilization. Then he spent family holidays around the Asfar Desert, Ibrahim saw his life changed when ifrit killed his wives and children, leaving him for dead on the edge of the desert. It took then face the worst infamies because it was very long suspected of murdering his family. Although Khaliman Justice has concluded his innocence, there are many who believe the culprit of these brutal murders. Ibrahim resigned his charge and went to the qadi Asfar desert to be ifrit’qaniss: he had sworn to find the monster responsible for the death of his family and him down. But reached the heart of the desert, he knew what his real place in this world: it had a duty to protect the weak, they are burdened by intangible monsters when unjustly accused of a crime they did not commit. Since Ibrahim turned his back to the desert and returned to civilization: he travels the roads of Mornea looking weak to defend the oppressed and delivering justice to. He has not given up on finding his nemesis. He also recently discovered clues about this ifrit pyritin, to be called Am’n Ayassarr and would be responsible for the recent destruction of the Penitentiary Dent: he would have done well away a handful of dangerous criminals that now the ‘accompany and sow terror and destruction in its path.
MALIKH TUAREG
I so wanted to see Nedjma more often live with her, make her beautiful children … but I see her leave again. It almost sounds like it is leaking this city and this life, which she adapts a few days, sometimes only a few hours. His only companions are his bow and arrows she lovingly manufactures with the tenderness and gentleness of a lover. Although she grants me some of his embraces, she will never be mine: it is Tuareg and it belongs only desert. […]
The three dunes cut the lines of sight and breath of simoun choking noise and shock: no doubt it was why smugglers thought they could plunder this alchemical vein stones without the Khalimans not noticing.
Focused on their work, they did not see the thin silhouette is flowing from cover to cover and approach silently, nothing in this desert could not escape the Tuaregs. The price of this error was certain death.
– Stay covered!
– But where it comes from chef? Who takes? J’vois nothing!
– We have already lost six men and impossible to locate this archer! This is probably a Tuareg Khaliman sniper somewhere in height and, although he is probably alone, we never manage to locate the …
Damnation! And to think we were about to make prisoners talk! Sound the retreat! We bar! And abandon the prisoners!
Nedjma could not help to smile when the last words reached his ears.
When alchemical war, Khalimans have had to fight a terrible war against the Iron Heart in the center of Asfar desert. The scouts who lived in the desert, the Tuaregs, were the first exposed human legions and especially their formidable archers in the desert, the total lack of cover allowed them to cause heavy casualties among Khalimans. The Tuaregs adapted themselves and adopted the bow as a weapon of choice. It did not take long for the Triad taste of his own medicine by discovering that children Khalim were as adept with a bow with a scimitar.
At the end of the alchemical war, when the body of Arc was established in the Army of the Republic, the Tuaregs were the first to be integrated. Always patrolling the fiery Asfar expanses of desert, these austere warriors enjoying the flat horizons of their arid land for unobstructed sight lines that make the toughest shots possible. But they have not forgotten the discretion that characterizes their former function as a scout. Although it belongs officially to the army, they rarely include the rank, preferring the desert dunes cantonment barracks, a requirement that their staff is forced to tolerate these exceptional archers because, like all the Khalimans who live in the desert Asfar, the tuaregs are taciturn and lonely.
SULEMAN IFRIT’QANISS
The air had frozen, only remained the bite of the sun and its reflection on the stony ground. He leaned against the rock, waiting for the explosion.
He went along lightning, pointing to his Sylphitin mouthals the terrible short blades attached to his hands. The ifrit hesitated, then rushed into the sky, turning on itself. The Qaniss remained attached, linking the quicker strokes.
– Fffffe not poffffible, blew the ifrit sylphitin whose form was beginning to fade.
– Learn what a hunter ifrit he roared.
The Ifrits hunters are independent fighters of the army of the Republic, fully committed to finding the perfect gesture sequences of the purest and the most deadly. They are dedicated to the beauty of the art of combat to a level of excellence booked that only the best can achieve. But this path requires enormous sacrifices, long periods of introspection and meditation, that few are able to endure without going insane. Those who resign themselves are often broken beings, who suffered a severe disruption of their lives.
Gnawed by their inner demons, these Khalimans seeking to purify their souls in ritualistic fighting, like real death ballets. To overcome increasingly, they confront the most terrible creatures they can find the terrible Ifrits. They are usually found south of the Republic, not far from where the Asfar Desert Ifrits are most numerous. They are beings of the desert, dry and taciturn, who live in the hot sand and in the strictest solitude.
The dip in this perilous quest for ifrit’qaniss the only way to overcome his torment and not go crazy, revenge or hatred: those who have the weakness to abandon these evil impulses can not that finish in the penitentiary of the Tooth! On the contrary, those under this dangerous challenge to their walking absolution and towards a return to serenity in their bold pursuit of perfection. Once found their inner peace, they return to their own advantage and make other Khalimans warriors expertise.
MALIKH MEHARIST
– Place a tile him between the eyes, it will calm down!
– Where is he?
– Behind you! replied softly feline voice.
No one could tell whether the stupor of the rafter was due to the speed of Camel or sword sticking out between his ribs and it was too late to ask.
Initially, these Khalimans did not belong to the army of the Republic. From the caste of the Bedouins, camel corps were messengers, runners foot swift able to quickly cover large areas or difficult terrain. They thus allowed for the circulation of information in khalimanes land: they wore as much missives caliphs as caravanners. When alchemical war, Khalimans faced the armies of the Jade Triad, whose formidable organization brought to light the lack of coordination of the republican army for hope to defeat humans, Khalimans had to learn to synchronize their efforts troops. The Camel Corps were called to carry the messages needed for this synchronization.
Nowadays the camel are fully integrated into the army of the Republic, in the body of the prudent Eye, and their task is always the message transport or military instructions. However, their high mobility allows them to perform other missions based solely on speed. They are always recruited from the caste of the Bedouin; these are usually members of the Malikh lineage. Not being warriors vocation, they avoid to the maximum any armed engagement with professional fighters. However, sometimes they slip behind enemy ranks to go neutralize alchemists. That is why they are often privileged targets, although they are not the most skilled with a weapon.
The harsh living conditions in the Asfar and proximity to the cities of Concord channel has led some Bedouin families to entrust part of their children guilds and cartels. One can thus find the camel as mercenaries Cartel Sabre.
DESERT KHERGARS
When the first leapt at his throat, the knight laughed and got rid of a violent blow to the muzzle. The second grabbed his arm and let go more. The third finally sank his fangs at the knee crease and the knight fell.
The collectors brothers had great difficulty in reconstituting a presentable body Beathacrann.
The fierce desert khergars are dangerous beasts that Khalimans generally try to avoid; living in arid stretches of desert Asfar, they went wild with hunger and harsh weather conditions. This canine nomadic lives and attack in packs. If it feeds mainly on small animals (arnabs and other rodents of the desert), its ferocity and hunger prompted him to tackle larger or more dangerous targets. Alone or in groups, a khergar never abandons the attack even if it is doomed to failure.
Some Khalimans however likely to approach them to prepare them by providing food and water. These trainers become formidable Belluaires Army of the Republic: they can simply point the finger as a target for khergars rush it and reduce it to shreds in seconds.
Since the opening of the Steel arena to the public, khergars are hunted by members of Cartel Sabre to participate in games. Some mercenaries take the opportunity to try to tame their behalf.
MALIKH JARAYA
This time, the jarayas guarding the site were females. Everyone took care not to make any sudden move to avoid the risk of causing them. Particularly well-trained soldiers knew that under their apparent casualness, the fierce fighting were as fast and powerful as their male counterparts. No sexist remark fusa, boldest merely silently contemplate their voluptuous feline grace and beauty. “You, soldiers of the Empire have never understood that fighting was not a matter of strength or training. War is an art. It’s like a gracious medley, a deadly ballet set as clockwork . therefore human approach between the dance and I’ll show Oh how your death will be beautiful. “
La tempête approchait, plus immense que les ambitions réunies de nos 196 sénateurs. Elle était immense et incontrôlable, belle et violente à la fois, portant dans son souffle toute la colère du désert Asfar. Si sa route croisait celle de notre escorte, pas un de nous n’y survivrait ! Sans la quitter des yeux, je donnais l’ordre de modifier notre itinéraire vers les contreforts rocheux des montagnes.
L’un des tuaregs protesta, me signalant que le Kabircheikh n’arriverait jamais à temps si nous quittions l’itinéraire prévu.
“Peu m’importe le retard du KabirCheikh, lui répondis-je. Je ne suis pas politicien mais jaraya : la sécurité de l’escorte au complet est donc sous ma responsabilité. Si ces montagnes peuvent tous nous sauver de la tempête, alors nous nous y rendrons !”
The jarayas are the oldest military institution Khaliman history began when the War of the three lines, named urban militias became the spearhead of the three armies and took the name of jarayas. When the civil war ended, the jarayas disappeared: their name became emblematic for the violence and bloodshed. They reappeared when the Khalimans became involved in the war against alchemical Jade Triad: the mullahs decided that this would be an opportunity to redefine the function of jarayas and improve their image. Their role would now not aggression but defending: the jarayas interposed before the Aurloks to protect the whims of hosts the Iron Heart. When peace returned, the jarayas continued to be offered as regular troops integrated into the body of the Shield, their name now cleared of negative connotations in favor of a more positive reputation.
The jarayas are mobile and versatile fighters, organized into phalanxes whose size varies. Their primary role is that of defense locations or groups, which gives them a variety of different missions: peacekeeping forces, caravan escort, protection of a village or region against robbers, etc. These are the most commonly encountered warriors on the territory of the Republic, and especially in the cities where they form khalimanes the chourta, urban protection of the militia. They are also found in the escorts sheikhs.
Some jarayas, confident in their martial prowess, dreaming of a better career than the army of the Republic has to offer. Those who officiate at Bab-el-***ad and Jewel are most tempted and officers report the case of a few desertions. This certainly explains the presence of mercenaries among jarayas Cartel Sabre.
SULEMAN GHULAM
Leaping prey, the wide Khaliman was wreaking havoc in the ranks of spearmen. Brandishing their swords, they sought to strike the size as well as thrusting, but the ghulam was too fast for them and none of their blows brought. His powerful arms wielded his Har’salim a terrible halberd with ease. Each hit net contrasted an arm or a head. This cold efficiency further reinforced the terror of facing this Khaliman, built as two men.
One detail caught my attention then: a fine white powder residue that looked like dust. But the housekeeper had done its work this morning, so I looked closer this substance that would not have been there. An almond smell …
“From Lunar bite!”
I did not know what was the poison of the Blighted Moon in the residence of the senator, but I had no time to procrastinate: even if he had asked not to be disturbed, I now had to keep it to the eye day and night! Then imposed on my mind the image of the new human cook chosen by the intendant. I hastened my race and défonçai the door of the senator’s office, praying the Prophet not to arrive too late. My Har’salim split the air just at the moment when the cook was pointing a blowgun to master!
The origin of ghulams dates back to the birth of the Republic, when the first senators were appointed and that the rule “a Khaliman should not kill another Khaliman” had not yet become the norm. The Republic was still fragile: veterans of the War of the three lines is then proposed to accompany the senators to protect and took the name of ghulams.
Today, ghulams are fully integrated into the army of the Republic, within the body of the Shield. Like their ancestors, they are skilled fighters in the individual defense, even if they are no longer limited to the protection of senators. Alone or in pairs, they escort anyone that the army fit to entrust to their care: their protégés are mostly political leaders, diplomats traveling or simply sheikhs. Their mandate may be temporary or cover a longer period.
If these warriors are not very often faced in battle in favor situations falling more diplomacy, they do not exercise unless a very difficult task: it is their duty to protect those under their care, even if it should be at the cost of their own lives. The Khalimans Suleman lineage, famous for their courage and their sense of honor, are among the most popular ghulams, especially as their wide corpulence is an undeniable advantage for a bodyguard.