


During the Sojourn festival, blue is the dominant color, in face and hair paint, in dress, and decoration. One is not permitted to wear this armor without killing the beast themselves, and the armor is then custom made for the wearer over a period of many months. Soldiers can earn dark blue armor by killing an Armored One, implied to be a large beast with very thick skin and few weak spots. The Shotet believe blue to be their most sacred color, reflecting the color of the current. War was waged, and Shotet children ended up scattered across the galaxy. They abducted them to make the Shotet their captives and slaves. Deadbirds are called such because they hibernate during the entire Deadening, and the first person to come across them during this hibernation thought they were dead.Īccording to The Storyteller, during one sojourn, the Thuvhesit traveled too far south and found the Shotet children waiting on their parents alone. Thuvhe has two general seasons, according to the Thuvhesits in the north: the warmer Awakening, and the colder Deadening. The Assembly recognizes the planet as Thuhve, and does not recognize Shotet sovereignty. The Shotet live in the warmer climate (an area they call Shotet), speak the harsher, stronger Shotet language, call Voa their capital and the planet Urek (Shotet for ‘empty’). The Thuvhesit live in the colder area of the planet in the north, speak Thuvhesit, and call the planet Thuhve with three major cities: Hessa, Shissa, and Osoc. The two clans have clashed for generations, their people separated by a large field of feathergrass, known as the Divide, as well as a forest of trees that grow along the equator. It is inhabited by the Shotet and the Thuvhesit. Thuvhe is one of the nine assembly-recognized planets.
