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==Geography==
==Geography==
The capital of Quafiirla is known as Scrolls-Keeping: "It was a popular pilgrimage site, and for those who enjoyed traveling from village to village for the various festivals it often served as a starting point, or a final destination. The Others would have called it a temple, Zafiil thought as they approached it: a building in the style of the oldest Faulfenzair dwellings of their first world, made of dark brown stone, it stood on a forested hilltop, overlooking a lake and the village that had grown around it."
 
==== Capital ====
The capital of Quafiirla is known as Scrolls-Keeping: "It was a popular pilgrimage site, and for those who enjoyed traveling from village to village for the various festivals it often served as a starting point, or a final destination. The Others would have called it a temple, Zafiil thought as they approached it: a building in the style of the oldest Faulfenzair dwellings of their first world, made of dark brown stone, it stood on a forested hilltop, overlooking a lake and the village that had grown around it."<ref name=":0">''[[Zafiil (Fiction)|Zafiil]]'', Volume 2, Chapter 32</ref>
 
"[...] but Daqan took her up a spiraling ramp to the top floor of the building, which was flooded with sun from the skylights, and though it was lined with scroll storage, the room was defined by its Dance circle" of textured stone. The floors beneath are also scroll storage, and there is a basement for the most fragile scrolls. Some of them are locked.<ref name=":0" />


===Landmarks===
===Landmarks===
====Sainai====
====Sainai====
A mountain on the space-facing side of Quafiirla, about half a day's travel from the village of Qodii. Its slopes are forested in deep purples and dark turquoises. There's a path called the Three-Day-Track that leads over the lowest shoulder of the mountain, from Qodii to the village of Lemau on the northern side. It is described as having towering, sheer cliffs, and cliffs that crumple into low, rocky slopes studded with hardy trees and scrubby plants. In spring there are small blue flowers that bore through the rocks. There are tall thing trees, and a section where two giant slopes meet in a way that allows the sun to shine through the aperture, perfectly framed. Intense blue veins are described as being exposed in the cliff-faces, and there are goat-like creatures, gray-blue, living among the slopes.
A mountain on the space-facing side of Quafiirla, about half a day's travel from the village of Qodii. Its slopes are forested in deep purples and dark turquoises. There's a path called the Five-Day-Track that leads over the lowest shoulder of the mountain, from Qodii to the village of Lemau on the northern side. It is described as having towering, sheer cliffs, and cliffs that crumple into low, rocky slopes studded with hardy trees and scrubby plants. In spring there are small blue flowers that bore through the rocks. There are tall thing trees, and a section where two giant slopes meet in a way that allows the sun to shine through the aperture, perfectly framed. Intense blue veins are described as being exposed in the cliff-faces, and there are goat-like creatures, gray-blue, living among the slopes.


No Faulfenzair is said to live on the Sainai.
No Faulfenzair is said to live on the Sainai.
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===Villages===
===Villages===
* Daunai
* Daunai
* Faloon
* Fareniil
* Fareniil
* Lemau - on the other side of the Sainai from Qodii: "five days there and back."
* Lemau - on the other side of the Sainai from Qodii: "five days there and back."
* Oodenii
* Oodenii
* Oodiin
* Oodiin
* Qodii
* Qualoon
* Wolii
* Wolii
* Qualoon
* Qodii
* Zela
* Zela


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(Pulled this out of a Patreon post and did a little light editing; note that it may be out of date, as the Patreon post calls them "original notes" from over twenty years ago.)
(Pulled this out of a Patreon post and did a little light editing; note that it may be out of date, as the Patreon post calls them "original notes" from over twenty years ago.)


One of two current homeworlds of the [[Faulfenza]], along with [[Quapendai]]. The two planets are part of an true double-planet system referred to collectively as [[Qufiil]], and is known to be geologically unstable in the very long term. These planets became the species' homeworld after their original homeworld, [[Quzen]], was rendered uninhabitable due to overpopulation and poor resource management.
One of two current homeworlds of the [[Faulfenza]], along with [[Quapendai]]. The two planets are part of an true double-planet system referred to collectively as [[Qufiil]], and is known to be geologically unstable in the very long term. These planets became the species' homeworld after their original homeworld, Quzen, was rendered uninhabitable due to overpopulation and poor resource management.


Both planets were/are .5 g heavier than ours; Quzen was 2/3 water, and has bred powerful swimmers.
Both planets were/are .5 g heavier than ours; Quzen was 2/3 water, and has bred powerful swimmers.

Latest revision as of 15:12, 19 December 2023

One of the two planets that form the double-planet Qufiil, the current home planet of the Faulfenza.

Overview

The planet where the old ways are preserved. Faulfenza born on Quafiirla might choose to spend time on the Seeker's Side (usually for their young adulthood)... but their fosterage is not compulsory. The technological youth of Quapendai are strongly pressured to spend their adolescence on Quafiirla to develop a sense of their traditions and history. This period lasts about twenty years, from their fortieth year until their sixtieth.

The Fenazafir, or OverDancer, oversees Quafiirla, and is always an old male to balance the youth and female energy of the Qufiilzafiir of the Seeker's Side.

Geography

Capital

The capital of Quafiirla is known as Scrolls-Keeping: "It was a popular pilgrimage site, and for those who enjoyed traveling from village to village for the various festivals it often served as a starting point, or a final destination. The Others would have called it a temple, Zafiil thought as they approached it: a building in the style of the oldest Faulfenzair dwellings of their first world, made of dark brown stone, it stood on a forested hilltop, overlooking a lake and the village that had grown around it."[1]

"[...] but Daqan took her up a spiraling ramp to the top floor of the building, which was flooded with sun from the skylights, and though it was lined with scroll storage, the room was defined by its Dance circle" of textured stone. The floors beneath are also scroll storage, and there is a basement for the most fragile scrolls. Some of them are locked.[1]

Landmarks

Sainai

A mountain on the space-facing side of Quafiirla, about half a day's travel from the village of Qodii. Its slopes are forested in deep purples and dark turquoises. There's a path called the Five-Day-Track that leads over the lowest shoulder of the mountain, from Qodii to the village of Lemau on the northern side. It is described as having towering, sheer cliffs, and cliffs that crumple into low, rocky slopes studded with hardy trees and scrubby plants. In spring there are small blue flowers that bore through the rocks. There are tall thing trees, and a section where two giant slopes meet in a way that allows the sun to shine through the aperture, perfectly framed. Intense blue veins are described as being exposed in the cliff-faces, and there are goat-like creatures, gray-blue, living among the slopes.

No Faulfenzair is said to live on the Sainai.

The third Voice, Daqan, was born there when his parents fled to the mountain to give birth to him; his parents had met and Entwined there, and his mother had dreamed that he should be born and raised there. His parents raised him for over a century on the mountain.

The Sainai is also featured in a Major Wisdom Scroll, Vision on the Sainai.

Villages

  • Daunai
  • Faloon
  • Fareniil
  • Lemau - on the other side of the Sainai from Qodii: "five days there and back."
  • Oodenii
  • Oodiin
  • Qodii
  • Qualoon
  • Wolii
  • Zela

Original Historical Notes (No Longer Strictly Canonical)

(Pulled this out of a Patreon post and did a little light editing; note that it may be out of date, as the Patreon post calls them "original notes" from over twenty years ago.)

One of two current homeworlds of the Faulfenza, along with Quapendai. The two planets are part of an true double-planet system referred to collectively as Qufiil, and is known to be geologically unstable in the very long term. These planets became the species' homeworld after their original homeworld, Quzen, was rendered uninhabitable due to overpopulation and poor resource management.

Both planets were/are .5 g heavier than ours; Quzen was 2/3 water, and has bred powerful swimmers.

Quafiirla is the planet where the old ways are preserved. The First Favored Dancer, ruler of the Seeker's planet, coordinates with the OverDancer the fostering of the technological youth. They are fostered so that they can gain a sense of their tradition, their history and old-culture. From about 40 yrs. to 60 yrs (their adolesence), before they return if they wish to the technological planet.

Each village has a line of power.

  1. FireMother (usually an Old female) (Fauldii)
  2. Little Dance Teacher (Quadii'zafiri) usually a young male - and Wisdomdancer ( (Quazafir), usually an old male.
  3. Favored Dancer (Fiil'zafir) (can be any age or sex)

The FireMother is the head of each village, the one with power, the 'president' if you would. She makes the ultimate decisions.

The WisdomDancer is the keeper of the scrolls (a separate building in the middle of the village, outside of which is the dancing ground, which is the direct center of the village).

The Little Dance Teacher is the one who supervises the teaching of the youth and the steeping of their traditions.

The Favored Dancer is the dancer chosen by the people and approved by the FireMother to be the one who dances the scrolls. It is VERY unusual for the FireMother to NOT approve of the chosen dancer, even if it is not her choice.

The Reading of a Wisdom scroll requires two things: a drum and a dancer. The scrolls are divided into different categories, each of which have a specific drumbeat. The Dancer then 'reads' the scroll, using a complex language made up of dance steps and a complicated sign language that involves mostly hands but also ears and tail and other body parts. Dancers are like Bards, every scroll of knowledge must be learned and practiced like a song. It takes many years to become a Dancer...almost thirty, if the one has a talent for it.

It takes ten to fifteen years to become a drummer.

Have a belief that the weather, soil, and rocks interact in a special way that encourages or discourages plants and animals to take to it. This is a study among the preserved peoples.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Zafiil, Volume 2, Chapter 32