Community
The Aurenfaie community is split into clans, led by eleven larger clans, said to have come from eleven drops of blood shed by Aura. The clans are distinguished by different coloured and carefully folded headscarves called sen'gai. Each clan lives in their specific "Fai'thast" (Folklands; home)- the territory owned by their clan and are ruled by a Khirnari- The eleven Khirnari's of the major clans form the Iia'sidra- the ruling body of the Aurenfaie, who ensure the laws of the land are followed and pass judgement on those accused of breaking them.
"Sarikali" stands as sacred grounds to the Aurenfaie, and is described as "The Heart of the Jewel" Non-Aurenfaie are rarely allowed to enter Sarikali and, when they are, their eyes are covered on the journey. Many small dragons, known as "Fingerlings," make their residence in Sarikali.
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“When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,” you may indeed set over you a king whom the LORD your God will choose. One of your own community you may set as king over you; you are not permitted to put a foreigner over you, who is not of your own community.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 17:14,15.
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