Death and ramblings-on

[elaby]

Okay, so I'm sick.

I don't ever get sick, either O_o;; Not
really. And I'm not really sick now, I just have a cold. At a very
inopportune time this month, in which I don't need any more reason to
feel sick. But I have Sudafed, which has kicked in by now. This morning
when I woke up I didn't think I needed any, but by Anthropology I
thought I'd be lucky if I could get up to walk out at the end of
class... but now I'm better. Thanks to drugs, _melisande_'s plum, hak42's
returned-ness, and caitirin's Wellness Vibes (tm) ^_^

I need to go to class soon, so I shouldn't be dissertating now... but I wanna!



So I've been reworking Kyrielle's entire society plan. Originally, there was the Adi'eh, his people... and there were two classes, the warrior
class (the Kaval) and the magic-using class (the Striega.) The Kaval
have dark skin and only the females have magic, and it's strictly
healing-based magic (useful for a warrior people, right?) The Striega
have dark skin that is marbleized with lighter streaks, like...
marbleized paint, you know? And they are the upper class, the
aristocrats, the rich ones, but not the ruling class. The Kaval are the
ruling class. Within these two classes, there were two religious sects
which each had members of both classes, and the civil war that just
finished in Kyrielle-land was between these two religious sects.

What I'm changing... is that Kyrielle's people, the magic-using class which
used to be called the Striega, is now a separate species from the
Kaval. Before, both the Striega and the Kaval were Adi'eh, but now
there is no Striega and the magic-using Kyrielle patterny people are
called the Adi'eh. The Kaval is another race that either took over or
was asked to rule the Adi'eh when it was found that they were not
organized enough or did not have enough military power to protect
themselves.


And now, I must flee away to class. It's a good class, though. Hopefully I will say smart things if I say anything at all ^_^