Irathient

The Irathients are a member race of the Votans and the most populace of the Votan races on the planet Earth.

Culture
They are a proud, tribal people with a deep love of the natural world and aggressive demeanor. They are often perceived as feral by others. Irathients are handsome and naturally athletic. They are fierce fighters and pride themselves on their low-tech hand-to-hand combat skills. Irathients greet each other with their hands out and the word eseneziri, which literally means "Without concealed weapons or hidden agendas."

Religion
Irathients are a deeply spiritual people. Irathient spirituality is made up of three idealized parts of the body:


 * Gyabire (the brain) the seat of intellect
 * Gyagbe (the heart} the source of vitality
 * Gyargye (the stomach) the house of emotion.

Relations with Other Races
Irathients prefer the company of their own kind but, because they evolved on the same planet as Sensoths and Liberata, they enjoy a degree of kinship with those races. They resent Castithans' sense of superiority. Irathients view Humans as crude and lacking respect for the natural world.

Language
Not much is known about the structure of the irathient language, but certain words and phrases are known.


 * Eseneziri! - Hello!
 * Tikwithe wazaze? - Where's the bathroom?
 * Lemak ewei. - I love you.
 * Ume tha hunu gyi gyagya. - I need cash.