Editing Pershala (section)

==Relations==
Pershala are grudgingly respected by all of the sentient races, but are generally undesirable as social company. For the most part, this suits the pershala fine. Of all the other races, the dwarves seem to understand the pershala the best. Neither is terribly interested in socializing. Adwarf keeps a pershala’s fightercraft functioning and asks for nothing more in return than payment. Gnomes on the other hand, also provide excellent mechanical expertise, but few pershala have the patience to exploit it. Similarly, halflings share a common nomadic lifestyle and love of piloting, but pershalan mannerisms and attitudes often make them the target of halfling troublemaking.

Elves have much in common with the pershala, as each claims to produce the galaxy’s best pilots. While they respect each other’s skills, they are more likely to be rivals than friends. More than one such rivalry has turned deadly. The fact that a few elves have begun to participate in the pertigrens only adds to the fire. This rivalry is even greater among the pershala and the drow, since the drow have been given preferential treatment among the Empire’s pilots since the ascension of Mezzenbone.

Pershalan merchants have increased their dealings with the half-elves and the humans during the past 5,000 years. Mutual profitability has eased the tensions caused by social differences and these races often coexist peacefully for a time before the nomadic pershala resume their travels.

Orcs, half-orcs, and their kin are considered unclean filth and the pershala avoid contact with their kind whenever possible. In contrast, the pershala approach soulmechs with a degree of reverence, for they alone have achieved a greater union of being and machine than the pershala. Pershala find the soulmechs’ sterile forms oddly comforting.

The dragons and their kin respect the skills the pershala provide. On occasion, a half-dragon pilot will even seek out a pershalan mentor. It is said that Mezzabone has taken great pleasure in fueling the rivalry between his drow and pershalan pilots. He believes it keeps his warriors in top shape and he delights in the resulting chaos and bloodshed.