Editing Setting:Tabula Gloria/Uralaya/The Alkhani People (section)

=In Service of the Forest=
In the end, the Alkhani not only find relief in their survival, but a sense of happiness in serving the Forest. Throughout their lives and the many hunts in which they partake, the tribesmen learn much about the wonder the Forest has to offer, as well as the various threats which assault upon the surprisingly fragile balance in which it holds. This dedication to service has also led the Alkhani as a whole to have immense pride in themselves, though structurally they are divided into clans based upon the trees in which their ancestors served. Even when their leafy masters order different clans to war against each other, perhaps due to a member of one clan cutting down a tree belonging to another clan, both sides mourn each other's dead, retaining their racial unity despite the orders.

Another thing which unifies the Alkhani in their service is their lack of attachment to outsiders. It is not uncommon to find bands of Alkhani stalking the eastern Wastes of Vashial, the western Garvenus Steppe, the southern reaches of the Phrennoack Forest, or even the southwestern plains of the Empire itself in search of quarry assigned to them by their trees. It is also not uncommon when the occasional Shialar nomad of the Wastes, Stormlord of the Steppe, Eltyain or Yatoka of Phrennoack, or an Imperial of the Empire is abducted into the Forest, never to be seen again. As such, it is usually advised by the Empire to avoid the distinct Alkhani altogether.