Zandiziite DLC - The Final One (probably)

[dessysalta]

Lore Impact (Small/Medium/Large): Small

Species: Unathi, with some general bits since it deals with xeno-Zandis

Short Description: Blurb about gender in the ZZ Games and how it applies to xenos/non-sk'akh/etc. 

How will this be reflected on-station?: It won't be for the most part, but could add some additional conversational depth to Zandi fans.

Does this addition do anything not achieved by what already exists?: I think adding more depth and history to why the ZZ Games places such a strong emphasis on gender and the like would be beneficial, but obviously the ZZ Games went years without much in the way of history and outside of its core principles it deserves to be otherwise vague for the sake of automatic canonicity/etc. Also because the whole "healer Zandi" thing was removed with my initial LCA from awhile back.

Do you understand that the project may change over time in ways you may not foresee once it is handed over to the Lore Team?: The lore team could use me as a Nar'sien sacrifice and I wouldn't care. (yes lmao)

Long Description:

Spoiler

Gender In The Zandiziite Games

Historians largely argue as to why the Games have the emphasis they do on the Warrior identity as well as how it affects Moghes and greater Unathi space, even with the long-lasting gender precedent in and outside of this shared cultural activity—the greatest mystery being whether or not the very first Games' benefactors and organizers were Sk'akh. In many respects, the Zandiziite Games have been shaped and grown around the previously unknown, with the first Aut'akh fighter allowed as early as 2456 and the first alien competitor in the second rerun of the Games not long after the Contact War had ended. As a result, scholars both Unathi and alien alike have debated what rules should apply to whom and when, with the initial points of contention being how conservatively the rules must be upheld in regards to xeno compatriots: such arguments as applying Unathi rules to the Unathite sport, adhering to the Warrior identity in Unathi space and customs but retaining their species' take on gender outside of it, or instead retaining a slightly more liberal interpretation such as allowing the rules to apply in regards to the contestants' species and regions; for instance, Skrell and Vaurcae being exempt from this regulation on account of their largely asexual nature and populous.

Healer and Fisher Zandiziites in the early Games weren't as rare as most historical accounts regarded them, with one document from roughly 1202 denoting a surprising three competitors of non-Warrior archetypes. However, succeeding the Games of 1235 wherein the first-place Zandiziite who identified as a Healer refused to concede she was of Warrior spirit and would go on to spout a most controversial phrase, "the pursuit of [knowledge] and strength cannot be ascribed to the Warrior only [...] it would be a crime to regard [Healers and Fishers] as populations who are not as dynamic as the world they live in," the residing Kres'na'hor Hegemon declared this to be a heresy spout by an anti-Sk'akhist and henceforth banned play of those who refused to label themselves as a Warrior in fighting or spirit.

In modern times, with the concept of gender becoming an individual affair for non-Moghresian Unathi and the continuous developments by even the most conservative lands, this order has been interpreted in different manners. Some argue the Kres'na'hor Hegemony did this largely as an attempt to ensure Warriors were not cast to the wayside or to keep the principles of Sk'akh from bleeding into one another, whereas others' interpretations believe it only to matter in regards to fighting "style" or gender "fronting". Regardless, those who choose to participate in the games must at the very least acknowledge they are a Warrior in competition, even if their spirit or other professions are predominantly those of a Healer or Fisher.

 

Edited August 31 by dessysalta
minor spelling mistake

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