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'''Cethan''' is the [[Ademic]] word for "[[mercenary]]" {{Ref|TWMF|114}}, but with a much better connotation. Ademic mercenaries are renowned for their prowess throughout [[Temerant]]. They are paid two or three [[Cealdish Currency|jots]] a day, twenty times what a normal mercenary gets{{Ref|TWMF|87}}. Cethan pride themselves on returning a full 80 percent of their pay to their school {{Ref|TWMF|115}}.
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'''Cethan''' is the [[Ademic]] word for "[[mercenary]]" {{Ref|TWMF|114}}. It is an honorific title to the [[Adem]], and does not carry the same negative commonwealth connotation for sellswords. [[Adem]] mercenaries are renowned for their prowess throughout [[Temerant]] and are paid two or three [[Cealdish Currency|jots]] a day (twenty times what a normal mercenary gets{{Ref|TWMF|87}}). They pride themselves on investing 80 percent or that income on their home town {{Ref|TWMF|115}}.
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==Ketan==
 
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The '''Ketan''' is the method through which the Cethan remain fit and learn to fight. The '''Ketan''' is a dance-like strech, comparable to a martial arts kata, consisting of over a hundred poses named after various actions, such as "Grandmother Gathers" and "Bargeman at the Dock" {{Ref|TWMF|94}}. The slower the Ketan is performed, the harder it becomes. There are many schools of thought in [[Ademre]] on how the Ketan should be practiced, but the most common school of thought is the [[Latantha]].
 
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==Lethani==
 
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In other countries, the [[Lethani]] is rumored to be a secret art by which the Adem remain silent and use their words to increase their fighting strength. In reality, the Lethani is a complex moral code that all Adem study.
 
  
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Latest revision as of 07:36, 28 September 2019

Cethan is the Ademic word for "mercenary" [1]. It is an honorific title to the Adem, and does not carry the same negative commonwealth connotation for sellswords. Adem mercenaries are renowned for their prowess throughout Temerant and are paid two or three jots a day (twenty times what a normal mercenary gets[2]). They pride themselves on investing 80 percent or that income on their home town [3].

References

  1. ↑ The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 114, "His Sharp and Single Arrow"
  2. ↑ The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 87, "The Lethani"
  3. ↑ The Wise Man's Fear, Chapter 115, "Storm and Stone"
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