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'''Cethan''' is the [[Ademic]] word for "[[mercenary]]" {{Ref|TWMF|114}}, but with a much better connotation. [[Adem]] 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}}, but is an honorific title that does not carry the negative commonwealth connotation. [[Adem]] 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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==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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Revision as of 06:09, 12 January 2019

Cethan is the Ademic word for "mercenary" [1], but is an honorific title that does not carry the negative commonwealth connotation. Adem mercenaries are renowned for their prowess throughout Temerant. They are paid two or three jots a day, twenty times what a normal mercenary gets[2]. Cethan pride themselves on returning a full 80 percent of their pay to their school [3].

  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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