The Durami Kaneshar



The "Blood Hunters" of the desert, this sect reveres Seht directly rather than as a simple medium to shower love to Anahita. Possibly a splinter sect of the main religion driven out of the cities and into the harsh sands, or possibly the actual proginators of Seht-worship. This can be clarified and decided upon, or left as an artefact and mystery of history.

They have no settlements or temples to speak of; roaming nomads, they venerate certain places too old to call proper ruins, such as the Durmishabat (pictured), an obviously once-great statue of which only a hand remains unclaimed by the sand.Their numbers are small, since they prefer children born with actual magic and will consume most born without the talent. Rather than hunting animals for food, they subsist off of life energy itself, using their magic to drain the energy they need to survive. While actually consuming the blood is unneccesary, some of the more violent among them practically bathe in it whenever they get an opportunity. Mainly they find animals (anything with blood will do), but occasionally they gather together to raid villages, taking slaves to feast upon at their convenience.

Unlike the main religion of Haresh, the Durami Khaneshar do not subjugate men; one's status is determined by their raw power or other abilities. They do not keep individual families; children are raised communally, with most never knowing whom their "real" parents were. All are bonded by the Blood. Interestingly, despite the ancient and pervasive animosity between the Durami Khaneshar and the Ahibanu, if one of the Blood Hunters flees the tribe they will likely seek refuge at one of the temples of the more settled sect, as otherwise they ould be devoured by their brothers and sisters.