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{{Infobox:TwilightAgeGroup
|Type = Zu'aan tribe
|Name = Aleor Tribal Zu'aan
|Parent Groups = N/A
|Descended Groups = Unknown
|Areas Controlled = [[Ghaytan Forest Hill]]
|Date Founded = 4E 97
|Date Disbanded = N/A
}}

==History==

The earliest of the Aleor tribe's settlements were registered around 4E 97, when those were nothing much else other than a couple of holding grounds, distributed along the Ghaytan Forest Hill to allow groups of injured refugees to remain somewhere safe, give them shelter and basic amenities, those settlements were in their majority simple delays, groups of zu'aan passed through them while fleeing from the advancing kin'toni pressure, directed mainly from the Issran Shield.

Those early settlements were also victims of kin'toni raids, but over time they adapted small localized armies as a means to defend and keep the refugees safe, even doing practices such as small controlled fires as a prevention method from kin'toni, food was rationed harshly due to their semi-isolated state, the many settlements were many times like islands, which led to, as an example during the controlled fires, some level of isolation that might challenge individual supply, and that harsh ration distribution was done as a guarantee to the limited safety they could grasp.

As an attempt to centralize political power, in the year of 4E 125, the city of Krorror was founded after the monarchical surname of the current Aleor leader, Reliel Krorror, which commanded many of the Aleor's workers and some of the still remaining refugees to build towering stone walls around the territories where Aleor settlements existed, and by the year of 4E 132, it was done, creating a massive place which was initially seen as a refuge from the spreading kin'toni attacks.

The Aleor, under Reliel's control, started taking to a different strategy. Oftentimes, most of the refugees who were left behind were promised their groups would return soon so as to rescue them back into whatever tribe they were previously a part of, however, when their groups did show up, the very walls built to defend were utilized as a tool of censorship, guards stood armed outside and would oftentimes tell the groups their refugees had, “Unfortunately”, passed to some kin'toni attack, hunger due to critical rations, or oftentimes plain suicide.

While, in reality, that very member was in the vast majority of the time still within Krorror, being utilized for slave labor. Two generations after such policies were applied, the descendants of those who were lied out of their return back to their tribe remained utilized as slave labor, which was the primordial means to feed onto the Aleor productivity, something that received a high amount of praise amongst other tribes. One member of that old generation was left, however.

Harielishul Valaren, led a youth group rebellion that allowed them to flee Krorror with the destiny being the Issran Shield, being the primary event which led to the later establishment of the Aleorma Tribe. Therefore, what first began as a group of settlements turned itself into a slave trade and labor-based monarchy, commanded by the very Krorror family which forcefully kept the enslaved individuals away from their previous homes. This tribe became one of the most prominent tribes in terms of resistance against kin'toni.

Though that came at the cost of the dignity of a large portion of the zu'aan that lived within it (in its 560 citizens, about 230 are slaves), creating a kingdom that keeps itself sustained by what many consider unfair means.

==Psychology==

The Aleor tribe's psychological framework was developed in a very coercive way, to such a degree where it is extremely difficult for members of the tribe to think opposed to what is given to them; starting with just that, they often believe that social order isn't something chosen by individuals, but something given to them by the very government that reigns the Aleor tribe. This sort of mental re-shaping is often done by the institutions, be them religious or military, to frame the current hierarchical functioning as something which is natural.

That has been previously existing before Krorror was even founded, and therefore, not something that can be logically or morally negotiable; this extends to slavery, which isn't presented as a policy in common conversation, but as a condition of actual reality, leading to the fixation of a mentality before it can even be understood. Furthermore, Emauos' doctrinal code also contributes in training zu'aan minds into interpreting suffering and obedience as characteristics that are a part of the correct framework of spiritual meaningfulness.

People are systematically taught early in their lives that hardship is something necessary for one to undergo as a means to become a correct individual, submission is used as a means to refine the person's soul; not only that, resistance is interpreted as immaturity, or the very corruption of good religious values, often when talking about such phenomena, people are taught about the rebellion, and how each and all of those members will rot once the guards kill them.

Furthermore, non-elite free citizens, such as merchants, weaponsmiths and fishers, may create a level of consciousness that opposes the hegemonical one proposed by the Aleor government, understanding their responsibility within those walls while not involving themselves directly with all the painful and suffering cycling procedures of the tribe; however, the vast majority of free citizens agree with most of the framework promoted by the monarchy, simply due to their indivisible control in the institutional sectors of society which are responsible for the development of an individual's mind.

The clergy and guards are some of the ones who go through the most brainwashing-like procedures of the free citizens, they are trained thoroughly from a young age to not just be merely enforcers, but to believe inherently in everything that the monarchy defends, they were alive translators of that ideology into the day-to-day. Their presence is shaped to work as a reinforcing idea, one not only of vigilance but of constant judgment, those individuals are some of the most "disciplined" of the entire tribe, but at, how many put it, at the cost of their humanity.

To conclude, it is necessary to show how all of these contradictions within the minds of every member of the tribe isn't a failure of the monarchical system, but the very objective of it, this society where the members support the status-quo blindly plays exactly in what's necessary to prevent questioning, reform, and especially revolt, that word the monarchy hates so much due to what the Aleorma has done before.

==Culture==

The cultural framework of the Aleor tribe has already passed through a stage of it being forcefully mandated onto the people, now a denominated functional system which expresses itself naturally amongst the citizens. The culture itself is far from expressive or celebratory, be it feelings of contempt, sadness, anger, joy, none of that, it is used as a tool to maintain order. And these practices, just like most of what goes on in the walls of Krorror, are still utilized as a means to extend the monarchy's stability and control.

However this time through the influencing of spontaneous traditions, turning obedience into a routine. Many rituals would occur on a daily basis, and most of them implied the hierarchical division of the tribe visible, natural, and nearly unavoidable. Practices where every single individual would be able to partake in took place, and in those, even things like posture and positioning were trying to imply something, guards standing shoulder to shoulder, slaves all coupled up like a bunch of uncared for animals, while the monarch stood at least 10 meters from the closest person to them.

Allowing authority to be displayed without any explanation. This would extend to exploitations during things even like pauses in labor, where people, often exhausted to even think, would see these procedures and tend to them as natural. Even little things like children's play were influenced by this ideological influence, songs would treat slaves as indebted individuals and guards as armies sent from the divine, all in a catchy and "innocent" tune. Social habits in households also served as a means for the monarchy.

Everyday life in the space responsible for upbringings allowed for the characteristics of the monarchy to be defended without debate, this first began with a structural taking down of the curiosity in children, who, by their natural innocence, tend to make questions about things that could be serious threats for the status-quo (an example would be asking why some people are forced to work whilst being whipped while a king who does nothing gets all the riches); after their curiosity is killed by the root.

They're taught by simple repetition, without explanation, be it via forceful etiquette, gestures, or their very posture, all of this leads to the set of customs which the Aleor leaders wish to be implanted in individuals since their early days. Slaves were also allowed controlled forms of culture exclusive just for them, however, in no moment does that set of cultural practices allow for those people's proper expressionist autonomy. They were allowed a series of limited physical training, which allowed them to train mainly stamina and resistance.

All of this wasn't done for proper labor preparation, but also out of exhaustion, and it also left their strength training limited to that obtained during work, which, due to the lack of proper rest, rarely translated into increased musculature. Other than that, they had a set of games which attempted to turn pain into proof of virtue, which, once again, simply falls back to the monarchy's and clergy's interests of shaping individuals who wish to do nothing but waste their own life away until their very feet give up from under them.

All of this contributing to a facade of cultural autonomy, while all they're allowed to do was follow expressions without meaning or representation behind them.

==Government==

The Aleor tribe's government shapes itself as that classic concept of an absolute monarchy, where power is hereditarily distributed and political power is accumulated around that monarchical surname, making it impossible to divide it among other sections or institutions of society that aren't part of the monarchy. In this case, the ruling house is the one that contains the descendants of the Krorror name; thus, the chosen family member of that tree acts as the head of state, the supreme authority in military decision-making.

And the one who holds the highest interpretation of laws and religion; and another detail, as they have the political right of interpreting laws, the same monarch often stands above them. Now, many often question how a system like that keeps itself up, and, in the example of the Aleor, one of the methods to maintain that power is via religious justification; Emauos being the religion in question here, the monarchs didn't specifically declare themselves as God, though, they are the highest interpreters of the religious texts and their teachings, usually declaring themselves as chosen by divinity.

All of this religious justification extends to the maintenance of slavery, which is justified because of how suffering is a corrective state everyone should undergo, how obedience is necessary, and how that hierarchy is naturally sacred; thus, slaves should, under that logic, work until they're purified and can repay their existential debt. Speaking of the maintenance of slavery, in the Aleor tribe, such a class is legalized throughout all of their formal institutions, making it so that, legally, it cannot be considered an abusive practice.

Slaves are seen, by the legal code of the Aleor, as individuals who are religiously designated as dependent people, who should work in a hereditary logic until their very bones give out from their bodies; those same individuals hold no lineage rights, no political power, and no legalized origin, thus, if they leave, the Aleor's government owes them no protection, that along with how they're seen as property, many times not being considered in the population numbers.

On the day-to-day, power is observed through a heavily present clerical-administrative caste that is cherry-picked by the crown; they are responsible for keeping records of food, labor, and, obviously, the doctrinal practices. Along with that, the walls of Krorror were filled to the brim with guards, which walked alongside the clerics to enforce the moral determinations of the religious institutions; justice for the citizens existed only to the extent of correcting their behavior, not to rehabilitate, and much less to judge them fairly.

To sum up, the Aleor state, even though aware of many of what their practices are, does not see itself as cruel, simply realistic and disciplined, following the very graces their divine beings left behind for them, which justifies the suffering that is directly imposed onto its people, be it via the maintenance of a slavery-based production system, or by limiting civil liberties to the free members of society that aren't part of the monarchy, the military, or the clergy.

==Military==

The Aleors military forces exist with a strong and concrete presence, there is no romantization of their purpose or pride given to whoever serves such an arduous task. The primary goal of the army is internal control, with orders to protect the monarchial order and the enforcement of slavery, so they are seen on the day-to-day, enacting the monarch's order without any sort of filter in their actions. Their second task was their divisions in battalions that extended their reach throughout many of the regions next to the city.

All with the purpose of guarding any potential invaders, but also to prevent many individuals from attempting to flee from the many routes that were established by a number of rebels. The army is thus an instrument to extend the power accumulated by the crown. The military is given legitimacy not only by the king's orders, but by the elites who are responsible for the religious institutions. The hierarchical chain of justified legitimacy functions from the monarchy and the clergy, which attempt to justify each other constantly as a means to concentrate power within the Krorror family and a select few religious leaders.

Right after that, the military and their actions are maintained, controlled, and justified by that same circular logic between religious leadership and monarchical rule, making the military, while obedient, quite a high caste in that tribe. The military is often composed not only of elite officers (chosen by the clergy and the crown), but a series of five thousand free citizens, that are professionally trained not only in combat directly with swords and bows, but also geographically, depending on the battalion they become a part of, or if they operate in the internal defense.

Making it so the Aleors military is one of the most formidable ones in the region. Slaves were fundamentally prohibited from participating or enlisting out of a fear of allowing that class to understand battle logic or to supply rebellions with training and weapons. But that formidable force isn't seen just from their geographical training, but in their combat methods, the soldiers are restless and ruthless, mirroring even the religious values of the tribe, exhaustion, repetition, desensitization, obedience under pain.

This is illustrated best in the biggest fights faced by the tribe, where soldiers would go in suicidal charges under mad orders to justify what they believe in, opposing forces, be them kin'toni or zu'aan, were horrified by how thoughtlessly the soldiers threw themselves onto death; those which though hesitated, were seen as flatter, inferior, and outright less skilled, "if you can't throw yourself at death and come back alive, can you even be considered a good soldier?" was an often repeated phrase to those that show "cowardice".

Their everyday presence was shaped to mimic the stone towering walls of the very city of Krorror, the soldiers would be constantly wearing reinforced sets of armor, have banners sticking out of their back, kept completely erect posture at every moment, their very common image seen as a strong notion of sacrifice to protect the city. To sum up, the Aleors military, by abandoning humanitarian values and freedom, created a force that mimics a moving wall of flesh, who can only be stopped by another force who is able to push it down with the same force.

==Religion==

The core of the religious belief of the Aleor tribe is around the name before mentioned in this article, the religion of Emauos; that religion is shaped around the goddess Aldilia, which a priori to the universe's and the world's existence sacrificed her own life, a life perfect, enlightened, and free from any sins, as a means to create everything that exists now, she gave her perfect life to guarantee that we individuals could exist the way we do today. Thus, every single human which has had the blessing of existing owes an ontological existential debt to the figure of Aldilia and her sacrifice.

In translation, this describes the perfect narrative to justify the brutal means utilized to maintain slave-based labor in the Aleor tribe. Emauos is utilized to not only attempt to spiritually shape individuals, but to make it so it is ontologically undebatable that those that are born into slave positions have to remain working as a means to guarantee their debt is paid, and when such facts are questioned by the rulers, it is often said that the rulers, like the Krorror families or the many elites in the clergy, don't owe the same amount.

Since the slaves not only owe for being born, but from their history in demanding space within the walls of Krorror, which in their logic, justifies the hierarchy that is established in the tribe. The image of Aldilia is a silent and non-interventional one, since as is stated in the founding myth of the religion, it is a figure which has sacrificed itself, thus it's difficult to argue against or beg out of something, it is only seen as a being fundamental for the creation of the beauty of life, it is not a forgiving, miraculous, or prophet-based deity.

The world is simply the scripture left behind by Aldilia's work, which is something often claimed by the monarchy and the elite members of the clergy, saying they simply measure as a means to maintain Emauos, they don't speak for Aldilia or represent her wishes directly, but do the utmost impressive work to translate the goddess' intentions. The sacred concepts of such religion go as follows: First, suffering is a calibration, pain isn't supposed to be something redemptive, it is obligatory to repay the existential debt left over from the sacrifice used to create your existence.

If you suffer, it means your debt is present, if you suffer even more, it means you are deeper within it, the prices have gone up due to the built-up interest, but you're still paying, and such suffering must be more and more amplified until your being is numb to any sort of pain; Second, obedience is an alignment, any sort of actions which diverge from it are not only considered misalignments, but sins themselves, you are out of position and combating the intentions of the loving mother that is Aldilia, you are required to be corrected your entire life.

No mercy will be placed upon your soul if you do not do as you're told; Third, the biggest form of purity is exhaustion and numbness, the best examples of the core religion presented by the clergy are old slaves who die in the heat and rot while still rowing lanes of plowable land, their deaths during labor are considered clean deaths, in religious rituals their bodies would be displayed and beaten as a form to celebrate their life, in contrast to this, the death of any participants of rebellions, escapes, or while an individual is resting on a death bed and unable to work are ridiculed.

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