Voont Kin'toni Clan

History

The Voont kin'toni was formed by the group of people who decided to seek out cities for their survival. They did not think that they could survive in the wild. They had all been city dwelling zu'aan living in the small but thriving Vorusk city when the kin'toni outbreak struck. Their history was quite similar to that of the Vorusk kin'toni clan for it all started the same way. They had been a small but thriving community of zu'aan that used the forest around them to lead humble but comfortable lives. Vorusk city had been a historical landmark that had once been a stronghold and that was frequented by many tourists that wanted to experience the forest from the comfort of civilisation.

They were well connected with the outside world through radios, news channels and telephones. When the kin'toni first escaped from the facility, the people of Vorusk thought they were safe because of their isolated location. They banned tourists from entering the city but they had to let goods transporters in to the city provide food and supplies for the population. They checked the drivers for signs of infection, but everyone seemed normal. This is why the citizens of Vorusk did not even realise what hit them when the attack occurred.

One of the transport drivers had been affected by the kin'toni. However, the infection had not set in fully and his sclerae were still white. His body was unstable due to the incompatibility of the kin'toni infection with his body. This drove him to insanity but he was only able to affect a quarter of the population before his body collapsed. The infection he spread was also unstable, and many of the citizens of Vorusk faced the same fate as he did. However, as the infection spread, it mutated and grew more compatible with the zu'aan.

The infection killed most of the population, leaving only 30-40 survivors.mThe survivors were too scared to travel as they had lived their whole lives in the city. They decided to go into hiding and let people think the city was abandoned. However, they were discovered by Zagez and his group. Despite the fact that the attackers eventually receded, many of the remaining Vorusk kin'toni died in the battle. The few that were left had lost their faith in the city’s defences. They decided they would be safer in the wild.

One of the remaining soldiers decided that he would the Vorusk to the South, away from the cities. However, some of the survivors decided they would rather go east and try to get help from zu'aan cities, and called themselves the Voont. The Voont followed the well-known paths to reach the nearest city, and surprisingly their path was not filled with peril. When they reached the city, it was in disarray and under the control of the kin'toni, but they managed to fight for a win a spot on the outskirts. They then stayed there, trying to pretend that they were still zu'aan.

Biology

The Voont kin'toni tried to live their lives as though they were still zu'aan, even though they were kin'toni. Drinking blood was considered a painful task that they had to do merely to survive. Due to this, their own blood was incredibly thick and dark, as their bodies were conditioned to use the smallest amount of blood for the longest time which made their blood incredibly viscous and binding to zu'aan blood. They considered using their kin'toni strength a sin. While most kin'toni in the abandoned city were using their strength to conquer the city, the Voont were using their zu'aan skills to keep their stay.

Their eyes were still white due to the fact that their initial infection turned their eyes white. However, they had dark green eyes, much darker than the Vorusk. Their irises were so dark that they looked almost black if not in direct light. It was only when the Voont were in direct light the green in their eyes could be seen and distinguished from their horizontal slit irises. They were very proud of their eyes and often made their art mimic the colour of their eyes – almost too dark to be green. The Voont had a build that was very similar to the zu'aan.

This was mostly because the initial infection was not very strong. They were about 155 cm to 175 cm tall. They had lovely brown hair that they put a lot of effort into maintaining. Their strength was much less than the kin'toni, because unlike other kin'toni they did not work out and did not focus on building muscle. Instead, they focused their interest on crafts and education. The Voont fangs, therefore, were also small. They were incredibly thin and lanky as they consumed as little blood as possible. They should have been sick but their kin'toni bodies were better at adapting to malnourishment than zu'aan.

They did not consume zu'aan food as they thought it would be disrespectful and also they did not want to change their farming patterns. They were also very pale, which added to their sickly appearance.

Culture

While most kin'toni in the abandoned city were using their strength to conquer the city, the Voont were using their zu'aan skills to keep their stay. In fact, they considered using their kin'toni strength a sin. They treated their strength as blood on their hands that they could not wipe away no matter how hard they tried. The other kin'toni in the city would have ripped the Voont kin'toni to shreds if not for the Parakk kin'toni. The Parakk had been the first kin'toni to accept the Voont. They took pity on the Voont who had faced so much loss in such little time. They decided to protect and provide for the Voont as long as the Voont provided for them.

The Voont kin'toni tried to live their lives as though they were still zu'aan, even though they were kin'toni. Drinking blood was considered a painful task that they had to do merely to survive. Due to this, their bodies were conditioned to use the smallest amount of blood for the longest time which made their blood incredibly viscous and binding to zu'aan blood. The blood they did consume was delivered to them by other kin'toni in bottles and packages so that the Voont did not have to harm any zu'aan themselves. Their philosophy was that even if they had to drink blood to survive, they did not want to directly harm any zu'aan.

Thanks to the Parakk kin'toni, the Voont were able to maintain their delusion of being zu'aan. They neither had to fight not hunt as the Parakk kin'toni handled that for them. In return, the Voont provided a lot of things to the Parakk. Voont couples lived in houses with their siblings and turnees, meaning they had a joint family structure. This meant that the Voont did not need too much space. The Voont also made all sorts of crafts for the Parakk and for other clans as favours. These crafts included everything from clothes, to utensils, to furniture. However, they refused to make weapons as they did not want them to be used against zu'aan.

They grew cotton themselves and dyed it to get wonderful colours. They travelled to the woods and cut logs for the furniture. They were the reason that all the kin'toni in the city had nice comfortable clothes rather than rags or loincloths.

Government

The Voont, who were so set in their zu'aan ways, decided to have the original Vorusk city government. However, this system dissolved quickly as there were not enough roles for actual work. The Voont had nothing to protect, no systems to create. They were not a small clan, but they let anyone who did not like their ways leave. They were not afraid of war or retaliation thanks to the protection provided by the Parakk clan. Since they did not require as big of a government system now, they decided to divide the entire clan into three areas of operation. Each of these areas had their own minister and the minister had subordinates.

Overseeing these areas of operations was the President of the Voont. Each of the government roles was decided by a full and fair voting of all the people of Voont who had reached maturity. Even the role of subordinates was elected by the people. Voont who wanted to hold office as the president, had to prove themselves a worthy minister, a worthy subordinate before that, and a worthy Voont first of all. It was very rare for any of the Voont to climb to a governmental position without going through this order. The few times that it had happened were rare cases that hardly ever ended in success.

The democracy of the Voont was maintained via regular elections. Other than the roels themselves, any rule or law that was passed had to be voted for by at least 60% of the Voont. Governmental roles only required a majority vote. This meant that the city often had campaigns running to promote candidates or laws. The votes opened every morning in the town square where the public gathered for morning prayers. Every person’s votes were noted on a publicly visible black wall with white chalk. The votes were then tallied by the person who lost the last presidential election with the highest number of votes.

This voting system was used to form the government that had three areas of operation. These areas were called centres. The first centre was that of diplomatic relations. It was the job of this minister to ensure that the Voont stayed in the favour of the Parakk. They had regular meetings with the Parakk leaders and ensured that the clans were on good terms. They also met with delegations from other clans to create trade in the city. Most clans needed the comfort that the Voont could make through their crafts. In return, the Voont were promised a certain amount of blood to be delivered to them.

The second section worked to create an education system for the youngsters. They had to have some different courses for the Voont and Parakk students as crafts and war were the focus of the two respectively. The third section ensured that the clan was making enough crafts to trade and also that they had enough raw resources to work with. All of the Voont members fell under one of these categories.

Military

The Voont did not have their own military. The Parakk had been the first kin'toni to accept the Voont. They took pity on the Voont who had faced so much loss in such little time. They decided to protect and provide for the Voont as long as the Voont provided for them. They acted as the military for the Voont. Although the arrangement would seem suspicious to any outsiders, it was a long standing symbiotic relationship that the two clans had carefully nurtured for centuries. The closest thing the Voont had to a military was a training grounds on which they taught the young Parakk that they were fostering or turned how to fight.

This part of the clan had been created with the Voont and Parakk first struck their deal. The Voont knew that they needed the protection that the Parakk could offer and the Parakk made it a part of their deal that the Voont would raise their turnees. The Voont knew that to do this efficiently, they would have to train the Parakk how to fight. Some of the original Voont decided that they would put the safety of their clan above its cultures. They stayed with the Parakk clan and learned how to fight and how to train youngster to fight. Those Voont then returned to their clan and taught any of the young Parakk that came.

Since then, a few Voont who showed both strength and leadership were also taught how to fight, so that they could continue to upload the system and maintain the relationship between the two clans. The Voont who trained the Parakk youngsters also had the satisfaction of knowing that a good number of their trainees came back to guard the Voont after maturity. This helped justify the deviation for normal Voont ideals. As for the protection of the Voont, it was totally done by the Parakk. They had comfortable stations at short distances around the entire Voont territory, including the side between the Parakk and the Voont.

They also patrolled the city occasionally to make sure there was no unrest. The Parakk were also supportive of the Voonts’ trade with other clans as it reduced the pressure on the Parakk to supply blood. Thus, strong Parakk soldiers accompanied the Voont when they sent delegations to other clans. The Parakk also accompanied the Voont when they went to the forest to gather supplies such as wood. The Parakk did not help carry the supplied, they were merely protection, and the Voont used carts to transport the supplies.

Occasionally, some of the Parakk soldiers had stepped out of line and posed a threat to the Voont. However, this had not disrupted the peace as the Parakk took strict action against the offenders. According to Parakk rules, the offenders were given a fair trial in front of a jury that consisted of an even number of Parakk and Voont. The trial would take no longer than 24 hours and any witnesses were called forward. The trails ended in death by beheading for the offenders that were found guilty.

Religion

Much like the rest of their ideology, the Voont originally worshipped zu'aan gods. However, over the years, the stories that were passed down from generation to generation were mixed and contorted and confused until eventually arriving at the H’lla religion the Voont worshipped. Although H’lla was based off of zu'aan religions, it was accepted as a kin'toni religion by most of the kin'toni in the city that the Voon occupied. Despite the fact that the kin'toni were incredibly strong and genetically superior, their life was not easy. The city had had a solid structure, but years of low maintenance had ruined the buildings.

Moreover, they did not have access to electricity or tap water, or any of the luxuries they brought. Their technology was stuck in the stone ages, especially without assistance. However, the Voont clan made life a little more comfortable for all the clans in the city. Their ideals and religion taught them to be kind and giving and that resonated in good will with the entire city. Thus, when the Voont started practicing H’lla, the other clans in the city eventually followed, whether weeks or decades later. H’lla gained so many followers that a major temple was created near the border of the Voont territory near the forest.

However, most clans had at least one smaller temple inside their territory. The major temple had priests from every clan, practicing H’lla and praying to the goddess H’llaya all year round. However, apart from the priests, no one was allowed to enter or leave the temple throughout the year. This was because consuming blood one days before entering H’llaya’s home was considered sacrilegious. This was why the temple needed so many priests, because other than Voont kin'toni, most kin'toni could not go more than two days without blood and thus the priests constantly rotated in and out of the temple to feed while maintaining the strength of the temple.

The temple was open to the public only on the four holidays of the year – each of which was considered the start of a new season. One these days, only one delegation of kin'toni travelled to the temple from each clan, to ask for guidance and protection for the next season. Thus, the main area of worship for the kin'toni were in the temples inside their territories. These temples were considered passages to the house of H’llaya and thus did not hold the same rules of fasting. Most clans developed their own system for worshipping in these smaller temples.

The Voont celebrated H’llaya by creating statues of her and placing them inside their homes. These statues were decorated with gorgeous clothes. The Voont made their personal statue inside the temple using anointed clay. The statues were then placed in the location most important to the Voont. Voonts who were working on crafts often placed their statues near their work so that H’llaya could guide them and ensure that the work was ready on time.

Miscellany

The city that the Voont inhabited was truly unique. The entire city was split up into territories that were occupied by one of five clans. These clans lived in harmony in most part, usually following the ideal of live and let live. However, the city had not always been thriving. There was a time when the other three clans considered the city to be nothing more than a location that happened to have zu'aan buildings and some of the buildings happened to be occupied by rival clans. However, this ideology did not help anyone.

Despite the fact that the kin'toni were incredibly strong and genetically superior, their life was not easy. The city had had a solid structure, but years of low maintenance had ruined the buildings. Moreover, they did not have access to electricity or tap water or any of the luxuries they brought. Their technology was stuck in the stone ages, especially without assistance. Treating the people around them as enemies or rivals would do a clan more harm than good. This is where the Voont came in; the Voont clan made life a little more comfortable for all the clans in the city.

Their ideals and religion taught them to be kind and giving and that resonated in good will with the entire city. Since the Voont embraced zu'aan lifestyles, they also embraced the zu'aan ability to create. They made all sorts of material, from clothes to furniture or utensils – anything that was no weapons. The Voont then traded these items in exchange for packaged blood from the other clans. The other clans were originally sceptical, the soon came around. After all, the Voont dedicated almost all of their time to crafts. The Voont and the Parakk clans had newly made clothes while the other clans had only rags that they looted or loincloths that they made themselves.

When the Voont first went to trade with the clans, they were threatened, but not attacked thanks to their Perokk guards. However, the Voont persisted. Among many of their ideals of giving and caring, they also knew that diplomatic relations between clans did not breed peace, but the lack of any relationship would definitely bring war. Thus, the Voont sent out some of their crafts to the clans for free. When the clans first received the free crafts, they thought they had tricked the Voont and that the Voont were needy and desperate to please.

However, at this time, the kin'toni infection was still relatively new and the members of the clans often missed the comfort of zu'aan life. When they saw the clothes for themselves, especially on the leaders who received them, there was a lot of backlash for the leaders. It became evident that the clan members wanted to take advantage of the Voont crafts. They could not attack the Voont, due to the Parakk protection, so they were forced to trade with them. This trade eventually led to decent relations between all the clans of the city.

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