The Handlers and the Abszurl are symbiotic subcultures, products of human society's expansion into the stars.

The Drung, known as the Tribe of Starvation, savage warriors and uncompromising foes.

The Aukstatians are the people of the Rujien Mountains, north of the Highlands. They are the enemies of the White Towns and the Darkpine Hunters to the east.

First he becomes sweaty and feverish. Then the boils begin. The boils are beautiful. After that, he finds it difficult to breath, then move, then he drowns in his own blood. Is that sufficient?

The principal axiom of the Curalon Hestaris, and the basis of all its teachings, is this:

"Inhale. Kill. Exhale."

A great listing of names and short descriptions as well as fleshed out groups/ societies/ and organizations.