Hanahai

The Hanahai is a general term for the selkie bureaucracies that are concentrated around the Khilaian Isles. These bureaucracies serve the Council of Elders of the Khilaia and embody selkie tradition.
The Hanahai are:

• The Selkie Sacred Guard , who police and protect the sacred isles as a garrison
• The Keepers of the Dead, who gather, protect, organize, document, and do itineraries of the pelts of deceased selkies, kept in the Sacred Crypt of Motosui (a fortress in its own right). They also coordinate pelt shipments and track reports of stolen pelts. Keepers are high-status priests capable of excommunicating crews if they lose pelts to outsiders, and may even organize armed expeditions to retrieve caches of pelts. This is a part of the cult of Daykai
• The Warcallers, who organize raid reports and bring reports of threats before the Motosui assembly. This martial cult often sends its members abroad to gather intelligence and make connections. This is a part of the Cult of Kiasian
• the Children of Glass , priests who specialize in purifying in impure. Some are trained as doctors, others as ship inspectors, but all know how to perform the rituals sanctifying the Holy Islands. This is a part of the Cult of Otala
• the Threadbearers , who tie ritual knots of sanctified thread before the assembly as a physical manifestation of each treaty. More importantly, they gather, copy, store, and organize the many treaties made by Khilaian crews. This is a part of the Cult of Daykai
• The Selkie Loremasters , who master magical and scientific arts to better equip the Khilaia. Some arrange to be sent to foreign courts to acquire arts, magic, and technology; others study their own arts in the university. This is a part of the Cult of Runae
• The Wardens of The Sacred Isles , two groups that manage the land use of the holy islands and prevent the exhaustion or resources or extinction of species. Associated with the cults of Padimak and Kanaido

The Hanahai are very much tied into cult practices of Hamekun. Rigid monotheists or religious purists may find themselves unable to join these orders, as they often involve sacrifices or worship to traditional selkie gods or spirits.

Type

Civil Services

Related Ranks & Titles

• Exarch of Motosui