06 - Slinks'slo-gu

A derisive term borrowed from the Goblin language that has no cultural equivalent among those fluent in Cadence. It was used to indicate a 'spineless individual who would rather wrestle a tree-beast than spend time supporting and maintaining their community'. Modern Eiyudi use it to refer to someone who would rather face certain death under the Storm trying to return to an ancient wasteland rather than struggle with his people to overcome their current challenges.

— Nariman Zandos, Explorer & Arcanist

With the concept of 'returning home' rising among young Eiyudi, many older adults who disagree with the core concept have begun to intentionally attempt to influence younger citizens against the idea. For centuries the Eiyudi have lived mostly underground by scavenging what they need from the shoreline and making their environment work *for* them rather than trying to conquer the wild caverns they've populated.

Their entire culture has survived by retreating when the Storm surges and maximizing their opportunities to gather any potential resources, especially useful materials that don't require a tiderunners to risk their lives on the beaches. Not much effort has ever gone towards battling the unknown and mysterious Storm because survival was always the priority. After their people survived it became less about preserving their way-of-life and about adapting their existing skills into a life they could be content with.

The phrase is supposed to be insulting to those who would consider leaving their sheltered cove and try to weather the unnatural Storm that permanently thrashes the entire Allegran west coast. Sadly, many who originally thought 'the return home' to be a foolish concept have begun to rally behind the Eiyudi Cultural Society and others who were publicly insulted by the development of such a term. The town council has lost to ethical highground which in-turn gave the Cultural Society a surge in popularity and ultimately supported the foolish idea of eventually defeating the Storm and crossing the ocean to return to their ancestral homeland.