Tazelo
The Tazelo are a variant of human native to Denuri. Physically, they vary much more in color and patterning than in actual features, conversely to the other human races. Culturally, they have a culture that suppresses even the Myalvist sense of individuality, for a more communist vibe, and somewhat contradictorily, have an extremely strong sense of personal ownership.
There is, in particular, a "slave" class of tazelo, which are owned by other tazelo or people from completely different societies, although they are more status symbols to be traded rather than exploited for labor, so the term 'slave' is somewhat inaccurate.
In general, this kind of "ownership" imposes a ton of background constraints on a person's life (mainly to do with who they interact with socially, where they go, etc) but doesn't directly inhibit foreground day-to-day stuff other than being a clearly defined social role and some moderate social class expectations (although this doesn't stop some people who are less familiar with the customs, or some power grabbers, from acquiring more control anyway, which is a problem that social systems attempt to address). Said clearly defined social role is an on-demand "actor/model/"showing off" position.
They are closely related to the Slachi. Their mythology reflects this, as while Slachi have at least some references in most mythologies, Tazelo culture is unique in positing that Slachi were once people like them who "ascended".
Development
[edit | edit source]- Tazelo are inspired by "adoptable" races on sites like DeviantArt.
- The characters from Dreamgarden are inspired by Tazelo.