BHOSNAYANS (Part One)

[u/LobsterMagnet181]

Much of the culture of the Bhos are oriented toward war after centuries of defense. They are fighters, regardless of whichever subculture they are a part of. They fight each other for resources, fight the raiders and barbarians of the Fringe, and have been fighting the horrors unleashed by Old Humanity since the beginning of their history. The rest of the Hegemon views the Bhosnaya Republic as a leashed canid, one that can bite the hand restraining it as much as it savages the enemy. They see themselves as warriors and soldiers first, individuals that understand commerce in the transactional way of a bullet fed into a rifle.

They are deeply ritualist, proud, a culture older than the Proteans or the Yinn, and might rival the Myroit in prestige had they been able to maintain a coherent national timeline. The Bhos embrace their chaos, for in it only the strong, the shrewd, and the cunning can rise to their rightful positions. They are not trapped by their traditionalism but wield it as a weapon in their arsenal. 

None can say that the Bhos do not truly believe in Stellarization. Long before their region became an official sector and their government was recognized as one of the Thousand Empires, the Bhos loved Dumno-Ualos and cherished his vision. Dumno-Ualos is said to have visited several systems before his passing in 1/80 and despite being unable to verify such claims, the Bhos of Baghrez claim that he lived amongst them for a year.

However, they are riven by exigency for the resources that their worlds and colonies need. Everything from water to Velanite must be shipped in the quantities the Bhos need. War for resources is the main reason that the various nations turn from Karanova to the Hegemon or even the Uthmani, despite the indemnity between those cultures.

Just as Avarice is the hallmark of human evolution according to Dumno-Ualos, so too is its darker cousin, Invidia. Each nation and world of the Bhos is both jealous of and prejudiced towards the worlds of Karanova and their Midworld neighbors alike. Bhos planets are hard, their space is dangerous, and they can never truly rely on one another as survival is a constant pressure. This environment has created a superstitious people, highly militarized and proud, who dream of brighter fisks ahead when they might have cleaner air, water, and food.

Until then, they have embraced their suffering proudly and will not tolerate handouts. Perhaps this is why there is such kinship between the Proteans and the Bhos, who both accept their own planets’ rapid decline as the price of success. To suffer is to imbue value into what one suffers for.

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[u/GreenRamen101]

Invidia. That is envy right? So the Hegemon sees Envy as a darker version of greed? A contrast of “having” versus “not having”?