Karana (culture)
The Karana of central Kashirya are famed for their dislike of scholarly arts, instead dedicating much of their intellectual efforts to the preservation of their massive agricultural communities. Karana build their farms like cities, long rows of huts and homes alike with many hands to tend to the vast expanse of crops that stretch across the landscape. Travellers cannot walk a single mile without the sight of small towers dotting the landscape, where local intellectuals watch over the farms and study means to increase their efficiency.
While the Chan Skorpokaipis vindicated the culture's outlook on such arts, the violence endured against the Karana in the Dharya Varha devastated many communities and forced a migration toward the Kharadan mountains. The towers that they once built for academics have become garrisons just as frequently; the swords of the Karana are never far from their ploughs after the violence of their history.