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Post by ElfChild on Sept 3, 2013 15:30:40 GMT -8
In which we ask questions and the historians over here answer them at whatever the current level of historian is.
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Post by ElfChild on Sept 3, 2013 15:36:53 GMT -8
I need information on the history of Geishas as an organization: The history of the development and necessity of their fighting style and the organization's significance to Sorikonian culture. I want to know if they have a symbolic role as well as a practical one and what it is and where it came from.
Current total level: 24 lvls, 4 people, top skill 11.
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Post by gamemasterchris on Sept 4, 2013 21:55:46 GMT -8
Giesha date back to the first age and arose out of a culture wrapped in a need for status, honor, pleasure, and philosophy. The Giesha was originally seen as the lover in a culture filled with arranged marriages. Often it was assumed that the partners in the marriage did not love each other and that in order to keep that marriage from being destroyed the Giesha was the real lover of one of the partners and allowed for the real companionship sought in a relationship that allowed little honest communication. This role changed over the hundreds of years of development, becoming a class of skilled poets, artists, musicians, and entertainers that surpassed the previous need for simple romantic involvement. It is true that Giesha began with close ties to the prostitution organizations, but were originally more like the very high class variety. There martial arts developed out of a need for self defense that required no weapons, as often Giesha find themselves in dangerous situations without any real weapons to defend themselves and this means learning to protect yourself weapon less. They trained under many monks across Dsesnor and Sorikonia to develop their style and it has grown and changed over the years. In some time periods it has been much more Air style, others more Water, and even Earth or Fire. Currently it is being taught as a more Lake style but this is recent, the last 100 years. Culturally the symbolism of the Giehsa is a duelistic one. She represents the high level of refinement and the idea companion and is seen as a model for excellent relations between the sexes. On the other, the Giesha is seen as a symbol of decadence and wealth, something only the very wealthy can afford and therefore elite. This view also fluctuates with the times.
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