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A broadly used term within the [[Hegemony of Lorean]]. It usually means ‘humans who are from [[Arzul Sector]]’: but the meaning can be extended to ‘of, or relating to, [[Arzul Sector]]’.  
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A broadly used term within the [[Hegemony of Lorean]]. It usually means ‘humans who are from [[Arzul Sector]]’, but the meaning can be extended to ‘of, or relating to, [[Arzul Sector]]’.  
  
Occasionally, the word is used as a synonym for [[Lorean]]. Not to be confused with [[Arzulan]]: the previous term for these people, it became a synonym for pitiless, cruel contempt.
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Occasionally, the word is used as a synonym for [[Lorean]]. It is not to be confused with [[Arzulan]], the previous term for these people, which became a synonym for pitiless, cruel contempt. This construction is still used when discussing linguistics: see, [[Arzulan (language)]].
  
 
Racially, the Arzula are dominantly [[Vilani]] in ancestry, with a strong ‘minor notes’ of [[Solomani]] Slavic and Arabic heritages. Assorted minor human groups, now extinct as discreet races, also influence bloodlines across the sector.  
 
Racially, the Arzula are dominantly [[Vilani]] in ancestry, with a strong ‘minor notes’ of [[Solomani]] Slavic and Arabic heritages. Assorted minor human groups, now extinct as discreet races, also influence bloodlines across the sector.  
  
Culturally, they are best described as  
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Culturally, they are best described as a blend of
*a blend of Vilani conformity and caution,  
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*a Vilani conformity and caution,  
 
*a Solomani taste for relentless expansionism and racial supremacy, and  
 
*a Solomani taste for relentless expansionism and racial supremacy, and  
 
*a very old-school political messianic authoritarianism.  
 
*a very old-school political messianic authoritarianism.  
  
Their imagined destiny is as the catalyst of the [[LastMan]], which will at once destroy all their nonhuman enemies, bring [[Humaniti]] across the next evolutionary level, and insure the glory of the Arzula people forever.
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Their imagined destiny is as the catalyst of the Last Man, which will at once destroy all their nonhuman enemies, bring [[Humaniti]] across the next evolutionary level, and insure the glory of the Arzula people forever.
  
 
== References and Contributors ==
 
== References and Contributors ==

Revision as of 13:12, 2 August 2023

A broadly used term within the Hegemony of Lorean. It usually means ‘humans who are from Arzul Sector’, but the meaning can be extended to ‘of, or relating to, Arzul Sector’.

Occasionally, the word is used as a synonym for Lorean. It is not to be confused with Arzulan, the previous term for these people, which became a synonym for pitiless, cruel contempt. This construction is still used when discussing linguistics: see, Arzulan (language).

Racially, the Arzula are dominantly Vilani in ancestry, with a strong ‘minor notes’ of Solomani Slavic and Arabic heritages. Assorted minor human groups, now extinct as discreet races, also influence bloodlines across the sector.

Culturally, they are best described as a blend of

  • a Vilani conformity and caution,
  • a Solomani taste for relentless expansionism and racial supremacy, and
  • a very old-school political messianic authoritarianism.

Their imagined destiny is as the catalyst of the Last Man, which will at once destroy all their nonhuman enemies, bring Humaniti across the next evolutionary level, and insure the glory of the Arzula people forever.

References and Contributors

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