The Kartanin are true warriors at heart, honorable until death. They live to fight, which also reflects in their language - the verbs "to fight" and "to be" are identical. There are dozens of different words for "war", each one having a slightly different meaning about what kind of war it is, while "peace" might better be translated as "not war". While they are not oppressive warmongers in the traditional sense - not anymore - they are not above starting a war to slake their thrill of battle. They choose their enemies carefully - inherently peaceful targets are of no interest to them, but other warlike civilisations are fair game to the Dominion. Victory or defeat is of the last consequence to them; the glory of battle is what truly matters, and a glorious death in combat against overwhelm
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| - The Kartanin are true warriors at heart, honorable until death. They live to fight, which also reflects in their language - the verbs "to fight" and "to be" are identical. There are dozens of different words for "war", each one having a slightly different meaning about what kind of war it is, while "peace" might better be translated as "not war". While they are not oppressive warmongers in the traditional sense - not anymore - they are not above starting a war to slake their thrill of battle. They choose their enemies carefully - inherently peaceful targets are of no interest to them, but other warlike civilisations are fair game to the Dominion. Victory or defeat is of the last consequence to them; the glory of battle is what truly matters, and a glorious death in combat against overwhelm
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| - The Kartanin are true warriors at heart, honorable until death. They live to fight, which also reflects in their language - the verbs "to fight" and "to be" are identical. There are dozens of different words for "war", each one having a slightly different meaning about what kind of war it is, while "peace" might better be translated as "not war". While they are not oppressive warmongers in the traditional sense - not anymore - they are not above starting a war to slake their thrill of battle. They choose their enemies carefully - inherently peaceful targets are of no interest to them, but other warlike civilisations are fair game to the Dominion. Victory or defeat is of the last consequence to them; the glory of battle is what truly matters, and a glorious death in combat against overwhelming odds, where each warrior fought heroic until the end is valued higher than easy victories. It is also quite easy to provoke them. A famous example is that of an independent trader from Corellia who accused a Kartanin captain of being a liar - all in good humour - and never left the Dominion again. Gender roles are something where Kartanin simply fail to grasp some galactic concepts. The very idea of males or females treated differently puzzles them, as their own are equal in all aspects. Courtship follows no gender specific paths either, and pursued by both with equal aggressiveness - sometimes leading even to short bursts of violence between two interested parties. This of course has been cause for a series of amusing misunderstandings with offworlders. Kartanin relationships are usually neither exclusive nor longlasting. In case of childbirth, however, both partners and their respective families are expected to raise the offspring together. The resulting "merge" of families has been a powerful factor during the rise of many of the high houses. Cross-species interests or relationships are virtually unknown among Kartanin, especially since most galactic species likely wouldn't endure a Kartanin's attention for long.
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