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 ====== Attendant (Abethine) ======
-Those following the profession referred to, somewhat euphemistically, as **Attendants** are found throughout the [[ethnicity:Abethine:]] sphere of influence, particularly aboard their ships. For the most part, however, they are only considered a respectable profession in [[avishraa:community:ǣdyihozh:start|Ǣdyihòzh]], where they have in recent cycles formed an association or guild for mutual support and representation.
+Those following the profession referred to, somewhat euphemistically, as **Attendants** are found throughout the [[ethnicity:Abethine:]] sphere of influence, particularly aboard their ships. For the most part, however, they are only considered a respectable profession in [[geopolitical:Ǣdyihòzh:]], where they have in recent cycles formed an association or guild for mutual support and representation.
 ===== Background =====
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 ===== Guild of Attendants =====
-Although there are Attendants throughout the Abethine sphere of influence, they are at their most organized and influential in Ǣdyihòzh, famed for its casual - some would say libertine - attitude toward the ways its people choose to enrich and entertain themselves. At the request of the Attendant community, the [[avishraa:community:ǣdyihozh:Grand Princess]] [[person:ozhdinem|Ōzhdinem]] - the grandmother of the current ruler, [[person:ednam|Èdnam]] - cheerfully granted them a guild charter, which allowed them to represent all of the city's Attendants. In the eight-and-a-half cycles since, the Guild has expanded dramatically in both membership and in influence.
+Although there are Attendants throughout the Abethine sphere of influence, they are at their most organized and influential in Ǣdyihòzh, famed for its casual - some would say libertine - attitude toward the ways its people choose to enrich and entertain themselves. At the request of the Attendant community, the [[geopolitical:ǣdyihozh:Grand Princess]] [[person:ozhdinem|Ōzhdinem]] - the grandmother of the current ruler, [[person:ednam|Èdnam]] - cheerfully granted them a guild charter, which allowed them to represent all of the city's Attendants. In the eight-and-a-half cycles since, the Guild has expanded dramatically in both membership and in influence.
 It is difficult to enforce Guild membership on a population that migrates between jurisdictions regularly, and there are still many Attendants that are not Guild members. That said, the Guild will watch for ships that regularly employ a non-Guild Attendant, and publicly blacklist them and organize boycotts against them and any businesses that pay for their cargoes. Non-Guild members, too, have no official public representation, and their complaints to the authorities - where it relates to their profession - are politely ignored. Most [[ethnicity:abethine:ǣdyihozhis|Ǣdyihòzhis]] Attendants, therefore, find it advisable to join, and indeed there is significant benefit to doing so. The Guild has the clout to demand higher-paying contracts for its members than an independent can (from which it takes a modest cut); it provides some training in arts and skills useful for an Attendant to know; and it provides free lodgings for Guild members.
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 Membership in the Guild is, in theory, open to any female of three cycles of age or older, who is not married or otherwise in a publicly permanent relationship with a male. Other than the dues owed to the Guild, there are no economic or class requirements; indeed most new recruits come from lower-class backgrounds. However, there are several informal criteria for prospective Attendants that are generally weighed, such as physical appearance, personality, social intelligence, and preexisting skillset. While not extremely exclusive, the Guild nonetheless has an interest in its membership being of a minimum quality and a maximum number; they will take a girl with middling looks, if she shows promise in some other aspect - like a good singing voice - but have no motivation to have to admit one with a stoved-in face and a bad smell, however nice she is.
-Upon joining the Guild, the female becomes a trainee, where her future role in the Guild is determined and refined through tutoring. Outside of Ǣdyihòzh, the quality and range of training depends on the skills of Guild members that happen to be in residence - and whether they can supplement this training with hired tutors - but in Ǣdyihòzh the official status of the Guild means that amicable partnerships with other organizations are much easier and that there is a wide range of subjects to be taught at the main [[avishraa:community:ǣdyihozh:attendants_guild_house|Guild House]]. Basic training typically revolves around sex education; vocal coaching; instruction in musical instruments; speech and storytelling; knowledge of games, especially ones that can be played with little equipment or space; and basic seamanship.
+Upon joining the Guild, the female becomes a trainee, where her future role in the Guild is determined and refined through tutoring. Outside of Ǣdyihòzh, the quality and range of training depends on the skills of Guild members that happen to be in residence - and whether they can supplement this training with hired tutors - but in Ǣdyihòzh the official status of the Guild means that amicable partnerships with other organizations are much easier and that there is a wide range of subjects to be taught at the main [[geopolitical:ǣdyihozh:attendants_guild_house|Guild House]]. Basic training typically revolves around sex education; vocal coaching; instruction in musical instruments; speech and storytelling; knowledge of games, especially ones that can be played with little equipment or space; and basic seamanship.
 The female will spend up to twelve turns being trained in various arts, starting with a broad base and slowly focusing in on those areas for which she shows the most aptitude or interest, and increasingly introducing her to the practice of her skills. Aside from this, the period also serves to sort trainees by quality, and is therefore something of a probationary period; the hopelessly unskilled or unteachable, will eventually have their training discontinued and cease to become Guild members, though some may be employed by the Guild in menial roles as a consolation. Those who are considered more qualified, however, continue on to become permanent members and available for contracts.