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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 [[geopolitical: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 [[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.
+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.