In the early history of the world, there were many debates and struggles between the five Faisi (see Tedani history). These debates on how to live their lives eventually broke out into physical wars. These wars had no casualties because life was sacred above all else to all of the Faisi. The combatants would injure each other, but if it became evident that the opponent would die they either changed targets or waited until the injured could be taken off the field of battle to be attended to. Many men and women fought this way in the warring years, the Fisatebi Bevomoshanith (War Filled Times).
During a particularly long war and sometime before the Kaindra appeared, a small group of soldiers (speculated to be from the Roksha line, but no records of this exist) sought a more permanent solution to the constant fighting. They made a pact that they would do the unthinkable in order to stop the drawn out war and to exert their viewpoint of the now lost argument was the correct one. When the two sides went to battle the next day the pacted soldiers started to kill their opponents. After the first few bodies fell both sides stopped fighting to stand in horrible awe of what had been done. As they stood there a voice spoke that shook the entire world.
The Jenos (the Creator, God) of the world spoke so the every person heard. He asked what had the soldiers had done. Feeling the guilt of the act their leader spoke and confessed to their actions and, in turn, they all vocally admitted to the act. The Jenos thanked them for their honesty but told them there must be consequences for their actions. He told them that because they spilled blood that they would be marked with blood. A rain fell from the sky and as the water washed the field from the stains of murder, the color of their skin washed away leaving them red. Next he told them that because they first made a pact in with secret words that their speech would be made so that none besides themselves would understand. The soldiers' throats burned and they yelled out all the sounds that could be heard until there were only two words left to them, "cha ti". Finally the Jenos told them that they no longer belonged to the Faisi that they came from; to mark the separate they were given purple eyes and black hair. The changed offenders pleaded that these marks remain on them and not on their children. The Jenos told them he could not make an oath with oath breakers, being oath breakers in that they made a pact contrary to the given laws given to the five Faisi. He said that the marked and their offspring would be a sign and a reminder that all life is sacred. Also that acting contrary to the laws given them to follow in mortal life would bring dire consequences. Both sides that were warring gathered the bodies of their dead and took them home, leaving the newly marked people on the field.
The band of killers was looked down upon and drove out of any place they attempted to settle. Eventually they came to the ocean, ventured in crude ships, and left for another land. Eventually they found a string of uninhabited islands. It was hard in the beginning days; they had to relearn how to communicate with each other not being able to do so. They found they could "speak" in frequencies the other races could not hear. They became isolationists and occasionally had wicked leaders that did not understand the nature of their origin. A decade before explores form the mainland walked on their shores there was a decent peace existing between the various islands. Many were independent while the largest two formed an alliance nation. The waters between the islands were viewed as communal property allowing about 3-5 miles surrounding each island as that islands' "property".
Mainland residents had long forgotten the Cha Ti so their (re)discovery was something of a big to-do. The communication barrier was massive because to the Tedani the only thing this new people said was "cha ti". It was equally confusing for the Cha Ti people to meet others who not only looked very different, but couldn't communicate in such an intricate way. Since the Tedani could not biologically communicate the way the Cha Ti do, it was up to the islanders to learn how to speak Miva. After twenty years, the entire Cha Ti race managed to master the Miva language and often found it quaint communicating that way. It was a fad for about sixty years and then tapered off with infighting between the island nations. The Tedani backed out of the wars of the islands and very little contact was kept. The Cha Ti were technological primitive and the islands themselves offered very little to the mainland residents.
When the Fislithu (see Tedani history) occurred for the Tedani, a plague began for the Cha Ti. It was a disease that crippled people quickly, but was slowly killing them. Birth rates during this two thousand year period went up to compensate, but the death rate kept the population low. Twins and triplets were not uncommon during this time. In the last fifty years of the Fislithu, a religious/political figure began calling the Cha Ti people to remember their history and remember their origins. They frantically searched any written records to find the people's beginnings. Since the vocal skills of the race were such a distinguishing feature they kept poor written records. They tried to reach out to the Tedani nearest to them with no luck. Finally the leader called a day of prayer to ask the creator to help them remember their origin. The entire people cried out in their unique voices. So astounding was the effect that the waters around the islands shook. Mainland residents recorded that there was a great rumbling across the seas. When the last Cha Ti could no longer speak, a silence fell across the area. It was so quiet that the people heard what they describe as the Great Whisper. For an unknown amount of time the Whisper explained to them in great detail the origin of their people, who was speaking (the Jenos), the known history of people, and the final promise to cure them of the plague if they promised to unite as a single people in peace. In unison the Cha Ti bowed themselves to the ground in a way to say agreed and a great sleep fell upon them. When the sun rose again, the Cha Ti awoke to find their afflicted had been cured. The leader that called the day of prayer traveled to each island and was declared the single leader of the Cha Ti people. This established the current theocracy that governs the island nation of the Cha Ti to the current day.
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