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Kepfet ab Tanaj (4061-4112)-The Kianene officer who betrayed Caraskand to Coithus Saubon and the First Holy War in 4111. (4061-4112)-The Kianene officer who betrayed Caraskand to Coithus Saubon and the First Holy War in 4111.

Kerathotics-The native Inrithi minority of s.h.i.+gek.

Kerioth-A major port city on the south coast of Eumarna.

Kethantei-A palatinate located in south central Conriya, noted for its wine and fruit production.

Ketyai-The typically black-haired, brown-eyed, dark-skinned race predominantly concentrated about the Three Seas. One of the Five Tribes of Men.

Khemema-A region of Kian and former province of the Nansur Empire. Located to the south of s.h.i.+gek, Khemema marks the point where the great Carathay Desert reaches the Meneanor Sea. Spa.r.s.ely inhabited by desert tribesmen (see Khirgwi Khirgwi), Khemema's only source of wealth derives from the regular trade caravans that travel between s.h.i.+gek and Caraskand.

Khirgwi-The tribesmen of the eastern Carathay Desert, tributary to the Kianene but ethnically distinct.

Kian-The most powerful nation of the Three Seas, extending from the southern frontier of the Nansur Empire to Nilnamesh. The Kianene were originally a desert people from the fringes of the Great Salt. Various Ceneian and Nilnames.h.i.+ sources refer to them as cunning and audacious raiders, the target of several different campaigns and punitive expeditions. In his monumental The Annals of Cenei, The Annals of Cenei, Casidas describes them as ”courtly savages, at once disarmingly gracious and murderous in the extreme.” Despite their reputation and apparent numbers (Nansur records indicate several attempts to gauge their numbers by concerned provincial governors), the Kianene spent most of their time battling amongst themselves over scarce desert resources. Their conversion to Fanimry ( Casidas describes them as ”courtly savages, at once disarmingly gracious and murderous in the extreme.” Despite their reputation and apparent numbers (Nansur records indicate several attempts to gauge their numbers by concerned provincial governors), the Kianene spent most of their time battling amongst themselves over scarce desert resources. Their conversion to Fanimry (c. 3704-24) would change this, and with drastic consequences. 3704-24) would change this, and with drastic consequences.

Following the unification of the Kianene tribes under Fane, Fan'oukarji I, Fane's eldest son and the first of Kian's Padirajahs, led his countrymen in the so-called White Jihad, winning a series of spectacular victories over the Nansur Imperial Army. By the time of his death in 3771, Fan'oukarji I had conquered all of Mongilea and had made serious inroads into Eumarna. He had also founded his capital, Nenciphon, on the banks of the River Sweki.

Successive Jihads would see Eumarna (3801), Enathpaneah (3842), Xerash and Amoteu (3845), then finally s.h.i.+gek and Gedea (3933) all fall to Kian. Though the Nilnames.h.i.+ would successfully thwart several different Kianene invasions, Fanic missionaries would succeed in converting the Girgas.h.i.+ to Fanimry in the thirty-eighth century. By the end of the fourth millennium Kian was easily the pre-eminent military and commercial power of the Three Seas, and a source of endless consternation not only for the much-diminished Nansur Empire but for Inrithi Princes in every nation.

Kianni-The language of Kian, a derivative of Caro-Shemic.

Kidruhil-The most celebrated cohort of heavy cavalry in the Three Seas, primarily const.i.tuted by Nansur caste-n.o.bles from the Houses of the Congregate.

Kig'krinaki-A Sranc tribe from the Plains of Gal.

Kimish (4058- )-The Prime Interrogator to Ikurei Xerius III. (4058- )-The Prime Interrogator to Ikurei Xerius III.

King-Fires-The ritual bonfires signifying kings.h.i.+p among the Galeoth.

King-of-Tribes-The t.i.tle given to the individual elected by the Scylvendi chieftains to lead the gathered tribes in war.

kipfa'aifan-”Witness of Fane” (Kianni) The holiest scripture of Fanimry, chronicling the life and revelations of the Prophet Fane from his blinding and exile into the Great Salt in 3703 to his death in 3742. See Fane Fane.

Kishyat-A palatinate of High Ainon, located on the south bank of the River Sayut on the Sansori frontier.

Kiskei, House-A Nansur House of the Congregate.