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=== Lifemate & Bonding ===
=== Lifemate & Bonding ===


* '''Ûlèum (ulemi):''' The sacred sexual union, or act of lifebinding.
* '''Ûlîum (ulemi):''' The sacred sexual union, or act of lifebinding.
* '''Soul-Tether (vayrel):''' The psionic soul-cord that links lifemates for eternity.
* '''Soul-Tether (vayrel):''' The psionic soul-cord that links lifemates for eternity.
* '''To soul-tether (vayrela):''' Ritual verb, "to bind/tether souls."
* '''To soul-tether (vayrela):''' Ritual verb, "to bind/tether souls."
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=== Healing & Medicine ===
=== Healing & Medicine ===
* '''Medical device (vaalaak):''' Healing tools, often psionically enhanced.
* '''Healer (melsukaa):''' Restorer, often spiritual.
* '''Sacred wound (draathal):''' Fated or ritual wound.
* '''Profane wound (draa'koth):''' Wound gaaned by dishonor or taboo.


== Proverbs, Idioms, and Literary Devices ==
== Proverbs, Idioms, and Literary Devices ==
* '''"Nudity is truth."''' — ''saavra naalin.''
* '''"Blood speaks truer than words."''' — ''drola vaala naa drelka.''
* '''"The soul-tether never sleeps."''' — ''vayrel nethe selva.''
* '''Metaphor: "Flushed as morning"''' — ''uulum rozhuh valka kaa.''
* '''Metaphor: "Closed vistrum/fist"''' — ''vistra velsa felka.''


== Calendar and Timekeeping ==
== Calendar and Timekeeping ==
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== Law, Taboo, and Exile ==
== Law, Taboo, and Exile ==
* '''Outcast (veldra):''' One who is exiled.
* '''Law (vekaa):''' Sacred codes or edicts.
* '''Sin/taboo (dekoth):''' Act forbidden by law or custom.
* '''To exile/banish (veldraza):''' Ritual or legal expulsion.


== Art, Aesthetics, and Scholarship ==
== Art, Aesthetics, and Scholarship ==
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* [[Valorik Psionics and Rituals]]
* [[Valorik Psionics and Rituals]]
* [[Multigenerational Complex (Tholmek)]]
* [[Multigenerational Complex (Tholmek)]]
* [[Lifemate Bonding and Ûlèum]]
* [[Lifemate Bonding and Ûlîum]]
* [[Ûlum Sensory Lexicon]]
* [[Ûlum Sensory Lexicon]]
* [[Valorik Martial Traditions]]
* [[Valorik Martial Traditions]]