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{{Infobox substrain
| name = [[Tenizi]]
| strain = [[Kuulik]]
| image = https://imagedelivery.net/TNzzP2IqyQLYoHEs2ZN5aQ/4a8e815d-0262-437b-56f1-55237aeefe00/wiki#.png
| caption = If ever a buckle was swashed, a [[Tenizi]] (🔊 ten-NEET-see) a swashbuckling [[Tenizi]] probably swashed it. Their brand of [[Kuulik]]-ness has made fishermen and seafarers of them all.
| scientific = Homo Ingeniosus Perigrinus
| plural = [[Tenizi]]
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The [[Tenizi]] (Homo Ingeniosus Portitor) operate as the relentless, high-stakes logistics arm of the [[Kuulik]] Trade Company, where an individual’s social standing and self-worth are measured purely by the efficiency and punctuality of their shipments. For a [[Tenizi]], "On Time" is not a goal; it is a sacred vow. Growing up away from the water is as unthinkable to a [[Tenizi]] child as an [[Ungir]] child avoiding the dirt; their very biology and culture are anchored to the rhythmic demands of the tide and the ticking of the clock.

The [[Tenizi]]'s obsession with precision makes them the perfect operational partners for their [[Sawdager]] cousins. While the [[Sawdager]]s act as the "orchestrating" faces of trade, opening markets and brokering deals, the [[Tenizi]] provide the iron-clad distribution network that ensures those promises are fulfilled. Their relationship with the [[Uris]] as enforcers is also key to their ability to stay on time. The [[Uris]] love to crush anything or anyone who gets in the way of a [[Tenizi]] schedule.

[[Tenizi]] ambitions diverge sharply from the terrestrial greed common to other [[Otan]]i strains. While a [[Human]] noble or a [[Grendel]] might lust after stone keeps and sprawling land-tracts, a [[Tenizi]]’s dreams are measured in tonnage and knots. The pinnacle of [[Tenizi]] success is the construction of a Floating Fortress; massive, self-sustaining maritime hubs that circle the coastal waters of [[Otan]] like nomadic city-states.

These fortresses serve as vital "tax-free" refuges for their [[Sawdager]] kin and traders from around the globe, allowing for the exchange of rare and restricted items away from the prying eyes of continental authorities. Within these steel and timber leviatans, the [[Tenizi]] maintain a culture of peak industrial efficiency, ensuring that the KTC’s supply chain remains unbroken, no matter how turbulent the seas of [[Otan]] become.

== Physical Characteristics ==
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The [[Tenizi]] substrain varies little from the rest of the [[Kuulik]] strain with a typical physical height of around 120cm (4 ft.). They differ from other [[Kuulik]] by the coloring of their skin, which is an olive green. This color is uniform over their whole body, with the possibility of darker lips.

Their hair is uniformly black, with male-pattern baldness occurring in males as young as 20. As with nearly every strain, both male and female [[Tenizi]] will start to gray around their 40th year. They are typically slim and agile even into their waning years.
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== [[Tenizi]] Culture ==
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The [[Tenizi]] love to travel, and their culture is similar to that of wanderers. They may amass wealth and keep it in a safe place, but they are loath to acquire physical goods. Every item they own is an item that they have to transport, possibly for the rest of their lives. The best gift one can give a [[Tenizi]] is a song or a story that they can carry in their heads as they voyage.

Every [[Tenizi]] is weighed down by superstition. Whether by land, sea, or air, traveling in [[Otan]] can be dangerous or deadly. Long before [[Wizard]]s and [[Witch]]es cast their magical wards, and long before the [[Divine]]s bless their ships, nearly every [[Tenizi]] will perform their own private rituals.

A [[Tenizi]] might have a lucky shirt that must be worn on the first day of a voyage... or every day of a voyage. They may have other poems, sayings, rituals, or songs that must be invoked or repeated during parts of their journeys. Those who believe in the intercessions of gods will not miss the opportunity to pray, often with prayers more elaborate than seasoned [[Divine]]s.

The performing arts are very important to the [[Tenizi]]. Singing, dancing, and music are essential to while away the hours at sea (or in the air). The happiest crew is almost assuredly the one with the best musicians. As such, all of [[Kuulik]] culture is permeated with a vast trove of [[Tenizi]] songs, though two-thirds of the [[Kuulik]] population rarely take a step outside their hometowns.
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== [[Tenizi]] Geography ==
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The [[Tenizi]] live and travel anywhere and everywhere in [[Otan]]. They are truly unbounded. They are particularly unwelcome in [[Garis]] and [[Sweardaelf]] territory, but other than those two nations, the world is their playground.
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