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The Women's World is the cloistered, rules-bound life of Highborn women, and the structures and patterns of it.

Duties of a Highborn lady[]

The duties of a Highborn lady are listed by Jame's instructress at the beginning of Seeker's Mask:[1]

  1. Obedience
  2. Self-restraint
  3. Endurance
  4. Silence

Rings of secrecy[]

Within the Women's World, the secrets and mysteries are held within rings of secrecy. A young woman is initiated into each in turn as her elders, particularly the Matriarchs, consider her ready for them.

Jame is never initiated into any of the rings of secrecy,[1] while Kallystine is only initiated to the lowest level.[2]

Bloodline manipulation[]

The matriarchs have been known to manipulate bloodlines, sometimes creating Shanir.[3][4][5]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Seeker's Mask, "Part I", I
  2. Seeker's Mask, "Part I", IV
  3. Seeker's Mask, "Part V: Mount Alban", IV — "She understood why the Matriarchs hadn't wanted to strengthen a girl whose bloodlines they intended to manipulate for their own purposes."
  4. Seeker's Mask, "Part I", V — "the three Shanir known collectively as the Tyr-ridan. Earlier matriarchs had tried to speed that day by mating together potent Shanir."
  5. Seeker's Mask, "Part I", V — "Adiraina winced, remembering Karidia's taunt: '…manipulating bloodlines, creating monsters…' True, she had suggested the blood-cross which had produced Brenwyr, but really…!"
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