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| '''A toor''' /tʊər/ was a nomadic political entity in the second revolution in [[Tarnaria]]. The name originates from [[Toor]], an early Tarnarian civilization that was upended by a series of revolts. One of the leaders of the uprisings, [[Gened]], referred to the nomadic kingdom he founded as "the true Toor". After the establishment of [[Stogen]] in the 2nd [[CSR]], with its strong basis in the [[Mōroh]] philosophy, nomadic kingdoms of Tarnaria began to refer to their kingdoms as toors. | | '''A toor''' /tʊər/ was a nomadic political entity in the second revolution in [[Tarnaria]]. The name originates from [[Toor]], an early Tarnarian civilization that was upended by a series of revolts. One of the leaders of the uprisings, [[Gened]], referred to the nomadic kingdom he founded as "the true Toor". After the establishment of [[Stogen]] in the 2nd [[CSR]], with its strong basis in the [[Mōroh]] philosophy, nomadic kingdoms of Tarnaria began to refer to their kingdoms as toors. |
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− | Although most toors were nomadic, a city state could also be considered a toor, as long as it had minimal sedentary population. Such cities forbade owning a house and instead operated as inns of sorts, but inns that would be open only to the citizens of a given toor and a foreigner would require an invitation or a document to stay or pass through. The king's army and court would also periodically stay in such a state, but Mōroh principles would not allow the court to stay in the city for too long either. | + | Although most toors were nomadic, a city could also be considered part of a toor, as long as it had minimal sedentary population. Such cities forbade owning a house and instead operated as inns of sorts, but inns that would be open only to the citizens of a given toor. A foreigner would require an invitation or a document to stay or pass through. The king's army and court would also periodically stay in such a city, but Mōroh principles would not allow the court to stay in the city for too long either. |
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− | Many cities, however, were not toors in and of themselves and instead served as camps for toors that controlled the territory. | + | Many cities, however, were not toors in and of themselves and instead served as camps for toors that controlled the territory, with minimal or no personnel left to maintain it. |
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| + | Toors tended to claim large territories, although exact borders were vague and usually unenforceable, so travel through toors was largely unrestricted and even relatively safe, especially for smaller parties. A border might be watched with more rigor if there was an ongoing dispute or conflict with a neighboring toor. For example, [[Darfe Goldoor]] concentrated a lot of his forces at his northern border due to the feud with [[Kievan]]. |