The tremendous advantage of the latter theories turns on their economy, on the fact that they need posit nothing new to explain either the Inc?-Holoinas or the Inchoroi. If the Ark were a vessel from another planet, then it had to be constructed by the Inchoroi themselves, when plainly, given its boggling dimensions, only a God could have forged it. Given the evil, rapacious nature of the Inchoroi, the construction is typically attributed to Ajokli. Some even think the Inc?-Holoinas comprises two of the fabled Four Horns attributed to the trickster God in the Tusk and elsewhere. Indeed, some Near Antique lays refer to the conspicuously golden vessel as the Halved Crown of Hate.
Though the question of the origin of the Inc?-Holoinas can be assumed to be safely settled, vexing questions abide, not the least of which concerns the actual size of the unholy vessel, and, most notoriously, whether the Consult still inhabits it. Though some promise is to be had in the resolution of the former controversy, Mandate arrogance and delusion promises to render the latter debate an endless mire.
Indara-Kishauri—The “tribe” of the Cishaurim. The “Indara” refer, in Kianene tradition, to the “tribe of water-bearers,” a legendary band that supposedly wandered the dunes dispensing water and mercy to the faithful. The designation is critical (according to the kipfa’aifan, it saved Fane’s life), given the importance of tribal affiliation in desert Kianene society.
The pastoralists of the Carathay desert are unique in possessing a grammatical distinction between us and them, self and other, one which can only be captured in Sheyic as “us-them.” The stories of the Indara-Kishauri ranging from their mythical home of Udavant hidden somewhere in the lifeless heart of the Great Salt personify this distinction for the Kianene in particular, who referred to their shamanistic Kiunnat priests as such. These formed the trans-tribal basis for the spread of Fanimry, as well as the sudden transformation of a fractious, internecine tribal people into a cohesive, empire-building nation. By characterizing his miraculous powers as “water” and himself as a divine “water-bearer,” Fane managed to seize high ground built into the very structure of Kianene language.
Indenture, the—The infamous document used by Ikurei Xerius III in his attempt to secure the lands conquered by the First Holy War.
Indigo Plague—According to legend, the pestilence swept up from the No-God’s ashes after his destruction at the hands of Anaxophus V in 2155. Mandate scholars dispute this, claiming that the No-God’s body was recovered by the Consult and interred in Golgotterath. Whatever the cause, the Indigo Plague ranks as among the worst in recorded history.
Indurum Barracks—A lodging for soldiers located in Caraskand and dating back to the Nansur occupation of the city.
Ingiaban, Sristai (4059—4121)—Man-of-the-Tusk, Palatine of the Conriyan province of Kethantei. Murdered by thieves while visiting family in Aoknyssus.
Ingol—Mountain in the Urokkas.
Ingoswitu (1966—2050)—A far antique K?niüric philosopher, famed in his own day for Dialogia but primarily known in the Three Seas through Ajencis and his famed critique of Ingoswitu’s Theosis in The Third Analytic of Men.
Ingraul—A fiefdom of the Thunyeri Sranc Marches.
Ingressus—The great well of Ishterebinth, often referred to as the Vast Ingressus given its boggling dimensions.
Ingusharotep II (c. 1000—c. 1080)—The Old Dynasty Shigeki King who conquered the Kyranae Plains.
Injor-Niyas—The last remaining Nonman nation, located beyond the Demua Mountains. See Ishterebinth.
Inner Luminal—Hall of Ishterebinth connecting the Concavity (the “Mnemonic”) to the greater mansion, eventually becoming a sobriquet for Nil’giccas.
Inoculation—According to the Is?phiryas, the infamous “cure for mortality” first given to C?’jara Cinmoi, King of Siol, by Sarpanur of the Inchoroi, and thence to nearly every C?nuroi living. The term ‘inoculation’ specifically refers to the most agonizing stage of the therapy, whereby hollow pins are inserted into every tissue in the body, steeping them in the age-killing nostrum. The Nonmen were by no means foolish enough to embrace the Inoculation all at once—nearly a century passed before the last dissenters relented, and allowed the servile (appearing) Inchoroi to minister to them. The first problems did not appear until those already advanced in age began to die, universally (with the notable exception of Morimhira). But since those lost were so near the Deepest Deep already, very little suspicion was aroused. Queen Hanalinq? was the first to fall to what would come to be called the “Womb-Plague,” a lethal malady that seemed to spread as contagion, but was in fact manifesting according to when womenfolk were first Inoculated. Even still, suspicions were not aroused until it became apparent the Inchoroi were evacuating E?rwa. Thus began the disaster that would be the doom of the Nonmen, and the woe that would drive so many Ishroi mad for grief and loss. The “death of death” promised by Nin-janjin, Sil, and Sarpanur, became the death of birth (Nasamorgas) as well.
Inrau, Paro (4088—4110)—A former student of Drusas Achamian, slain in Sumna.
Inri Sejenus (c. 2159—2202)—The Latter Prophet and spiritual (although not historical) founder of the Thousand Temples, who claimed to be the pure incarnation of Absolute Spirit (“the very proportion of the God”), sent to emend the teachings of the Tusk. After his death and supposed ascension to the Nail of Heaven, his disciples recounted his life and teachings in The Tractate, the text that is now considered by the Inrithi to be as holy as The Chronicle of the Tusk.
Inrilil ab Cinganjehoi (4099— )—Ordealman, Believer-Prince of Eumarna, general of the Eumarnan contingent in the Great Ordeal of Anas?rimbor Kellhus.
Inrithi—The followers of Inri Sejenus, the Latter Prophet, and his amendments to the Tusk.
Inrithism—The faith founded upon the revelations of Inri Sejenus, the Latter Prophet, which synthesizes elements of both monotheism and polytheism. The central tenets of Inrithism deal with the immanence of the God in historical events, the unity of the individual deities of the Cults as Aspects of the God, and the role of the Thousand Temples as the very expression of the God in the world.
Following the alleged ascension of Inri Sejenus, Inrithism slowly established itself throughout the Ceneian Empire as an organized hierarchy independent of the state—what came to be called the Thousand Temples. Initially, the existing traditionalist Kiünnat sects simply dismissed the new religion, but as it continued to grow, a number of attempts were made to circumscribe its powers and prevent its further spread, none of them particularly effective. Escalating tensions eventually culminated in the Zealot Wars (c. 2390—2478), which, although technically a civil war, saw battles fought far outside the boundaries of what then constituted the Ceneian Empire.