Editing Gharu'ndim Lore (section)

=== Yasif ibn Salayyar === 
After returning from Milantos, Yasif ibn Salayyar was no longer fit to serve as Emissary, so he became the Poet.<ref name=SilifiOfCrimsonStars /> He wrote many works, but his greatest of all was the [[Alamakhaida]].<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro /><ref name=SilifiOfCrimsonStars /> This poem, which is over a thousand lines long, codifies the Gharu'ndim system of honor. Philosophers have boiled it down to twelve fundamental precepts, called the Ghayaraqa Yadina, or Dozen Roads of honor.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro /><ref name=SilifiOfCrimsonStars /> The roads are as follows:<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro /> 
# Love those who do you good. 
# Welcome those you do not know. 
# Honor the land, sky and sea. 
# Take pleasure in that which is pure. 
# Avoid that which is corrupt and sinful. 
# Harm no innocent, for those who do so harm themselves. 
# Place your lord's life above even your own, so long as he remains just. 
# Let your vengeance be swift, and take no pleasure from it. 
# Speak with respect, to friend and foe alike. 
# Use your mind before your sword. 
# Let your death have meaning. 
# Seek friendship before wealth, for friendship lasts longer.

When Yasif died, the people of Gharu'n mourned his death for a full year. Now, approximately 300 years later, Yasif is regarded as a national hero.<ref name=ZogblasterGharundimIntro /><ref name=GharundimCharacterCreationLore /><ref name=GharundimTNSign /><ref name=ACManualHeritageGroups /> Gharu'ndim are known to use honorifics and references to Yasif such as, "Thanks be to the Poet."<ref>1999/11 [[Release]] - [[Microsoft Zone Archive]]: [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/The Golems|The Golems]]</ref><ref>2001/10 [[Dark Majesty]] - [[AC:DM CD Lore]]: [[AC:DM CD Lore/Late Dereth Texts/The Sleepless Stones|The Sleepeless Stones]]</ref> "The grace of the Poet be upon you,"<ref>2006/01 [[Reprisals]] - [[Announcements - 2006/01 - Reprisals#Rollout Article|Rollout Article]]</ref> and, "The grace of the Poet upon you, friend."<ref>2006/04 [[Shining Runes and Shadowed Hands]] - [[Mudris ibn Hadram]] dialog</ref> Yasif's teachings included the belief in an afterlife. [[Hamud ibn Rafik]] wrote that "true paradise" is the reward that comes from a righteous existence and an honorable death.<ref name=ALetterToDevana>2000/04 [[Thorns of the Hopeslayer]] - [[Hamud's Demise]]: [[A letter to Devana]] text</ref> Hamud also wrote that, because of his transformation into a Shadow, he will never reach the gardens of delight spoken of by ibn Salayyar.<ref name=HamudsLastTestament>2000/04 [[Thorns of the Hopeslayer]] - [[Hamud's Demise]]: [[Hamud's Last Testament]] text</ref> At least some Gharu'ndim have given Yasif a spiritual role, as an unknown author once referred to him as, "our great prophet, ibn Salayyar."<ref name=TheFallenMasterOfShagarZharala>2000/04 [[Thorns of the Hopeslayer]] - [[Hamud's Demise]]: [[The Fallen Master of Shagar Zharala]] text</ref>