#edit: okay I got a goog book preview of the World of Thedas page that confirms that viddathari = new convert

[tonyglowheart]

I get why people would use "qunari" to refer to the race of people, but honestly, I don't favor that, nor do I favor the use of "kossith" (the latter of which would be like using Homo erectus to refer to modern humans). I think it's much more interesting to go with the namings we are given in the lore - Qunari to refer to the people of the Qun, with possible specification of viddathari for Qunari of other races/ancestry-

(sidebar: although wait, viddathari refers to new converts, doesn’t it? So would a Vashoth who converted to the Qun become Qunari with no rider? Or would they also be viddathari? Thinking on it now, I kind of like the idea of a Vashoth who converts in to be viddathari as well, I think it fits with the Qun’s whole thing about there not being a “race” distinction as far as at least the text of the ideology goes, and I think it makes for interesting worldbuilding. This also indicates to me that, like, any children born into the Qun regardless of their race/species would be Qunari, no "viddathari” rider. Also fascinating for me to consider).

- and then Vashoth and Tal-Vashoth (and bas/kabethari) to refer to those outside of the Qun.

I sooort of think I can accept a settlement of Vashoth - especially several generations down - maybe calling themselves “Qunari” or by a term that's like a sort of linguistic corruption of Qunari (adapted to whatever language of the area they’re in). The idea being that maybe several generations down, they don’t exactly have people fresh out of the Qun anymore who would know or care about the distinction between Qunari, Vashoth, and Tal-Vashoth, and the non-Qunari around them probably wouldn’t know or care either to make the distinction, they’re all “Qunari” to them. I think this could make for an interesting diaspora culture construction to explore.

But yeah, I get why people do it. I just don’t favor it, and think there’s a lot space to really explore the worldbuilding with just the politics of the namings used.