#gichan

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The Gichan are the product of a long history of conquest, fueled by their much coveted mountain passes and watersheds. The culture of the Kingdom of Gichan is highly syncretic. It owes its mores and traditions in varying parts to the underlying cultural substrate, to the Ghøwout Empire's centuries of rule, to the practices of their neighbors and to those of the new Gichan regime. To defend its precious lands, Gichan has a well-developped military with a strong core of professional soldiers, Gichan's regime is indissociable from its military: all noble families have a strong military background and it is customary for nobles of all rank to serve as officers for years or even decades.

Gichan was originally the name of a small nation in the mountains up the Cianji River, which became legendary for their unabating resistance in the face of the early Ghøwout Empire. When Ghøwout's northernmost province rebelled and seceded, it took on the name Gichan as a symbol of their resistance against imperial rule.

Gichan society is strongly divided between its military and peasant classes, but its peasants are far from powerless. Peasantry in Gichan is much revered : it is said to carry the nation on its strong back. as it works the fields and crafts the goods that feed and clothe the nation's soldiers. This romanticized potrayal often impedes serious understanding between local leaders and military lords, but fosters an attitude of gratitude towards the peasant's hard toil. In the harsh Gichan lands, a satisfied peasantry is seen as a priority.

Gican society is organized as chains of villages, each with their own village leaders, trading spouses and ressources up and down the mountains. They are ruled in a roughly feudal fashion, paying taxes in labour and goods to local military lords which themselves defer to higher lords up to the Gican royal court. Like in Ghøwout, religious specialists are excluded from this hierarchy: known as chui-chuøn (t. wild men), they are traditional healers and spiritual leaders often living in relative hermitage. In a set of practices long considered uncivilized by the Ghøwout, chui-chuøn wear numerous pelts and animal bones as a symbol of their otherworldly connections and hermitage. Uniquely, chui-chuøn do not wear tail brooches, as a way to signal that they are apart from society and clanship.

The Gichan use a modified Ghøwout script and many ghøwoutish loanwords, but most Gichan do not speak the Ghøwout tongue. They speak a variety of dialects, the most common of which is Tchougougch. Much of the peasantry is multilingual, having learned the language of a neighboring community within Gichan or of the many foreign traders using Gichan's mountain passes.

Gichan's territory has often been coveted and contested, much to the suffering of its locals. The revolution that broke Gichan apart from Ghøwout was strongly backed by the people, who felt Ghøwout had abandoned them in the face of the invading Senq Ha Empire. The Senq Ha had come from overseas and taken the Peninsular lands like a wildfire, and were now at their door, but Ghøwout, weakened by illnesses brought by the conquerors and internal strife, failed to mount a defense for Gichan in time, allowing much of it to be conquered. After this betrayal, the people of the passes, under the rule of two different empires, united and rebelled under the legendary name Gichan. They became the first province to secede from Ghøwout, initiating the Empire's long decline, and one of the first major setbacks of the Senq Ha in their invasion of Uanlikri.

[asanjou]

historians will say they were besties

[heymeowmao]

We need your help.

Island 아일랜드 // Episode 12

+ Bonus, because I had nowhere to put it:

[zhaozi]

where your coffee lingers

[sherlock-is-ace]

watching produce x 101 now (i know) because i'm weak and i know seobin is in it (if jiwoong was reason enough to watch boys planet, seobin is reason enough to watch this...) anyways i didn't know mr ocean likes me and where your eyes linger, hang gi chan was in it too!!! :D

[zhivchik]

[maeumverse]

ZENITH ENTERTAINMENT is a fictional South Korean entertainment company. It was founded in 2016 by former SM Entertainment executive LEE TAEIN, shortly after his supposedly amicable departure from the company. 

They are best known for their first and flagship group FABLE, who continues to be the only artist formed solely by the company. Zenith is also notable for the way CEO Taein notoriously inserts himself into the smallest of business decisions, and their refusal to take trainees since Fable’s debut.

BASICS

NAME: Zenith Entertainment

TYPE: Private

INDUSTRY: Music, entertainment

FOUNDED: 2016

FOUNDER: Lee Taein

HEADQUARTERS: Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea

AREA SERVED: Worldwide

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 20+

ARTISTS

FABLE (2018 — present): eight seven member boy group

NEON NIGHTS (2021 — present): five member girl band

JAESUN (2023 — present): idol soloist

NOTABLE PEOPLE

LEE TAEIN (1969) … Founder, CEO, and Fable's creative director. Former SM Entertainment talent acquisition director. Played by Lee Byung-hun.

PARK SANGHYUN (1972) … COO and CFO. Has been trying to get a private office for the past seven years. Played by Lee Seo-jin.

CHEN YUXUAN (2002) … Taein and Sanghyun's executive assistant. Underpaid and overworked intern. Played by Liu Yu.

WOO HYEKYUNG (1997) … Social media & marketing manager. Has held the position since 2017. Rules the open office with an iron fist. Played by Park Soobin.

SHIN JUBIN (1985) … Neon Nights and Jaesun's creative director. Classics fan. Can conjugate ancient Greek. Played by Hwang Jung-eum.

KIM GAEUN (1981) … Fable's lead stylist. Co-founder of modern hanbok brand Shinbok. Played by Son Ye-jin.

HONG SHINUI (1975) … Historical consultant for Fable. Korea University adjunct professor. Historian specializing in the middle period of the Joseon dynasty. Played by Lee Tae-ran.

JEON DAEWOONG (1995) … Fable's manager. Former SM Entertainment trainee, 2014-2017. Always thinking about who he could have been. Played by Ahn Hyo-seop.

LEE AERIN (1990) … Neon Nights' manager. Not their first fan, but still their biggest one. Played by Tiffany Young.

NAM CHOHYUN (1998) … Jaesun's manager. Also his cousin. Otherwise unqualified for his job. Played by Han Gichan.

SHAREHOLDERS

LEE TAEIN (1969) … 60%. Founder and CEO.

AHN JINGUK (1978) … 15%. Danyoung Group CAO and fourth son of the current chairman. Played by Gong Yoo.

JUNG SEOBUM (1990) … 10%. Venture capitalist, representing Daehan Ventures. Played by Lee Junho.

KANG GYEONGWON (1981) … 7%. Lawyer, the eponymous Kang of law firm Kang & Cho. Played by Ock Joo-hyun.

HAN CHEOLHWAN (1969) … 6%. Senior Superintendent in the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. Played by Yoo Jun-sang.

LEE JAESEOP (1995) … 2%. Idol, member of Fable. Played by Kim Doyoung.

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Galliforms, including pheasanids such as the yellowtail boskcock, are common land birds in Uanlikri and are prized game for their delicious meat and, at times, ornemental feathers.

The yellowtail boskcock is a mid-sized pheasant native to the Kantishian Mountains. Historically, it was hunted for its meat but its feathers were not especially prized: outside of a few specific dance costumes, they were rarely used in crafts or jewelry. This changed after the Senq Ha Empire conquered the northern mountains: its colonists prized the showy yellow feathers for their hats and military helmets. The practice of using boskcock feathers on helmets has since been adopted by some regiments of the Gichan army as well.

[8qty]

𖡻 𖠵 𖠵 𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀 ʕっ•ﻌ•ʔっ

[asanjou]

giras face appearing in the mech at the climax of the episode

[mingi-bubu]

han_gi_chan: 📸

[1gunhakarchive]

for the fantagio fam

han gichan received an x (his evulation was not aired) but as of real time votes for episode 2 is ranked 22

[longinglook]

OCEAN LIKES ME EP. 05 | I'm sorry I'm late.

[teratomat]

holland_vvv 바다야

[thebvbbletea]

favorite series gifset

⤷ when your eyes linger (korea / 2020)

"My dream is to live happily, but I'm happiest when I'm together with you"