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The Emperor: Tsolyanu is a hereditary monarchy, ruled over by an emperor (or empress).

So much so, that the customs and traditions expressed, while based on real-world examples, are so seldom found it most works of modern fantasy, it comes off as alien to new players.

Deliberate Values Dissonance: This setting was built on averting contemporary western fantasy's distorted outlook on history and the wider world.

Deep Cover Agent: The minions of the Goddess of the Pale Bone.Deal with the Devil: Prince Dhichuné makes a pact with the Goddess of the Pale Bone, one of the "Pariah Deities".Culture Chop Suey: See Mayincatec below.The Conqueror: Baron Áld united the city-states and petty principalities of Yán Kór.Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Tsolyani, at least, tends to flowery language and titles, including 27 forms of the pronoun "you".Language Drift: The setting has changed over tens of thousands of years, and drift applies.English is the dead language of a long-dead culture.

The results (there are several) are a combination of conversion and original. Barker developed Tékumel for basically the same reasons Tolkien did: to build a language around. There are grammar books for all of them, and Tsolyáni even has a dictionary and a pronunciation guide.

Conlang: This universe has some of the first examples, the most developed by far being Tsolyáni, the others being Yán Koryáni, Livyáni, Engsvanyáli and Sunúz.

Likewise, each of the Five Empires has its own heraldic color (the Tsolyáni Imperium uses blue, Yán Kór uses green, Muugalavyá uses red, etc.)

Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: The Tsolyáni like displaying of social status and affiliation visually, and each of the gods in their pantheon is associated with a color, or combination of colors.

Clarke's Third Law: Most magic artifacts (called "Eyes") actually are objects of highly advanced technology, of which all memories have been lost in a cataclysm.

Civil War: Fratricidal warfare breaks out within the Imperium after Emperor Hirkáne Tlakotáni dies and his son Prince Dhich'uné illegitimately seizes the throne.

Child Eater: The Shén eat their weakest offspring.

Break Out the Museum Piece: Technological civilization on Tekumel collapsed tens of thousands of years before the "present" of the game world and the novels, yet it's not unusual for ancient artifacts to still be operational (this includes equipment which has been in continuous use, such as a few "aircars" and the planet-spanning subterranean transportation system).

Born Under the Sail: The Chíma and the Nóm.

Blue-and-Orange Morality: The aliens have, well, alien morality systems, and the humans have various group-oriented moral systems that are not at all modern Western.Blind Seer: Arsála hiChagotlékka, one of Prince Mirusíya's advisors, deliberately blinded herself to enhance her ability to perceive magical energies.The Ahoggyá are rumored to have eight genders, and nobody knows how they reproduce. Shén, Tinalíya, and Pygmy Folk have three genders, while the Hlüss and Ssú have hive-like arrangements. Bizarre Alien Sexes: All over the place.Beard of Barbarism: The Nlüss are noteworthy for their beards.Barbarian Tribe: The Nlüss people of the far north.Apocalypse How: Tékumel has survived unorthodox planetary destruction (dropped into a pocket dimension) and multiple societal collapses.