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At least by the time that the Middle Coscivian Mode of Production coälesced, the view that midgets were not fit to live among the normal peasantry and should instead constitute their own communities became common. This was based on the premise that the ''[[tuva]]'' is an endogamous group, and that marriage between dwarves and persons of normal size is improper, therefore it is more appropriate for dwarves to marry other dwarves born into different ''tuva'' Outcastification of dwarves was most commonly practiced among the majority lowland agricultural ''tuva'' (such as the [[South Coscivians]] and the [[Kir people]]) living on cleared plains and river valleys. Non-agricultural castes, minority groups, and silvicultural and silvopastoral communities did not share this practice. Midgets born into peasant households might be bonded into the [[yakav|village menial caste]] to secure a livelihood for them, sent to live among the ''[[harsitem]]'' (as was often done to children born with other deformities), or placed in '''midget colonies''' to live in peace among their own kind. Colonisation of midgets became the preferred practice over time, especially after Christianisation, though oblation to monasteries also emerged as an alternative to sequestration with the ''harsitem'' or bonding into village menial status. Colonisation would later become state policy under the Third Coscivian Empire, which set aside lands in every district for colonisation by midgets and laid down the Edict of Sirentius, which placed midgets and their dwellings under the personal protection of the Emperor. It was also during this time that talented midgets began to find their way into the Imperial Court and Imperial Academy. A few midgets were even able to rise to positions of influence as high as the Vizierate, as they were judged by the Emperors to be both more loyal and less capable of attempting coups than full-statured persons. | At least by the time that the Middle Coscivian Mode of Production coälesced, the view that midgets were not fit to live among the normal peasantry and should instead constitute their own communities became common. This was based on the premise that the ''[[tuva]]'' is an endogamous group, and that marriage between dwarves and persons of normal size is improper, therefore it is more appropriate for dwarves to marry other dwarves born into different ''tuva'' Outcastification of dwarves was most commonly practiced among the majority lowland agricultural ''tuva'' (such as the [[South Coscivians]] and the [[Kir people]]) living on cleared plains and river valleys. Non-agricultural castes, minority groups, and silvicultural and silvopastoral communities did not share this practice. Midgets born into peasant households might be bonded into the [[yakav|village menial caste]] to secure a livelihood for them, sent to live among the ''[[harsitem]]'' (as was often done to children born with other deformities), or placed in '''midget colonies''' to live in peace among their own kind. Colonisation of midgets became the preferred practice over time, especially after Christianisation, though oblation to monasteries also emerged as an alternative to sequestration with the ''harsitem'' or bonding into village menial status. Colonisation would later become state policy under the Third Coscivian Empire, which set aside lands in every district for colonisation by midgets and laid down the Edict of Sirentius, which placed midgets and their dwellings under the personal protection of the Emperor. It was also during this time that talented midgets began to find their way into the Imperial Court and Imperial Academy. A few midgets were even able to rise to positions of influence as high as the Vizierate, as they were judged by the Emperors to be both more loyal and less capable of attempting coups than full-statured persons. | ||
As midgets were more likely to be brought up in monasteries than normals, and monasteries were major centres of intellectual production in post-classical Kiravia, it follows that a disproportionately high number of post-classical Coscivian writers, artists, theologians, and master brewers were midgets. These include Duns Kirrus, an eminent and {{wp|beatified}} theologian who stood at a paltry three-and-three-quarters kènet in height but wrote masterful syntheses reconciling [[Shaftonism|Shaftonist]]-informed and Aristotelian-informed processes of major Christian theological arguments. Though not formally canonised, he is something of a folk-saint and is celebrated as the folk-patron-saint of midgets among the more diminutive of the Kiravian faithful. | As midgets were more likely to be brought up in monasteries than normals, and monasteries were major centres of intellectual production in post-classical Kiravia, it follows that a disproportionately high number of post-classical Coscivian writers, artists, theologians, and master brewers were midgets. These include Duns Kirrus, an eminent and {{wp|beatified}} theologian who stood at a paltry three-and-three-quarters kènet in height but wrote masterful syntheses reconciling [[Shaftonism|Shaftonist]]-informed and Aristotelian-informed processes of major Christian theological arguments. Though not formally canonised, he is something of a folk-saint and is celebrated as the folk-patron-saint of midgets among the more diminutive of the Kiravian faithful. Several dwarf monks were among the founders of [[Saint Crunathan's Subterranean Confraternity of Esoteric Erudition]]. | ||
Midget colonies can still be found in many parts of Kiravia. Most are found in remote or secluded areas to avoid harrassment. The densest concentration of midget colonies is found in the pinelands of South [[Niyaska]]. | Midget colonies can still be found in many parts of Kiravia. Most are found in remote or secluded areas to avoid harrassment. The densest concentration of midget colonies is found in the pinelands of South [[Niyaska]]. | ||