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===The Primóra Incident=== | ===The Primóra Incident=== | ||
''Xolkriśgir'' was first documented in 21064 when Marcel des Vespasiennes, a [[Burgundie|Burgundian]] photographer and early pioneer of colour photography, visited [[Cities of Kiravia#Primóra|Primóra]] to demonstrate his technique to a meeting of the [[Hanoram]] Society of Gentleman Daguerreotypists. The audience was aware ahead of time that des Vespasiennes would be taking colour photographs and was, by all accounts, calm during his lecture until he displayed some examples of his work, at which point several members claimed to be ill and politely took their leave. Five members of the Society volunteered to pose for colour photographs after the lecture, which took several days to develop. None were known to have reported anything unusual during this time, though one of the subjects, a shipping insurer, never returned to the Society and went mysteriously missing several days later. However, when the first of the subjects, pipegrass merchant Rutilus Semperviren, was presented with the photograph of himself by des Vespasiennes, he began to scream uncontrollably. Semperviren was removed from the premises and treated with the highest-quality [[ | ''Xolkriśgir'' was first documented in 21064 when Marcel des Vespasiennes, a [[Burgundie|Burgundian]] photographer and early pioneer of colour photography, visited [[Cities of Kiravia#Primóra|Primóra]] to demonstrate his technique to a meeting of the [[Hanoram]] Society of Gentleman Daguerreotypists. The audience was aware ahead of time that des Vespasiennes would be taking colour photographs and was, by all accounts, calm during his lecture until he displayed some examples of his work, at which point several members claimed to be ill and politely took their leave. Five members of the Society volunteered to pose for colour photographs after the lecture, which took several days to develop. None were known to have reported anything unusual during this time, though one of the subjects, a shipping insurer, never returned to the Society and went mysteriously missing several days later. However, when the first of the subjects, pipegrass merchant Rutilus Semperviren, was presented with the photograph of himself by des Vespasiennes, he began to scream uncontrollably. Semperviren was removed from the premises and treated with the highest-quality [[Daxia|Daxianese]] opium available, which succeeded in calming him, though after he emerged from his medically-induced trance he would continue to be laconic and low-affect until his death four months thereafter. Two of the other three subjects, according to their own letters and the accounts of their family members, were overcome with dread upon seeing their likenesses in colour. Although they retained their composure better then Semperviren, they suffered from "the most baleful night terrors" and acute lethargy for months, and underwent marked changes in personality and behaviour that appear to have persisted for the remainder of their lives. What would later become known as the classic symptoms of ''xolkriśtívandisuvantohābur'' presented most acutely in Xiaroskur Fordelorean: [to be continued]. | ||
The Primóra incident was chronicled in the ''[[Primóra Moon]]'' and other papers in the major coastal cities, and was a topic of some public excitement in the city for several months, although... | The Primóra incident was chronicled in the ''[[Primóra Moon]]'' and other papers in the major coastal cities, and was a topic of some public excitement in the city for several months, although... | ||
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Celtic-Kiravians, including long-settled Kiravian Celts, do not experience ''xolkriśgir'', and find Coscivians' susceptibility to it quite humorous. ''Xolkriśgir'' is less intense among [[Ĥeiran Coscivians]] than other Coscivian subgroups, perhaps as a result of prolonged cultural exchange and intermarriage with Celtic peoples. The prevalence of ''xolkriśgir'' among [[Urom]] communities continues to be investigated, and may provide some insight into the origins of the phenomenon. Urom tribes in the considerably Coscivised Xufur-Xafri-Meqav complex do experience ''xolkriśgir'', most likely due to cultural diffusion. The Wawa of Váuadra and the Wisaya of Sixua do not. Many Urom tribes of the West Coast and Western highlands, such as the Wod͡ʒagat, Pungōvak, and Varekthari, do not have colour terms in their native languages and may lack a cultural concept of colour entirely. | Celtic-Kiravians, including long-settled Kiravian Celts, do not experience ''xolkriśgir'', and find Coscivians' susceptibility to it quite humorous. ''Xolkriśgir'' is less intense among [[Ĥeiran Coscivians]] than other Coscivian subgroups, perhaps as a result of prolonged cultural exchange and intermarriage with Celtic peoples. The prevalence of ''xolkriśgir'' among [[Urom]] communities continues to be investigated, and may provide some insight into the origins of the phenomenon. Urom tribes in the considerably Coscivised Xufur-Xafri-Meqav complex do experience ''xolkriśgir'', most likely due to cultural diffusion. The Wawa of Váuadra and the Wisaya of Sixua do not. Many Urom tribes of the West Coast and Western highlands, such as the Wod͡ʒagat, Pungōvak, and Varekthari, do not have colour terms in their native languages and may lack a cultural concept of colour entirely. | ||
==Implications for Public Policy== | |||
One of the most visible effects of ''xolkriśgir'' on public policy is that headshots featured on {{wp|photo ID|photo ID documents}} such as [[Passport system in the Kiravian Federacy|internal passport]] and international passport photographs must be in black-and-white. This often causes trouble for Kiravians travelling abroad or interacting with foreign businesses, who may require that identity documents feature colour photographs. | One of the most visible effects of ''xolkriśgir'' on public policy is that headshots featured on {{wp|photo ID|photo ID documents}} such as [[Passport system in the Kiravian Federacy|internal passport]] and international passport photographs must be in black-and-white. This often causes trouble for Kiravians travelling abroad or interacting with foreign businesses, who may require that identity documents feature colour photographs. | ||
-Governmental and religious efforts to combat the superstition. | -Governmental and religious efforts to combat the superstition. | ||
Commercial colour photography of human subjects is banned in [[Asperidan]], [[Elegia]], [[Issyria]], [[Kannur]], [[Knassania]], [[Koskenkorva]], and [[Verakośa]]. | |||
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