Che'el

A collection of Vordun younglings. Commonly called a pod.

Description
A che'el is a Vordunni community's young. They are cared for by the Tokikiche'el AnyikHa (elder podmother) and her subordinates. From egg to approximately ten years the only parents that a young Vord knows are the Tokikiche'eli.

A typical che'el will have anywhere between a hundred to two hundred children within it at any given time. if the che'el becomes too large, children will sometimes be sent to another community's pod within the same tribe. Tokikiche'eli train the young in the laws and customs of their tribe, observing them for aptitude. When they are old enough, the children are apprenticed into their appropriate trade.

Podmates are the only brothers and sisters that a Vordun will ever know. There is a special relationship between the members of a che'el. A podbrother is called a Che'el AvuHa. A podsister is called a Che'el MivuHa.