KA-RA-VIN
KA-RA-VIN-"Is another popular game among the Athasian Gith. In this game Gith children break up into various teams. One team of 5 is the KA-RA-VIN="caravan" and the other children form teams of 1-3. The "caravan" team has to take their prize "usually a kidney or on a holiday a piece of fruit, across the "field of play" while avoiding attacks and traps set by the other teams..who are each also competing with each other. Luopolus noted how even at an early age Gith children learn a great deal about the methods and general operations of a caravan....even if slightly out of context. The Gith misinterpret the role of KA-RA-VIN as humans mocking them by parading their treasures infront of them, daring them to steal it. The Gith will oblige.
This preoccupation with raiding is a key part of the Gith way of life and permeates their culture.
"KaRaVin"- is also the name of a traditional Gith working song
"On an Inix in the badlands
There's a Dwarf with a watchful eye
Slaves and spices,iron and livestock
Too tempting not to try.
We will crawl in slowly
And sneak in out of sight.
Kill the guards and take their goods
And run off into the night.
Kara-Kara-Kara-Karavin
Under the moons bright light
Kara-Kara-Kara-Karavin
What's yours is mine tonight
Circle the wagons called the Captain
Only to learn that it's all for naught
Those who seek to trap our people
Are the ones often end up caught.
We will smash their defenses
And crush them with our might
Take their young to be our slaves
Until our stomachs grow tight.
Kara-Kara-Kara-Karavin
Under the sun's harsh light
Kara-Kara-Kara-Karavin
Leave no waterskins behind
Greedy humans take all the water
And all land with a patch of green.
When we take back from the real thieves
Ancestors smile when they hear their screams
We escape their armies
And all our days are free
Count our loot in ruins and caves
In places you cannot see.
Kara-Kara-Kara-Karavin
We'll stalk you endlessly
Kara-Kara-Kara-Karavin
It's all you've left for me.
Source-Luopolus-A former human caravan guard for House Vordon, who was a long term prisoner.
