Now, looking at all this war, travelling and experimenting would lead to many different problems popping up, with one being the important issue of hygiene.
For the basics, the Jackrixis quickly learned that most above ground water, besides certain streams and waterfalls, they couldn't drink from directly. But they could use them to clean themselves, especially for waterfalls which were very sought after.
Those that had waterfalls near them or within walking distance received many benefits from them. Such as cleaning as said before but also the animals that it attracted along with the natural defences and caves with them.
Waterfalls also allowed for ritual sites to be made and would, in the future, be large tourist attractions. But that wouldn't be for a long time, so for now, they were good for cleaning and catching fish and other water monsters.
It was an interesting discovery that was found by the rixis but it wasn't really known or understood how they made soap. All they knew was if they butchered an animal and in some way handled a fire or the remnants of them. Their hands, if they didtn clean them, would create white foaming bubbles that were effective in cleaning their clothes and body.
Now we know that this is from the fat from the animals and the ash left over from the fires, but the rixis didn't know this. It was random if the effect worked when they tried to create it with little knowledge.
Sadly, very few knew about this soap, so most just found streams and dunked themselves in them for an hour or 2 with most of the tribe doing it communally. Sadly, this wasn't full proof, so many Jackrixis had some basic problems, from skin rashes to eye infection or tooth decay.
Luckily, they weren't in the modern age, so dental problems were too bad, along with them having much stronger teeth than humans. But not everything edible was meant to be put in your mouth, and many had to find that out the hard way.
Hair was also a small problem, with most either cutting it short or letting it grow wild and knotted and frayed. This didn't stop them from styling their hair in different bundles or cuts at a very basic skill level.
But not all rixis followed these basic hygiene standards, so some had different hair bugs and itchy menaces. These all came together to show that while their were lots of positives and power that the rixis had, their lives were by far prefect.
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These would all soon be strictly enforced with those getting to dirty or diseased getting exiled from the tribe. So they wouldn't endanger and kill them all it was for the benefit of the tribe and the group.
It may take some more time and deaths before these standards became basic so that they didn't die before they reached 10. Most only made it that far because the population and their lifestyle put them near streams and large bodies of water.
As they spread out more and tribes grew and cultures started to evolve and differ, some may see soap as a blessing while others may see it as toxic. One culture may think its silly to clean themselves at all, which will, of course, lead to problems between groups.
Another aspect to all this was the religious side of it, such as with the blood battle pit that the Crimson guards used. Now, this was definitely not safe, and it was harbouring multiple types of parasites and other nasty problems.
Luckily, only a few fights happened in the pool of blood before they emptied it out and splashed the blood near the edge of their territories borders.
One clan that actually used diseases to their benefits was the Harvester clan who used different poisons and toxins to kill prey. Now, when facing things they didn't want to eat, they would use their waste and smart it on the tips of their weapons. This led to infection when an enemy was hit, among others things.
They saw this as them using the intelligence given to them by the gods to be greater than the baser and instinctual animals. But they only used these methods on opponents stronger than them in either size, strength, or numbers.
As for the Little Blues, with their cold resistance, it went well with a strong resistance to coughs and colds, so they were mostly okay and just had to worry about physical problems.
This overall caused Jack frustration in Jack, but he knew if his race wanted to reach the top, they would have to grow and struggle. Or else if he helped too much, it could lead to many problems that could become a great weakness in the future.
It was also more personal than that, what right in Jack's own views did he have to take away the rights of others to create and discover but also learn and become better from. If he gives them everything, they will grow conceited and wrathful on their reliance up the gods.
"Hey Caer, are the rixis happy with what I've done for them so far?"-Jack
Jack and Caer were currently sitting in a field while watching a young rixis girl who was dreaming about running through a field.
Caer made sure the girl wouldn't notice them as she held a smile on her face, seeing the unfiltered joy exuding from the girl.
"Well, I wouldn't want to talk on their behalf, Jack, but I do believe they truly do care for you in many different ways"-Caer
"Great, I was just wondering since I don't want them to hate me because I was forced to play a death game and create them. The least I can do is try and let them have a good chance at life"-Jack
"Well, if it helps, they will all way have their dreams to comfort and inspire them"-Caer
"Very true, Caer though, I can't imagine what they dream about, nor do I want to"-Jack
"Eh, it's not that bad mostly fighting endless enemies or travelling new land or meeting one of the gods"-Caer
"Oh, that's not that bad"-Jack
"Yeah, oh, and also the steamy dreams some have of you coming to give them a blessed child"-Caer
"Nah, nope, I'm out. I didn't want to know that, nuh uh"-Jack
Jack quickly went back to his space while Caer giggled to herself before adding some fluffy creatures to the girls dreams and moved on to the next dreamer.