The naming convention is the first known example of Kweshi culture independent of the Doula’s control. The convention is simple.
To name a devil, a three-word phrase is chosen, like “Do-or-Die.”
Do-or-Die refers to the entire devil.
Do is the name of the human female.
Die is the name of the giant baboos.
The middle name, in this case “or”, is always a conjunction. It symbolizes the actual physical conjunction of a Kweshi devil - the ever-fascinating umbilicus - that joins the human and baboos elements of the devil for life.
On the Kweshi Devils, by Ambassador Fleece
Bird-in-Hand
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Ch 1
The desert heat fed the sandstorm as it ravaged up the spine of the Mal Boot basin. At the last possible moment, the Umar Pradesh foothills shoved the tempest east toward the ancient city of Baatman and the Kaendel mine, which boasted tall walls to keep the desert storms at bay.
There was no such protection in the Mal Boot. Only mountains to the west, wastelands to the south, storms to the east. That left only the north open to the enemies of the Kweshi devils. Such an invasion had only happened twice, in quick succession, in the twenty-two years since the Kweshi’s independence. No one knew if the enemy had come for them out of hatred for the magic-bred or a desire for domination.
One thing all devils agreed on: the enemy would not come again. They were soft, easily parched, and could not abide the thirst, the heat, and the Haaram crabs. Nor did the enemy like how their soft necks snapped when yanked by a devil’s tether. If they did come again, it would be through tricks and deceit.
So the situation remained static. The savage sun inflicted heat upon the wastelands in nauseating waves. The Haraam crabs fought their titan wars amongst themselves for what scraps of living meat wandered into the desert.
And the Kweshi watched and waited and procreated, as they were compelled to do by She who made them.
Only one thing had changed in the Mal Boot.
Water.