Editing Salhichin (section)

== Tensions with the Tengri-Kharn – The Sky’s Burden, the Land’s Price ==

The Salhichin and the Tengri-Kharn are bound together, yet their relationship is fragile. The Tengri-Kharn need the Salhichin, but they do not respect them—to the Sky Lords, the herders are mere servants, useful only for tending the beasts that keep Tengri-Uul moving.

Among the Salhichin, resentment has been growing. Many believe that Tengri-Uul has become too greedy, its nobles demanding too much while offering too little in return. The herders toil beneath the Möngke Süü (Eternal Shadow) of the floating city, knowing that without them, the Tengri-Kharn would fall from the sky.

Some Salhichin leaders whisper of rebellion, of cutting the tethers and forcing the Tengri-Kharn to live on the land like the rest of them. Others warn that to destroy the floating city is to doom all of them, for if Tengri-Uul ceases to move, the balance of the Grass Sea will be broken forever.

For now, the Salhichin remain loyal, but loyalty is not eternal, the wind changes, and so too may the fate of Tengri-Uul.