Pinfallen

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In W'hoorn culture, if someone loses a challenge, the pinion feather of their right wing is pulled upon cloning (HETE are 'respectful' of this cultural tradition and remove the feather from future cloning templates - though wealthy W'hoorn have been known to pay them off to insert a replacement pinion) or from the corpse if no INR is present, and people in Benu Wen will evermore regard them with suspicion and often derision. They will not be allowed to progress in the military and are traditionally shunned by their family. People who have lost this pinion feather are known as being 'Pinfallen', or 'fallen'. E.g. "Did you hear about the Navarach's cousin? He's pinfallen now. Real shame."

The feather is then pingilded to turn it into a 'Pryapt' and used to adorn the wing of the winning challenger.