Nestia

The name for orphan children in the Middle, from the language of First South. In Crefsharlos, orphans were called children of the moons, which are the opposite of the sun, which the Oasis was built around. The status and treatment of orphans varies throughout the Middle.

Biruoyel
Due to the lax attitude the Biruel have about sex, orphans are most often products of love affairs between two people who either do not want children or cannot raise children. Orphans are raised in the palace, regardless of class or gender, and are raised by the Kazave, partly in the Kutvi Vokre.

Orphans are very well regarded and are seen as protected peoples. Since they do not have a family, they are beholden to no one but the Omvik and escape various duties to family and friends.

Orphans may be adopted, but many times orphans will reach adulthood in the palace, and either take a trade, join the Kazave, or join the military.