Serafin Exiles
Although there are quite a few aspects of serafin society considered contentious, no law is quite so infamous as the one exiling some of the most vulnerable serafin living in The Nest.
A practice started long in the past of the Pathfinder Star's leadership, exile is perhaps one of the most well known idiosyncrasies of serafin society. Crownless serafin already struggle in The Nest; the main form of serafin language is their telepathic ability, of which crownless serafin are unable to send nor receive impressions with. Thus, any serafin who's crowns shatter are automatically isolated and cut off from the culture in their own homeland.
The Pathfinder Star's response to this has not been any attempt to encourage verbal connection among their people, nor to establish any sort of program to benefit crownless serafin. They exile these serafin entirely from The Nest, with the reasoning that they should simply live among the other races who don't use telepathic connection. In the act of doing so, they separate exiles from the little culture and community they may have left and leave them adrift in a foreign land.
Many exiled serafin perish within the first week, where prospects seem the most hopeless to their eyes. One of the leading causes of death for exiled serafin is wing rot.
Being an exile isn't necessarily a miserable existence. With their unique traits, exiled serafin who successfully mesh with the community they land in become almost indistinguishable with their now peers. Most exiles are eventually found to have seamlessly taken up an appearance congruent with their new community; merfolk serafin who have taken on fins and a tail, human serafin who shed their extra eyes, beastkin serafin who sprout pointed ears and fur with the rest. Serafin thrive in every climate and diet with some acclimation, so they're capable of living anywhere despite an unideal start.
Seeing a community of exiles is quite rare, as The Nest travels across the land and scatters its exiles across borders and mountains. Lacking the common serafin language, the average exile will usually just know the language of the community they're dropped off in, so groups of exiles are forced to rely on other races' common languages and communication. Many exiles eschew a connection with fellow serafin altogether, fully embracing their new homes.
Regardless of how many exiles gather, they will never be capable of founding a self-sustaining community of their own. The Nest remains the only place where newborn serafin are birthed, and so they will forever be dependent on a stream of new exiles to bolster their numbers.
