However, the Kel are usually administrated by Kel Command, a hivemind using composite technology and composed of Kel high officers who have been assimilated into the collective consciousness. The most recent Kel hexarch is Kel Tsoro. The faction emblem is a black ashhawk surrounded by flames, which, like any individual Kel, may also be called a suicide hawk. Meanwhile, the Rahal regard them as instruments to spend freely to put down heresies, the Nirai disparage their intelligence but readily do business with them the Andan consider them 'a hammer in search of a nail' the Vidona admire their loyalty and are sympathetic to their culture and the Shuos consider them a handy distraction to throw at enemies while the real work is done elsewhere. They despise the Andan for the faction's suspiciously close contacts with foreigners and flexible social mores. They appreciate the conservative mindset of the Rahal grudgingly acknowledge the essential function of the Vidona have strong ties to the Nirai, who provide them with technology and work closely with the Shuos, who provide them with intelligence and strategic guidance, despite distrust of the faction's inherent foxiness. They are the hexarchate's military, specializing in kinetic operations, though they are unsuitable for the post-battle process of converting heretics to the high calendar, ceding these functions to the Andan and Vidona. The Kel are a low faction their corresponding high faction is the Shuos.

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