Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26535281-20170415210132

The Zupu is a registry of the family, it's origins, ancestral home, clan, and all members both alive and dead (Although dead members have a small marking next to the name).

Each Family and Clan of all sizes has a Zupu which is kept and maintained by the head of the household who passes down the mantel with each generation. Some Zupu's are brand new and only have a few names while others are massive a stretch back thousands of years.

Each Family is required to make two copies of the Zupu one for the family to keep and one for the states census records. When ever the Zupu is updated new editions or at times a brand new copy must be taken to Zhengzhou for census and tax purposes.

All of the Zupu given to the state are kept in the 'Library of Souls' in which an army of scribes work daily to compile the proper taxes and to get records of populations (At times nation wide censuses are called in which a census official must travel to each and every village and count up the populace) 