Drejj

The Drejj are a people who inhabit a commune called Home in the desert of the Beaten Lands. The Drejj are known for being particularly clever and industrious: cottage industries and hobbies and tinkering with mekanisms are ubiquitous among them. Some specialize in a single field to the near-exclusion of all others, and are usually known as Mekanists, who speak in a parlance known as "Mekkie." Furthermore, the Drejj practice what they call "Kwikfests," wherein a community project is worked on by the entirety of Home as the center of a party which can range from a single day to several as the project demands.

A great deal of the technology in the Beaten Lands that is not of Constructor-make is devised by the Drejj, especially transportation mekanisms such as go-boxes, gun-boxes, two-rollers, and the Go-Rails.

The first Drejj met by Maurice is Crench, who drives him to the Drejj village of Home and introduces him to Moshta. Moshta is passionately intrigued by the Morani family and their reputation, and finds herself implacably drawn to Maurice.