The Tabesh’Barad, or the People of Tabesh, are a sect who have placed the goddess Tabesh at the head of the Akh’Barad pantheon. This goes beyond those Akh'Barad Turu communities that have adopted Tabesh as their patron and protector. In the Tabesh’Barad sect, the religious practice is matriarchal, and the goddess Tabesh is seen as providing wisdom and guidance, particularly for government officials. While many rulers and warlords recognize Tabesh and Jemar Hez’Azkabah as having a special role among the gods for political leadership, only in a few purely matriarchal Akh’Barad cultures is the Tabesh’Barad sect the primary faith. Even so, many larger cities will have all-female monasteries devoted to the Tabesh’Barad sect, and some of their novitiates will often serve as handmaidens for the Maharaja’s or Warlords’ wives. Some of the more patriarchal-dominated and misogynistic areas of the Akh'Barad Turu have discouraged and suppressed the Tabesh’Barad, and even outright banned the sect.