The Tzaltakans have attempted to hold themselves apart from the Adantri racially, often punishing intermarriage gruesomely. Nonetheless, in the seven hundred years since the Adantri took over the area, there has been considerable intermarriage. The pure Tzaltakans probably number no more than 1500, with another 3000 mixed-blood who are considered to be sufficiently pure to count (that usually means at least 25%). They manage to maintain a low profile among the sixteen to twenty thousand Adantri and five thousand or so "other races" in the city. Although the Adantri normally extended to conquered peoples the right to retain cultural identity, they did not do so for the Tzaltakans, primarily because of the bloody nature of the Tzaltakan religion. The Tzaltakans have resented this for seven hundred years, and they take special pleasure in sacrificing an Adantri, but they are not foolish enough to let their hate draw them into exposing themselves.

The official Adantri position is that the Tzaltakans have ceased to exist as a race, and that all who might otherwise call themselves Tzaltakan are to be considered Kemisari, or "miscellaneous non-Adantri." Kemisari are not permitted to hold office, to publicly practice their own religion, or to own more than five acres of land. Recognized minority groups are less restricted, but the Adantri refuse to recognize the Tzaltakans. They can, of course, apply to become "naturalized Adantri," which is what most other small minorities do--but anyone who does that is outlawed by the remaining Tzaltakans and very likely to end up as the center of attention at the next ritual for Zokharat.