When the Nara were banished to the Si Wong desert, the Earth Kingdom defined a "pale of banishment" to which they would be confined. This exile was on pain of death, and the Nara who went into exile were, additionally, branded with a δΊ‘ on their foreheads. (Some Nara did indeed choose to fight to the last or attempt to evade the exile, with more or less success at integrating with other Yonggan; it is estimated that up to 20% of their population at the time of the exile edict chose to give up their identity and integrate with other Yonggan or Abka groups. Few were caught.)