Mors Umbra Ethnicity in [SH] World of Souls | World Anvil
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Mors Umbra

(This information about this ethnicity from an unexplored realm is written by a mysterious author named "Hyde". Take it with a grain of salt.)   Known as the Excluded, Mors Umbra is a term used for Umbra who supposedly lived in the barren lands of Separatio. As it is known to be the harshest realm along with the mysterious "Rotating Flash" phenomenon, they are also known to be much more aggressive and feral compared to any Umbra living both in the Dark Realm and surface worlds. And due to the world's isolated nature, they can only be found in their original realm.

Culture

Shared customary codes and values

Due to Separatio's dog-eat-dog nature of survival, most Mors Umbra view strength as their source of power. Every loss means weakness and reluctance means banishment. This is shown in their tribe council that most of them are deemed as strong as the other Umbra. They also believe that dying in battle is considered a show of strength as most of their duels often end with death. This is the same with their hunts as they mostly target Dusk Leeches as their rite of passage into their beliefs.

Common Etiquette rules

Despite being a feral community, Mors Umbra is known to show several etiquettes to maintain what little order they have in their fields. Most commonly, they must participate in several hunts as their way to contribute to their villages in some way. Refusing to do so will consider them an outcast and are banished to the off-fields. They are also allowed to contribute in other fields such as crafting, renovations, and farming fruits and herbs.   Their unique views in order also extend to confrontations. At a start of a spar or a fight, most Mors Umbra often shows a sign of confrontation by throwing their attacks at each other or exchanging their claws or weapons with each other. During a fight, they must not show any signs of falter and if they try to surrender in the middle of it, they are considered as weak in their eyes.

Common Dress code

Due to the lack of technology found in other realms and worlds, most Mors Umbra wears leather made from the skin of Dusk Leeches and Shie Deers and worn clothes found inside the ruins. As most items made from hunted monsters are considered luxury items to Mors' eyes, "nobles" often wear them to show their status in public.

Common Taboos

Due to their beliefs of strengths, many see signs of weakness and reluctance as blasphemy and kindness and charity go against their code. While it makes sense for anyone who tries to become the next leader or one of the hunters, any signs of these taboos can be considered heretics. The only way to reverse their judgment is to show their strength in a duel to the death or with a hunting party. If they give up during the fights or hunts, they are immediately banished and kicked out of the fields.
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