Cultural
Agriculture
- Bonsai Trees
- Daisugi tree harvesting
- Fish fighting rings.
- Use of monkeys collecting fruits from trees.
- Use of clams to test water safety.
- Use of trained birds to find thermals
- What fiber animals are kept by which cultures?
- Different fishing techniques
Apparel & Appearance
- Clothing similar to neighbors
- Culture where long hair is preferred
- To cut hair and give it to some one is to declare war
Art & Literature
- Poems
- Songs
- What races can make pottery?
- What does the races pottery look like?
Courtship & Romance
- Courtship rituals.
- Humdom Beetle Bard Full Moon Festival
- Celebrates H.B.B
- Takes place on the full moon
- Lots of statue butt touching
- Young men try to woo young ladies with his famous dance
- Lots of affection
- Lots of strawberry related treats.
Cuisine
- Different foods per culture
- How do each of the races view and treat water?
Entertainment
- Aerial silk performances
- Children games
- Dice/card games
- Sports
Familial Life
- Family disputes
Language and Writing
- Incan writing system?
- Whistling language
- Language: Written and spoken
Life and Death
- Birthing rituals
- Coming of age rituals.
- How do cultures treat their dead?
- Tombs, funerals, and death rituals.
- Inheritance.
- Ceremonial sacrifies?
- Self Mummification
- How are coffins decorated?
- Which races mummify their dead?
- Afterlife: Heaven and hell?
- 'Spoon Tradition'
- Parents put a spoon in their newborn's mouth
- A promise to provide food.
- The richer the family the fancier the spoon.
Gender and Sex Roles
- Guevedoces
- Women associated with nature
Government
- Royal family dramas.
- How does each race deal with criminals?
- How do prisons deal with magic users?
- Policing system for each race
- What races use slaves?
- Execution Methods
- Torture Rooms
- Bounties
Health/Medical
- Any races dye hair, tattoos, body piercings?
- Bathing practices
- Sleeping habits
- How long does each race sleep?
- Missing limbs/prosthetics
- Fake teeth made of gems
- Gold tongues
- Support Systems
- How races treat the disabled.
- How races treat the old, young, and sick.
- Tattoos
- Rub dye in puncture wounds
- Can have magical powers
Myth/Legends
- Ring around planet is believed to be a scar inflicted on the void by a warrior protecting the planet from the darkness. Sun, moons, and stars are stab wounds.
- Wood Elf Origin Myth
- Elves were hunted on land, always in fear.
- One day a giant 'Tree Folk' found them.
- He/she offered to let them live on his shoulders. They would be safe from predators, and eat the fruits that grew from his/her 'hair'
- Elves had to prune his/her dead branches in return.
- Elves agreed.
- Eventually the giant 'Tree Folk' settled down in one spot.
- Now a very large and ancient tree.
- Modern times in trouble? Old age, disease?
Religion
- Forbidden god worship
- Legends of island creation.
War/Battle
- Any races use necromancy for war?
Misc
- Good and bad luck symbols
- Dreams
- Importance of fire.
- Insults
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