Darklan
The chocolate skin of the Ivory traders was a perfect showcase for their delicately carved jewellery. Their dark curly hair stuck close to their heads and their teeth shone brightly as they talked. The Wood Elf merchant knew to keep his words respectful, as the Darklan were known to be fierce warriors, and efficient assassins.
Naming Traditions
Feminine names
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Masculine names
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Unisex names
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Family names
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Other names
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Culture
Major language groups and dialects
Darklan, Millessian
Culture and cultural heritage
until the same time the Empire was founded the Darklan were raided for slaves, then their wizards found their strength and fought back. The Darklan Necromancers were the most major threat to the expansion of the Empire for five hundred years. The Darklan remember this but are happy to be part of the Powerful Empire.
Shared customary codes and values
The Darklan people are strong, they will react violkently to any attempt to attack or enslave them, they joined the Empire through negotiation NOT conquest and keep to that ideal.
Average technological level
as the Empire
Common Etiquette rules
never belittle a person, praise what you can, be ready to show your own strength.
Common Dress code
they wear Kilts and are often bare chested, females will wear the minimum on their chest to preserve modesty.
Art & Architecture
they have intricate patterns that depict strengths of the subject, portraits are about showing the strength of the subject not their actual looks.
Architecture is based on circles, and interlocking circles. From wattle and daub, mud brick to carved stone and baked clay.
Common Customs, traditions and rituals
Strengths are exhibited on the Equinoxes, weakness expunged on the Solstices.
Birth & Baptismal Rites
Only women are present during birth, the Father will be called in to hold the child after its' first feeding. The Father will not be told the gender of the Child until it is six months old. The Father presents the Baby to the Tribe.
Coming of Age Rites
Find and defeat a CR 1/4 creature by yourself. Make a major deal for good worth. Prove your strength in some way.
Funerary and Memorial customs
People of the same sex prepare the body for the rites, women then carry the body to where the coffin is, men then carry the coffin to the burial site. The body is then entombed, or buried.
Common Taboos
disrespecting a dead body, mutilating a corpse.
Common Myths and Legends
The Lich Knight is a figure of strength, its' gender is often seen as male, but not always. This Knight lead a successful resistance against the Empire for five hundred years, until the Empress herself came to it and they came to a negotiated peace.
Historical figures
Lich Knight
Ideals
Beauty Ideals
they find strength beautiful, not only strength of body but strength of Mind.
Gender Ideals
Though males are expected to be warriors and females merchants, those who take the role of the opposite sex are not demeaned, overly.
Courtship Ideals
Though a male may initiate the courtship the female may end it by telling her male relatives. The male must treat the female with respect if he expects to get anywhere.
Relationship Ideals
the ideal is a partnership of equals in strength, it is best if they have different strengths.
Major organizations
Millessian Empire
Parent ethnicities
Diverged ethnicities
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