Kharian Brynd (KAHR-ee-an)

The cataclysm that sank the land that became the Kharian Basin both blessed and cursed the Bryndffolk who live there. The swamps of the Kharian Basin are rich in magic and resources, but they are also home to aggressive and hostile flora and fauna. The Kharian Brynd have adapted to this bountiful and dangerous environment. They are among the finest mariners in Fahr Ryasc and are masters of navigating the dense network of marshes, shallow lakes and connecting rivers of the Kharian Basin.

Naming Traditions

Family names

For Kharians who live more closely with their Barge-crews than their families, they often adopt the name of their Barge as a surname. This is an equally common practice as the Kharians who use their Family names.

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

Bryndish with a Kharian dialect is the common language of the Kharian Basin. Some of the Cantons and Barges in the deepest reaches of the Kharian Basin also speak an old dialect of Vashdeg, similar to the current language of the Tralfolk, Tralspek

Culture and cultural heritage

Because they undervalue Karrak Brynd, the Kymric Brynd are disliked and mistrusted. The Kharians are mistrusted and disliked in turn by the Kælic Brynd

Common Dress code

Kharians commonly dress in loose armless tunics and knee-length breeches. In circumstances when loose clothes would become a hinderance, Kharian dress is often tied closed at the knee and waist. Khorians who serve on a Barge Crew wear a colored and patterned sash around their waist.

Kharians also tatoo themselves with koill in patterns of mystic significance as revealed by their sages of Marutok.

Common Myths and Legends

The Kharian Brynd hold special reverence for the Lord of the Higher Worlds called Marutok, a deity who, during the years when Vakra sank and the Kharian Basin formed, defended the Bryndffolk from the Sea Beast Mathaq and the Great Wyrm known as Koruzkus. Marutok taught the early Kharian Brynd the secrets of sorcery and how to use the wells of magic left behind by the Vashdeg.

Historical figures

The Kharian Rheæg is made of the Righ of the most important Cantons in the Khorian Basin
Righ Arcu of Bhreth
Righ Erat of Djroust
Righ Kras of Galannyn
Righ Diam of Ilpym
Righ Nisl of Kysynnyn
Righ Ultric of Uyd - Righ Ultric is the current Kaintar (speaker) of the Khorian Rheæg

Ideals

Gender Ideals

Tonna Brynd are the most highly favored elemental legacy. Tonna Kharians are the most respected, enjoy the most privilege, and given the most opportunities to excel. Kharian families and cantons often celebrate the arrival of a newborn Tonna Brynd with announcements.
Karrak Brynd are the least favored among the elemental legacies. The Karrak Brynd are treated as weaker, less capable and unreliable. Though not second-class citizens, Karrak Kharians among must overcome more obstacles among the Khorian people than their cousins.
Fflam Brynd are neither especially favored or disfavored. They traditionally fulfill Kharian society's role as hunters, fishers, and crafts which support those activities.
Ganigen Brynd are like the Ganigen of all the Bryndffolk; outside the cultural scale imposed on their cousins. The Ganigen Khorians are free to travel amongst the Cantons of the Basin, and are afforded hospitality on any boat, or in any hall they visit.

Major organizations

The Seaoi of Marutok are a mysterious order of shaman, and seers particular to the Kharian Brynd. The Seaoi carry on the traditions taught to the Kharian by the Marutok in the first age after the sinking of Vakra. They map and defend the wells of magic power in the basin.

Kharian Bryndffolk Cultural Descriptor

Kharian Abilities

• Trained in Navigating the Kharian Basin
• Trained in Survival in the Kharian Basin
• Trained in piloting shallow water craft.

Parent ethnicities

• Bryndffolk Tribes

Encompassed species

• Bryndffolk People
• Fflam Bryndffolk
• Ganigen Bryndffolk
• Karrak Bryndffolk
• Tonna Bryndffolk

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• Hargiid