Venezian
A People of Masks and Arcana
It was our fifth year of marriage did I get that stubborn man to show me what lied under that mask. I saw him embarrassed not through his posture but finally in those genuine checks of his. He was a handsome half-elf, a man you could sense was shy and afraid for what he saw as a shameful act.
Naming Traditions
Feminine names
Ada, Adelina, Agata, Agostina, Alessandra, Amedea, Annetta, Anselma, Aurelia, Benedetta, Berenice, Bernadetta, Bibiana, Brunella, Camilla, Carlotta, Carmen, Caterina Cecilia, Claretta, Claudia, Clementina, Corinna, Corona, Cristiana, Crocetta, Domenica, Donata, Doretta, Dorotea, Edmonda, Elda, Elettra, Eliana, Emanuela, Emilia, Erminia, Fabia, Fausta, Feliciana, Fernanda, Fiorella, Flaviana, Giacomina, Giuseppa, Gloria, Grazia, Ilaria, Imelda, Irene, Irma, Isa, Isidora, Lauretta, Liana, Liliana, Liviana, Loredana, Lorenza, Loreto, Loretta, Lucetta, Ludovica, Manuela, Marcella, Marietta, Marzia, Mirabella, Mirella, Nadia, Nicoletta, Norina, Ofelia, Oriana, Ornella, Osanna, Ottavia, Palmira, Piera, Rachele, Renata, Rosalia, Rosaria, Rosella, Salvatrice, Saveria, Savina, Scilla, Serena, Sibilla, Valeria, Velia, Vincenza, Violetta, Vitalia, Vittoria, Viviana, Zaira
Masculine names
Abramo, Adalberto, Ademaro, Adriano, Amadeo, Angelo, Anselmo, Baldassare, Bartolomeo, Battista, Benedetto, Benito, Berto, Carlo, Cecilio, Cesare, Cesarino, Corrado, Cosimo, Constantino, Dante, Demetrio, Doriano, Durante, Edmodo, Emanuale, Erasmo, Ermete, Faustino, Fedele, Federico, Gaspare, Gerardo, Gianni, Gilberto, Giraldo, Giuliano, Giuseppe, Guido, Gustavo, Lazzaro, Leone, Livio, Luciano, Ludovico, Manuel, Marcello, Massimiliano, Matteo, Modesto, Nazario, Nico, Nicodemo, Oddo, Orazio, Orlando, Orsino, Palmiro, Paolo, Pasquale, Pietro, Primo, Quintio, Raimondo, Remo, Renato, Rinaldo, Rodolfo, Romolo, Salvatore, Sandro, Santino, Savio, Silvio, Teobaldo, Vasco, Vico, Vincente, Vitale, Vito, Vittore
Unisex names
Amore, Celeste, Loreto, Maria, Romilda
Family names
Abano, Abbadelli, Abbascia, Abbiati, Abramo, Acardi, Adamo, Addario, Adesso, Adimari, Adriatico, Agnelli, Agosti, Agostini, Agresta, Ajello, Alamanni, Alesini, Alessandri, Alinari, Altoviti, Amadori, Amantea, Amato, Balboni, Baldini, Bandini, Barone, Barsotti, Bartalotti, Basile, Bassanelli, Battaglia, Bellandi, Belmonte, Benedetti, Benetton, Bertolini, Bianco, Bonaccorsi, Bonaventura, Bondesan, Bosco, Brivio, Campana, Carboni, Carrara, Caruso, Cassano, Cavallo, Cipriani, Cisternino, Colombera, Confortola, Constanini, Corriero, Costanzo, Crespi, Cuoco, Duranti, Episcopo, Esposito, Fabbri, Falco, Farina, Farro, Fausti, Favero, Ferrara, Fierro, Fiscella, Fortunato, Gagliardi, Gaspari, Genovese, Germano, Giordano, Goretti, Greco, Grimaldi, Lagorio, Laterza, Lazzari, Leoni, Locatelli, Luzzatto, Mancini, Mancuso, Mantovani, Marchetti, Marconi, Martelli, Messana, Montanari, Moretti, Mosconi, Muraro, Naldi, Nani, Napoli, Nardi, Nardovino, Nasato, Nazario, Negrini, Nepi, Nervetti, Nicastro, Nicodemo, Nicosia, Nicotera, Nizzola, Notoriano, Orsini, Padovan, Pagani, Palmisano, Parisi, Parrino, Pavia, Pecora, Pedrotti, Piazza, Piccoli, Pierno, Pietri, Pierno, Portelli, Provenza, Quaranta, Raneri, Ravenna, Ricchetti, Rocca, Rossini, Rovigatti, Russo, Salvatici, Sanna, Sansone, Sapienti, Sarno, Sarti, Sartor, Savona, Scavo, Sciarra, Scordato, Segreti, Selvaggio, Serafini, Silvestri, Sordi, Soriano, Stilo, Tedesco, Terranova, Tessaro, Todaro, Toloni, Toselli, Tosi, Trapani, Uccello, Vaccaro, Valenti, Valerio, Verona, Vescovi, Vestri, Vicario, Vico, Vigo, Vinci, Voltolini, Zangari, Zunino
Culture
Major language groups and dialects
Many Venezians speak Common and Elvish.
Common Dress code
A People of Masks
Foreigners to any Venezian location will notice that every civilian is wearing some sort of mask and matching costume. Of course, the more detailed and intricate a costume is, the richer they appear. When designing their own personal mask, a Venezian will often want to consider how they want to show themselves to the world. A very optimistic Venezian might decorate it with bright colors and sunshine flakes as the dimples.
Should a Venezian want to prevent unwanted attention, they will wear a bauta mask in public. It is a simple full-face white mask that has an outcrop from the mouth to allow the wearer the ability to drink. It is considered highly rude to approach someone wearing the bauta mask, as it implies that they aren't interested in being social.
Funerary and Memorial customs
Venezians bury their dead within vast underground catacombs. Families often have to reserve space if they hope to be buried with each other.
Major organizations
Empire of Venezia
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