Ravan Dark Elves
Similar in appearance to Dark Elves, though they can sometimes also be Shades of the Voss.
Culture
Major language groups and dialects
They speak the mother tongue of elves, and common
Culture and cultural heritage
Remnants of their heritage remain, some even still worship Laenara thinking the mistress of Chaos loves the split in her children as it caused more chaos. spiders remain heavily prevalent through their culture, and provide a great deal of silk for the Ravan Elves.
Shared customary codes and values
Ravan Dark Elves find themselves in a cold desolate part of the world, as such they have become seafaring pirates and fishermen.
Average technological level
they have an advanced navy of strong and fast ships, a renaissance level of technology they have access to firepowder.
Common Etiquette rules
Dark Elves from Ravan, have a temper that traces back to their Dark Elf heritage though they control it better. Dark Elves from Ravan, rarely bow, or expose their back or neck to anyone, as they always expect assassination attempts. they enjoy taunting enemies in an attempt to goad them into foolish actions, and have an elves patience in that they will sometimes wait when expected to strike.
Common Dress code
Ravan sailors wear sharkleather coats to help protect them from the icy cold, and often wear protective eyewear to shield their senitive eyes from the glare of the sun off the ice snow and seawater. other attire is spidersilk and often dark and purple in color.
Art & Architecture
Built to withstand extreme cold, and shrug off sleet and snow, Ravan architecture is angular in design, and rare is it to see a tower in the frozen wastelands, the high winds make it difficult and dangerous to have any tall buildings.
Common Customs, traditions and rituals
Many Ravan Elves own ships or sail, making the coasts of Ravan extremely dangerous, taking loot and slaves from many a raid. Slaves are used as currency in some instances, and they are considered a resource, as they are rarely fed and worked to death in most cases.
Birth & Baptismal Rites
Dark Elf children are rare, as with any elven child. Female elves ovulate significantly less than a human or dwarf. as such they have fewer children, but live much longer lifespans. A Ravan Child is taken from their parents early on and placed into schools for their profession as early as they learn to speak.
Coming of Age Rites
Ravan Elves return to their parents decades after they finish training, and only after satisfying the instructors that they are ready to be of use, as an early death for Dark Elf is devastating for their culture. it is not uncommon for Dark Elf to be gone from their families for nearly 30 years during their initial training.
Funerary and Memorial customs
The death of a Dark Elf is significant, as they often are more common than the birth of one, their lives are inscribed upon the Black Alter of Morakai, a magic stone that allows the retelling the the Ravan empires many losses dating back to the first exiles
Common Taboos
If a female or a male express thoughts of dominance of any one sex, it is highly frowned upon, and often leads to a vicious beating. killing another Dark Elf, is frowned upon as well, though it still happens in secret assassination's. The outright murder of a Dark Elf for any reason is an affront of the highest degree.
Common Myths and Legends
Malak and Morakai led their fellow Elven slaves to the surface three centuries before long night, where they freed themselves from the matriarchy of the Dark Elves. in the frozen north of Sya'Nau they forged an uneasy alliance with their surface kin, to survive where none wanted them, in a land that had little to offer.
Historical figures
Malak was a disgraced Weaponmaster who fled A'alian shortly after his house was destroyed, refusing to become a slave he waited and bided his time before striking the slave pens and freeing thousands of slaves and leading them to the surface. among them was Morakai, the heretic of Laenara who proclaimed dangerous and radical ideas, such as gender equality, as the chaos ultimately served Laenara purpose, as well as allowing the males to be more useful to society.
Ideals
Beauty Ideals
Similar to Dark Elves and Elves, they are attractite to a standard beauty leaning more towards elves half elves and sometimes humans.
Gender Ideals
These exiles left the Dark Elves centuries before to escape the Matriarchy, as such they have a more gender neutral view of the sexes, though women tend to be more powerful physically still.
Courtship Ideals
the Dark Elves of Ravan tend to be naval seafaring pirates, if one is gifted a ship it is a sign of great affection , either between family members or potential mates
Relationship Ideals
Women are only expected to remain at home until a child no longer needs to be nursed. otherwise men and women enjoy similar freedoms. only the more powerful house/family determines anything.
Major organizations
Cult of Laenara
Reavers(pirate fleets)
cult of Yheia
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