Ferine

Ferine are descendants of those who lived on the outskirts of Hop Kru society long before the Splintering of the Eyes. Some were brave explorers and settlers leading the way into the wilds. Others were distressed by the disagreement between The Eyes and withdrew from Hop Kru society. After nearly 600 years of surviving in the wilderness of Desemshia the Ferine have developed a unique culture of their own.
Now Ferine generally live in small subsistence farming villages or as nomadic foragers deep in the woods of Desemshia. They are seen as wild and feral folk by others.

Naming Traditions

Feminine names

Ivy, rose, hare,

Masculine names

hart, beor

Family names

Oakhart, birchroe, ivyvein, wolfthorn

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

Ospurian

Average technological level

Roughly analogous to Earth's Bronze Age

Common Dress code

Ferine dress primarily in handmade furs and leathers.

Art & Architecture

Buildings are generally mud walled and thatched roofed. Home are circular. Community buildings are oval. Both have a firepit in the center.

Funerary and Memorial customs

Ferine strip thier dead of all possessions and lay them out a short walk from thier home. They wait for wildlife to return the deceased's body to the wild. After the wildlife has picked the bones clean they take the skull and return it to the home of the deceased. The skulls of ancestors are kept as a memorial by the living. After the identiy of the skull is forgotten the deceased is considered to have died a second death. Only after the name is forgotten is the skull buried beneath the home.

Parent ethnicities

• Hop Kru

Encompassed species

• Human

Related Myths

• Vodek hounds of Mear'anouned

Languages spoken

• Ospurian

Related Locations

• Hopefall