---** (the Lake People)

An ethnicity of **##
* = click

= sharp bite

# = Hhuh
_ = deep-throated grunt
! = high sing-esq note

Naming Traditions

Feminine names

SAID IN HIGH TONES
! = female
#* = green
#** = yellow
#*** = red

Masculine names

SAID IN LOW TONES
? = male
#* = green
#** = yellow
#*** = red

Family names

!* = family of the matriarch.
*-- = hunter
*#* = gatherer
*_* = builder

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

#- ---** (language of the Lake People)

Shared customary codes and values

The Matriarch comes before all, you are simply an ant in the hive.

Common Etiquette rules

Let the Matriarch and the royal family eat first, and then the Builders, and then the Hutners, and last the Gatherers.

Coming of Age Rites

When you reach sexual maturity, you are given a job by the Matriarch, either a Hunter, Builder, or Gatherer. You do this job until you die.

Funerary and Memorial customs

All dead are placed in the #_#_ --- (the Dead Lake).

Common Taboos

Drinking from the #_#_ --- (the Dead Lake) directly. You must first put the water into some kind of container, and place it over a fire to burn out the souls of the dead.

Common Myths and Legends

A story about a wise old witch who came down from the mountains and fought off a great furbeast to protect the Dead Lake and found the town *_*!!!(Buildmagic/Buildwitch). Her name is *!!!.

Ideals

Beauty Ideals

Bluest without being totally blue.

Gender Ideals

Matriarchal socioty

Courtship Ideals

mate for life once you reach sexual maturity. You must care for you mate, have children, and care for and raise those children.

Relationship Ideals

Survival.

Encompassed species

• **##

Related Organizations

• **-- ---** (The original clan of Lake People)

Languages spoken

• #- ---** (language of the Lake People)