Imperials

The Imperials come from the lands around the Ruby bay in central Freger.

Naming Traditions

Feminine names

Julia, Plotia, Caesennia, Cocceia, Lucceia, Camelia, Maria, Salvia

Masculine names

Maximus, Caius, Romanus, Kosmas, Titus, Tycho, Dionysius, Cossus, Stephanium, Lycus, Lydus, Philoxenus, Auxilium, Camillis, Albanus

Family names

Sabinus, Crito, Maximus, Valgus, Roscius, Draco, Sabimus, Gelasius, Thrasea, Ticinius, Tibullus, Adranos, Hilario, Livianus, Iovius, Vespillo

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

The Imperial language has 4 major dialects: Grassland, Mountain, Onirod, and village. The grasslands

Common Dress code

Imperials usually wear togas and sandals due to the hot weather around the sea. If not, they wear tunics and pants with boots or robes.

Art & Architecture

Imperial art has more of a biblical or a storytelling tone to it. Their architecture had heavy Sacomian bases, they had lots of arches and pillars with a romanesque type style.

Foods & Cuisine

goat meat

Common Customs, traditions and rituals

Every golden harvest the Imperals celebrate the hunting season with the"Royal hunt" where the men compete to hunt 15 of: Duck, Pheasant, Deer, Boar, and Rabbit. Whoever wins get 100 gold and a seat in Bortghars dining hall. After the hunt, the members of the city have a great feast where they laugh, drink, and eat.

Coming of Age Rites

Kids are taught how to read and write at the ages of 7 or 8. Boys are taught how to use destruction type magic at the age of 14 when they also become a man. Women are taught how to use healing spells at 15 and become women at the age of 16. Both are of age to marry at 17 and can leave the house at 16. For monarchs, men are of age to rule at 15 and girls 18.

Funerary and Memorial customs

After a person dies, the body will be put into a robe decorated with golden silk as a symbol of an old tradition that had them put gold inside for them to pay to get into heaven. Then the body will be given the tools the person worked with along with roses (example: A blacksmith will be given a hammer and tongs along with the rose). The body would then be put into a casket and put into the ground with a gravestone.

Historical figures

There are many important historical figures that come from the empire. Here are a few. Caius Zeno: Zeno was the lead general of the Bortghar Imperium during the Ostite revolution 27 years ago. He was a member of the Bortghar council, a council trying to overthrow Maximus before the council turned into an assassin organization to kill lead figures that brought their empire to its knees. Maximus: Maximus is the last preist of the Imperium. He is known as the man who made the Imperium crumble as it was his reign that made the Imperium weak. Dionysius XII: The great Dionysius was the high preist of the Imperium during the great war. He was trying to recreate the Imperium to withstand the power change in the world and make another golden age. Lydus II: He was the man who started the age of discovery. Lydus I: He was the man who founded the Imperium. Romanus IV: He was the first Imperial priest of the Ahrumian Patheon, turning the Imperials into a 'civilized' culture.

Ideals

Gender Ideals

Men were told to be more aggressive and fit to rule, conquer, etc. They're the majority in politicians, military, and labor jobs like blacksmithing, and wizards. Women were told to be more docile and caregivers. They're the majority in alchemist, medics, healers, and the ones who stay at the house.