Equinarian

The Equinarian Pantheon is a power from far within the void, its beings offten have a equine nature, hence their name.

Patron Entities

Some of the Entities within the Equinarian world can be contacted and made deals with...

“Let’s make a deal human, we can offer so much for eachother!”
-The Pink One

“Spread the chaos far and wide, and I shall aid you when you decide~”
-Discord

“Knowlage is all we have, it’s all that is real.
Time is knowlage, so let’s make a deal”
-Eventide

"Shun no longer the night, thou shall know the night as Our birthright.
And as thou taketh the mantle of Our creed, thou shall be a child of the night."
-Night Queen

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<sub>The Nightqueen,


The Night queen might have sometjing along the lines of: "Adoration of the night" taking on the pact of the night qeen you become nocturnal, though you earn dark vission for 300 feet and can see in dim blue hued shades of color
Idea: the night queen having delved into the void as a magic, causing nightmare moon in the process</sub>

Naming Traditions

Most names within the Equinarian society are a two part descriptive, how the names are choosen is a mystery to schoolars, but offten the reason for their acuracy is attributed to divine intervention of the Equinarian Divine.A few

Example names

"Valiant soul" "Lucky Feather" "Quick Quill" "Faded Parchment"
Each of these names would bare sidnificance to the individual.
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One idea is that a name is choosen at birth, and another may be given uppon the equinarian finding out what their talent/role in life is.

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

Equestrian Basic. The overwhealmingly most common spoken language of the Equinarian society is Equestrian basic, a evolution of the high class speech that was once utalized, it is one that the races not from the three casts will also know, or at the very least know enough to get by in their day to day life.
Avian clicks. A form of comunication that was in the past utalized between avians was one based on short clicking sounds, designed to cut through the wind flowing around those who flew together. Its utalization has since the unification of the casts shifted to be mostly used in military formations and stealth missions, where basic phrases may be tought to other casts in order to facilitate a quiet approch (even if the other casts dont always have the easiest time to replicate the sounds)

Shared customary codes and values

Matriarchy. Within Equinarian society the status quo is that females are concidered to be at the top of the hirarchy, males are told to mostly remain on local levels, either within businesses indoors or doing menial work. Show Spoiler

Its hard for me, as a writer, to find a better way to write out a society where there is a norm of superiority at all, and as such, to make a spin on it where "dont excpect us to take it easy on you cause youre a man" is a thing. but thats due to how the writer has been raised, and I would not change it for any price.

Average technological level

Magic Crystals. (Also known as "Mana Crystals") is one of the Equinarians most important advancements, forming the backbone of near all advanced machinery, and even more importantly, the weapons of the army.
A crystal is commonly the size of a clenched fist, prehaps one and a half, and works as a battery for items fuled by its energy. for example: a standard rifle of a Terrestial within the army holds within its stock a crystal containing a volume of 25 Units of "mana" _{(TEMP name, though it may well stick)} and each shot of the rifle will consume 1 unit of this charge. Once depleted, this crystal could either be recharged, or swaped out if there are replacement crystals at hand.
Potential Elements that are still in the cooking pot:
[spoiler]1: the ability to overclock a weapon and consume additional charges, risking malfunction, but packing more damage in a moment. this would make for a excelent tool if corrnered and out of other options.
2: the replacement crystals being a thing utalized mainly when treversing areas where Ethereals rather not be due to the closeness of the something which puts them at a severe disadvantage)[/soiler]

Common Customs, traditions and rituals

The Equine Casts

Equinarian, a word which in the home plane of these creatures are valued highly. It is there mostly used as the term to describe a member of one of the three casts, well, in truth there may be four casts, but that is seldom spoken off.
These three casts are each made up from the three PLACEHOLDERHORSE races, and are called The Terrestial, the avian, and the etheral casts. each have their own gifts within the energy that flows within the world they inhabit, but allthough the general motto is that all are equal, some are in fact more equal then others.
If one were to discuss the casts, however, one ought to start at the most basic, the humble earthly cast.

The Terrestrial Cast:
Formed from those PLACEHOLDERHORSEes that hold no apparent outstanding ability, this is perhaps the most numerous of the main three. The cast take to the tasks of tending fields, seeing to the well being of animals and other manual and menial tasks.
One should though not underestimate the terrestrials, they main not hold the same might and splendor as the two other casts, but where they lack flight and cracking energy flowing from them (for the most part) they make up for this in their physical might, and their keen senses. a terrestrial PLACEHOLDERHORSEes can often hold gifs such as noticing danger being afoot, the ability to sing plants into growth, or simply the grit and power to outmatch most foes they may face.
This uncanny resistance, however, does not spare the terrestrial cast from often being the first called in for battle, if anything it may be the very reason they will be the shock-troops of the nation.

Once the traveler of the Equinarian kingdom has admired the might and determination of the Terrestial, they may do well to look to the sky and see the second of the casts, those flying mistresses of weather...

The Avian Cast:
High above the ground, soaring among the clouds, the PLACEHOLDERHORSEs that make up the avian cast bare feathered wings upon their backs, and where the terrestrials often bare a very stable frame of body, the avian's are more often than not very slim in their form, slender builds adapted to the high altitudes and able to slip through the air at high speeds, while strong wings allow them to control the very weather itself.
This particular gift of manipulation has lead to a common tradition among the avians being to form homes from dense cloud formations, one such structure being a full city maintained by a large core of avians that regularly check all sides for any faltering walls.
The command over the weather has also granted the avians an important position within society, though their humbleness is well encouraged by the ruler of the Equinarian people, the general consensus being that the avians shouldn't start to harbor senses of superiority over the terrestrials, as the avian require the food grown on the ground in order to maintain their population after the point that it grew to large to be sustainable even if they all were to return to hunting small prey for sustenance.

With both these casts discussed, this only leaves one remaining group to speak of, and where the avians are in many ways above the terrestrials, they are given regular reminders to remain humble and uphold the harmony, our last major cast is only given this lesson when a particularly grave breach has occurred...

The Ethereal Cast:
The horned ones, the mages, the commanders. whatever one calls them, its no doubt to anyone who takes a moment to study the culture among the Equinarian that the Etheral cast is purview of many benefits. However, anyone who takes an additional moment to consider it, will also see that it has its basis in cold, calculated convenience. the Ethereal cast is the closest of the three casts to the flows of energy that pulse through the plane they inhabit, and are required for anything run on magical energy.
The tasks that require such feats are many, but some of the most notable ones are those of warfare. In combat, a group of three terrestrials who have been delegated Show Spoiler

(Authorized?)

a single Ethereal can generally take out a force thrice their own which does not hold the magical aid of an Ethereal to maintain charge within magitech weaponry. and fight even one fifth or sixth their own to a stalemate, at which point the opposition may be forced to rely on what little terrestrial energy they can pour into a weapon, where the entrusted will be back in full fighting capacity the very next dawn.
Not just the task of weapon maintenance, but also that of rapid healing and troop maneuvering may fall upon the shoulders of the Etheral cast. This is why most don't raise any complaints about the over-representation they hold within high nobility, the privileges they may ask for in mundane situations, or their priority when it comes to receiving requests from governing bodies.
all in all, the Etheral cast are either feared, respected, or treated with a mixture of both these sensations. no matter what the case may be, however, none can deny that it is often best to remain on the good side of someone who can give a first-hand display of the musculature structure within your body.

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Before it was mentioned that there are in fact more than these three main casts, two groups in fact, which can be considered significant parts of the culture. the first of which, is seldom called a cast, as they are merely a natural part of existence.

The Equinarian Divine:
These are Equinarians bestowed with both wings and horn, these are the rulers, and among their ranks are counted the solar queen, the queen of the night, and a few other individuals of note (see the section on historical figures within this document for more on these Show Spoiler

And this is where new ones to join the roster will be seen

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The divine are in a league of their own, but are also seen as figures of might, and as such, often take a more passive role in governance. A stark contrast to this norm would be the era where the day queen took upon the mantle of "Dawn Breaker" and rallied an age of conquest, and bloodshed Show Spoiler

(mayhaps, simply in an attempt to call back her sister)

Now, enough time has been spent putting glory on the three Equinarian casts, who remains when these have been spoken of? well, everybody that remains of course. split into two categories, only one of which counts as a cast. where the others a regarded as a unknown variable

Honorary Equinarian:
Within the ranks of honorary Equinarians there is a form of internal hierarchy, one which would do well in earning its own document, sufficient to say here is that honorary Equinarians are made up of other races then the main three, bovine, Ovine, Caprine or in some cases, canine races may find themselves here,

Ideals

Gender Ideals

Males are fewer, they can have relationships while young, but when in a relationship they are expected to stay faithful.
For relationships between female Equinarians to grow sexual over or undertones is not uncommon nor seen as unusual, most often it’s seen as the norm and not as much as mentioned by members of the culture  Sexual relationships between female equinarians are viewed as normal, and how many one has is to each their own.
Homosexual relationships between male equinarians is frowned upon, and seen as disrupting the order of things (something whish has a tradgic tendency to end in a sun smite)

Diverged ethnicities

• Avian Cast
• Equinarian Divine
• Ethereal Cast
• Terrestrial Cast

Related Organizations

• Harmony Empire
• Royal Guard (Harmony Empire)