Earth Elementals
Earth is one of the eleven elements of the elemental galaxy. They tend to have skin that can trap passing dirt and sand to later shake off as an attack. They can also spray sand out of an organ known as a "sand sack". They tend to be born with several minerals inside them, enough to grow crystals inside them, either as horns, spines/spikes, or even as claws, many earth elementals are even capable of launching the crystals that grow out of the back/tail.
Culture
Major language groups and dialects
Like all sapient animals, they speak english.
Culture and cultural heritage
Earth elementals hold honor and love for their family as well as their close friends, they belive the desert is a force of nature that is potetionally lethal yet beautiful and to be respected.
Shared customary codes and values
They value family, respect and loyality to allies of any sort.
Common Etiquette rules
To bow one's head as a greeting when talkin to a superior or if a local if you are a foreiner.
Common Dress code
Like all sapient animals, earth elementals feel no need for clothes as their fur/feathers/scales already cover what they need.
Foods & Cuisine
Earth elementals have a diet with a mix of veggies, along with the artifial meat meant to mimic chicken in modern times at least.
Common Customs, traditions and rituals
A year after a sapient animal is born, the parents will present the child with several (edible) paints/fruit powders, the color the child first picks is said to determine their personality. I.E, red means passionate and couragous, blue means calm and caring, Etc.
Common Taboos
Not conforming to the Common Etiquette mentioned earlier as it shows disrespect to one's superiors/locals.
Common Myths and Legends
They once belived that mirages only appeared before two types of folk, the dying and the evil, used to trick them into hope by a higher being before being greeted by the reality of a seemingly endless desert.
Ideals
Beauty Ideals
Earth elementals value a rough, sturdy body on more heavyset or "rocky" sapients and value swiftness and a thin body on more lightweight or "sandy" sapients.
Gender Ideals
Similar to the above, earth elementals prefer male animals that are heavyset or "rocky" and prefer female animals that are lightweight or "sandy"
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