Derdan

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

Basic, Sand Speak.

Culture and cultural heritage

Touched by the desert as well as the Empire's rise.

Shared customary codes and values

Believe in charity for those struggling, to never hit a beaten dog, to allow and assist with travel.

Common Etiquette rules

Politeness but do not dishonour your own strength.

Common Dress code

Loose fabrics, sandals and jewellery are mostly seen the rest is down to the individual.

Art & Architecture

Sandstone columned buildings. Usually smaller compact buildings.

Birth & Baptismal Rites

A babe will have all hair removed and submerged briefly in water, circumcision is seen as a generally done transition.

Coming of Age Rites

A journey across the desert for a man and the birthing of a child for women.

Funerary and Memorial customs

The dead are burned and a shrine is set up in there memory.

Ideals

Beauty Ideals

One expects strength a high standard of grooming and cleanliness. One is expected to be slim and not build in excess. Hair and facial hear must be well kept and styled.

Gender Ideals

Men are travellers that move a develop across the lands, Women are the housekeepers and bound to the land.

Courtship Ideals

Pre-arranged marriages treated quite like a business deal is expected otherwise there are some that find love through less prescribed means.

Relationship Ideals

One man and one women, nothing else is accepted. Inter-racial relations are also frowned upon.

Major organizations

The Golden Circle, The deserts wind, The Watchers on the wall.

Encompassed species

• Human