Old Blood of the Forest
Culture
Major language groups and dialects
Wood
Culture and cultural heritage
They are the past, they trace it back all the way to ancients of the Great forest.
Shared customary codes and values
Remember the council. Remember the seven.
Common Etiquette rules
To respect the forest and their ancestral past.
Common Dress code
Leathers, leaf-cloth and other practical and easily made items.
Art & Architecture
They sculpt the trees and admire the beauty of the forest. Ferrin's lament has entered the sphere of the elven consciousness. Their songs are haunting and their poetry maudlin.
Birth & Baptismal Rites
Upon birth a child is covered in the mud of the earth, the plants of the tree and the mist of the sky.
Coming of Age Rites
They must venture to the heart of the forest and know the soul of the world.
Funerary and Memorial customs
Return them to the heart of the forest and bring them back to the sculpting mud,
Common Taboos
To burn a body is to destroy the soul.
Ideals
Beauty Ideals
They know the trees, they know the land and they know the nature of their kin. They have a touch of the sympathetic and can feel the souls of their kin attracted each like a moth to a flame.
Gender Ideals
No constraints are made each must govern their own path.
Courtship Ideals
They have soul mates. They are tied inexplicably together.
Relationship Ideals
With their soulmate they form a perfect family.
Major organizations
The Council
Encompassed species
Related Locations
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