Fomorian

Fomorians are the primitive people of the northern regions of the North. They can be found in the High-North as well as in small pockets in Thul and Albion.

Naming Traditions

Other names

Fomorian names are usually guttural and monosyllabic, little more than bestial sounds.

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

Fomorians speak their own primeval equivilent to a properly formed language.

Shared customary codes and values

Fomorians are a backward people lacking metal work and agriculture. They subsist on hunted meat, fish, and scavenged vegetation.

Average technological level

Fomorians are a primitive race without the ability to work metal or grow their own food. Their need to use flint knapped and bone tools and weapons has gained them the pejorative name of "Bone Slingers." However certain chiefs may carry poorly maintained metal weapons stolen or scavenged from other cultures.

Common Dress code

Fomorians dress entirely in furs and small bits of leather cords and lashings they have managed to tan or otherwise treat.

Art & Architecture

Fomorians are known to paint simplistic scenes and designs on rocks and tattoo their own bodies with similar marks.

Coming of Age Rites

A Fomorian boy must complete a solo hunt.

Funerary and Memorial customs

Because of their nomadic nature the disposal of the dead is of minimal concern to the Fomorians. The dead are usually wrapped in a sheet of woven grass and left on a pile of stones or a wooden platform as an offering to the spirits.

Common Taboos

To waste food or hide the spoils of a hunt from the tribe is considered a transgression.

Ideals

Courtship Ideals

Courtship among Fomorians is backward and primitive, with the strongest warriors reserving the right to claim brides for themselves and loyal men.

Related Organizations

• Kingdom of the North, The