cireks:The people of furs and glass There’s a nomadic people in the land of Ditovo. They&
cireks:The people of furs and glass There’s a nomadic people in the land of Ditovo. They’re herders, hunters and the finest of glassworkers. They move with their herds but once a year they visit a particular place where a few stone foundations stand. There they set up shop for a few weeks partaking in various rituals surrounding glassworking. Every person in this culture carries a small glass bottle close to their body, usually on a string around the neck. In this bottle it’s believed the wearer’s soul resides and would that bottle break the person is considered “dead” (it’s not unusual the body of the person does die from wasting away or accidents from being “out of it”). Another remarkable note of this people is their ability to tame the large and dangerous avur. The beast is a great deterrent for predators and bandits alike yet there’s seldom more than a handful of avurs in any group of nomads. The people of furs and glass capture avur calves and tame them, however once the avurs reach adulthood they will despite their previous tameness become aggressive and difficult to control. Once an avur becomes a danger to the people it’s released back into the wild. There’s therefor only a window of a few years when the avur’s big enough to be ridden but not too wild to handle. Items: the soul flask, the glass is of utmost quality and usually wrapped in some thick fur. A hunting horn. A big macuahuitl looking ax with several blades of sharp glass. Metal is only acquired through trading, while most of the people carry a simple metal knife for everyday use there’s also the warrior’s glass knife with replaceable blades made for stabbing and breaking inside the enemy. Other items include another glass bottle (this one filled with liquor mixed with blood for strength and courage), a fire starting glass and a bag with colored glass pebbles used by the master glassworkers in decoration of their own bodies. Now THIS is the Quality Worldbuilding I expect to see on this tag!!Absolutely fantastic!!! -- source link
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