[center]Important Aspects of The Culture
Role of Women vs Role of Men:
Most women in Luminiege are homemakers, very few have jobs. Men usually are the breadwinners of society. Only men can be warriors because custom says that women are not strong enough.
Arts:
The women in the royal court of Luminiege are known for the tapestries they weave. Each seems to tell a different story. Metal work, especially for weapons is a respected artform. Minstrels preform every night in the royal court, playing beautiful music and reciting epic poems of far off places and battles won and lost.
Clothing:
Typically men wear tunics that are simple and wool breeches, unless royalty. Royals tunics are a lot more intricate and made of finer materials than that of a peasant and the breeches are a warmer material. Women wear dresses made of simple materials, unlike royal women. Royal women wear finer materials, like silk, and their dresses are embellished with lace and other decorations.
Customs:
In Luminiege, each town must give a part of their profits from each business to the royal family. The royal family gets half of the crops grown over the course of the year as well.
Political Things:
Imports/Exports:
The chief export is armor and weaponry because they are made so willingly around the kingdom.
The chief import is crops because nothing grows in the ground of Luminiege.
Laws:
No one goes against the king.
1/2 of all crops that are grown must be given to the king and 1/2 of all money made from businesses as well.
Views on Other Socities:
The Luminiegian people view everyone the same, however, royals are taught to not think of the people of Breena as equals.
People:
Luminiegie is mostly made up of humans but there are a few dwarves that are around the town.
Religion:
Monotheistic or Polytheisitc:
Polytheistic
Gods/Goddess:
Torb- chief god, god of war and the hunt
Lorts- chief goddess, goddess of life
Marwoleath- goddess of death
Sihir- god of knowledge
Lief- god of love
Rituals and Ceremonies:
Temples to each god or goddess can be found around Luminiege, thought many of them now sit in ruin. Each god or goddess also has rituals consisting with them as well.
Landscape:
Temperature:
Luminiege is frigid and freezing all year long, though it is not as bad during the summer months.
Animals:
Yeti are the only animals that are exclusive to the area.
Elk, deer, clydesdales, wolves, coyotes, dogs, ocelots, snow leopards.
Plants:
Pine trees are known only to grow here.
Trees (most of which are dead except pine trees), white roses grow in the garden of King Bennett.
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