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The Aribelians are, to most, among the more enigmatic nations. Descended from the Genians, they settled in the northwestern corner of Elondor, now named after them, and decided to dedicate their identity to the pursuit of knowledge and reason. Discarding they gods and founding the great academy of Berán, they became known as curious and wise, great scientists, merchants, and particularly philosophers, self-centred chauvinists, elitists and unrepentant racists. With all their curiosity, they are said to have little respect for things they do not understand, and they are naturally contentious even about those they do understand. | The Aribelians are, to most, among the more enigmatic nations. Descended from the Genians, they settled in the northwestern corner of Elondor, now named after them, and decided to dedicate their identity to the pursuit of knowledge and reason. Discarding they gods and founding the great academy of Berán, they became known as curious and wise, great scientists, merchants, and particularly philosophers, self-centred chauvinists, elitists and unrepentant racists. With all their curiosity, they are said to have little respect for things they do not understand, and they are naturally contentious even about those they do understand. | ||
Their state goes through multiple incarnations from kingdom to republic back to kingdom, and so forth, before their critical engagement against the Olgs in the Aribelian Wars, after which most of their lands are lost and turned into the colonies. Their society is stratified into the working and the academic classes, although a certain social mobility is given. Gender roles are strict, expecting philosophy and physical work from men and poetry and music from women; disconformity is met with scorn (which did not stop certain historical figures such as Márir the Younger from attaining fame). | Their state goes through multiple incarnations from kingdom to republic back to kingdom, and so forth, before their critical engagement against the Olgs in the Aribelian Wars, after which most of their lands are lost and turned into the colonies. Their society is stratified into the working and the academic classes, although a certain social mobility is given. <!--Gender roles are strict, expecting philosophy and physical work from men and poetry and music from women; disconformity is met with scorn (which did not stop certain historical figures such as Márir the Younger from attaining fame). | ||
Aribelians are known to dress in long light-coloured robes; blond hair is particularly common among them. The higher classes in Aribel speak High Aribelian, while the lower classes as well as most merchants use a more progressive variant of the Aribelian language, Vulgar Aribelian. | -->Aribelians are known to dress in long light-coloured robes; blond hair is particularly common among them. The higher classes in Aribel speak High Aribelian, while the lower classes as well as most merchants use a more progressive variant of the Aribelian language, Vulgar Aribelian. | ||
===Celdic Tribes=== | ===Celdic Tribes=== | ||
The Celdic Tribes, or Celsondach, as they are (somewhat pejoratively) known to many, are distant cousins of the Aribelians (both are said to descend from the Genians), but they bear little resembles to each other. The Celdic peoples inhabit the plains and forests of southern Celsond, a cold and unforgiving land north of the Reknayan mountains, and one of a few areas never under the sway of Lécaron. They vaguely fall into two groups: The Western Celsondach, proud riders occupying the Celdic Steppes and the direct neighbours (and archenemies) of the Aribelians, living lives centred on warfare, honour, and trade; and the Eastern Celsondach, who dwell in the more fertile and forested east of Celsond, living in harmony with nature and rarely engaging with the matters of the world beyond their borders, except for their easternmost tribes, who gained great wealth in the trade with Seligon and became allies of Lécaron. | The Celdic Tribes, or Celsondach, as they are (somewhat pejoratively) known to many, are distant cousins of the Aribelians (both are said to descend from the Genians), but they bear little resembles to each other. The Celdic peoples inhabit the plains and forests of southern Celsond, a cold and unforgiving land north of the Reknayan mountains, and one of a few areas never under the sway of Lécaron. They vaguely fall into two groups: The Western Celsondach, proud riders occupying the Celdic Steppes and the direct neighbours (and archenemies) of the Aribelians, living lives centred on warfare, honour, and trade; and the Eastern Celsondach, who dwell in the more fertile and forested east of Celsond, living in harmony with nature and rarely engaging with the matters of the world beyond their borders, except for their easternmost tribes, who gained great wealth in the trade with Seligon and became allies of Lécaron. | ||
==Iiles== | ==Iiles== | ||
If the Olgs are the most famous of Elondor’s nations, the Iiles are their closest competitors for the title. Born from an alliance of Auls, Amasians, and Sosks, the Iiles have their homeland on the marshy shores and rocky islands of the Gulf of Seligon, and they are known for their prowess as seafarers, explorers, and maritime traders, occupying all of the Gulf and the lands of Moreth and Amasia, and for a short time even commanding their own empire. Archfrenemy of the Olgs, their are known for their national pride and stubbornness, and above all their unwillingness to submit to foreign rulers. | |||
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==Besokians== | ==Besokians== | ||
===Sosks=== | ===Sosks=== | ||