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This '''Ethnographic Outline''' gives a brief overview of all major ethnicities and societies of Elondor designed as a point of entry to those not familiar with its landscape of nations. The article is organized by primary ethnolinguistic groups, giving general information before proceeding to a listing of subgroups. | This '''Ethnographic Outline''' gives a brief overview of all major ethnicities and societies of Elondor designed as a point of entry to those not familiar with its landscape of nations. The article is organized by primary ethnolinguistic groups, giving general information before proceeding to a listing of subgroups. | ||
==Ortûlékians== | ==Ortûlékians== | ||
The Ortûlékians have their origin in the cold and rainy plains of Belkondíl, but they do not easily remain in one place and can now be found in nearly every corner of Elondor; and that, upon their tendency towards conquests and massacres, mostly in powerful positions. Initially living in a clan-based and largely genderless society, their different ethnicities’ cultures and languages have diverted wide over the millennia, adopting many of the traditions of their host countries as well as conceiving of their own innovations. They are typically tall, light-skinned, and light-haired. | |||
Traditionally, the Ortûlékians are split into three subgroups, the Genians (Aribelians and Celsondach), the Olgs, and the Auls (one of the groups ancestral to the Iiles). | |||
===Olgs=== | ===Olgs=== | ||
The Olgs might be the most famous of all Elondorian peoples. Their name originally meant ‘the crafty ones’, but this reading has long passed into the obsolete. The first to practice metallurgy, they were initially simple craftspeople under the rule of their Genian and Soskish neighbours before reaching for power and gaining it by violent means. They bring not only Belkondíl under their control but also nearly every other corner of Elondor, eventually drawing together all of their dominions in the Lécaronian Empire. | |||
Their traditional culture was built on three pillars, the horse (a borrowing from the Sosks), cattle, and warfare, and their society organized in clans, each living in an assigned county. A High King or Queen could rule over all Olgs, but many claims are made to this title and few are successful. Gender plays almost no role in their society, and men and women are considered equals. Their religion has a strong disposition for eschatology, seeing an asymmetric and imperfect world. They know seven deities, which they believe were the servants of Titans who only survived the great cataclysm that ended the previous incarnation of the world because they had been banished for treason. | |||
===Aribelians=== | ===Aribelians=== | ||
===Celdic Tribes=== | ===Celdic Tribes=== | ||
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===Kattasians=== | ===Kattasians=== | ||
===Reknayans=== | ===Reknayans=== | ||
==Andaro-Yenmic peoples== | |||
===Andarians=== | |||
===Yenmians=== | |||
==Seligonians== | ==Seligonians== | ||
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===Eskarians=== | ===Eskarians=== | ||
==Avalians== | ==Avalians== | ||