culture:balance:lynval

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Lynval are an inherently secretive people. Their civilization revolves around maintaining the hidden locations of their undercities. This, combined with their ruling council's mindlink style of government results in a very dedicated if eerily united people.

Lynval that go aboveground tend to be unified in their dress to confuse onlookers, but in the undercities styles range wildly. Stonework is the name of the game aboveground, but their whole mystique is due to the fact that very few outsiders have been to the undercities.

Fashion

There's two distinct lines of fashion for Lynval. The first belongs to those that work the fields aboveground for half the year, that maintain trade lines for Lynval. The unified fashion, as mentioned above, is meant to confuse onlookers and make it harder to track daily patterns. Shawls, masks, skirts, and bodywraps are the name of the game - anything to keep the body covered.

Underground, Lynvali dress more freely. Asymmetry is very popular among the peoples, especially in wrapped skirts and capes. Kneelength, patterned loincloths are another popular piece of apparel. Zigzag and net patterns are common attributes.

Architecture & Aesthetics

Aboveground domiciles are constructed simply and of stone and clay, to last the winter with little to no maintenance while they are uninhabited. The residents bring what they need to make the places liveable during the farming months.

What is the culture's main draw? What do they like using?

Tech Focus

What the society's main focus in technology is. It could be that they heavily invest in ballistic weaponry, argricultural growth in an underground plane, or magitek construction, and so on. Essentially, what they're interested in developing towards.

Magic

Does the society encourage magic use? How does it usually manifest? How does it affect their daily life? Are there common spellcasting traditions?

Psionics

Does the society use psionics? How does it usually manifest? How does it affect their daily life?
Do they farm? What do they farm? How do they farm?

Horticulture

Do they have any sort of gardening/landscaping habits? Terraforming?

Fauna

Do they keep animals? For food? For play? What kind?

Cooking

What are common cooking traditions? What is a likely flavour profile?
What is the commonly shared belief system through the species?

Core Tenets

The main focus of the religion.

Ceremony

Are there any sort of rituals the culture goes through to celebrate the advancement of one through life and religion?
What are common traditions the culture holds? Is it annual, or based on some celestial alignment, or based on weather conditions, and so on.

Birth and Death

How do they celebrate birth? Do they mourn the dead? Etc.

Structure

Seat of Power

Leadership

Law and Crime

This section is used for showing some of the varieties of subcultures, subfactions, or subgroups present within a culture that one might encounter, or

that the designers may desire for the setting.

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