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 ==== Style ====
-Individually,
+Individually, Vadrali pay close attention and care to their appearance. Given their morality towards "worth being put into society," people take that to mean primping themselves up when they're not working, as getting nice clothes dirty is as much a taboo here as it is in any polite society. Evergreen plays a dominant role, as it is the national colour. Orchestration heavily favours string and precussive string.
->What's their aesthetic? What's the general impression left on the viewer? How do they go about doing this?
 === Fashion ===
-Ribbons and frills are the name of the fashionable game in Vadral fashion. In vadral, nobody wears full length pants and instead opt for skirts and other types of free flowing fabrics for the legs. Tops are generally close-fitting. Due to the prevalence of magic, ruffles and scrollwork in fabrics are much more common. Petticoats are not common, but do show up more in higher echelons in vadral society. Footwear is mostly boots, with heeled boots replacing any instance or indication of high-heels. High lacing on boots is very popular on wealthier citizens.
+Ribbons and frills are the name of the fashionable game in Vadral fashion. In vadral, nobody wears full length pants and instead opt for skirts and other types of free flowing fabrics for the legs. Tops are generally close-fitting. Due to the prevalence of magic, ruffles and scrollwork in fabrics are much more common. Petticoats are not common, but do show up more in higher echelons in vadral society. Footwear is mostly boots, with heeled boots replacing any instance or indication of high-heels. High lacing on boots is very popular on wealthier citizens. Feathers are also a common feature, in accessories and fabric-additions.
 === Architecture & Aesthetics ===
->How do they construct things? What do they construct them like?
+Vadral uses magic to construct their homes and buildings, lending a very handcrafted appearance to all of their architecture. But, they understand architectural principles as any good civilization does, so their general aesthetic is "Art noveau with a touch of postmodernism." Their buildings also tend to be integrated into the landscape rather than platforming outwards, so more often than not the curve of their cities are dictated by the curve of mountains.
 ==== Technology ====
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 === Horticulture ===
-Vadral tends not to reshape the landscape when it comes to both buildings and farming, instead opting to go with the shapes they were given. Vadral's primary grain is [[https://wiki.wanderingstar.online/index/flora/edible_flora|Spreyt]].
+Vadral tends not to reshape the landscape when it comes to both buildings and farming, instead opting to go with the shapes they were given. Vadral's primary grain is [[https://wiki.wanderingstar.online/index/flora/edible_flora|Spreyt]]. They also cultivate many flavourful berries.
 === Fauna ===
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 === Cooking ===
->What are common cooking traditions? What is a likely flavour profile?
+Vadral is very pasta heavy in their cooking, and the only meat they have is poultry. Herbs are common and plentiful, but most of their sauces tend to be sweeter as their mountain terrain lends itself well to berries but not as much to typical saucy vegetables. Much like the people, artful preparation is also very key in vadral foods.
 ==== Religion ====
->What is the commonly shared belief system through the species?
+Religion, while once a thing on Balance, faded out of public and private worship shortly after the kingdoms established themselves.
-=== 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?
 ==== Traditions ====
->What are common traditions the culture holds? Is it annual, or based on some celestial alignment, or based on weather conditions, and so on.
+Vadral, as their territory lies within temperate regions, celebrates solstices and equinoxes as proper changes to the season with small festivals involving food and gifts.
+An annual celebration taking place on May 23 is the celebration of the shared date of birth of the Royal Family during which the entire country celebrates both the nation, and the royal family that leads it.
 === Birth and Death ===
->How do they celebrate birth? Do they mourn the dead? Etc.
+Death in vadral is a very casual affair, given their affinity for soul harvest. Birth, by comparison, is slightly more formal, but mostly within respective families - as is normal for humans.
+====Government====
+Vadral is a very traditional monarchy.
+===Structure===
+Vadral is structured as a royal family at the top, with appointed or birth nobility holding territories under them. Nobility governs the outlying territories, and poor governors are removed from power while the ruler appoints a new noble family in their place.
+===Leadership===
+  * King - Shira Kaila
+===Law and Crime===
+Basic crimes suffer basic imprisonment, but repeat or stronger offenders can be put into indentured servitude or worse: be bottled up and used as a power source via SoulTec. This is such an effective use of the worst criminals that, on occasion, other nations have been known to ask Vadral to handle their criminals on the sly.
 ==== Subgroups ====
->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.