Rolaan are a species that went through a diaspora long ago, scattering their race across the cosmos. This leads to a wide variety of cultural differences from pact to isolated pact, but there are many common threads between them.

• They respect those that don't try to eat them. Which is most sapients.
• Rolaan do not take food from others that isn't offered.
• The respect they offer to bigger sapients that don't try to eat them is very all-encompassing. At least, until they become familiar with individuals.
• Admiration based theft is about things of little value, taking something and saying “I like you so much that this little trinket means the world to me!”

The most important element of any Rolaan is their band. The individual chooses where it wraps around, from neck to arm to wrist to leg, and so on, but every Rolaan needs one. So naturally, a lot of care and detail goes into crafting the bands and decorating them thereafter. The purer the metals, the more effective and higher-class the band is. Oftentimes, solid platinum bands are the surest symbols of wealth and power among the Rolaan, but other metals of high purity are regarded just as highly. What's their aesthetic? What's the general impression left on the viewer? How do they go about doing this?

Given their poor vision, a lot of attention on rolaan fabrics is less on colour and more on texture and patterning. Wealthier Rolaan would tailor their clothes so that all attention and focus of their outfits is on their bands. Breeches and shorts are common items of apparel, since they offer pockets and covering without restricting mobility.

How do they construct things? What do they construct them like?

Rolaan prefer using magic to solve their problems, in daily tasks or more monumental accomplishments. That isn't to say they'll shun tech - far from it. They'll use whatever they can, especially when it comes to the medical field. But, they have very little technology of their own design, instead opting for using their metal bands as their do-everything device.

When all is said and done, one of the few things the Rolaan invest in, tech wise, are sensors. Particularly geological sensors. They highly value simple, clean readouts that provide excellent terrain readings for resources, other tunnels, structural integrity, and more. It is not uncommon for a digging crew to be outfitted with scanner goggles that feed them this in plain text while they use their noses and ears to guide themselves. What the society's main focus in technology is. As for magical research, much of it is earthen.

Rolaan are strongly in favor of magic use. It is their bread and butter, a common tool and aid in everyday affairs. Does the society encourage magic use? How does it usually manifest? How does it affect their daily life? Are there common spellcasting traditions?

Does the society use psionics? How does it usually manifest? How does it affect their daily life?

The only things Rolaan really farm are grazing crops to feed whatever their livestock is.

Rolaan have a longstanding tradition of tunneling - and as such are particularly skilled with it. When it comes to aboveground cultivation, they are somewhat lacking.

Rolaan don't keep pets. Their longstanding history of being among the smallest creatures of their homeworld put them in a very “you're going to eat or get eaten” mindset, and since then they've not kept anything that wasn't for food purposes. That being said, they raise whatever livestock is available (including large insects) and don't understand the concept of raising an animal not for eating. They will not do something like take somebody else's pet, however.

Rolaan religion, when it is actually practiced, is centralized around the bands they all carry with them. Really, they're very lax about practicing save for the banding ritual, which is the single most important day of a Rolaan's early life.

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• Banding ritual - up until pubescence, Rolaan children trade out their bands on a regular basis due to growth. But, on the threshold of adulthood, a ceremony is held to create a custom band for them that is often worn for the rest of their life. It is a time for much rejoicing.

What are common traditions the culture holds? Is it annual, or based on some celestial alignment, or based on weather conditions, and so on.

• The Day of Regonition - A day that happens at the end of a season. It's a quiet affair celebrating the birthdays of everybody from the past season, anointing them for congratulations on another year of life.
• The Feast of Passing - A celebration following the day of recognition that lasts for three days. It is a happy event that celebrates the deaths of those in the clan and give their spirits a welcome sendoff.

Rolaan do not see much by way of celebrating birth, another holdover from the “survive the beast” mentality. Instead, they treat birthdays as a solemn occurrence not as individuals but as a group, celebrating the ones that survived for the season of their birth. For those that have died, strangely, it is much more joyous. IN essence, an occassion to give the deceased a sendoff. How do they celebrate birth? Do they mourn the dead? Etc.