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Southman

These people are a bit more robust than their cousins, the highlanders. Some also call them southerners as this rolls of the tongue much easier. The reason for this is that they live on the far south of the world where it is very cold even in the summer months. Not to mention, there are still several territories the orcs control and as such present a constant danger. Often are they recognisable due to their hair and beards which are often longer and braided as well as their clothing which often is made with thick furs.

Naming Traditions

Feminine names

Margret, Martha, Miranda, Aldgyth, Sunneva, Urusla, Catherine, Lianna, Esmerelda, Amanda, Hannah, Astrid, Brynhild, Freydis, Gudrun, Gunnhilde, Ragnhild, Ingrid, Hilde, Sigrid, Sigrunn, Siv, Svanhild

Masculine names

Greg, Taurus, Darius, Cedric, Alwin, Bartok, Bartholomew, Bennet, Bosper, Cipher, Daron, Engor, Feros, Fester, Geralt, Gorn, Grimes, Grimbald, Grom, Hakon, Halvor, Hector, Horst, Hyglas, Ingmar, Ivan, Ragnar, Ulrich, Alric, Erikson, Olaf

Family names

Hower, Northbrook, Frost, Groum, Brom, Shattershield, Dagger, Greybeard, Blackbeard

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

Human

Coming of Age Rites

When the mother or father believes the child is ready, they take them hunting or into battle with them where they must draw the enemies or preys blood before the parents. Once they all return home the child is now seen as an adult.

Funerary and Memorial customs

The dead are often burnt on a pyre.

Ideals

Gender Ideals

The men and women do equal amounts of fighting and working. Raising the children is often done together. The man and woman often take their children into battle with them if old enough to hold a weapon.

Relationship Ideals

One man and one woman often get together and then stay together for the rest of their lives to produce children and care for them until they are old enough to leave home.