Mineter
The Mineters are some of the original people of the Sypi Confederacy. According to local legend they were the people who originally lived in the lands occupied by the Confederacy before the Wicka, Cotaw, and Charki arrived. They had settled down in towns and villages throughout the region that were razed in the conquest of the land by the Wicka centuries ago. Today they make up the main population of the Confederacy's towns and communities, although a small yet significant number of them have embraced the nomadic lifestyle and live similarly to the other Confederate cultures. Many Mineters view these people and the tribes themselves with disdain, believing them to be primitives at best.
Naming Traditions
Feminine names
Brangwen, Gwlithen, Iola ,Hafwen, Prydwen, Eryn, Prydwen, Mari, Arwydd, Rhiannon
Masculine names
Delwin, Gwydion, Evrawg, Islwyn, Tristram, Rhisiart, Llywelyn, Pennant, Meic, Gwynfor, Owain
Family names
Jones, Rhoderick, Taaffe, Maddox, Morse, Yale, Samson, Cadwalader, Isaacs, Mattix
Culture
Major language groups and dialects
Today Mineters have firmly embraced Common as their primary language, although many have a slight accent leftover from whatever their original language may have been. The dialect is not too noticeable, and many Mineters strive to sound more like the Jakonians who have influenced them as of late, towards the ideals of civilization they espouse. A few have taken it upon themselves to learn local tribal languages and key phrases for the benefit of trade and commerce, but rarely do they go out of their way to learn a full foreign language.
Art & Architecture
The Mineter people are well known for their skills in farming and agriculture and have grown many crops which are found to be intensely valuable in Losana to the south. They have a close working relationship with many Losanan enclaves, as well as selling their goods and services to the nomadic tribes of the Confederacy. The buildings of the Mineters are often quite old, as they are insistent upon maintaining their old structures, even ones that are said to date all the way to the Nameless Empire. The care kept in careful work upon these buildings of stone and wood provide Mineters with a link to their ancestors and the ancient history of the land.
Ideals
Gender Ideals
The Mineters are traditionally the most conservative peoples in the Sypi Confederacy when it comes to gender roles in Confederate society. They were therefore quick to adapt the teachings of the Church of the One Sun when they arrived in the Confederacy with the support of the Sihkas. They believe that the place of the woman is solely with children and housework, and that all other affairs are those of men. Some of this has been trampled upon by the leadership of the Confederacy, preventing Mineter groups from enforcing these beliefs with law. Still, Mineter women are expected to serve their husbands and fathers faithfully.
Relationship Ideals
Mineters firmly believe in a stable family unit, consisting of a father, mother, and children. They believe that outside of this unit is instability and chaos. Families that lose a component of this formula often find themselves cut out of society. Outside of the family, Mineters firmly believe in community and growth, protecting each other as a collective whole. Protecting a town or village from attack is a duty that falls on all people, and the Mineters put great stock into a person's duty towards their community.
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