06 - Sand Sash
A PERSONAL ITEM THAT KEEPS YOU SAFE
When the Eiyudi people surviving on the western coast discovered the unique properties of the Portrood Horned Crabs their entire culture changed in a matter of days. The crabs were already an important staple of their diet and a significant pillar of their culture and crab-like motifs had been part of their art for centuries. Once they deduced the unusual properties of the shells, they slowly began to define the exact nature and limitations of the durable organic material.
Once they had refined the process of creating the incredibly durable and puncture-resistent shell sheath coating it was creatively applied to the sash commonly worn by sailors as an 'everything' tool. The long loop of durable fabric was traditionally used by sailors to protect their hands when sliding down ropes or handling any thing sharp, dealing with objects too hot to touch, for lashing themselves to the ship during stoms, providing shade against sun on the open water, to only name a few examples. The sashes were already popular among the Eiyudi both as fashion and in a practical sense so once they were imbued with the durability of the shell sheathe everybody began wearing them.
The sashes are usually made by stitching or weaving various materials together: all kinds of cloth are used, kept and seaweed, and leather are also sometimes used. Once the sand sashes gained the superior durability of the shell sheathe, more complex designs started to become more common and folk started using materials that weren't previously viable for the purposes the sash was intended for and greatly diversified the appearance of the sashes generally worn. Elaborate sand sashes are especially common among the flamboyant tiderunners who benefit the most from the special characteristics gained through the sheathing process.
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