The Cymric
A people tried, yet unbowed
Ages ago, after the fall of Troy, the son of Aeneas journeyed far beyond the known world and destiny brought him to the fair isle that his people dwell on today.
In those days, it was a land of giants, and the Trojan refugees had to fight in order to carve out a place for themselves here. In time, it became their land, and after Brutus, his land was named Britain. His people thrived and forged pacts with both faerie and the gods of the land, settling far and wide across the isle, naming every place therein and establishing their land here.
The Cymri are not a people of conquest, but a people of principles. "Humility, Honor and Unity" are some of their core values, and the Romans who later conquered Britain found it's people ill-suited for their ways of conquest. And while the Romans might have conquered the Cymri, the Cymri never forgot their roots. In fact, it was a Briton, Constantine the Great, who reunified the Empire when it falted, with British soldiers as his army. When Armorica was abandoned due to devestation and disease, it was the Cymri who resettled it. The Romans might have ruled, but the Cymri prevailed.
“Brutus! there lies beyond the Gallic boundsAn island which the western sea surrounds,By giants once possessed, now few remainTo bar thy entrance, or obstruct thy reign.To reach that happy shore thy sails employThere fate decrees to raise a second TroyAnd found an empire in thy royal line,Which time shall ne’er destroy, nor bounds confine"
In those days, it was a land of giants, and the Trojan refugees had to fight in order to carve out a place for themselves here. In time, it became their land, and after Brutus, his land was named Britain. His people thrived and forged pacts with both faerie and the gods of the land, settling far and wide across the isle, naming every place therein and establishing their land here.
The Cymri are not a people of conquest, but a people of principles. "Humility, Honor and Unity" are some of their core values, and the Romans who later conquered Britain found it's people ill-suited for their ways of conquest. And while the Romans might have conquered the Cymri, the Cymri never forgot their roots. In fact, it was a Briton, Constantine the Great, who reunified the Empire when it falted, with British soldiers as his army. When Armorica was abandoned due to devestation and disease, it was the Cymri who resettled it. The Romans might have ruled, but the Cymri prevailed.
Naming Traditions
Feminine names
Adwen, Annest, Angarad, Briant, Duddug, Collwen, Dwynwen, Eleri, Ffraid, Glesig, Gwen, Heledd, Indeg, Leri, Lilo, Melangell, Meleri, Nest, Nia, Tyfil
Masculine names
Addonwy, Aeron, Afan, Aneirin, Bledri, Bradwen, Bleddig, Cadfannan, Cadfael, Cadwallon, Dafydd, Defi, Dwyai, Edar, Edern, Eiddef, Erthgi, Elad, Eudaf, Eiffin, Gwefrfawr, Gwegon, Gwion, Gwyn, Gwarddur, Gwyleged, Gwraid, Gorthyn, Hywel, Madog, Morien, Nai, Nidian, Owain, Ricerch, Rhodri, Rhufon, Seriol, Sywno, Tathan, Tudfwich, Tyngyr, Uwain, Ysgarran.
Family names
Patronyms - Usually, keeping track of extended family is done with oral knowledge.
Culture
Major language groups and dialects
They speak Brythonic, but there are several major groups of that language among the Cymric.
- Logrean: The language of the Lowlands, and the most wide-spread on the isle.
- Cornish: Spoken in the western peninsula of Cornwall, as both of the old tribes had their own independent ways.
- Breton: Spoken among the Bretons in the old province of Armorica; decendants of settlers from the Isles after the rise of Mascen Wledig.
- Cambrian: A collection of strange, isolated linguistic groups, seperated by geography and lack of romanization.
- Cumbrian: Spoken in the old lands of the Brigantes, once one of the largest tribes.
- Caledonian: The tongue of those beyond the Roman yoke of old, they speak almost as strange as the Picts and the Irish.
Shared customary codes and values
We are the people of this land, and it has been built by us. But, you do your best and keep yourself hard at work to preserve your heirtage, not for you, but for your family.
Common Myths and Legends
- Brutus
- Locrinus
- Josef of Aramitrea
Historical figures
- Magnus Maximus - Roman Emperor
- Constantine the Just
- Constans the Youth
- Vortigern the Usurper
- Vortimer the Blessed
- Aurelius Ambrosius
- Uther Pendragon
Diverged ethnicities
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