Phaistian

In the midst of an arid landscape shadowed by the Ryopytav mountains, Phaistians celebrate a culture that originated by the sea.

Patron god

Naming Traditions

Feminine names

• Leucothea
• Leucothoë
• Crisa
• Koré
• Cythereia
• Aerope
• Heliodora
• Chiore
• Clymere
• Aithra

Masculine names

• Lycidas
• Deiphobus
• Democoön
• Metron
• Meidias
• Nearchos
• Mentor
• Theasides
• Evios
• Chalcodon

Family names

• Papapetrou
• Mihail
• Panayiotou
• Alekou
• Joannou
• Philippou
• Georgiou
• Afxentiou
• Markides
• Eleftheriou

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

Phaistian, a dialect of ancient greek, is commenly used at home, or at gatherings where they are the majority ethnic group.

Culture and cultural heritage

Things/animals/crops/tech introduced from Crete
sheep bred for wool and meat Cattle bred for meat flax looms drop spindle olives garlic grapes wine late bronze age greek stone cutting and metal working tech/knowledge Bull Jumping

Common Dress code

Women tend to wear divided skirts or loose trousers. Men tend to wear a mediteranian version of a kilt, or loose trousers. Both sexes will go shirtless if the weather warrents it, though weomen prefer to bind their breasts with a linen cloth called a "strophic".
Men generally stay clean-shaven.
Women prefer elaborate hair styles.
Both love bright colors.

Coming of Age Rites

Smiley Roast

Common Myths and Legends

Legend has it that the Phaistian people owe their survival to a great dragon. The original home of these people was on an island in a far away sea. There they were a wealthy and powerful. Their military fleet swept the region clear of pirates. Their mecrchant fleet brought gold, silk, spices, and other luxury goods from far off lands. But the Might of Gaea has no regard for the glory of man. A battle between Saphire Dragons and a swarm of abberations created a series of underground volcanic eruptions, which in turn spawned tsunamis large enough to wipe out the Phaistian's major costal cities and decimate their fleets. An Emerald dragon who had a long history with the mages among the Phaistian warned his friends, giving them enough time and leanding his aide to the creation of several portals, allowing most of the population to evacuate.

At least one of the portals opened a way to the shores near Si'ahl, a major Ti'Swaq city. Arriving with nothing but the clothes on their back, and unable to speak the local language, the once proud Phaistians were reduced to physical laborers, the lowest level of Ti'Swaqi society. The waters of the sound already dominated, the Phaistian remnant slowly made its way inland along the Miskafiska River to the semi-arid hills east of the Ryopytav Mountains. There they have stayed, sharing the rangeland with the westeren contiginent of the Free Lands, specifically the Makokamit people.

Major organizations

Temple of Pasiphae

Awsrankian Rodeo and Bull Jumping Association (ARBJA)

Sisters of Circe - professional organization for witches

Oceanus Rights - a nationalistic political party that tends to be hawkish about relations with the Ti'Swaq Alliance.

Meta reference

"The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age Aegean civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean Islands, whose earliest beginnings were from c. 3500 BC, with the complex urban civilization beginning around 2000 BC, and then declining from c. 1450 BC until it ended around 1100 BC, during the early Greek Dark Ages."wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaikastro_Kouros

Encompassed species

• Makasing Auroch

Related Organizations

• Free Cities of Awsranka
• Vantage Freetown

Related Locations

• Awsranka