Clothing is different, distinctly cultural and tied to the ethnic group it stems from. Clothing can also be purchased piecemeal or as outfits. Outfits often convey a mechanical benefit, and some articles of clothing that make up those outfits can be purchased individually to make a character's distinct fashion choices and convey a partial benefit.
Niechela Fashion
Niechela cultural fashion has at its core a love of layers and common designs personalized by the makers. Garments are made to billow and flow, and outfits are made of multiple smaller articles of clothing worn in layers. This style combats the wind, but also the summer warmth and winter chills and allows a wearer to "dress down" and take off outerwear without fully undressing.
Common Clothes
Vef Bra or Common Clothes are basic and enduring clothing worn by nearly everyone. There are no outfits, but there are seasonal variations of the more common items.
The has fpan or just Fpa, is a broad, padded, leather waist belt that is at least the span of a hand that goes around the midriff of the individual and commonly is tooled and embossed to display their myie affiliation.
The jduza is a skirt, which varies from mid-thigh to knee to ankle in length and is often worn by women. The top section of the skirt for the first handspan is plain, as it is meant to sit under the Fpa.
The vyoi is a shirt that is worn by all genders and ages. The sleeves vary in length from sleeveless to covering the arms to the wrists with flowing sleeves of plain cloth. The neck is open and loose, and the chest piece is split at the center down to the breastbone and features elaborate embroidery at the collar and split and is otherwise embroidered only at the cuffs and for a handspan or two up the arm.
The mbum is a broad term for things that cover the legs or backside that are not jduza. That is, it does mean pants, but also all lengths of shorts. Mbum sit high on the waist and are meant to be held by the fpa like the jduza. What they cover and how loose they are is up for debate, but mbum are often worn either loose and flowing by men and women who work the farms, or nearly skintight by the women warriors of the bratha. Length is almost always a question of the season, with longer mbum worn in the colder months. But, as is custom for their people, a Niechela wears what they choose.
The nach is a loose-fitting, long-sleeved, thick vyoi made of thicker threads than the standard linen cloth. The cloth is usually made from animal hair, not plant fibers, and woven thick to ensure warmth on cold nights and through winter. The nach is worn as often as a comfort as it is for warmth.
Traveling Clothes
Among the Niechellai, travelling clothes is called Yachup Bra and is actually an entire outer outfit of layered honeyed leathers, wools and cloth to ensure warmth and rain protection during the far wanderer's travels.
Roaming Clothes
Tvulei Bra, or Roaming Clothes feature many pockets
Hunting Clothes
Jienei Bra or Hunting Clothes are camouflaged to blend into the environment and feature pieces that can be worn over armor for a slight benefit.
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