The Lussk live in a remote, hard to traverse, but verdent and lovely land - a land of stunning beauty in many shapes and forms. They're known to be a nation of great thinkers, stoic poets, and earnest travelers. They have seen the savagery of the world and chose forgiveness and circumspection. They're more independent than other humans but don't think that means that they don't form strong bonds with those that care for.
At a Glance
Cultural Touchstones
Inward-facing, religious, tenacious, pioneers, survivalists, independent, curious
Who is Strong?
A watcher
Who is Family?
Who you take care of
Common Characteristics
Descriptions
Earnest, deliberate
Convictions
When you think you have nothing left to see, your eyes are useless
Relationships
All humans have a Relationship to their family (whatever that means for their culture; See the Who is Family? section above).
Preferred Loadout
The civilian population prefers light or no armor, paired with a shield - buckler in the forests and kites in the mountains. Handaxes are very common since they can also be thrown but knives are favored by stronghold-dwellers. Occassionally, you'll see javelins and slings.
Soldiers, due to a preference towards defense and tunnel fighting, will lean towards heavy and medium armor, typically lamellar. Polearms, javelins, pavises paired with a medium slashing weapon is not uncommon.
Ancestor Helms
The Lussk all craft their helmets to look like the faces of their ancestors (a little symbolic and idolized, of course) to gain their wisdom and insight.
Other Things to Note
Inheritance
Inheritance is based on landownership; essentially, buying/owning a piece of land, means that you're inherit everything that person owns - emphasis on
everything. You inherit their ancestors, their family, their obligations, and even their debts.
So, even if you're not blood related to a person who you purchase land from, when the transaction becomes final, you're essentially adopted in, (ideally) leaving behind your old connections and forging new ones.
In a more practical sense, you replace your surname for their surname.
In practice the inheritance of lands typically goes to somebody blood-related - you typically have an uncle inherit a brother's land or, less commonly, a nephew inherit but, in the strongholds, towns, and cities, that tends to be less common.
Land Rights & Privilages
Land ownership comes with obligations but it also comes with additional rights and privileges: it's feudal in the sense that, if you're land owner, you owe fealty to the Baron, but you also own that land of your own volition and right.
Owning land also exempts you from military service and gives you the ability to become a magistrate within the Barony - a powerful position with lots of kickbacks and connections.
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