Highland desert dwellers, these pastrol shepherds in their colorful clothes are the envy of few as they seem to care little for worldly honors but, like the mountains from which their grandmothers' sprang, they're unmovable, and, in that way, powerful. Placing an emphasis on the tribe and communial living, they're not fighters but healers and they heal well.
At a Glance
Cultural Touchstones
Explorers, religious, peaceful, syncretic, circumspect, egalitarian, survivalists
Who is Strong?
A wiseman
Who is Family?
Your tribe
Common Characteristics
Descriptions
Unbreakable, peaceful
Convictions
Survival is about teamwork
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 Rhone have no armor except what is incidentally created by their heavy furs - treated as a buff coat. Slashing sidearms and slings are the most common and knives are not uncommon.
There are very few full-time soldiers among the Rhone - those that have are among them are usually from the very loose noble caste and are equipped only slightly better than the average person. The big thing is that use of longbows, which are imported and are a kind of social status.
Guns
Guns have been growing in popularity in the western
Guthfana Plateau Overview, especially in the Stronghold of
Y, which has become a manufacturing center for firearms and blackpowder with most of the non-orc gunsmiths learning their trade there.
Goat Cloaks
While all humans wear goat cloaks to ward off cold, they have a special significance to the Rhone so all Rhone have them. Rhone goat cloaks are distinct due to their patchwork nature - see Goat Cloaks below.
Highlander Beanies
The Rhone are also known for their comfy, knitted beanies with ear flaps. Typically, these are stripped with colors.
Other Things to Note
Goat Cloaks
The Rhone have two kinds of goat cloaks; child cloaks and adult cloaks. The inside of both is decorative stitching, unique to the individual, but the adult cloak is not the single Rhone's alone.
When you become an adult, each member of the family takes a portion of their coat and stitches it into a single coat that you were given - a representation of the responsibilities and obligations and connection, the fact that you will not survive the high mountains without a family structure.
In return, you take your child cloak and cut it up and it is stitched into the missing parts of each cloak that was sacrificed to make yours. A reciprocal act reinforcing obligation and connection.
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