Chironites

Chironite centaurs were formed by those who despised how warlike their kind had become. These centaurs love the persuit of knowladge for knowledge's sake, and are often found reading tomes and scrolls.

Naming Traditions

Feminine names

Nephela, Hegea, Acheela

Masculine names

Chronust, Acheellus, Euthymios

Unisex names

Achalu, Herchu

Family names

Lineage is not a huge deal within the Chironite culture, but who you apprenticed under is. If a centaur needs to further clarify themselves, they add their teacher's name to their introduction.

Culture

Shared customary codes and values

In the center of any Chironite settlement is a large library, for all believe any knowledge to be sacred.

Average technological level

Chironites created the concept of Lens Crafting, to assist their elders with ease of reading as they aged. It took the knowledge of a skilled centaur touched with both Ignus and Terra, a rather rare combination, to come up with the idea that glass can bend light to magnify writing.

Common Etiquette rules

While all centaurs are inherently distrustful of strangers, Chironites make more of an effort over their Nessunite bretheren to overcome that natural fearfulness. They are always polite unless the stranger gives them significant reason not to be.

Art & Architecture

Books written by a Chironite are considered to be some of the most beautiful works of art in all of Tilandrial. Many Chironites spend their entire life illustrating a single book.

Common Taboos

Fighting in defense is not frowned upon, but fighting for enjoyment is highly discouraged. Any Chironites that seem to enjoy fighting soon find themselves ostracized from general society, and it doesn't take long for them to leave the Chironite society to join the Nessunites.

Ideals

Gender Ideals

For the Chironites, gender is something to muse upon, and takes years to understand one's own true gender. Some stick with the gender their name suggests, others feel they are a different gender. Some understand that their gender changes, and others don't conform to any strict gender catagory. Within the Chironite society, names given by a sire and dam are considered a gift, one which could be given back or exchanged when needed. There is a ceremony that those who wish to change their name undergo. The one who wishes to change their name stands on a slightly raised pedestile, and their sire and dam stand below them. The Chironite announces their new name and bows low to their parents, who subsuquently say in unison the new name and bow back to their child. Once over, it is considered impolite to refer to the centaur with their gift-name.

Courtship Ideals

The most common way to court another Chironite is the sharing of knowledge. Many a relationship was started by one centaur imparting their knowledge upon another. Books are often presented to signify the formation of a friendship; however, the gifting of a book that is self illustrated is usually reserved for the most intimate of relationships.

Encompassed species

• Centaur