Mendarian cultures

Common

Mendarian culture, as far as it can be called a cohesive culture, consists of several regions that share a heritage.

Aesthetic

The architecture and clothing style of Mendarians vary. The baseline is a fairly advanced medieval style, with the expected rural and simple aesthetic. In the urban centers the techological level is more advanced, and the innovation drives an equally advanced sense of fashon and building styles.

Family

For the most part, the husband and wife is the core of a mendarian family. The man usually works, while the wife tends to all of the tasks of the household. With wealth the households usually grow, and the workload is offloaded onto service staff. Most families will also produce children.

A child in Mendaris is ideally raised by their mother and father for their first years of their life. At an appropriate age they usually attend some kind of school or have tutors teach them what they need to know about the world. The quality and duration of this education varies. It is not unusual for children to enter into an apprenticeship around the age of 14, if that is their course in life.

Religion

Having to a large degree immigrated from Mistwreath, the "official" Mendarian religion is Mistfaith, but over the centuries fewer and fewer place any real faith in the pantheon of their ancestors. Other inhabitants have more local heritages, and may practice a variety of other faiths.

In recent decades several new religious and a resurgence in occult traditions have taken root throughout Mendaris. This has produced many lodges and societies devoted to one or more of the enigmatic vestiges, or cults of personality around mesmerists and faith healers. There are even the odd alchemist aspousing knowledge of eternal life that accrue a decent following.

Wahlminster

See The Ashen Empire for further info on the pre-modern Wahlminster culture.

The people of Wahlminster are said to be humourless and distant people. This is mostly accurate, and the only real way you get to know an inhabitant of Wahlminster, is to be one yourself. If you however are an inhabitant, or are recognized as one, the locals gladly share both drink and stories.

As the name suggests the Wahlminster phenotype is common in the region. Characterized by copper and red hair and pale skin.

Subcultures

• Rothbury has a population of nomadic traditional wahlminsterian people thought to be the closest thing that remain from before the fall of the empire.