Culture! What’s the culture like?
Specifically, traditions, religion, holidays (if you have them), music, food, clothing. You can talk about the culture directly impacting your main character, or some general culture in your region of choice within your world.
For example, Elgana has a lot of different cultures. I can choose to talk about the culture of the cities in general, or of a specific race like the Sorcerers, the Kattalunae, or maybe the Ilvagi race. Below, I bolded the words, so you know I talked about all the parts. I just gave short little explanations, but you can go all-in if you want to.
That being said I’ll likely ask a whole lot of questions I won’t force you to ask me questions but feel free to if you have any.
Lunar Heart, Shadow Bound
The Kattaluna race is quite old-fashioned in their traditions with a somewhat male-dominated society, however, in most clans, females are highly regarded and sometimes even revered as being related to the Lunar Goddess.
Speaking of the Lunar Goddess (religion), Elds (those over the age of 50, or those who have retired from their position who are over 40), believe that the moon is a goddess and worship her through prayer and meditation. The young ones nowadays aren’t quite so sure if they believe there’s more than just a reflection of the sun up there. And yes, they do understand the science of the moon as this knowledge has been passed down from their parents and grandparents.
If you think about it, it’s interesting how the Elds understand the science and yet still worship the moon stubbornly
The Kattaluna race don’t have many holidays these days, but they used to have more. Currently, they hold a full day of music, dance, food, and relaxation when children have their coming-of-age ceremony in which they move on from being a child to becoming an adult and finding apprentice opportunities around the clan.
Music of the Kattaluna race is inspired by shamanistic healing music where they use drums made with goat skin and flutes pawmade (not handmade because they don’t have hands) from the trees.
You might be able to guess that food is often raw, sometimes cooked They’re feline creatures after all. They eat whatever they can hunt down in the forest, the river, the rocky plains, or the desert, depending on the clan. They do make their own bread-type of food and also soups and stews using goat’s milk.
The Kattaluna race have fur all over their bodies and nothing to protect or hide, so they don’t wear clothes. The only times they might wear something is when the leader or the successor puts on ceremonial robes. These robes aren’t worn because they’re clothes, but the pieces of cloth happen to signify or represent different aspects of nature or life. They’re sewn together to be wearable.