Goliaths
Clan Roots: The culture of Goliaths emphasizes the importance of kinship ties and a strong sense of community. They value loyalty to one's family and clan above all else. Goliaths often live in semi-nomadic tribes that move across the land in the same region in search of food and resources.
Resilient Survivors: Goliaths are known for their strength and resilience, and their culture emphasizes the importance of physical fitness and endurance. Goliaths train from a young age to be skilled trackers, hunters, and warriors, and they take pride in their ability to survive in harsh environments.
Honor and Respect: Goliaths place a great deal of importance on honor and respect, both for oneself and for others. They have a strict code of conduct that emphasizes fair play, honesty, and loyalty. Goliaths also have deep reverence for their ancestors and the spirits of nature.
Crafts and Traditions: Goliaths have a rich tradition of crafts and artistic expression, especially in the areas of weaving, pottery, and woodworking. They create beautiful and intricate designs that reflect their connection to the natural world, and they often pass on these skills from generation to generation.
Celebration and Festivals: The culture of Goliaths is marked by a strong sense of celebration and ritual. They hold festivals to mark the changing of the seasons, to honor their ancestors, and to celebrate important events in the life of the tribe. These festivals often involve music, dance, and feasting.
Reverence for Nature: Goliaths have a deep respect for the natural world, and their culture emphasizes the importance of living in harmony with the earth. They practice sustainable hunting and fishing techniques, and they are careful to only take what they need from the land. Goliaths also have a spiritual connection to the world around them, and they believe that everything is interconnected.
Honor and Respect: Goliaths place a great deal of importance on honor and respect, both for oneself and for others. They have a strict code of conduct that emphasizes fair play, honesty, and loyalty. Goliaths also have deep reverence for their ancestors and the spirits of nature.
Crafts and Traditions: Goliaths have a rich tradition of crafts and artistic expression, especially in the areas of weaving, pottery, and woodworking. They create beautiful and intricate designs that reflect their connection to the natural world, and they often pass on these skills from generation to generation.
Celebration and Festivals: The culture of Goliaths is marked by a strong sense of celebration and ritual. They hold festivals to mark the changing of the seasons, to honor their ancestors, and to celebrate important events in the life of the tribe. These festivals often involve music, dance, and feasting.
Reverence for Nature: Goliaths have a deep respect for the natural world, and their culture emphasizes the importance of living in harmony with the earth. They practice sustainable hunting and fishing techniques, and they are careful to only take what they need from the land. Goliaths also have a spiritual connection to the world around them, and they believe that everything is interconnected.
Culture
Culture and cultural heritage
The Goliath Clans are welcoming to new people to their homes but are not polite. They are chatty. They are slow to trust. They look to nature as the essence of the divine and hold it in reverence. They are not fans of the people of Grova & Islamp that mix their "science" with the magic given to mortals by the gods. Of the goliaths to be in these places, they pursue the ideas of science separately without using the magic of the Gods. They hold magic in divine reverence and follow religious customs loosely. Their belief is that the details are less important than providing thanks and praise to the gods. They acknowledge other cultures and their actions but focus on the foods of others than the customs.
Shared customary codes and values
Normal Regions to call home: low mountains, hills below mountains
Climate preference: Moderately chilly to cold
How does the Community Self-Govern: elected wise elders
Sense of community: slow to accept newcomers, supportive, politeness is not a thing
Sense of self: modest
Tolerance: non judgmental unless crossing a taboo
Views on change: happens, try it and wait to see before keeping it
Indulgent Nature: restraint
Family Foundation: clan
Common Etiquette rules
Common greeting: "Lotyx' palm waves low."
Art & Architecture
Art is usually designed to trap heat when added to the insides of homes to help keep a room warm especially in the winter or on windy times. Arts are often made as thick furred rugs, blankets, or mats.
Foods & Cuisine
Goliath tribes prefer their cuisine: bitter or spicy. The idea is to shock you around with bitterness, or to make you appreciate not being colder with spiciness.
Common Customs, traditions and rituals
For goliaths, meal etiquette follows as so: wait for the eldest to eat first; then in order of who eats based on age; and the youngest starts eating last.
When it comes to a goliath and their inheritance: all inheritance is given to the elected wise elders to use for the benefit of the clan.
When it comes to a goliath and their inheritance: all inheritance is given to the elected wise elders to use for the benefit of the clan.
Common Taboos
Being capable of only using simple weapons, learning only two languages, and practicing necromancy are all taboos of Goliaths.
Common Myths and Legends
Of the world citizens, they believe that Lotyx & Quaanam are both weaker than Ginnir. It is much harder to heal & mend a broken body than to break one.
Ideals
Relationship Ideals
Goliaths respect their elders the most in the community. Though initially distrusting of outsiders, they only show disrespect or disgust to Nobles.
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